Heizi's Basketball: I'm not the boss?

Chapter 220 Two steals
"Why are these guys so much stronger than the other? They deserve to be the national champions of the Eagle Country."

Li Wenyu quietly looked at Nash and his group, muttering quietly.

As a fitness enthusiast, Li Wenyu takes time to go to the gym to lift weights almost every day. This also makes his physical fitness the best among the Huajia Men's Basketball Team.

However, compared with the members of the Eagle Country National Team, Li Wenyu's physical fitness can only be regarded as mediocre.

During the warm-up session, Justin Thibo held the ball with one hand and made a shocking dunk towards the basket. As the basketball dunked into the basket, there was a "clang" sound, and there was a burst of exclamations in the arena.

What kind of experience is it to witness a strong man over two meters and weighing more than 200 kilograms ravaging the basket?
Xiang Yang slowly dribbled the ball alternately with his hands to find the feeling of the ball. Seeing the arrogant expression on Xibo's face, he couldn't help but curled his lips: "Are you showing off your power? It really makes me unhappy."

"Captain, catch the ball!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiang Yang made a quick pass to the ground, and the basketball in his hand immediately came to Li Wenyu's hand.

Li Wenyu was slightly stunned, obviously he didn't understand what Xiang Yang meant, but as Xiang Yang pointed at Xi Bo with his mouth full, Li Wenyu suddenly realized.

With a sharp look in his eyes and a deep breath, Li Wenyu looked at Xibo's strong body, raised his arm unwilling to be outdone, blasted the ball with his right hand, then rushed towards the basket and jumped up!

Excellent dynamic talent allows Li Wenyu to easily perform difficult actions when dunking.

He bent back slightly in the air and dunked the ball hard into the basket.

"Bangdang"!
In terms of momentum alone, Li Wenyu's dunk was not inferior to Xi Bo's at all.

The audience was also very considerate. When they saw their own players coming forward to perform, they cheered one after another.

Xibo secretly spat, stretched out his hand to pick up the basketball and was about to dunk again. Apparently Li Wenyu got more cheers than him, which made him a little dissatisfied.

At this moment, the official referee of the Flower Garden Basketball Association blew his whistle, interrupting everyone's warm-up.

He waved in the direction of the two teams, and the meaning was self-evident: the jump ball personnel came forward.

Nash crossed his arms and said with an arc at the corner of his mouth: "Go to Xibo, let these frogs in the well see what the world's top strength is like."

Xiang Yang patted his center forward's butt and comforted him: "Don't be too nervous. This is just a training match. You just have to do your best."

Because Xibo's reputation and appearance were too intimidating, the center forward of the Flower Planter was a little timid before the game started. Fortunately, when Xiang Yang comforted him, he quietly activated the "Chicken Soup for the Soul", which made the center forward Feeling a little more at ease.

"I'll do my best!"

……

……

"The game consists of two quarters, each of which lasts 10 minutes. There will be no overtime for a tie, and no fouls or free throws will be counted."

The referee stood at the jump ball point in the middle circle and said loudly, and then he changed to Yingwen and repeated it to Nash and his party.

After confirming that both sides were in position, the referee bit the whistle to his mouth, held the ball with both hands and prepared to kick off.

beep—

With a whistle, the training match between the Eagle Country players and the Planting Flowers players kicked off at the same time.

"Wow!"

Xibo's legs were like springs. The moment the basketball reached its highest point, it popped out quickly and collected the ball into his arms.

Unsurprisingly, he lost the jump ball. Xiang Yang retreated quickly to observe the Eagle Country team's offensive ideas, but he felt helpless and said in his heart: To beat Xibo in the jump ball, he probably needs someone like Murasakihara. There’s a chance…

At this moment, Xiao Gao was sitting obediently next to Hai Lao in the auditorium, looking at Xi Bo without blinking his eyes. His hands quietly grasped the hem of his clothes, and held them tightly.

"Come up and block one!"

Nash in the high position attacked with the ball. Facing Xiangyang's defense, he decisively asked his teammates for a pick-and-roll.

The basketball culture of Eagle Country advocates confrontation, so everyone on their team, from guards to centers, all have strong physiques.

Xiang Yang felt that the screener was like a wall beside him. He immediately retreated and adjusted his steps. He successfully bypassed the screen and stood in front of Nash again.

"Ok?"

Off the court, Kevin Kelly let out a sigh. He leaned forward slightly and focused his attention on Xiang Yang.

As the saying goes, an outsider can watch the excitement and an expert can watch the door. Guang Xiangyang's steps around the pick-and-roll made Kevin feel a lot.

[It's interesting... I just don't know if the individual defense level is as good as Nash said. 】

On the field, seeing that the pick-and-roll tactic failed to take effect, Nash simply made a gesture to his teammates to pull away. He looked at Xiang Yang, who was lowering his body to defend in front of him, with fighting spirit bursting out of his eyes.

Eyes of the Demon King!

As a burst of black light emerged, Nash moved three points faster and made a simple and neat change of direction in front of his body, heading straight to Xiangyang's left side.

As early as when the two were fighting bullfights, Nash had already understood that the best way to attack Xiangyang was not a fancy rhythm attack, but a quick breakthrough!
With his physical advantage, when Nashka came to Xiangyang's side, a smile couldn't help but appear on his face.

[As expected of this ball, I won it! 】

However, if nothing else goes wrong, this ball is going to cause an accident.

Faced with Nash's pressure, Xiangyang did not choose to resist. Instead, he took a step away and went behind Nash. With a gamble-like steal from behind, the basketball in Nash's hand was directly cut away.

The basketball rolled to the ground. Zhou Yi, who had quick eyes and quick hands, swooped down to pick up the basketball. He cooperated with Li Wenyu, who had already moved forward to grab the fast break, and took the lead in getting a good start today!

The two points for the Men's Basketball Team are valid!

"Good! Good! Good!"

In the audience, Hai Lao called out three good ones in a row. Xiang Yang's opening steal really boosted morale!

The team scored as a result of the steal. After Li Wenyu returned to the court, he high-fived Xiang Yang and Zhou Yi one after another, with very excited expressions on his face.

"We scored a point against the Eagle National Team, which is ranked number one in the world! This feels so good!"

Before Li Wenyu could be happy for too long, Xiang Yang slapped him on the back of the head and reminded him: "Hurry up and get into position, they are coming."

"Oh oh oh."

Li Wenyu immediately turned around and returned to his defensive position.

Under normal circumstances, if Xiang Yang treated him like this, Li Wenyu would have to have a few words with him in order to maintain his status as captain. However, the current situation is special and Xiang Yang has just made a great contribution, so Li Wenyu didn't say anything. .

In the Eagle Nation's offensive round, this time for some unknown reason, Nash was no longer holding the ball. Instead, it was a bearded guy who looked like a standardized Eagle Nation man.

Walking to the flower garden, the bearded man ignored Zhou Yi in front of him and looked directly at Xiang Yang next to Nash, waving to him in a provocative gesture.

【Um? 】

Xiang Yang frowned slightly, still standing there with his hands on his hips, ignoring the provocation of the bearded man.

Seeing that Xiang Yang didn't respond, the bearded man simply asked Nash to help him block a move. Then he changed defense and stood in front of Xiang Yang.

"Nash said your defense is great, but I don't think so."

The bearded man spoke in an authentic Eagle Country pronunciation and said to Xiang Yang.

Xiang Yang glanced at the beard on his face and responded: "I don't know if the defense is strong or not, but I should be able to cut you off."

The bearded man was stunned for a moment, and then an annoyed look appeared on his face. He stopped talking to Xiang Yang, and instead dribbled the ball alternately with his hands on his hips, intending to teach Xiang Yang a lesson.

Xiang Yang looked at the bearded man dribbling with an indifferent expression. Even if the same action was performed by two different people, the effect would be completely different.

For example, this hip dribbling, if it were Akaashi, the pressure he could bring to Xiangyang was completely unmatched by this bearded man.

After the bearded man alternately dribbled for about six or seven seconds, he looked at Xiang Yang's still motionless appearance and decided not to wait. He made a sideways drop ball jump step and suspended the basketball directly in his hand.

However, before the bearded man could start to break through, Xiang Yang, who had already predicted his movement, flew to steal the ball and actually cut the ball directly into his arms.

"You should trim your beard, rookie."

(You should trim your beard, rookie.)

Xiang Yang's light and ethereal voice reached Hu Hu's ears, and his eyes suddenly widened, as if he couldn't believe what he saw.

He stared blankly at his empty hands, until the sideline referee blew the scoring whistle, and he turned around in a daze.

Nash crossed his arms and looked at him mockingly.The bearded man shrank his neck angrily and said nothing.

At this moment, Kevin, the coach of the Eagle Country, raised his right hand and said slowly: "Time out."

(pause)
In the first two offensive rounds, Xiangyang stole the ball and lost points. Even the rookie coach could sense that something was wrong, let alone Kevin Kelly.

On the other side, after seeing Eagle Country applying for a suspension, the audience also burst into cheers.

They successfully stopped the world's number one basketball power in the first minute. Although it was only a training match, it was enough for them to celebrate.

Xiang Yang, who had continuously performed brilliantly, high-fived his teammates one after another, nodded and said hello to Coach Sun, and then sat down on the bench.

Different from the excitement of his teammates, Xiang Yang narrowed his eyes and looked at the Eagle Country bench, with no trace of happiness on his face.

In the two rounds of attack and defense just now, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Yingguo didn't show any serious intentions at all, but treated them like children, playing wantonly.

Just by looking at the bearded man challenging Xiang Yang for a duel, one could tell that this training match was just like a vacation in their eyes.

Of course, since it was a vacation, it was even less likely that they would allow this game to end in failure.

The Eagle Nation, ranked first in basketball strength in the world, went to play a training match against the Flower Planters, who were ranked a few dozen lower, and still lost?

Arrogant white people will not allow this to happen.

"So...the highlight is next..."

(End of this chapter)