Rebirth 07: Start adding points from elementary school students

Chapter 239 Leave it to me

A lunch that was not formal at all but very delicious ended. Li Yan waved goodbye to the beautiful girl at the corner, did not even take the bus, and slowly walked back to school.

His steps became lighter and lighter, and he almost learned to whistle a whistle that he had never blown in his previous life.

The dormitory door was ajar, so he pushed it open and walked in. His roommates were all busy with their own things, and they were used to the elusive Li Yan, so they just greeted him lazily.

But five seconds later, Lin Heng's wailing was the first to sound: "Tell me, tell me, did you talk about it?"

Others also put down their books and mobile phones, and Chen Fan also pressed the computer screen.

"Why so sudden?" Before Li Yan asked, Li Ruofei helped to ask.

"When have you ever seen this guy come back from outside with a smile on his face?"

"Shit!" Everyone else's expressions changed.

"No, what's there to talk about? We're only in junior high school." Li Yan waved her hand.

"Where did you go this morning?" Lin Heng asked.

"Sending bread to Wei Yunzhi."

The emergence of this name is not surprising to everyone.

“It’s called a return gift.”

"We just had coffee together at noon."

“It’s called sentiment.”

"We are very clear that we are just good friends."

"This is called an official announcement." Lin Heng responded quickly.

"So, we really didn't talk. I'm honest and open, and I'm telling the truth. Let's not talk about nonsense." Li Yan was serious.

"Ah...Does this kind of words bother you?" Li Ruofei asked embarrassedly.

"I don't mind, but she does."

“…Damn it, even Senior can’t hear me!”

"She's coming to our game."

"You deserve to die!" Lin Heng started to go crazy on the bed, and soon spread the virus to other roommates.

Soon, there were screams of ghosts in dormitory 403.

"Old Yan, don't worry. In the next game, I will create opportunities for you even if I risk my life." Lin Heng patted his chest.

"If you need it," Li Ruofei also patted his chest, "I'll give you the chance to score."

"What are you doing..." Li Yan said helplessly, "Don't do these nonsense, just play well, this is a game for everyone, winning is the most important thing."

On the afternoon of Monday, May 5th, the semi-finals of the New Taipei First Middle School Basketball Championship will be held.

Competitions were being held at two venues simultaneously. During the pre-match warm-up, Li Yan's mind was inexplicably confused.

My thoughts are wandering here and there, very distracted, and I don't know what's going on.

"You look unmotivated?" Lin Heng walked over to Li Yan to warm up together, "You don't have any interest in playing basketball now that senior sister isn't here?"

"How could that be? This is our game." Li Yan said with a smile, "We play for brothers, not for women."

The basketball atmosphere in Class 10 is very good. Although it lacks star players like the two Li players in Class 0, there are six players who are stronger than Lin Heng, and all of them have the ability to dribble through and shoot three-pointers - for junior and intermediate campus basketball, this is a very valuable statistic.

The key is that this team of all soldiers is very united, has strong cohesion, does not get carried away when playing, and is very polite.

For example, now, their captain shook hands with Li Ruofei with a smile, and greeted Li Yan warmly, saying "You are very good", "Please give me more advice", and "I hope we can have a thrilling game."

The cruelest words were “We will try our best!”

If anyone was so blind as to say “a bunch of equipment addicts”, Li Yan would want to call him out and beat him up.

Now, Li Yan herself feels like it’s a friendly match.

He didn't know that it was actually the captain of Class 11 who had been spreading rumors about "the serious consequences of angering Li Yan" after the game, which led to Class 10 choosing to retreat in order to advance.

At the start of the game, Class 10's positioning speed was obviously much faster than their previous opponents, worthy of being a seeded team.

The captain of the opposing team was 175cm tall, not much different from Li Yan, and was also quite sturdy, so he chose Ace vs Ace. But choosing to defend alone was a sure thing.

There was no easy tactic to execute for this ball. He just made a small move forward and then lowered his center of gravity and pushed the ground hard. The moment the captain of Class 10 adjusted his center of gravity, Li Yan had already slipped in.

The center of Class 178 was ready for battle - although he was only cm tall, the one blocking out the sun and the sky was Li Yan who jumped high.

A light right hand picked up two points.

If someone is in better physical condition and has quicker reactions than you, competitive ball sports will become a very simple game.

But Class 10 quickly used their actions to tell Li Yan that basketball is a sport for five people.

Their tactics were direct and simple. When attacking, they would use frequent interspersed runs to pull the defensive formation of Class Zero and launch attacks from the weak points of Class Zero's defense.

As for where the weak points are? Except for the two Lis, they are all weak points. Even Lin Heng is the type who is strong in offense but weak in defense.

Moreover, if the ball is passed more often, players who lack tactical skills, such as Bai Xiaosheng and Zhu Qinglun, will lose their positions unknowingly, thus getting good opportunities in almost open spaces.

Not to mention that except for the two Lis, the physical fitness of the others is average. When Hou Xuan, Chen Fan and Liang Tiancheng come on the court, this weakness will become more prominent.

Li Yan was certainly aware of this, but he needed to observe first.

As expected, Class 10's first offensive goal easily broke through the defense with a pass, and was finished by the captain who cut into the basket.

Bai Xiaosheng immediately realized that he had lost his position, "I should have been guarding, but someone was just vacant."

"Let it go," Li Yan responded. "You can let it go for the three-point shot. You can also let it go for the mid-range shot if you can't keep up. Protect the rebound and the basket. You just need to stay at the bottom of the basket."

On the second ball, Li Yan was double-teamed. Just after crossing half court, the captain of Class 10 pressed forward and the player defending Zhu Qinglun also pressed forward decisively.

Good tactical execution...

The double-team in junior high school is actually not difficult to solve, as long as Li Yan can hold the ball by himself and his teammates can understand that he is being double-teamed.

For example, Li Ruofei quickly pulled out to receive the ball, and Li Yan passed it steadily. Li Ruofei immediately pushed the ball towards Zhu Qinglun who was unguarded. The moment Zhu Qinglun received the ball, Li Yan shouted "shoot!"

So he decisively took a long two-point shot - there was no other way, he was not very good at dribbling, so it would be better to just shoot directly.

The ball bounced out of the basket. The center of Class 10 was about to grab the backboard, but a figure rushed out and grabbed the basketball with a "snap". The basketball bounced up again immediately after it landed on the ground. The center of Class 10 didn't even have time to react and watched the ball go into the basket.

Li Yan's rhythm is completely different from that of everyone else present.

He gave Zhu Qinglun a thumbs up and said, "Throw it when you have the chance, don't be afraid of losing it."

The center forward of Class 10 was a little frustrated, but their captain also gave a thumbs up.

Soon the half-time was up, and it seemed that Class Zero was suppressing Class Ten, but the score was not widened, and the score was 24 to 29.

Class Zero was only leading by five points.

Class 10 implemented the tactic of "We can lose the game, but Li Yan must die" on defense. As long as Li Yan had the ball, they would let go of the weakest point on the outside of Class 0 - this point was basically Zhu Qinglun, Chen Fan and Liang Tiancheng who couldn't dribble, forcing Li Yan to find open teammates to shoot by passing the ball.

Class 10 will be released resolutely, and Class 0 will be adopted resolutely.

But the hit rate is indeed touching, and Li Yan can't make every ball fall from the sky.

On the other hand, although Li Yan repeatedly asked his teammates to maintain a good position, after all, a sense of position is not something that can be acquired through a few simple training sessions. Class 10 played with great patience and was always able to tear open the defense through the rotation of the ball and the movement of players.

From the visual point of view, Class Zero's offense was smooth and they easily got open opportunities, but they just didn't make the shot due to "bad luck", while Class Ten took a long time to get the same opportunity, but they seized it.

But the members of Class Zero all knew that this was a manifestation of the effectiveness of Class Ten's tactical execution.

Eh? You ask why we are still five points behind?
Because passing the ball after Li Yan was double-teamed was just one of the options.

He also used violent acceleration to bypass two defenders, continuously misleading two players in disguise to dribble past them one after the other, and running together with Li Ruofei to create opportunities for shots, and scored 7 points in a row before the end of the half, thus widening the score gap.

So he was really a little tired. During the halftime break, he was surrounded by his teammates and took a rare deep breath.

"Brother Yan, what should we do about defense?"

Bai Xiaosheng, who was dizzy from being sneaked away, asked while supporting himself with his weak legs.

Li Ruofei's expression was not very good. He knew that except for himself and Li Yan, the physical fitness of other teammates had begun to have problems. Hou Xuan had no problem, but his shooting was not very good. It was difficult for him to perform well in the state of Class 10 where they were allowed to shoot and defend against breakthroughs.

If we don't find a way to defend, and Class Ten continues to have a high success rate, when the others' physical strength collapses, it will be hard to say who will win.

"Leave the defense to me." Li Yan took a sip of his drink, wiped the sweat off his face and stood up. "Analysis complete, they're done."

(End of this chapter)