Entertaining Children

   Chapter 697

At the beginning of the second half, Xiao Yao of the blue team scored seven points alone, while the red team only scored a free throw from Zhuo Zhiyuan. Xu Yueqiang beat Xiao Yao and scored two points. The difference between the two teams was wider than that in the half. Four points. The score is now 51 to 41, and the blue team's lead has reached double digits.

  After the timeout ended, the blue team replaced Bilsa and Chen Nuo, replaced by Zhang Yi and Miao Cheng. The red team behind the score did not rush to replace the professional players, but replaced the amateur player Zhao Yunfei with Feng Chengzhi, who is also an amateur player.

After    came back from the timeout, the red team still had the ball. This time they did not open the space and let Zhuo Zhiyuan continue to play singles with Xiao Yao. After a few passes, the basketball was handed over to the new Zhao Yunfei. The opponent defending Zhao Yunfei was Miao Cheng, who was the shortest in the blue team. Zhao Yunfei, who had an advantage in height and wingspan, made a defensive jumper against Miao Cheng, bringing the difference between the two teams back to single digits.

   When switching to the blue team's offense, the offensive organizer with the ball at the point guard position of the blue team was not Xiao Yao, but Guo Qi, who played the point guard at the opening of the first quarter.

   After Guo Qi dribbled to the top of the three-point arc, Xiao Yao ran to the outside and stood beside Yu Junzhe who was defending Guo Qi and helped him set up a single block. Guo Qi dribbled the ball from Xiao Yao's side, and temporarily got rid of Yu Junzhe's defense by Xiao Yao's screen. The red team also quickly switched defenses. Zhuo Zhiyuan, who originally defended Xiao Yao, quickly changed positions and posted Guo Qi, while Yu Junzhe took a step in to prevent Xiao Yao from cutting the basket after he finished covering.

  But after helping Guo Qi with the screen, Xiao Yao didn't cut to the basket, instead ran to the outside line and went to the top of the arc of the three-point line. Guo Qi quickly passed the basketball to the top of the arc of the three-point line. Xiao Yao didn't hesitate after catching the ball, and immediately jumped up and shot the three-pointer.

  "Why!" The basketball draws a beautiful arc in the air and then falls into the basket. Xiao Yao hit a three-pointer, extending the blue team's lead to 11 points, and once again opened the point difference to double digits.

   "Good shot, Xiao Yao made a three-pointer!" He Jian shouted.

   "It seems that Xiao Yao's long-range shooting ability is also very good." Zhou Qun also smiled and boasted.

  Next to the red team’s offense, Yu Junzhe hanged the basketball to Evans who moved inside. Evans beat Guo Qi to the basket and scored two points.

   Looking back, when the blue team attacked, Guo Qi passed the ball to Miao Cheng who was at a 45-degree angle to the left of the three-point line. After Miao Cheng dribbled the ball, he tossed the ball lightly to Xiao Yao, who moved to the strong side high position and raised his hand for the ball.

  After receiving the ball, Xiao Yao stood still, leaned back, squeezed Zhuo Zhiyuan, who was close behind him to defend himself, and then quickly turned to the right with the ball, making a fake shot. After deceiving Zhuo Zhiyuan to jump up the block, Xiao Yao took the basketball back, patted to his right hand, and continued to break through.

After taking a step to the right, Xiao Yao immediately changed direction and made a jump to the left. At the same time, he raised the basketball and made a move of raising his hands and then retracting, avoiding the supplementary defense and Evans's right hand that was about to steal the ball. His body crossed him and fell near the left bottom line of the basket.

Xiao Yao made a shot again. This time Yu Junzhe came over to make up the defense and jumped directly from the basket to block the shot. At the same time, Zhuo Zhiyuan behind Xiao Yao also jumped up and blocked again, following Yu Junzhe back and forth to defend Xiao. remote. Xiao Yao retracted the raised basketball again, and at the same time took a big step forward with his right foot. The whole person slipped under Yu Junzhe's armpit and then took off, extending his arm and gently pushing the basketball to the backboard. In the last toss, the basketball fell into the basket after rebounding from the backboard, and Xiao Yao made a shot from the board.

   "Wow~ Xiao Yao scored two more points!" He Jian exclaimed, "Looking at the flashing and moving of his ball, it's almost overwhelming on the inside of the red team!"

Zhou Qun also commented: "Looking at this, the Blue team put the focus of offense on Xiao Yao after replacing the two professional players. Guo Qi returned to the position of point guard and organized Xiao Yao. Go in charge of scoring. Xiao Yao did not disappoint, and scored another five points."

  The red team immediately launches a fast break after serving from the bottom line. Yu Junzhe took advantage of the blue team's defense not fully positioned, and drove the ball all the way into the blue team's inside line. Faced with Guo Qi and Xiao Yao who rushed to the basket to make up the defense, he threw the basketball to the bottom three. Xu Yue, who was unguarded at the split line. Xu Yue adjusted the ball after receiving the ball, and before Liu Haoming, who had recovered from the defense, jumped to block, he shot the basketball and hit a three-pointer.

   Although it is said that Xiao Yao will be the main attack point in the second half, it does not mean that Xiao Yao will complete the attack for every goal. With the next ball, after Xiao Yao wandered to the inside to attract two people's defense, Guo Qi suddenly passed the ball to Zhang Yi, who was undefended in the corner. After catching the ball, Zhang Yi took a step forward, from outside the three-point line to inside the three-point line, and steadily made a mid-to-long range shot.

  The red team still launched a fast break immediately after kick-off. This time, Yu Junzhe handed the ball to Evans. After receiving the ball, Evans made a fake shot. Liu Haoming, who deceived him to defend him, jumped up and dribbled to the basket. Guo Qi quickly came up to make up the defense. Evans passed the ball to Xu Yue who cut into the gap behind Guo Qi. Xu Yue faced Xiao Yao's defense and passed the ball to Yu Jun on the free throw line under the basket. Zhe and Yu Junzhe made a defensive mid-range shot against Zhang Yi and Miao Cheng.

   When it was the turn of the blue team to attack, Xiao Yao, who was moving in the opponent's basket, received the red team's attention again. Guo Qi passed the ball to Liu Haoming who was in the open position. After receiving the ball, Liu Haoming dribbled the ball and rushed inside. After encountering Xu Yue's defense, he threw the ball to Miao Cheng who was outside the right three-point line. After receiving the ball at a 45-degree angle on the right three-point line, Miao Cheng immediately moved the ball to the top of the arc. At this time, Xiao Yao had already detoured from the inside line to the top of the outside line and just received a pass from Miao Cheng.

  After receiving the ball, Xiao Yao made a fake three-pointer, tricked to follow Zhuo Zhiyuan's center of gravity, and immediately dribbled through from the right hand side. Xiao Yao first took a step forward with his right foot, while holding the ball with his right hand swinging to the right. Yu Junzhe, who had recovered from the basket, immediately stood to his left to prevent Xiao Yao from breaking through to the right. However, Xiao Yao's left foot stepped out to the left at almost 60 angles in the next step, and the center of gravity of the whole person quickly turned to the left. At the same time, he retracted the basketball with his right hand. After switching the basketball to the left in front of him, he moved The left hand was raised straight up, completing a basket from the left.

   "Europe stepped to the basket!" He Jian shouted again, "Beautiful!"

  The next goal, the red team played a positional attack. This time the attacker became Zhuo Zhiyuan. After receiving the ball from the outside, Zhuo Zhiyuan also dribbled to the right to break through. As Zhuo Zhiyuan kicked off Miao Cheng's defense at the start, Xiao Yao, who was standing on the inside line, immediately stepped forward to make up the defense.

  Faced with Xiao Yao's defense, Zhuo Zhiyuan took a step with the ball and jumped up directly, making a mid-range shot of horseback archery in the air. Xiao Yao was about to pounce on, but he saw Zhuo Zhiyuan's left foot bend and lift up, and his knee was at the forefront of his body. If Xiao Yao pounced on, it happened to meet Zhuo Zhiyuan’s knee, and he quickly went Leaning sideways, he avoided Zhuo Zhiyuan's knees. With no defense, Zhuo Zhiyuan's horseback archery shot from the middle distance also made it.

  Offensive and defensive conversion, under the control of Xiao Yao, the player of the blue team who ran out of the open this time is Miao Cheng who has not scored yet. After Guo Qi passed the ball to Miao Cheng, Miao Cheng, who had no defense on the outside, couldn't help but shoot a three-pointer. The basketball hit the front of the basket and bounced out without making a shot.

  At this time, Xiao Yao, who was detouring back to the three-second zone, quickly jumped up and grabbed the offensive rebound. After landing, Xiao Yao raised his hand to shoot, and Yu Junzhe quickly posted it. Xiao Yao immediately retracted his arm, took a step back to the side with the dribble, and Yu Junzhe immediately followed. Xiao Yao sank his left shoulder and made a move to break through, which caused Yu Junzhe to step back. The right hand behind him did not swing forward. Instead, he dribbled the ball behind him. The man jumped a step back, smoothly holding the ball and jumping to shoot.

  Facing Yu Junzhe, who raised his arm quickly to defend forward, Xiao Yao, who retreated to the jumper, put some backwards, and still shot the ball from the mid-range position.

   In the next round, Yu Junzhe and Zhao Yunfei from outside played a pick-and-roll cooperation and handed the ball to Zhao Yunfei. After Zhao Yunfei got rid of the defense, he drove the ball to the basket. Liu Haoming, who had made up his defense, moved a little later and directly ran into Zhao Yunfei. Zhao Yunfei saw the opportunity very quickly and threw the basketball toward the hoop while he was hit and lost his center of gravity. The referee's whistle sounded, and the basketball thrown by Zhao Yunfei also magically fell into the basket.

  The referee indicates that two points are valid and an additional penalty kick is given. Zhao Yunfei also yelled excitedly.

  Free throws are dead ball conditions and substitutions are possible. Before the execution of this free throw, both sides made substitutions. The red team replaced Evans and Xu Yue off the court and replaced them with Feng Chengzhi and Shi Jingsheng. Zhao Fengnian keeps professional players on the court to chase points, but there is a limit to playing professionally and amateurishly. All the professional players on his side have played a lot of time on the court. No matter whether the score is close or not, Zhao Fengnian is also embarrassed to keep the professional players on the court.

The blue team replaced Guo Qi and Zhang Yi, but instead of Bielsa and Chen Nuo, they replaced Lu Cheng and Zhang Chao with a lineup of all amateur players. It seems that they want to continue to play. Weak and strong, allowing the red team to chase points.

  A penalty kick, Zhao Yunfei failed to make it. Xiao Yao, who was in a favorable position at the basket, squeezed Yu Junzhe tightly behind him, and then jumped high to pick off the rebound. After landing, Xiao Yao immediately raised his hand and threw the basketball towards the opponent's half court. Lu Cheng, who rushed to the front, turned his head to catch Xiao Yao's pass that had crossed most of the court, and dribbled the ball to the opponent's basket.

  Shi Jingsheng, who was at the back of the red team, quickly returned to defense, and when Lu Cheng received the ball, he had already narrowed the distance with him. When Lu Cheng layup, Shi Jingsheng also jumped on defense. Lu Cheng, who had been chased by Zhuo Zhiyuan once in the first half of the fast break, was not covered by Shi Jingsheng who was chasing him, but he was somewhat affected. This time he did not make a layup.

  The other newly replaced Feng Chengzhi of the red team returned to defense with Shi Jingsheng. Feng Chengzhi, who was a step slower than Shi Jingsheng, caught the basketball falling from the outer edge of the hoop. He also immediately turned around and threw a long pass that crossed the half-court and threw it towards Zhuo Zhiyuan, who moved near the blue team's three-point line.

Zhuo Zhiyuan was about to catch the ball, but Xiao Yao suddenly appeared in front of him and intercepted Feng Chengzhi's pass to him.

After Xiao Yao passed the ball, he was also ready to run towards the opponent's half, but who knew that Lu Cheng's layup ended in failure before the three-point line was reached. Seeing Feng Chengzhi catching the basketball, Xiao Yao quickly moved towards it. Zhuo Zhiyuan approached. Yu Junzhe is still at the basket. If Feng Chengzhi wants to pass and fast break, it will be too difficult for Yu Junzhe. The most likely one is to Zhuo Zhiyuan who is outside the three-point line.

   Seeing Feng Chengzhi really pass the ball to Zhuo Zhiyuan, Xiao Yao immediately accelerated forward and broke Feng Chengzhi's pass before Zhuo Zhiyuan. After Xiao Yao steals, he shoots the basketball forward and dribbles to the opponent's half court. With continuous offensive and defensive transitions, the personnel of the two teams have been very scattered. At this time, the red team only had Feng Chengzhi and Shi Jingsheng in the half. Shi Jingsheng defended Lu Cheng, who had not had time to return after failing to make a layup, and Feng Chengzhi went up to defend Xiao Yao.

   Seeing that Xiao Yao drove the ball to near the three-point line, Feng Chengzhi, who was afraid that Xiao Yao would easily break through, did not rush to defend himself. Instead, he stood a step back and stood one step inside the three-point line to defend. As a result, Xiao Yao did not force a breakthrough after dribbling to a 45-degree angle to the left of the three-point line. Instead, he jumped and shot directly outside the three-point line.

   "Shoo!" The basketball crossed a parabola and fell into the basket accurately again.

   "Oh~ Xiao Yao made a direct three-point shot in the fast break~ hit it!" He Jian shouted.

   "During the fast-break two-on-two, he chose to shoot three points outside, Xiao Yao really dare to shoot!" Zhou Qun shook his head, "He has achieved confidence and state, and he feels hot!"

  Red team's Yu Junzhe handed the basketball to Zhuo Zhiyuan, and then ran into the blue team's inside line by himself and got stuck under the basket. After the substitution, the blue team had no professional players on the field, and Xiao Yao did not stare at Zhuo Zhiyuan, but competed with Yu Junzhe at the basket.

  Zhuo Zhiyuan dribbled through the blue team's defense by Zhang Chao. Seeing that Xiao Yao was still fighting Yu Junzhe at the basket, the other members of the blue team did not come to make up the defense immediately, so they jumped and shot from the mid-range position.

  The basketball bounced out, and Xiao Yao and Yu Junzhe under the basket immediately jumped up to grab a rebound at the same time. Xiao Yao, who is closer to the inside, will squeeze behind Junzhe, occupying a certain position advantage. However, under the interference of Yu Junzhe who also jumped up behind him, Xiao Yao could not hold the rebound in his hand, so he stretched out his hand gently. With one stroke, the basketball was placed in the air to Lu Cheng on the other side of the basket. After receiving the ball, Lu Cheng immediately turned around, dribbling the ball to the opponent's half court, but just after starting, he hit Feng Chengzhi behind him, and the basketball in his hand was also out of control.

  Feng Chengzhi stood still, and the referee did not call a foul. Seeing the basketball fall from Lu Cheng's hands, Feng Chengzhi immediately dashed out and copied the basketball in his hands.

Xiao Yao, who landed, immediately rushed to Feng Chengzhi, but Feng Chengzhi quickly passed the ball to Yu Junzhe at the basket.

  Xiao Yao immediately followed the basketball and turned around and pounced on Yu Junzhe. Yu Junzhe at the basket jumped up after catching the ball, and Xiao Yao followed up with the block, but Yu Junzhe put down the basketball in his hand and passed the basketball to Feng Chengzhi behind Xiao Yao in the air. This time Feng Chengzhi didn't hesitate anymore and shot successfully at the basket.

After Guo Qi left the field, Xiao Yao took over the task of organizing the ball again and advanced to the frontcourt with the ball. After coming outside the three-point line, Xiao Yao didn't pass the ball anymore, but suddenly started a breakthrough. Shaking his shoulder to the right, Xiao Yao shot the basketball to his left with his right hand. After a change of hands in front of him, he dribbled the ball with his left hand and broke through Zhuo Zhiyuan's defense. After taking two steps, Xiao Yao leaped high, his right arm holding the ball stood up straight, his wrist had already exceeded the height of the basket, and it seemed that he was about to make a dunk. Yu Junzhe, who moved from the weak side to make up the defense, immediately raised his arms and jumped up to block.

Seeing that Xiao Yao’s dunk seemed to be covered by Yu Junzhe, who was also jumping high, but Xiao Yao took the raised right hand, bowed in the air and handed the basketball to his left hand. , And then jerked his waist, holding the basketball in his left hand, passed through Yu Junzhe's armpit, and threw the basketball to the hoop.

  The thrown basketball bounced twice on the hoop, and then it still fell into the hoop.

   "Wow~" There was another huge cheering and screaming at the scene.

After landing, Xiao Yao staggered for two steps. Xiao Yao stretched out his hand to support the floor and maintained his balance. Looking back, he saw the basketball falling from the basket, and then opened his arms and ran back into the field in an arc to simulate flying. Inside, ran to his own half.

  "Tie rod in the air, switch to the basket!" He Jian exclaimed, "It's so beautiful!"

"It's amazing!" Zhou Qun, who looked at his personal statistics, sighed, "Xiao Yao, who missed all four shots in the first half and scored no points, had already made nine of nine shots in this quarter! Among them, he made two of two three-pointers , I made a free throw and scored 21 points! Xiao Yao, who turned on the scoring mode in the second half, has full firepower!"

  (End of this chapter)