Rekindling the dream of becoming a star

Chapter 19: Destroy No. Middle School

The second half began with the cheers of the newly emerged cheerleading team from the affiliated high school.

"The Affiliated High School, the Affiliated High School, the Nanyang Affiliated High School!" The cheers were quite standard, but they were from a group of charming girls.

With all the shouting and jumping, the competition feels really good.

Especially that martial posture, with his long legs shaking, Chen Fang, who was thirty meters away, just took one look at it and his heart started beating fast!

I can't understand why boys have a crush on long legs.

With the support of the cheerleaders, the morale of the Affiliated High School was high. From the start of the game, they launched a full-court defense against the No. 1 High School, especially against Bai Ye. As soon as he received the ball, the two closest Affiliated High School players would pounce on him.

This kind of defensive strategy should be easy to crack. As long as the transmission is accelerated, the team can use fewer people to fight against more. However, Bai Ye seemed to have a dignity that he needed to maintain. Facing double-teaming, he chose to force a breakthrough. Three same defensive attempts resulted in three turnovers.

The turnover was converted into points, and two minutes into the third quarter, the Affiliated High School tied the score.

Huang Yuanshan immediately replaced Bai Ye after the dead ball.

Bai Ye left the field with a gloomy face. Huang Yuanshan went up to him and wanted to say something to him, but he dodged with an extraordinary sliding move.

Bai Ye returned to the bench and drank the water. Suddenly he smashed the bottle to the ground, splashing water everywhere.

The teammates next to him and the audience behind him were suddenly silent, frightened by Bai Ye's action of smashing the bottle.

Huang Yuanshan was already annoyed by Bai Ye's refusal to communicate, and when he saw Bai Ye's rage, he was stunned at first, then became even more angry, and without turning his head back to watch the dynamics of the court.

The situation on the No. 1 Middle School bench soon spread to the entire team, and the atmosphere suddenly became dull and solemn.

The Affiliated High School was merciless. Seeing that the morale of No. 1 High School was low, they directly used the mad dog method of marking the entire court. The number of mistakes made by Nanyang No. 1 High School increased sharply, and Huang Yuanshan's blood pressure almost soared to the sky.

Even though he called for a timeout and brought in new players, the declining trend was hard to hide. Not only was No. 1 Middle School unable to maintain a stalemate with the Affiliated Middle School, but the score gap also widened.

As soon as the third quarter ended, the whole audience was in an uproar, Nanyang Affiliated High School was 48:39 Nanyang No. 9 High School, overtaking by points.

The team scored a 19-point counterattack climax in a single quarter, defeating Nanyang No. Middle School.

The cheerleaders of the Affiliated High School were jubilant. The girls' joyful expressions were so terrifying that many teenagers decisively switched sides and joined in the cheering.

No. 1 Middle School is too strong. In the past two years, it has made more enemies than just Dongsheng. At this moment, people are singing and dancing in the stands and are extremely happy.

Xue Chong jumped off the stands and wandered around the empty space behind the baseline, muttering something. Yang Shan couldn't stand it anymore and shouted, "Xue Chong, please come up, don't be like this."

"Don't worry about it, I'm happy and I enjoy it."

"I'll be standing here in the fourth quarter. I want to see how No. 1 Middle School loses, hehe!"

"Don't worry about him, kid." Yue Gang held Yang Shan who was about to stand up and asked Chen Fang curiously: "How did you predict it?"

"Don't look at me like that. I'm just gambling blindly. I just don't like Bai Ye."

"Yes, I am not happy with him!"

"Then why don't you join me in betting on the Affiliated High School?" Chen Fang said unhappily.

Xue Chong quickly turned around and said, "Watch the game, don't chat!"

While we were chatting, the fourth quarter had already begun.

The No. 1 Middle School team faced full-court pressure again and handled the ball much more calmly. It was obvious that Huang Yuanshan had come up with a countermeasure just now.

Three people in a line, two people in front and back, the whole formation forms a diamond shape, the five people are very close, and the intensity of the response is increased.

They quickly passed the midfield and immediately formed a situation where they had more people against fewer people. After scoring four points in a row, No. 1 Middle School's decline was stopped at once.

A middle-aged man stood up from the bench of the affiliated high school and blew a short whistle.

The defensive strategy of the affiliated high school on the court immediately changed to a 131 zone defense.

This defensive formation strengthens the defense in the penalty area and on both sides, cutting off the connection between the offensive players inside, outside, left and right, making it difficult for the offensive players to pass the ball and suppressing the opponent's center attack.

Because, at this moment, the big man on the court is Sheng Zhi, a big center who is 198 cm tall and weighs more than 200 kg.

He scored both points just now. Under the aura of Bai Ye, he was still able to make everyone remember him. This in itself is a manifestation of his ability.

He is fast in movement, good at shooting, and has strong assist defense abilities; these are his characteristics.

As if No. 1 Middle School was gaining momentum, Yan Zhen, who had been hiding in the third quarter, suddenly emerged again.

A three-pointer and two free throws due to a foul brought the score difference back to nine points.

"Double-digit numbers and single-digit numbers, that's a huge psychological gap." Yue Gang, who was concentrating on watching the game, suddenly spoke.

Sure enough, the 131 zone defense suppressed Sheng Zhi. Yan Zhen grabbed the rebound and became one with the ball, rushing forward at the speed of a -meter race. Even if No. Middle School wanted to commit a foul, he was not given a chance.

"Bang!" The basket made a loud noise again, and Yan Zhen slammed the basketball into the basket with a one-arm dunk.

The whole audience exclaimed one after another, and within a few seconds, it gathered into a high-decibel noise.

Amid the noise, Yan Zhen hung in the air with one arm after a slam dunk, pointing his other hand toward the No. 1 Middle School bench and gently shaking his index finger.

At the same time, make a silent lip movement that you can't do.

59: 48.

This was the first time that Nanyang High School Affiliated to Nanyang led Nanyang No. 1 High School by double digits.

Bai Ye stood up and walked to Huang Yuanshan. No one knew what he said. In short, the king of Nanyang High School appeared on the court again after almost not playing for a quarter.

The students of No. 1 Middle School finally found a reason to act. They had been suppressing their emotions for a whole class, but at this moment, they shouted loudly, and finally their shouts came down to two words.

White night, white night, white night.

Amidst thunderous cheers, Bai Ye advanced with the ball with murderous intent.

When it came to the last six minutes of the fourth quarter, the Nanyang High School Derby finally reached the decisive moment.

Yang Shan was really nervous. Chen Fang, who was sitting next to him, felt his body trembling. On the other side, Yue Gang's eyes were wide open and his clenched fists also represented his mood at the moment.

Chen Fang was also looking forward to it. One was an old enemy whom he admired very much, and the other was the Nanyang football king who he had never met but was well-known to everyone.

They wanted to suppress each other at this moment, and even the birds flying in the sky felt it.

Yan Zhen did not choose to defend Bai Ye as soon as he crossed half court, but instead formed a double goalkeeper at the top of the three-point arc with his teammates. Once Bai Ye approached, they would face the deterrent position of double-teaming.

He seemed to understand Bai Ye's proud mentality and was certain that the king of high school would break in and prove his strength.

Sure enough, Bai Ye rushed in without hesitation, and his teammates defended him directly from the front, but Yan Zhen deliberately slowed down and flanked him from the side.

The eye-popping operation suddenly appeared. Bai Ye turned half-way, dribbled the ball backwards, and the basketball bounced under the defender's crotch. Bai Ye, with his shoulders sideways, thrust his body between Yan Zhen and his teammates like a knife.

After breaking the double-team, Bai Ye received the ball and took a jump step, then dived directly into the arms of Sun Yi who jumped up half a beat later. He changed the posture of bending a bow and drawing an arrow into a one-handed spin to catch the moon, and then he made an extreme pull-up shot, and after Sun Yi landed, he hooked the ball into the basket with his low hand.

The explosive score, the pure American art of scoring, appeared vividly in front of the eyes of more than 2,000 people in the audience.

"Nanyang King of Football!"

"White Night King!"

The various names echoed over the stadium like carnival fireworks.

In the Dongsheng stands, many people gasped and were amazed by this extraordinary mid-air pull-up. Yang Shan even stood up and clapped without hesitation.

Chen Fang also took a few photos. Bai Ye was indeed very passionate and explosive. With such physical fitness and talent, why did he disappear silently later? It was really a mystery.

"You, can't!" Chen Fang finally heard Bai Ye's roar. He pointed at Yan Zhen and yelled.

Chen Fang had already understood Yan Zhen's little strategy, and he didn't know what he said that made Bai Ye paranoid. From his current perspective, No. 1 Middle School was completely trapped by Bai Ye alone, and the whole team was unable to exert its due strength, and was in fact being held back by the Affiliated Middle School in the score.

Yan Zhen acted as if nothing had happened and even smiled.

The Affiliated High School was attacking, and Sun Yi was outside to assist. He passed the ball to Yan Zhen, and then blocked the defender who was chasing him, giving Yan Zhen time to adjust his aim. The latter looked at Bai Ye who was blocked, had already broken free, and his hand was almost touching him, and he jumped up and shot a jump shot for three points.

The ball hit the back frame and bounced up. A black shadow touched the backboard before Sheng Zhi reached it, and took control of the basketball in the air. He flew forward, switched the ball from his right hand to his left hand, and then lightly pushed the basketball into the basket with his left hand.

"Wow!" A cry of surprise was heard in the stadium.

A mid-air change of hands and a pull-up shot to score.

It’s Yan Zhen!
He actually responded to Bai Ye's goal with a pull-up shot.

Shoot the ball, steal the ball and score again!
"Where the hell did this guy come from? He's evenly matched with Bai Ye!" Yue Gang was speechless. He accidentally glanced at Chen Fang looking at him with a smile, and couldn't help but hold back most of his emotion.

There's another monster here!

It's been terrible this year.

Yue Gang had this thought.

As Yan Zhen and Bai Ye opened fire at full force, the two teams realized that if they didn't fight now, when would they fight?

The offense and defense of the two teams entered the melee stage. Both sides tried their best to overwhelm the other side. The cheers from both sides came one after another. Girls were the best, but they were not their own. The students of Nanyang No. 1 Middle School spontaneously formed a cheering team, shouting louder and louder for their mother team.

As time passed, the score began to stagnate.

Nanyang Affiliated High School 66:62 Nanyang No. High School.

The score remained at this number for two minutes. Under the high-intensity confrontation, the hit rate dropped rapidly.

Yan Zhen's brain was definitely more intelligent than his body. He gave up shooting and went for the basket regardless of whether there was a chance or not.

In order to suppress him, Bai Ye has already committed four fouls.

It was Yan Zhen's turn to shoot free throws. Bai Ye stood outside and flapped his arms to support his team and make more noise to influence the free throws. Amidst the boos, Yan Zhen missed both free throws. Sheng Zhi grabbed the rebound and threw it directly to Bai Ye who was on a fast break. The latter did not seem to have much strength and only scored with a dunk.

Despite this, it still received loud applause.

At the last moment, more than 2,000 young people chose Bai Ye.

Strangely enough, Yan Zhen did not lose his mentality because of the missed free throw. He high-fived his teammates and patted his chest to show that it was his fault. His good psychological quality at this moment aroused the admiration of many people in the circle.

"It's really strong." Yue Gang gave high praise.

Chen Fang was not surprised. Yan Zhen was like an indestructible cockroach. His willpower was really strong. Anyway, Chen Fang didn't defeat him in those fights.

The score was narrowed to two points and time was down to the last minute. The huge pressure made the audience feel tortured. No one could sit still. The stands were packed with people and the cheers were like waves, one higher than the other.

This is indeed a rare and high-quality duel, and even Chen Fang rarely experiences it.

Yan Zhen held the ball and called for high screens continuously. He was always moving around on the left wing. There were five people in one position, and four of them were pressing in this area.

Breaking away, colliding, pick-and-roll, and helping out on defense, everyone on the court is trying their best to squeeze their opponents.

Yan Zhen suddenly jumped up and passed the ball high to the right. He was an unknown nobody, but at this moment, he was hiding in the bottom corner. When he received the basketball and threw it out, he suddenly became the focus of the whole audience.

Then the focus was on the flying basketball, and when the basketball went through the rim, the focus returned to the boy again.

At this moment, more than two thousand young people were filled with mixed emotions: frustration, ecstasy, pain, and disappointment, which completely dominated them at this moment.

With his hands raised high and a ferocious scowl on his face, the boy stood there, welcoming his teammates who were running towards him madly.

"Nanyang High School actually has a trump card!!!" Yang Shan looked dazed.

"The Nanyang High School's plan is so deep, it's terrifying!" Yue Gang also gasped.

If I remember correctly, the young man who made the fatal shot did not take a shot in this quarter and hid himself like air.

This must have been premeditated, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why at the most critical moment, the Affiliated High School actually played a strong-side and weak-side combination, leaving him in the bottom corner waiting for Yan Zhen's pass.

5 points gap, thirty seconds left.

How can Nanyang No. 1 Middle School save itself, and what earth-shattering move will Bai Ye make?
Nanyang applied for the last suspension.

Time flew by quickly, and it only took a few seconds for the entire stadium to go from noisy to silent. When Bai Ye stepped into the court, everything became completely quiet.

Everyone is waiting for Bai Ye’s next move.

"He must shoot a three-pointer, then immediately commit a foul after making the first shot, and then pursue that glimmer of hope." Yue Gang concluded.

This is the fact. Bai Ye must shoot a three-pointer, which everyone knows. So the difficulty of him making the shot now has increased epically.

This is what the stars have to bear. If they miss a shot, all the praise and admiration before will instantly turn into ridicule and abuse.

There is no such thing that you can benefit from alone. Behind the glory is endless darkness.

Nanyang No. 1 Middle School set up two pick-and-roll screens, and Bai Ye was wrapped up in them by his teammates. This was very much like a rugby ball, protecting the person who was charging and allowing him to rush out at the last moment.

On the periphery, the Affiliated High School surrounded them, and at the same time, Yan Zhen was waiting outside.

Time waits for no one, and the five-second serve does not allow anyone to have any extra thoughts. When the referee threw the ball to the server on the sideline, the court was like throwing magnesium into the water, and the crowd exploded.

Two people went to provide cover first, and then another one rushed out from behind. Bai Ye, who lost his protection, followed the person behind him. When his teammates blocked the person who was coming over, he crossed the baseline and rushed to the sideline.

The ball is coming.

He caught the ball, jumped up, turned his body in the air to face the basket, and shot without hesitation.

"Ding!" The basketball hit the outside frame and bounced towards the free throw line.

A figure jumped high, grabbed the rebound, and rushed down the front court.

In front of him was an empty space. The supporters of No. 1 Middle School covered their faces and dared not look any further.

Yan Zhenfei held the basketball in both hands in the air, roared, and threw it towards the basket with all his strength.

I will be the one to cut off the head of the Nanyang overlord!

"Bang!" The force was so strong that the dull sound of the basket vibrated over the court.

Yan Zhen, who had fallen down, looked up and let out a long howl in the face of the momentary silence of the entire audience.

I won this battle.

"No. 8 Middle School lost!" Yue Gang sighed as he looked at No. who was being chased and hugged by his teammates on the court.

"Bai Ye!" Looking at Bai Ye standing alone in the far corner, Yang Shan almost choked up.

"Don't be like this. It won't be too late for you to cry after we beat No. 1 Middle School!" Chen Fang patted Yang Shan on the shoulder and teased.

Xue Chong laughed out loud when he heard this, hugged Yang Shan tightly, and threatened fiercely: "You traitor, go and stick your butt out to welcome my sacred blow."

As the referee blew the final whistle, this most important friendly match before the league ended.

"This is not the end, but the beginning." Yue Gang said as he looked at the people leaving like a tide.

"Soon, it will be Dongsheng's turn to take the stage." Chen Fang stood by with a firm tone.

"Yes, today is the Affiliated High School, and tomorrow the sun rises in the east!" Yue Gang recited classical Chinese, with hope glittering in his eyes. The Affiliated High School defeated the No. 1 High School, which gave him strength invisibly.

But Chen Fang thought further. This exciting battle will stimulate all the participating schools. There are dark horses every year. Who will it be this year?

This is a game without losers. The awakened Nanyang No. 1 Middle School will surely come back with a stronger attitude.

Our road is destined to go through blood and fire.

Whether it's Yan Zhen or Bai Ye, I will suppress them!
A cold light flashed in Chen Fang's eyes. The exciting duel also stimulated him. His blood began to boil.

(End of this chapter)