Champion Rules

Chapter 5 005: There is no monogamy here (please read!)
Red Star and Partizan are the two most influential teams in Belgrade and even in the entire Balkan Peninsula.

Looking back at the yellowed annals of the Serbia-Montenegro League, seven championship trophies in the past decade were shared by these two behemoths.

Their dominance is like the Celtics and Lakers in the NBA from the 50s to the 60s. As for their relationship, it is more hostile than that.

The Purple and Gold Army and the Celtics are still facing each other across the entire North American continent, while the Red Star and the Guerrillas are fighting in the same city and the same stadium.

You can imagine how explosive the scene would be if the Staples Center was hung with the Celtics and Lakers championship banners at the same time.

This is the case with Red Star and the Partisans.

These two powerful teams, which share the same stadium but are as hostile as water and fire, are performing the most intense fateful showdown in the Balkans.

So tonight, almost all basketball fans in Serbia are paying attention to this derby.

The Serbian people are looking forward to this game just like the Chinese netizens are looking forward to the Ma Dou version of Nezha.

But on the night when the storm of this focus battle swept across the entire Balkan Peninsula, the "Youth Derby" between the FMP Youth Team and the Partisan Youth Team also received the treatment of national live broadcast.

What are the fans looking forward to? The match between Milos Teodosic and another talented defender, Aleksandar Gajic.

Scouts all over Europe now focused their attention on these two young and elegant swordsmen.

Aleksandar Gajic, the basketball prodigy at the turn of the century, led the Serbia and Montenegro U16 national team to sweep the European continent in 1999 and won the European Championship MVP.

The following year, he skipped the level and joined the U18 national team, and he led the Serbian Black Knights to plant the flag on the top of Europe again.

The young guard, who led his team to consecutive championships at the U16 and U18 levels, has become a superstar in the Balkan basketball world.

Who is the stronger talent, him or the emerging Theo, has always been a hot topic among Serbian fans.

And tonight, the answer will be revealed.

In the eyes of fans and the media, this is a game belonging to Gajic and Theo.

But they don’t know that the answer tonight may belong to someone else.

Lynch knew very well that this was also an opportunity for him.

There are more scouts here tonight than there have been all year.

Therefore, if Lynch can seize the opportunity, his reputation will be known in the basketball world for the first time.

It may even spread to North America.

Lynch was tying his shoes when Boshko walked up to him and handed him a new jersey.

Lin Qi happily took the clothes and put them on impatiently: "It's done so quickly? Thank you, Mediterranean Commander!"

"Oh, don't thank me, just sit down!" Boshko took out a comb angrily.

During training a few days ago, Lynch told Boshko that he wanted to change his jersey number to No. 10.

But at that time, the owner of the No. 10 jersey in the team was Luka Modric, so Boshko refused.

As a result, early the next morning, Luka took the initiative to find Boshko and expressed his willingness to give the No. 10 jersey to Lynch. So Boshko asked the team to make a new jersey for Lynch.

Boshko still can't figure out what words Lynch used to convince Luca.

In fact, Lynch did not use any rhetoric, he simply convinced people with his virtue.

Lynch didn't give Luka any big talk, but instead talked to him about the physics on the basketball court.

On the training ground, the two conducted in-depth research on the topic of "the positive correlation function between the angular velocity of the forearm swing and the bruise area of ​​teammates with the elbow joint as the fulcrum."

Luca was moved by Lynch's profound knowledge of physics, so he presented the No. 10 jersey with tears in his eyes.

After changing into his jersey, Lynch patted Luka Modric on the shoulder and said, "Thank you, man. You don't have to worry about anything on defense from now on. I've got you covered."

Teodosic, who was standing by, casually asked, "Why number 10?"

"I just like it."

In fact, Lynch wears No. 10 because his favorite character in "Slam Dunk" is the protagonist Hanamichi Sakuragi.

That guy's fiery enthusiasm always made Lynch's heart restless.

Of course, Lynch couldn't explain so much to someone who had never seen "Slam Dunk", so he just made a casual excuse.

After a small episode, Boshko led the team onto the field.

Although this small high school gymnasium can only accommodate a few hundred fans, the cheers on the scene are still enthusiastic.

The rusty dome trembled in the sound waves. Grandmothers wrapped in guerrilla scarves, children with colorful faces, and uncles raising beer and cheering. Serbs' passion for basketball is the same for all men and women, young and old. There is only madness and enthusiasm here.

The guerrilla players also came on the field soon. Alexander Gajic, like a confident conqueror, glanced at the entire FMP team with contempt.

An old man in a hat in the audience suddenly smashed a bottle of wine, further igniting the already burning small stadium.

Theo and Gajic looked at each other across the center line, and the whole field was filled with the smell of gunpowder and black soil.

Suddenly, Luca screamed in fear like a cat whose tail was stepped on, breaking the tense atmosphere.

"Lynch!"

Lynch chewed his gum slowly: "Ah? What for?"

"Look at that guy!"

Lynch looked in the direction of Luka Modric's finger and found that there was a huge shadow standing next to Gajic, who must be over 210 cm tall.

The man was rubbing his chin with fingers like steel files, and his well-developed biceps made him look completely out of the category of "youth basketball".

He and Gaichi standing together look very much like Vegeta and Nappa who just appeared in "Dragon Ball".

One tall, one short, their eyes filled with pride. "Damn, I thought Blagota Sekulic had already joined the first team." Luca's voice trembled slightly.

"Damn, how come there are more birds with the word '奇' in their names than there are pigeons in Belgrade? Who the hell are they?" Lynch was almost dizzy with all these complicated names, each of which had the word "奇" at the end.

Wait, I think I'm also a bit weird.
"The tallest guy, Blagotar Sekulic, the starting center on the team that won the U18 European Championship in 2000. Lynch, you said you would help me, right? You must help me, he will use my skull as a bowl!"

"Don't be nervous." Teodosic said, "Blagota can't kill the game. Lynch has his own tasks. Don't let him distract you."

The task that Boshko gave to Lynch today was to help Theo defend Gajic, who is the most threatening offensive point of the guerrilla team.

But Linqi waved his hand and said, "Of course I will take care of Alexander Gajic."

"What about Blagota?" Theo raised his eyebrows.

"We'll deal with him just the same. The Mediterranean Commander only said that Gaichi belongs to me, but he didn't say that I can only have Gaichi. This is a basketball court, there is no monogamy here."

The game is about to start and the atmosphere before the tip-off is quite friendly.

After all, this is not America, the barbaric land where criminals are exiled. Compared to those black men whose mouths stink like sewers, European players are obviously less keen on trash talk.

But even so, the atmosphere of war is still strong.

The guerrillas got the ball first, and Alexander Gajic controlled the ball steadily and advanced.

As a traditional European point guard with a height of 183 cm, he played the first ball in a very American style and chose to break through directly.

As talented as Teodosic's offense is, his defense is just as bad.

He is not strong in confrontation and is slow on his feet, and this shortcoming of his is known to the entire Serbian youth basketball community.

Gajic will naturally not miss the opportunity to pick on the weak. The media and scouts are all watching him, and he hopes to win over this rising star with a complete victory.

He hopes to replicate Michael Jordan's "If I don't beat him, you'll think I'm on the same level as him" scene.

With a hesitant step followed by a reverse crotch strike, Alexander Gajic tore through Theo's defense. The moment he smelled blood, he had already left the dignity of the FMP youth team star behind.

After the breakthrough, Gajic made a skillful quick stop and a smooth jump shot.

Gajic even had enough time to adjust his breathing rhythm as he soared into the air, until the dome spotlights were suddenly swallowed up by the shadow of the Great Wall of China.

The height of the jump of the tall and thin No. 10 amazed everyone at the scene, and the live camera shared this astonishment with everyone watching the game outside the stadium.

Alexander Gajic was also surprised. Where did FMP come up with such a jumping guy?

According to his experience, if he continued to shoot, the ball would most likely be blocked.

But Gajic is a talented point guard after all. He has the same calm mind and excellent passing skills as Theo.

After his shooting lane was blocked, Gajic folded his body in the air and then pushed the ball to Blagota Sekulic who was already in position under the basket.

He admitted that he was forced to pass the ball by the number 10. But there is nothing to be ashamed of, basketball is not a one-man sport.

Sekulic is 213 cm tall, not much taller than Luca, but he looks much bigger than Luca.

After receiving the ball, his muscles turned into steel and he thrust backwards with all his might. Luka felt his internal organs undergo torture. Few young players in Serbia could withstand such a blow.

After pushing Luka away and gaining space, Sekulic was ready to crush his opponent with a two-handed dunk as usual.

But just as he jumped into the air and prepared to exert force, Lynch's thunderous defense turned into a punishment from heaven.

"Snapped!"

The basketball was blocked and hit the baseline.

"The dome of St. Sava's Cathedral is not that high! And can Lynch teleport? How did he run from Alexander to the basket in an instant!?" The live commentator tore his vocal cords.

In the stands, the scouts opened their notebooks one after another, their pens scratching on the paper.

Just now, the No. 10 forced the European Crown Prince's sure-shot jump shot into a pass, and also blocked the Belgrade God Tower's dunk, single-handedly defending the Guerrilla's big and small kings.

The scouts' professional sense told them that this was no ordinary child.

That's an extraordinary child!

Lynch was not excited after landing. He had done similar things countless times on the training ground during this period, and he knew that he was fully capable of doing so.

His excellent mobility and defensive awareness allow him to defend not only one point, but the entire half court.

He likes to keep the entire half court under his wings.

After experiencing Rodman's happiness, he also began to understand Kevin Garnett's happiness.

The guerrillas' big and small kings first looked at each other in astonishment, and then their eyes fell on No. 10.

Provocation, excitement, angry throat-slitting... They imagined countless scenes that might happen to Lynch.

But none of this happened.

In the end, they only saw the tall, thin Chinese man pointing disapprovingly at Luka Modrić. "Don't worry, you don't wear number 10 for nothing. No one can bully you like I can."

Then he looked around at his teammates.

"Hey, who needs help? Sign up now.

These two guys are pretty strong, so I can only defend one more."

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