Chapter 3 Basketball Match

  In the third week of school, a basketball match was held. Xia Meng, as the main player and captain of the girls' team in her class, took to the court.

  In junior high school, she was a member of the school basketball team. They once won the second prize in the city's junior middle school basketball competition.

  Li Han also volunteered to be the captain of the school's boys' basketball team.

  In Xia Meng's impression, Li Han used to be short and small-headed. Every time there was a basketball game, he would sit on the substitute bench, taking care of everyone's luggage and clothes, serving tea and water, and had never seen him take the court.

  Every day after school, Xia Meng organizes the girls' team to practice at basketball court 1, while Li Han takes the boys' team to practice at the basketball court near the teachers' dormitory building. In fact, Xia Meng has always been skeptical about whether Li Han can dribble and shoot, that madman is probably just pretending to be a ball player!

  The basketball game has started. Every day after school, the basketball court is packed with three layers of students inside and out, cheering and shouting to support their team.

  Third-year students did not participate in the competition because they were preparing for the college entrance examination. Only first and second-year students participated in a mixed group competition.

  Xia Meng and the girls killed their way through the levels and entered the final round.

  Every time they returned to their dorm after a game, Yu Meng and Wang Qi would enthusiastically describe to her the dashing figure of Li Han from the men's team on the court.

  Xia Meng always felt that the two of them were talking nonsense and couldn't be trusted. "You guys who value appearance over friendship, didn't even go to watch one of my games, but instead went to gawk at that foolish thing!"

  "Niang Niang, who made you have the same competition time as Li Han every time?! It's said that in the final match, since both our class's boys' and girls' teams are competing for the championship, the competition times will be staggered. This time, we'll definitely go to cheer you on!"

  The final match has begun, and Xia Meng's team is competing against Class 7 of the second year. Class 7 has three members of the school basketball team, while Xia Meng's class also has three members of the school basketball team, evenly matched.

  The game was extremely fierce, with the score difference always within 3 points. The Xia Meng team trailed by 1 point in the first half. At halftime, everyone re-discussed their strategy for the second half.

  The second half of the game began, and No. 6 of the opposing team threw the ball to No. 4. No. 4 dribbled the ball to under the basket. Just as she was about to shoot upwards, Xia Meng jumped up and blocked her shot with a "cover pot"!

  Xia Meng quickly snatched the basketball from No. 4 of the opposing team. Xia Meng turned around and threw it back with force, throwing it to her teammate Luo Han.

  Luohan is also a member of the school basketball team. She has a very fast moving speed, she received the ball and quickly took it to the opponent's court.

  Xia Meng quickly followed her forward.

  Luohan soon saw someone intercepting in front of her. So she found a good opportunity and threw the basketball to Xia Meng.

  Xia Meng jumped up and caught the basketball, seeing that he was already close to the basket.

  Only to see Xia Meng calmly and unhurriedly walking to the three-point line, after a slight pause to adjust, her hand flipped, and the ball steadily entered the basket. At this time, a gentle breeze blew by, blowing up the few strands of long hair that had been tied up, looking from afar like a fairy dancing in the air. "Great, three-pointer!" Xia Meng excitedly jumped up, smiling with curved eyebrows and eyes, leaving Li Han stunned.

  The opponent took advantage of Xia Meng's teammates' excitement and quickly launched an attack on Xia Meng. Soon, the opposing school basketball team member No. 3 also scored a three-pointer, throwing it into the basket.

  The two sides ended in a draw.

  Later, the opponent made another beautiful three-pointer, while Xia Meng's team only scored a two-pointer.

  The Xia Meng team is now 2 points behind and there's little time left, only one minute remaining.

  Tang Shumei of the Xia Meng team also wanted to make a three-pointer, but unfortunately, the ball was popped out. Xia Meng immediately jumped up to grab the ball. The opponent's No. 4 was not weak at all and followed suit, covering Xia Meng.

  But the ball was still taken by Xia Meng, however, when Xia Meng dribbled the ball, unfortunately, it was stolen by the opponent's No. 4 player.

  Time has passed again, only thirty seconds left, the opponent's No. 4 is about to shoot and score again. Tang Shu Mei seized the opportunity to snatch the ball from the opponent's No. 4 hand. Tang Shu Mei quickly shot again. However, her physical strength was not enough, she shot too low, and didn't even touch the rim of the basket.

  Xiameng quickly jumped up and grabbed the ball.

  There were only five seconds left. Xia Meng shot from the three-point line, and the ball drew a beautiful arc in the air before going into the hoop! The time was just right too!

  The Xia Meng team finally won the championship by narrowly defeating Class 7 of High School. Everyone rushed onto the field, hugging and cheering, but Xia Meng, who was immersed in the joy of victory and jumping up and down, didn't notice that it was Li Han who was holding her.

  The next match was Li Han's team against Class 1 of High School. As soon as the game started, Li Han became a different person, his expression solemn like a war god, his body agile like a rabbit, his movements swift like an arrow, and his footsteps ringing like drumbeats. Xia Meng had never seen Li Han like this before.

  In her impression, he always has an air of indifference and she has never seen him take anything seriously.

  When she was in middle school, she sat behind him during the math exam and saw that he fell asleep with his head on the desk, drooling all over it, and snoring so loudly that it disturbed her from writing, making her feel disgusted!

  Xia Meng shook his head, and saw Li Han controlling the ball on the court. He bent down, with the basketball constantly slapping back and forth under his hands, his lips tightly pursed, his eyes darting around, looking for an opportunity to "break through".

  He suddenly accelerated his pace, turning left and right, breaking through two layers of defense, and arrived under the basket. With a tiger-like jump, he turned around and shot the ball. The basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air before falling into the hoop! Next, the player controlling the ball was their opponent No. 6. No. 6 dribbled the ball towards the backboard direction. At this time, Li Han's right side of his body charged at opponent No. 6, desperately trying to steal the ball. However, opponent No. 6 had already arrived under the hoop and leaped into the air, the basketball entering the hoop...

  Li Han led the team to continue calmly and quietly competing with their opponents. The Class 2 Grade 1 boys' team had three school team members, while Li Han's team only had Sun Biao as a school team member.

  When Li Han scored a shot, there was applause and cheers outside the court, especially among girls, who were particularly enthusiastic.

  Chen Yumeng and Wang Qi cheered for Li Han, shouting hoarsely. "Hey, when I'm on the court, why can't I hear you guys cheering so hard for me?!" Xia Meng said discontentedly.

  "We didn't shout, but you should understand our thoughts, however Li Han, we didn't shout, can he see us? Haven't you seen so many girls looking at him with infatuation?"

  The current score on the field is 41:39, with Class 2 Grade 1 temporarily leading.

  Li Han grabbed the rebound and used a crossover to get past 4 defenders, directly charging into the opponent's penalty area. The opponent was left with only one player, number 7, who had already retreated to defend. At this moment, Li Han jumped up, and the opponent followed suit, but when the opponent landed, Li Han was still in mid-air. The shooting angle had been sealed off, but Li Han saw his crush, Xia Meng, watching him from the sidelines, and his mind immediately realized that he couldn't lose face in front of her.

  Li Han then used a dodge to get past the opponent's No. 7, and when he tried to switch hands for a layup, the opponent reacted again, sealing off the shooting angle once more. With no other choice, Li Han could only pull up and shoot over the opponent's No. 7, barely getting the shot off, and the ball bounced on the rim four times before finally going in! Li Han glanced at the girl cheering for him, coolly shook his head, and smiled.

  The Class 1 of High Grade 2 organized a counterattack, at this time the opponent's No. 2 player was controlling the ball, outside the three-point line, shooting the ball, the basketball flew through an arc in the air, flying towards the hoop, attracting everyone's attention, a very beautiful hollow shot!

  The game is left with 20 seconds, and Li Han's team is temporarily one point behind with a slight disadvantage.

  Li Han controlled the ball, playing a one-on-one defense in the middle of the road. He made a fake move to the right and then quickly changed direction, passing by opponent No. 3. He dribbled the ball with his left hand to the top of the three-second zone, paused for a moment, and then suddenly accelerated, passing by opponent No. 7 again. However, at this time, he had already brought the ball to the left sideline, where opponent No. 2 was pressing up on him. Li Han made a 180-degree turn with his left hand holding the ball, as if performing magic towards the blue basket.

  Only to see the defensive opponent No. 2 flying out with a "whoosh", Li Han quickly turned around and came back, lightly jumping and shooting, "swish"! The court was silent for one second, two seconds, and then erupted in applause and cheers from outside the court.

  The whistle blew to signal the end of the game, and Li Han's team won. Xia Meng couldn't believe her eyes - this was that silly Li Han, but somehow he seemed a bit different from the Li Han she knew? Xia Meng was a bit stunned.

  Class 3 of Grade One won the basketball match championship for both boys and girls. Instantly, the class monitor of Class 3 of Grade One became famous throughout the school. All the female students in the school knew that there was a handsome boy in Class 3 of Grade One who was good at playing basketball.