Chapter 20: Inter-School Basketball Tournament (6) Flying Dunk

  The whistle signaling the end of the timeout sounded, and it was only then that Zhu Cheng's nonsense finally stopped. Lin Xiaoyu returned her earplugs to Yan Nan, adjusted her sneakers, smiled at her, and then turned around and walked onto the court.

  Lin Xiaoyu found that the opponent made changes in the lineup after the suspension, and the No. 9 player who was defending against Yang Tianshao before is now defending against herself. Just now on the court, Lin Xiaoyu felt that this No. 9 was one of the most powerful players in the experimental middle school junior high school basketball team, scoring a lot of points earlier and defending Yang Tianshao very well.

  After a brief pause, No. 9 player came up with a three-pointer to turn the score around to 31-29. The Emeralds trailed by two points.

  Lin Xiaoyu dribbled the ball from her own backcourt all the way to the frontcourt, and that No. 9 player stuck tightly to Lin Xiaoyu's side, and Lin Xiaoyu made two consecutive crossovers but couldn't shake him off.

  Chen Yongzhi stuck tightly to number fifteen. The ball control of this number fifteen player was not ordinary, and he almost shook himself off, fortunately his own body was taller and stronger than that of number fifteen, and he barely managed to block him in front of himself with his physical advantage.

  Lin Xiaoyu saw that the defense of No. 9 was so tight, and he gave up his idea of breaking through himself. Lin Xiaoyu saw that the player who was defending Yang Tianshuo at this time seemed to be slightly slower than Yang Tianshuo in terms of physical strength. So Lin Xiaoyu pretended to dribble and break through, then pulled the ball back with his right hand, and hung it on Yang Tianshuo, who was on the 3-second line, in the instant when the No. 9 player did not stick to him.

  Yang Tianxiao got the ball and backed into the paint for two steps. The defender on Yang was thinner than him, but still managed to hold his ground against Yang's back, not allowing him to squeeze into the paint. Yang then backed in a few more times before suddenly spinning to his right. The defender who had been holding his ground against Yang's back for three seconds had no way to react to this sudden spin, and could only watch as Yang easily scored two points on the board at his side.

  The score was tied at 31-31 between both sides.

  Chen Yongzhi was a bit helpless when the fifteenth number deceived himself and passed the ball out, allowing his teammate to score. Chen Yongzhi clenched his fist and shouted at his teammate to pass the ball back to him.

  After getting the ball, Chen Yongzhi faced Yang Tianxiao's defense. Chen Yongzhi also slowly moved towards the three-second zone with his back to Yang Tianxiao, just like Yang Tianxiao had done earlier with his own teammate. The 1.81-meter-tall Chen Yongzhi was much stronger than the 1.78-meter-tall Yang Tianxiao, and Yang Tianxiao struggled to hold up against Chen's back with one hand, raising the other high to prevent a shot.

  Chen Yongzhi carried Yang Tianxiao all the way to the basket, then made a half-turn jump shot with his right hand, a beautiful little hook shot. Yang Tianxiao was unable to jump due to Chen Yongzhi's body, and could only watch as the ball slowly drew a small arc, falling into the hoop.

  31-33, Experimental Middle School leads by two points again.

  Yang Tianxiao has already let this No. 9 player score more than a dozen points in front of him. Yang Tianxiao looked at the back of No. 9, who was slowly running back to his own backcourt with his back to himself, with a helpless expression on his face.

  Lin Xiaoyu patted Yang Tianxiao's back, who was a bit disheartened: "It's okay, we'll get him back later."

  Yang Tianxiao nodded at Lin Xiaoyu and slowly ran away.

  Lin Xiaoyu continued to dribble the ball, but the defense of No. 9 still made it difficult for Lin Xiaoyu to find a gap to break through. Helpless, Lin Xiaoyu made a sudden stop and jumped for a three-pointer at a 45-degree angle near the three-point line. Under the interference of No. 9, Lin Xiaoyu's high-arcing shot did not produce the expected "swish" sound as it hit the back of the rim, and the rebound was grabbed by the opponent.

  Chen Yongzhi continued to dribble the ball, this time standing near the free throw line. He took a step to his right with his right foot and then moved the ball to his left hand, passing Yang Tianxiao's right side. He drove straight to the basket, avoiding the defense of Fei Cui, who had come from the weak side, and scored with one hand, pulling the score to 31-35.

  After scoring, Chen Yongzhi turned his head to look at her sitting next to the player's seat in Feicui No. 4, and found that her gaze was looking at the number 15 behind him. The joy of scoring in Chen Yongzhi's heart disappeared instantly.

  Lin Xiaoyu passed the ball to Yang Tianxiao again, and Yang Tianxiao's hurried jump shot was a bit off, but fortunately, Zhu, the fat man who is one of the team's top rebounders, grabbed the board. The fat man used his physical advantage to score two points under the basket.

  Thirty-three is less than thirty-five.

  Chen Yongzhi dribbled past Yang Tianshuo, Lin Xiaoyu ran to help with the defense, Chen Yongzhi passed the ball to Lin Xiaoyu when he was defending, and the unguarded defender took the ball and rushed into the basket from the middle of the court. After attracting the inside line of Feicui Middle School to defend, he divided the ball to the center with an empty position. These familiar tactical combinations allowed the center who had not scored in this game to easily score his first two points under the basket.

  33 compared to 37.

  The referee on the recording table raised a sign with one minute left in the first half.

  Lin Xiaoyu slowly pushed the ball out, but his teammates basically had no intention of attacking. The ball was passed back to Lin Xiaoyu's hands after several passes. Feeling that the 30-second attack time was almost up, Lin Xiaoyu had no choice but to dribble and force his way in. He drove to the left side of the basket, using his right hand to lift the ball and send it towards the backboard.

  The basketball slowly rose into the air along with Lin Xiaoyu's wrist force, and just as it reached the bottom edge of the backboard, a hand stretched out from behind Lin Xiaoyu and slapped the ball off its original trajectory with a loud "slap".

  Lin Xiaoyu was knocked on the back by a person jumping behind him, and Lin Xiaoyu flew out of bounds. When Lin Xiaoyu turned his head to look back at the court, he saw that No. 9 from Shiyan Middle School had already dribbled the ball and scored in the backcourt of Feicui Middle School.

  Lin Xiaoyu knew that the No. 9 who had just blocked her shot was him.

  Chen Yongzhi capped off Lin Xiaoyu and then scored two more points, the resentment that had been building up in his heart seemed to have found a release point. Chen Yongzhi punched his own chest after scoring, shouting loudly. The 2,000 spectators on the sidelines also burst out with thunderous cheers, at this moment, the basketball court of Experimental Middle School was like an erupting volcano, enveloped in the huge waves of sound that rose and fell.

  Lin Xiaoyu ran back to her own half court and received the opened basketball. The collision just now did not hurt Lin Xiaoyu. She looked up at the scoreboard on the chairman's platform, 33 to 39, her team was six points behind. If this attack could be made, if they could make it successfully, they would be able to enter the second half with a difference of less than five points.

  Watching his teammate's drop, Lin Xiaoyu couldn't find a better passing point. Yang Tianxiao has been in poor form lately and was a bit impatient when attacking, so Lin Xiaoyu thought it wasn't suitable to pass the ball to Yang Tianxiao for an attack.

  Chen Yongzhi, who had just blocked Lin Xiaoyu and then scored a layup, saw that Lin Xiaoyu wanted to pass the ball to someone, so he moved forward and stuck close to him, trying to intercept Lin Xiaoyu's pass. Lin Xiaoyu leaned his body against Chen Yongzhi on the left side, controlling the ball with his right hand, making it impossible for Chen Yongzhi to reach the ball.

  However, 30 seconds of attacking time passed second by second, and Lin Xiaoyu still couldn't organize an effective attack.

  Chen Yongzhi spread his arms wide, tightly pinning Lin Xiaoyu against him, forcing Lin Xiaoyu to the edge of the court. Chen Yongzhi felt that the opponent's attacking time was slowly running out, and as long as he could defend for a few more seconds, this attack by No. 15 would end in vain.

  Just as Chen Yongzhi was exerting himself to defend against this No. 15 defender, whom he had made up his mind to defeat, and had already forced the defender into a desperate situation. Chen Yongzhi felt that the defender was going to send something between his legs. Before Chen Yongzhi could react, he saw the defender, who had been forced into a corner by him, suddenly quickly pass by his side.

  Run!! This thought emerged in Chen Yongzhi's mind. Because Chen Yongzhi saw that the No. 15 defender ran directly past his side. Chen Yongzhi did not see this defender steal the ball.

  When Chen Yongzhi thought the referee's whistle would sound at this time and award the walking ball to his team, Chen Yongzhi suddenly realized that the fifteenth player seemed not to be holding the ball.

  Chen Yongzhi now clearly knew what the shadow that had just passed between his two legs was - that basketball!!

  When Chen Yongzhi turned back, the No. 15 defender had already run to the free throw line. It was no longer realistic for Chen Yongzhi to go defend again.

  Just now, Lin Xiaoyu threw the basketball to Chen Yongzhi's **one delivery, and once again made that move of passing through the crotch, Lin Xiaoyu has already used this move quite skillfully, usually people who play ball with Lin Xiaoyu have not been cheated by this move.

  Lin Xiaoyu easily broke through to the basket after losing his defender, and the opposing player moved over to the middle to defend against Lin Xiaoyu's layup.

  Lin Xiaoyu jumped to the right with the ball in her right hand, and the opposing center, who was more than half a head taller than Lin Xiaoyu, also jumped up, stretching out his arm to try to block Lin Xiaoyu's layup.

  However, this midfielder only discovered after jumping up that Lin Xiaoyu's right hand, which was holding the basketball, had already been pulled back to his own body along with the ball.

  But his own jump to seal the cover has become completely meaningless.

  Lin Xiaoyu pretended to dunk with his right hand, but pulled the ball back to his own back. With a flick of his right wrist behind him, he handed the ball over to Yang Tianxiao on his left side.

  Yang Tianxiao easily scored in the basket at the bottom of the court, sending the ball into the hoop with his eyes closed.

  35-39. Fei Tsui Secondary School narrowed the gap to four points.

  Lin Pingfeng, sitting on the emerald middle school player's bench, said helplessly to Yan Nan beside him: "This little guy Xiaoyu, he always uses this trick. I remember when I first played against him, he used this trick to pass me, it really annoyed me. Why does this kid like such a weird move?"

  Yan Nan was already cheering loudly for Lin Xiaoyu in her position when she saw Lin Xiaoyu use such a clever and brilliant passing move. After hearing Lin Pingfeng's words, she excitedly said to Lin Pingfeng: "Hehe, I love watching Xiaoyu play like this the most! Look at how she played that number 9 so that he can't even find his way north!"

  Lin Pingfeng looked at Yan Nan, this beautiful girl who had been staring at Lin Xiaoyu all along, and smiled slightly, thinking that it seemed that Little Nan had a crush on Lin Xiaoyu. Looking at her usual behavior towards Lin Xiaoyu, even an idiot could tell, but Lin Xiaoyu, this young man who was still immature, didn't seem to have noticed at all. How interesting.

  Chen Yongzhi is now feeling extremely uncomfortable, being easily broken through by No. 15 with a playful move and then casually assisting his teammate to score with a backhand pass. Chen Yongzhi's excitement from just blocking No. 15 was immediately replaced by overwhelming shame.

  Chen Yongzhi, who had become a bit flustered, missed a mid-range shot from the perimeter in the last attack before halftime, and Experimental Middle School and Feicui Middle School ended the first half with a score of 35 to 39.

  Lin Xiaoyu walked off the court with an excited face, while Chen Yongzhi also walked off with a repressed heart.