Chapter 95: The Road to Promotion - A Strong Enemy (5) Flying Pavilion Web

  The whistle sounded for halftime, and the cheerleaders in bright uniforms quickly retreated with their pom-poms, as the real stars of the basketball court were about to take the stage again. For this match that would decide which team would represent Feicui City in the provincial knockout tournament of the National Middle School Basketball Championship, both Feicui City First High School and Experimental High School would fight for these honors and dreams...

  Lin Xiaoyu pulled open the wet towel covering his face and slowly stood up from his seat. After more than 20 minutes of rest, Lin Xiaoyu's physical strength had recovered to about 70-80%. Originally, at the end of the first half, Lin Xiaoyu felt exhausted because he was in a state of high-intensity movement throughout the entire second quarter, which made him feel tired. However, after resting, Lin Xiaoyu, who originally had good endurance, once again had abundant physical strength.

  Guo Hui patted his palms to encourage the team members to do well in the second half. Yan Nan also smiled and cheered next to Lin Xiaoyu, "Come on, Xiaoyu. You will definitely win."

  Lin Xiaoyu removed her earplug and returned the MD player to Yan Nan. She nodded at her before walking into the court.

  Lin Cijie, sitting in the player's seat, couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness as she watched Yan Nan enthusiastically cheering on Lin Xiaoyu. At this moment, Lin Cijie felt that she should also go and give Lin Xiaoyu some encouragement, but after glancing at Yan Nan beside Lin Xiaoyu, she swallowed the words she was about to say...

  At this time, there was another gaze in the ballroom that fell secretly on Yan Nan.

  Chen Yongzhi had already noticed Yan Nan when she walked down to the edge of the court. Chen Yongzhi thought he could forget this girl he used to like after graduating from junior high school, but he knew he was wrong. When Yan Nan passed by the player's bench where Chen Yongzhi was sitting, he recognized the girl who had once captivated his heart.

  Chen Yongzhi's heart still skipped a beat when he first saw her, just like before. She was still as beautiful and captivating as ever, with an even more slender figure now. Her hair had also grown much longer than before, Chen Yongzhi recalled that the last time he saw her, her hair only reached her shoulders, but now her long hair cascaded down to the middle of her back, making her look even more elegant and refined.

  When Chen Yongzhi saw her passing by the court in front of him, he found that her gaze didn't even notice him at all. Chen Yongzhi knew who was at the end of her gaze. "I'm afraid she won't recognize me even if she sees me, and doesn't know my name." Every time Chen Yongzhi thought of this situation, a huge sense of loss would surge up in his heart.

  At halftime, Chen Yongzhi sat on the player's bench listening to the coach's tactical deployment, but he couldn't help but glance over at the opposing team's bench several times, even though he couldn't see her beautiful figure sitting in the corner of the opponent's bench.

  Chen Yongzhi, now standing on the basketball court, looked at Yan Nan's intimate appearance of cheering for Lin Xiaoyu, and his heart was no longer jealous or angry. Chen Yongzhi had grown up, he also knew that some things did not belong to him and could not be forced. Chen Yongzhi could only feel a deep sense of helplessness.

  Chen Yongzhi felt that this match was so similar to the one he had with Lin Xiaoyu in middle school. It was another crucial match where the losing team would be eliminated, and she was standing firmly by Lin Xiaoyu's side, cheering her on. Perhaps in her eyes, Chen Yongzhi was a despicable opponent. At this moment, Chen Yongzhi no longer had the naive fantasy that he had in middle school, thinking that if he defeated Lin Xiaoyu on the court, Yan Nan would look at him with admiration and fall in love with him. Chen Yongzhi knew that even if he won the match, he wouldn't win her heart, let alone the fact that he had never actually beaten Lin Xiaoyu before, and was always losing to her...

  Chen Yongzhi will never forget why he played basketball, it was because Chen Yongzhi knew she liked basketball and wanted to attract her attention with a winner's attitude on the court. However, Chen Yongzhi failed to capture her attention, but instead was deeply attracted by the joy of playing basketball, Chen Yongzhi genuinely fell in love with the feeling that basketball brought him. When he dunked the ball into the hoop, his hands fiercely pulling and deforming it, Chen Yongzhi would experience an unprecedented feeling, as if he were a soaring eagle in the sky, overlooking everything below...

  Chen Yongzhi's heart was slowly accumulating his will to fight, because Chen Yongzhi did not want to fall in front of Lin Xiaoyu again, did not want to taste the pain of failure on the court once more... Chen Yongzhi was going to fight for his own dignity on the court!

  Both teams' players are now standing on the court, although the second half of the game has not yet begun, but the pre-war atmosphere is still very strong in the entire stadium. The spectators in the stands seem to be holding their breath and waiting seriously for the start of the second half whistle. The focus of the whole scene is now on these ten players on the basketball court.

  The second half was started by the experimental middle school basketball team. As soon as the referee's whistle sounded, Zhang Jialin, who was standing on the baseline, immediately passed the ball to Lin Xiaoyu's hands. At this moment, an unexpected scene appeared on the court. The No. 8 and Chen Yongzhi of the First Middle School rushed up to intercept Lin Xiaoyu as soon as he received the ball. Nobody expected that the First Middle School would use such a pressing tactic at the beginning of the second half, which was usually used only when the score was critical. In an instant, Lin Xiaoyu, who was in his own backcourt, was trapped by the opponent's two-man sandwich.

  Lin Xiaoyu saw two people coming up to press and rob herself, but she was not panicked. Lin Xiaoyu had absolute confidence in her dribbling. Lin Xiaoyu knew that the opponent's use of two people to press and rob, although it was an obstacle to her own dribbling to the front court, but as long as she broke through the opponent's press, the defensive system of the opponent's backcourt would be a weak period, which would be more beneficial for her teammates' scoring.

  Lin Xiaoyu made a fake move to the right, taking advantage of Chen Yongzhi's movement to the left. Lin Xiaoyu quickly pushed the ball into the gap between the two defenders, and it landed on the floor behind them. As the ball bounced up, Lin Xiaoyu followed it and passed through the gap between the two defenders. Having shaken off the two opponents, Lin Xiaoyu sped up with the ball, as there was now a great opportunity for a 3-on-5 counterattack.

  "Wow, number 20 is so fast!" An audience member wearing a hat in the stands couldn't help but exclaim in surprise at the scene unfolding on the field.

  "Yes, that's right. Look at those two behind who can't catch up with him." A person wearing a plaid shirt next to the one wearing a hat also chimed in.

  Indeed, Lin Xiaoyu, who was carrying the ball, suddenly accelerated like a runaway horse, and his rapid speed made it difficult for the two opponents behind him without the ball to narrow the gap.

  Under the opponent's basket, three defenders formed a triangle around the three-second zone, facing five opponents who had already formed an attacking formation around their own basket, which was somewhat difficult to defend. Lin Xiaoyu, who was advancing with the ball, put tremendous pressure on them defensively...

  In the blink of an eye, Lin Xiaoyu had already dribbled into the three-point line. After entering the three-second zone, Lin Xiaoyu faced her good friend Yang Tianxiao's defense. Without a moment's hesitation, Lin Xiaoyu broke through to her left side. As Yang Tianxiao went to defend against Lin Xiaoyu's move to the left, the original equilateral triangle defensive position formed by the three players changed into a right-angled triangle shape.

  Lin Xiaoyu took two steps forward and then gently tossed the ball to Yang Tianxiao's head, who was trying hard to keep up with Lin Xiaoyu's breakthrough. Yang Tianxiao had no way to organize the ball that came from his own head.

  Just as the ball Lin Xiaoyu threw over Yang Tianxiao's head had just fallen to roughly parallel with the back of Yang Tianxiao's head, a figure swiftly inserted itself from outside the 3-point line and took it away. In an instant, he quickly took two steps forward, completing a layup in an empty space without anyone interfering.

  This man who dunks like lightning is Xiao Yu's teammate, Xiao Hai Feng. As the audience gave thunderous applause for this swift fast break, Xiao Hai Feng ran to Lin Xiao Yu, who was slowly retreating on defense, and high-fived him in celebration...

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