The two days of the weekend passed quickly.
On Monday afternoon, the basketball game kicked off. The representative basketball teams from the school's twenty-six colleges all gathered in the gymnasium. Many school leaders also attended the event, which seemed quite formal.
"Now, I announce that the 28th Xingyao Cup Basketball Competition of Beijing Foreign Studies University has officially begun!"
"Bah bang bang!"
After a school leader announced the start of the competition, the audience immediately burst into warm applause.
"Please ask the college representative to come forward and draw lots."
When he heard that representatives would be sent to draw lots, Shao Le asked Sun Shuyan to go up directly.
Shao Le sat below, quietly waiting for the results of the lottery.
After the draw, the referee took the microphone and announced the opponents of each college team.
Very unfortunately.
Sun Shuyan drew the black ball No. 1, which means that Shao Le and the others will play in the first game.
"My hands are so smelly, I should let you smoke them yourself." Sun Shuyan said with some self-blame.
Of course she knew that if she played at the beginning, she would suffer a little bit.
Zhan Taichuan and Wei Tao seemed a little nervous when they heard that they were going to be the first to play.
Shao Le smiled and comforted: "It's okay. Anyway, we have to go up in the morning and at night. Just treat it as a warm-up match. Wei Tao, Ma Yuan, Zhan Taichuan, come, let's discuss tactics first."
"Do we still have tactics?"
Several people gathered together, and Shao Le lowered his voice and said: "Wei Tao, you play center and are responsible for grabbing rebounds. Zhang Yupeng, you power forward, help me with pick-and-rolls. Ma Yuan, you shooting guard, look for your touch first and shoot when you have the chance. Don't think too much, use Taichuan as your point guard and run more aggressively."
Jin Mingxuan is indeed not as tall and built as the five of them, so he will be at a disadvantage on the basketball court, and he doesn't want to be a starter.
"The tactics I'm talking about are, you pass the ball to me as much as possible in front, and I'll widen the point difference. When we have a big advantage, you will have confidence, and then you can play whatever you want."
"I think it will work."
"Come on." Shao Yang stretched out his hand and said, "I call three two one, let's cheer together."
"Three, two, one."
"come on!"
From his seat at the French Academy opposite the stadium, Zhang Hao looked at the few people gathered around with disdain in his eyes.
The reason why he has such confidence is that the French Academy achieved third place in the basketball competition last year. Although the two juniors did not participate this year, the two newcomers who came in are both over 1.8 meters tall. He is a tall guy and has good basketball skills. He is here to win the championship this year.
"Now, please invite the basketball team from the English School and the basketball team from the Japanese School to come in."
"You have three minutes to warm up. After three minutes, the game starts. The first half is 20 minutes, the second half is 20 minutes, and there is a 15-minute break in the middle..."
After the referee briefly introduced the rules, he threw two basketballs to the two teams, and the two teams warmed up in their own half.
No one who participated in this shooting competition left. In addition to them, there were also many spectators in the stadium. Most of the girls from the second class of English and Foreign Languages School came over. At this moment, they also focused on Shao Le. On an individual basis.
Ouyang Peng walked to Zhang Hao and said with a smile: "Minister Zhang, you said they won't be eliminated in the first round, right?"
"Probably not."
"You can't tell. Look at the tall guy from the Japanese Language School. He seems to be over 1.9 meters tall. If he stands under the basket, not many people can guard him."
Zhang Hao clasped his hands on his chest and remained silent.
Du Xiangling stepped into the stadium. She first found Shao Le's seat on the basketball court and then sat in the audience.
The appearance of Du Xiangling also made the male students at the scene agitated. They wanted to get off the court in person and perform a fancy layup for the goddess.
Shao Le made a few random shots and then threw the basketball to a few teammates to let them get familiar with the feel.
Three minutes passed quickly.
The two sides stood according to their positions. The No. 3 player on the Japanese Language Academy side was the tall guy Ouyang Peng mentioned just now. The task of grabbing the ball was naturally given to him, while the task of grabbing the ball was given to Shao Le. He met Zhan Taichuan, who was about the same height as Shao Le.
As the referee blows the whistle, the game officially begins.
The opponent's No. 3 jumped slightly and threw the ball to his own No. 1. Five people started to defend, and it was this No. 1 that Shao Le was facing.
Shao Le leaned down and slowly backed away, while also watching the movements in his hands. Just when the opponent No. 1 walked to the three-point line and prepared for a layup, Shao Le suddenly exerted force on his toes and rushed forward in an instant. He smacked the basketball with his left hand, and while running forward, he took the basketball with his right hand, dribbled all the way to the opponent's basket, and scored an easy layup.
The five players from the Japanese Academy were stunned on the spot.
Is this speed...serious? !
Shao Le's consecutive actions made the audience unconsciously cheer when they saw the basketball hit the net.
"The squad leader is so awesome!" Li Zhaojun, who was sitting next to Lin Keke, said with an infatuated look on his face.
Sun Shuyan's eyes also lit up. In previous years, the basketball team of the English College was eliminated in the first few rounds, and the college did not pay much attention to it. In fact, she did not have high expectations at all, but Shao Le's performance surprised her.
"this!"
Ouyang Peng stared blankly at Shao Le, who was about to return to defense, and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
The next five minutes can be said to be Shao Le's personal performance time. Whether it is Ma Yuan, Zhan Taichuan, Wei Tao or Zhang Yupeng, the moment they get the ball, they will choose to pass it to Shao Le. Every layup he makes is particularly special. It's pleasing to the eye, the movements are not sloppy at all, and sometimes it can be easily resolved when faced with the defense of two people.
There were constant shouts from the audience.
"Who is he? He's so awesome!"
"I know that he, the boss of [Want to Meet You] at the north gate of the school, had an affair with Du Xiangling when school started."
"Is it him?"
"so hot!"
"Why are the boys in our college so ugly?"
"Does he have a girlfriend?"
"..."
In just seven or eight minutes, the score difference widened to 11 points. Shao Le made a three-point jump shot. After seeing that the score was already far ahead, he called out to several teammates and pointed to the scoreboard.
Ma Yuan and Wei Tao also understood instantly and began to look for opportunities to play singles on their own. With the confidence brought by the score advantage, several of them were not as restrained as they were at the beginning, and they scored points in many attacks.
After one game, they all felt confident.
When Li Zhaojun saw that the first quarter of the game was over, he hurriedly said: "Keke, why are you still sitting there? Come over quickly."
Lin Keke held a bottle of mineral water. After doing some ideological work for herself, she still mustered up the courage to walk to the first row and handed the Yibao in her hand to Shao Le.
Shao Le took the bottle of Yibao from Lin Keke's hand. After unscrewing it, Gululu drank half of the bottle.
He tilted his head up to drink water, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, and sweat flowed from his chin to his Adam's apple. Many girls who were paying attention to Shao Le felt their mouths were inexplicably dry at this moment...
"Who is that girl?"
"My classmates in the class."
"She must be my girlfriend, the way you look at her."
"Shouldn't his girlfriend be Du Xiangling?"
"How do I know?"
"..."
Du Xiangling looked down at the two bottles of mineral water in her hands, suddenly feeling a little redundant.
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