"Go in! You must go in!"

The players of Shachang No. 1 Middle School could not help but shout, and their hearts bounced high after the ball hit the iron, and they also raised them up.

Because as long as the ball is shot before the time comes, no matter how many seconds the ball stays in the air or bounces on the basket, as long as it is scored, it will be an effective ball. This is the so-called buzzer-beating ball.

Although it is not certain now whether Lu Zhen takes action or the whistle is coming, only when the ball enters can those issues be considered.

Bang--!

There was another ironclad sound. This time, not only the players of Shachang No. 1 Middle School, but also all the players of Deming High School and thousands of people in the audience around him, heard the sound and felt like they were knocked by something.

This time I hit the back edge of the basket, and the ball "flyed" again. When the basketball bounced to a certain height, it fell down again.

Swish, wavy, wavy...

Finally, the basketball did not bounce on the basket anymore, and fell down, falling to the ground, constantly bounced up and down, the sound became smaller and smaller until it stopped.

Everyone was stunned and had not come back to their senses for a long time. Until Lu Zhen put down his hands, which were still shooting poses, sighed and said with a little annoyance: "Damn it! It's only a little bit!"

Yes, the ball ended up failing to make the ball. After bounced twice, the ball ended up almost hitting the front of the basket and then landing on the ground.

The next second, cheers burst out in the Deming High School rest area, and many regrets appeared in the surrounding audience;

"What a pity. If that goal was scored just now, what a beautiful goal would be."

"Yes, if this ball is scored, it will really look good... but it is already very good. Even if this ball is not scored, in the first quarter, No. 7 of Sha Chang No. 1 had a shooting percentage of more than 70%, and they were all three-pointers in the midfield."

"Yes, the pressure on the last goal is so great and the time is so tight. It is normal to make a mistake, let alone a three-pointer in the midfield."

...

The change in the audience's attitude was really surprising. Although Lu Zhen did not score this goal, they still "understand" Lu Zhen.

The same is true for the teammates of Sha Chang No. 1 Middle School. After returning to the rest area, they patted Lu Zhen’s shoulder and encouraged him: “It’s okay, there’s only one point gap. We can catch up in the second quarter.”

After Deming saw the state of Shachang No. 1 Middle School, the cheers gradually stopped. Coach Wen Jing frowned and said to the team members;

"It seems that our overtake has not caused much momentum to the opponent. The players of Shachang No. 1 Middle School have made great progress."

Captain Li Gangjian also nodded and said, "Yes, they have really changed a lot compared to last year, especially in terms of mentality, they have become much more mature. They are no longer the group of frizzy guys last year. Now they can't relax a little when they fight with them!"

The rest time between the first and second quarters was only two minutes, so there was not so much time to say something emotional. The two teams were quickly planning the tactics of the second quarter again.

At Deming High School, Wen Jing held a tactical board and preached while drawing;

"In the first quarter, both of our teams consume a lot, so in the second quarter, we have to slow down the pace and replace some people to play, otherwise it will be difficult to play in the second half."

"I guess they will make this arrangement. Some players will definitely be replaced to let the players in the first quarter rest and save their energy until the second half."

"Huang Dong, Wen Qi, Gangjian, you all come down to rest for a while, Cheng Fei, you will be the center in the second quarter."

"Takagi, Zheng Wen, you are all players who are good at speed. You are the main attacking point in the second quarter. After you get the ball, you two will cooperate with the fast break to score."

"When attacking, use the horn tactics, play more pick-and-rolls, and when defending, use regional joint defense. There is no need to follow them to run all over the game to consume physical energy, and the positioning is arranged like this..."

At Shachang No. 1 Middle School, the coach was also talking to the players about the next tactics. In many places, it was indeed as Wen Jing guessed;

"Zhuang Yan, Feng Yao, Lu Zhen, Shangguan Lei, your physical strength is consumed too much in the first quarter. Let's go down and rest in the second quarter, save your strength and save it for the second half of the game."

Hearing the coach's words, Lu Zhen quickly said, "Coach, I'm fine. I feel not tired at all. I can continue..."

As soon as Lu Zhen was halfway through his words, he was pressed back by the captain Zhuangyan on the side and said in a deep voice: "According to the coach's arrangements, you are not allowed to question the coach's decision during the game!"

Basketball assistant Youmei, beside the coach, also raised her green onion-like jade hand and pushed the frame on the bridge of her nose, saying;

"Lu Zhen, although you have good physical strength, you can shoot so many mid- and long-distance three-pointers in one quarter, which will also consume a lot of physical strength."

"The buzzer-beating ball just now was because you couldn't keep up with your physical strength, and then the ball made a mistake. Otherwise, at your level, the ball would definitely be able to make it."

With the help of the captain and assistant, the coach nodded with gratitude and then said, "Yes, only by preserving the physical strength can you exert your maximum strength."

"Although the goal we expected in the first quarter was not achieved, it was not considered backward. So in the second quarter, we should retain our strength and be ready to go at any time!"

"I think Deming will have this kind of plan, and replace some people and retain the strength of the core main force."

"Okay, I won't say much about anything else. Time is coming soon. I'll talk about the tactics of the second quarter in detail..."

The two-minute break passed quickly, and with the whistle, the players of both teams returned to the court.

After seeing each other's lineup, Wen Jing and the coach of Sha Chang No. 1 Middle School nodded unconsciously. It seemed that their thoughts really came to the end together.

Deming replaced Li Gangjian, Hao Wenqi, Huang Dong, these three main players, and Sha Chang No. 1 Middle School also replaced Zhuang Yan, Shangguan Lei, Feng Yao and Lu Zhen.

Such a lineup will naturally not be as intense as the first quarter, but the game will be average and upward, and the game will be as exciting as ever.

Hua Mudao finally waited for his chance to play. He lost the two peaks of Li Gangjian and Shangguan Lei at the basket. In the second quarter, the ones who got the most rebounds were not Cheng Fei and Sha Chang No. 1 Middle School, but Hua Mudao, the power forward.

With its excellent bounce, whether it is a frontcourt rebound or a backcourt rebound, Huamudao is as easy as picking peaches, grabbing rebounds one by one.

It was also with his rebounding that Deming High School achieved a good advantage, 51-57, leading by six points to the second quarter.

In the rest area of ​​Shachang No. 1 Middle School, the coach looked at the performance of the wooden road in the field and gradually frowned, and said intimately: "Deming has really produced many newcomers that surprised me this year, but..."

Halfway through his speech, he stretched his eyebrows, suddenly smiled again, and continued to say to himself;

"We also have players you can't imagine. We were originally going to keep against Sha Changjiu Middle School and the two dark horse teams this year, but now it seems that he can get to the court first to get familiar with the game environment."
Chapter completed!