Although I heard Zhang Nuan's brother say this to us, I couldn't help but look back from time to time at Su Zhe who was sitting on the sidelines rubbing his legs. But Su Zhe waved at me, meaning that I shouldn't worry about him and to play well, as if even if he was not there, Zhang Nuan's brother alone could lead us to victory.
But after the next kick-off, I knew that the balance of power had tilted again. Maybe when Su Zhe was on the court just now, we had some advantages, but now we have become four people again, and our defense can be said to be stretched. Soon the opponent took advantage of the height advantage of the person facing Zhang Nuan to score a goal. At this time, Zhang Nuan's brother gathered us together and asked us how many points we were behind the opponent. Ai Yi told him. After listening, even his expressionless face showed a hint of nervousness, and then he told us that if we want to win now, we must first curb the opponent's attack, and at the same time ensure the success rate of our attack.
After Zhang Nuan's brother finished speaking, he nodded at us, but Ai Yi and I didn't say anything, because what Zhang Nuan's brother said was basically bullshit, and we both knew it even without him saying it.
But Zhang Nuan looked at her brother with an admiring expression, and nodded vigorously along with her brother, and then opened her eyes wide and asked her brother, "Brother, brother, how do we do it specifically?"
Her brother said something very constructive at this time. He asked Ai Yi to try to steal the ball when the opponent was dribbling towards our half. If she failed in the process, she should not steal the ball again, because they have more people and it would only be a waste of energy and no effect if we want to steal the ball in positional warfare. In addition, Zhang Nuan's brother felt that their mid-range shots would not always be so stable. Although Zhang Nuan's defense was almost non-existent, it could still cause some interference to the opponent, so as long as the opponent couldn't make the shot, it was our chance.
After hearing this, Ai Yi and I couldn't help but nodded in agreement. Zhang Nuan excitedly clenched her fists and shook them in front of her chest, as if we had already won. However, when Zhang Nuan served the ball to Ai Yi at the baseline, Ai Yi turned her head and said to me, "Whether we can win this game now depends on you. Zhang Yaoyang and I will definitely be closely guarded by the opponent, and they will definitely slack off in defending you and my sister. Don't forget the things I taught you, now is the time for you to use them."
I looked at Ai Yi and nodded vigorously, then turned to look at Gao Yang and the idiots from the basketball team opposite me, knowing that this was the time for me to really confront them.
Ai Yi dribbled the ball very quickly, and it seemed that the fatigue in the first half was completely gone. I don’t know if it was because Zhang Nuan’s brother’s joining made her see the hope of victory. Anyway, I can feel that the four people on the court now are all different from then. Even Zhang Nuan’s eyes showed a look of determination to win.
Ai Yi rushed to the opponent's basket with the ball, and Zhang Nuan's brother followed and took position under the basket. Just when we all thought that Ai Yi would pass the ball directly to Zhang Nuan's brother, Ai Yi suddenly passed the ball to me. I was not standing at the points I often practiced, but I caught a glimpse of Zhang Nuan standing there unguarded with the corner of my eye. Because Ai Yi was double-teamed, and Zhang Nuan's brother was also double-teamed under the basket, and Gao Yang was in front of me, I didn't think for another second and jumped directly. Gao Yang in front of me jumped up almost at the same time as me, but he jumped much higher than me, almost completely blocking the line of sight between me and the basket, and I also saw the contemptuous smile he gave me as he jumped high in front of me, but I laughed like him, because I didn't shoot the basketball with my hands raised above my head, but threw it in the direction of Zhang Nuan. The smile on Gao Yang's face froze immediately, because he didn't expect that I would pass the ball to Zhang Nuan. Of course, it was a pipe dream for them to defend Zhang Nuan at this time.
I saw Zhang Nuan holding the ball with both hands and using the standard 38-style shot for girls, and the ball flew straight towards the basket. When Zhang Nuan was shooting, I saw the disdainful expression of the gorilla standing under the basket. I knew he thought that even if he let Zhang Nuan, a girl, shoot, it wouldn't matter, but I knew he would definitely pay the price for his contempt for girls. With a swish, the basketball hit the net and went into the net, and the gorilla under the basket seemed to think that it was just Zhang Nuan's good luck, and she wouldn't be so accurate every time, but we scored one after another, and their offense was not as smooth as before, because Ai Yi would cause them huge obstacles in the process of dribbling, and once they missed the mid-range shot, the rebound would definitely be grabbed by Zhang Nuan's brother. Although Zhang Nuan's brother's body was not as strong as the gorillas, her brother was like a black-faced war god with no expression on his face. Even if the rebound was not grabbed by her brother, he would definitely not let them form a second attack under the basket immediately.
But soon they changed their strategy. There were still two people double-teaming Zhang Nuan's brother under the basket, but the two people who were originally double-teaming Ai Yi outside separated one person to defend Zhang Nuan. Once Zhang Nuan was targeted by the opponent, she couldn't even catch the ball, let alone shoot. But I knew her role had been fulfilled, and it was our turn next.
Although Ai Yi's defensive pressure has been reduced, I have already seen that her physical strength has been overdrawn. After all, she is a girl and is not as good as us boys. Moreover, she has always been facing two people's defense, and even had to deal with three people's defense in the first half. So she basically can't break through quickly now, but I know that now is the time to execute the tactics we have studied long ago!
I started to run around the court like crazy with Gao Yang. At first, Gao Yang was dismissive of my actions, but my several successful hits made them suffer. Although my hit rate was not very high, our score was catching up little by little!
However, Ai Yi's physical strength was rapidly declining. Seeing the sweat beads on Ai Yi's head getting bigger and bigger and rolling down more and more, I became more and more anxious, because I knew that the moment Ai Yi's physical strength was completely exhausted, we would be really finished!
When I thought of this, I could only run more crazily, because I believed that my physical strength must be stronger than Gao Yang's. As long as I exhausted Gao Yang's physical strength before Ai Yi's, we still had a chance! Now it seemed to be a physical confrontation between Gao Yang and Ai Yi, because whoever ran out of physical strength first would gain a huge advantage!
Although our score is still a little behind theirs, it is not as much as we imagined, because they underestimated us in the beginning, basically with a playful attitude, and did not surpass us by too much. Now with Zhang Nuan's brother coming on the court, their inside attack is not as easy as before, and they basically rely on mid-range shots to score. But to be honest, their mid-range shooting percentage is not very ideal, even worse than my shooting percentage in those points!
Then, I don’t know if the gorilla’s mentality began to become unbalanced, and he actually began to demand a strong attack on Zhang Nuan’s brother. However, Zhang Nuan’s brother seemed to be waiting for such a moment. Although Zhang Nuan’s brother did not look as strong as the gorilla, his body, which seemed to be as tough as Rodman, made the gorilla suffer a lot. The gorilla’s several back-to-the-basket attacks all ended in failure, and the rebounds were all grabbed by Zhang Nuan’s brother. Then, Zhang Nuan’s brother threw the ball hard to the opponent’s half, and we scored repeatedly with fast breaks!
Before we knew it, the game was about to end, and the score between us was only two points! The ball returned to the opponent's hands again, but Gao Yang glared at the gorilla, as if he was very dissatisfied with us for catching up with him because of his stubbornness just now. However, we all saw that their attack this time would be their most fierce wave, and whether we could defend this attack would be the key to whether we could win this game!