Chapter 81 - Start of Provincial League

Yuyang City is affiliated to the Southern Province. There are 29 teams in the Southern Province League. The first round is a single elimination game through a draw of lots of which three are byes which will determine the top 16.

The team that draws a bye sign is naturally lucky and can lie down to enter the second round, but unfortunately Yuyang Seventh Middle School did not draw a bye sign. Their opponent in the first round was Changning No. 1 Middle School.

Changning No. 1 Middle School is an old and strong team in Changning City. Although it cannot dominate Changning, it has won the city championship for the second time in the past few years and has advanced to the provincial league.

Because it is not a team from the same district, Seventh Middle School has limited understanding of Changning No. 1 Middle School and can only draw some fragments from the limited information in the past. The conclusion is that the opponent is very strong.

In fact, it goes without saying that to win the Changning City Championship they are naturally not weak.

After entering the Provincial league, the leaders of the seventh middle school paid more attention to the basketball team. The school won 10,000 yuan to reward players after winning the city championship.

This time before the basketball team of Seventh Middle School set off, the principal of Seventh Middle School personally came to see everyone off, and promised on the spot that if the Seventh Middle School could reach the top eight in the province, he would give out 20,000 yuan to reward the team.

Hearing this, the players' eyes turned green.

This is directly double the reward of the city league. The prize of 20,000 yuan can be divided into more than 1,000 for each person. Suddenly everyone was excited and promised that they would live up to the principal's expectations. What should I buy for this reward?

Sneakers or clothes?

After seeing off by the principal, the players boarded the bus to the provincial capital.

At the same time, the opponent of Seventh Middle School, the basketball team of Changning No. 1 Middle School, also boarded the bus. A group of young people were full of ambition and looked forward to the next game.

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Provincial capital, provincial sports center.

Players from the Seventh Middle School arrived a day earlier, rested in the provincial capital for one night, and then ushered in the first round of the provincial league.

"Here, this is the player from Yuyang Seventh Middle School."

"It looks very powerful."

"That guy is so handsome, hey, he can play basketball with this kind of white face? Isn't he here to show-off his face? Haha..."

There were many people in the audience, including adults and students, but they were all very strange. Some people noticed Jiang Feng at a glance, and made sour ridicule.

At the same time, Jiang Xue also became the focus.

"Wow, so beautiful, goddess!"

"Yuyang Seventh Middle School has such a beautiful team manager. I admit I am jealous. Why is such a goddess not in our school?"

The boys' eyes straightened and they were indignant.

Hearing all kinds of discussions, Jiang Feng couldn't help frowning, Jiang Xue's expression was not good, she turned to look at Qin Hao secretly, but when Qin Hao smiled at herself, her heart felt quite settled.

Fortunately, at this time, the people from Changning No. 1 Middle School also arrived, and people's attention was drawn to the past.

Of course, Changning No. 1 Middle School does not have a public enemy like Jiang Feng, nor a boy killer like Jiang Xue, but this group of players are tall and powerful, which still made the audience hustle and bustle.

At this moment, the players from both sides stepped on the court to warm up and looked at each other from a distance. The invisible smoke had begun to diffuse, and the players from Changning No. 1 Middle School showed savage faces and made a wiping action to Yuyang Seventh Middle School, which was provocative. The meaning is undisguised.

"He's showing-off, too arrogant." Fu Qiangqiang was angry.

"Okay." Guo Kai frowned and said, "What is the use of all these bells and whistles? To win depends on your strength. If you are unhappy, you can come up with your skills later and beat the opponent."

Fu Qiang smiled, looked at Qin Hao and Jiang Feng, and said to himself, let's not bully others. We will let these two senior freshmen persuade each other later, the effect will be the same.

Yuan Xiaogang passed the ball to Qin Hao. Qin Hao shook his wrist and hit a three-pointer. Yuan Xiaogang smiled and said, "The opponent looks aggressive, and the person came with no good intentions."

Qin Hao opened his hand, and the ball came again. He made another three-pointer, followed by a "swish" and hollowed into the net. Then he laughed and said, "It's just a bluff."

Qin Hao led the Seventh Middle School to qualify for the provincial league, and he also played against Changning No. 1 Middle School. He just looked at it. Changning No. 1 Middle School is the same as he remembered. The lineup has not changed much.

That's why he dares to say that the opponent is a "bluff", because Changning No. 1 Middle School is a bluff. Their advantage is that the main players are generally taller than 1.85 meters. The center Zhang Zhen is 198 cm tall. The same with Lu Xing.

Changning No. 1 Middle School also has twin towers, and the outside players are also tall, but their twin towers are worse than the combination of Qu Yan and Lu Xing. The outside line is stronger, but the shortcomings are obvious. Outside players move slowly, and their shots are not stable enough. Most of them rely on their height and arm length to attack the inside line to score.

Such a group of big men are just bluffing, but Qin Hao had some ways to deal with it.

Seeing that Qin Hao said that Yuan Xiaogang felt relieved, he laughed, he ran to the three-point line and shot one, but he hit the iron directly, which made him very depressed.

Hey, the position of the top scorer in the seventh middle school has been lost, and now the position of the best three-pointer in the seventh middle school cannot be kept.

From the beginning of school to the present, Qin Hao has progressed as fast as before, even far surpassing Jiang Feng and Wang Lei. Especially his three-pointers have become more precise, and there is no need to rely on the touch.

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After the warm-up, the players from both sides returned to the sidelines.

At the Seventh Middle School, Jiang Fangping started to point out: "Wang Lei, Guo Kai, Jiang Feng, Yuan Xiaogang, Qin Hao, wait for you guys to start."

"Yes." Several people agreed in unison.

This is actually the fixed starting lineup of Seventh Middle School.

Since the winter vacation, Jiang Fangping has adjusted the lineup. Needless to say, Jiang Feng, he was the starter in previous rounds of the City League, and the progress of Qin Hao and Wang Lei is obvious to all. In the city league finals Jiang Fangping put the two on the starting line, this winter vacation, plus the first month of school, the strength of the two has been further improved, and they will naturally sit firmly in the starting position.

In the usual group confrontation training, Jiang Fangping also consciously put Qin Hao and Wang Lei together with Jiang Feng, Guo Kai, and Yuan Xiaogang to create a regular starting lineup for the Seventh Middle School.

Looking at the players under him, Jiang Fangping felt proud, spread out the tactical board, and began to arrange: "Just play as we did when we were training."

"Wang Lei, Guo Kai, you protect your rebounds. The opponent is tall inside. You need to use your flexibility and skills. Jiang Feng, in addition to scoring, you also need to guard against the opponent's small forward. Yuan Xiaogang, you don't want to Stick the ball, use your advantage and give me the ball that should be made."

Finally, he looked at Qin Hao: "Qin Hao, you are responsible for organizing the offense. We don't know the opponent very well. When you get to the court, you can react accordingly."

Jiang Fangping trusts Qin Hao's organizational ability very much, and Qin Hao has proven his organizational ability more than once.