Chapter 50 King Meets King

At the moment of the timeout, all the teammates stepped forward and extended their hands to Chen Yuan, who was lying on the ground, including Zhang Hanwen, who was a bit mischievous.

Completely, they were conquered.

This was definitely the greatest performance these people had ever seen.

Super show time.

And Chen Yuan, facing these four hands, first clapped hands with two people with both hands, then grasped the remaining two hands, and was forcibly pulled up from the ground.

"You're awesome, bro." Li Yuanchen was truly convinced, giving Chen Yuan a look of reverence, "I feel like we can really win if we keep playing like this."

"Aren't you studying every day? Where did you practice basketball?" Zhang Hanwen also felt it was damn strange.

How could a basketball student like himself, who trained every day, have to rely on a Huaqing Ji University-level academic master from the school to carry him?

"I practiced in Hawaii for a while, I know a little."

After Chen Yuan answered with a smile, everyone returned to the bench.

Time was very tight, and Chu Heng didn't have much to say.

So, after seeing Chen Yuan and the others come, he was as kind and filial as if he had met his own father, and opened his mouth, "Were you okay just now? Not injured, right?"

"No," Chen Yuan replied.

"Okay, that's good." Chu Heng nodded, then said to everyone, "From now on, there is only one tactic."

At this point, everyone looked at him together, quite seriously.

One tactic?

Could he explain a tactic in such a short time?

Faced with everyone's doubts, Chu Heng, who was encouraged by Chen Yuan, said very seriously, "That is, pass the ball to Chen Yuan."

This was a style of play that placed extremely high demands on individual ability, the ball-handling core.

Like the former James Harden and the current Luka Dončić, both were typical ball-handling cores.

As the core of the team, one person shoulders the offense of the entire team.

For a ball-handling core, scoring forty or fifty points in a game is a regular occurrence.

During his peak, James Harden getting 30 points would be described by the media as being in a 'sluggish state.'

Basically, all the top ball-handling cores are MVP-level superstars.

Of course, it's not because of the high tactical position that they are able to score so many points.

Rather, it is because they are able to score that they are given a very high tactical position.

"Okay." Li Yuanchen understood, made a gesture, and then said to everyone, "All offensive initiations are given to Chen Yuan. We help with screens and zone defense. We only shoot when there is an absolutely open shot."

The level of the No. 11 High School basketball team was not bad. The open shot hit rate was also not bad. When facing strong teams, perhaps the mentality was affected due to too much pressure, but no matter what, the bottom line was—open shots must be taken.

Chen Yuan would definitely be double-teamed or even triple-teamed at that time. If they couldn't even score open shots, then this game would truly be one-on-nine.

"Yes, I will draw out the firepower for you. When I really don't have an angle, the shots left for you will definitely be wide open."

When his teammates needed encouragement, Chen Yuan would say to them, "Confidence is a shooter's seventh weapon."

In this way, everyone reached a consensus.

Then they all stretched out their hands, stacked them into a hamburger, pressed down hard, and said in unison, "Go!"

Chu Heng didn't understand why these people had such tacit understanding: "..."

The whistle sounded, and both sides took the field.

So, everyone entered the arena.

And at this moment, Chen Yuan hurriedly ran to the sidelines and stretched out his hands.

Seeing this, Xia Xinyu also awkwardly stretched out her hand and seriously bumped it against his: "Go!"

The miracle of scoring 14 points in 35.8 seconds had already made Chen Yuan the focus of the entire arena. Everyone was waiting for him to come on the court and continue to create miracles, so naturally, they would focus their attention and cameras on him.

Then, they filmed this scene...

A girl in a No. 4 High School uniform gave a high five to a No. 11 High School boy.

"No wonder he's so fierce, he has the blessing of love."

"And his girlfriend is from the school next door."

"If No. 4 High School plays against No. 11 High School, who will she support..."

"Is this implying that Gu Shen is watching *Changjin Lake*?"

"But his girlfriend is really beautiful, I'm so envious..."

"The guy is good-looking too."

"I wonder how much they enjoy kissing."

The students were all watching the fun.

But Zhang Jianjun on the stands felt a little uncomfortable.

And Principal Chang Jun, that yin-yang b*tch, really opened his mouth at this time, "The relationship between No. 4 High School and No. 11 High School is still pretty good, the students have a deep friendship."

Damn it, wasn't this slapping my face?

Who in the world doesn't know that I, Zhang Jianjun, prohibit romance!

At this time, He Hongtao spoke up, explaining for him, "After all, they are schools in the same district, they often hold activities together, it's normal for students to make friends."

These words made Zhang Jianjun feel very subtle.

Could it be that this He Hongtao was repaying kindness with ingratitude?

"Chen Yuan from our school is also good friends with the best student in No. 4 High School."

No, his purpose was to show off!

"Then Chen Yuan's grades are also good?" Principal Chang Jun asked curiously.

"Huaqing Ji University shouldn't be a problem, it just depends on whether he can have some other breakthroughs."

"So good?" Principal Chang Jun was directly stunned, with a face full of surprise.

When he saw him catching chickens before, he thought that this kid might be a very talented athlete, but at that time, the principal said that this was a student who was going to take the big arts and sciences college entrance examination, and he was dismissive.

But to know that such a basketball master, who surpassed the vast majority of athletes, was actually able to achieve the extreme in the field of learning...

No wonder he could become the person the principal asked to get chickens for me.

This kid must be like a prince in No. 11 High School, right?

"The game has started." At this time, Zhang Jianjun spoke, interrupting the topic.

"It's started, it's started." Principal Chang Jun focused his attention on the field, and then jokingly said with some curiosity, "But the principal of Hengzhong, isn't he really coming to watch the game?"

The score was getting closer.

"Hello, Principal Qi, are you free now..."

"I'm very busy now, I'll talk about it later."

Holding the phone, looking at the court, the principal of Hengzhong finished speaking in a very serious tone, and after the other party responded with 'Then I'm sorry, you go ahead with your business', he hung up the phone.

Immediately afterwards, he sent a message to Zhu Dong:

Play seriously, don't throw the game.

The principal of Hengzhong, who was originally a little tired, was now awake and full of energy.

After managing a good smile, he returned to the principals' seats, "I just finished my work, sorry... Oh, you've surpassed so many points at once, not bad."

When he said this, he was as surprised as if he had never paid attention to the basketball game at all, and he seemed very indifferent, and even a little 'happy', about No. 11 High School's explosive scoring.

Hmph, stubborn.

He Hongtao was a person who often encountered awkward situations, and knew how to avoid them, so this kind of rhetoric from the other party seemed too fake to him.

He must have walked halfway and suddenly realized that the game was about to be reversed, so he put down his work and hurried back.

As for putting on a big show here?

Hypocritical top-tier famous high school.

"He scored 14 points in 35.8 seconds, the No. 11 High School ace player is possessed by Tracy McGrady, aren't you guys from Hengzhong afraid at all?" Principal Chang Jun still knew basketball very well, and spoke quite professionally.

"It's better for the game to be more exciting, that way it's more exciting. No matter who wins, let's cheer them on." The principal of Hengzhong said with a smile.

At this time, He Hongtao also put on his armor, and said with a smile, "Your Yang Jie is a national five-star high school student, a semi-professional player, our Chen Yuan isn't even a basketball student, it's almost enough to chase some points, how is it possible to turn the tables? It's impossible."

After saying this sentence, the fire in the principal of Hengzhong's body suddenly burned up.

He Hongtao, this kid, is so cunning.

This sentence was just saying that it was no problem for Chen Yuan to lose to Yang Jie, it was supposed to be. But if he won, then your national five-star high school student would be truly 'trash', not even as good as our ordinary college entrance examination students.

Defense, multi-faceted.

No matter win or lose, he wouldn't lose out.

The two principals and the base leader next to him were all old foxes, and they immediately heard the tit-for-tat in the words.

Fight, fight!

He Hong was doing it on purpose.

After listening to these people being sarcastic here for so long, it was finally his turn to be sarcastic.

Fair.

And how could the principal of Hengzhong tolerate this kind of provocation?

Indeed, it's not embarrassing for you to lose.

It's super embarrassing for us to win.

But I also have a way to make you lose, and also be embarrassed.

Thinking this way, he sent another message to Zhu Dong: Win No. 11 High School by 40 points for me!

Zhu Dong received several WeChat messages.

He didn't want to look at them at first, after all, the situation had changed now, and the score difference wasn't so余裕 anymore.

But because he received several, he couldn't help but take out his phone.

Upon seeing that the person who sent the message was the principal, his body suddenly tensed up, and he held the phone with both hands, almost saluting on the spot.

And after seeing what the principal had sent, he immediately felt the vanity between the principals.

Winning is enough, but you still want to win by 40 points.

Is he competing with the principal next door?

Seriously, this is such a princess-like personality.

Okay, okay, I'll do whatever you want.

Then 40 points it is.

Zhu Dong didn't feel particularly embarrassed by the principal of Hengzhong's request.

Why?

Chen Yuan was indeed very strong, and he single-handedly crushed his team.

But that was when Yang Jie and Liu Fangyu weren't on the court.

This team was completely two different teams with and without these two people.

So, what Chen Yuan won was just an ordinary school team.

After the Yang Jie and Liu Fangyu system spread out, the other side couldn't possibly resist.

Don't even mention chasing points, it's our turn to shake you off now!

You simply don't understand what a national five-star high school student is.

Every such person, in his high school life, is Michael Jordan in his own story.

"The ace is on the court, who's defending?" Zhang Hanwen asked.

"The restricted area is yours, Xu Miao and I will jointly defend Yang Jie." Li Yuanchen said seriously, "Chen Yuan's defense isn't that good, and there's no need to use all his stamina on defense, just focus on offense."

What Li Yuanchen said was indeed true.

Moreover, Chen Yuan didn't have super-powers assisting him now, only some weakened waste-super, so he couldn't defend against the ace.

The CD should be ready, right?

After the zone super-power ended, Chen Yuan's progress bar was empty for about thirty seconds.

Suddenly, Chen Yuan was able to gradually get some attention-power.

Thanks to his timeout, otherwise his CD wouldn't have been ready yet.

It was really like someone sending a pillow when he was sleepy.

So, now the most important thing was to fill up the progress bar and open another super-power.

In this way, Chen Yuan chose the point guard who he had stolen the ball from before as his opponent.

And the other party was obviously a little scared, his eyes were nervous and wandering when facing him.

But now the ball was held by Yang Jie, and he infinitely trusted his big brother.

My thigh is above you!

After Yang Jie dribbled the ball forward, he kept paying attention to the movements on the court.

The person directly defending him was a center, but he was shorter than him.

And the one providing joint defense was the point guard of No. 11 High School.

Should I force a play?

With the ball, he dribbled under his crotch a few times, and then directly broke through to the right, but the other party was sticking to him very closely, and his steps were not messy, and he had been squeezing himself into the outside of the restricted area.

Since that's the case, then I'll start back-to-basket offense.

Dribbling with one hand, using his body to hold against the opposing center, Yang Jie slowly pushed the other party towards the basket.

Damn it, such strong power, is this a bulldozer?

Xu Miao, who was pushing Yang Jie's waist with his hands, was numb, it was like blocking a bull with his bare hands, and he couldn't defend against it at all despite being so heavy.

Moreover, he was about to reach the free throw line.

Was it not five seconds yet?

Was time so hard to get through?!

In order to restrict some superstars with a lot of tonnage, the league introduced a rule that back-to-basket offense could only be done within five seconds.

Otherwise, some people would be able to use their backs to directly reach under the basket, and then dunk.

But Xu Miao was completely overthinking it.

He only lasted for two seconds.

Now, he had already created shooting space for the other party.

With his feet on the edge of the paint area, Yang Jie, who was preparing to launch an attack in the low post, held the ball with both hands and took a big step, shaking his body, and directly shook Xu Miao away, and then made a turnaround jump shot.

At this time, Li Yuanchen, who was helping to defend, jumped up with all his strength to block the shot.

The height just kept up.

But, someone was open.

The logic of basketball is actually very simple.

5v5.

The tactic is to complete the advantage of the matchup in a one-on-one situation, so that the other party will be forced into a two-on-one, so that the remaining people become three-on-four.

Space is created in this way.

So Yang Jie didn't forcibly shoot against the defense of the help defense player.

When he was in the air, he directly threw the ball high down to the side, giving it to the shooting guard who was facing Li Yuanchen.

After catching the ball, the shooting guard made a shooting posture, and Zhang Hanwen under the basket decisively stepped forward to block the shot.

Fake action!

The shooting guard switched from shooting to passing, directly passing the ball through Zhang Hanwen's legs with a bounce pass, sending the ball to Liu Fangyu, and then there was a dunk from the ground.

Two conversions, smooth as flowing water.

Anyone in Hengzhong can show off.

But the key lies in Yang Jie's terrifying containment.

57:33.

"This Yang Jie is really amazing, with him, it feels like the entire Hengzhong team knows how to play ball." Principal Chang Jun praised.

"Although he's not the one scoring, and he's not the one assisting, this point was scored because of him." Zhang Jianjun also admired this person's attitude, "It's rare for a high school student to have such strong strength but not be obsessed with showing off."

"If he hadn't been injured, we would have made it to the national top four last year." Speaking of this, the principal of Hengzhong said with regret.

Indeed, Hengzhong had never entered the national top four, and the opportunity to create history was lost just like that, so it was inevitable that he would be a little frustrated.

This was not Versailles.

"It's the No. 11 High School's ace's turn." Principal Chang Jun said, and then made a regretful expression, "I originally thought he would face off against Yang Jie, but I didn't expect the two of them to not have a head-on confrontation."

This sentence was a bit sarcastic.

It was like saying that Chen Yuan didn't dare to play against the opponent's ace.

But He Hongtao didn't indulge these sarcastic people, and directly said, "There's no way, Yang Jie didn't take the initiative to defend Chen Yuan either."

How could you say that my ace was afraid of your ace?

Wasn't this avoiding each other?

Don't even think about mocking my Chen Yuan.

"Yang Jie, do you want to switch defense?" The point guard who had been beaten dizzy by Chen Yuan asked worriedly.

"You defend, I'll help defend if you lose your position." Yang Jie said.

In this way, accompanied by No. 11 High School's advancement, everyone was scattered in a one-on-one formation.

Honestly speaking, Chen Yuan's methods were very simple now, after all, he didn't have super-powers.

He could only score three-pointers through the weakened version of the progress bar, and then activate the ultimate move.

So, he chose to break through hard against the opponent, bringing his opponent to run with him, and finally stopping suddenly at the sideline.

Time stop.

The world stood still.

At this moment, the opponent's defensive player opened half a body distance from him, but at this time, if he jumped up, his shot would definitely be interfered with.

So, he had to use two super-powers together.

The progress bar was activated.

While stopped, Chen Yuan activated the progress bar that needed to store power.

At the moment when the stop ended, the progress bar was full.

Then, he stood up and jumped shot!

Swish, a hollow net.

57:36

Pull-up jump shot.

That's right, Chen Yuan also used a combined combo technique in that previous ball.

After all, the current progress bar was really not easy to use, and the time it needed to store power was too long.

Fortunately, it should be able to store enough power now.

Just as Chen Yuan thought this way, he felt the cheers of the entire stadium, and found that the energy he absorbed didn't fill up the bar!

But so many people were watching him.

And the atmosphere was so intense, why?!

Suddenly, Chen Yuan realized.

These people's cheers were not because of his goal, but because of scoring.

In other words, after experiencing the miracle of 14 points in 35.8 seconds, a mere three-pointer was no longer able to make these people offer enough energy.

And at this time, in the opponent's offensive round, the gathered energy also began to drop...

Damn it!

Chen Yuan encountered a tricky problem.

That was that the combined super-power really consumed a lot of stamina.

If he couldn't unleash an ultimate move with a bounty, he would soon be exhausted.

But there was no way, he couldn't not use the garbage super-power, the score was about to be widened!

The next round was another linkage victory, but it was Yang Jie scoring a layup.

59:36

In the next round, Chen Yuan continued to bite the bullet and use the super three-pointer.

59:39.

Hengzhong's shooting guard scored a mid-range shot.

61:39.

No. 11 High School's pass almost failed, so they had to force a three-no-touch shot.

Hengzhong's Yang Jie and Liu Fangyu connected to score a layup.

63:39.

Chen Yuan attracted defense by one-on-two, passed the ball to Li Yuanchen in the bottom corner, and he made a wide-open three-pointer.

63:42.

Then, both sides engaged in a tight offensive and defensive battle.

And the more they played, the more anxious they became. In two consecutive rounds, four offenses and defenses, neither side scored.

When there were only about seven minutes left, the point difference finally reached 20.

65:45.

But Chen Yuan was very, very tired.

Half a quarter of the time was like playing half a game, very tiring.

He originally wanted to come up with another half-court three-pointer, but now the other party was alert, and without a good angle, five seconds was not enough to correct the progress bar to perfect.

He had to fill up the new super-power.

But there was no way, he had pulled up too high before, and now it was difficult to fill it up.

"There's simply no way to restrict Yang Jie, he's a god..." While waiting for the other party to serve the ball, Xu Miao let out a desperate sigh.

After hearing this, a flash of inspiration flashed in Chen Yuan's mind.

He understood.

If he played like this, this game would be stable.

Now Yang Jie knew why Chen Yuan was so strong but didn't directly step up.

This guy had only played for seven minutes, and he was already panting a little.

Good young man, he's weak.

Then I'll take this victory.

After his teammate passed the ball, Yang Jie didn't directly catch the ball. The ball just rolled on the ground, blatantly delaying time...

Then, he picked it up and slowly dribbled the ball across the mid-court.

Time just passed second by second.

"Xu Miao, come here."

Just then, he heard someone shout the name of the player in front of him, and it seemed to be that Chen Yuan.

Just when he didn't understand, Chen Yuan replaced his person.

The entire arena watched Chen Yuan, who had already carried his team, slowly walk in front of Yang Jie, lower his center of gravity, press his hands on his knees, and face the other party face to face, and then there was a roaring shout!

"Damn, Yuan Shen is so f*cking cool!"

"This is our Yuan Shen from No. 11 High School, do you have such a Yuan Shen?"

"Awesome, awesome."

"It looks good, it looks good now."

"Yuan Shen, go! Go!!"

Even people who weren't from No. 11 High School shouted Chen Yuan's prestigious name and were full of respect.

The two ball-handling cores were taking whatever they wanted under each other's defense.

And, quite tacitly, they avoided each other, presenting a gorgeous offense for everyone.

But at this moment, someone broke this tacit understanding.

Chen Yuan took the initiative to choose—

King meets king.

(End of this chapter)