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Chapter 56 The Battle of the Center
After thinking about it, Gong Xiaoyang finally gave up the idea of ​​substituting.It was less than 3 minutes before the start of the game. Choosing to make a substitution at this time, among other things, at least dealt a huge blow to Hao Yikun's morale and dignity.

For players of this age group, being replaced early is more uncomfortable than killing them.Although this is not a football game and you can play again, the status of a real starter and a fake starter are completely different.Moreover, Hao Yikun and Sun Lianlian still disliked each other, and replacing him with Sun Lianlian in advance, wouldn't it be obvious that he was not as good as his competitor?
In fact, if it is an official game, Gong Xiaoyang has enough courage to make an early substitution.But this is just a friendly match, at least on the bright side, there is no need to replace Hao Yikun in advance, and he sat back in his seat again.

However, precisely because of Hao Yikun's weakness at the basket, the Challenger team was already behind by 5 points in the 11 minutes of the game.Hao Yikun did not score a point and only grabbed 3 rebounds, while Smith on the opposite side had already scored 10 points and 5 rebounds, and also blocked 2 shots. He completely dominated the basket and gave back to the defenders of the Challenger team caused big trouble.

Gong Xiaoyang shook his head secretly, took advantage of the dead ball to make the first substitution of the game, directly replaced Hao Yikun with Sun Lianlian, and did not adjust other positions for the time being.Looking at the competitors eager to try on the sidelines, Hao Yikun sighed, and he was not in the mood to bicker with Sun Lian. He just gave a perfunctory high-five, and sat down on the bench dejectedly.

Xu Hao didn't appear on the stage with Sun Lianlian this time, but he didn't care about it, instead he focused on watching the situation on the field.Sun Lianlian, who got the chance to play, was very excited. As soon as he got on the court, he was fouled by a thug, which made Gong Xiaoyang's face turn black.He walked to the sidelines and yelled: "Sun Lianlian, be more serious to me, if you can't beat me well, you will get rolled off and sit on the bench!"

Sun Lian bowed his head and made a substandard military salute to the coach, and hurried back to his seat.

Smith can't understand Chinese, but seeing his new opponent get fouled as soon as he came up, he naturally thinks he is a weak chicken.So when the game resumed, he stuck deep in the paint and raised his hand to the guard for the ball.

Sun Lianlian rolled his eyes and stuck them up. He stepped up and put his right elbow on his chest to prevent Smith from getting close to the basket by playing with his back.After some tangling, the guard at Pratt Canyon High finally got the ball into Smith's hands.In his opinion, this top is enough to create offensive space.

Unexpectedly, however, Smith's all-out push only made Sun Lianlian retreat half a step, and the latter re-posted before his second effort.Xu Hao smiled knowingly on the sidelines. Regardless of Sun Lianlian's tall and thin appearance, he still has good handling ability and knows how to release his strength. Smith planned to simply push him away, obviously thinking too much.

Smith was also surprised, but then became annoyed, felt the power behind him, and leaned back again.But Sun Lianlian had already seen through his intentions, and moved directly to the side. Smith staggered with too much force, almost unable to maintain his center of gravity.At this time, Sun Lianlian had already bullied him and cut off the basketball in Smith's hand.

The rest of the Challenger team quickly took control of the ball and completed a conversion attack before the opponent had a chance to react.Smith turned his head and looked at Sun Lianlian with a wicked smile in surprise, his brows furrowed involuntarily.

In the next offensive round, Smith, who did not believe in evil, wanted to repeat the old trick. This time, Sun Lianlian did not bully him, but directly rewarded him with a big cap, fanning the basketball out of the three-point line, and by the way, directed at him. Smith wagged his fingers.

But the value of Sun Lianlian's existence is not only on the defensive end.When the Challengers were attacking, although he couldn't rely on his body to play singles with the ball in the low post, he was able to walk in the three-second zone, ready to respond to his teammates at any time, and he could also shoot and score.

This is the characteristic of Sun Lianlian, who is thin but not bad at jumping, and has excellent judgment ability, and he has a basket in one hand.Only an eclectic person like Gong Xiaoyang dared to recruit him, and others did not have such courage.

Although due to overall strength, the Challenger team has always been the lagging side, but Sun Lianlian and Smith basically completed the exchange, and the point difference between the two sides has always been maintained at single digits, which made Gong Xiaoyang very satisfied.So every time he made a substitution, he told other players to give the ball to the inside whenever he had a chance, and let Sun Lianlian go one-on-one with Smith.

Sun Lianlian is also very competitive. Unlike Hao Yikun, he knows what his strengths and weaknesses are, and he tries not to expose his weaknesses during the competition, but uses his strengths to bully his opponents.And what about Hao Yikun?It's just a stupid fight, but unfortunately he hasn't reached the point where he can directly use hard power to crush his opponents. It's normal for Smith to be blasted into scum.

Under Gong Xiaoyang's assignment, Xu Hao also played for a while. Because he had a good relationship with Sun Lianlian, he also got a lot of balls passed from the basket.Xu Hao was not pretentious and turned several of Sun's passes into assists, which also added luster to his good friend's statistics.For a center like Sun Lianlian, it would be great to have a good hand at passing the ball.

Pratt Canyon High School can be said to be a team of Smith alone. When he got into entanglement with Sun Lianlian, the team's tactical system became sluggish.Xu Hao seized this opportunity and played a wave of scoring climax with his teammates, helping the team take the lead.Smith quickly came to his senses and wanted to regain the lead, but he couldn't ignore Sun Lianlian's presence. Sometimes he just scored a goal, and Sun Lianlian returned the goal, and no one could do anything about it.

Now that the two sides have formed an exchange on the inside, the outcome of the outside will determine the course of the game.Fortunately, in this game, the Challenger team felt overwhelming. Under the leadership of Xu Hao, a group of shooters maintained a three-point shooting rate of nearly 50%, which directly stunned the opponent.In the end, the Challenger team won the first victory of the trip to the United States in this small town, but it was only a narrow victory by 4 points.

Of course, the hero of the win was Sun Lianlian who restricted Smith in the paint. He scored a double-double of 17 points and 10 rebounds. He also contributed 6 assists and 2 blocks. Compared with Smith's 21 points and 8 rebounds and 4 blocks were no less impressive.This was undoubtedly his victory. As for Hao Yikun's sad eyes, almost no one cared about it.

(End of this chapter)