At the end of the first half, class 2-3 was in the lead with a score of 34: 27. I got 10 points, Niu ShiLi got 11 points, and the remaining 13 points were contributed by my teammates.
Although I only had one point less than Niu ShiLi, we made a bet that as long as Niu ShiLi was on the court, all the points of the other team members would be added to him. Therefore, the actual number of points on the scoreboard should be 10: (11 + 13) = 10: 24.
This won't do! This won't do! If I don't get enough passes, then I won't be able to close the gap. Fu Yan Jie, on the other hand, is going to catch up to me from behind! (Young man, drink a mouthful!) There were only six classes in the second grade, and they used a single-elimination system. Three winners would be decided in the first round, and then the class with the highest goal difference would be absent in the second round. They would wait for the other two classes to decide the winner, and then they would compete with the winner for the championship.
That's why we only had three matches at most on our way to the championship. The 20 minutes in the second half was 1/6 of the total matches, so we had to cherish our time!
I originally wanted to go to the volleyball court during the precious halftime break to watch the class leader jump and smash (and shorts), but I was the captain. Even though everyone was waiting for me to get unlucky, I had to stay in the middle and explain the tactics for the second half.
Loud Mouth came over with two bags of iced mineral water and distributed it to everyone to quench their thirst according to the class leader's orders.
Loud Mouth said, "We bought it with the class allowance, so you guys have to be worthy of the class!"
Xu LiJun said while wiping the sweat off his forehead: "If it's the class allowance, why don't you buy more expensive sports drinks? Pulse would be fine too … "
I, who was drinking mineral water, suddenly spat out the water in my mouth onto the ground when I heard the two words "Mai Dong".
Everyone looked at me strangely, but no one knew I lost my composure because I remembered Xiong YaoYue almost peeing with the bottle.
Xiao Qin and Little Smart also came over with Loud Mouth to express their condolences, but Xiao Qin didn't dare talk to the other boys. She couldn't even pass the water to them like Little Smart.
They could only pass me the mineral water first, and then I would distribute the mineral water.
Xiao Qin kept all the other boys at a distance and was only close to me. This had already caused the dissatisfaction of the boys in the class, but Eunuch Cao spread a rumor that Xiao Qin had been trained by me since we were childhood sweethearts and now she couldn't live without me. She was my private property, so he advised the others not to have any ideas or they wouldn't even know how they died.
Although the credibility of Eunuch Cao's words is always low, even if the boys don't know who Xiao Qin is to me, they are certain that Xiao Qin is' mine ', so they all play it safe and don't have any ideas about Xiao Qin. At this time, Xiao Qin came over to distribute mineral water, and no one said anything.
"Ye Lin classmate." Xiao Qin whispered in my ear when the second half was about to start, "The other team's captain has an injury on his left knee. If you hit him with a basketball, he probably won't be able to continue."
Eh? The person in charge of guarding me happens to be the captain of class 6. I fought with him on the field for 20 minutes, but I didn't notice it. Did you notice it just by looking off the field? As expected, the title of martial arts genius isn't just for show. You can analyze the opponent's weakness through their movements?
Although I got the information from Xiao Qin that the captain of class 6 has an injury on his knee, I didn't plan on listening to Xiao Qin and purposely hit him with a basketball so that he would be kicked out of the match.
No matter what, as long as you fight me head-on without any tricks, even if you're an enemy, you will still receive my respect.
Playing with an injury is in line with Spartan aesthetics. From my perspective, I definitely won't use any underhanded methods to make him leave halfway through the match.
However, I, who had obtained this information, gained a huge psychological advantage.
I can pass the ball that I was worried about getting intercepted before. The 0.1 second that the captain of class 6 paused due to his knee injury was enough for me to pass the ball to my teammates.
I was previously worried about getting a layup and losing my balance in midair, so I was knocked down by the captain of class 6. Now that I know he's more afraid of getting injured than me, I don't have to worry about getting a layup.
My score quickly surpassed Niu ShiLi's. He was so angry that he was panting heavily. He almost turned into a bull demon king.
As for when I passed the ball, I intentionally passed it to You Chen who didn't have a good scoring ability.
You Chen, who is only 160cm tall, rarely gets a chance to shoot. Sometimes, he has to dribble the ball faster than the speed of sound and make all sorts of feints in order to get a layup, but he might not even be able to score in the end.
Although he had many steals in the first half, he only got one point and it was even a free throw, which made him feel very embarrassed.
As the vice-captain, Niu ShiLi was able to calmly analyze the advantages of the enemy and himself, allowing each member to display their strengths (except for me) and avoid their weaknesses, effectively improving the overall strength. However, as a sci-fi enthusiast, he forgot that the members were not robots, they also had their own thoughts, their own wishes.
You Chen really wanted to get a few more points and not always assist others. It's like killing the opponent's hero in LOL. Although it's good to assist, it's still better to have a system announcement like "XX killed XX". (Since Ai Mi wanted Xiong YaoYue to organize a professional LOL team, I recently researched the game. I feel like it's not difficult for people who have played Dota to switch to LOL. Compared to Dota, the biggest thing I'm not used to about LOL is that you can't 1v5 in the later stages of LOL, and you're not allowed to kill your own teammates.) Since I have a dad who tells me The Prince at dinner, I still know how to motivate my subordinates when I calm down.
The author of The Prince, Italian statesman Machiavelli, was the same as China's Xunzi. He advocated that monarchs must know how to use humanity and animalism to achieve the effects of governing the country and the military.
Actually, even if we don't talk about governing the country, it seems that ever since this book was written, Italy has never won a war against a foreign country. I'm afraid Italy doesn't really need The Prince, but Sun Tzu's Art of War is worth importing.
But when my dad told me about Wu Qi's life, he also mentioned that a person's words are not useless, and a person's words are not useless. Specifically, when Wu Qi talked about governing the country, he talked about how he should be like the sun to the people and send warmth to their homes every day. He also talked about how he was able to convince the king of Chu. In the end, when Wu Qi became a local official, he used inhumane methods to govern his area and was shot into a hedgehog during a mutiny.
What my dad meant was that even though a certain person was not very good, what he said might be correct and worth learning from. Some people's words were not very good, but that person could be a role model, and you could learn from him and make progress every day.
That's why I think The Prince's analysis of human nature is quite interesting. Niu ShiLi highly praised the sci-fi novel The Three-Body Problem. The author, Liu Cixin, claimed on TV: "The theme of my novel isn't human nature, it's survival." But Niu ShiLi took it out of context and thought that human nature wasn't important. He even applied it to basketball and thought it was fine to play to everyone's strengths. He didn't pay attention to You Chen's desire to score more points at all.
When I passed the rebound to You Chen on the left side, he was clearly stunned.
Niu ShiLi was on the right, Pi ZeGuang was in the middle, and I even had a chance to force a shot, but I passed it to You Chen.
Niu ShiLi ran towards You Chen to ask for the ball. As the vice-captain, he was right to not let You Chen shoot himself. But he was wrong from the perspective of human nature.
While You Chen was hesitating, I took the initiative to disturb the players guarding him and created an opportunity for him. I even gave him an encouraging look.
You Chen, who only scored one point, finally gathered his courage and shot his second ball towards the opponent's basket.
The ball rolled around the rim and finally slid into the net.
"That's a good shot." Niu ShiLi said to You Chen when he returned, "But next time, it's best to pass the ball. Pass it to me or Pi ZeGuang."
You Chen agreed verbally, but his expression wasn't convinced. He only scored 3 points in the entire game, it was still too little for him.
"Don't listen to Niu ShiLi." I said to You Chen as I ran past him, "Shoot if you have a chance. Don't worry if you can't, I'll get the rebound."
I became more confident in getting rebounds after I found out the captain of class 6 had a knee injury. Sometimes, Niu ShiLi and I would even fight for the ball when the opponent was under the basket.
The next game was a victory between 'human nature' and 'rationality'.
Since I persisted in stealing, rebounding, and passing the ball to You Chen, he had more opportunities to shoot than anyone else on the court.
However, his accuracy was a bit disappointing. He missed eight out of ten shots.
But I gradually familiarized myself with his shooting curve, so it became easier for me to steal his rebounds. Sometimes, I would pass the rebound back to him and give him a second chance. Other times, I would score a layup.
When You Chen shot 19 times and scored 10 points, breaking into the double digits, he stopped shooting. Perhaps he was satisfied, or perhaps he was ashamed of his shooting percentage, but he stopped shooting. Instead, he passed the ball to the right person.
After satisfying You Chen's' human nature ', You Chen started to fulfill Niu ShiLi's' rationality '. He worked even harder than before, stealing and dribbling. It was almost like the Eva was in a berserk state.
The biggest difference was that You Chen started to return the favor. If I was in a good position, he would pass the ball to me without saying anything. He even ignored Niu ShiLi's eye signals.
That's why it's easier for men to form friendships on the battlefield. It's much easier than getting along with girls. We could understand each other in less than three sentences.
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