Chapter 890: Chapter 890
The warm-up ended, and the players from both teams entered the court.
The main players for Zhonghai Women's Basketball were still Wang Zixuan, An Xiaodi, Jiang Qian, Li Moyu, and Gao Qi, while Tianshan Women's Basketball sent out main players Huo Jing and Huo Ying right from the start.
Clearly, Tianshan Women's Basketball was taking the match against Zhonghai very seriously by deploying their strongest lineup from the get-go.
The other three players of Tianshan Women's Basketball all had mid-stage Dan Yuan realm cultivation, Lin Chen sat on the coach's bench with his eyes slightly squinted, sweating for the girls in his heart when facing this opponent.
The game began without much feeling out, as the competition between the two sides immediately escalated intensely.
Wang Zixuan, with her excellent jumping ability, slapped the ball back into the hands of An Xiaodi in the backcourt, securing ball possession for the Zhonghai Women's Basketball team.
With the ball in her possession, An Xiaodi felt a surge of True Qi into her legs, and her movements instantly sped up significantly, using several beautiful maneuvers to shake off two Tianshan defenders and passed the ball to Jiang Qian on the perimeter.
Jiang Qian jumped, ready to shoot a three-pointer, Huo Jing leaped high, ready to block the shot.
Unexpectedly, this turned out to be a feint, Jiang Qian flipped her hand, and the ball was passed to Li Moyu inside.
Li Moyu made an easy layup, completing Zhonghai Women's Basketball's first offense 2 to 0.
Seeing Zhonghai Women's Basketball's performance, Tianshan Women's Basketball's head coach Bai Xue nodded: "These girls certainly have been trained by a skilled teacher, using the Three Talents Formation to such a degree, truly impressive."
Zhonghai Women's Basketball scored first, and enthusiastic applause broke out on the court; their offensive play was too beautiful, flowing as smoothly as clouds and water.
Now it was Tianshan Women's Basketball's turn to attack. After a few rapid passes, the ball quickly ended up in the hands of Huo Jing.
At this moment, Lin Chen's gaze became slightly sharp as he saw the Tianshan team's players were positioned in the Seven Stars arrangement, with Huo Jing and Huo Ying positioning like the handle of a scoop.
Lin Chen couldn't help but admire the tacit coordination between Huo Jing and Huo Ying as, after several simple passes, the ball was already in the inside area of Zhonghai's defense.
Huo Jing had just jumped up ready to shoot when Wang Zixuan had already leaped, ready to block her jump shot.
However, Huo Jing gave a sly smile, lightly passing the ball and it landed snugly in the hands of Huo Ying on the outside.
Not good, the opponent is going for a three-pointer, by the time Zhonghai Women's Basketball realized their intention, it was already too late, the ball steadily went into the basket.
2 to 3, Tianshan Women's Basketball instantly took the lead in the score.
The first quarter of the game saw neither side playing conservatively, with very fierce competition on the court.
However, as the game progressed, Tianshan Women's Basketball's advantages began to show.
After all, Tianshan's players were all Martial Artists, stronger in every aspect compared to Zhonghai Women's Basketball, and by the end of the first quarter, Zhonghai trailed by four points, 18 to 22.
The players walked down from the rest area with a hint of gravity on their faces.
The game was too hard-fought, with both sides' scores tightly contested, especially the coordination of the Huo sisters, which was simply unsolvable, constantly tearing through Zhonghai Women's Basketball's defense with ease.
Looking at the score on the court, Lin Chen's gaze was somewhat heavy.
Although the court was only four points behind, Lin Chen had a feeling that the opponent was just probing in the first quarter and had not given their full effort, while Zhonghai Women's Basketball could be said to have given their all.
Sure enough, as soon as the second quarter started, Tianshan Women's Basketball launched a fierce attack.
Their formation began to move faster and faster, the five players constantly shifting positions like shooting stars.
Watching the changes in the footwork of the Tianshan women's basketball team members, Lin Chen's gaze slightly narrowed, it was actually the Light Skill Flowing Cloud Steps!
At this moment there was a silence in the audience, everyone looked at the performance of the Tianshan women's basketball team with shocked faces.
Their movements were almost so fast as to be inconceivable, many in the crowd hadn't even managed to see what had happened, and the ball had already entered the basket.
"Holy shit, that's way too strong!"
Whispers of shock emanated from the stands.
Under the powerful attack from the opposition, the women's basketball team from Zhonghai didn't have many options, and although they had used the Eight Trigrams Lock Formation, they were still being strongly suppressed, by the end of the second quarter the score was 32 to 43, falling behind by as much as 11 points.
This time, the players of the Zhonghai women's basketball team all showed a look of solemnity.
"Coach, the other side is too strong, especially the Huo sisters, we simply can't defend against them!" Jiang Qian said in a deep voice.
"Yes, their attacking speed is too fast, we simply can't see their movements clearly." Li Moyu said in a deep voice.
Lin Chen pondered for a moment, "Next quarter, you won't need to see their movements clearly, just do as I command, remember no matter what I say, you must absolutely obey."
"Yes!" The members of the Zhonghai women's basketball team shouted with a vigorous spirit.
Having been defeated so miserably in the second quarter, yet the Zhonghai women's basketball team still had such spirit, which greatly surprised the Tianshan head coach Bai Xue.
From the performances of the two teams, it looked like the victory for the Tianshan women's basketball team in this game was no longer in doubt, could it be that this Lin Chen still had some tricks up his sleeve?
The third quarter game began, Tianshan women's basketball was on the offense, Huo Jing just got the ball, Wang Zixuan was just about to go block her, but then she heard Lin Chen's command, to defend Huo Ying at the outside line.
Wang Zixuan was slightly taken aback, her outreached hand retracted and she quickly ran toward Huo Ying.
Huo Jing broke through Li Moyu's defense, just about to pass to the outside line, but found that the passing path had been blocked.
"How is this possible? How does he know our passing path." Huo Jing's expression slightly changed.
In the moment she was caught off guard, An Xiaodi suddenly charged out and batted the ball away with her hand.
Several successive offenses from the Tianshan women's basketball team were intercepted by Zhonghai women's basketball team.
"How is this possible!" The gaze of Tianshan's head coach narrowed.
Suddenly, her eyes landed on Lin Chen, who at that moment was staring at the game field, muttering something to himself.
"It is him, could it be that he has cracked my Seven Stars Formation? How is this possible!"
From his lip movements, Bai Xue could tell that Lin Chen was using the Thousand Miles Sound Transmission technique to convey commands to several players, and under his direction, Zhonghai women's basketball continuously scored points, so by the end of the third quarter, the score had already changed to 66 versus 66.
This bastard really has cracked my Seven Stars Formation, how is this possible, this is our Tianshan's Mountain Protection Array.
Lin Chen's gaze turned towards Bai Xue, his lips revealing a smug smile, appearing as if he had everything under control.
Bai Xue's complexion became even uglier, her eyes fixed on Lin Chen, a cold light flashing in them.
"We must win this game, in the next quarter you may use the secret technique," Bai Xue said coldly.
Hearing Bai Xue was going to use the secret technique, Huo Jing's face changed, "Coach, isn't that secret technique supposed to be used for the finals?"
Bai Xue shook her head, her face showing a look of solemnity, "We can't wait for the finals. If we don't use it now, we might not have the opportunity later."