SAYE [Run Freely]

Chapter 29

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Class 5 was the most powerful team last year after all. Although Jiang Cheng and Gu Fei were caught off guard because they were not psychologically prepared to be suddenly on the court, they slowly adapted after running for several rounds, and even had targeted defense against them.

Unlike Class 8, which only relied on two main players' cooperation, Class 5 had no particularly top-notch players, but their skills were even out that even the substitutes were better than Wang Xu.

Sometimes, Jiang Cheng thought that it was pretty amazing that, in any school and in any grade, there was always a situation where the ballplayers concentrated in only a certain class or two.

In the few minutes before their opponents recovered their attention, he and Gu Fei quickly scored until there was only a difference of one point. During that period, Class 5 had only scored two points once. After Jiang Cheng scored a three-point throw, Gu Fei continued with a layup, scoring another point that caused nearly all the audience at the side of the court to reach the peak of excitement.

There probably was not that much excitement in watching Class 5 and Class 2; after all, Class 8 was a weak little chick born out of nowhere, so for Class 5 to only score once after several minutes against them was a rare occasion.

Most importantly, this was a single-elimination competition[1], and the direct end of losing was to join the audience.

In the first elimination match, the weakest chicken team losing would hold no significance, but for a team that could enter the finals to lose, now that, that would be simply brilliant - the dark horse[2] was well-received by the melon-eating masses![3]

"We can win!"

When Class 5 called for a time-out, Wang Xu, who was glowing with vigor, had some water and said, "Shit, we can win! We definitely can..."

"Stop the bullshit and don't waste time." Jiang Cheng didn't even give the Captain any face and just interrupted him. "Guo Xu, you rest. Switch in that person over there."

"Who?" Wang Xu asked.

"Him." Jiang Cheng pointed to one of their substitute players, who although didn't have any skills, was surprisingly quick on his feet. "Don't do anything else and just keep a close eye on that one... who's that, the smallest person on their team."

"This is Zhang Yuan," Wang Xu said. "And the smallest one over there is Tang Xiwei."

"En, Zhang Yuan, keep an eye on Tang Xi," Jiang Cheng said. "You're fast so follow him, and you can break the rules. If you can't block him, just push him but don't make it so obvious. Don't give him a chance to touch the ball, but if he has the ball in his hand, don't touch him."

"Okay," Zhang Yuan nodded. "His name is Tang Xiwei, not Tang Wei."[4]

"I know," Jiang Cheng responded. "It's more advantageous for us if Tang Wei doesn't get the ball since he has passed over half the balls that scored so far."

"Then, what about us?" Wang Xu asked.

"That... Li Yata[5] has already broken the rules twice." Jiang Cheng simply ignored him and looked at Gu Fei. "Let him do it once or twice more."

"En." Gu Fei drank some water, "Li Ya... Dong."

"What about me?" Wang Xu asked a little more obviously this time.

"Captain." Jiang Cheng pulled his wrist guard, "If someone comes to interfere with me when I have the ball, you can deal with him..."

"Alright! No problem!" Wang Xu patted his own chest.