I awkwardly covered my face with my hands after hearing that, and they looked even more confused: "What are these two doing? The souls of both teams have come to sit here. Are they trying to play some fair 'commoner PK'?" They then ran over and sat next to the opposing Power Forward, who glared at me while whispering to them. After that, I saw all the fans from Domain Sea turn their heads to look at me and then shout: "Yulin is despicable, Yulin has no class, go Domain Sea!" As more players flooded in, the shouts grew louder, affecting the players on the court. I saw Kobe shaking his head in a helpless gesture. Zhou Wenming drove straight into the paint for a layup but got blocked by the opposing Center. At that moment, the atmosphere on the court reached a peak, and it felt like the cheers could topple the gymnasium. When Zhou Wenming ran back onto the court, he covered his ears with both hands and put his right index finger in front of his mouth, signaling them to be quiet. Unexpectedly, this action only excited the fans more, who clapped and shouted even louder.
I wondered if our players were feeling a bit flustered as they kept making mistakes. The opposing Point Guard dribbled outside the three-point line and suddenly charged into the paint. Kobe took advantage of the situation to steal the ball but then looked up at the fans in the stands, signaling them to quiet down. However, in a moment of distraction, the opposing Point Guard stole it back. Kobe instinctively turned around and pulled on the opposing Point Guard's arm, committing a foul. We had already reached five fouls for this quarter, so the opposing Point Guard was going to shoot free throws! Kobe slapped his forehead with his hand, seemingly regretting this unnecessary mistake and foul caused by the noise from their home crowd. In a moment of impulse, I stood up and shouted: "Yulin is the best! Take down Domain Sea!" But my shout was drowned out by their cheers; I couldn't even hear myself. I jumped up in frustration, and seeing my action excited their students even more as they started a wave in the stands. Goodness gracious! Are we here to play basketball or to fight?!
The opposing Point Guard held his nerve and made both free throws, bringing the score to 10096 with one minute and thirty seconds left in the game. After we inbounded the ball, Kobe slowly brought it up under this massive noise and then passed it behind him to Ouyang. Zhou Wenming and Kobe came over for timely screens. Ouyang took a three-pointer from beyond the arc! Yulin's First Blade—we're counting on you! The ball bounced off the rim! The opposing Center grabbed the rebound over Li Kanglin's head, causing another eruption from their fans. The opposing Center made a long pass to their Shooting Guard, who caught it at the top of the three-point arc and scored! 10099! We were suddenly trailing by just one point after they scored five consecutive points. I was almost going crazy in the stands; why wasn't that class bell ringing yet? This group of wild horses needed to get back in line quickly! Immediately after we inbounded again, Kobe sped past half-court to the wing and made an incredible behind-the-back pass directly to Zhou Wenming. Zhou Wenming received it perfectly and went straight for a layup—1099! With fifty seconds left in the game, our lead was back to three points. Domain Sea called a timeout to strategize while both teams walked off the court.
At that moment, I vaguely heard the class bell ring—thank goodness! That damned sound finally rang out; this audience should clear out immediately! But just as I envisioned an empty gymnasium, my classmates remained silently watching the game. Since it was both teams' timeout, they stopped shouting as well. I rolled my eyes; this needed reminding. I stood up and shouted at them: "Hey! Don't blame me for not reminding you; I heard your class bell ringing! Hurry up and get back to class!" To my surprise, as soon as I finished speaking, they turned their heads back to watch the game again. Seeing this phenomenon truly baffled me; so I shouted even louder: "Hey! I really heard it! Why don't you check your watches? I'm not joking! Trust me!" After I finished speaking, they still didn't react. Just when I was feeling lost, one student shouted back at me: "Our class is Physical Education Class; our PE teacher is sick today and didn't come, so we're spending Physical Education Class in the gym!"
After hearing that, I was left speechless. What kind of teaching quality is this at Domain Sea? After both teams returned to the court for those final fifty seconds of battle following our timeout, our fans started cheering again after we inbounded. Kobe dribbled past their Point Guard with some fancy moves while their forward came over to interfere but got screened by Zhou Wenming instead. The opposing forward dramatically fell to the ground due to Zhou Wenming's screen—was that really necessary? The referee's whistle blew immediately; was it a foul on Zhou Wenming for screening? Clearly, it was that despicable forward flopping! I immediately yelled at the court but was completely drowned out by their fans' roars. It felt like crying without tears as their player stepped up to shoot free throws again. The forward dribbled twice before preparing for his shots; suddenly there was silence in the stands as everyone clearly wanted to avoid disturbing him during his free throws—no way! At that moment, I had to step up: "You exist deep within my mind; my dreams, my heart, my song..." I stood up singing passionately.
When I opened my eyes while singing, I found all of their fans along with every athlete and staff member on court staring at me like statues; even their forward had stopped shooting free throws and was staring at me intently. "Hey! You idiot! What are you howling about?! Singing love songs in a gym? Have you stopped taking your meds?" one of their fans shouted at me. Just as I was about to argue with him, I realized that their forward had already completed both free throws successfully—10110—with forty seconds left in the game. Their fans erupted again as Kobe received an inbound pass and quickly attacked toward the paint for a layup with a hook shot; it bounced off the rim twice before looking like it would go in when suddenly a big hand swatted it away! It was their Center who grabbed it tightly while Kobe and Ouyang fought for possession with him. The Center stepped back but lost his balance and fell onto his backside; what would be called this time? A jump ball or what?
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