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After the opponent served, Song Huajing brought the ball across the front court and passed it behind his back to Mu Yu in the paint. Mu Yu jumped up for a hook shot but missed. Bing Ge grabbed the rebound and passed it out to Zhang Yingjie, who charged down the court. Lu Lei, chasing from behind, suddenly slipped and fell. Zhang Yingjie scored with a layup, and Lu Lei quickly got up, awkwardly smiling as he ran back on defense. After receiving the inbound pass, Song Huajing slowly controlled the ball and moved forward, with Zhou Litong immediately following to defend. After crossing midcourt, he dribbled while bending down to organize an attack, passing the ball to Lu Zhendong. When Lu Zhendong faced me, his face was full of hatred. He aggressively bumped me with his shoulder while holding the ball, causing me to fall to the ground. The referee indeed called a foul on Lu Zhendong for charging.
“How can you call that a foul on me? I was playing fair; he clearly flopped!” Lu Zhendong protested angrily to the referee. I smugly smiled at him and made a face, which only fueled his agitation as he continued arguing with the referee. After trying to calm him down without success, the referee signaled for him to be quiet. When that failed as well, he blew the whistle and issued a technical foul against Lu Zhendong, awarding us two free throws. Song Huajing's teammates quickly pulled him away. I happily stepped up to the free-throw line and made both shots—thank you for the generous gift, Zhendong!
With about three minutes left in the second quarter, we had possession of the ball. Zhou Litong brought it to the top of the arc and suddenly took a jump shot from beyond the three-point line—missed! Zhang Ruizhi grabbed the rebound and passed it to me at zero degrees. I received the ball and jumped again for a three-pointer but was blocked by Lu Zhendong! However, Zhang Yingjie quickly retrieved the bouncing ball and assisted Bing Ge for a powerful dunk. Both Lu Zhendong and I were stubbornly competing against each other.
After the opponent's serve, Song Huajing quickly advanced with the ball and passed it rapidly to Lu Lei, who was sprinting toward the basket. Lu Lei took three steps for a layup just as Bing Ge quickly stepped in to defend. Lu Lei managed to release the shot before hitting the ground—scored! The referee signaled a blocking foul; both Lu Lei and Bing Ge had given their all in that confrontation. They lay on the floor for a moment before getting back up. Lu Lei rubbed his chest with his right hand and calmly made both free throws. Teacher Qiu called a timeout with two minutes and three seconds remaining in the game.
“Yan Bing has already committed three fouls; adjust accordingly. Li Junhai, you replace Yan Bing; Rui Zhi will switch to position five,” Teacher Qiu instructed seriously as he arranged our lineup. At this time, several students trickled into the gym; it seemed they had just finished class. Those closest to the gym came in during their ten-minute break to watch the game. Zhongqi Senior requested to return to play after receiving simple treatment for an injury; Teacher Qiu said he could come back in during the third quarter—great! Our leader was finally back! After the timeout ended, we returned to play. After we inbounded, Zhou Litong controlled the ball and passed it to me. I faked left then passed it to Zhang Yingjie on my right side; he took a mid-range shot just inside the three-point line and scored.
After receiving an inbound pass from Song Huajing, he made a long pass to Lu Lei before quickly running toward zero degrees. Seeing an opportunity, Lu Lei ran quickly back to pass it back to Song Huajing. Zhou Litong was caught off guard as Song Huajing took a three-pointer from zero degrees—scored! “Thunderbolt” finally erupted again.
After we quickly inbounded, Zhou Litong organized a fast break while Song Huajing rushed over to defend him. Under pressure from Song Huajing’s tight defense, Zhou Litong made an error as he lost control of the ball which slipped from his hands onto the floor. Quick as lightning, Song Huajing snatched up the ball and charged toward the basket. Zhou Litong instinctively reached out to pull Song Huajing's hand in a desperate attempt to stop him as he chased from behind. Being an experienced veteran player, Song Huajing threw up a shot while being pulled down; however, due to Zhou Litong's strong pull, Song Huajing fell hard onto the floor outside of bounds while Zhou Litong nearly lost his balance himself.
The referee's whistle blew as the ball bounced off the rim; Lu Zhendong and Mu Yu rushed over and pushed Zhou Litong aside. “What are you doing? Are you playing basketball or fighting? You actually pulled him down so sneakily! Did you think you'd achieve your goal by getting Song out?” Mu Yu yelled at Zhou Litong. “What are you shouting about? It just shows how loud your donkey voice is!” I saw them bullying our teammate and rushed over too—how dare they bully our Yulin players! We all lost control of our emotions and started cursing at each other while our respective benches hurried over to separate us.
As a result, the referee issued me, Mu Yu, and Lu Zhendong each a technical foul; since this was Lu Zhendong's second technical foul accumulated during this game, he was ejected—ha! That also relieved some of my pent-up frustration.
After resolving that dispute, play resumed with Twenty-Four Middle School awarded two free throws; Song Huajing made one of them before immediately taking possession again. He passed it to Qi Lei who had just entered; Qi Lei hit a three-pointer from beyond the arc at the top of key. With thirty seconds left in the game, we inbounded after Zhou Litong received it at midcourt before passing it to Zhang Yingjie who cut through for Li Junhai at free-throw line position running toward him. Li Junhai turned for a hook shot but missed as Mu Yu grabbed another rebound.
This time Mu Yu didn’t push for a fast break but controlled the ball until we all retreated back on defense before passing it back to Song Huajing for one last offensive play before halftime ended. He moved from beyond arc down toward zero degrees—a position where Song Huajing felt most comfortable shooting from. As Zhou Litong stepped up for defense against him, Lu Lei unexpectedly darted between them both and received Song Huajing’s pass smoothly.
Lu Lei then broke through toward inside after catching it; jumping about one meter away from basket he drifted towards it before slamming down hard into it just as time expired—“Thunderbolt” ended this half with an emphatic buzzer-beater dunk! The halftime score stood at 40-40 after twenty-four minutes of play; it seemed like only now was this game truly beginning.
As we headed towards Locker Room, Lu Zhendong glared at me with wide eyes while muttering under his breath. “Lu Zhendong, what are you glaring at? Who are you cursing?” I snapped back at him in frustration. “Idiot! I'm cursing you!” He actually walked over towards me—I mean really? Am I supposed to be afraid of this ‘fool’? What a joke! I charged right back at him when Zhongqi Senior and Bing Ge quickly held me back saying “Jie! Don’t lose your cool!” A Fei shouted at me while Teacher Qiu grew anxious: “Xiang Jie if you keep acting out like this I’ll kick you off Team!” My teammates pulled me into Locker Room.
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