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Lying on the bed, listening to music and counting my fingers, sigh! Tomorrow is the finals. I should get a good night's sleep. I wonder who will win between Wild Leopard and Ghost. Never mind, whoever wins wins. God blocks, kill God; Buddha blocks, kill Buddha. Hehe, guessing is useless; we have to face it eventually. I am slowly starting to feel the joy of entering the finals, and I can't help but chuckle to myself under the covers, reminding me of some creature that roams at night.
Early the next morning, we got up to prepare. We were all pumped up, unable to contain our excitement as we started warming up. Especially Jiang Lingfeng, who was practicing punches in the room, while A Fei was doing sit-ups in a disciplined manner. "Captain, am I dreaming? From City Finals to North China Finals and now to National Finals, I always feel like I'm dreaming. When I wake up from this dream, I'll be back at the beginning of summer vacation." I still can't believe we have reached this position; it's unbelievable.
Jiang Lingfeng smiled: "When we won the city championship, we had already fulfilled our dream because we had never won any city championship before. Later, when we became North China Champions, we created a legend. But now what we need to do is continue our legend and let our Dream Chasers be a dark horse all the way!" Jiang Lingfeng was very imposing; indeed, it was time for our High School Miracle to continue. Just then, the door opened, and our team leader Uncle Li walked in: "Kids, are you ready?" We nodded firmly: "Always ready!" "Good, let's go!"
When we arrived at Pudong Yuanshen Gymnasium, the audience was already packed. I couldn't wait to look at the court; our opponent was... Wild Leopard Team! In my impression, Northeasterners should be those burly men; after all, they are known for their boldness. I expected them to be strong and muscular men, but surprisingly all three members of Wild Leopard Team were more like delicate figures from Jiangnan—fair-skinned and clean-cut—similar in height to us. The tallest one was about 1.85 meters tall, while the shortest was around 1.80 meters tall; they were quite comparable to us. The shortest member of Wild Leopard Team was analyzing something with the other two teammates; it seemed he was the captain of Wild Leopard Team. Originally there should have been a third-place match first, but due to Shield Squad's captain (Center Guan Chao) being injured and forced to withdraw, Ghost Team directly secured third place nationally.
The Emcee took his speech notes and walked to the center of the court; it seemed he was going to make a grand speech again: "Dear basketball fans in Shanghai, our National Street Basketball Championship has gone through a month of elimination and competition. Among nearly five thousand outstanding teams, two exceptional teams have emerged into our final National Finals showdown. Who will be the strongest street basketball team in the country? In a moment, everyone will witness the answer's birth. Now let's welcome our two exceptional teams: North China Champion Dream Chasers and Northeastern Champion Wild Leopard Team!" The host then exited the stage.
We were about to walk out for our showcase amidst the enthusiastic applause from the audience as we ran a lap around half of the court. Then three referees began introducing themselves one by one. The main referee took a coin out of his pocket and tossed it into the air—it landed heads up; we had possession of the ball! This was our final battle; after a month of hard work for this moment. After Jiang Lingfeng passed the ball to A Fei, A Fei received it and made an explosive dunk for us—a great omen.
"Hey! Keep your eyes on me!" shouted that Point Guard at Center with a thick Northeastern accent that struck me as humorously amusing. Center moved outside the three-point line for a throw-in; after receiving the ball from Wild Leopard Team's Point Guard, he charged toward the basket while Jiang Lingfeng closely followed behind. A Fei also circled around Wild Leopard's Center for support defense. Unexpectedly, their Point Guard twisted his body mid-air into a compact form before quickly springing off and throwing the ball; it hit the rim twice before swishing through.
The crowd erupted in applause while we stood there dumbfounded—the athleticism of Wild Leopard Team's Point Guard was astonishing! A Fei inexplicably laughed as he ran outside the three-point line for a throw-in. After receiving the ball from Jiang Lingfeng, he tightly controlled it until there were only five or six seconds left on the shot clock before passing it to A Fei who was sprinting toward the basket again for another explosive dunk! Wild Leopard Team's Center couldn't block him in time when suddenly their Point Guard came rushing from behind for a successful block—the ball got pinned against the backboard! A Fei caught it after landing and quickly passed it back outside to Jiang Lingfeng who jumped for a three-pointer—score! From how things started off, it seemed like we were playing quite easily.
As Wild Leopard Team's three players returned outside for their throw-in, their Point Guard whispered something while resting his arm on his teammates' shoulders before receiving the ball and going one-on-one against Jiang Lingfeng. Suddenly he made a quick change of direction that faked Jiang Lingfeng out before bouncing a pass to his forward. I crouched down defensively in front of him as he used consecutive cross-steps to push me back toward the basket before hitting a fadeaway jumper—what a beautiful shot! His cross-step was even better than my Lingbo Microstep! Hmm… what would happen if I combined my Lingbo Microstep with cross-steps? An idea began brewing...
It was our turn to throw-in again; Jiang Lingfeng held onto the ball actively at the edge of the paint while I circled around waiting for a pass. After receiving it, I stepped back and shot from beyond arc—score! We led by four points with just over five minutes left in the first half; our momentum was strong! After Wild Leopard Team threw in again and passed it to their forward who executed another cross-step right in front of me—I used a retreating cross-step to defend him—but suddenly he stopped abruptly and passed behind him to Center who scored with an immediate hook shot!
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