This issue [Yaozhi final chapter] will write stories of 5 retired players respectively.

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Zhu Siyu: when I was a teenager with luxury dress, I did not live up to Shaohua’s trip and I knew that there was a scar on Zhu Siyu’s left knee, neither long nor short. Perhaps this scar is like the adjective he chose for his athlete’s career, which is sharpening and growing.

“I ‘ve heard of ‘changchun James’.” when talking about how to get on the road of basketball, Zhu Siyu gave a very common answer: “I was tall in junior high school, I also love sports and like to learn from senior students and teachers, so I started playing basketball.” That’s how he liked it. He entered Jilin Provincial Experimental School in high school.

“Have you heard of Zhu Siyu before entering the university?” When asked this question, Zou Yang and Zhou Ziang said at the same time, “I have heard of Jilin James.” It can be seen that in the Jilin provincial experimental school sports career, Zhu Siyu has already handed over relatively bright achievements.

When Zhu Siyu and his teammates stood on the stage of KFC 3v3 in 2016, they lost to Xinjiang team with broken fingers by one point.

In February, 2017, he stood on this stage again. He said “cheer up”, hoping to bring him a better result. When he was chased by the old opponent in the end, Zhu Siyu relied on free throws to give the team one point to win.

At that time, he was already not so bright but always the key person in the team.

“And watch the years survive the autumn and winter, and usher in spring and summer” in 2018, the autumn wind blew from Changchun to Beijing, and Zhu Siyu walked into the Tsinghua Garden.

Although Tsinghua University at this time has not achieved three successive championships in the league as it is now, from Jilin provincial experimental school to Tsinghua University, his basketball path seems to have been defined by “smooth sailing, for the future, it seems to be able to render a few colorful strokes.

But in spite of this, sometimes life is like suspense novels, full of reversal.

In 2019, when playing an exchange match with the team in Xiamen, the knee injury knocked on the door of his college basketball career for the first time.

“At that time, I didn’t think it was a serious injury. When I jumped to the edge of the field, I also moved my knees.” Zhu Siyu recalled and said, “at that time, it was also a newcomer in the team, and he still wanted to help his team.”

Although for Zhu Siyu, the insider, the team on the court does not need him to provide immediate explosive power and “Kweichow Moutai hiding place” skills, but the ligament injury of the knee is a troublesome and difficult thing for every athlete.

When leaving Xiamen and returning to Beijing for surgery, Zhu Siyu updated his social platform, “God bless me to be safe”, behind the nine words, it is the expectation for the college basketball career that has not yet been fully started, and it is also the helplessness and sadness that cannot continue to help the team.

What can I do in 11 months? Maybe everyone will have different answers.

However, from November, 2019 to September, 2020, in these 11 months, Zhu Siyu only did rehabilitation and waiting.

“Is there a particularly difficult time during recovery?” I asked.

“First of all, because of the epidemic, many rehabilitation is still not systematic; And the reduction of exercise also leads to weight gain. But later, I also exercised at home and lowered my weight.” At the end of the day, Zhu Siyu also smiled and talked about his success in losing weight, which was a little thinner than before he was injured. At that time, it seemed that the knee injury was just a skin injury, and these 11 months seem to be just a page of paper turning over the calendar.

Of course, in this November, Tsinghua University won the championship of the 22th league. Zhu Siyu, who failed to fight side by side with the team due to injury, was a great pity for his college basketball career. But there must be something wrong. This winter is over, and the bright sunshine of Midsummer is already ahead.

In the first season of recovery from knee injuries, Zhu Siyu won the national championship again with the team. Of course, this is also the first time for him to touch the championship trophy. This time, he was no longer the witness in front of the screen, but the witness of the competition.

Suzhou Bay Sports Center, semi-finals against Xiamen University. Zhu Siyu contributed 17 points and 6 boards to the team; The finals were still acquaintances, Peking University. This was the first time Zhu Siyu stood on the stage of the national finals, and it was impossible to say that he was not nervous. At this time, Tsinghua, with the title of defending champion, was waiting for the challenge of climbers on the top of the mountain. Of course, this time, Tsinghua University continued to stand on the top of the mountain.

After the game, Zhu Siyu and his teammates stood on the podium of their dreams in the rain of golden paper.

“All the efforts and efforts in the past year have also been rewarded.” Zhu Siyu wrote this sentence after the game, which is also the best description of his season after returning from injury.

When the season started again, unconsciously, he had begun to become the backbone of the team in his senior year-“as a” axis “, working with him will make us more steadfast. The sensitivity to rebounding is also very good, and it is also a very selfless player.”

“Do you want to get the MVP in the North District competition in the past year?” In July, 2022, after defeating the old rival Peking University in the semi-final, northeast King and Northwest King met at the North quarter final.

“In fact, I have never thought that I am not a player who pays attention to scoring performance. I did not expect that teammates have created many opportunities. Just like the 2+1 I entered after the breakthrough of Yan Yanjun, our whole team is also a tacit whole.”

Although he didn’t pay attention to the score, Zhu Siyu hit the inside line of Xi’an Jiaotong University again and again, and even hit the opponent’s defense in the second quarter to help the team build an advantage early and harvest the game. This game, you may feel a little surprised at the beginning when Zhu Siyu became an Mvp, but a closer look is really worthy of it.

The duel with Guanggong was more like a novel. It Was pockets to turn around and met in Chongqing.

Jiangnan sports center, Chongqing at the end of July, has a direct temperature of 40 degrees, and the enthusiasm of fans is the same as the temperature, rising linearly. Behind the finals, which attracted a lot of attention, was great pressure and tension.

When recalling the ball, Zhu Siyu mentioned the night before the game. The sleepless night was filled with countless possible endings: Success, Failure, regret, victory……

Whether it was the rain of golden paper all over the sky or the lonely turning back-the repeated single choice questions in Zhu Siyu’s mind, the answer was also revealed with the ball thrown into the air and the final whistle sounded more than ten hours later.

“At that time, the 2+1 was also a relatively difficult time for the team. It was also a little encouragement for everyone to stand up.”

Although everyone knew that Guanggong was not an easy opponent before the game, the anxious situation after the start was even led by Guanggong at one time. In the first quarter, there were about 50 seconds left. He took over Shi Kui’s pass and headed inside under the basket. Facing the two players of Guanggong, he hit the basket and killed him.

After the “2+1”, the teammates of the bench stood up and the score was even.

More than an hour later, Tsinghua University led by 3 points and won this tough battle. In the rain of golden paper, Zhu Siyu welcomed his second national championship.

On this long and dark road, Zhu Siyu didn’t walk very fast or smoothly, but fortunately, he was willing to move forward step by step, or he didn’t stop because of the ups and downs.

The speed of time passing through the dense fog during the graduation season seems to be more than twice the speed of the regular season.

To be honest, Zhu Siyu is not particularly dazzling in Tsinghua, which is abundant on the internal line. This year, Tsinghua’s first inside line is more young Yang Xihao and Xu Xitong. Three times the old opponent Peking University; The national competition met the opponent of last year’s final, Guanggong; The semi-final was almost overturned by the North… this short period of less than four months, zhu Siyu and the team experienced the new experience of Tsinghua University in recent years.

In the second round of the top eight, Tsinghua University’s home court, this is the four-fold battle with Peking University this season.

The light in the evening was sprinkled on the floor of Cao Guangbiao Stadium from the gap between the ceiling of the stadium. The continuous purple on the auditorium declared the power of the home court.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, take Lu Jun’s pass, accurately find Liu Qingwen under the basket, and give the ball. This ball, which is the epitome of Zhu Siyu’s role, seems to be just an easy pass before the ball enters the box, but without this, there is no subsequent dunk.

Under the assistance of Yang Xihao, Zhu Siyu, who came into the air, was given “2+1”;

After Zhou Ziang split the ball under the basket, Zhu Siyu went into the basket and killed him, “2+1”;

It was also Zhou Ziang’s assist, and he went into the basket again.

The cooperation with his teammates over and over again made Zhu Siyu, who stood on the home court again after 4 years, describe a happy ending to his last home court.

Let’s meet in Chengdu.” After the game, Zhu Siyu also wrote down his expectations for the national top four.

Before the start of the competition, he also expressed his expectation for the championship more than once. Because of the injury, he missed the first championship of Tsinghua University. In his case, he also wanted to end his 5 years with three complete championships. But this summer in Chengdu was full of clouds and rain. The semi-final almost lost to North sports. The final finals lost to the opponent Guanggong last year by 4 points.

After the game, Zhu Siyu said, “it still didn’t end with the champion”. He seemed to try to summarize his college basketball career in just nine words, but I know, his five years will never be dim because of this unpleasant ending, perhaps just like the words written by the lamb as a partner to Zhu Siyu in recent years-“although the road is full of mud, it is also falling down and standing up constantly.”

“Although there are regrets, I saw his light and determination as an athlete. I will come back when the money is gone. I wish you fearless and peace.” When the curtain was slowly pulled up, this sentence of lamb was the best narrator in the final chapter of Zhu Siyu’s story.