Chapter 167: Maddie's Enlightenment

"The Timberwolves are now 10-16 down by six points, but I think their morale is not behind at all, and they are particularly positive inspired by Zheng Ke's violent dunk!" Smith narrated in real time.

"Give me the ball!"

Maddie took the initiative to ask for the ball, and since his injury and strength were damaged, he rarely took the initiative to ask for the ball, but no matter how he declined, he was still the Rockets' Big Three, and he was still the third-highest scorer per game in the Rockets, and Brooks divided the ball almost without thinking.

Defending Maddie is Afflalo.

Zheng Ke once asked Whitman to defend Maddie before the game, but Whitman said no, he said that for a tiger that has lost its sharpness, do you still need to go out? It's just the right time to give Afflaro a practice.

Maddie was expressionless and held the ball high above his head, and Afflalo stretched out his long arm and placed it on Maddie's waist, and the two men were very close together. Ever since Maddie was less explosive than he was before due to injury, defenders in the league have liked to get close to Maddie to keep him from getting out of the way. If it was when he was in his prime, who would dare to get so close?

Maddie lowered her body and her eyes sharpened.

"Want to break through? Or do you want to pull it out? Afflalo's eyes were full of banter, and it was refreshing to embarrass the league's former scoring champion.

"Humph!" A flash of anger flashed in Maddie's eyes, and then vanished.

Suddenly, he kicked the ground with the ball of his left foot, and his knee burst out with a force, and he suddenly raised his arm to shoot, which was done very suddenly, and also very quickly, only in a moment. Maddie was three feet off the ground and leapt high into the sky.

Afraro was taken aback. Didn't you say that you can't pull it out, how can you still have this skill? With a sad face, he jumped to his feet with the same desperate hope, hoping to disturb Maddie.

Maddie floated in the sky and jumped at an astonishing height, as if she was not shooting normally but in a high jump competition, and all eyes were on him.

He shot.

The basketball flies out very fast and has a very flat arc.

"It's impossible to get in!" Afflaro didn't believe Maddie could score the goal. Jumping so high, do you still have a feel? Do you still have the strength to jump so high?

However, the basketball relentlessly passed through the net and broke his heart.

At 19-10, the Rockets led by nine points.

Maddie landed on both feet, "Damn". He scolded secretly, and then he exploded with all his strength, and there was a faint pain in his knees, and his waist was also very uncomfortable.

But the audience didn't know about Maddie's pain, and the audience erupted in cheers that were even better than Zheng Ke's dunk just now, and they hadn't seen Maddie pull out for a long time. One day? Or a month?

Zheng Ke was also surprised, he didn't see Maddie's frowning, but he felt that Maddie's pull-up jumper just now was very difficult, and when the basketball was thrown just now, the line was obviously drifting, and he thought that he couldn't get in. I didn't expect it to enter the net so neatly.

Maddie glanced at Zheng Ke again, and trotted backwards to defend himself.

Zheng Ke also glanced at Maddie. He didn't know if it was his own delusion, but he always felt that Maddie seemed to be looking at himself just now, was he responding to me?

It didn't take long for Maddy to hit a shot from the same angle and in the same place, and the Timberwolves fell behind by 10 points 12-22! When Whitman saw this scene, his heart became more and more irritable, he finally came back to his senses, knew that he had underestimated Maddie, ran to the sidelines, and yelled at Zheng Ke on the field: "Zheng, change the defense, change the defense, you come to defend him!" ”

Zheng Ke gestured to tell him that he had understood. Then Zheng Ke and Aflalo made eye contact, Afflaro was slightly frustrated, but his height and arm span were too different from Maddie's, and Maddie's dry pull was really unable to defend......

"Having fun, Tracy?" Zheng Ke teased with a joking tone.

"It's okay, you're happy too." Maddie replied lightly.

"Cut," Zheng Ke pursed his lips and stopped talking.

In this round, Yao Ming made an offensive error and was stealed by Anderson. Anderson really wants to look up to the sky and roar, it's not easy, and there is finally positive data.

The basketball was handed over to Billups, who slowly dribbled past half court and began to direct his teammates' runs.

Love came out to receive the ball high on the right side, Zheng Ke gave Billups a no-ball cover at 45 degrees on the left side, Brooks didn't see Zheng Ke, and hit Zheng Ke's tense muscles headfirst, feeling like hitting the wall, and the whole person was suddenly dizzy and couldn't find his way.

Billups gets an open three-pointer and hits!

15 to 22.

Maddie took the ball and said hello, this time it was Zheng Ke who defended. Zheng Ke is like an open octopus, blocking no angle of Maddie's attack.

Maddie didn't attack either, he beckoned Yao Ming to come out and block the demolition.

With the help of Yao Ming's huge body, Maddie threw off Zheng Ke's defense, and he didn't kill inside, seeing that Anderson didn't come out, he shot a three-pointer on the outside again, and still hit!

15 to 25.

Zheng Ke was a little anxious, he didn't expect Maddie to feel so hot, hitting 3 three-pointers in a row, and he was now full of thoughts about returning to Maddie and completing a response ball.

Coming back, the basketball flew out from between Zheng Ke and hit the heart!

18 to 25.

Zheng Ke's face was slightly arrogant, he maintained the posture of shooting, moved with small steps under him, and quickly retreated.

"Wow! Nice response ball! Drexler was pleased with Zheng's performance, and he thought the behavior was manly, and he clapped his hands and let out his own exclamation.

"It's really good, Zheng Ke's shooting speed is not very fast, but it is very standard, plus his arm span is amazing, and his shooting point is relatively high, it is difficult for ordinary people to block him." Smith explained with a little expertise.

Here the rocket attacked, Maddie looked at Zheng Ke, who was a little excited, and raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw his strict defense.

Zheng Ke was observant: "Are you coming?" Come on, boy! ”

But unexpectedly, in the next second, Maddie handed the ball to Battier who came out of his pocket, Battier received the ball, and Afflaro followed Battier closely, not giving Battier a chance to shoot easily.

Maddie looked at Zheng Ke, with a sly smile on his face, and then he made a look of running to the left, and the tense Zheng Ke immediately took a small step, but he didn't expect Maddie to be a feint, he immediately ran back and ran to the right.

"Hey, carving insect skills!" Zheng Ke's body control was amazing, and he immediately turned around to keep up with Maddie, but as soon as he took a step, he crashed into a wall. "Oh no, Pick-and-Roll!" Zheng Ke said darkly.

Maddy shook off Zheng Ke's defense, Battier gave the ball to Maddy who cut inside in time, and the Timberwolves interior line was already empty, and Maddy made an easy layup.

"Rats, dare to fight!" Zheng Ke was anxious, he thought that Maddie was going to fight him alone, if so, he believed that even if Maddie pulled out, he would not be able to please him in front of him, but he didn't expect Maddie to not go head-to-head with him, this posture is not like wanting to separate the victory or defeat with him.

Maddie didn't know that Zheng Ke had planned him into the category of rats, he had been in the league for 11 seasons, this was his twelfth season, and when he just saw the young Zheng Ke perform a violent dunk in front of him, he seemed to see something in his heart and understood something.

That's right, the years will eventually take away our youth, no one can be a flyer in the sky all his life, and no one can dunk the ball forever through people. He is no longer a 20-year-old hairy guy, Maddie suddenly has a feeling of enlightenment in his heart, he has been very confused after the injury, and has always wanted to return to the peak of his demeanor, it turns out that all this is false, time has passed, he is no longer the scoring king in his prime.

Maddie understands that he knows that a player has to go through a lot in his life, from the energy of the first time he entered the league, to the faltering steps at the end of the retirement moment, this is a process, a process that all players have to go through. Injuries are also partial, and one injury shortens part of your career; If you get injured once, you will have to enjoy basketball for less time; He suddenly realized that it was not his broken body that needed to come out of his injuries, but his heart, which was no longer hot.

Maddie understands that the reason why the team is now in the top three in the West is not because of him, but because of the oriental giant who turned the tide under the basket, he is a great basketball player, and he is really inferior to this partner himself. It's nothing else, it's that his mental nature has been immature, Yao Ming can get out of the injury and find his own path again, why can't he?

Maddie understood, it turned out that he had been wrong all along, his current physical condition, his current technical level, he should change his offensive style, not a permanent heads-up, not a permanent dry pull....... (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to m.qidian. )

ps: (ps: Like all enlightened monks, Maddie, who has become enlightened in basketball, will take a different path.) ）