Chapter 25: December Madness (Part I)
Entering December.
The second round of the Development League has begun.
The first game was against the best team in Greenville.
This year, their strength is not very strong, so when Liu Hao came off the bench, the Highlands team was still 5 points ahead of them.
To say that the strength of the Highland team is actually not very good, if it wasn't for Liu Hao's unexpected performance in the last round, several games would be full of suspense.
In the second round of the competition, the opposite side obviously began to pay attention to this yellow race.
As soon as Liu Hao came up, he was treated as a tight defense, but George had long been waiting by Liu Hao's side to help him block and dismantle.
The center who changed the defense was thrown away by Liu Hao with speed by half a step, and then he was forced to pull out.
Swish!
Liu Hao angrily brushed two points!
This kind of play has made the fans on the sidelines shine, how can this kind of dry pull seem to have been seen there!?
"It's okay, it's okay, it's impossible for him to keep scoring such goals, it was just luck just now, defend well!" The coach did not forget to comfort his players by the side, but he should not be bluffed by the goals he scored by luck.
But what is shocking is that Liu Hao directly pulled out three points after bypassing the block at the top of the arc!
Ball in!
The excitement of the crowd seemed to be ignited, which is rare in the Development League.
At this time, Liu Hao was in good condition, and after a few days of experiments, Liu Hao found that once his state came, then he who had this dry pulling skill was simply a god.
But when you're not in good shape, you still can't shoot even if you have skills to add to your body.
Coupled with the [Nerve Knife] badge, Liu Hao himself is equivalent to a ** who will explode at any time.
Fry others when you feel good, and fry yourself when you feel bad!
But unfortunately, I feel very good today!
In the next game, the best team changed three people in a row to defend Liu Hao, but the result was the same, with George's cooperation, they could only hope to "pull" and sigh.
This kind of play made Andy, the head coach on the side of the court, shine in his eyes, maybe he can cultivate a super bench bandit in the future!
The third quarter of the game is not over yet, and the Highlanders have already hung up their exemption card.
The difference in scores is a full 23 points, and even if they can catch up, they can immediately send the main force.
In the end, the Highlanders won 112-104 against the best team.
Among them, Liu Hao played 25 minutes off the bench, shooting 13 of 18, 5 of 7 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 35 points!
After this game, Liu Hao has even gained a lot of fans, and some female fans even ran to surround Liu Hao after the game to ask for autographs, which is simply star treatment.
After the game, head coach Andy privately found Liu Hao and George, "In the future, I decided to divide the team into the first and second teams, and the two of you will lead the second team, and there is no limit to the number of shots, understand?" ”
Liu Hao couldn't ask for this, and he couldn't wait to put his head on the spring and keep nodding.
It's an unlimited right to fire, and it's the coach's trust in him.
It seems that brushing data can be blatant in the future, and Liu Hao is so happy that he doesn't want it.
In the second game with unlimited fire, against the Columbus River Dragons.
The opposing team's starters were a little stronger than the Highlanders, leading by as many as seven points before the first quarter was played.
But no one on the bench can guard against the combination of Liu Hao and George.
The dry pull after the block and dismantling seems very simple, but when you really go to prevent it, you know how difficult it is.
And Liu Hao is not just good at pulling, he can choose to break through and pass, which makes the big center who makes up for the defense very fucked.
Nima is not jumping, and not jumping is not !!
Swish!
Swish!
Bang dang!
Swish!
Bang dang!
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Liu Hao happily exercised his unlimited right to fire at this frequency.
In this game, Liu Hao once again scored 35 points, and also had 6 assists!
And after winning this game, the Highlands have won five consecutive victories and continue to sit in the first place in the league.
The magical performance of Liu Hao has spread among many fans, and now almost all fans of the Highlands team know that there is such a personal existence as Liu Hao.
Some people even call him "Asian Maddie"!
Many fans who like Maddie have heard that since they don't have the money to go to the NBA to see Maddie, it is better to come to the Development League to see this "Asian Maddie"!
As a result, all the tickets for the Highlands were swept away.
For this reason, even the team owner rewarded Liu Hao with a sum of money in his personal name to make up for the loss of his contract, hoping that he could play for the Highlands team before entering the NBA.
On December 13th, they had their third game of the month.
The opponent is the Fayetteville Patriots, who have the leading scorer Devon Brown.
The Patriots have only lost one game other than last month's loss to the Highlanders, and the other defeat of the Mobile Revellers is due to them.
The Patriots are menacing and vowing to avenge last month.
However, the Highlands team playing away today is more like their home stadium, because more than 60% of the fans at the scene came to watch the Highlands team's game.
To be precise, I came to see Liu Hao.
"Boy, I won't let you continue to succeed today!" Di Wen still remembered Liu Hao, the yellow man who made his attack blocked.
In recent days, Liu Hao's sudden rise has stolen him a lot of limelight, so he just took advantage of today's game to suppress this kid fiercely.
For this reason, Di Wen did not use his real skills in the first quarter of the game, and he specially reserved his strength to deal with Liu Hao, who was about to play.
But even so, the Highlanders are as much as five points behind.
When Liu Hao appeared, the audience cheered enthusiastically: "Asian Maddie! Asian Maddie! ”
Although he was very happy in his heart, Liu Hao couldn't help but mutter: "When I become NO.1, you still go and say that kid is called Liu Hao of America!" ”
"You're finally here, don't be in the limelight with me today!" Di Wen's hostility towards Liu Hao was extremely strong.
The first goal was to defend Liu Hao fiercely, but now Liu Hao is much stronger than before.
He gave a look to George, who quickly moved up to block and dismantle, and Devin predicted that Liu Hao would take advantage of the block and dismantle to pull it out directly, so his body took the lead in bypassing the block.
Seeing the opportunity, Liu Hao broke through from the opposite direction and jumped high in the face of the empty basket!
After the bounce value was improved, Liu Hao's dunk was quite good even compared to the Americans.
Although this goal did not see the dry pull, the enthusiasm of the fans was still high.
Di Wen was unwilling and quickly counterattacked, but when he was fighting, he found that Liu Hao's body seemed to be more powerful than before.
This unexpectedness deflected his layup.
Coming back, this time George blocked him tightly, Liu Hao raised his hand to make a dry pull, even if the opposite center was already prepared, he had to look at the "pull" and sigh.
"This is really like Maddie!"
"Asian Maddie!"
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In this way, the title of Liu Hao and Asia Maddie has become more recognized.
Devine couldn't believe what was in front of him, and he showed his dominance as the MVP man of the best, both defensively and offensively.
However, Liu Hao chose to avoid the edge temporarily, he constantly led his teammates to score, and always forced his own shots to score at critical times.
Such a reasonable and unsolvable style of play has once again attracted countless fans.
"Brother, I've already started to worship you!" George kept patting Liu Hao's shoulder, and his eyes showed the gaze of a little fan.
The end of this game is the same as last month.
Patriots Devin scored a game-high 40 points and had six rebounds.
But on this side, Liu Hao scored 22 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, and 1 steal on 8-of-17 shooting, 2-of-6 three-pointers, and 4-of-5 free throws, leading the team to a narrow victory over the opponent with a 102-97 advantage.
By the end of the campaign, the Highlanders had won six in a row and were the unanimous target of the other seven teams.
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