Bai Xiaofei was lying on the bed, tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, the night in New Orleans always came too early, the night here was very quiet, so quiet that it was frightening, in Bai Xiaofei's hometown, in his own home, in his own bed, at night Bai Xiaofei would always hear a racing car or motorcycle loaded with a powerful engine and exhaust pipe speeding on the road, leaving those noises that made his heart palpitate, and he would always be woken up by one or two abrupt loud horns from time to time in his sleep, and then fall asleep deeply, He was used to this kind of life, and suddenly came to a quiet city like New Orleans, a little uncomfortable, of course, you can also understand that he was homesick.

Bai Xiaofei looked at his phone, it was twelve o'clock in the evening, and he was a little hungry.

After more than ten days of training, Bai Xiaofei feels that he has made a little progress, the dribble is more solid, the tactical running can also understand a few points, grab rebounds and know how to jam people, and even English can understand a few words, young people always know how to be motivated, Bai Xiaofei is too, although he will always be a little lazy in training, but this is on the premise of ensuring the quality of training will secretly rest, the only thing that is not satisfied with the trip to the United States is the diet.

In layman's terms, it is "food".

Carmela gave the food every bit of oil and water, not to mention the amount, the amount is still small, he has been hungry and thin in the past few days, every time he passes by the cake shop when he goes back to the hotel, Bai Xiaofei always can't move, those desires for food are all written naked on his face, but those cakes are too expensive, his wallet is lost, he can't afford it.

His stomach screamed again, Bai Xiaofei couldn't sleep with hunger, so he got up and drank a glass of water to satisfy his hunger.

Bai Xiaofei picked up the phone and dialed the phone at home.

In the early morning of New Orleans, it should be morning at home, Bai Xiaofei thought to himself, the phone rang a few times, and when it was passed, there was a happy cry of his mother on the phone.

"In vain!"

"Mom."

Just a simple word shattered Bai Xiaofei's mask called Strong, and a tear flowed out of the corner of Bai Xiaofei's eye.

He was homesick.

"What's wrong, son, how do you feel that your voice is wrong, I'm still homesick when I have a cold."

Mom said with concern.

"No, I just haven't called recently, I don't know how you're doing, haven't you eaten."

Bai Xiaofei wiped away his tears with his hands, and then tried to adjust his voice to a normal voice.

"Eat, eat, eat."

"Where's Daddy?"

"Your dad went to stock, and he was busy these days, and he didn't sleep for a few hours a day."

"Let Dad pay attention to his body, don't be too tired."

"Oh, son, isn't this all about earning you tuition, you are now over there to put it bluntly for training, in fact, there is no job, no source of income and spending money, son, are you out of money."

Bai Xiaofei didn't speak, which was considered a tacit acquiescence.

"We've never gone abroad in our lives, I don't know what the consumption level is, but I heard that the consumption in the United States is quite high, anyway, you must be full, and when your dad comes back today, I will put 10,000 yuan on your card."

"Well," Bai Xiaofei didn't refuse, but he suddenly woke up to the fact that he had lost his wallet and bank card.

"No, no, I'm fine here, I don't need much." Bai Xiaofei said, "No need to fight, Mom." ”

"Okay, if you are short of money, just tell your mother, your father has been missing you a lot lately, and he keeps the TV every day, so he is afraid of missing your games."

After chatting with his mother for a while, Bai Xiaofei hung up the phone, the transoceanic phone was too expensive, and now Bai Xiaofei was penniless, and after a while, he couldn't even pay the phone bill.

After hanging up the phone, Bai Xiaofei lay on the bed again, the bright moonlight gently reflected on his face, for a long time, Bai Xiaofei suddenly picked up the phone and dialed Chen Wenjun's phone, the phone rang for a long time, and on the other side of the phone, Chen Wenjun's low and lazy voice came.

"Did you sleep?" Bai Xiaofei said.

"Well," Chen Wenjun on the other end of the phone seemed to have not woken up yet, and felt that he was also confused when he spoke, "Who doesn't sleep in the middle of the night." ”

"I'm in a difficult situation right now, and I have something to ask you for."

"Say, anything, as long as I can, I will help you." Chen Wenjun began to sober up, and his tone of voice gradually became powerful.

"I've been unlucky lately, and I'm dying of starvation when something goes wrong."

"What? Are you dying? I don't know if Bai Xiaofei didn't explain it clearly or Chen Wenjun didn't hear it clearly, anyway, when Chen Wenjun heard this, his spirit immediately became vibrant, "What's the matter, tell me quickly." ”

"Don't worry about this, I have something ...... now"

"Tell me, what the hell is going on!" The sound of Chen Wenjun lifting the quilt came from the phone, obviously sitting up, after more than ten days of communication, Chen Wenjun and Bai Xiaofei, Wang Jing and Zhaoqiang have become good friends in this foreign country.

"Don't worry about it......" Bai Xiaofei hesitated in his heart, his mouth was slurred, and in the end, a sound of stomach rumbling due to hunger made Bai Xiaofei make up his mind.

"Wenjun, lend me some money, I need it urgently."

Although everyone has been familiar with each other for more than ten days, Bai Xiaofei is still a little embarrassed to borrow money from a girl.

"How much do you want? Do you want it now? If you're in a hurry, I can ask my driver to send you right away! ””

"Yes, it's right now, it's quite a lot anyway, I urgently need a sum of money right now, a lot of money, a lot of money......"

"I only have some pocket money in cash at the moment, if it's not enough, I'll get it tomorrow, you tell me how much do you want? I'll have a good idea when I withdraw the money tomorrow. ”

Bai Xiaofei held the phone in his hand, biting his lip with his teeth, although Bai Xiaofei was not very old, but the five thousand years of history of China made him, not only him, but all Chinese men in the world a little machismo, thinking that borrowing money from girls is always a little bad, a little embarrassing, for a long time, Bai Xiaofei seemed to have made up his mind, and said softly, "Two hundred." ”

"How much, how much?" Chen Wenjun didn't seem to hear clearly.

"Two hundred dollars."

"Two hundred dollars?" Chen Wenjun was so angry and funny, he tossed himself in the middle of the night in vain, and what he said was terrifying, and his purpose was just to borrow 200 yuan?

"In vain, I said are you interesting, you woke me up in the middle of the night, talking so anxiously and terrifyingly, just to borrow 200 yuan? I also asked the driver to deliver it to you, which is not enough for gas. ”

"I'm hungry," Bai Xiaofei suddenly cried out, "I'm hungry, if I continue like this, I will die...... I want to eat the cream cake, but I lost my wallet...... Wenjun, save me, I'm also a fresh life......"

"Doodoo ......"

The next morning, Bai Xiaofei and Zhaoqiang were training, the long-haired Manson was explaining in detail to a few chairs in the half, Wang Jing went to the hospital for surgery yesterday, the operation was successful, and it is estimated that he will not be able to get out of bed for two months.

"If you're a good interior player, then you've got to keep your fouls under control and try to keep yourself on the court, and you're playing against old fritters who have been in the NBA for 10 years and they know how to embarrass you, so you want to avoid fouls as much as possible," Manson said. ”

Manson passed the ball to Bai Xiaofei and signaled for Bai Xiaofei to attack, Manson defended, Bai Xiaofei was not polite, leaned back against Manson, and played alone with the ball.

"When defending the inside, you have to stretch your arms out to protect your defensive position, and when the opponent shoots, turn around as soon as possible, jam the opposing defender, and don't let him grab the rebound."

Bai Xiaofei leaned his back against Manson, Manson took a few steps back, and Bai Xiaofei buckled.

"NO, NO, NO" Manson shook his head, "In the attack just now, you still have a few deficiencies, first, when you take the ball and prepare to play with your back, you must first rely on your opponent, yes, use your back to hold on, this has two purposes, the first is to feel the strength of the opponent, if you feel like you are leaning against a wall, then you must consider attacking with skill and footwork, if you feel that the opponent's strength is relatively small, then you can drive straight in, and the second is to feel the power of the opponent's power, Doing so allows you to quickly leave your opponent behind when you turn around, and look at Pau Gasol's interior offense when you're fine, and he's a model player in that regard. ”

Manson took the ball and continued, "Second, when you go to the basket with your back, you have to look at the left and right defenders, sometimes it's just a trap to put you inside, the purpose is to let you get one more blocked data, the NBA is different from other basketball leagues, the most important thing here is a variety of physical fitness men, they can make your goal become an embarrassment, you can fly your shooting fan to the audience when you jump, and you can even hit until you destroy your offensive awareness, so, what you have to do is." , to use all parts of the body to sense the position of the opponent, including your hips, your legs, your shoulders, your back, when jumping and shooting, the exposed basketball should be kept away from them, you have to give your basketball a full safety distance! ”

Bai Xiaofei nodded, and Manson continued: "Bai, you have a third problem, that is, the offensive means are too single, if you learn one more offensive means, it will enrich the team's offensive system, attack the inside, and then score a violent dunk, everyone will, fight for two rebounds, and then make up the basket to score, which is also a necessary skill for NBA interior players, Bai, you have to understand that even Shaquille O'Neal will use a small hook to score points under the basket, and Ben Wallace at his peak is also very accurate in his shots. ”

As soon as the words ended, the door of the training hall was suddenly opened, and a group of players wearing Hornets jerseys walked in, and just as they entered, a short man wearing the No. 3 jersey greeted Manson warmly.

"Hello, Manson, you're here so early."

"In the past few days, Manager Fu is going to bring in a few free agents, and I will train them."

"Free agent?"

Paul looked up at Bai Xiaofei, who was tall but childish, and suddenly remembered that at yesterday's press conference, there was a nickname proposed by the media.

"Chinese dinosaurs!"

"You only trained in the afternoon, why did you come here this morning?" Manson asked, confused.

"The strong Indiana Pacers against tonight's opponent, you know Manson, has been hit by injuries recently, Gray and Okafor are not playing, and there was a conflict in the last game, which led to West's additional suspension of one game, and at the moment, the team's interior line is relatively empty, so I asked other players to come to the stadium for training earlier."

Manson looked at the players, in addition to Paul, there were Ariza, Belineri, Thorton, Brightins, Sangella, Poundsset and Peja, and even Marx, who was on the verge of retirement, also came, but only Iverson was missing.

"Okay, the game is important," Manson removed his chair and said to Bai Xiaofei and Zhaoqiang, "Class is out early today, you go to the locker room to find Carmela." ”

"No, don't go," Paul's eyes suddenly flashed with inexplicable flames to Bai Xiaofei, and said, "Don't go, let's train together, it just so happens that there are nine of us, plus the big man opposite, ten people just play the whole game." ”

"Me?" Bai Xiaofei pointed at himself.

"Yes, big man, you have to behave," Paul said, "and I'm in a team with Ariza, Belineri, Brightins and Sangella, and you're in a team with Thornton, Poundset, Peja and Marx off the bench. ”

"Playing with active NBA players?!" Bai Xiaofei was both excited and nervous, Paul said, and led the others to start the warm-up, Brightins had seen Bai Xiaofei in the gym before, at this time he slowly walked into Bai Xiaofei, and said arrogantly, "Young people from China, I will blow you up, I will let you understand that in the NBA, you can't win by strength alone." ”

Bai Xiaofei glanced at Brightins and didn't reply, but because of the excitement, Bai Xiaofei's whole body began to tremble involuntarily, and there seemed to be a kind of enthusiasm in his heart that was about to gush out!

After the warm-up, Bai Xiaofei and Blings stood in the middle circle to pick the ball, and Bai Xiaofei's first unofficial NBA game officially began!

"Whoa!"

The door of the stadium was opened again, and under the dazzling sunlight, a slender figure wearing a baseball cap walked in and said, "Bai Xiaofei, stop the game immediately!" ”