On November 9, 2017, Beijing time, at the State Agricultural Insurance Arena in Hidalgo, the Ogrand Valley Vipers played the Austin Spurs at home with 10 minutes left in the second quarter.

The visiting Spurs had just launched an 8-1 offensive surge to extend their advantage to as many as 14 points. The home team, Vipers, trailed 22-36 and was forced to call a timeout.

It was the last game of Yang's 100-point challenge, and he started today, scoring seven points before being substituted in the first quarter.

He needs at least 51 points in today's game and is 44 points away from his goal.

Because it was an NBA Development League game, there were not many spectators in attendance, and in the 5,500-seat arena, only a few spectators sat in the first two rows. In the empty space, the voices of the managers of both teams arranging tactics can be heard clearly.

"Yang, how about you rest for a while? I'll play for you the next time I die. The head coach of the Vipers asked Yang Yiming's opinion. As the NBA's talent pool, the Development League has a lot of personnel changes, and it's not surprising that NBA signings are often sent to the team for short-term work due to lack of playing time or injury recovery, and these players are given extra attention by coaches.

"Please let me play." Yang Yiming's answer surprised everyone, his voice sounded loud in the somewhat quiet arena, and even his teammates looked at him sideways.

"I can score, please pass the ball to me!" This sentence is half pleased and half forced, as if it was addressed to the teammates of the Vipers.

"Well... You come to change No. 3 Hunter..."As if shocked by his momentum, the head coach actually agreed to Yang Yiming's self-imposed substitution request.

Airplanes.

Pause the clock ringing.

The Vipers serve the ball from the frontcourt sideline.

Yang Yiming leaned on the defender and reached for the ball outside the three-point line. The ball passed into his raised left arm, half-turned, jumped, thrown, and fell with a knife. Brush, three-point shot hollow into the basket.

There are still 41 points left.

"Hah!" Yang Yiming retreated to the half-court and spit out a long shout, "Defense!" ”

1/

Houston a day ago, by the outdoor pool in the Cozy Cabana.

The sky is slightly bright, and the water is like fish scales, colorful. In the pool, José is like a diligent duck paddling, swimming from one end to the other. And Nina, who had just taken off her bathrobe, was left with only a set of underwear. The dark red lace lingerie wrapped around the two most delicate curves on her body. Her shoulder-length black hair swayed like a fish under the surface of the water with her wheat-colored carcass, and it took a long time to poke her head out for a breath.

But in the face of this tempting picture, Yang Yiming and Yu Xiaochun by the pool had no time to appreciate it, but they were just worried.

The terms they had just offered Nina to join the occupation would have been too generous to anyone else to refuse. Not only is the visa solved, but the future shares and dividends are offered, and even the working hours are once a week, which is extremely relaxed. But the woman in front of her who is swimming in the water is a maverick, and she is unwilling to give up either freedom or money.

Or?

There was a thought that suddenly flashed through Koharu's mind.

He stared at the water, his mouth came to Yang Yiming's face, and whispered a few words. "Are you sure?" Yang Yiming didn't say anything, and asked rhetorically. Yu Xiaochun gave him a "believe me" look, and he nodded and walked away.

"Come down and swim, the water in the pool is very cool." Nina, who had just surfaced, greeted the two, "Eh, why did the big man go, don't you come down and have fun for a while?" ”

"I'm coming!" Yu Xiaochun got up and responded.

Well. When Nina saw that he was going to swim, she didn't ask Yang Yiming's whereabouts, and a fierce man dived down again. But when she swam for a while and raised her head, she was stunned by Yu Xiaochun who was standing on the edge of the pool. I saw him take off his shoes and stand barefoot on the tiles, only a few centimeters away from the edge of the pool, eager to dive. But on his body, not only did he not take off his coat, but he put on the coat and pants that Jose took off before entering the water and Yang Yiming's coat, and finally put on the bathrobe that Nina wore from the house on the outermost part, and the lady's bathrobe of small size was propped up, and he looked like a madman.

"Mr. Yu, you are..." Nina, who had just come out of the water, thought that she had seen the wrong eye, shook her hair vigorously, and wiped the water on her face dry, but only found that in her sight, Yu Xiaochun actually moved a few inches to the pool, and her feet were exposed outside the tiles.

"You can't swim like this!"

Before the words fell, Yu Xiaochun had already left his feet off the ground and jumped out. But he didn't leap far, and like a plumb weight, he plunged straight into the pool.

José, who had been swimming non-stop, stopped paddling when he heard the sound of entering the water, and watched from the corner of the pool in the distance. The blister at the place where Yu Xiaochun entered the water was slowly getting smaller, and he suddenly kicked the bottom of the pool again, jumping out of the water. But the clothes on his body full of water were too heavy, and seeing that his body was about to be dragged down by gravity again, he quickly grabbed the pool ladder not far away and climbed out with all his strength.

Nina and Jose in the pool were dumbfounded!

2/

In the state agricultural insurance arena, the game between the Vipers and the Spurs reached the fourth quarter. With only four and a half minutes left, the Vipers, who had been struggling to catch up, trailed by four points at 93-97.

Yang Yiming has been on the court for 38 minutes and has scored 41 points. The NBA rookie player played an imperial performance on the stage of the Development League in the presence of a small audience today.

Three-point shots, mid-range shots, and aerial relay baskets, he gives what he wants.

But at the moment, he is still 10 points away from achieving the goal of 100 points. And there's so much more he needs to do to bring victory to the team!

In this round, the Spurs' leading guard and center made a block, and the guard took advantage of the unstable position of the two defenders of the Vipers, and a dribble rushed forward and flashed out of the gap between the two. The defender is left behind, and all that is left in front of him is an open field that can shoot at any time!

But when it was too late, Yang Yiming, who was about to stop the ball and prepare to shoot, was blocked by his own center and stayed in the penalty area, grabbed a step and flew up to block. Seeing this, the opposing defender jumped backwards and tried to tear up the space for the shot with a backward shot. Unexpectedly, Yang Yiming, who had improved his physical fitness and was still full of physical strength at the last moment, slid far more in the air than he estimated, and fanned out the thrown ball with a big hand!

The ball fell into the hands of the Vipers' defender who turned back to defend, and he dribbled the ball forward quickly! The Spurs were also quick to retreat, with a 2-on-3 frontcourt, with two defenders seemingly blocking the layup lane and the other locking the trajectory of the pass.

In the flash of light, a white-clothed black shadow quickly arrived-it turned out to be Yang Yiming, who was still defending in his own penalty area just now.

"Here!"

The defender who heard the shouting understood and casually handed the ball behind him. Yang Yiming got the ball and made a one-handed layup, the Spurs' defense was too late, the ball was upside down, and a free throw was added! Hit three points! The penalty is also in the middle!

96-97, the home team is only one point behind!

3/

Yu Xiaochun, who climbed from the pool to the shore with difficulty, didn't have time to catch his breath, but saw Yang Yiming, who had just walked away, holding all kinds of bedding that he had obviously taken from Nina's room, and a full of sheets and quilts and pillows, and walked over.

"Yiming, what are you doing here?" As if frightened by the strange behavior of the two, José also leaned against the pool, intending to stop.

"It has nothing to do with him, it's my idea." Yu Xiaochun said as he took off the soaked clothes on his body, leaving only one **. The clothes I took off were lifted in my hands, and they were still dripping and dripping. The sky behind him was getting whiter, and he was standing condescendingly by the pool, a hot breath rising from his head, and from the perspective of Nina and José in the pool, it seemed as if there was a fire burning in the distance.

"The NBA world is like this pool." Yu Xiaochun spoke, his voice seemed to be evil at the moment, "The water in the pool is like the money we can earn..."

"It seems that you can't finish fishing, you can't scoop it up..."

"But as long as we find a way, as long as we do whatever it takes, there will always be a day when the water will be sucked dry."

While speaking, Yu Xiaochun threw his clothes on the ground, picked out the sheets from the bedding that Yang Yiming had moved, and tied them around his waist like a bath towel. Then he threw the quilt flat on the surface of the pool, and then before the quilt could absorb water, he jumped up!

Yang Yiming, who fought fiercely on the court, after a successful 2+1 layup, continued to shoot in the positional battle, scoring 6 points. The stats rose to 50 points, and the Vipers also took a 102-100 lead.

The Spurs, who had been leading the game, seemed to suddenly fall apart, and with nine seconds left in regulation time, their three-point shot was hollow and wide, and the Vipers center picked up the rebound.

"Give me the ball!" Yang Yiming almost snatched the basketball from his teammates - the time was less than 24 seconds, and the opponent was likely to use foul tactics, and at this time he only chose to believe in himself!

Sure enough, the Spurs quickly gathered around him and fouled him.

For the first penalty, Yang Yiming spit out a few rounds before throwing the ball.

Entered, 51 points! Goal achieved!

However, he still needs to score the second goal to ensure the victory.

The second free throw was also securely hit.

104:100。 101 points in three individual games!

Win! With the Spurs trailing by four points and running out of time, Yang Yiming celebrated on his back, and the few fans burst into the loudest cheers.

By the pool, Yu Xiaochun, who went ashore for the second time, dragged the corner of the quilt and dragged the water-filled object ashore.

"Just like that, we're going to suck this pool dry..."

But his performance is clearly not over yet. The two pillows on the shore, the pillowcase fell off, the pillow core was torn open, and the feathers filled inside were thrown into the air.

The fluttering feathers, like snow, like flying banknotes, fell on this pond water.

It's dawn!