Chapter Eighty-Seven: I Lost on Purpose
If Sun Zhuo and Kobe Bryant are one-on-one, no one in the Lakers will think that Sun Zhuo can win Kobe, but if it is just a simple three-point ratio, especially when Sun Zhuo feels excellent tonight and Kobe is the opposite, Sun Zhuo still has a high probability of winning Kobe.
Kobe Bryant wants to prove that he is the best in the Lakers team in terms of three-point shooting in front of O'Neal and others, but Sun Zhuo actually has no intention of competing with Kobe Bryant, because he doesn't know his three-point ability very well.
It stands to reason that Sun Zhuo's current three-point ability at level 31 is very average, but today's shooting rate is extremely amazing, which is simply a full-level effect.
Derrick Fisher pushed the cart with the basketball over, and Kobe Bryant asked: "It's like a three-point contest, five shooting points, five points of shooting, but we can have no time limit, who will come first?" ”
"I'll do it first." Sun Zhuo felt that his hand was very hot just now, and he had to "wait while it was hot to avoid hitting the iron", so he wanted to shoot the basket as soon as possible.
"Okay." Bryant stepped out of position and walked off the court.
This time there is no time limit for three points, Sun Zhuo doesn't need to rush to shoot, after getting the ball, he will slow down and aim at the basket before shooting.
Once.
Twice.
Three times.
The first three goals were all iron!
"How so!" Sun Zhuo himself was shocked, just finished the game, his physical strength was consumed, but it didn't feel so cold, right?
"Oops." O'Neill also realized that Sun Zhuo's hand was not so hot.
Sun Zhuo continued to adjust his form and became slower, but fortunately, he made the last two shots in the first point, 3-of-5, which is also in line with his current three-point shooting rate.
I thought that Sun Zhuo's hand would gradually get better, but I didn't expect that the second point and the third point were all exactly the same hit rate, and the fourth point was even worse.
A total of 25 shots were taken and only 12 were hit.
Teammate Rick Fox was surprised: "Sun, are you nervous?" I remember when you were playing with me for three points, you were very relaxed and accurate, just like you were on the court today, you basically didn't miss the ball. ”
Sun Zhuo remembers the joking competition with Fox, where the shooting was very accurate, but now it seems that luck accounts for a large part.
At this time, Kobe Bryant confidently walked on the court, and without saying a word, he picked up the ball and threw it, and he lost several shots in a row at the beginning, but Kobe Bryant slowly regained his touch, and the more he got to the end, the more out of control, and finally ended with a six-game shot, 25 shots, and 17 shots!
After the victory over Sun Zhuo, Kobe Bryant looked at everyone disdainfully, more like saying to O'Neal, "Everyone has seen who is the best three-point shooter on the team, so don't say that stupid thing like asking me to reduce my three-point shots." ”
Kobe Bryant left the scene satisfied, Phil Jackson was afraid that the results of this competition would affect Sun Zhuo's self-confidence, you know, as a shooter, the most important thing is to have self-confidence, no self-confidence is not to shoot, so Phil was disappointed in Sun Zhuo at the same time, he also stepped forward to comfort: "Sun, don't care, you may be more suitable for projecting three points in the rhythm of the official game, and the shooting rate during training doesn't matter." ”
Rick Fox also said: "Phil is right, maybe you don't feel the ball in the cart, you have to receive a pass from your teammates on the run to shoot accurately, isn't our training just to score on the field?" ”
Rick Fox also comforted Sun Zhuo casually, but after hearing this, Sun Zhuo was suddenly shocked.
"When you take the ball in the cart, you can't shoot accurately, but when you are running, you can shoot accurately when you receive a pass from your teammates?" Sun Zhuo repeated Fox's words again, and at the same time, many pictures of the past suddenly appeared in his mind.
The first picture is the three-point competition between Sun Zhuo and Rick Fox in training, this three-point competition is not formal at all, so there is no small cart, and Fox has been passing it to Sun Zhuo.
The second picture is that Sun Zhuo and Emma are training three points in the yard of their home at night, Emma first passed two balls to Sun Zhuo, respectively in the two bottom corners, Sun Zhuo hit them all, and then Emma praised Sun Zhuo for three points in the bottom corner, Sun Zhuo immediately placed five balls on the cart and carried out the projection test alone, and the shooting rate dropped suddenly.
The third picture is the picture of the game between the Rockets and the Lakers, Sun Zhuo catches the ball and shoots in the bottom corner, and hits the shot with interference, however, after shaking the opponent, he misses the shot after aiming for a while.
In addition, Sun Zhuo held the ball himself, faced a defense with no interference, missed three points, and received a pass from Gary Payton, and he was able to hit.
Sun Zhuo thought about it carefully, all the three-pointers he hit today seemed to have just fallen into position, and he shot instantly after receiving the ball, and most of them were hit in the bottom corner.
"I know, I finally know......" Sun Zhuo whispered softly.
"Sun, what's wrong with you? Are you okay? Phil Jackson saw that Sun Zhuo suddenly fell into a stupor, for fear that it was caused by this loss.
Sun Zhuo came back to his senses, smiled at Phil, and said: "I'm fine, you don't have to worry about me, it's not a shame to lose to Kobe, besides, you all know, one-on-one with Kobe, no matter what it is, if the other party loses, it's good, if Kobe loses, then he will continue to compete with you until he wins, I feel very good today, 25 balls can't only hit 12, but I'm too tired to play until the early hours of the morning......"
"So you're saying that in the competition just now, you deliberately released water? Sun, I've never seen a guy like you who can't afford to lose, why didn't you say let him go when Kobe Bryant was here just now? Now that he's gone, you can say anything! Before Sun Zhuo finished speaking, Fisher couldn't stand it, and even used Kobe's competitive personality as an excuse to talk nonsense.
In fact, Sun Zhuo said this, everyone knows that Kobe Bryant is indeed the kind of person who will continue to compete with you if he loses, and he will never give up if he doesn't win, but Kobe's strength is also obvious to all, 17 of the 25 shots were made, even if Sun Zhuo showed all his strength, he might not be able to win, right?
Sun Zhuo already fully knew why his three-point shooting rate was sometimes magical and sometimes ordinary, so he smiled and said, "You don't believe it? Okay, then I'll shoot again, would you like to pass the ball to me? ”
"Okay, I'll pass you the ball and see how many you can make this time!" Fisher wanted it to prove that Sun Zhuo was a complete liar, and immediately ran to get the ball.
Karl Malone originally yawned, but now he came to his senses again, and said to O'Neill: "This little brother of yours is really capable of tossing." ”
O'Neill didn't understand why Sun Zhuo picked up the basketball and projected it again, could it be that after such a while, the feeling was restored?
This time he shot, Sun Zhuo did not shoot five points in succession as before, but only shot in the bottom left corner, and Fisher had no objection to this, in his opinion, it was the same wherever he shot.
So, Fisher passed the ball by ball, after Sun Zhuo finished throwing, he would take the initiative to pick up the ball, and then hand it to Fisher, Fisher didn't want Sun Zhuo to run around like this, so he didn't have to make excuses for a while, and said to Sun Zhuo, I can just pick up the ball myself, you just stand there, but Sun Zhuo insisted on picking up the ball by himself, and walked out from the bottom corner from time to time, and when Fisher passed the ball, he walked over.
As a result, Sun Zhuo was in the bottom left corner, 8 out of 10!
"It's impossible to ......" Fisher was frightened by this hit rate.
Fisher asked Sun Zhuo to switch positions to shoot, and Sun Zhuo went to the bottom corner on the other side, and shot in the same way.
As a result, 9 out of 10!
"Oh my God......" Fisher's whole person was frightened, and O'Neill and Carl Malone were also shocked!
Sun Zhuo sighed and said, "Alas, I said earlier that I deliberately let Kobe Bryant, you don't believe it." By the way, you must not tell Kobe Bryant about this, or he will try with me again, you know, it's a waste of time. ”
After speaking, Sun Zhuo left in style in the admiring eyes of his teammates and coaches......