Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Mighty Scholar
Jeremy Lin smiled and stretched out his hand to Bennett, who was kneeling on the ground, "Don't be so polite, I can't afford to be so generous to me when we meet you for the first time!" ”
Bennett angrily opened Jeremy Lin's hand and got up on his own, his face blushing and not saying a word. Parsons glanced at Bennett dissatisfied, feeling that this former Nevada No. 1 high school student was really unworthy of his name, and he couldn't even prevent a little-known little man, and he actually knelt down.
Hoggist returned to the top of the arc to tee, looked at Hollis Jefferson, who was defending him, and began to think again, "Bennett can't prevent the outside aid I invited, you should go to help defend him, otherwise we can watch him perform a solo 21-point game and take away the game." ”
Hollis Jefferson responded: "It's better to care about yourself, aren't you going to single one or two yourself?" I'm still waiting to break your ball! Bennett's defense has been tested by The Invitational National, and we don't have to worry about that! ”
"Hehe, we'll see!" After saying that, Hougist still handed the ball to Jeremy Lin on the wing, and pulled himself to the bottom corner of the weak side to wait to watch Jeremy Lin perform.
Jeremy Lin received the ball and moved to the top of the arc, this time Bennett was afraid of being shaken down, so he deliberately put two steps, Jeremy Lin estimated the difference between the distance between the two and Bennett's height and arm length, and was sure that Bennett couldn't cover himself, so he jumped three points directly.
“No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” At this time, it was Haugist in the bottom corner who was wailing, and sure enough, the ball drew a towering arc and smashed into the basket and bounced. Devin and Parsonska under the basket are competing very much, Devin tried his best, but he still can't take advantage of it, after all, Parsons is already an adult, and it is relatively easy to bully a 17-year-old high school student with his body, Parsons grabbed the rebound in his hand before Devin and distributed it to Bennett, who retreated to the top of the arc outside the three-point line, wanting him to transition back to himself, and he played Devin under the basket. Williams simply doesn't have to take it too easy.
However, at the moment when Bennett received the ball, a black shadow rushed in front of him, a hand knife slashed heavily on the ball, knocking the ball down, Bennett's mouth was numb, his arms trembled slightly, and then he saw that Jeremy Lin broke the ball, and hurriedly went up to defend, Jeremy Lin started from the three-point line, broke through the inside line against Bennett, and deliberately made physical contact when he suddenly took a step outside the reasonable collision area, and Bennett was solid and full of arms, Bennett was hit by Jeremy Lin and retreated, and Jeremy Lin jumped back with his strength, Stabilize yourself in the air and throw a hollow into the net to hit.
Jeremy Lin still maintained his shooting posture after landing, and said to Bennett, who fell out of the bottom line: "Originally, you fouled this ball, and you had to add a penalty if you scored, but let's play 3 against 3, don't pay so much attention to it, forget it, Haugist, you come to tee." ”
Bennett conceded two goals in a row, Parsons couldn't help it, he pulled Bennett over and said, "Will you defend?" Do you really want someone else to cut 21 points on your head in a row? This person is handed over to me, you come to defend this center, they are all high school students, although you should be able to handle him if he is taller, if you can't even handle him, do you still have the face to compete for the name of Nevada's No. 1 high school student? ”
Bennett gritted his teeth, and after all, he didn't refute Parsons, but just walked silently to Devon's side. Parsons came to the wing to defend Jeremy Lin.
Hougist ignored Parsons' defense and still drove the ball to Jeremy Lin, who did not play by himself this time, but a player who hit the ground and distributed the ball to Devin in the key position under the basket, Devin has been training with Hoggist for a long time, and now the kung fu under the basket is very good, he received the ball and raised it directly to hook up and shoot.
Although Bennett is a head shorter, but his physical fitness is not bad, this ball he saw Devin shoot and jumped up to block, although Devin's shot arc is relatively high, but after all, Bennett's fingers touched the ball. The basketball, which changed its trajectory, came out of the basket, but it was neither Bennett nor the burly Parsons who grabbed the rebound, but Jeremy Lin, who came out of the diagonal stab, grabbed the rebound first among a group of seniors, and threw the ball in the air directly to Haugist, who was still too lazy to move in the bottom corner.
Even Hollis Jefferson, who defended Hoggist, had already shrunk back to grab the rebound, Hougist was too lazy to move but lazy to make a vacancy, Hougist received the ball without superfluous movements, and directly and neatly jumped to shoot three-point shots, and the ball hollowed into the net.
Hoggist spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders and said: "I said before I started, don't go to foreign aid, we high school students are fighting each other, you don't listen, you have to bring foreign aid to fight together, now it's okay, being taught by Jeremy Lin to be a man, right?" ”
This time it was Bennett's turn to speak, "I tried so hard to block the shot, but you couldn't even grab a rebound, are you really the main interior player of the Crocodiles at this level?" ”
Parsons was also speechless, the opponent's foreign aid is too comprehensive, except for his height, he is better than himself in all aspects, and the players in the Development League are so good, can he really not play in the NBA? For the first time, Parsons developed a lack of confidence in his level.
"Hey! Are you still fighting? If you want to fight, you should defend quickly, and if you don't fight, you can simply admit defeat! Hollis Jefferson said impatiently that he was mentally strong and didn't get discouraged by a few failed defenses.
Bennett and Parsons put their minds away and returned to defensive positions to meet the next wave of Hougist's attack. Hoggist saw that the two 'enemies' who had been hit by this Hollis Jefferson were cheered up, and thought to himself that this brother was a little interesting! Not only is the defense good, but also has a few attributes of a spiritual leader. It should be quite fun to play against him, so I'll try a few on my own.
Hougist asked Jeremy Lin to come over and tee, signaling that he wanted to play a few, Jeremy Lin distributed the ball to Hougist on the wing, Hoggist's previous offensive options were generally to shake off the space to shoot, run out of the open space to shoot, force shots and break layups, he sometimes would fake the shooting foul, Jeremy Lin made physical contact in the march, and used the reaction force brought by the body contact to step back to shoot, which did not affect the balance and feel, and could create fouls, which made him feel very novel, so he also wanted to try it.
Hougist concocted the same method, dribbling against Hollis Jefferson to break through to the basket, but Jeremy Lin's movements looked easy, but it was extremely difficult to try himself, Hollis Jefferson was very strong, Hougist broke through from the wing to the basket, and couldn't go in at all, but was pushed to the top of the arc by Hollis Jefferson.
Hougist glanced at Jeremy Lin helplessly, Jeremy Lin smiled and shook his head, completing such an action not only requires a certain weight, but also needs good core strength, Hoggist, a 14-year-old high school student, has not yet fully developed his body, and he can't break through with a player who is stronger than himself.
Hougist had to find another way, he dribbled at the top of the arc, and suddenly a body change of direction, Hollis Jefferson was tall and long-armed, and the timing was very accurate, and he stabbed Hougist's ball with his hand. The ball was poked off and bounced to the left back of Hougist, Hollis Jefferson pounced on the left back of Hougist, trying to pounce the ball in his arms, but Hougist was not slow to react, a short left hand copied the ball back, dribbled directly behind the back to the right hand, let Hollis Jefferson, and broke through to the inside.
Hougist took two steps to see Parsons come to make up for the defense, and directly distributed the ball to the empty Jeremy Lin, who shot again. This time, the rebound was pocketed by Bennett and directly distributed to Hollis Jefferson on the outside, and Hougist turned back to defend Hollis Jefferson.
Hollis Jefferson had limited offensive means, and knowing that his strength lay in his body, he began to play Hoggist with his back. Hougist thumped twice, feeling as if his ribs were about to be broken. When the two made physical contact again, Hougist pulled back directly, which caught Hollis Jefferson off guard and almost sat on the ground, Hougist easily took the ball away from Hollis Jefferson, dribbled out of the three-point line and shot a three-point jumper, and hit again, at which point Hougist and their trio had a 10-0 lead.
Hoggist felt that the attack against Hollis Jefferson just now was not playing well, so he asked for the ball to be ready to play again. This time, Hoggist dribbled more cautiously, pressed his center of gravity lower, and constantly dribbled with his left and right hands, and in the last ball, Hoggist had already seen that Hollis Jefferson was indeed very experienced in defense, and if he wanted to get past such an opponent, his movements needed to be more treacherous or more back to basics.
Outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the left, Hoggist lowered his center of gravity and dribbled from the right side, and his lightning-fast first move rushed to the side of Hollis Jefferson, who lost his defensive position and could only stick to the side. Hougist suddenly dribbled under his crotch and handed the ball to his left hand when he burst into the corner position, Hollis Jefferson thought he was going to use the crotch dribble to change direction, and quickly adjusted his center of gravity to prepare to follow the defense to the other side, but Hougist turned directly back with the ball in his left hand, and took a big step to the far right free throw line to jump up and shoot, Hollis Jefferson couldn't return to defense, and no one could make up for it in four times, and Hougist hit a shot steadily.
He won't be able to stop me if I fight with all my might! Hogist thought to himself. The attack just now was done beautifully, and it made him feel a lot more confident. Originally, I was looking for Jeremy Lin to come to the bottom line, but at the beginning, he let him play two first, and also showed Jeremy Lin's extraordinary agility, so that the existence of Jeremy Lin became a huge threat to the other party, so that the other party would not dare to focus on himself, so now that he is so far ahead, Hougist is going to instigate his own attack, anyway, he can't score and Jeremy Lin, right?
Hougist still received Jeremy Lin's serve on the left wing, and in the face of the defense, this time he did not rush to dribble, but let Devin come out to block the pick-and-roll. Devin ran to the flank to provide cover for Hoggist's movement to the line, and Bennett was afraid of Hougist's mid-range throw and had to follow. Hoggist broke through from the middle to the basket with Devin's cover, and Bennett switched defenses and raised his hands in front of Hougist, halting Hoggist's breakthrough. Devin blocked Hollis-Jefferson quickly went inside, Hougist saw the opportunity to pass the ball through the left side of Bennett's body with his right hand, slammed it on the ground, the ball bounced high and took off near the basket, Devin jumped up and dunked the ball into the basket, completing a beautiful aerial relay.
"Good shot! A fully-funded scholarship is one step closer to you! Hoggist cheered from the side.
"Damn, what the hell are you going to do?" Parsons scolded, "A top high school defensive titan in Arizona, a former No. 1 high school student in Nevada, who was played like a monkey by others!" Teaming up with you guys is a stain on my life! ”
Before Bennett and Hollis Jefferson could speak, Hougist spoke first: "Don't talk about others, don't accept you to defend!" Treat you like a monkey! ”
It was obviously the opponent's provocative ridicule, Bennett and Hollis Jefferson felt comfortable listening to it. Parsons relied on his older age and higher ball skills, and always looked down on the other two, and often snorted and drank. Now Bennett feels that his hatred for Hoggist has faded a lot, and he hopes that Hougist can teach this arrogant Parsons a good lesson.
Parsons blushed, gritted his teeth and said, "I'll come as soon as I come, I'm afraid you won't dare to attack me!" ”
"You think too much of yourself!" Hougist said contemptuously.
Hougist held the ball again at the top of the arc to instigate the attack, Devin came up to block Haugist, but Parsons did not fully follow the defense, and Hollis Jefferson also managed to squeeze past the cover man this time and still defended Hougist, at this time Devin in the high post has formed an empty space. Hougist made a direct back pass to the unguarded Devin in the high post, Devin dribbled a step inside, jumped at the free throw line, and the ball bounced on the basket for a long time, but eventually fell to the outside of the basket, Chandler. Parsons easily picked up the rebound, this time he no longer trusted his two teammates, and without passing, Parsons dribbled beyond the three-point line himself to relaunch the offense.
Hougist glanced at Jeremy Lin, and Jeremy Lin gave him a "Don't worry, watch me perform!" Looks, go straight out to defend Parsons.
Parsons wanted to go straight to the inside with a crushing break, but the ball was squeezed away by Jeremy Lin, and Parsons picked up the ball before Jeremy Lin in an embarrassed way, and Jeremy Lin didn't miss the spot for a steal in front of him. Parsons couldn't make a plan and started backhitting directly near the free throw line.
Parsons thought that with his height and weight, he must have been able to beat a small man like Jeremy Lin on his back, but he didn't expect Jeremy Lin to stick to the ground like a fire hydrant, no matter how he pushed it, he couldn't move at all.