Chapter 40: The Taste of Failure

"With less than a minute to go before the San Antonio Spurs game against the Houston Rockets, the Rockets were still trailing by 10 points, Tracy McGrady missed the shot after breaking through, but Yao Ming scored the ball directly in the first place."

"2 seconds later, Padgett alertly cut off Parker's pass to Duncan, dunked, and the latter scored a direct dunk, catching up with 4 points in a few seconds, at this time was running out, the Rockets were forced to adopt foul tactics, the opponent's Brown made 2 free throws, and the gap was stretched to 8 points."

With 44.2 seconds left, McGrady dribbled to the front court and hit a 3-pointer with little preparation. Sula then fouled and Brown went on to hit both free throws. ”

"McGrady dribbled the frontcourt, used Yao Ming's block to bypass Bowen, and then faked to deceive Duncan, and threw a 3-pointer in the process of falling, the ball went in incredibly, and added another free throw, and the 4-point score was successful."

"Followed by the Rockets another foul tactic, Duncan hit 2 free throws again, there are only 16 seconds left, the Rockets almost couldn't send the ball, at the critical moment, Barrett couldn't find someone to receive the ball, and there was no timeout to call, finally handed the ball to Maddy's hands at the last moment, Maddy dribbled to the outside of the three-point line to the tight defensive expert Bowen hit a three-pointer again, at this time the Spurs panicked, they called a timeout."

"When the timeout came, the Spurs sent the ball in the frontcourt, after Yao Ming defended the serve, the ball went to Brown, he dribbled and rushed into the Rockets' interior, but he fell, Maddy quickly picked up the ball on the ground, went straight to the frontcourt, and shot another three-pointer near the left three-point line, and the ball went in! With just 1.7 seconds left, the Spurs didn't have a timeout. Parker dribbled from the backcourt to the frontcourt and missed a three-point shot, and the game ended with the Rockets magically winning 81-80 over the Spurs. ”

"All the people who left the venue early and are now driving home must be wondering what the people in the Toyota Center are thinking, why haven't they come out yet."

"Oh no, skipper, why did you turn off the TV? It's really a magical game. "Also immersed in Maddie's magical performance of Mark. Williams couldn't help but complain to Sun Yue, who turned off the TV.

Mark, who was still training at the training ground, was suddenly pulled by Sun Yue to the locker room to watch the NBA game, and Mark, who was still inexplicable, saw Maddie's miraculous performance just now and complained that Sun Yue pulled him over to watch TV.

Looking at Sun Yue standing next to him, Mark suddenly thought of something, leaned over and asked, "Skipper, I heard that the Houston Rockets have contacted you, and they want to draft you in next year's draft?" ”

"Yes, but I don't want to go to Team Rockets, they already have Tracy, and I don't want to go and give Tracy a hand." Sun Yue held a ham sausage in his hand and said while chewing.

"That's right, skipper, if you get into the NBA, I think you're going to score 20 points and 10 assists in a game, plus a quadruple-double of 10 screams from a female fan and 20 curses from opposing fans!"

????β€œ Falk Squid, Mark, if your shooting is as good as your quips, I think I'm going to give you the Wolverine's top scorer. ”

????β€œ No, skipper, there's no way I'm going to have the same scoring ability as you. If I can score the same number of points as you, I think I'll probably be selected in the 50s in the second round of the draft. I think it's best to get to Phoenix, and Stephen. Nash, his passing is as good as yours, and I want to play with him and I can probably score 10 points per game... Oh no, 8 points, I'm satisfied to get 8 points......"

At this time, Sun Yue stood by the window of the locker room, looking at the lights that were still sporadic outside the window, and thought of the previous day against Chris. Paul's experience.

As one of the best rookies in the class of 2005, Chris Brown. Paul has excellent ball control, strong assist ability, sharp breakthroughs, accurate shooting, and was already a nationally famous star point guard in high school, and has been at the top of the NCAA point guard list for a long time after landing in the NCAA, and the ability of super point guard has been revealed at this time.

Chris. The meeting between Paul and Sun Yue is naturally a set of focus matchups, and many media believe that Sun Yue's outstanding performance is inseparable from the strength of the opponent, completely ignoring Sun Yue's performance against well-known point guards such as Delon, Felton, Jack, and Robinson.

Facing Chris Paul, the future NBA's No. 1 point guard, Sun Yue didn't know how to be afraid at all, and even a little excited, because he had been looking forward to this game for a long time.

Sun Yue originally planned to make a good breakthrough and resolutely use his height advantage to rely on blocking and dismantling on the outside. Combined with the catch-and-shoot after running without the ball, Paul's height of 1.83 meters should be okay.

???? However, when the game and Paul really played each other, Sun Yue realized that he was too naΓ―ve.

Paul's steals, co-defense, fills, and small actions have reached the point of perfection, especially the accurate prediction of the opponent's passing route, and the quick start when the ball is broken, Sun Yue found that he wanted to get a chance to shoot by running without the ball. It's basically impossible, it is difficult for the other players of the Wolverine team to successfully pass the ball to Sun Yue's hands, and Paul is always stuck in the passing route to Sun Yue.

???? This move made Sun Yue very uncomfortable, and Lance's poor passing skills made Sun Yue unable to get the ball at all. In the end, there was no way, Sun Yuezhi could only dribble and attack by himself. At this time, Paul's defensive characteristics of steady focus, sufficient strength, no misposition, and a lot of small moves but can be stopped in moderation are reflected, especially those small moves that are constantly used...... From time to time, I will reach out and pinch you, stretch out my feet to cushion you, and then push you by an elbow...... These are small actions that can be stopped. often makes the opponent impetuous, and the most annoying thing is that this thing can also talk trash, which unknowingly disrupts Sun Yue's rhythm, thus affecting the smoothness and rationality of the Wolverine team's offensive operation.

???? In this game, Paul's cleverness was that he did not make a fuss about blocking Sun Yue's shooting, but just disrupted his dribbling and breakthrough rhythm, and did not let Sun Yue have a comfortable shooting and passing opportunity, the result was that Sun Yue only hit 4 of 14 shots in the whole game, including 1 of 4 three-point shots, played 30 minutes, got 11 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 turnovers, and played the worst game of his NCAA career.

Chris. Paul had a perfect 20-10 stat to give Sun Yue the upper hand and help the Wake Forest University Devils Deacons win 85-73.

Although Sun Yue completely lost to Paul in his individual performance and team victory, the outside world is still very tolerant of him, and the media reports did not criticize Sun Yue, because in the eyes of everyone, this is a normal thing.

But Sun Yue doesn't see it that way, he thinks that he is the one who wants to become the first point guard, and beating Paul is the only way to become the first point guard, and it is too depressing to lose.