Chapter 60: The Struggle for Steps

"That's a good goal!" Hoggist praised.

"Hehe, I'm going to score even more beautiful goals in the future!" Booker said smugly.

Hogist shook his head and smiled, "I mean, you're lucky, this kind of high-arc ball can also be scored!" ”

"Hmph, don't take advantage of your tongue, your trash talk can't interfere with me!" Booker is confident in his mentality.

"I hope so! After all, that's all you can do! Hoggist said indifferently.

"Hehe, I was careless when I didn't score the first goal, I'm serious now, and then you're going to suffer!" Booker holds the ball and prepares for his third offense.

"You don't want to hit this move 5 times in a row, do you?"

"What? Scared? Booker was saying that he suddenly started to continue to walk on the right side to break inside, but this time Booker's dribble was directly stealed by Horgist, which was a hard steal, Booker's dribble did not have any problems, but Horgist accurately found the trajectory of Booker's dribble, stretched out his long arm, and his fingers intervened in the route of the dribble, and the attack was easily resolved.

"The same trick won't work if you use it too much, dear!" Hougist looked at Booker with a smile on his face.

Booker returned to the top of the arc and held the ball in a three-threat position, and Horgist stepped back and waited for Booker to make a move. Booker shook a few times, and suddenly took the shot out of surprise, Hougist tried his best to reach out to block, but it was still a bad move, and did not touch Booker's ball, but fortunately the ball did not fly into the basket, but smashed on the inside of the basket and bounced out.

"Scared the baby to death! I thought I was in! Hoggist patted his chest and said with a pretended fear.

"Hmph, don't worry, the next one will be in!" Booker's face was displeased, and he was very dissatisfied with Hoggist's coy attitude.

Booker started his fourth offensive attack with the ball, staring at Haugist at the top of the arc while dribbling behind his back for an opportunity. Hoggist didn't dare to go up for a gambling steal, but just lowered his center of gravity one step away and waited for Booker to make the first move.

Booker saw that Hoggist was not impulsive, so he had to take the initiative to break through to seek opportunities, in order to prevent Hoggist from stealing, Booker was a non-dribbler between himself and Hoggist, separating Hoggist as much as possible. Bukmai strode inside, pushed Hoggist away with his left hand and then collected the ball and threw a right-handed shot.

"Booker has a foul!" LaVine bounced off the floor and shouted at Coach Faucier as he pointed at Booker on the court. Coach Faucier ignored LaVine's complaint.

"How's this ball?" Booker asked Haugist.

"Huh. This move is quite beautiful, I hope you will use this trick well in the future. Hogist said earnestly.

"Oh?" Booker's response to Hoggist was a surprise.

"Just play like this, sooner or later you will be beaten to death by others!" Haugist pouted.

"If you can win, it's a good ball!" Booker finished speaking and began his fifth attack. Since this trick worked, Booker still concocted the same method, using a non-dribbler to push Hoggist to break inside. Since Hoggist has said that the same trick will not work if it is used too much, it is impossible to let Booker play again, Booker blocks himself with his hands, and he can't steal or block, but Hoggist's defense is not confined to one form, as long as it can achieve the effect of frustrating the opponent's offense.

Horgist raised his hands high, and his waist exerted force to make his upper body force in front of Booker, Booker needed to pull away Horgist in order to create hand space, because Horgist was very hard to defend, so Booker couldn't help but increase the strength of his hands, so this push action was very obvious. But when Booker tried hard to push Haugist, he suddenly felt that the weight of Haugist's body was gone, and Booker watched Haugist fly out lightly like a kite with a broken string and fall outside the bottom line.

"Beep!" Coach Faucier's whistle sounded sharply, "Booker offensive foul!" ”

"Boss!" Ravan hurried forward and pulled Haugistre up.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Hougist patted LaVine to reassure him.

"You're faking a fall!" Booker was in a hurry.

"Didn't I fake two falls, you're a serious pusher!" Hoggist laughed.

"Shame on fake falls!" Booker rebuked.

"Fake falls? I'm just letting people see your pushing. Haugist spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders.

Popovich couldn't help but applaud in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, "Yes, this heel fell beautifully, with the charm of Manu, this kid is really a defensive genius, and the defensive means can be said to be both rigid and soft!" ”

"yes, you can be like Ron again. Artest and Scotty. Pippen is an old-fashioned hard-core defense, and he can use an actor-level performance like Manu to create fouls on the other side. These are the two extremes of body hardness and flexibility, which can be reflected in a person at the same time! It's incredible! Budenholzer was also surprised.

"Can that rookie you admire do it?" Popovich asked.

"Hmm...... Maybe he could, but he would never do it, he was a tough guy and his style of play, he didn't like Manu's way of making fouls, and fake throws didn't seem to be in line with his morals. Budenholzer shook his head.

"There are not many people who can stick to their principles now!" Popovich exclaimed.

His father was murdered three years ago, and since he lost his father as a teenager, he has gradually become reticent, but not introverted or self-contained, but more accustomed to expressing himself through action. He immersed himself in the world of basketball to escape the loss of his father, and in high school he trained in the gym until 11 o'clock at night before returning home, and in college he trained even harder, and he was already in the training gym at 5 o'clock every day. He is an extremely self-disciplined person who strictly adheres to the bottom line. ”

"Really?"

"Seriously!"

"Sure enough?"

"Sure enough!"

Popovich slapped his thigh, "It's going to be him!" ”

It seems that Popovich is also a man of temperament, and he just listened to the experience and personality described in the scouting materials and made a decision. Budenholzer looked at Popovich with a confused expression, and it took a lot of effort to get Bobo's consent to let him come to the trial, but he didn't expect that just a simple two-line background introduction in the scouting profile directly made Bobo agree to sign him.

"Do you really agree?" Budenholzer couldn't believe it for a moment.

"If you want to say what kind of person he is, I would have agreed a long time ago, playing is just work, character and quality are related to life, the player I want must first be a good person, and then he should be a good player."

And on the court, it was the turn of Hoggist to attack, Booker scored 2 goals, and he only needed one more to win Booker Haugist. But Hoggist doesn't intend to win narrowly, it's not enough to win, it's a big win. Haugist started with the intention of scoring all five goals.

Hoggist held the ball at the top of the arc and Booker came up to defend it. Hoggist was surprised and said, "Paste so close? Are you afraid of me shooting? Aren't you afraid that I will break through? It's embarrassing! I've been eating a lot of garlic lately, you'll smell my breath! ”

"Your nonsense is more torturous than your tone!" Booker responded.

Hoggist smiled slightly, took a lightning first step, and took a sideways step to let Booker behind him, and there was a smooth road in front of him, Haugist broke through to the basket, Booker followed closely behind, and only waited for Hoggist to send a block when he made a layup. Horgist's heart is like a sieve, and he will never let himself suffer this loss. Just as he was about to get to the paint, Hoggist suddenly collected the ball and stepped forward for a layup.

Booker saw Hoggist collect the ball and thought he was going to start for a layup, so he kicked the ground and prepared to jump high to block from the sky, but unexpectedly, Hoggist only took one step and suddenly came to an emergency stop. Booker had just stepped up under his feet, and in the face of Hougist's premeditated emergency stop, Booker couldn't brake the car at all, and hit Hougist's back hard, Hougist flew forward with his strength, and licked the basket with his fingers in the air to score.

“Andone! MotherFxxker! Lavin cheered excitedly from the sidelines with a towel in hand.

Coach Faucier blew a light whistle and said to the two players on the court: "Booker's defensive foul is a defensive failure, because it is now testing the defensive ability, so no matter whether Hurley scores a goal or not, he will score and will not be penalized, but Booker, you should pay attention to your defensive actions in the future, move the route, and don't foul easily." ”

Then Coach Fusier glanced back at Laven and said lightly: "Laven, pay attention to your wording, please use civilized language." ”

"Okay, Coach." LaVine and Booker responded at the same time, both with slightly embarrassed expressions on their faces.

Hoggist returned to the top of the arc and began to dribble with his back hand, while saying to Booker: "I'm sorry, although my breakthrough is weaker than shooting, but there are more tricks, and people who are not familiar with me play with me to prevent me from breaking through is easy to suffer!" ”

Booker didn't post it this time, after suffering a loss, he stood cautiously in the three-point line, one and a half steps away from Hougist, who could react if he changed direction and broke through, and Hougist could catch up with the block if he shot himself.

Horgist didn't care, the right hand dribble from the wing to break through to the inside, Booker left a step and a half distance for Horgist, Horgist a large body forward change of direction to hand the ball to the left hand, Booker unconsciously moved a small step to his right, but this is in the arms of Horgist, Horgist changed direction in front of the body and just handed the ball to the left hand and immediately dribbled behind the back and pulled the center of gravity to his right.

The two men facing each other basically moved a step to their right at the same time, and an open area with a wide field of vision appeared in front of Hougist. Hoggist jumped up quickly and hit a mid-range shot, Booker tried to block it too late, and Hoggist's open shot was unquestionable, and the ball passed through the center of the basket with ease, and it didn't even rub against the Nets.

"Good shot!" Ravan learned this time, just using the usual words of praise.

"Pretty shaking!" Hollis Jefferson was also full of praise for Hoogist's dribbling moves.

"I've already scored two goals, and now I'm tied with you, so I'm going to win you!" Hougist continued to put psychological pressure on Booker.

Booker is indeed a little under pressure at this time, the opponent has tied the score in the first two balls, and the ball behind cannot be fouled, and the defensive foul will be judged as a defensive failure, and he has no room for error.

Horgist didn't plan to give Booker a moment to think about, so he took a step back from the dribble at the top of the arc while Booker was still thinking about life at the three-point line, and then accelerated the dribble to break inside. Booker reacted and could only raise his hands sideways to defend, trying not to give Hougist an easy shot, when Hougist broke through to the free throw line, both feet at the same time off the ground and a big step forward, in the air to collect the ball, left foot in front and right foot back at the same time landed, knee slightly bent to lift the ball to jump up again to shoot. Booker stood in front of him and raised his hands in front of him to interfere with Hougist's vision and space to shoot.

At this time, Horgist's pivot foot was not established, and he used his left foot as the axis to turn around Booker with a large backturn, Booker turned back and jumped up to block, but Horgist jumped to the right with his right foot to avoid Booker's block, and switched hands to pull the rod from the right side of the basket to throw the ball out of the basket and hit the board.

Booker looked at Coach Fogiel, who didn't react in any way. Booker was anxious and complained to Coach Faucier: "What are you doing? Why is there no response? This ball is walking! ”

Many people on the field also felt that the footsteps of Haugist looked awkward in this ball, and it seemed that he had taken an extra step. It is not only Booker's teammates in the "Twin Towers" group who hold such a view, but also many teammates in the "GDP" group Hougist also feel like they are walking, and even LaVine muttered in a low voice: "It's a pity that the boss has this ball, he should be able to score a shot without taking one step, and no matter how bad it is, he can make a foul, even if Booker's defense is successful!" ”

"Where's this ball?" Hollis Jefferson was inexplicably said, "This is obviously a good ball!" Isn't it a standard three-step layup with two steps and a layup? ”

Coach Faucier also spoke, "The ball didn't go along?" Hurley held the ball in the air with both feet off the ground, and did not establish a pivot foot after landing, he raised his right foot and turned around, and his left foot naturally became a pivot foot. He then jumps with his right foot, pivoting his left foot off the ground at the same time, and then throws the ball before both feet hit the ground. This is completely in line with the three-step layup specification of 'the pivot foot falls first, the non-pivot foot falls first, jumps, and shoots before the two feet land', and does not form a walk! ”

Although Coach Fucier explained it very clearly, there were still some people who could not understand it, and Fucier held the ball and demonstrated the action several times before everyone fully understood.