Chapter 4 Regaining Confidence

"Hoggist is going to have a hard time with him!"

"Don't embarrass Vegas, we can't afford to lose to tiny Henderson City!"

"You're the first basketball player in Las Vegas! Take out your sweeping Las Vegas momentum and give that stupid big guy who can only play with his back to his back a little color! ”

The audience began to shout one by one, and the audience was basically locals, and they didn't want to see people from the small city next door spreading wild on their own territory.

Bennett grinned, and said in his heart, who said that I would only play with my back, but it was the easiest and most effective to beat Horgist's back. Score four more games and it's over, 22:5, and give you a fiasco! Hahaha, I thought this new guy in the state was so strong!

Bennett took the ball at the top of the arc and continued to prepare to attack, but Haugist did not wait for Bennett's back after kicking off this time, but rushed straight up, cutting off his ball directly from behind Bennett when he just started to dribble with his back, and rushed to the basket to return a violent dunk without waiting for Bennett to react. It wasn't until Hoogist landed at the free-throw line that Bennett chased him to the free-throw line.

The audience suddenly erupted in cheers, "Come on, just fight like this, blow him up!" ”

"Hoggist! Send him back to his hometown! ”

Bennett didn't care, he was already ahead by a big score, he was careless just now, and was attacked by Haugist, but this didn't change the outcome of the game. So far, Bennett has found that Hougist's shooting touch is not as good as the legend, the first three-point shot is iron, the second step-back three-point is shit dribbling the basket upside down, and the third mid-range shot shakes off the open space but shoots a three-no-stick, is this also a pitcher? Bennett even thinks that Hoggist's projection level is just like his own.

Bennett kicked the ball off to Hougist, who was not in a hurry to dribble, but was thinking about tactics, and now he was 7:14 behind, his shooting was sluggish, and it was difficult to face the strong burst of the big defender, what should I do?

Suddenly, a figure popped into Hougist's mind. It was three years ago in the spring, and Haugist was watching the Australian Open on TV with his mother. Gonzalez's Chilean player, although he lost to the Swiss king cow Federer in the final, Gonzalez's style of play is deeply imprinted in Haugist's mind. Gonzalez calls his style of play "breaking the pressure."

Tennis is a very psychological sport, under heavy pressure may make mistakes, technical actions may be deformed, many players will use a safe way of play after a mistake to ensure the success of the serve, but Gonzalez is different, if a mistake is made, he will continue to pursue the ace ball, the greater the pressure, the greater the force to fight back, this is the so-called "breaking the pressure".

Now Hoggist is facing the huge pressure caused by the loss of shooting touch, and if you want to win, you must make a breakthrough in shooting, so Hoggist is determined that as long as there is an opportunity, he must resolutely shoot and shoot, and if he can't shoot, he will work hard to defend. If you want to become an elite shooter, you must have the confidence to shoot, and not daring to shoot is more terrible than not being able to shoot!

Thinking of this, Haugist's heart suddenly brightened, dribbling straight to the inside, and Bennett blocked the breakthrough route with a frontal defense. Hougist made a sharp stop behind the free throw line and stepped back to shoot. Bennett had already made up his mind to prevent a breakthrough and put a shot, afraid that Hougist's emergency stop was going to make a feint and didn't pounce, and when Bennett saw Hougistt stepping back to shoot, he symbolically stretched out his hand and didn't pay much attention.

Haugist resolutely jumped high and threw a mid-range shot again with the most standard posture, and the ball went in! But after two spins in the basket, it spun out again!

Bennett looked back and saw that the ball didn't go in, and let out a sigh of relief, and Hougist's shooting level was really not good.

Hougist saw the ball brush out of the basket, but his heart was equally happy, more reliable than one time, this ball brushed the basket, the next goal should be scored!

Hougist happily came to the top of the arc to tee, Bennett said in his heart that you are shooting so iron, you are about to lose miserably, and he laughed so happily, see if I don't blow you up!

Bennett took the ball and continued to hit Hoggist, Hougist uncharacteristically began to defend Bennett with all his might near the free throw line, Bennett found that he was a little struggling, and he couldn't help but be a little angry, so he made up his mind to turn his back to Hoggist, but unexpectedly Hoggist withdrew the stool obscenely, Bennett made a force but went head, sat on a big ass, Hoggist easily picked up the ball and turned to score a layup, 9:14.

You're running out of leads! Hoggist turned around and reached for Bennett, who was sitting on the ground, while still sneering.

The locals who watched the game on the field were also relieved, it seems that although Hoggist has suffered all the losses in height and weight, it is not without advantages! It seems that there is still hope to win!

Bennett opened Haugist's hand and got up on his own, without saying more than half a word to Hoggist, but he was holding back the fire in his heart and preparing to "burst" Hoggist.

Hoggist did the same, continuing to break through the pull-up and step back to shoot, and Bennett continued to let him shoot. Hoggist's gaze became more determined, and his eyes only looked at the basket, which suddenly became like the sea.

The ball was shot, the man landed, and the right hand of the Horgist shot was still raised high, and he confidently shook his hand into a fist.

With a brush, the ball went into the net, the perfect arc, the hollow ball, the friction between the ball and the net, sounded like heaven in Hoggist! The feel is back!

Bennett is not discouraged, in his opinion, three times do not stick to the basket for a while, smash the basket for a while, and brush the basket for a while to get a hollow ball, which is not good at shooting, and the performance of the inaccurate force, which proves his conjecture, Haugist is not good at shooting.

At 11:14, the point difference was further narrowed, Joseph secretly clenched his fists and cheered off the field, as a good friend of Hoggist, he understood it when he saw this beautiful goal, and knew that Hoggist had found his touch, and the game was won, and he had exaggerated confidence in Hoggist.

Again, Hougist saw that Bennett was still far away to prevent himself from breaking through, so he directly pulled out a jumper outside the three-point line, still hollow into the net, 14 draws.

Bennett's face was a little ugly, why was this guy so lucky, and he got another one! It seems that we can't go too far, we have to force him to break through so that he can block him and get the ball, so let's end this damn game!

Hoggist smiled and didn't speak, he knew that Bennett was going to prevent himself from shooting and forcing him to break through, and he would definitely defend closely, so that I couldn't shoot, and then use my height and arm span to interfere with my layup, but as a marksman, fake sudden shooting to shake off space is what I am best at, and the more close the defense, the easier it is to eat, so I'll practice fake moves with him.

The ball came out, Bennett followed to the three-point line, preventing Hoggist from shooting, and Hougist broke through without saying a word. Bennett slid back to the side and guarded the defense, not giving Ogie a chance to take off or make a stop. Hoggist dribbled two steps to the elbow area and suddenly pulled the ball back to the left hand with an emergency stop, got up and was about to shoot, Bennett was not thrown away, and immediately pasted it to block the shot, but Hoggist didn't really jump up and shoot, until he saw Bennett pounce, a large backward turn to let Bennett, who flew over, come to a position outside the paint area to shoot, a wipe board shot easily scored two points, 16:14, Hoggist overtook the score.

Enthusiastic cheers erupted from the court, and the audience in the casino saw the dawn of victory again, this is the Howgist they knew, shooting accurately, and feints are treacherous and changeable. If Bennett is a hippopotamus, then Hougist is like a cheetah.

Bennett held back his anger and prepared to kick off, he had already eaten too many feints, and the face of Nevada's No. 1 high school student had already been swept away. Even if the ball is fouled, it won't make him throw the ball!

Haugist was already playing with confidence, holding the ball at the top of the arc, smiling slightly, and raising his hand to shoot a three-pointer. Bennett stepped forward and raised his hands high to interfere with the shot. Hoggist didn't shake Bennett's center of gravity, so he lowered his center of gravity and passed Bennett to break through to the basket, Bennett was half a body behind to chase the defense, thinking that he finally had a chance to reward you with a big hat.

Horgist felt the wind in the back of his head, and his heart turned, remembering the pull-up layups of Jordan Kobe Rose and other masters, so he made up his mind, collected the ball one step inside the free throw line and made a three-step layup, jumped up and handed the ball in his right hand to make a finger-roll look. Bennett jumped up after him, his big fan-like hand slapping him hard.

It was too late, and then it was too late, Horgist withdrew his right hand in the air and handed the ball to his left hand, and threw the ball with his left hand before hitting the ground, and scored a head-on cricket.

The sidelines have exploded, and in their opinion, the ball has far surpassed the level of high school students, and even reached the level of the NBA.

“Oh…… my…… goodness! "The middle-aged black uncle's jaw is about to fall to the ground, and he has only seen such a real combat pull-up layup on TV.

“Holycrap!” Joseph jumped up and down in the crowd excitedly, "It's time to perform! Everyone applauded the 15-year NBA prospect Hoggist. Hurley! ”

"Uh, balloons." Hougist hurriedly gestured to Bennett. But Bennett, who pounced on himself again, was already furious, and in his eyes all Hoggist's words and deeds seemed to be provocative.

Bennett's eyes were already on fire, and he made up his mind to take down Haugist with the next ball to let out a bad breath. Hoggist, on the other hand, was going to end the game with a three-point shot. Bennett stared at Hoggist as soon as he drove the ball, waiting for him to take him down when he could make a move. Horgist didn't know it, and jumped up to shoot three points when he received the ball.

Seeing this, Bennett flew up with all his strength, and Hoggist just flicked the ball out of his fingertips when Bennett fell to the ground. There was an uproar off the court, and anyone could see that Bennett was in a hurry.

"I'll go, do you want this! Lose and lose! The newcomer couldn't look at it anymore and shouted from the sidelines.

Before the words fell, the ball had already entered the net, and it was another hollow ball, and it seemed that Haugist had adapted to the new shooting action.

At 21:14, Hougist scored 16 points in a row to win! The audience on the sidelines rushed into the court excitedly, picked up Hoggist and threw it into the sky, and still did not put him down after a few throws, the middle-aged uncle and the newcomer held Hoggist on their shoulders and accepted the worship of other audiences, at this moment Hoggist seemed to be the basketball god of Vegas.

At this time, Bennett's pride seemed to have been completely shattered, and he got up in frustration, and walked to the sidelines dejectedly to pack up and leave.

Hoggist caught a glimpse of Bennett leaving, and hurriedly motioned for everyone to guard him down, and walked quickly to Bennett.

Bennett was very ashamed in the face of Haugist, and snorted: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to play the last ball, I had a brain fever for a while, please forgive me." ”

Haugist didn't care, pointed to Bennett's basketball and said, "That's okay, but you lost, according to the previous agreement, this basketball is mine." You don't have a lot of technical shortcomings, and it's normal to be a short shot as an interior player, but your defensive options aren't very good, and it's related to mentality, and I'm not good at pointing you out. Hopefully, we can play against your high schools in this year's state league. ”

Bennett handed over the basketball and said curtly: "We can't meet in the state league, we were invited to play in the national league in high school, but I will pay attention to your reminder, let's see you in college." ”

Seeing Bennett leave, Joseph came over, took out his mobile phone and shook it and said: "I have filmed all this game, I will upload it to YouTube in the evening, the title is called Las Vegas Nova to beat Findlay the Great Bennett, you will be even more popular in Nevada, if you get a full scholarship to the University of Nevada at Vegas in the future, but I have a share of the credit!" ”

"Yes, yes, in the future, you will be my agent, and the money will be enough for you to earn!" Hoggist threw the basketball to Joseph, "I'm going home to sleep, this Bennett is so strong, playing with him I feel like I'm hollowed out." ”

The noisy court gradually returned to calm as night fell, but as the video of the game was uploaded online by Joseph, like a silent lightning bolt lighting up the night sky across Nevada, who could have imagined that this prospective high school student would also resound like a thunderclap throughout the NBA league in the future.