Chapter 12: Facing Harden

Bai Xiaonian's starry eyes were full of confusion about the unknown, and his already fair face turned into a weak desolation under the white flickering light.

"What's the use of practicing so hard? In the end, it didn't bring even a win to the team. Bai Xiaonian felt very uncomfortable, the opponent was not strong in the recent game, Bai Xiaonian dragged the game into overtime by himself, but in the end, because of his physical exhaustion, the team collapsed in overtime, and all his previous efforts were lost.

In that game, he scored a new personal high of 51 points. He grabbed a new 14 rebounds in that game, including five frontcourt rebounds. He had a new steal high of 11 steals in that game, but he couldn't win the game.

Bai Xiaonian hid his face and buried his head, and at this time, a slender hand gently placed on Bai Xiaonian's shoulder.

"You don't have to blame yourself too much, no one will do it better than you, it's not your responsibility." Emma's voice came from behind her.

Bai Xiaonian every game Emma will sneak to the basketball hall to cheer for him, she will cheer for every goal of this boy, and she will also feel sad for his loneliness on the court, she can understand his mood.

"Emma, do you think I can be a good player?" Bai Xiaonian turned his head and looked at the girl in front of him a little helplessly and said.

"I believe in you, you can make it to the WNBA!" Emma waved her clenched little fist and said firmly.

W? NBA? Bai Xiaonian had a black line and corrected Emma's mistake: "Emma, you remove W for me!" That's where girls go, so I'm not going! ”

Emma laughed, she is not mentally retarded, of course she knows the difference between the WNBA and the NBA, she just wants to make Bai Xiaonian, a fool, happy.

"I'll go first, you can cheer yourself!" In the evening, there was also an advertisement announcing that Emma was going to catch up, and waved her hand at Bai Xiaonian, leaving Bai Xiaonian with a beautiful back.

Looking at the people in the distance, the shadows in the moonlight were stretched thin and long, and Bai Xiaonian himself didn't notice a trace of tenderness hanging on the corners of his mouth.

He clenched his fists, and gradually became firm in his heart, if he is not strong enough, then change! Bai Xiaonian firmly believes that his current self is by no means his limit, he wants to become stronger!

There was no longer any hesitation in his dark eyes, he stood up and walked to the court, and the sound of slapping the ball sounded again in the basketball hall of Wellington High School at night...

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When the time came to December 21st, the eve of Christmas in the United States, Wellington High School hosted Adessia High School, which was also in the City of Angels.

Speaking of Adesia High School, we have to talk about their ace player - James Harden. During this time, Adesia was led by Harden and Palo Alto High School led by Jeremy Lin, and the battle was inextricable, and Harden's personal data was even more stable than Jeremy Lin. His solid basic skills and accurate three-point scoring have become the dream demons of major high schools in California.

Today, the girls at the home of Wellington High School are still as strong as ever, and the sound of cheering for the basketball team is like a melodious yellow warbler chirping, which makes the guests from Adesia envious.

A black boy in the Adesysian formation waved at the flowers in the stands, and the smile on his face was like a summer flower, and it was clear that the Wellington High School girl had successfully conquered him.

"Hey! Did Bai Xiaonian see it? That's James Harden, I've heard he's very good. Jeremy Lin sat on the bench at Wellington High School and said to Bai Xiaonian, who was warming up.

Since Wellington High School lost to Palo Alto High School that day, Bai Xiaonian has become good friends with Jeremy Lin, and today he is here to cheer Bai Xiaonian and study his biggest opponent.

Bai Xiaonian tilted his head to look at Harden, who was smiling brightly, and his heart was not shocked, no matter what he called Deng, he had to find a way to beat him today!

"Hey! Bai Xiaonian! Fighting! Emma in the stands made her hands into a microphone shape and loudly oiled the little white children's shoes, because her face was slightly red because of the exertion, which was very cute.

Bai Xiaonian gave Emma a firm look, raised his right hand high towards her, and stretched out his four-fingered fist thumb.

I will!!!

Wellington's starting lineup has not been adjusted, and since suffering so many defeats in a row, this group of guys has trained even harder, although it cannot be said that it is a world of difference from the beginning, but it is not what it used to be.

Black center: Wallace, fat power forward: Coaster, small forward: Carlos, hemp straw point guard: Sam, and finally point guard: Bai Xiaonian.

And the Adessia side did not play their main force, but rested their main center Flecken and main guard Taylor, so in fact, today they were led by Harden and the three main players with two substitutes to play this game. It seems that Wellington High School has really become a fish on the cutting board in the eyes of everyone, and it is ready to be slaughtered.

Adesia's starting lineup is as follows, center: Pierce, power forward Adam, small forward: Basker, shooting guard: Harden, point guard: Bieber.

Soon the game began, the referee threw the ball high, Adesia's center Pierce jumped to win the ball, Harden received the ball and stabbed straight to the basket, this simple and crude way made Bai Xiaonian stunned for a while, obviously the other party wanted to be quick and didn't want to waste too much time and energy on a weak team like Wellington.

Sam tried his best to stop this rampaging guy, and went straight in front of Harden, seeing this boy who tried to use his arms as a car, Harden's swarthy face showed a disdainful smile, and the two big white rabbit teeth were very eye-catching.

Two changes of direction in a row shook Sam in front of him so much that he couldn't find the north, and Harden walked away with a leisurely stroll, looking as easy as passing a stake that wouldn't move, and a leisurely three-step layup opened the scoring for Adesia.

Bai Xiaonian shook his head when he saw this tragic situation, walked over and patted Sam's back comfortingly, asking him to defend Harden was indeed embarrassing for him.

"Sam, let's change the guard, you come and take care of this guy, and leave that black boy to me." Bai Xiaonian pointed to Bieber, who was opposite him, and said to Sam.

Bai Xiaonian received the ball in the backcourt, advanced to the frontcourt unhurriedly, and made a grimace after facing Harden.

Harden did not look down on Bai Xiaonian because of the scum of Wellington High School, and the name of the lone hero of the little white children's shoes has long spread all over California, of course, Harden has also heard of it.

There is no vanity under the fame, Bai Xiaonian slammed into the inside line after dribbling behind the continuous back in front of Harden, and Harden was almost an inch away from the side, almost guarding against Bai Xiaonian's face. But Bai Xiaonian pulled back to get rid of the defense, stepped back and made a jumper, and the basketball fell straight into the Nets in Harden's surprised eyes, and he hit it hollow!

The sound of the Wellington basketball arena was a way for the home fans to encourage their own people, and despite the team's poor results, they could also look at the White Elf who belonged to Wellington and fought for the school's glory.

Joseph in the coach's bench couldn't help but applaud the ball, Bai Xiaonian's step-back jumper was completely like a textbook standard, making Harden who defended him completely helpless.

Harden is a little excited right now, and to be honest, he refuses to play against a weak team like Wellington when he also needs him to play, in his opinion, the game against the weak team is too boring, and it is impossible to have a good game without a good opponent.

But it seems that the Asian kid on the opposite side still has two hits, and he can still score this ball when his defense is not out of position at all, and he has to say a capital word!

Harden dribbled the ball on the outside with great interest, and was not in a hurry to attack himself, giving the ball to power forward Adam to slow down, and he went straight to the basket, Adam threw the ball to the empty Harden again, and easily made a layup and then hit it.

Next, Wellington High School came out of Carlos's serve, but there was a mistake, and he was directly stopped and stealed by Harden, and he won a dragon dunk. This powerful dunk made the audience at Wellington also exclaim, this kind of dunk in actual combat is not common in high school leagues.

The course of the race seemed to slide along the track of the past again, and the haze of defeat once again hung over Wellington High School...

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