Chapter 5 Lost Section 51 The Strongest Striker
The door to the gymnasium at Luther High School opened, and a group of tall teenagers were already standing at the gate. The gymnasium was also packed, and the exchange match against the Arizona champions was enough to arouse the strong interest of the students in the school.
"Wow, what about a nice gym?" A teenager glanced up at the inside of the gymnasium.
"Let's hope the opponent doesn't let us down either!" Another teenager began to prepare for the event.
"Harris. Hello Coach Davis! Long time no see! The head coach of the opposing team took the initiative to step forward and shake hands with Coach Davis.
"Long time no see! Congratulations on winning the Arizona State League! ”
"It's the result of everyone's hard work!" The opposing head coach Anderson replied with a smile, and the old friends couldn't help but say a few words when they saw each other.
"Then let's start preparing for the game!" Coach Davis said.
"Good!"
Players from both sides lined up, took off their coats, and each began to warm up and practice in one half.
"Which one is LaMarcus on earth. Avraro? With such a question, Michael meowed a few times towards the other half-court from time to time.
While everyone else was around the basket at different points to shoot, they saw a black teenager running all the way to the half court of Luther High School's practice, and the Luther High School players wondered what this guy was going to do.
I saw that he held the ball in his right hand in one hand, and suddenly started from Luther High School in the middle and did not dribble the ball, and ran directly to his own half at the speed of a 100-meter sprint, running from the empty middle to a large stride in the free throw line, about the position of the free throw coil, when the left leg hit the ground suddenly, the person was getting higher and higher towards the position of the basket, and the person was still rotating in the direction of the counterclockwise, and the left hand was also protected by the left hand in the air to hold the ball on the right hand, and finally became hands, the person reached the edge of the basket, and the body also happened to turn a 360 degrees, With the centrifugal force of rotation, Hu pressed the ball into the basket with both hands.
A slam dunk with a 360-degree two-handed dunk in the air caused an uproar in the audience.
"Wow!" The audience erupted in neat exclamations. Look at this skinny black boy, who is only about 185cm tall, and actually made such a difficult dunk action, which is amazing.
The audience began to talk:
"Who is this guy?"
"This dunk is so powerful that it can be scored in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest."
Michael's eyes widened, taken aback. He didn't expect that a high school teenager less than 190cm would be able to make such a shocking dunk action.
For example, although he is 186cm tall, he can also complete some dunk movements, and some of them look beautiful. But such a difficult dunk action is obviously impossible to do.
Some of the other members of the visiting team came forward to pat the man on the head, some jokingly kicked him in the ass, and some stepped forward to give him a high-five. Although this action was not discussed with his teammates, and his teammates who were still practicing shooting were startled, his teammates were obviously satisfied with his performance. At least it gave the away team a high morale boost.
The referee blew the whistle and the two teams finished practicing. The two sides lined up, with the starting five standing in their respective positions, with the starting center at Luther High School standing in the middle, the power forward on the left, the small forward on the right, the scoring guard on the left side of the power forward, and the point guard on the right side of the small forward. The opponent is the opposite with the center in the middle, the power forward on the right, the small forward on the left, the scoring guard on the left side of the small forward, and the point guard on the right side of the power forward.
Players from both sides stepped forward to shake hands, and an announcer on the sidelines read the names of the starters. When Michael shook hands with the boy who had just slammed the dunk, the announcer pronounced his name: "LaMarcus. Avralo, a senior high-year, is 6'1" tall (approximately 185cm) tall and a small forward. ”
"It turns out that he is Avralo. I guessed that right! Michael thought to himself.
At the beginning of the game, the two sides entered a stalemate, the score rose alternately, the score was relatively even, and there were no very outstanding players. 10 minutes passed, Michael. McCarthy had six points and two rebounds.
But about 11 minutes later, a steal from Gilbert Classical College was a one-on-one in front of the court, and it was Avralo versus McCarthy.
Avralo burst into the left interior and jumped more than 2 meters from the basket, which surprised Michael.
"This kid, he jumped so early!" Michael jumped up and straightened his arms to block.
Avraro half-turned in the air, turned about 90 degrees to lean his back against Michael, and then handed the ball in his left hand to his right hand.
"What? What does he want to do? Why switch the ball to the right hand! Michael didn't understand what he was doing.
"Why did the left layup switch the ball to the right hand?"
Avralo's body continued to turn, until it was about 150 degrees, almost with his back to Michael's chest as he defended. At the same time, lower your right hand and place the hand holding the ball lower than Michael's armpit.
"The action is going to be messed up!" That's when Michael thinks so. Avralo suddenly lifted his right arm again and bounced the ball towards the basket with his back against the defender. The arms and body recovered like a newly drawn bow suddenly letting go, and with a bang, the right hand dunked sideways from Michael's armpit to the back of the back of the single arm. The ball also flew straight into the net like a bullet out of the hall, and then fell neatly.
Michael fell to the ground, froze, and still thought, "What kind of flexibility and coordination is this!" ”
"I've never seen a dunk like this. Instead of ignoring the defender's defense, he plays the defender as if he were a tool for performance. Instead, it was cast into such an unbelievable dunk! ”
"Wow!" The court once again let out exclamations, amazed at the slam dunk performance staged during the game, and talked about it, even though it was the away team's score.
Michael was stunned and stayed there for a long time. It wasn't until his teammates called his name that he came to his senses.
"Michael, what are you doing? It's time to get to the front! ”
And this was just the beginning of Avralo's performance, and then in the first half of the nine minutes, he completed a steal, and overplayed the opponent's center inside. Practice in the hands of the opponent's power forward, grab four frontcourt rebounds, complete the second offense and other amazing moves. In the first half, he scored 15 points, eight rebounds and two steals.
Gilbert Classical College High School entered the second half with an 11-point lead at 42:31.
In the second half, although under the guidance of the main point guard, Luther High School played two small climaxes, and the score was close to about 5 points. But in the last 6 minutes of the game, it was Avraro again, who first covered the opponent's center's 202cm hot pot hat with a height of 184cm on the inside. Then, with the cooperation of his teammates, he completed the aerial relay slam dunk. Grabbed the offensive rebound again for the second time and completed the rebound. While taking the defensive rebound to launch a counterattack, he scored with his back to Michael. In the last six minutes, Gilbert Classical College High School played an astonishing 28-2 climax to establish the victory in one fell swoop, and finally beat Luther High School by 31 points.
Avraro played 36 minutes, scoring 41 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 blocks, and 4 steals. But the outstanding physicality, good technique and defensive ability impressed everyone. Outstanding performances at both ends of the pitch helped the team win away from home.
Although Michael also had 17 points and eight rebounds, he was clearly inferior in comparison to Avralo.
"Damn!" Michael was not willing to fail, but he had to admit that his skills were not as good as others.
"Don't be sad, you may be facing the strongest forward in the American high school world in the future." Coach Davis saw Michael's mental activity and came up to touch Michael's shoulder and comforted him.
And you must know that Michael is still a year older than Afraro, and from this day on, Afralo's talent will always be remembered by Michael.
"This is the strongest forward in the American high school world!" Michael retracted his thoughts, looked out the window at the summer landscape, and said to himself:
"More than two years have passed, and this guy Avraro has become stronger again, to what extent?" What Michael doesn't know is that in more than two years, Avralo's height has soared by 19cm, and his physique has become stronger and stronger under the training of the coach, and now he is a strong man with a weight of 203cm and a weight of 105kg. However, he still maintains the technical characteristics of a swing man, has good ball control ability, and has some organizational ability, but the bigger improvement is that as his body is further strengthened and his height further increases, his interior impact has risen to a new level.
A level that can compete with professional players.
"By the way, Li Xin, Zhuo Yifan is also participating in a summer camp in Philadelphia, they will meet Avraro, there should be a competition, right?" Michael suddenly remembered this stubble.
"I really want to go to Philadelphia!" Michael cast his eyes out the window on the green summer landscape.
Indeed, the match between Li Xin, Zhuo Yifan and Avraro is about to start.
In the cafeteria of the NBA summer camp in Philadelphia, Li Xin swallowed the last bite of the burger and said: "Ah, I'm full, go back to the room and rest a little, and then I'm going to fight with the United States team!" ”
"Are you excited?" Lin Xuemin asked.
"Well, I'm excited, what's wrong? Aren't you excited? Li Xin asked rhetorically.
"I'm actually a little nervous." Li Xuemin replied in a low voice.
"Actually, I was a little nervous, and I couldn't have imagined playing against such a strong opponent before. It's impossible to say not to be nervous. But more often than not, it seems to be exciting. Li Xin said with a smile, and it could be seen that he was indeed very excited.
"It's a good mental state and you're going to do well in the afternoon." Xia Hongsen also finished the last bite of the burger, looked at Li Xin happily and said.
Li Xin: "In fact, in the past, when I arrived at a key game or a game with a strong team, I was nervous, and I couldn't sleep at night, I don't know why, but now this feeling is gradually decreasing, and it is replaced by more and more excitement." ”
Li Xuemin said: "This is not difficult to understand, originally you have little competition experience, and your lack of self-confidence is easy to get nervous. Now that I have more and more experience in the competition, my self-confidence has also been strengthened, and I am naturally not nervous. ”
"Is that really the case? Let's hope so, haha! Li Xin smiled happily again, in fact, he didn't know that in the constant competitions with strong teams, in the duel with masters, in the continuous training, he improved more than just his personal skills and abilities. His playmaking skills, his ability to control the tempo of the game, his ability to read the whole team and the situation of the game are all increasing, and he is always able to make the right decisions when the team needs him the most, and then drive his teammates to play to their full strength. And that's a very valuable ability, and it's the leadership ability of a team leader. And not just a boost in self-confidence. (To be continued.) )