I'm teammates with Kobe

Chapter 122 I Can't Guard Him

Westbrook lowered his head, bent his back, and patted the ball slowly. Chu Xiao spread his legs and arms outside the three-point line, as if he was driving chickens and ducks back to their cages.

The two only held for two or three seconds before breaking the balance of the confrontation. Westbrook suddenly took a step to the right, and Chu Xiao immediately followed up simultaneously, but bumped into a wall of people. Looking up, it was Ibaka, who is dark-skinned, tall, and with explosive muscles, blocked the front ahead of time. He pushed hard, but the latter remained motionless. It was just this moment of delay, and Westbrook had already scored.

I have to say that Westbrook's lateral movement speed is really too fast. He was still dribbling the ball slowly at the waist a moment ago, but when he found that Ibaka ran up ahead of time and ambushed on the right side of the three-point line, he immediately moved laterally to the right. One step, taking advantage of the moment when Chu Xiao was blocked by his teammates, he strode towards the basket in a straight line. During this period, he only took three steps and dribbled the ball twice before dunking the basketball into the basket. It can be said to be a blink of an eye. score between. 8-2.

Chu Xiao didn't see this process, but later heard Gasol's description that Westbrook's first step was to cross the three-point line, facing Gasol who was defending, he dribbled from his right hand to his left, and then crossed the three-point line. Moved two steps past Gasol's block, flew directly to dunk, very brutal.

As for Ibaka who blocked Chu Xiao, he finally learned how good the opponent is on the defensive end. According to his physical measurement data released in the NBA, he is 2.08 meters tall and has a 2.26-meter wingspan. This is definitely enough for an NBA power forward.But the most powerful thing is his muscles.

His chest muscles, abdominal muscles and biceps are all in the forefront of the world's strongest physical fitness, and he was once awarded the title of "Mr. Most Beautiful Muscle" because of this perfect line.

With him coming out to pick and roll, Chu Xiao felt that what stood in front of him was a wall of iron and steel.

"Okay, since you're going to rely on a tough teammate to pick and roll to score, then I'll come up with a more brutal one, and I'll try it on you alone." When Chu Xiao pushed forward with the ball, he secretly made up his mind to play a real single. opponent.

This is what I learned from Kobe. On the basketball court, you have to use your own way to get back the court. When you encounter weak players, you must hit hard, and when you meet strong players, you must hit harder.If you are persuaded once, it is impossible to climb to the top in this life.When Kobe was 18 years old, he faced Jordan for the first time and competed with the "God of Basketball" in this way. He wanted to destroy him for the first time. The story of scoring 11 points for the last time has achieved his own road to becoming a god, and it has also become the one in Jordan's mouth that "single-handed may be the only person who can beat himself."

At the top of the arc, Chu Xiao stretched out his hand to signal Gasol not to come up for the pick-and-roll. In Kobe's eyes, this subtle movement turned into a deep smile. He liked this young man very much. There is a kind of courage that is not afraid of the strong, which seems to be very similar to the boy with the afro head 16 years ago. What is even more ridiculous is that this guy started sticking out his tongue habitually from some game. What did he learn? They all learned the same way.

Chu Xiao dribbled the ball to Westbrook, patted the ball twice, his legs suddenly separated to both sides, the span was so wide that it was impossible to guess which side he was going to break through, and then he grabbed the ball with his hands and raised it to chest height , flipped his wrist upwards, and made a fake move to break through to the right, which really caused Westbrook to shift his center of gravity there.

He took the opportunity to change hands quickly, used a big stride to throw his opponent half a body away, then dribbled the ball to the left front twice, and then directly joined the ball and started a layup.

Although there are many steps in the whole process, in fact, because the speed is fast enough, it is completed in only one or two seconds, which can be described as lightning fast.

Afterwards, Westbrook quickly turned around, moved forward and used his chest to resist the opponent hard, slowing down his forward speed, so as to buy more time for Ibaka to encircle from the side to help defend, but Ibaka did not Disappointed, he rushed over from another direction quickly, seeing that the two of them were about to close together, completely blocking Chu Xiao's layup, and turning this successful layup into a dead ball.

As a result, Westbrook dropped the chain himself at the critical moment before closing, his expression froze, and his steps slowed down by half a beat. He jumped over the gap between them, got up and dunked, and also returned a brutal scoring method. 4-8.

"Brother, why did you stop suddenly?" Ibaka looked at his teammates after the block failed.

"Uh, he stuck out his tongue." Westbrook gave an inexplicable answer.

Ibaka knew that the teammate in front of him often had a different brain circuit than ordinary people, so after asking the answer, no matter what the content was, he nodded and walked away, not surprised.

Westbrook, Chinese fans are used to calling him Westbrook, although he is a bit sharp in the game, facing the opponent, scoring simple and rough, but he has never been a person who underestimates his opponent, he studied Chu Xiao through the game video Offensive routine.The breakthrough just now was a successful big change in front of the body. There is almost no such stunt in the video. It seems that Chu Xiao saved a skill and didn't use it until today. He also received unexpected results and successfully broke through himself. past.

This is what Kobe said to keep one hand, and use it again at critical moments or key people, often with unexpected results.

Although the opponent successfully broke through the first layer of defense, Ibaka's quick defense could successfully intercept Chu Xiao on the second layer, but to Westbrook's surprise, he stared at the opponent's facial expression, just When he and his teammates were about to close together, Chu Xiao stuck out his long tongue while moving forward, and suddenly felt that he had taken a special move by surprise, and his reaction was naturally slow for a moment, and he unconsciously thought of the other two. There are two people who like to stick out their tongues, one is Jordan and the other is Kobe, they are all their idols.

Westbrook is an authentic Californian. He loved watching Lakers games since he was a child. His idol was Kobe at first. At that time, in addition to imitating Kobe’s playing, he would also imitate his various habits, such as holding his jersey and sticking out his tongue. Sticking out the tongue is the most difficult thing to learn. If you accidentally bite your tongue, you will grin your teeth in pain. He tried many times but failed, and finally gave up.

After entering the NBA, he gradually developed his own special hobbies, and discovered the habits of other people, such as Curry of the Warriors likes to bite his teeth, James of the Heat loves to "eat" his nails, Durant often carries a schoolbag, Kid De kissed the basket after touching his ass, and Nash licked his fingers. The Spurs power forward Duncan loves to touch his head. No one in the team can escape his touch. The most tragic one is Ginobili. , From long hair fluttering to bald, it is really bitter and tearful.

Although everyone has different habits, it seems that Kobe and Jordan are the only ones who stick out their tongues when they are concentrating. The reason why Jordan of the tongue does this is to see if this action will add special abilities to the game.

Because after Jordan did this, he achieved his No.1 status in history.After Kobe imitated Jordan, he became the second greatest shooting guard in NBA history after Jordan.

After checking the answer, the result made him dumbfounded.

In one of Jordan's early talk shows, a host once asked him this question.The hosts in the United States generally have a relatively large scale. He joked about Jordan sticking out his tongue, "Many women will be excited when they see you sticking out your tongue. I know everyone needs a flexible tongue, but you play basketball." Why do you want to show it when it’s time? Is it for heat dissipation?”

Jordan explained, "This is completely a subconscious movement. I learned it from my father. I can't control this movement. I have tried other movements to distract my energy, such as playing with braces or something. , but to no avail.”

At the time, Jordan also revealed that his son would often stick his tongue out while playing the children's version of basketball at home.Because the children also saw this action of their father on TV.

"Jordan is sticking out his tongue to imitate his father. Wouldn't it be a bit "uncomfortable" if Kobe found out?" Westbrook secretly teased the idol after knowing the reason, but he dared not tell the truth in person.After he found that this action really didn't help the game at all, and it couldn't improve the morale of his teammates, he really gave up imitating it.And I think that, except for Kobe, no one in the NBA will stick out their tongues while playing. That quirk may become a swan song after Kobe retires.

But life is so unexpected. Chu Xiao, who was born in 2012, stuck out his tongue and passed himself cleanly. At that moment, he resembled Kobe and Jordan very much.

"He did what I didn't do. I don't think I can guard against this man." Westbrook looked at the young man's back and said to himself.

At this moment, he even thought that if he could go back to the past, he must tell his childhood self to practice the habit of sticking out his tongue. This quirk that only Jordan and Kobe had, it can't be said that it can really help the game.

(End of this chapter)