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Chapter 65: Dao Heart Can’t Be Abandoned, Zen Mind Can’t Be Guessed

The Lakers thought that Chu Xiao just made a mistake by accident and didn't care, and the game continued.

Deron was very smart. He kept a certain distance for Chu Xiao to catch the ball, and then ran forward to fight with his strength. Not long after, he completed another steal.

"He seems to be out of strength!" The team's chief trainer, Vitti, was the first to discover that something was wrong. He immediately reported to Zen Master, "His feet are floating, and his chest heaves greatly. It is indeed a sign of weakness."

"Well, I found out too." The Zen master nodded, "It should be due to the lack of systematic training in the body after being detained for two days."

So he came to the sidelines and called a timeout, replacing Chu Xiao with Morris.

At this moment, Deron suddenly yelled, "He has no strength, haha, his face turned pale!" The purpose was naturally to hit the morale of the Lakers.

The fans who had stretched their necks to understand the situation quieted down instantly, and then boos broke out all over the sky.

These boos were both for Delong and Chu Xiao.

As the famous NBA referee Dick Bavita said, Los Angeles has the best fans in the world. They are both fanatical and understand the ball, take the game seriously, and are very picky about their players.

If you play hard, no one will say anything about you.However, if you let people down, then people will not hesitate to boo them.

This is the situation Chu Xiao is facing now.He played very freely and efficiently in the first few games, and the fans gave him warm applause.In today's game, even though he was targeted in the first quarter and performed poorly, the fans will still give applause and encouragement, because these are normal situations and understandable.

But two days after Chu Xiao disappeared for no reason, he appeared on the field and only played in the third quarter before losing his strength. In addition, he was the youngest on the field, which made it incomprehensible.

Coupled with his previous scandal with the Kardashian family, it seems that it is normal to become a soft-legged shrimp.

So the fans were booed because of love.

Being booed by his own fans at home, Chu Xiao would definitely be disappointed or even angry if it was normal. However, he knew his own affairs, and when he returned to the sidelines, he just lowered his head in shame.

The lack of physical strength in advance, the lack of systematic training in the past two days is only one of the reasons, and the wave of exhaustion at noon is the main reason.

He even remembered Tracy's joke at noon, "You have a race today, what if you can't run?"

"Hey, I don't know if she's watching or not. She must have seen my embarrassment. I can't say I'm ashamed and smiling." At the moment when Chu Xiao was distracted, Kobe once again sacrificed his invincible singles and the opponent's toughness on the field, but his fists were difficult. Four opponents, coupled with the impact of physical strength, allowed the opponent to overtake the score at the end of the third quarter, 87-86.

"No, no, I can't think about it anymore. I have to hurry up and rest. Thanks to Kobe's pass, I can play with confidence. In the fourth quarter, I must play more resolutely so as to share the pressure for him." Chu Xiao thumped Beat your head, trying to calm yourself down.

After the players returned to the sidelines, Zen master adjusted his lineup to face the opponent's defense and put on a super long-range shooting combination, Arenas, Meeks, Kobe, Jamison and Gasol.

Originally it was agreed that Arenas would be activated for this game but would not appear on the stage, but Zen Master wanted Chu Xiao to rest for another 5 minutes, so he had to be ordered in the face of danger.

This led to a very unexpected result. When everyone thought that the fourth quarter was going to be popular with bayonets, the Zen master changed into an eight-fold mirror and played with you.

I really answered that sentence, "The mind of Dao cannot be discarded, and the mind of Zen cannot be guessed."

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Deron faced his old rival Arenas. The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, so they naturally wanted to make out.

I saw Deron kept cross-stepping and dribbling the ball. After changing directions continuously, he threw away Arenas and made a jumper.

"Man, your pace has slowed down a lot. It seems that the defense is not good enough. I don't know if your marksmanship is still accurate?" Delong provoked with a pun.

"Two shots and you'll know." Arenas replied very calmly.

Speaking of which, these two people are also old rivals. Arenas at his peak once completely defeated Deron.

It was January 2007, 1, when the Wizards played against the Jazz. This game was a classic battle for Arenas. At the last moment of the game, the two teams tied at 16, and the Wizards had the last chance to attack.Arenas executed the last attack. When the time was about to run out, Arenas faced Deron's defense. After changing direction continuously, he raised his hand and made a three-point shot. When the basketball was still advancing along the arc, Ali Nas had already turned around and started to celebrate. At that time, he was dumbfounded by the chubby Deron who had just made a name for himself.

Who would have thought that time flies, and when the two meet again, Deron is still young, and Arenas has become a fringe figure on the team.

This is indeed embarrassing.

Although Delong provoked Arenas with his mouth, he did not step forward to force the general like he did with Chu Xiao.

As the saying goes, stay on the front line and meet each other in the future. Facing a veteran who has proven himself, when the opponent's hero is old, you can't bully him too much. This is also a tradition in the league. You can bully the weak, but you can't disrespect the veteran.

So when Arenas held the ball, Deron returned to his backcourt early and waited for the opponent to attack.

Arenas took the ball to the top of the arc, changed directions left and right. While looking for his teammates, he found that Deron didn't force him to defend.
Recalling the past, the former Arenas did not know how many such three-pointers he made against the defender.

Before 2007, he was still "Agent No. 0", the general of the alliance, and perfectly interpreted what is called "nothing is impossible".

At that time, it was still a league in which the four major shooting guards dominated one side, but Arenas could represent a strong player like a lone hero.He is a perfect scorer in the offensive space. Within 8 feet of the basket, the area of ​​​​8-16 feet, and the area of ​​16-24 feet are his regular endpoints. He is never soft outside the three-point line. His handling is also his excellence.

Now after the baptism of injuries and age, he no longer has the ability to hit the basket and confront, but as long as you dare to let him go, he still dares to shoot, because he still has good shooting stability due to the influence of the previous league's steady and steady play. It is also the reason why the Zen master chose him.

Maybe the times will change in the future, confrontation will decrease, and shooting will become an important means of scoring, but few people can maintain a stable shooting efficiency. It is stronger than Curry when he is lost, and Harden also has "iron mode".However, Arenas maintained good stability in that era, especially in his shooting ability.

Back to the topic, when Arenas made an almost open three-pointer, in the next round, Deron stepped forward to apply pressure.

Arenas can't fight him now, so after a few dribbles, he can't find the shooting space and passes the ball.

Kobe attracted two man-markers, and it was veteran Jamison who came out to catch the ball.

Surprisingly, the 36-year-old veteran still retains his quick shooting ability in the penultimate season of his career.

Facing the pressure from Humphries' defense, he caught the ball and shot it, hitting his first three-pointer of the game.

Jamison likes the one-handed ball-handling shooting action very much. This shooting action can make the wrist more stretched and allow the entire arm to flex freely to avoid the opponent's block.

His offensive ability is also obvious to all. The stability and diversification of the offensive end is definitely one of the team's sharp weapons. For him, long-range shooting is just a conventional weapon. What makes defensive players even more troublesome is his back to the basket in the penalty area. After catching the ball, he moved laterally and made a half-hook throw, and in the season when the Mavericks won the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year in the old Nelson era, he learned to rush rebounds and second offense with the inside muscular sticks , which is rare for a star.

So when he hit a three-pointer, he then began to attack Humphries. He first got to the basket and then made a mid-range shot, which caught the Nets off guard. In just 3 minutes, the Lakers had already hit a 10-6 spurt , leading 96-93 by 3 points, the noise from the Staples Arena almost knocked the ceiling down.

What's interesting is that everyone thought that Jamison should stop here, but no, after the Nets missed a three-pointer, Jamison made another mid-range hit, leading by 5 points!
Later, in an attack by the Lakers, the ball passed the hands of 5 people and was passed back and forth 10 times. Arenas and Meeks had no chance to make a shot, and finally came to him again. , Jamison didn't score this time, and the ball circled around the basket, molesting the excited Lakers fans.

In this way, Zen Master let Kobe and Gasol bring 3 long-range shooting substitutes to turn the score over. This lineup continued to play until the last 5 minutes before Arena was replaced by Chu Xiao, Artest and Jordan Hill. Smith with Meeks and Jamison.

Because when the opponent is pressing the outside line, the final decisive battle still has to be fought from the inside.

Speaking of this, many young fans must not understand the previous NBA, nor can they understand why the basketball of that era was played so "hardly". So-so.

In fact, this is the gap brought about by the times.

Just like Chu Xiao couldn't understand why his parents liked to watch the 86 version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" so much. It made people watch the embarrassing fights, punching to the flesh, without any aesthetic feeling.

This principle is also applicable to the basketball court. It was not until he became a member of it that he realized that this kind of melee scoring is more of a contest between body and will. It is less chic and willful, but more passionate. , and the wonderfulness of never knowing what will happen in the next second.

Because this is what youth should look like most. When confrontation and enthusiasm are mixed with the color of youth, everything you see is beautiful and everything you listen to is drunk.

(End of this chapter)