professional shooting guard

Chapter 49 The Rising Momentum Was Interrupted
The Georgia Tech Hornets, a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, are not weak, but not particularly strong.

The best record in history is the victory over North Carolina to win the Atlantic Coast Conference championship.

The well-known players trained include Stephen Marbury and Chris Bosh and others.

On March 2014, 3, Duke University played at home against the Georgia Tech Hornets.

This game is Parker's return battle, which has attracted a lot of attention.

Hornets starting lineup:
The point guard is Tony at 1.84, the shooting guard is George at 1.91, the small forward is Richardson at 2.01, the power forward is Bakako at 2.09, and the center is Mikan at 2.10.

Blue Devils starting lineup: point guard Cook, shooting guard Zhang Zifeng, small forward Parker, power forward Jefferson, center Plumlee.

When Old K announced before the game that the starting shooting guard was Zhang Zifeng, Hood's face was terribly gloomy.

After several complaints to no avail, Hood finally understood that the team's biggest boss was Old K, and no one could object to his decision.

Zhang Zifeng!
Hood clenched his fists tightly.

With a whistle, the game officially began, and the referee threw the ball into the air.

With the performance of these few games, Plumlee finally secured his starting position.

Facing McCann, who was shorter than himself, Plumlee gave the ball to Parker with a clear advantage.

Probably because the suspension was too long, Parker wanted to prove to everyone that he was still the strongest and the leader of the team.

Facing the small forward Richardson of the Hornets, Parker made a continuous cross-step and swayed the defensive center of gravity, then reached the penalty area and made a small throw.

Do not enter like this!
Parker couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the ball being ejected.

"It seems that Jabari hasn't played a game for too long, and his hands feel a little cold. I hope he can recover his hands next time." The on-site commentator looked at Parker on the field and joked.

The Hornets had the ball, Tony took it to the frontcourt, and handed the ball to power forward Bakako,
Facing Jefferson's defense, Bakako turned around and made a jumper and scored the ball.

Offensive and defensive transition, this time Parker dribbled the ball into the frontcourt.

Zhang Zifeng ran back and forth with George, making space for Parker.

Parker gestured for Jefferson to come out and set him a pick-and-roll.

Following this screen, Parker sprints into the restricted area.

Facing Parker who rushed in, Bakako rushed forward without thinking much.

Bakako struggled to provoke, raising his hands high.

Looking at the big hands that cover the sky, there is no room for shooting.

Parker was about to pass the ball, and saw Zhang Zifeng waving his right hand from beyond the three-point line, "Jabari, the ball! I'm open, pass the ball!"

Parker, who was in mid-air, heard Zhang Zifeng asking for the ball, and he changed his mind instantly when he was about to pass the ball.

Looking at Bakako on his head, Parker exerted strength from his waist to collect the ball raised up, and with a beautiful change of hand, he lifted the ball to the basket.

The posture is beautiful, but the ball hits iron.

Seeing that Parker missed a forced layup, although Zhang Zifeng was a little unhappy, he didn't think much about it.

After all, many top scorers are self-confident. No matter what the conditions are, they believe that they can make it.

Parker is just a mistake Bale, the game has just begun.

Zhang Zifeng turned around and ran to the backcourt. He didn't want the Hornets to complete a fast break because of his misplacement.

Point guard Tony implemented the coach's pre-match tactical arrangement, advancing unhurriedly, waiting for Bakako and McCann to settle inside.

"Idiot, can you get the ball tonight? Oh, I guess your coach must be saying that. Hey, man, you don't do anything tonight, your job is to guard Jack!" Zhang Zifeng just met George. provocative.

George was furious, and wanted to slap the narcissistic bastard's face swollen.

He held back his anger and pretended not to hear.

Toni cuts inside and passes the ball as soon as Jefferson presses, sending the ball into Bakako's hands.

Zhang Zifeng hurried over to defend, Bakako turned around and hit back, easily advancing inside, Zhang Zifeng failed to block, Bakako easily scored two points.

Parker received a pass in the frontcourt, facing Richardson's defense, he continued to choose singles.

Since joining Duke University, Parker has regarded himself as the core of the team.

Now Zhang Zifeng has risen to serve as the core of his team by taking advantage of his injury

Parker felt a little threatened.

Therefore, he is eager to prove himself in this game and prove that he can lead the team to victory.

Seeing Zhang Zifeng running around again, George chased after him again, sarcastically. "See! Duke University is relying on Parker. What are you?"

Zhang Zifeng immediately shot back: "I have touched the ball before, you idiot, have you touched the ball until now? Let me see your skills! Do you have the ball?"

Parker sped up, changed direction, followed by a pull-up jumper after a break.

However, I don't know whether it was because he was injured for too long and caused his hand feel to decline, or he was too eager to win this game and used too much force.

With a bang, Parker's shot hit the rim.

"Damn it!" Parker cursed angrily, just when he was about to return to defense.

But suddenly saw a familiar figure leaping high.

It's Zhang Zifeng!

He jumped hard, grabbed the bouncing ball with his right hand, and slammed it hard into the basket!
The Blue Devils fans at the scene saw Zhang Zifeng's successful dunk in the air, and the Cameron Arena was boiling.

"Great job, Jack!"

"Well done! Jack, keep up the good work!"

While the audience was chanting Zhang Zifeng's English name, Parker stood on the field and cursed inwardly in annoyance.

While Parker has had his fair share of missed shots and bad moments, he's never been more troubled than he is now.

You must know that just half a month ago, the cheers from the audience at the Cameron Arena belonged to me!
But now they shouted another person's name.

This made Parker feel extremely uncomfortable!

The game continued, and at the end of the half, the Hornets 44:41 the Blue Devils, Duke University fell behind by 3 points.

Parker wanted to play well in this game, but he had a really bad touch today, going 11 for 2 from the field.If Zhang Zifeng and Cook hadn't scored 23 points together, I'm afraid Duke University would have fallen behind even more at halftime.

The performance in the first half obviously made Parker unsatisfied. Walking into the locker room, Parker was a little downcast.

Also dissatisfied with this is the team coach Old K.

Old K doesn't care what the players think, what he wants is victory.

"Jabari, your performance in the first half was terrible, holding the ball for too long. So, I hope you can make a change in the second half. When the opportunity is not good, pass the ball out for the team to win. And contribute your own strength! Do you understand?"

"Yes, coach!" Parker obviously didn't like what Old K said, but he didn't dare to contradict him.

Seeing that Parker had softened, old K pulled a large tactical board, drew on it with a marker pen, and talked about the tactics for the second half.

(End of this chapter)