Kwame Brown's Freshman

Chapter 20 Don't pass the ball to me
Kobe also rested off the court. In the last quarter, Kwame was completely restricted by O'Neal.The Lakers couldn't show any good cards. Oddo was booed because he returned to his former home court, and he began to sleepwalk, only relying on Kobe's singles.

Kobe, who played the full first quarter, was put on the bench to take a rest at the beginning of the second quarter. The opponent happened to not play O'Neal, so Kwame could stand up.

The Lakers attacked first, Parker made a breakthrough, easily passed Jason Williams who replaced Payton, and attracted the help of Mourning who replaced O'Neal. The first point of the game.

The once talented Williams came to the Heat and has been transformed by Van Gundy into a point guard who can only handle the ball well. The flash of inspiration in the past, the pass that even his teammates would be deceived has completely disappeared. Most backup point guards are the same kind of guy.

Williams dribbled the ball and saw Parker, who was no slower than himself, knew that it was not easy to make a breakthrough, so he passed the ball to Mourning inside.

While his handle is still gorgeous and his passing is still accurate, the trajectory of the ball is not so unpredictable.

Kwame went directly in front of Mourning and intercepted the ball. This was a tactic that was planned at the beginning of the second quarter. The opponent's two center forwards were both invincible. He didn't want to try Mourning's post-up singles. I don't want to try O'Neal's strong play again.Decided to use this method around the front.

Kwame broke the ball, passed it to Parker, and rushed forward. Parker also ran wildly with the ball. Mourning, who lost a kidney, may still be so strong in a positional battle, but in this fast break Kwame couldn't be stopped, and Kwame and Parker had an alley-oop cooperation, which won a lot of boos.

Seeing that his teammates had no good solution, Wade decided to come by himself!
After Payton, O'Neal, and Mourning came to the Heat, Wade's status was not even as good as that of Odom. Wade is more like the boss.

Who would have thought that Mourning's comeback this season, and O'Fang Payton's joining, made his status directly drop to the fourth in the league. If Riley hadn't said that these guys were all assisting his growth, he would have quit long ago.

Wade Lightning directly passed Vujacic in the first step, facing Odo's help defense, he went straight up, but when he was about to meet Odo, he twisted his feet, bypassed Odo with his upper body, threw a throw, and hit the board to score , but Wade also fell off the court because of losing his center of gravity.

Wade's famous trick, "Wade Throw", also helped him get the referee's help and get a free throw opportunity. Wade moved his body and hit the free throw steadily.

Odom said he was very helpless, Wade's passionate style of play is to please the audience, the audience is God, and the referee must meet the needs of the Gods.Wade naturally won free throws easily.

Parker has the ball, sees Kwame getting in position, and passes the ball over.

Kwame knows he can't please his opponent with his back up. The opponent is Alonzo Mourning, the two-time defensive player of the year and the leader in blocked shots so far this season.

Kwame faced the frame, leaned forward, and clicked. Mourning did not respond. Kwame decided to attack and started his flexible inside steps.

Kwame dribbled the ball with his left and right hands and pretended to break through to the left. Perhaps these flexible movements had little effect in front of the serious O'Neal, but in front of Mourning, who was 2 years older than O'Neal and lost a kidney, he was very happy. Up, but the body involuntarily moved to the right, trying to stop Kwame.

At this time, the ball to the left suddenly pulled to the right. Taking advantage of Mourning's unstable center of gravity, Kwame cut in directly from the right.There was nothing in front of him, and Kwame dunked directly.

Kwame felt his confidence return, and celebrated by high-fiving his teammates.

In the next few minutes, the two sides fell into a state of mutual explosion. Kwame's infinite physical strength and nimble footwork singles tyrannized Mourning. Singles by myself.

Wade relied on his own touch-and-fall tactics every time, and was constantly appreciated by the referees. Coupled with his already strong breakthrough and layup skills, the two sides seemed to be fighting fiercely.The score difference is still above 10.

Due to the fact that Wade fouled as soon as he touched it, the insiders of the Lakers only raised their hands symbolically after he broke in, and did not make physical contact.So the two sides played quite smoothly, and there was no chance of a dead ball.It's like two teams of gentlemen playing, no pressing hard, no fouls.The referee waited for an opportunity to call a timeout, which never came.

After 6 minutes in the second quarter, the referee couldn't wait any longer. When the Heat had possession of the ball, they blew a suspected walk, and finally called the official timeout.The score stayed at 49 to 38. The Lakers are still 11 points behind.

Kwame seemed to be confident again, the timeout ended soon, and the Lakers replaced Kobe, preparing to chase the point difference to within 10 points before halftime.

Back on the court, I don't know why O'Neal still didn't play.Kwame didn't know why, but felt a little rejoiced in his heart.He didn't know that he was starting to be cowardly again.

Still playing against Mourning, Mourning, who played quietly in the first half, suddenly became mean-spirited as soon as he came on the court.

"Come on, continue beating me up alone. Really, I'm really old. It's a stain on my life to be beaten up by someone like you! But yes, you only dare to be with someone like me who has no kidneys." Let’s match up! Those opponents before you seem to be second-rate insiders!”

Kwame was taken aback when he heard this, but Kobe had already passed the ball, so he didn't think too much about it, and started playing singles after catching the ball.

Still passed Mourning so easily, ready to dunk to complete the attack.Seeing the basket getting closer and closer, suddenly I was hugged!Haslem hugged himself directly!Defensive foul!Two free throws!
Kwame was a little surprised, feeling that something was wrong.But he still clapped his hands with his teammates to make free throws.Even if you practice hard, it's just hard work.

On the first free throw, Kwame hit the ball on the basket and flew straight away.The second penalty, according to the previous feeling, adjusted the angle, and the result was straight away.Free throw violation! ! !
Kwame ran back to his own half amid the roar of laughter from the audience.At this time, the Heat replaced O'Neal and Mourning.

Kwame watched O'Neal come up and took a deep breath.He was ready to defend O'Neal, but decided to use the circle to defend.

Kwame was stuck directly behind O'Neal from the beginning. He wanted to go around to the front, but was knocked away by the fat man's buttocks.O'Neal, who rested for most of the quarter, was full of energy. He got the ball and slammed it into the reasonable collision zone. He scored a domineering dunk.

"What's the matter? Why are you acting like a bitch! Forget it, you are not my opponent at all."

Listening to O'Neill's sarcastic words, Kwame didn't say much, and silently prepared to attack, feeling very uncomfortable in his heart.

Kwame thought of what Mourning said just now, and doubted himself again. Sure enough, he only bullied second-rate insiders?Only bullying the disabled?
Self-confidence is built up slowly, and a person's accumulation of self-confidence will make him very strong.But if this self-confidence is huge but not particularly strong, but just a tofu project, then under a strong blow, this self-confidence will collapse the fastest! !
Kwame once again received the ball and attacked, and it was not Oban who defended him.It may be because O'Pang is going to keep his physical strength on the offensive end. The person who defends Kwame is Haslem.

"Do you look down on me so much? That's right, I can't break his defense at all! He doesn't even bother to play against me!" Kwame's voice sounded deep in his heart.

This time Kwame was fouled as soon as he made a layup.

Shark hacking tactics! !Kwame was very excited, but it was not because he was excited by the pride who used this tactic, but because he was afraid that he would not make a penalty!
Because of Mourning's words, Kwame thought that the opponent didn't want to use too much force to do so.Of course, he missed two free throws again.

Speaking of trash talk, it has been popular since the 80s. The famous slobber bird Larry Bird made this thing beyond basketball known all over the world.

In the next N years, it continued to grow and develop, and Mourning was also a good player among them.

The trash talkers who are now known as the three scumbags are actually at the same level as the original Larry Bird. They are all kinds of sarcasm and ridicule, and occasionally add some personal attacks.

However, the real trash talkers from the 90s to the present have used all kinds of seemingly irrelevant words, or some tricks pretending to be suggestions, to completely destroy the other party's psychological defense and directly defeat the autumn harvest.

Mourning is a scheming trash talker.Because the Lakers are also one of the Heat's opponents for the championship, plus the grievances between the current boss of the team and the opponent.So Mourning used his mental skills a little bit.Provoked Kwame's low self-esteem and successfully made Kwame doubt himself.Started to hit the ball badly.

In the remaining minutes of the second quarter, Kwame was constantly beaten by O'Neal, sent to the free throw line, and made free throws.With 15 seconds left in the game, the Lakers were 44 points behind 69 to 25. If it weren't for Kobe's 22 points in the first quarter, the point difference would have gone directly to 30.

The last offense was the Lakers'. Kobe didn't feel desperate for such a big point difference. He may be the only team that believes he can win.

Kobe caught the ball in the low post and decisively attracted the inside double-team, and Kwame was emptied!
Kobe passed the ball to Kwame, but Kwame has completely lost his fighting spirit at this time. He not only doubted himself in his heart, but directly expressed it.

Seeing Haslem rushing towards him, Kwame passed the ball directly to the outside line, and it was cut off! ! !Wade grabbed the ball, ran fast, and made a layup at the buzzer!The point difference was stretched to 27 points.

At halftime, the Lakers trailed by 27 points, and a big defeat was imminent.

Back in the locker room, Kobe directly fired at Kwame: "Asshole, what kind of pass did you just pass! No one is defending you and you don't even dunk! What are you doing!"

Kwame was weak again, and fully showed his inner weakness: "I have no chance to dunk in, the opponent will foul me, and I can't make a penalty. You still don't have to pass the ball to me." , Kwame covered his head with a towel.

(End of this chapter)