king of the basket

Chapter 1 The Chinese basketball boy on the bench

XNUM X Year X NUM X Month.

United States.

West Lafayette, Indiana.

in the afternoon.

Inside McGee Arena at Purdue University.

A game against the University of Mississippi is underway.

"The University of Mississippi is so strong this year!"

"Yes."

"In the second half, almost everyone was cheering for the University of Mississippi! Purdue University, where Chigo is, was miserable..."

"Duqi... From the beginning of this game, there are still 5 minutes left, and the coach has not sent him to play."

"..."

In the auditorium, among the countless foreigners, there were four oriental faces watching the game. At the same time, they couldn't help but look at the cold bench of the Purdue University team. "—Dookie.

……

at this time.

Courtside Purdue team here.

Purdue coach Painter is frowning.

What he looked at was the score of the two sides at this time:

88—--109
Purdue University 88 points,

There are less than 4 minutes left before the end of the game.

With a difference of 21 points, the outcome of the game has been decided, and the remaining time is garbage time.

And Painter was frowning, one reason was for this reason.

Another reason is:
"In more than a month, the NCAA regular season of the 06-07 season will start. Can a lineup like Purdue University really make it to the championship?"

……

There are less than 3 minutes left in the game.

Painter cleaned up his sorrow, and his eyes fell on a Chinese player on the bench:
"Du, you go on stage."

……

Coach Painter called Du Qi.

Duke.

Height: 193 cm.

Weight: 85 kg.

Field position: defender, forward.

Jersey number 10.

No. 10 was chosen as the jersey number because of an anime called "Slam Dunk", in which Hanamichi Sakuragi's jersey number is No. [-].

……

"Yes, coach."

Duke responded, and Paynter called a timeout.

……

Du Qi was very unhappy with this arrangement, but he had to accept it.

As a rookie, I haven't brought out my abilities yet.

Naturally, he is a frequent visitor on the bench!

Everything, strength speaks!

"Purdue University, changed to an oriental face?"

"At this time point, with such a score, the coach replaced him, but it was just giving him garbage time to hone."

"The physical fitness of Asians is generally not good."

"..."

in the audience.

The four oriental faces who appeared earlier were filled with righteous indignation when they heard these voices!

One of them... "Stop looking down on people!" Jiang Chen shouted.

He is tall.

"Brother Qi, come on, tell them to shut up!" Song Qiao said.

He is a fat man.

"Come on!" Sun Yang also said.

He is a thin young man.

"Brother Qi, hold your breath and shut up that bastard laowai!" Cui Tao yelled.

He is an ordinary young man.

and,

In order to avoid being beaten by the big foreigners around him, he speaks Mandarin!

……

"It's changed."

Dookie came on, and the Mississippi point guard who was defending him looked at Dookie with a sneer:
"And you're Asian? Did your coach send you here to pass the time knowing he was going to lose?"

A cold light flashed in Du Qi's eyes:
"Stop looking down on people, first you can prevent me from saying these things."

……

Purdue coach Painter here.

The reason why Painter let Du Qi play in this garbage time is because Du Qi is a newcomer to the team, and he is still Chinese, so he doesn't have high expectations for him?

A little bit.

But there seems to be a contradictory reason...

Painter couldn't help but recall that he once saw Du Qi, a young man from China, practicing shooting hard at the basketball team training ground of Purdue University in the middle of the night.

……

Thoughts return.

Painter looked at Du Qi on the court, and didn't expect much.

after all.

He has seen many players who practice hard.

In basketball, hard work is not enough!
He still remembers.

A week ago, Duke showed mediocre basketball talent in an internal practice match.

to be honest,
In his eyes, no, in the eyes of all American scouts, a player like Du Qi is doomed to have no hope of entering the NBA.

And right now.

On the field.

Dookie went one-on-one with the Mississippi guard who taunted him and defended him!
As a point guard at this time, Du Qi will be scolded by the entire team at such a moment of being a personal hero.

But the other Purdue players already knew that at this point in the game, it was impossible to win again no matter what.

and so.

They had a little tolerance for Du Qi, allowing him to be a personal hero and waste time.

It's garbage time anyway.

Who is it that waste is not waste?
thump, thump...

The basketball was in Du Qi's hands, and the sound of hitting the floor sounded rhythmically.

"Hey, Asian, let me see how you broke through me?" The person opposite continued to mock and provoke Du Qi.

"Then you have to look after it."

Du Qi replied, coldly, like a cold front.

at the same time,

He dribbles to his left hand, trying to drive past someone from the left.

"Don't even think about it." The other party responded immediately.

And the next moment.

Du Qi suddenly made an emergency stop, dribbled and turned around.

The movements were smooth and swift, and the eyes of the player from the University of Mississippi who taunted him were widened:
"What? Feint??"

Haven't had time to think about it yet,

Duke has dribbled past him,

Stop decisively,

jump up,

Shot.

"Shh!"

Hollow into the net.

"What? Oh, Megga, what did I see?"

"What a beautiful turn around!"

"Great ball control!"

Jiang Chen, Song Qiao, Sun Yang, and Cui Tao in the auditorium shouted excitedly:
"Scored two points just after playing, so handsome!"

"Show off our country's prestige!"

"Chigo is mighty!"

"handsome……"

The last word "handsome" was said by Sun Yang, who has always been concise and to the point.

……

On the field.

Dutch said haughtily to the Mississippi point guard who taunted and challenged him:

"Did you see clearly?"

"..."

"If you don't see it clearly, there is still time, and I will perform it again for you to see?"

"you……"

Seeing the other party being speechless by him, Du Qi couldn't tell how happy he was.

then.

In Huaxia Mandarin, he said to the other party:
"I came here from the future to dominate the NBA. You, a small character, are a jerk."

"???"

"You don't understand, do you? I like to see your expression. I'm still scolding you if you don't understand!"

"???"

……

When Du Qi was elated on the court,
His coach Paynter couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and for the first time his eyes were seriously betting on Du Qi:

"The extraordinary movement just now was really graceful and swift.

It's like art!
seem……

In practice a week ago, his ability to handle the ball...

No, it should be his footwork, his extraordinary footwork seems to have improved significantly..."

(End of this chapter)