I'm teammates with Kobe

Chapter 62
Usually before the start of the game, the starting players of each team will come forward to hug and greet, even if the two people are not very familiar, they should also say hello, for example, you played very well in the game, you are great, how are you doing recently and so on.If you are a very close friend, you will also ask about your recent situation and the situation of your family members, and the greeting will take longer.

As usual, Chu Xiao hugged everyone on the other side, but the time was very short, and he said the same words, "Hello, hello."

After he turned away, "Old Hooligan" Gerald Wallace came to Deron and said, "This is the rookie? It doesn't look too good."

"That's right, Chinese player, hehe." Deron smirked, "Just like what was said in the locker room, you and I will take turns defending him on the field later, trying to make him cry."

"Crying? Are you too hard? We're trying to get him to think about retiring when he's still a rookie." Gerrard laughed even worse.

"You really deserve to be an old hooligan!" Deron gave him a thumbs up, and couldn't help but think of the "Internet violence" by Chinese fans on the Internet two years ago.

Deron Williams was selected by the Utah Jazz with the No. 2005 pick in the first round in 3. Chris Paul, who entered the league in the same year, is generally regarded as one of the two rookies most likely to become a superstar point guard.

He did live up to expectations. At his peak, Deron relied on his excellent passing and strong body, and averaged 20+10 per game with ease.

The most talked about by the fans is his operation of "eat, sleep and beat Paul", but what the Chinese fans hate the most is him and the Jazz, which is the nightmare of the Rockets and a city that Yao Ming can never get past. Mountain.

When Chinese fans saw that the Rockets faced the Jazz in the first round of the playoffs, they always lost to Deron at the critical moment when they could see the hope of victory.Some excited fans couldn't sit still, and went directly to Delong's account to start scolding, which made this "little fat man" very upset, and formed a bond with the fans at that time. Players, as if they had been injected with chicken blood, must spread that anger on the opponent.

Therefore, Chu Xiao, who was still kept in the dark, didn't know that he was being targeted by the other party, and to the extent that the enemy was extremely jealous when they met.

After the game started, Thackeray of the Lakers scrambled for the ball with Lopez of the Nets. As a result, Lopez won and the Nets had the ball.

After Deron got the ball, facing Chu Xiao's defense, he called Lopez to come out for a pick-and-roll from the three-point line. Fries, the latter jumped high and then dunked the alley-oop to help the Nets score 2 points first, and it seemed that everything was normal.

But when it was the Lakers' turn to serve, Chu Xiao just got the ball from the baseline position, and Deron stuck it up, and quickly took the ball with his hand, almost intercepting the ball.

He was a little taken aback. He didn't expect that the game had just started, and the other party hadn't passed the halftime and the opponent was conveniently defending.Because generally this kind of frontcourt pressing style of play is only used at the critical moment at the end of the game.

Although he is a rookie, fortunately, he has been polished by Kobe and Nash, and he is very mature in terms of skills and mentality.So he took a step back unhurriedly. After pulling out a little gap, he immediately took a step forward to the right, stopped immediately, then broke through to the front left, and then stopped suddenly, constantly changing the rhythm of his progress, steadily Dribbling the ball, he looked up and saw Kobe making a gesture of "8 seconds less than halftime violation", hurriedly changed directions twice in a row, broke free from Deron's close defense, and strode forward. Cross the half court, and then rely on the speed advantage to go straight to the opponent's basket.

As a result, just as he reached the three-point line, he was blocked by a big black and strong man in the dark. When he looked up, he saw Gerald Wallace with an afro, and he had a ferocious smile on his face. "Boy, where are you going?"

Chu Xiao was not frightened by his expression. He dribbled the ball behind his back and was about to break through from his right side, but he heard Kobe shout, "Be careful of your back!"

"It's broken!" He immediately realized that something was wrong, and sure enough, his left hand was empty, and the ball that should have appeared was taken away by Deron after rushing from behind.

The Nets immediately rushed down, and the opponent rushed to the free throw line in only 3 seconds. Deron raised his hand and threw it. Joe Johnson, who was in the front, caught the ball and dunked it, 4-0.

Everything seemed to be a premeditated plot, so the other party reacted quickly.

It was the first time for Chu Xiao to encounter such a situation, so he felt a little uncomfortable. After taking a deep breath, he ran to the front and continued to catch the ball. When he passed by Wallace, the other party laughed at him, " You still want to play in the NBA at this level? Go home, your family needs you more!"

Chu Xiao ignored him, took another deep breath, then caught the ball, turned around, and found that Delong had stuck it up again.

"Take a shot, right? Then I'll compete with you!" Chu Xiao first stabilized his lower body so as not to lose his center of gravity, then stretched out his left hand to block the opponent, and held the ball in his right hand, trying to push him away while dribbling. .

But I found that Delong's strength was so great that he couldn't stand it at all, and his body was so strong that it felt unreal.It can be said that Deron is the first real top point guard he has encountered so far, and he is also the most powerful one.

Since he couldn't move, he dribbled the ball to the right, and then quickly switched the ball to his left hand, trying to gain a little room for advancement by dribbling behind his back.

But these moves are not worth mentioning in Delong's eyes. He didn't hesitate like the first time, but took a step forward and stuck them up again, using his strength to hold Chu Xiao firmly, and then he was like a wall. Pushing him toward the sideline like a wall, trying to push him out of bounds.

Fortunately, through Xia Tian's devil training, Chu Xiao also trained his own strength very well, and he was not easily pushed away by him, but became tougher.

But Chu Xiao couldn't stand the exhaustion of the two's muscle sticks together. He had to resist the opponent with all his strength, and at the same time, he had to protect the ball. .

If this continues, even if you finally get rid of your opponent, it will be an 8-second violation.

Kobe knew something was wrong when he saw this, and immediately ran back to catch the ball. Facing Johnson who came with him, he made two crotch dribbles in a simplified way, passed the opponent with an acceleration, and then made a jumper with a sudden stop. Record Chaoyuan 2 points.

He immediately ran to Chu Xiao, who was wiping his sweat and preparing to return to defense, and said, "Don't fight him for consumption, break through if you can, and call your teammates to help if you can't."

"Okay boss!" Chu Xiao agreed very simply.

Deron has already grabbed the ball again, and also used the cover of his teammates to get rid of Chu Xiao's defense, and then made a long-distance pass, assisting Johnson, who was ambushing in the bottom corner, to hit a three-pointer, 7-2.

Before Chu Xiao caught the ball for the third time, he learned to be smart. He ran without the ball to distance himself from Delong, and then kept changing his dribbling rhythm after catching the ball. One step ahead let him push forward little by little.

Since he couldn't get rid of Delong's follow-up defense, Chu Xiao also called his teammates to pick and roll, and then took the opportunity to cut into the paint. If there is a chance, he will lay up, and if there is no chance, he will break through and score the ball. This is a routine he often uses in games.

In the past, using his skillful dribbling and singles ability, he often got fouls or assisted his teammates to score, but today he found that the situation was completely different from before.

First of all, when he breaks through the middle with the ball, every time he just walks near the free throw line, Wallace will block in front of him, Lund will follow behind and wait for an opportunity to draw the ball, and the rest of the Nets will also Will immediately rush over to attack.

Secondly, in such a situation, the teammates will be in a state of no defense, Chu Xiao can immediately distribute the ball, who knows that at this time he can't see his teammates at all, and is directly intercepted by the opponent and launched a counterattack, and he himself has to face constant mistakes .

When Chu Xiao made three mistakes in a row and the opponent pulled the score to 12-2, Kobe realized that there was an article in it, called a timeout, and then came to Delong and couldn't help but burst out, "Damn it, Are you targeting him on purpose? He just entered the league, and everyone didn’t recognize him. How did he offend you? If you want to deal with a rookie like this, are you planning to retire him directly?”

Facing Kobe's repeated questions, Deron didn't dare to provoke him, but just smiled maliciously.

"Okay, you guys are so messed up, it really pissed me off!" Kobe walked away angrily.

In front of Chu Xiao who came, he changed into a teasing tone, "It seems that you have been targeted, this is the treatment only superstars have."

"Ah, then they can definitely target you, why leave you alone and target me?" Chu Xiao knew that he was targeted, but he couldn't figure out the reason.

Kobe didn't answer his question, but continued, "Through the previous few games, you have played well, and they obviously noticed this, so they made sufficient preparations before the game and carefully studied your skills. Game video, this is the importance of team editors and scouts, but it also reflects your current situation. In the future, every game will be taken care of by the opponent, but since you are playing next to me, you must Face it head on, because now is the time you have to go from a quasi-first-tier player to a real superstar. Being a top point guard should not only be at home in your own rhythm, but also in different situations. Calm and comfortable in the offensive strategy, only by doing this can he be listed as one of the league's top point guards."

"I understand!" Chu Xiao nodded heavily.

He also understands that the NBA, as a world-class basketball hall, absorbs a group of the best young athletes from all over the world every year and trains them to become the future protagonists of the league.However, these young players have drawn different growth trajectories as their careers unfold.

The separation point is the "wall" that rookies must face.

Maybe a rookie performed very well at the beginning, but after playing a few games, his state will plummet. There are physical and psychological reasons for this, but more importantly, the opponent has thoroughly studied your technical characteristics. Targeting, all offensive methods will not work, and the state will fluctuate greatly.

Those who overcome these complicated situations and climb over the high walls will eventually become the superstars of the alliance, while those who have not overcome the past, or even surrendered voluntarily, will disappear from everyone.

This wall, also known as the rookie wall.

Therefore, Chu Xiao and Kobe, including everyone present except the Nets, thought he had encountered the rookie wall, but they didn't expect the wall to come so quickly, suddenly, and so violently.

(End of this chapter)