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Chapter 112 I Can Touch the Backboard

After Matt told Peter III the news that Neil had returned to the school team, Peter III resented Ryan Kawhi and publicly scolded him as an old guy, but there was nothing he could do about him. After all, he was a highly respected teacher, and he But for a senior high school student, they still wanted to teach Neil a hard lesson. With Ryan Kawhi as their backer, they all had nothing to do with Neil, so they had to endure it.

When Lavender heard that Neil had returned to the school team, she was also happy for him from the bottom of her heart, and Neil also vowed deep in her heart that she would strengthen training, never let up, work hard, and repay everyone who has favored her .

After Neil recovered from his injury, he quickly started a new round of training.

Because high school freshmen like Neil and the others don’t know when the annual high school league will come. Senior high school seniors know and tell Neil that they will hold regular knockout games in November every year. After the competition, they perform well Those who will have the opportunity to participate in the national youth basketball game in mid-twelfth.

After Neil knew about this situation, he thought that it was almost the beginning of September, that is, more than a month later, and he felt that time was very tight. No matter whether his mentor sent Derby to go or went by himself, he should work hard. However, He knew in his heart that most of the people sent to participate in the national youth basketball game this time must be Derby. After all, he is much better than himself in many aspects. Yes, because he regards himself as a friend and respects himself. After he came back from the injury, he was still worried that he would not be able to keep up or fall behind in some aspects, and he specially gave himself one-on-one counseling. He is an outlier in the team. Many players like him very much, including Wells and his brothers who have always had a prejudice against him, and they are gradually accepting themselves.

Therefore, Neil still feels very gratified and moved. He can meet touching people in every school. What is moving is that they make him grow day by day and move forward step by step.

Time never tells people, it is walking all the time, but just quietly leaving invisible footprints, people can't find its footprints from early autumn to early winter, but fortunately, it has left many beautiful memories in Neil's mind Memories, such as the teacher’s tireless teaching to him every day; Lavender buys water for him every afternoon and brings him food; teammates pass the ball for him every day, pick up the ball, pick and roll for him, and he also smiles in this way Greeting each other and responding positively, there will be bursts of laughter from time to time in the arena. Occasionally, when shooting loose balls and hitting loose balls is boring, they will come to the bullfight. Among them, what Neil remembers most is One-on-one with Derby, because Derby's dexterous breakthrough layup, and speed, is not as good as him, so he can only use his height to beat him, but Neil will still stretch out a hand to block his eyes when he is about to layup. , Very defensive skills, one or two times, Derby was beaten by him so much that he didn't want to play. Derby felt that Neil was cheating, so he told Neil that he would not play.

In the end, Neil said that Derby can’t afford to lose, and let him show some strength. If he is really angry with him, he can be detained to relieve his hatred. After Neil made such a bad idea, Derby will break through to him when he really comes back. Two or three one-arm split dunks, plus one double-arm dunk.

Immediately, all the teammates laughed and teased and mocked Neil, but all of them said careless words and jokes.

In the end, Neal stared at them brazenly and said, "Believe it or not, even if I can't dunk once like Derby, I can catch the basket, do you believe me?"

Everyone didn't believe it, how could he catch the basket at a height of 1.7 meters?
So, in order to prove his jumping ability, Neil grabbed several times, but failed to catch it, causing the audience to burst into laughter. In the end, Neil felt very embarrassed. After he clenched his fist and made a strong gesture, he looked at everyone The team member said: "You wait one by one, I will definitely dunk the derby in front of you one day."

Immediately, except for Derby, all the other players said: "Che...Neil, you can do it. I'll wait and see, but I'm afraid that the beard is three meters long, so I haven't seen it yet."

Neil didn't cry or laugh at the time, and now it's been more than a month, and he still laughs when he thinks about this part.

Laughter is a joke, a joke is a joke, but often a joke is also the truth. Therefore, since the Derby dunked him that day, the word dunk has been deeply engraved in his mind, and even engraved in his heart. He also clearly realizes that if one day he can't even dunk a basketball, even if he is dunked, dunked and humiliated, sweared at, or called a jerk, he will have no room to fight back. If you want to go far on the road of basketball, dunking is a must.

Therefore, from the day the Derby dunked him, Neil began to train a new skill, which is to prevent embarrassment again in the future. The task is even heavier. In addition to running every night, after shooting [-] baskets, you also need to touch the heights in situ and run to touch the heights.

Five to ten days later, he went to measure his height again, and found that during the time he came to school from home, he had grown by about 176 centimeters in more than two months. Now his height is [-] centimeters, and now He jumped hard and was able to touch the rebound. Seeing this progress, he was very happy and felt that all his efforts and efforts were not in vain.

As the time for the high school league is getting closer and closer, Ryan Kawhi dictated such a decision yesterday afternoon: In order to achieve another success this year, starting tomorrow, every player on the school team must Come to the arena to gather for training.

Although a few team members complained loudly and were pitiful yesterday afternoon, they came here in a hurry after school this afternoon.

Since it was only a few minutes before the meeting point, Neil wanted to prove that his jumping had improved by leaps and bounds during this period of time, so he looked at the white faces that came, and asked with a smile: "Do you want to see me?" Touch the backboard for you to see?"

"Cut... Be careful to get slapped in the face again. Last time you touched the basket, you were still about 20 centimeters away from touching the board. It's only been more than a month. Don't try to be brave." The teammates smiled dismissively. despised him.

"Today, I, Neil, will impress you all. You must keep your eyes peeled." Neil replied super confidently.

"Okay, I'll keep my eyes open to see that you are as desperate as last time, and your face is flushed with embarrassment." They didn't believe Neil at all, so they punched and laughed at Neil like a joke.

"You guys, watch it!"

As soon as the words were finished, Neil looked at the backboard, took a run-up, and took off with strides, but the backboard seemed short, but it was not so easy to touch it. In the first jump, Neil failed and did not touch it.

Immediately, the teammates pointed at Neil one by one and laughed: "Haha... Let's just talk, it's fake, and it's a joke sent by God to make us laugh."

"You..." Neil was dumbfounded by their unintentional words, and was also extremely embarrassed and speechless.

"What's wrong with us? Don't be convinced, we'll give you another chance, you go and prove yourself!" After seeing Neil's strength, they felt that Neil had no chance at all, and would only shoot himself in the foot, so they agreed to do it again. Give him a chance, one by one said with a smirk.

"Okay, I must prove it to you today." Neil seemed determined to prove himself, and said angrily.

At this moment, one of his teammates looked at Neil: "Neil, there is a problem with the way you jumped just now, so you are just a little short, but you just can't touch it."

"Hody, can you show me a demonstration?" Neil looked at Hody and pleaded sincerely.

"Okay, then I'll show you how to touch the basket, because I'm about ten centimeters taller than you."

"OK, thanks!"

Hody smiled at Neil, and gave Neil a run-up to catch the basket. Neil obviously found that the difference between Hody and himself was that he assisted the last step of take-off, and his left foot did not use force, but took off with his right foot. The take-off point and the place where the feet are exerting force are different, so naturally they drag each other down.

Hodi also showed him how to take off and catch the basket. Although he asked Neil to continue, after Neil nodded to him, he paid attention to the retraction of his feet. After the details of the jump, he finally touched the backboard and ran up After touching it, I jumped up on the spot and touched it again, but I still touched it.

Neil looked at his teammates and smiled. Hody and his teammates also looked at him and smiled, and clenched their fists to encourage him: "Come on, Neil! We believe that you will be able to dunk when you are eighteen or nineteen years old."

"Thank you, I will try my best, and you guys should do your best too!"

Neil felt happy and warm in his heart, because his efforts finally had some effect, and with the help of his teammates, he seemed to have found a little feeling of flying. That feeling was super wonderful, and his body rose into the air. Not bound by the ground, I really like that feeling.

(End of this chapter)