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Chapter 167

After Cole finished his tactics in a very simple manner, he retreated to the other side. The general manager O'Neal dragged his huge body, moved to the front, and began his final speech.

"By the way, this game is very important. You should understand it more or less. During the game, it's best to be serious. Of course, it's just the Rookie Challenge, so you don't need to fight like usual games."

"As for how far you can do it, you can figure it out yourself. Well, my suggestion is that it's about the same according to the performance in the team's training games."

As the general manager of a team in name, O'Neal is very familiar with the situation of this rookie challenge, but because he was a player, he must also stand on the side of the players.

Therefore, O'Neill specifically mentioned it, and for the rookies who experienced it for the first time, he proposed a range of play between entertainment and real play, which fully confirmed the saying that there are policies and countermeasures.

Soon after, the game officially started. Amidst the lively cheers of the audience, Yang Ke and his team members slowly boarded the court and walked towards the middle circle.

At the same time, the starting lineup of the Barkley team also appeared in full, Irving, Wall, Leonard, DeMarcus Cousins, Paul George.

It was Monroe and Cousins ​​who participated in the jump ball in the middle circle, and Yang Ke naturally walked to his own half behind. Just when he just stood up, Leonard, wearing the Spurs No. 2 jersey, stopped at the in front of him.

Looking at Leonard in front of him, Yang Ke was stunned for a moment, and then said incredulously: "No way, are you really here to guard me?"

Shrugging his shoulders, Leonard said casually: "It's normal, since they all want me to meet you, then I'll come."

"Um, well, don't take it too seriously, okay?"

The corner of his mouth twitched inadvertently. Thinking of the past confrontation with Leonard, Yang Ke couldn't help feeling extremely headache, and then asked with great anticipation.

"no!"

Without even thinking about it, Leonard shook his head directly, "If I'm not serious, I won't be able to guard against you, so how can we let our team win the game?"

"..."

Staring at Leonard, Yang Ke felt extremely speechless. He actually wanted to win this game seriously. Did something change his mind? It is even more difficult to get good data now.

With the whistle of the referee, the game officially began. Monroe beat Cousins ​​and took the jump ball, and then he turned around and passed it to Yang Ke.

Quickly brought the ball across the half court and stopped one step beyond the three-point line. Yang Ke then looked up at the positions of his teammates on the field, thinking about who should complete the first attack.

"SOLO!"

However, at this moment, under the organization of the DJ, the audience gradually remembered a neat and loud sound, and the players who heard this sound were stunned.

In various competitive games, SOLO is often used in singles, and the intention of the fans chanting this slogan is also very obvious, wanting Yang Ke to single Leonard.

That's it!
Yang Ke smiled and shook his head, then lowered his center of gravity, shaking his shoulders faster, speeding up the rhythm of ball control, and getting ready for singles.Under the chanting of the fans, the other eight players on the field opened up space and stood casually with a smile on their faces.

Bang!
Left foot forward, forward facing Leonard.Yang Ke dribbled the ball with his right hand and made a frontal change of direction first, handed the ball to his left hand, and then did not make any stop, and instantly connected with the previous step-down dribble change of direction, and the basketball came to his right hand.

Sure enough, it was difficult!

Seeing that Leonard's face was calm and stable, he was not fooled at all.Yang Ke narrowed his eyes, took a deep breath, and finally did a dribble with his right hand in front of his body, then suddenly lowered his center of gravity, and kicked his left foot on the ground.

Yang Ke moved his body's center of gravity and head to the right, lifted his right foot up, and quickly stepped towards Leonard's left, making a breakthrough towards his left.

Looking at this set of movements, Leonard didn't even think about it. He stepped forward and moved his position and body center of gravity a small step to the left to prevent Yang Ke from making further breakthroughs.

It's now!

The moment Leonard moved to the left, Yang Ke's eyes flashed, and he suddenly stopped his right foot, which was already exerting strength, and dribbled the ball to the left with his right hand in front of him.

In the next second, he pushed the inside of his right foot on the ground, and instantly stepped forward to the left side. With his shoulders on the left side of his upper body, Yang Ke piled the ball on the front of his right leg with his left hand.Taking a big step forward, he directly surpassed Leonard, and quickly went to the basket.

Do you want to dunk?
Looking at the empty basket, while running at high speed, a thought flooded into Yang Ke's mind.Because of his extremely fast speed, he didn't have time to think about it. After taking a big step into the free throw line, Yang Ke kicked off directly.

In the air, Yang Ke raised the basketball high above his head, even his right arm holding the ball was almost flat behind him, and then Yang Ke used all his strength to smash the basketball into the basket violently.

"Wow! Cool!"

"Yang, you are so handsome!"

Yang Ke's one-handed slam dunk after breaking through the defense directly ignited the enthusiasm of the fans and spectators. Even the celebrities in the VIP seats on the sidelines stood up, applauding and excited Cheers.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Yang Ke raised his eyebrows and ran back to the defensive half slowly. The feeling of dunking seems to be very good, but it is a bit too physical.

"Yang, are you good at dunking?"

Not far behind Yang Ke, Leonard said with a blank expression.He had expected that he would not be able to defend against Yang Ke. After all, Yang Ke's speed was too fast, and with realistic fake moves, it would be pretty good if he didn't lose his defensive direction.

"well enough!"

Yang Ke smiled and nodded. He was also very satisfied with his dunk. Although it was not as violent as Griffin's dunk, it was very ethereal and stretched, just what he liked.

Then the offense and defense switched, Barkley's Irving dribbled the ball across the half court, and subconsciously wanted to hand the ball to Leonard, wanting him to play a single and get back the field.Leonard also knew Owen's kindness, but he had no intention of attacking after all, so he waved his hand to signal it.

Seeing this scene, Owen didn't force it. Since Leonard doesn't want to get back on the field, then he can do it himself, staring at Yang Ke in front of him, he smiled and asked: "Yang, will you seriously guard against me?" ?”

"you guess!"

The corner of his mouth rose slightly, and Yang Ke tilted his head to the right. Irving was the Barkley team's strong point of outside offense, and Cole asked himself to defend him, and his intention couldn't be more obvious.

"Many people told me before the game that this year's Rookie Challenge will not be as entertaining as before, and many people will really fight! To be honest, I like to play seriously, because only in this way can it be interesting!"

(End of this chapter)