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Chapter 4 A Different Trial

The average person's instant reaction speed is 0.75 seconds, while the reaction speed of athletes tends to be faster.Just like Jefferson, his reaction speed is about 0.65 seconds.The time is very short, not even a moment, but for fast people, it is enough to open the distance.

Hey, this speed is faster than Westbrook, but fortunately, he didn't completely lose his position!
Jefferson chased hard, but he was still half a body behind Yang Ke. He hadn't read Yang Ke's detailed information, but this did not prevent him from having a rough judgment on Yang Ke's speed.

After a screen pick-and-roll by Bonner, Yang Ke caught the ball from Hill with both hands, and looked at Duncan who raised his right hand and opened his palm in front of his eyes.

After thinking about it, Yang Ke cut into the three-point line with the ball at an extremely fast speed.Seeing this situation, Duncan shrank his body expressionlessly, and while guarding Bonner, he took a step back slightly to the inside.

At the same time, Jefferson, who circled behind, reached more than ten centimeters to Yang Ke's left. Yang Ke squinted his eyes and turned slightly sideways when he saw this, and then accelerated and led Jefferson to the free throw line.

Blair, who had been guarding the basket all the time, subconsciously took a step forward, and just as he was moving forward, Yang Ke, who was leaning sideways, suddenly flicked his wrist... The basketball flew out from under his ribs. At this moment, Yang Ke's eyes But looking in another direction.

Blair wanted to put down his arm for a moment, but the speed was not as fast as that of a basketball, so he missed it.

The basketball flew straight into the penalty area as if it had eyes, and flew unimpeded all the way to the unguarded Split's vision and control range under the basket.Splitter reached out to grab the basketball and made a one-handed layup.

After the goal, Splitter was very happy. When he quickly retreated to the defensive half, he smiled and said to Yang Ke in front of him: "Beautiful pass!"

Yang Ke smiled, stopped on the three-point line, and said to Split: "I thought you could dunk."

"When I was playing with the Spurs, I basically couldn't dunk."

Split was stunned for a moment, seeing that Blair had slowly walked into the inside line, he quickly dropped a sentence, and then went straight after him.

Duncan took Bonner into the paint, and when he was about to settle down, he said to Yang Ke lightly: "Dunking is too exhausting. Layups are much simpler and easier."

Yang Ke frowned slightly, he was a little puzzled, he didn't know why the two said that.In his impression, dunking is the fastest way to boost morale, and it is also very handsome. Generally speaking, athletes should be happy to dunk.

There is still a certain gap between the strengths of the two sides, so in this round, under the leadership of Parker, the main team patiently moved and interspersed. Finally, under the careful tactical planning, they got a chance in the paint. Duncan singled out Bonner and succeeded. ...

Bonner may have great physicality and a good defense, but he's facing a certain Hall of Fame-bound Stoneford Duncan, and his defense is a little lacking.

Duncan used his nimble footwork to easily throw off Bonner to create space, and then lightly jumped up to pick the basketball into the basket!Yes, you read that right, he didn't dunk, but a different kind of layup.

When Bonner was about to serve, Popovich on the sidelines suddenly uttered his voice again, and ordered: "Young, you go to control the ball, George, you go to the shooting guard, Manu you You don't need me to tell you?"

The players on the field were stunned for a moment, and the main team was the first to react, putting away all their expressions and slowly running back to the defensive half.Ginobili, one of the three protagonists, looked back at Hill, who had already reacted, and Yang Ke, who was still confused, and then turned around silently.

As if thinking of something, Hill was silent for a while, walked up to Yang Ke, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and finally smiled again on his face, and said, "Yang, I'll see you next, remember later Pass me more balls."

After being slapped by Hill like this, Yang Ke finally came back to his senses, and looked at Popovich in disbelief.He actually went to handle the ball, which meant that it moved him to the point guard position.

This is a position that I have never played since I came into contact with basketball, but when I saw Popovich with a blank face and arms in front of him.He knew that this was not a request, but a request, or even an order.

Yang Ke bit the bullet and walked back, stood near the free throw line to catch Bonner's serve, and then prepared to slowly advance with the ball.

Um?Mark the whole court? !
After just a few steps, Yang Ke saw Parker appearing in front of him, squinted his eyes, carefully controlled the ball, and moved his feet forward vigilantly.

"Snapped!"

With a soft sound, Yang Ke's face changed suddenly. He clearly felt that his rhythm was out of order, in other words, the ball was gone!

The basketball was directly cut off by Parker, and then he took the flying ball directly into his hands with a big stride.Then quickly rushed from Yang Ke's side to the inside line, a three-step layup without pressure.

Seeing this scene, Popovich yelled at the sidelines: "Yang! What's the matter with you, can't you dribble the ball? You were cut off before halftime. I have never seen you dribble like you." Poor player!"

Yang Ke's face turned red, and he touched his nose with his hands in embarrassment. The ball was intercepted before halftime, which made him feel a little embarrassed.

Seeing that Bonner ran back to the half court to serve again, Yang Ke also walked back, bowing his head in thought.My own dribbling level is just qualified, but this is also relative to the Asian level, and it is definitely not enough to face Parker.

So if you want to break through any of his levels, you can only rely on the old method!speed up!
Looking back at Parker, Yang Ke frowned, and then turned his head to catch the ball from Bonner again.Without waiting for Parker to approach early, he directly increased his speed to the highest speed, holding the ball and rushing forward quickly.

England nodded with a smile on the sidelines, and praised unabashedly: "Yes, I found a solution so quickly."

Lancelot on the side frowned when he saw Yang Ke leading Parker across the half court, "If this continues, his physical exertion will increase a lot."

Popovich stood between the two and did not speak, but kept looking at the field with frowning eyes, which he expected.Almost all defenders in Asia, in his opinion, the most basic problem is ball control and dribbling.

Not to mention Yang Ke, who has always been a swinging striker, but he found a temporary solution so quickly. On the other hand, it can be seen that Yang Ke is outstanding.

Yang Ke rushed beyond the three-point line with the ball, and then stopped to observe the situation on the field. He knew very well that he is now a point guard, and the most important thing is to organize the offense.When he finished observing, Parker had already caught up and stood in front of him with a reddish complexion, half bent and opened his arms, waiting quietly.

Yang Ke frowned slightly. For some reason, he always felt that the atmosphere suddenly became a little dignified, which seemed to be related to his sudden change of position.

Without thinking too much, Yang Ke directly used Bonner's pick-and-roll to quickly pass through the defense, and then broke into the penalty area. After attracting double-teams, Mochizuki turned around and passed the basketball to Bonner who was inserted at the same time. Bonner caught the ball near the free throw line and shot ...

boom!
It is very embarrassing for the basketball to bounce out of the frame, and this is the easiest way to invisibly hurt the morale of the team in the game.

After halftime in a row, Yang Ke's physical strength was exhausted quickly, and he became flustered under Parker's defense.Coupled with the unfamiliar offensive tactics, the offense of the substitute team was led by him in a disorderly manner.

Fortunately, Hill stepped forward at the critical moment and helped Yang Ke control the ball and stabilize the rhythm, which greatly relieved the pressure on Yang Ke.This allows Yang Ke to devote the rest of his energy and physical strength to organizing the offense, threading the needle with flexible and fast running positions.

When Yang Ke was sweating profusely and panting, Popovich looked at the time and then let the training match end, and then everyone went to the locker room to take a shower under the leadership of Borrego.

After taking a quick shower, Yang Ke put on new clothes, then walked out of the locker room to the side of the court, stood in front of the three of Popovich, and smiled: "Coach Popovich, Lancelot, Mr. Englander, I wonder how I am doing today?"

"Excellent."

"outstanding."

"Barely qualified."

The last answer was Popovich's, which made Yang Ke's heart tighten. The Spurs are Popovich's team, and he can make his own decisions.Yang Ke couldn't help looking at Popovich with his eyes. Seeing that his face was expressionless, he just looked at him like that, as if telling him that you failed, and his heart suddenly turned cold.

Hill came over with a smile on his face, put his hand on Yang Ke's shoulder, and said to Popovich: "Coach, stop teasing Yang."

Popovich gave Hill a blank look, then looked at Yang Ke with a smile, and extended his right hand to him: "Yang, we will choose you!"

Yang Ke was caught off guard by this, and was completely stunned. Popovich's words not only showed his position, but also made a guarantee.

After Hill next to him lowered his arm and pushed him behind him, the whole person came to his senses and shook Popovich's hand excitedly: "Coach, thank you, I will not let you down."

Popovich nodded with a smile, then took the initiative to withdraw his hand, and at the same time made a suggestion to Yang Ke: "I saw the reason why you applied for early trial training, and settle those things during this time, and then find an agent. Some things are better left to them."

Yang Ke suppressed the excitement in his heart, thinking about all the things that happened in the school team, his eyes changed into a firm color, nodded solemnly, and said: "I will."

Seeing Yang Ke's appearance, Popovich didn't speak anymore, but looked up at Hill behind Yang Ke, and then said, "This is the end of today's training, you all go."

Then Lancelot, Englander, and Popovich left the venue in silence, and it was not until they were far away that there was a discussion between them.

"You still hate Hill?"

"If you're going to get a good player, you have to trade off a good player accordingly, even though it's going to hurt you a lot," Popovich said.That good player at this time is none other than George Hill.

Lancelot did not participate in Leonard's investigation and trial training, so he couldn't help asking: "Hill is very good, is it really worth it to trade him for Leonard, a rookie who has not yet proven himself?" ?”

"Leonard has great potential. The most important thing is that he is very suitable for the Spurs. Moreover, the team lacks a real striker. Yang should play a combo guard. Now I only hope that he can replace Hill's role. .”

Popovich stopped, looked up at the championship banner above the arena, his wise eyes sparkled, "In short, only time will test our decision this time."

(End of this chapter)