Heizi's Basketball: I'm not the boss?

Chapter 199 The Stench

(I forgot from the title, it should be called stench.)
"Let you see the real gap between me and you players!"

Nash covered his face with one hand and said to Xiang Yang meaningfully.

Xiang Yang scratched his head and reminded aloud: "The current score is 2:0. By the way... I am the one at 2. Why do you seem to be so happy even though you are so far behind?"

Hearing this, Nash froze for a moment, but he quickly reacted and said in a confident tone: "Oh, a mortal like you must not understand, my true power!"

Xiang Yang:…

"Hey, hey, hey... everything you say is right, come here quickly."

Xiang Yang shook his head, threw the basketball to Nash, and took the lead in standing on the defensive position.

A tic-tac-toe appeared on Nash's face, holding back his anger and saying, "Are you looking down on me?"

Xiang Yang glanced at him and said nothing, but quietly looked at Nash's offensive posture.

Off the court, Akashi looked at the two fighting on the court seriously. He was very curious, how would Xiang Yang deal with Nash's attack?
Nash's tone was still confident, and he said: "Just watch, I will pass you as easily as I cross the road!"

As he said that, Nash quietly opened the "Devil's Eyes". After reading Xiangyang's defense, a scoring route suddenly appeared in his eyes!
[As long as you break through in that direction, the ball will be won. 】

Nash calmed down and adjusted his posture to launch an attack. However, at the moment he thought the ball was about to be won, Xiang Yang's left foot moved slightly sideways and happened to step on the scoring path in Nash's eyes.

This incident caused Nash to pause. He looked at Xiang Yang with a slight frown, and muttered in his heart: Is it a coincidence?This guy is so lucky.

Just when Nash was about to change his posture and re-select his offensive route, Xiang Yang, who had been standing on defense, suddenly took action and hit the ball with his right hand.

A muffled sound sounded from inside the arena, but this time, Xiang Yang's steal failed.

Nash protected the ball with a scared look on his face. Just now, Xiangyang made a steal and successfully hit the ball. Unfortunately, the angle was a little off. Nash quickly adjusted back and secured the ball again.

[This guy...what's going on? 】

A drop of cold sweat ran down Nash's face. He felt a very familiar feeling in Xiangyang.

A stench...

A stench that can only come from the body of an old basketball hooligan who has been practicing defense for decades!

This is the scent that no attacker wants to smell.

Previously, when Nash's skills were not yet fully developed, he could only smell this smell in the body of an elderly national player from the Eagle Country.

[Is it possible that this kid's defensive level can be compared with that old man? ?It's impossible...how old is he! 】

In order to confirm his suspicion, Nash took a tentative feint step, but Xiangyang's center of gravity remained motionless. Then Nash observed the scoring route again. After the "Devil's Eye" arranged the scoring method for him, Xiangyang's right foot moved slightly again. One step happened to hit that line.

This time, Nash was sure.

Hurrying to protect the ball again, Nash's eyes showed shock. He was certain that Xiang Yang's defensive level was already the strongest among the people he had seen so far!
Although Nash's strength has improved a lot compared to the previous match against the old national player, Xiangyang is also better than the old national player!
In terms of athletic ability alone, the 18-year-old Xiang Yang has much more energy than the old man, and will naturally be more difficult to deal with.

"What's wrong? You seem to have put a lot of effort into crossing the street."

Seeing that Nash was playing very steadily, Xiangyang, who couldn't find a chance for a while, didn't want to stand around in a daze. He teased Nash with a teasing look on his face.

What he didn't expect was that Nash didn't rush to refute him this time. Instead, he said solemnly: "I admit that I underestimated you before. Next, I will treat you as the same level as me." opponent, and then defeat you!"

Xiang Yang was stunned for a moment, a little confused. From his perspective, he couldn't understand why Nash suddenly changed his attitude.

In his opinion, he was just defending normally, and the few adjustments he made to his position were just to make his defense more comfortable.

Xiang Yang's improvement brought by the "professional basketball player experience package" is subtle, and until now he still doesn't understand how far his own defensive level has improved.

Just when Xiang Yang was thinking about the reason for Nash's change of attitude, Nash suddenly launched an offensive. Different from the previous test of facing the frame, this time he dropped the ball and pulled back, creating space with Xiang Yang.

[Nash... I remember he didn't have a long three-pointer, right? 】

Xiang Yang came back to his senses and looked at Nash with a slightly condensed expression. Although he often talked trash, he was not naive enough to think that Nash would be an easy opponent to deal with.

Based on his understanding of Nash in the original work, and after predicting that the opponent did not have the "large three-point" offensive method, Xiang Yang decisively chose to stay within the three-point line and did not rush forward to defend.

When Nash saw Xiang Yang not coming forward, he breathed a sigh of relief while recalling the scene when he communicated with the old national player in his mind.

Old national player: "Nash, remember, if you encounter an opponent whose defensive skills are comparable to mine in the future, you must avoid direct confrontation with them during the game!"

"If I can cultivate my defensive ability to my level, then no matter how skilled an attacker is, he will eventually have flaws that will be exposed to him."

Nash: "Old man, if the game situation is critical and I have to decide the outcome one-on-one with him, what should I do? Or...what should I do if I encounter such a guy in a one-on-one match?"

The old national player laughed loudly, shook his head and said: "How can you encounter so many defensive gates of that level? You can encounter them all in the Basketball World Championships, but you can encounter such a childish thing as a one-on-one match. That’s why there’s a ghost!”

Nash: "Stop talking nonsense and just tell me what to do if we really encounter it, right?"

Old national player: "If unfortunately, you really have to fight against such a person, then..."

……

"The attack must be quick and decisive, and we must not give him a chance to grasp the details..."

Nash murmured, looking at Xiang Yang with a strong desire to win.

[Old man...you are probably going to see a ghost. I really encountered such a difficult guy in a duel...]

"Tell me your name."

(tell me your name.)
Nash dribbled the ball with one hand and said to Xiang Yang, who patted his thigh and responded: "Xiang Yang."

"xiang...yang?"

"I remember."

(I remember.)
Nash's eyes gradually became serious, staring at Xiang Yang like an eagle.

[No matter how superb a person's defensive skills are, his static talent is dead. When facing someone who lacks talent but is good at defense, such simple movements of opening and closing are often the most effective move. 】

"Old man, if I lose this one-on-one challenge, don't blame me for returning to China to fight for you!"

With a roar, Nash sank the ball straight towards Xiang Yang. At the moment he rushed in front of him, Nash held the ball in the air with his right hand, but his whole body was facing to the left. After a short pause, he immediately broke through to the right.

A disguised misdirection without any feints. If anyone who has played basketball for several months can do it, he can do it very well.

However, just such a mindless offensive move made Xiang Yang's pupils shrink.

For this shot, Nash purely used his body to explode, without any skills at all, but in contrast, Xiang Yang had to rely on his own physical fitness to deal with it.

The movements of his feet changed, and Xiang Yang immediately moved sideways to follow, but as soon as he got close to Nash, he was hit by the latter's confrontation.

Xiang Yang grunted, frowned and continued to keep up with Nash. Unfortunately, this time, Nash's offensive moves were still simple. With the space squeezed out by the confrontation, Nash held the ball above his head with one hand, raised it high and threw the ball directly in. into the basket.

Nash's shooting movement was a bit stiff. Obviously this was not a trick he commonly used. The top ball sense he had honed over the years was at work at this moment. Even though his body was not used to it, he still relied on his feeling to complete the goal!
2:1, Nash scored consecutive goals.

Seeing Nash score, Akashi applauded without hesitation, but there was a hint of doubt in his eyes when he looked at Nash.

[I always feel that it is not easy for Nash to beat Xiangyang... Is it my imagination? 】

Without standing on the court, Akashi couldn't detect the faint fighting momentum between the two. He could only see that Nash used his physical advantage to force Xiangyang's goal.

"I didn't expect you to use such a simple move."

Xiang Yang clapped his hands and praised: "It's just a good shot."

"Thank you, you played very well Xiangyang."

Nash laughed and took the initiative to shake hands with Xiang Yang. It was obvious that successfully scoring this goal made him feel very good.

Xiangyang looked at Nash's outstretched hand and did not shake it. Instead, he wondered: "Isn't it too early to shake hands? Our duel is not over yet."

"Uh…"

Nash was stunned. He was about to say something when he saw Xiang Yang throwing the ball over again. He suddenly realized that the winning condition for this one-on-one was that three goals would determine the outcome!
[That is to say... I have to fight this bastard at least twice? ? 】

Nash's expression suddenly became uncertain. Admittedly, the sense of accomplishment after successfully scoring against Xiangyang's defense made him feel very comfortable.But the stench on Xiang Yang's body that was unique to top defensive soldiers... he really didn't want to smell it anymore.

"That damn old man... when I get back from Neon, I must learn from him how to break the defense!"

"Speaking of which...that old guy shouldn't have died yet, right?"

(End of this chapter)