I Cant Miss !!!

Isabella POV

Throughout the rest of the days it was pretty easy as they were just showing us new moves and training us for the upcoming match against the one and only Kobe Bryant.

For the last day Kobe was going to face off against every single one in the camp that came, one versus one up to five points. I was pretty excited about this and couldn't wait to face off against one of the best players in the game.

After a few hours, I was sitting next to Daddy who was just watching intensely or maybe I mistaken it for boredom as I saw him yawn. I laughed a little and asked him "daddy are you having fun", he nodded his head slowly and rolled his eyes and responded by saying "it's so thrilling watching kids play against one of the greatest players alive one versus one and watching him smash every single one of them but I am excited to play against him".

I nodded my head in understanding as I said "yes me too I can't wait to play against him". Daddy smirked and said "you can probably give him a run for his money just keep some distance from him and take nothing but shots and if you are going to take shots make sure they're rainbow shots which is tossing it up in the air where he can't reach".

I nodded my head and I thanked Daddy but in my head I was pretty nervous to be going against Kobe. It was finally my turn as they called my name up. Kobe looked like he didn't even break a sweat after facing off against 10 people, it seemed like it was nothing to him but a workout for him. They said after he plays 10 more games we will take a quick break before continuing so I was kind of glad that I was able to play him before he took his break.

As I walked up to court all eyes were on me. I started feeling nervous. My palms were sweaty. My heart was beating so fast I could feel each thump throughout my body. Kobe smiled when he saw who he was going up against and he said "oh if it isn't one of the best players to come in the league's daughter, I've seen great things from you let's see if you can give me a challenge compared to all the other little girls". 

I smirked at him and responded by saying "it's a great honor to play against you Mr Kobe Bryant", he shook his head and said" please call me Uncle Kobe".

I laughed a little bit at the thought of calling one of the greatest players uncle. Kobe grabbed the ball and passed it over to me. I passed it back to him and he passed it back to me as we checked up the ball. I started dribbling. I was taking deep breaths to calm myself down from all the excitement I was going through, due to that excitement I started making mistakes as my palms were wet. 

The ball started slipping out of my hands as I tried to drive it in the paint, I had completely forgotten the advice my father had given me and wasn't taking any shots. Kobe had blocked one of my shots as I had tried to drive it in which was pretty dumb, why would I try to drive on him, a person who plays in the NBA about 4 to 5 times my height. 

I would need at least five of me and I still probably wouldn't reach his height but as I started overthinking things I heard a voice in the back yelling" you can do it", it was my father cheering for me. I looked back and smiled, I took a deep breath as I calmed my mind. 

Kobe had given me a few spaces, I knew this was a chance so I decided to take the shot. Swish, nothing but net, Kobe got serious as he stepped up. None of the girls have been able to score on him except for me so he definitely didn't want to lose to a little girl especially the one that's father was sitting on the bench smiling.

Kobe checked up the ball once more but this time a little rough as I grabbed the ball and shook my hand from the pain. My daddy saw this and yelled out" boy you salty", I laughed a little bit as I pretended like I was about to shoot causing him to jump up in the air but I went underneath his legs and then took a shot while leaning forward because I know once he comes back down he'll be able to chase down and block me so doing a layup I would not make sense as the ball went into hoop once more. 

I was able to secure two points. I could see that Kobe was now annoyed but I didn't care. It felt good that I was able to score two points on him.

"What's wrong Kobe can't beat a little girl!"My father just ruined my chance of winning. Kobe now started to get annoyed as he heard that calling from my father. I was a little annoyed too because Daddy was egging him on now, he's going to play extra harder against me without giving me a chance, as soon as he checked out the ball he was in my face and guarded me like there was no tomorrow.

I had no choice. I couldn't waste any time as I started to dribble. Kobe bumped into me a little bit causing me to stumble back but I didn't lose hope as I kept dribbling trying to save myself some face just like before I tried to pretend like I was shooting but he didn't bite this time as he smiled at me saying "no, no, no, fool me once that's fine but never use the same move against an opponent twice unless you're sure the move can work".

Kobe was in Kobe mode and now it seems like I was going to lose this game but I didn't lose hope as I looked at my father on the corner cheering me on looking like a mad lunatic.