All I Really Want Is To Play Basketball - Chapter 41
Chapter 41: It’s Time for a Clean Up!
On the 23rd at the Penn State Harrisburg Gymnasium…
As the boss who had the least connections, looking at the fans from Lower Merion…
The players from Ridley High School suddenly felt very discouraged.
After experiencing the Sewer Plan, Kobe smiled as he placed his hand on Su Feng’s shoulder. “Su, how should we play for this round?”
Su Feng smiled. “Do the same as the previous round.”
Kobe nodded. “You can try to score a few more goals.”
Su Feng knew that Kobe meant, “You performed too poorly last round, assist me for a few more goals in this round.”
“What on earth!?”
Was Kobe starting to be like Splinter?
“Sure,” replied Su Feng.
After the warmups, both teams stepped onto the court.
Ridley High School sent out Kenny, who was defended by Su Feng in the last round.
However, nobody knew who Ridley High School had planned for Kenny to defend.
In the center circle, with the cheers of the fans, Kobe managed to defeat Larson, who was taller than him, and got the jump ball.
It was a pity. Larson was unable to jump high enough.
Lower Merion High School attacked. Su Feng realized that Ridley High School had sent out Kenny to defend Kobe.
That being said, although Kenny was terrible at attacking, he was extremely good at defence.
However, Ridley High School’s head coach, Fernandes, had never expected the changes in Kobe.
After all, in the previous matches, although Kobe had managed to score a triple-double, one usually took reference from the average scores of the entire season, rather than one match itself.
Moreover, Fernandes was afraid that Lower Merion would plan something too.
Therefore, Fernandes had decided to let Kenny defend against Kobe.
That was because he felt that based on Su Feng’s shooting, anyone could defend Su Feng.
After a short exchange of eye contact with Kobe, Su Feng pretended to go to the low post before suddenly going to the high post.
David Lasman went to his position ahead of time, and the small forward of Ridley High School, Williamson, was blocked by Lasman.
At this moment, Williamson knew that he was trapped.
Clang!
Unfortunately, Su Feng’s three-pointer missed the net.
However, Kobe, who was already prepared, leaped up and used his long arms to catch the rebound!
Meanwhile, Kobe, who was ready to attack again, suddenly felt that Su Feng’s “Grand Sewer Stats Farming Plan” could be refreshed…
Therefore, Kobe immediately threw the ball to the three-point arc!
What the f*ck?
Looking at Kobe’s determined gaze, Su Feng knew that Kobe was signalling for him to run over and attack.
What could Su Feng say?
No wonder he was Kobe!
Su Feng stretched his legs, sprang into the air, and flicked his wrists without any more hesitation!
Su Feng attacked again.
Clang!
Su Feng was speechless.
Seriously?!
I cannot score a goal without some defense?
Must I do a fadeaway shot to get it in?
Su Feng was “angry”.
Although he was very happy when he heard the echoes of Brick Shot Points…
Sigh!
“Is this what they call painful joy?” Su Feng thought.
Meanwhile, on the court, Su Feng was ready to leave after missing the three-pointer twice…
That man!
He flew like a jet.
Kobe Bryant, the brightest star in the Penn State Harrisburg Gymnasium! (Can you see stars in an indoor sports hall?)
Firstly, he changed the direction of motion of the ball in the air, before leaping up after he landed!
Who was extremely talented?
Kobe!
Meanwhile, just as Kobe thought he would make a dunk…
Kobe threw the ball out again!
That was totally unexpected!
After many years, when ESPN played this clip of Kobe repeatedly passing the ball to Su Feng, many viewers teared up silently…
Kobe passed the ball to Su Feng again
When he saw Kobe’s huge, fierce eyes, Su Feng knew that he was instructing him to attack!
Therefore, Su Feng immediately completed the third attack since the start of the match!
Swoosh!
Yes, it went in!
After scoring, Su Feng and Kobe exchanged gazes. After a while, Kobe gave Su Feng a thumbs up and Su Feng reciprocated that.
Meanwhile, for Ridley High School, after Su Feng scored, the four other players looked at center Larson in unison.
No matter what Larson said…
The other players viewed Larson as Benzema.
Thankfully, as a French international student, Larson had a good temper.
Therefore, Larson decided not to take it too seriously.
“Others may beat me up, but I will respond with a smile.”
The match continued. Su Feng felt that Lower Merion resembled the Chicago Bulls the most in their defense.
After all, Su Feng felt that the combination of Su Jordan and Kobe Pippen was perfect.
Alright…
The boss with the least connections in Pennsylvania came and left quietly…
“Let’s congratulate Lower Merion! They successfully made it to the finals!”
When the countdown of the fourth quarter ended, the DJ gave an announcement and the entire stadium cheered.
70:47, Lower Merion High School had successfully qualified for the Pennsylvania High School Basketball League Finals!
Their next opponent was Hery Catholic High School, who had defeated them in the divisional matches.
In the match, Su Feng had scored 10 out of 25, two out of seven three-pointers, two out of two free throws. He had obtained 24 points, six rebounds, two assists, two blocked shots, and four steals.
Meanwhile, Kobe had scored eight out of 14, none out of one three-pointers, four out of six free throws. He had obtained 20 points, 21 rebounds, nine assists, four blocked shots, and three steals.
Hmm…
Right.
After this match, someone was stared at by Kobe for a grand total of one hour and 21 minutes.
Until that person admitted his mistake and promised that he would make up for it with a huge amount of sandwiches after returning to Philadelphia.
“My intention to farm up my statistics may disrupt my plan,” Su Feng reflected after the match.
As a shooter, Su Feng had to remain calm and act normally.
He had no choice. Although Su Feng had trained very hard, he had taken part in too few matches.
Therefore, he was not as stable in terms of performance.
However, fortunately, nobody in this era emphasized too much on accuracy.
In Su Feng’s past life, nobody cared about Iverson’s accuracy, as long as he was able to obtain more than 20 points every match.
Meanwhile, just as Lower Merion High School managed to qualify for the finals…
New York, Fifth Avenue, Olympic Tower, NBA Headquarters.
David Stern was enjoying the news about Su Feng that Speed gave him.
Stern was particularly interested in this statement in the report, “Su Feng’s matches always bring surprises. His shooting seems magical. You wish that the basketball will be passed to him as you want to see whether he can make another goal…”
For some reason, after reading Su Feng’s report, Stern felt like he was not aching anymore.
Meanwhile, while looking at the photographs of Su Feng that Speed had taken, Stern felt very good, as though he was looking at his own…
“David, should we inform the Chinese media?” asked Mark, who was standing beside Stern.
“No hurry,” said Stern slowly.
“Understood.” Mark, who was very familiar with Stern’s publicity method, knew that something big was about to happen.
Who was the best at tactics in the alliance?
Definitely Stern.
Just like how others were questioning Jordan.
However, in the management level of the alliance, only Stern firmly believed that the real Michael Jordan would return.
Looking at the gloomy sky from his office in New York, Stern gradually said, “It’s time for a clean up.”
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