Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

Jack's eyes lit up and he immediately gestured to Qi Tian.

Granger obviously had some impression of Qi Tian, ​​so he asked. If this impression could be deepened, Qi's journey to the starting lineup would be smoother.

Naturally, Qi Tian would not refuse. He really wanted to know the gap between himself and the top stars in the league.

"21 points?"

Qi Tian happily accepted.

The 21-point system is the rule of a street half-court basketball game. An ordinary two-pointer counts as one point, a three-pointer counts as two points, and a free throw counts as one point. Whoever gets 21 points first and leads by at least 2 points wins.

Feeling that he was being provoked, Granger reminded him softly:

"If you don't hit the ball here, you can grab rebounds."

Qi Tian handed the ball to Granger and replied with local trash talk:

"I'll jump a little slower so you can grab the rebound."

"Ah!"

Seeing that the two were preparing for a duel, Granger's friends who were resting gathered around and "cheered him up".

"Danny, if you lose, I can confiscate John's phone for you!"

"Pull it down, I'm afraid you'll be the first to post it on Instagram!"

Obviously, they were not very optimistic about Granger's way of lowering his worth in a duel with a rookie.

Kent looked helplessly at the people who were cheering Granger and said:

"What kind of friends are these?"

On the contrary, Brian Shaw's eyes lit up, he took out his notebook and gathered around, and told Kent:

"Look carefully, this young man may surprise us."

"Is that Grizz?..."

Kent clearly supports Granger.

The man who just said he wanted to confiscate his cell phone came over and took out a whistle from his pocket, preparing to act as a referee.

Just before blowing the whistle, he whispered to the two of them:

"Kill him and I'll treat you to dinner!"

"Game start!"

Granger glared at his friend and got the ball first. He did not move in a hurry, but first observed Qi Tian's defense.

Qi Tian's defensive position is quite satisfactory, not too far outside, but not too far inside either.

Granger smiled slightly, swung the basketball in his hand, and then took advantage of Qi Tian's unpreparedness to shoot a three-point jumper.

Qi Tian thought it was a fake move and was a step too late in blocking the shot. He quickly turned around to block his opponent and looked towards the basket.

"Whoa!"

Granger got off to a good start and hit the target with his first shot.

"Hey, that's awesome, Griz."

Granger's friends' eyes lit up and they began to give Qi Tian advice:

"Boy, you have to guard against his right-handed shot next time. He can't do it with his left hand."

"*uc*you, which group are you from?"

After all, it was in private. Granger obviously had a good relationship with his friends, and he spoke quite casually, using words starting with F casually.

Brian Shaw's eyes on the other side also lit up.

Kent gave Qi Tian a shooting training just now, and Qi Tian performed well. Now it seems that the newcomer's defensive awareness is also pretty good. He first blocked Granger, and then turned to look at the basket.

This move alone is worth the price of admission.

He couldn't help but nodded and praised the Spurs scout.

"How about it?"

Granger took the basketball again and said to the person in front of him:

"Should I give you a chance?"

Naturally, Qi Tian didn't like this kind of alms-like tone, so he replied firmly:

"Are you no longer confident enough to keep shooting?"

Granger opened his mouth.

"Your confidence is pretty good."

He put away his smile and slowly dribbled the ball forward.

Qi Tian hurriedly came forward, and the two met in the middle distance. Granger took advantage of the situation and turned his back.

"No way, Griz is going to give him a color to see."

Seeing Granger turning his back, everyone knew something was wrong.

Granger is a player with a wide range of shots. At the same time, because of his sufficient height and wide body, he is very intimidating in post-ups.

In addition, the defender is a new young man, so he definitely lacks defensive experience.

Sure enough, Granger turned his back and deceived Qi Tian, ​​and then easily made the layup.

"3-0."

Granger did not stop, like a collector, showing off his offensive methods to the rookies and new assistants in front of him, and soon changed the score to 6-0.

"This is bad!"

Jack looked at Qi Tian with some worry. He was being scored consecutively by his opponent. He wondered if Qi's psychological defense would collapse?

He then thought of Qi Tian's recovery from the blow yesterday, and felt that he was overthinking it.

The fact is exactly what he thought. From the beginning of the one-on-one competition, Qi Tian had the idea of ​​​​learning. He knew that he was not Jordan, and there was no way he would find out after coming from college that the NBA was just that.

If your expectations are not high, the disappointment will not be too great.

Qi Tian jumped hard and interfered with Granger's shot from the air, preventing the score from expanding. Then he got into position and took the basketball into his arms.

"Huh, it's okay."

Seeing that Qi Tian's head was not shaved, Jack breathed a sigh of relief.

But friends who knew Granger well did not relax and watched Granger meet Qitian.

Compared to Granger's shooting ability, his defense is not inferior!

Qi Tian dribbled forward, and Granger immediately stepped forward to interfere. The moment Qi Tian changed direction, he quickly moved sideways and blocked Qi Tian!

Defending with someone and shooting training are obviously not the same difficulty, and when a master is defending, it is even more difficult than ordinary players.

As expected, Qi Tian felt strong defensive pressure. In addition, there were no teammates to pass the ball to during the one-on-one challenge, so he did not have many choices to make.

When Qi Tian accelerated toward the basket, Granger immediately raised his chest and engaged in a confrontation, trying to force his opponent to stop.

Qi Tian quickly picked up his speed, raised the ball with one hand in front of Granger, and threw the ball.

"Dang, clang, swish."

The basketball bounced twice and finally fell in.

"6-1."

"Huh~"

Qi Tian breathed out lightly, deeply feeling the gap between him and his opponent.

It was so difficult to score a goal, and he really didn't know what to do with the second goal.

Kent watched Qi Tian's second ball being easily blocked. He frowned at first, then relaxed.

"My expectations for him are too high. Wouldn't it be amazing if he could easily tie with Granger?"

Brian Shaw turned his head and asked:

"Plus now, what do you think of this young man?"

Kent thought about it and made his own judgment:

"Hard to say."

"Seven's potential is indeed great. If it can be realized, it will indeed have a bright future;"

"But if you can't perform it, it's meaningless."

Brian Shaw was not going to let him go and continued to ask:

"What about his current performance?"

"Can you make it in the NBA?"

As Qi Tian successfully defended against Granger's attack, Granger's friends immediately cheered loudly.

Kent made his own judgment cautiously:

"Probably, you can enter the rotation?"