pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 422

Johnson witnessed this scene not far away. This is exactly what he just wanted to try to do, but he failed to complete the dunk in the end, and Barrett did it.

"It seems that I am really old." Looking at Barrett's figure, there is a shadow of Johnson back then, but time is not forgiving, and even legends sometimes fail to do what they want.

Perhaps, this is a great opportunity to break down the barrier between street basketball and regular basketball.

"Come on! Let's have a good fight!" Johnson's fighting spirit has reached the highest point. He has not fought so happily for some years. It is the Heat, Barrett, and Mu Chenfeng who gave him such a chance.

Johnson single-handedly charged towards the Heat's restricted area. At this time, the Heat had already set up a positional defense. This was the highest standard of defense, both internal and external. Even if James came, he still had to be afraid of three-pointers.

Facing such an unbreakable defense, Johnson showed no fear, and did not slow down his pace. Instead, he used his skillful dribbling to smash the entire warm defense.

It was as if he passed Mu Chenfeng with an extremely fast change of direction, and then he had a player who missed the supplementary defense with his back and crotch, and came to Barrett. With a deft turn, Barrett had nothing to do with him. Finally, he challenged the Heat's two big insiders.

Johnson passed five Heat players in one go, and if six players were allowed on the field, he would have passed them as well.

This goal won a lot of applause for Johnson. Although he is 36 years old, his various skills have remained at a very high level, which has to be admired.

Johnson is completely worthy of his title of streetball legend with this shot alone, but several other players of the legendary team performed too badly in the fourth quarter. Miller failed to hit several empty baskets.

"It's your turn!" Johnson challenged Barrett.

At this point in the game, there is almost no suspense, and the Heat are about to become the winner of the game.

"Okay!" Barrett accepted the "challenge" request.

The two stood facing each other in one half of the court. At this time, Johnson looked at Barrett very much like himself when he was young.

Seven years have passed in a blink of an eye, and Barrett has completely grown into a star who can play his own role.

"This action!" Johnson saw that Barrett's center of gravity was very low, and a trace of surprise and surprise appeared in his eyes.

"Do you remember?" Barrett said slowly, "You taught me this."

Johnson smiled knowingly. He really taught him this. When Barrett first came into contact with basketball, he knew nothing about basketball. During the consecutive breakthroughs, Johnson told him that the lower the center of gravity when starting, the faster the starting speed. Barrett has always kept this sentence in his heart, and he has truly understood the true meaning of this sentence.

"Let me see your speed." Johnson also lowered his center of gravity, almost in line with Barrett's center of gravity, so that he could react immediately.

Johnson is also interested to see just how fast Barrett is going at full speed.

"It's coming." Johnson saw that Barrett's knee moved, so he shifted his center of gravity toward Barrett's knee. In basketball games, the direction of the toes and knees of breakthrough players is the direction they want to break through.

"It's useless, I know the movements I taught you best." Johnson said vowedly.

"Really?" Barrett replied flatly, "You didn't teach me this movement."

While speaking, Barrett started. With his center of gravity lowered, he started the breakthrough very quickly. Johnson was shocked and quickly made a defensive move. However, Barrett did not break through towards his knee, but dropped the ball to another time. Although this would slow down his speed, it could help him avoid the opponent's supplementary defense more efficiently.

Barrett passed through Johnson's other breakthrough, and the postures of the two happened to intersect. When Barrett forcibly changed the direction of the breakthrough, Johnson expected this result.

Barrett danced a graceful "waltz" in the air, dodged in the air and successfully avoided Davis' block, turned his back to the basket, flicked his wrist, and the basketball rolled into the basket.

"Does this guy have eyes in the back of his head? He can make shots with his back to the basket!!!!" The Heat fell into a frenzy instantly, and even the surrounding spectators turned their backs and stood on the side of the Heat.

There is one thing to say, Barrett's goal is really beautiful. He can make shots with his back to the basket. His eyes have no chance to see the basket at all. The goal depends more on his talent.

How long does it take to get to the point where you don't look at the basket?Barrett explained everything with his actions. He spent at least 6 hours a day in the arena to achieve this golden goal.

"You have really grown up." Johnson said to Barrett relaxedly, "You have grown into a player who can play alone."

For some reason, hearing Johnson's words, Barrett felt very uncomfortable.

Johnson, who is 36 years old now, has white hair and beard. He is old, at least for basketball games. After all, Johnson is no longer the omnipotent guy.

In the last minute, the two played a total of 1 rounds. Barrett scored 3 goals, Johnson only hit 3, fouled once, and was blocked once.

After the whole game, Barrett scored 24 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists and became the winner of the game.

However, the MVP of this game should belong to Mu Chenfeng. Although his stats of 18+5+6 are not very impressive, he really played a big role, especially that dunk, which became a watershed in the whole game.

Winning is secondary. If street basketball and regular basketball can be "reconciled" through this game, it will be a worthwhile trip.

During the handshake in midfield, Johnson deliberately shook hands with Mu Chenfeng and Barrett for a longer time.

"Come on for the game against the Nets," Johnson said.

"How did you know that we were going to play against the Nets?" Mu Chenfeng asked. He felt very different about this. Even street basketball players "took time" to pay attention to their games.

"I'm always following your game schedule." Johnson said unhurriedly, and he has watched NBA games since the year Barrett entered the NBA, but he never missed any game with Barrett.

When Barrett was in the Bulls, Johnson was a fan of the Bulls. Now that Barrett has joined Miami, Johnson also threw away the Bulls jersey he had worn for 7 years and replaced it with the enthusiastic Heat.

"We will work hard." The Heat responded in unison.

In the end, this game between the NBA and street basketball ended with a 14-point victory for the Heat.

(End of this chapter)