Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 27 The First Battle of USC ([-])

Seeing Ye Feng's figure strolling back to the backcourt, Mayo clenched his fists fiercely, the anger in his eyes seemed to ignite the entire stadium.As a star player, he has absolute confidence in himself, so he decided without hesitation to continue to match up with Ye Feng in the next round, and regain the field on the offensive end.

Ye Feng also noticed that Mayo forcibly suppressed his angry expression, and he raised his vigilance in his heart, but this did not prevent him from trusting himself almost blindly.In his opinion, if he can break Mayo's defense, he can limit his offense.Perhaps only those who really stand at the top of the pyramid can form a match with Ye Feng, obviously he doesn't believe that Mayo can do this.

The game continued, Gibson handed the ball to Lewis on the baseline, and Ye Feng and Westbrook had no interest in switching to a full-court press at the beginning of the game. Lewis easily took the ball over the halfway line.And Mayo has already stood outside the three-point line, signaling Lewis to pass the ball to himself.

Lewis said worriedly: "Anthony, do you have the confidence to return him? You must know that this game is the opening game, and we must not lose." Mayo snorted coldly, as if he was dissatisfied with his partner's disbelief, but he was still firm nodded.Lewis sighed. He actually didn't want to see Mayo face Ye Feng one-on-one, because it would consume a lot of energy, but since Mayo was so persistent, he couldn't stop him, so he passed the ball.

After Mayo received the ball, UCLA still maintained a 2-3 defensive formation.He frowned and said, "Ye, if you want us to fight one-on-one again, don't keep using zone defense to target us." Ye Feng smiled disdainfully and said, "Are you stupid? Basketball is a team after all." Sports, it’s okay for me to fight alone with you, but I don’t think it’s meaningful to compete with you in terms of personal data, I just want to win.”

Hearing Ye Feng's words, Mayo's anger exploded in an instant, but he still tried his best to restrain himself. If he made any irrational actions, he might be directly expelled from the field.He gritted his teeth and said viciously: "You useless bastard, you don't even have the courage to fight with me!"

Ye Feng rolled his eyes and didn't bother to pay attention to him.But Westbrook next to him couldn't help it anymore. He whispered: "Ye, why don't you take such a good chance to hit the other party?" It's a waste of energy to fight him one-on-one on defense, okay?" Westbrook didn't give up, and continued: "Stupid, you just kill him on both ends of the offense and defense. According to his personality, this game won't be easy. Abandoned?"

After finishing speaking, he didn't care whether Ye Feng agreed or not, he directly ordered his teammates to switch to one-on-one marking, and he led Lewis to the flank.This is a complete replica of the previous round, except that the offense and defense have all been lost.Ye Feng smiled helplessly, and braced himself to deal with Mayo's attack.Mayo saw that Westbrook was so "sensible", and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Unfortunately, he didn't know that the opponent's idea was to completely destroy him on both offense and defense.

In the round of UCLA's offense, Mayo felt Ye Feng's speed firsthand, and he knew that he could not use his weaknesses to counter the opponent's strengths.So what are his strengths?In Mayo's view, his strength is physical confrontation.He admitted that Ye Feng was very fast, but he didn't believe that Ye Feng could withstand his post-up singles.

UCLA's wide-open formation gave Mayo a lot of room to move. He carefully dribbled the ball to the three-second zone, and Ye Feng followed him step by step.Mayo smiled confidently, he half turned around and blocked Ye Feng behind him, ready to eat with his own weight.

But when he was confidently preparing to crush his opponent, Ye Feng assumed the most suitable defensive posture.He used his arm to support Mayo's waist and eyes, and at the same time put one foot between Mayo's legs, completely restraining the opponent's intention to exert force.Mayo pushed back twice, but he didn't expect that he couldn't make Ye Feng take half a step back. The force coming from behind made Mayo realize that this yellow man was not as weak as he imagined.

Since you can't hit back, then use another method.But every time Mayo was about to turn around, Ye Feng, as if he knew what he was thinking, blocked his way again with his nimble steps.It can be said that Ye Feng is just trying his luck once or twice, but several times in a row shows that Ye Feng has indeed seen through him.

Mayo was anxious, but Ye Feng was very calm.The reason why he can always see through Mayo's movements is largely because his arms are always in the position of supporting Mayo, which means that he can use his arms to perceive the change of Mayo's body center of gravity. The important reason why he was able to come first every time.Mayo didn't think of this, so there is no way to deal with it.

In desperation, Mayo had to work hard to squeeze out a little space for himself, and then shot a turnaround jumper.Of course, Ye Feng still habitually stretched out his hand to block Mayo's eyes. Although this means that he will miss the shot, it is a good way to avoid being cheated and fouled and fully reduce the opponent's shooting rate.And in the NBA, this kind of "blindfold defense" is also very popular. Battier, a small forward who graduated from Duke University, is one of the best. This guy nicknamed Batman is also one of the best defensive players in the NBA.

After being blocked by Ye Feng, Mayo subconsciously felt that something was wrong, and the ball was likely to hit the basket.Sure enough, just as he thought, the ball hit the basket's neck straight, and the rebound was so strong that almost everyone was caught off guard-a long rebound that fell to the outside!
Of course, "almost" means that someone still reacted.Ye Feng, who has been trained as a center, has a very strong sense of rebounding. When the ball bounces directly, he thinks that it will bounce to the outside in all likelihood.When the ball started to fall, he quickly ran towards the landing point, Mayo also reacted, he desperately wanted to prevent Ye Feng from grabbing the ball.

But Ye Feng didn't let him succeed, but held the ball tightly in his hands.Mayo was in a hurry, he rushed up with all his teeth and claws, with only one purpose: to hold Ye Feng back and buy time for his teammates to return to defense.But Ye Feng had already seen his intentions, he swung Mayo away with a big change of direction, and then rushed towards the USC basket.

Mayo's face turned pale with shock, and he hurriedly produced his fastest speed, trying to catch up with Ye Feng's running figure.Although his speed is not as fast as Ye Feng's, but the latter is now dribbling and sprinting, while Mayo is empty-handed sprinting, which invisibly takes advantage of some advantages, so that he can bite Ye Feng tightly and prevent him from having enough shot space.

Ye Feng snorted disdainfully: Are you trying to stop me?Are you kidding me?He despised Mayo in his heart, but his skills were not affected at all. The basketball rose and fell by his side as if it had life.Moreover, Ye Feng also very experienced turned his body slightly to block Mayo's pursuit route, forcing him to follow behind to eat his exhaust gas.

When approaching the three-second zone, Ye Feng suddenly thought of a very insidious idea: he wants to cheat foul!Although according to Ye Feng's shooting ability, it is natural to choose a three-point chase from the outside, but it is a better choice to let the opponent's main general carry a foul.So Ye Feng stopped the car suddenly, pretending to shoot a basketball.

Mayo controlled his body and barely rushed over his head due to inertia.Seeing Ye Feng's posture, alarm bells rang in his heart, and he rushed forward without thinking.Ye Feng smiled, leaned forward and threw the ball towards Mayo's hand, and that big black hand hit the back of Ye Feng's hand with a "slap".

"Beep beep!" The referee's whistle blew at the right time, Ye Feng's two points were valid, and an additional penalty was required. This time, the foul would undoubtedly be placed on Mayo's head.After seeing the referee's gesture, Mayo opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but then walked aside dejectedly.Regardless of whether Ye Feng intentionally cheated or fouled, it is an indisputable fact that Mayo hit his arm when he shot the ball. This is an irrefutable thug foul.

Ye Feng patted the ball and calmly scored the penalty, adding another point for the team.It can be said that this time, in the transition between offense and defense, Ye Feng once again defeated Mayo. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the two are no longer on the same level.Although Mayo is very strong, Ye Feng is even stronger. The most frightening thing is that he has a smart brain.If Mayo is compared to a general who conquers cities and territories, then Ye Feng is a handsome talent who integrates conquest and resourcefulness, losing to him is not wrong.

But Mayo can't think so.With a smooth journey, he has always believed that he is the strongest, even those peers whose fame can rival his own, he also believes that it is because he has never met him.But today Ye Feng used his actions to tell him that he was just a frog watching the sky from a well.

Looking at Mayo's distorted face due to anger, Lewis felt very uncomfortable, but this was not because of Ye Feng's offensive and defensive transition and scored two plus one, but Mayo's mentality as the main player was already on the verge of collapse.He sighed, stepped forward to pat Mayo, and said in a deep voice, "Anthony, we must return to teamwork later on. No matter how strong he is, he can't stop us from practicing for so long."

Hearing Lewis' words, Mayo suddenly raised his head, his eyes were bloodshot, he hissed: "Dwight, last time! I promise this is the last time! I don't believe Ye Feng can be so strong! Let me try again, I'm going to blow him up!" Lewis originally wanted to refuse habitually, but when he saw Mayo's scarlet eyes, the words of refusal rolled down his throat and turned into a sigh.

This time, Mayo didn't even wait for Lewis to dribble the ball across half court. When he sent the baseline ball, he signaled Gibson to give the ball to himself.Gibson was taken aback and looked at Lewis. The latter didn't say anything, but just ran to the frontcourt on his own.He shook his head and threw the ball directly to Mayo.

While dribbling the ball, Mayo gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "Ye Feng, why did you yellow-skinned monkey beat me? It must be your opportunism, I will definitely humiliate you severely, just wait and see!"

(End of this chapter)