lakers championship

Chapter 17 Team debut
After getting the jersey, Blunt took Tianyang to the locker room and assigned him an exclusive wardrobe.

After changing his clothes, Tianyang returned to the court, ignored the curious eyes of his teammates, and began to warm up by himself.

"Where did this guy learn the movements? It feels so professional!"

"The coach said he had never received advanced training before, and I don't believe it now!"

"Maybe it's China's rich second generation, who has a lot of money to hire trainers for NBA teams!"

The chattering discussions of the team members naturally flew into the ears of Johnny and Blount, but they looked at each other, and they were also a little puzzled. Tianyang shot like Kobe and they knew it, but the warm-up movements shown in front of them were obviously obvious. You can't learn it just by watching videos on the Internet.

High kicks, toe touches, folded knee lifts, hip twists, chest lunges, upper torso twists.

There are 6 consecutive sets of movements, 20 in each set, and Tianyang is in place every step of the way. Whether it is force or posture, it can be called a textbook level.If someone approached the arena at this time, they might think that Tianyang is a physical trainer, demonstrating to the players how to warm up before the game.

Donian was not in a hurry, but watched Tianyang's warm-up with great interest. A slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, as if silently telling everyone: I want to see what tricks he can play!
"Huh", Tianyang stood up, twisted his neck, and said, "Do you want to warm up first?"

"Of course you have to warm up, but I only need 6 minutes at most to beat you up. Just treat it as a warm-up for the next confrontation training." Donian retreated to the free throw line, threw the ball to the ground, and raised his hand to signal Tianyang to attack first .

12 points will determine the winner. According to Donian, without considering 3-pointers, Tianyang will score one every 30 seconds on average.

Such provocative words made everyone in the Sequoia team look like "there is a good show" on their faces. Coach Johnny nodded. He likes to see the competitive atmosphere of the players.

Since the opponent asked him to attack first, Tianyang did not refuse, bent down to pick up the basketball, and directly set up a three-threat posture.

Arrogance is all about arrogance, and Donian was very serious about defending. He bowed his back, raised his right hand high, and raised his left hand flat, not giving Tianyang any room to break through.

Seeing this posture, Tianyang also put away his careful thought of doing a dry pull to try the feel of the hand, and began to think carefully.

"Donian's height is almost the same as mine, but his strength and speed are unknown, so let's get to the bottom of it first!"

Determined to pay attention, Tianyang slammed his right foot on the floor, took a big step with his left foot, put down the basketball on his waist and walked to the left.

Donian turned sideways, moving his feet forward and backward, with small steps and high frequency, closely following Tianyang.

This move was exactly what Tianyang wanted, and he immediately leaned close to him, and the two began to confront each other on the left elbow.

"Sure enough, there is no sense of oppression like Jaylen Brown"

The moment he posted Donyan, Tianyang realized the gap. Although he was stronger than himself, he was not completely unable to make a shot like when he encountered Jaylen Brown.

After Ah Ran got the little black skin, nearly a month of training finally produced a qualitative change.

Tianyang continued to stride towards the basket against the defense, but Doryan couldn't stop him.

This scene left Johnny and Brown stunned. The last time they saw Tianyang, he often suffered big losses in amateur competitions, but now he was able to compete with the main force of the school team.

Although the level of the Stanford school team is in the middle and lower reaches of the NCAA Level 1 league, how can the main force of the school team be better than the passers-by in amateur games? It took just over a week. Why did he improve so quickly?
Before the two could figure it out, Tianyang had already dribbled the ball into the paint.A throw shot hit the board, successfully avoiding Donian's block, and the basketball rolled steadily into the hoop.

To get 1 point first, it is still a result of a strong fight, not simply a matter of luck.

Donian couldn't hold back his face, trotted to the three-point line, and stretched his chest a few times, as if he wanted to get back on the field immediately.

"He has already lost, and he lost the momentum just now, which means that he knows what Tianyang's level is?" Johnny touched his chin and said meaningfully.

When Blount heard this, he frowned: "Is it that serious? I think the result is probably 12 to 8, 12 to 9."

"Yes, but Donian still lost 12 to 8. After all, he just said that he finished the game in 6 minutes."

While the two were chatting, Doryan had already dribbled to the short corner on the right. Tianyang was not as explosive as him, and it was a bit difficult to follow, but he was able to keep up, leaving only a small space.

In Tianyang's view, it doesn't matter if a small space is not guarded.

Unexpectedly, Donyan took advantage of that little space, jumped up without hesitation, and made a mid-range shot.

Tianyang regretted it immediately, and felt that he should have been faster just now.

Donian also regretted it a bit, thinking that he should break through to the basket for a dunk, and the mid-range shot lacked momentum, so Tianyang might as well have pushed him into the paint to complete the throw.

He was mentally depressed, and his hand movements were also affected. He played the ball a little slower than before, and his body had already fallen to the ground and the ball was released.

"Duang", the basketball hit the circle, rebounded and flew to the left, Tianyang turned around and chased after it, and picked up the ball at the left sideline.

He immediately turned around and wanted to make a fast attack, but found that Donian was already guarding in front of him.

The sideline position, the space is small, if you dribble, it is easy to lose or encounter steals.

If he grabs the ball, the chance is worse than starting the attack from the 3-point line.

Such a predicament made Johnny cross his arms and squint his eyes. He eagerly and hopefully wanted to see how Tianyang would handle it. If he handled it properly, there would be one more key player for the team's game in the future.

At this time, Tianyang's mind was also a little dazed, not to mention the Northern California Community Basketball Tournament, even when he played in China before, how could he have encountered such a situation.

Fortunately, there is no attack time limit for one-on-one duels. He intends to stabilize his mind and carefully consider the countermeasures.

But Donian moved his hands together and pressed continuously, Tianyang could only dodge left and right.

While dodging, he kept adjusting the position of the non-pivot foot.

Finally, after Donyan cut the ball to the left, Tianyang quickly pulled the ball to the right side of his body with both hands.

He gathered his right foot, bent his knees inward, kicked his feet on the ground, and swung his right shoulder forward, facing the basket slightly sideways.

The whole body, head, buttocks, and feet are in a straight line, and the raised arms are firmly in the air.

It wasn't until the jump reached the highest point that Tianyang leaned forward with his right forearm, pressed down hard with his index and middle fingers, and made a three-pointer.

Donian blocked the shot from the jump, but he got up later than Tianyang and landed faster than Tianyang, so it didn't have any impact at all.

"Shua", the basketball went into the net hollowly, scored another 2 points, and Tianyang led 3-0.

The Sequoia players onlookers looked at each other, and any fool could see that Tianyang's 3-point hit just now relied on absolute strength, standard shooting movements, and good timing.

Donian saw everyone's expressions in his eyes, and felt a little depressed. He boasted just now that the battle was resolved in 6 minutes, but now Tianyang might be able to resolve the battle in 6 minutes.

He couldn't bear it, and walked aggressively towards the three-point line, shouting loudly: "Come again!"

"Okay, don't fight for now, that's it for today!" Johnny stretched out his hand to stop, Donyan was very puzzled.

"Tianyang played well, but I know your strength very well. You fell behind just now because you underestimated Tianyang. In the future, you will fight in the NCAA together. When you are not on the court, he will help the team move forward. So hurry up and put away That contemptuous attitude, and you!"

First he pointed out the problem, then he praised implicitly, and finally he promised not to change Donyan's starting status. By the way, he praised Tianyang and Coach Johnny as "carrots and sticks" to unite the team at once.

"Okay, coach." The rest of the Sequoia team nodded in agreement.

"What about you?" Johnny looked at Donyan.

"I have no problem, but write down the score just now, and we will decide the winner later!"

"No problem!" Tianyang spread his hands.

"Okay, now please represent the Sequoia team and welcome new teammates."

Papapapapa, papapapa, papapa, papa, papa, loud applause resounded in the arena. SkyOcean’s debut in the team was unanimously approved by the coaches and players of the Sequoia team.

(End of this chapter)