basketball kingdom

Chapter 29 Four Camps
James Harden is one of the top stars in the league. He has a height of 196 centimeters and a weight of 220 pounds (99.8 kilograms). This size gives him an advantage when facing defensive players at the second position (shooting guard).The strong upper body allows Harden to maintain his balance when he is fouled, so he can always cause damage when he breaks through.It is precisely by virtue of the stunt of making fouls that in the 13-14 and 14-15 seasons, he was selected to the first team of the best team in the NBA regular season.

Based on the Rockets' career height, he can be said to be the strongest outside star of the Rockets after the 21st century, much better than McGrady who has stayed for a longer time.

Xu Tian faced Harden head-on and felt the offensive pressure of this powerful star.

But Xu Tian is not afraid, what he likes most is challenges!
Harden's special skills are strong inside fouls and step-back jumpers. The two personal skills of one shot and one shot make him a top star in the league.For these, Xu Tian is naturally very clear, so when defending, he did not stretch his hands forward.

Trevor Ariza's defensive skills were very solid. McDaniels basically had no offensive power in front of him, but he did not come to assist Xu Tian in his defense.He wanted to see this rookie who was always a bit flabby make a fool of himself.

Harden also had the same thought in his heart, and dribbled the ball with his right hand to face Xu Tian directly.He didn't take Xu Tian seriously. At this level, he felt that any defensive player was similar.

The ball from the right hand was switched to the left hand, and Harden used a simple change of direction to come to Xu Tian's right side.

Xu Tian rushed over immediately, but just as he came in front of Harden, he found that Harden had opened a certain distance from him.

If there were spectators present, they would definitely be amazed by Harden's step-back shot, but there are no spectators now, only the pleasant sound of the basketball hollowing into the net.

It was a three-pointer, the white team 38-32 the red team.

Ariza looked at Xu Tian who was standing still, covered his mouth and smirked, thinking that this rookie is nothing more than that, the most indispensable thing in the NBA is the outside line of about 2 meters, so he doesn't think Xu Tian will have any future.

Because Ty Lawson was still on the court, Motiejunas gave him the ball and he dribbled the ball across the half.

Xu Tian is unfamiliar with his life now, and he has completely become a player who runs without the ball. However, he did not complain, and he has never been a person who is used to complaining.

The NBA is a league where the weak prey on the strong. If you can't achieve excellence, you can't even control the most basic destiny.Xu Tian has a deep understanding of this, at least for now, he doesn't even have the right to control the ball.

Motiejunas got the ball and faced Capela in the paint.The two of them are both inside players. In this era when the division of positions is not so obvious, they need to compete for playing time, so the two play a lot of offense and defense.

Motiejunas is a white player with not very good running and jumping ability. In the end, he swayed Capela away with his inside footsteps, picked the basket with his left hand, and shot the ball.

The ball spun a little, stopped at the rim for a while, but eventually rolled out and missed the net.

Capela's bounce was fast enough to interfere with Motiejunas's shot just now. In the next moment, he took off again and took the defensive rebound.

Xu Tian immediately started to retreat. They didn't have a big center in their lineup, so don't even think about offensive rebounds.

The basketball was passed to Harden again. He just told Beverly to teach Xu Tian a lesson, so Beverly gave him the ball immediately.

Howard leaned on his seat and watched Harden dribble, expecting another wonderful performance from him.This is not to say that Howard supports Harden, he just wants to see Xu Tian suffer, and let this arrogant kid understand what an NBA-level game is.

The other four of the white team opened up, creating a singles opportunity for Harden.In fact, this is simply redundant, even if they don't pull away, people from the red team will not come to help Xu Tian defend.

Xu Tian lowered his center of gravity again, staring at Harden dribbling with all his attention, defending the ball with the most serious attitude.

Harden is a left-handed general, and it is more difficult to defend him than ordinary people. However, Xu Tian has experience in defending left-handed generals and knows how to restrict such players.

McHale saw that the other eight players on the field were watching the excitement, but he didn't say anything, just watching the situation on the field quietly.

Xu Tian knew that he should not be too tight with Harden, so he let it go half a step, trying to let him make a breakthrough.

Harden didn't pay much attention to Xu Tian, ​​and didn't want to force the inside line at all, but used his unique skill again - a step-back jumper.

This time Xu Tian reacted fast enough, bounced instantly, and his right finger touched the thrown basketball.

clang!
The basketball hit the front of the rim, transformed into a long rebound, and came to Xu Tian's side.

Xu Tian grabbed the rebound directly with his left hand.

What Howard wanted to see was Harden scoring two goals in a row, but this shot was blocked by Xu Tian, ​​which made him not very happy.

Harden also felt the same way. He was feeling hot now, and he knew the reason why the ball didn't go in was entirely because of Xu Tian's interference.When retreating, although his attitude was still a little loose, he had already decided to show Xu Tian some color by breaking through in the next round.

Because of the same position, Ty Lawson was a little wary of Xu Tian, ​​so he stretched out his hand and asked for the ball.

Xu Tian didn't see Ty Lawson's movements and started dribbling the ball naturally, which was his natural reaction after playing point guard for many years.

Bickerstaff didn't move at all, like a wax figure, quietly watching the ugly game on the court.Yes, it was ugly, an ugly game without any movement, no one actively defending, no one running.

McHale was very dissatisfied with Xu Tian's failure to communicate with him and his absence from the training camp. He wanted to take this opportunity to make Xu Tian suffer. Seeing that Xu Tian ignored Ty Lawson's request for the ball, he shouted: "Rookie, Give the ball to Ty!"

Xu Tian heard McHale's shout, looked around, and turned around to see Ty Lawson who was still in his own half.

Beverly felt that this was an opportunity and rushed forward to steal the ball in Xu Tian's hands, but Xu Tian noticed him from the corner of his eye, dribbled the ball behind his back, and easily evaded Beverly's defense.

Xu Tian ignored the coach and Ty Lawson, apologized to Capela in his heart, accelerated his dribble, and rushed in towards the inside.He hated defeat since he was a child. None of the players on the field are worthy of victory. There is no way to ask him to be the younger brother of this group of people!

BOOM!

McHale's yelling stopped, and Ty Lawson's complaints also disappeared. In the entire training field, there was only the sound of the basketball bouncing on the floor and the shaking of the basket.

Xu Tian grabbed the basket with both hands and glared at Capella who was standing on the bottom line.He didn't want to rescue those lazy losers, but he felt real anger at this teammate who had fought alongside him.

Capella was a little afraid to look directly into Xu Tian's eyes. For some reason, although Xu Tian was younger, he always felt that Xu Tian was his big brother.He knew that Xu Tian was a person who would wholeheartedly strive to win as long as he was on the court, and his previous attitude would definitely not be tolerated by Xu Tian, ​​so his eyes dodged a little.

After landing lightly, Xu Tian didn't pay attention to the reaction of everyone present, and immediately started his own defense.

Since Xu Tian was a child, no matter which team he joined, he would become the boss of the team. He knew the temptation and risks of this position.But compared to these risks, he hated failure more, so he had already thought about it before coming.If the team is united as one, he will play with peace of mind. If it is a mess, he will fight for the boss position.

The power struggle on the basketball court is not too different from the struggle for the throne among lions.If Xu Tian can succeed, the Rockets will become his team, and if he fails, he will be kicked out and become a member of another team.

Xu Tian has already prepared for the worst, because he doesn't want to spend his rookie season drifting with the crowd in this kind of team that is showing signs of disintegration.

There is only one time when you are young, labor and management will not accompany the prince to study!
Ty Lawson was still chattering about Xu Tian ignoring him, and had no intention of defending him at all.

Xu Tian ignored him. This little point guard was the boss of the Nuggets for a short time, but after all, he was a dou who couldn't afford it. For a star of this level, he dared to ask him for the ball. In his opinion, it was completely lost. wisdom!
McHale is not an easily excitable coach. The reason why he kept yelling was entirely because he felt that his authority was gradually declining. In order to maintain his prestige, he had to make changes.Seeing the chaos on the field, he instead sat back on the sidelines, quietly watching the situation on the field, to see what would happen.

Ty Lawson was still chattering, Xu Tian turned his head and glanced at him, and shouted: "Shut up! If you play well, the ball will naturally come to you."

Ty Lawson's face changed color. He could be regarded as a senior no matter what he said. After being yelled at by a rookie on the field, he couldn't hold back his face, and rushed directly in Xu Tian's direction.

Harden's character is very meek. He saw Ty Lawson's actions, but he had no intention of coming over to stop him.

From this point, Xu Tian knew that Harden was not suitable to be the leader of the locker room.

Ty Lawson is 180 centimeters tall, 21 centimeters behind Xu Tian.When he came to Xu Tian's side, he realized that Xu Tian's body was really not small, and he was a little scared, so he deliberately slowed down and let Ariza hold him back.

Xu Tian didn't look at Ty Lawson who was being held back, but looked at McHale, Howard and Harden with great interest. All three of them were paying attention to the situation on the court, but none of them wanted to stop him mean.

Xu Tian now fully understands that these three people are now divided into three camps, and there is no unity at all.

In this case, let me be the fourth camp, and see whose team the Rockets will become.

Jason Terry, who was sitting on the sidelines, looked at the chaos on the field and regretted coming to the Rockets. He came to compete for the championship. He didn't expect the Rockets to become like this now.

Kardashian was born in a reality TV show and knew the value of what happened now, so she recorded these scenes with her mobile phone.

(End of this chapter)