Chapter 174 Handover of the Scepter
While Yang Mo was still exclaiming, Wang Tuo ran over and shouted excitedly, "Great, I'll serve you the ball."
Seeing his excited expression, Yang Mo couldn't help but roll her eyes at him, thinking, honey, are you gloating over my misfortune?
"One hundred is fine, but you have to defend fifty of me and I have to defend fifty of you." Yang Mo bargained seriously.
"No problem." Kobe Bryant nodded, and then the two began a back-and-forth duel.
Since Yang Mo didn't use abnormal strength to stop him from receiving the ball, but waited until he got the ball and got into position before starting to defend, Kobe Bryant could score as he wanted at the beginning. In the first 20 shots, Yang Mo was completely beaten into a fool, but after gradually figuring out Kobe Bryant's offensive rhythm, he began to slowly create difficulties. In the last 10 shots, Kobe only scored four. And they were all very reluctant.
Let Kobe Bryant rest for a while and let Yang Mo lead the offense.
Since Yang Mo only wanted to hone his skills in this match, he did not release all his strength, but used his skills to score goals.
Yang Mo wasted his biggest advantage, which was of course self-humiliating. Kobe Bryant was a first-team All-Defensive player after all, and his one-on-one defense was considered top-notch among guards . So, Yang Mo didn't score any of the first 20 shots, either because they were blocked or because the shots went very far away from the basket. But after Yang Mo figured out Kobe's defensive rhythm, he was able to use his footwork to gain some dominant advantages, and he became more and more experienced in turning around and shooting, so he was able to score basketballs gradually. In the last 10 shots, Yang Mo actually scored five.
Two hours later, they finally finished playing a hundred balls. Both of them were sweating profusely. They just lay down on the floor, panting and tired like dogs.
Wang Tuo, who was watching the game nearby, was extremely excited. He had already taken more than a hundred photos. Now that the two stars were lying down to rest, he quickly ran over and squatted beside them and asked, "Yang Mo, what do you think is the biggest gain from playing one-on-one with Kobe Bryant?"
"Tired." Yang Mo replied unhappily.
Tired? Wang Tuo thought about it and asked seriously, "Are you tired physically or mentally?"
"I'm exhausted both physically and mentally. Just ask Kobe, let me rest for a while." Yang Mo muttered, turned over and stopped accepting his interview.
"Kobe, what do you think of the rookie Yang? Can he create some difficulties for you?" Wang Tuo turned to Kobe and asked.
"Don't you see how tired I am?" Kobe Bryant replied unhappily, "Fortunately he is an inside player. If he were an outside player, all scorers would suffer. He is just like LeBron James, his physical fitness is too good. And his one-on-one defense is better than LeBron's."
"But, you clearly ?" Wang Tuo asked puzzledly.
"That's because he didn't use his full strength. If he had used his full strength, it would have been more difficult for me to score, and it would have been easier for him to attack." Kobe Bryant made no secret of his admiration for Yang Mo: "Although he stole my mid-range fadeaway jump shot technique, I have to admit that he has a very high talent for learning. He was able to put that technique into practice very quickly, and the effect was quite good. It took me more than ten years to figure it out, but he learned it in two and a half hours. It's incredible."
"Then do you think he can become an All-Star player in the future?" Wang Tuo continued to ask.
"Need I say more? Maybe he can get a spot in the Eastern Conference this year." Kobe said as a matter of course: "This guy now has not only Jordan's post-up skills, Reggie's three-point skills and my mid-range shooting, plus his own talent, there is no problem for him to make the All-Star team."
"Are you so optimistic about Yang Mo?" Wang Tuo asked temptingly. He was eager to get praise from Kobe and then write it in his article, so that the article would seem very classy.
"Of course." Kobe Bryant praised seriously: "The only is that he doesn't have a strong ball-handling ability, otherwise he can definitely become a super all-around player who can play from the second to the fifth position."
"So strong?"
"Why else do you think Jordan taught him his famous skills?" Kobe said sourly. Jordan wasn't so good to him, and he was still his most authentic successor.
"Um... the day after tomorrow is the game between the Lakers and the Heat. Aren't you worried that the one-on-one match with him today might affect the result the day after tomorrow?" Wang Tuo asked.
"Of course I'm not worried. A one-on-one match and a game are two different things. In a game, you can use pick-and-rolls and move around, but you can't do that in a one-on-one match. This involves the team's overall strength and tactical system, which is too complicated. But what is certain is that the Lakers will win. Wade without Dwyane is just a toothless little tiger who can't eat people." Kobe Bryant said very confidently.
At this time, Yang Mo, who had been ignoring this side, turned around and corrected Kobe Bryant's words very forcefully: "Even if the tiger has no teeth, it can still kill the old Lakers ."
"Haha." Seeing Yang Mo competing with him, Kobe Bryant couldn't help but laugh twice: "You are so arrogant now, don't lose so much that you pee your pants later."
"Fasten your diaper first." Yang Mo's mouth was always unforgiving, but Wang Tuo, who was standing next to him, hurried to write it down. He was already brewing a wonderful article in his head, and he even thought of a name: The handover of the scepter, after Kobe it's Yang Mo.
To be honest, this name is really a bit too exaggerated, but compared with the titles of domestic portal websites, it is already restrained. The titles of those portal websites are always crazy, angry, and the best in the world. They have blown Yang Mo up to be the best basketball player in the world. I don't know if they are really praising or just slandering him.
If Yang Mo's performance barely lived up to those outrageous headlines, then another Chinese player, Yi Jianlian, was a little disappointing, but those editors still exaggerated his performance to the point that he scored five rebounds in garbage time and wrote that he led the Nets to a comeback and beat their opponents. It was because of these headlines that the innocent Yi Jianlian was mocked by netizens as the Emperor Yi, and all kinds of jokes emerged one after another, which was really a smear campaign.
Yang Mo lay there for a while, and just as he had recovered his breath, Liu Yifei called him. She told Yang Mo that the party had already started, and asked if he could come over. Yang Mo said yes, of course, and after hanging up the phone, he quickly took a shower, and then asked Kobe to take him over. Kobe was too lazy to drive Yang Mo , so he just threw him a car key and asked him to drive over by himself.
Yang Mo took the car keys, said thank you, and walked out quickly. Wang Tuo was afraid that Kobe would not take him back and he would have to walk back to the city, so he quickly climbed into Yang Mo's car.
