Ewing angrily gave the other party a middle finger, then returned to Nie Chuan, patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's no big deal, I can catch up with a three-pointer!"

Nie Chuan nodded. Yu Yin's comfort made him feel even more guilty.

UKB was in high spirits, their point guard was rushed over and passed the ball to their small forward again. The small forward retreated to the three-point line and was about to jump to score again.

Nie Chuan really wanted to crush his opponent, but Reese came in front of him in an instant. UKB's small forward tried to shake off Reese, but was fooled by Reese's fake move. Reese dribbled the ball straight to the opponent's basket and dribbled past the opponent's point guard and forward in one breath, making the opponent break out in a cold sweat. However, the opponent's center suddenly came in front of Reese, and his forward also came behind Reese. Under the double-teaming, Reese decisively passed the ball to Nie Chuan who followed him.

Seeing that the opponent's point guard was about to steal his ball again, Nie Chuan had no time to dodge and passed the ball directly to Ewing who was standing on the three-point line.

Ewing can definitely score!

At that moment, the opponent's shooting guard suddenly came from behind Ewing and intercepted Nie Chuan's pass.

How...how could this happen...

Nie Chuan was still in a daze when Carlo ran past him. His explosive power and running speed were amazing, but he was still a step too late. When he jumped up, the opponent's shooting guard had already shot and scored another goal.

"Damn it—" Ewing curled his lips, "My aim is much better than his..."

But I just didn't get the right opportunity.

Ewing came to Nie Chuan and whispered, "Alan, don't be nervous! They look tall, but they are actually paper tigers!"

Nie Chuan got the ball, he looked at the opponent, and once again doubted whether he had the ability to bring the ball into the opponent's area.

He once again faced the opponent's point guard, who was estimated to be about 185cm tall, but very agile. He looked at Nie Chuan mockingly, obviously looking down on him.

Don't back down, Nie Chuan! Beat him!

Nie Chuan shook his shoulders dramatically, then retracted them and dribbled the ball quickly across his feet. However, just as he took a step, the opponent stretched out his arm and blocked the ball with a "bang".

When he was about to counterattack with the ball, Reese intercepted his ball from the other side. He was then blocked by the opponent's small forward and center. However, what Nie Chuan did not expect was that Reese made an extremely quick fake move to get past both of them at once and dribbled the ball for a layup.

The opponent's power forward jumped up and was about to meet Reese's defense from behind, but Reese passed the ball to Nie Chuan who was following behind him.

Nie Chuan got the ball and was targeted by the opponent's point guard again. He was unable to get rid of him. He was eager to pass the ball, but was intercepted by the opponent.

As a result, Ewing was followed one-on-one by the opponent's shooting guard and was unable to display his skills. Montenegro and Carlo also lacked opportunities under the basket. Reese moved throughout the court and continued to make up for lost points, but at the end of the first half, DK was actually eleven points behind UKB. This couldn't be more pathetic.

Nie Chuan sat on the chair, lowered his head, and was not in the mood to drink even the mineral water.

"Well, Allen, this is your first time competing with us, so it's understandable that you don't have any tacit understanding! Take your time!" Carlo rubbed Nie Chuan's head.

"Yeah, don't mind it. I was also being watched closely by the opponent's shooting guard," Ewing consoled him. "But Nie Chuan, you looked really handsome when you passed the Black Mountain, although the three-step layup afterwards was a bit silly..."

"The last half of the sentence is redundant..." Carlo was about to say something, but stopped talking when he received Ewing's warning look.

"Alan, you were more flexible when you were with me than you are now. Is it because of Ukk's height that you feel depressed?" Montenegro also spoke.

Nie Chuan didn't know how to respond to them. He thanked them for all the excuses they gave him. He also knew that Carlo and the others wanted him to get into the right state, but this high-speed rhythm and playing style made him feel that every basketball game he had played before was like a child playing house.

Nie Chuan was reluctant to start the game again from the bottom of his heart.

He knew that he still couldn't dribble the ball into the enemy's backfield, he knew that he would still be blocked by the opponent's point guard, and he knew that his passes would still come at the wrong time, but even though he knew all this, he still couldn't change anything.

He just wanted to say that he couldn't do it.

But he really didn't want to see Carlo and the others disappointed. Nie Chuan's hand subconsciously reached for his sports bag. He wanted his chocolate, desperately. Whenever he was nervous, he would want to eat chocolate. This was even more so now.

Suddenly, Nie Chuan's collar was lifted up, and when he looked up, he was met with Reece's cold and stern eyes.

"Do you know that you are totally out of form? The opponent's center forward is not as strong as Montenegro. You can dribble past Montenegro but you can't dribble past him?"

"Hey! Let go! Reese! What do you want to do!" Ewing showed a surprised expression.

In his heart, Reese is an extremely calm person. No matter how badly his teammates perform, Reese can turn the tide without wavering.

"Okay, Reese, I know you deliberately gave Nie Chuan a lot of chances in the first half! But don't forget that this is Allen's first time playing basketball with us. The way we play is different from what he has experienced before, so he needs to adapt!"

Carlo's expression was serious. He clasped Reese's wrist with great force and his eyes were oppressive.

But Reese had no intention of letting go. His gaze pierced through Nie Chuan's sight with great force and went straight into the depths of his brain.

"Listen to me, Nie Chuan, get your rhythm back! Don't think about your opponent's height, because your battlefield is not in the air but on the ground. No matter how tall they are, how good their basketball skills are, or how accurate their shooting is, they must dribble. That's your chance."

It was like a heavy rain with lightning and thunder, pouring down from Nie Chuan's head, and his originally anxious heart calmed down.

"You are a point guard. Your eyes are not only on the opponent in front of you, but the entire court. Don't forget what it means to move without the ball. Always stand where your teammates may need you. You should take the initiative to fight for opportunities instead of passively waiting for them! Do you understand?"

"Um……"

For Nie Chuan, being scolded by Reese was better than being comforted by Ewing and the others. The blood that was blocked in his body seemed to start flowing.

Reese's grip loosened.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, even the UKB people turned their heads and whispered as if they were laughing at them.

After all, in last year's league, they were the one being suppressed by DK, so how could they be leading by double digits like they are today.

"Now you can eat your chocolate."

Reese's words gave others a sense of amnesty.

"Alan, don't be scared by Reese, he is just like that, hahaha..." Carlo took out the chocolate from the bag for Nie Chuan.

"Eat something sweet and your mood will immediately improve!" You Yin took the initiative to ask Nie Chuan to tear open the chocolate packaging.

"Drink some water, you've been sweating a lot." Heishan handed over the water.

And Reese sat coldly on the other side of the chair, like a statue.

Nie Chuan quickly bit open the chocolate and swallowed it. But in fact, before he ate the chocolate, his mood had already calmed down.

The break is over and they are about to play again.

Ewing clapped his hands and said, "No matter what, we will catch up one goal at a time in the second half!"

Carlo was also full of confidence: "Nonsense, how could UKB be defeated completely?"

When Reese walked past Nie Chuan, he stopped and said coldly: "Nie Chuan, don't forget that you control the rhythm of the game. An excellent point guard is the uncrowned king on the basketball court."

Nie Chuan's heart was shocked, but Reese had already walked away.

Adjust your breathing, Nie Chuan.

Those guys on the other side are no big deal.

You can dribble past them, you can move the line forward with everyone, you can cut into them!

The whistle for the start of the game sounded, and Reese decisively dribbled past the opponent's small forward and went straight to the basket. They were obviously very afraid of Reese, and the power forward and center moved quickly to block Reese.

Reese did not focus on breaking through, but threw the ball back and passed it to Nie Chuan who was following closely.

The opponent's point guard came to Nie Chuan again with a smile on his face. In the first half, he had built up enough confidence from Nie Chuan.

Nie Chuan dribbled the ball and looked into the other person's eyes. Actually, if he thought about it carefully, this guy wasn't much taller than him!

Nie Chuan's feet suddenly accelerated and he stepped to the right. The opponent thought he was going to break through and followed closely, but he didn't expect that this was just a tentative step. Nie Chuan turned his center from the right to the left and dribbled past the opponent.

He dribbled the ball and looked around.

Behind him on the left was Ewing, who was being closely watched by the opponent and was unable to gain an advantageous position.

Behind him on the right was Carlo who was rushing over, while Montenegro had already reached the opponent's basket.

UKB's center has arrived in front of Nie Chuan and is about to block Nie Chuan's passing angle.

Nie Chuan stretched his right hand behind him, and Carlo had already left his opponent and prepared to receive the ball. The center defending Nie Chuan was about to shoot Nie Chuan's pass, but he didn't expect Nie Chuan to suddenly take the ball back and dribbled past him. Everything happened so fast that he couldn't see clearly, and Nie Chuan left and passed the ball to Montenegro.

Montenegro made another slam dunk, and the loud sound sounded so pleasant to Nie Chuan's ears.

But for UKB, it is a deterrent.

The score difference dropped from double digits to single digits.

Nie Chuan quickly returned to defense, and heard Carlo's complaint in his ears: "Alan! Wasn't that ball meant for me just now?"

"Hehe!" Nie Chuan smiled.

"Alan, I'm actually very handsome!"

Nie Chuan was really not used to Carlo saying such funny things in such a serious tone.

Ewing, who ran past Carlo, was already sweating profusely.

When the opponent counterattacked across the board, Nie Chuan stood at the front line and faced the opponent's point guard again.

The opponent's expression was obviously much more serious than before.

The opponent wanted to get rid of Nie Chuan quickly, but he never expected that Nie Chuan, who was so clumsy as if he was playing basketball for the first time, would defend him very stickily.

When he swayed to Nie Chuan's left side, Nie Chuan's shoulders and reactions were very quick. When he swayed to Nie Chuan's right side, Nie Chuan could follow closely.

This little guy's knees are so flexible!

Just when the opponent decided to pass the ball to the shooting guard next to him, there was a "click" sound and the ball was snatched away by Nie Chuan.

Nie Chuan ran forward quickly, but his sprinting speed was still far behind that of UKB's power forward. Seeing that he was about to be caught up, Nie Chuan imagined the running layout of the entire basketball court in his mind. Suddenly, he stopped abruptly, sent the ball to the back of the other side, and then quickly ran after the ball.

The one who received the ball was Ewing. He was defended by the opponent's shooting guard. Nie Chuan's arrival blocked the opponent's shooting guard. Ewing came to the three-point line and made a jumping gesture.

The opponent's center rushed up, but Ewing took the ball back and really jumped. The shot was very fast, as if he was in a hurry and was not prepared at all.

The players who were preparing to grab the rebound under the basket all looked up, but the arc of that ball was so beautiful that Nie Chuan knew it would go in!

The score gap narrowed again, and most importantly, UKB had no chance to score at all!

Their point guard lifted the collar of his T-shirt, wiped his chin, stared at Nie Chuan's back as he returned to defense, and gritted his teeth.

The first time was a coincidence, the second time was a result of strength.

“Was this guy playing us in the first half?”

Enraged, he dribbled the ball quickly into DK's defense and passed Nie Chuan in seconds. His speed left Nie Chuan with no chance to react.

Then he dribbled the ball past Ewing, with Nie Chuan and Ewing following closely behind him. He quickly passed the ball to the power forward next to him, but the ball was just pushed out when Reese intercepted it.

He was dumbfounded. His speed was already fast enough, but Reese was faster than him.

Reese turned around and ran with the ball, like a meteor breaking through the atmosphere. All the opponents following him became burning gases that were dragged along.

Another slam dunk that was beyond reach.

Nie Chuan watched with his eyes wide open.

The scene reminded him of his first time with Reese.

"Ah... I want to dunk too..." Carlo complained again beside Nie Chuan.

Nie Chuan smiled and patted Carlo on the back.

The opponent's point guard's speed was too terrifying. If he tried his best to rush in, Nie Chuan knew that he would not be able to stop him. If Reese hadn't made a quick decision, they would definitely lose the ball.

In the battle between the two sides, DK's advantage gradually emerged, and Reese became more and more ruthless, breaking the opponent's defense into pieces.

However, their point guard still defeated Nie Chuan with speed, often dribbling the ball through DK's defense and heading straight to the basket, creating many scoring opportunities for his teammates.

Nie Chuan was frustrated with his own speed.

When defending the basket, Reese said to him in Chinese: "As I said before, use your strengths to attack the opponent's weaknesses. Don't use your weaknesses to compete with the opponent's strengths."

Nie Chuan blinked, then looked at the opponent's point guard, and seemed to understand something.

Another powerful attack came from the opposing point guard.

This time, it was not Nie Chuan who was defending him, but Reese.

Reese is extremely fast and follows the opponent's point guard like a shadow, which puts a lot of pressure on the opponent.

Nie Chuan stared at the opponent's dribbling hand. At a certain moment, when the opponent was dribbling, he did not touch the ball.

When he heard the sound of the ball being dribbled away behind his ears, he realized that Nie Chuan had stolen the ball!

"Great job, Alan! Give it to me! Give it to me!"

Carlo had already been running towards the opponent's basket. Seeing that the other defenders were about to rush forward, Reese shouted, "Long pass assist!"

Nie Chuan threw the ball towards Carlo without thinking.

The speed of this ball was too fast and the height was higher than the average pass. Nie Chuan regretted in his heart that he was too anxious.

But what Nie Chuan didn't expect was that Carlo jumped into the air after running. His jumping ability made Nie Chuan dumbfounded. He caught the basketball in the air with his hand and dunked it into the basket!

Everyone was stunned.

Nie Chuan opened his eyes wide, pointed at Carlo's arrogant swaying voice hanging on the basket and said: "That... that is... an alley-oop dunk?"

"Yeah, this guy is really..." Ewing sighed.

"Oh! So handsome!" Nie Chuan's admiration for Carlo increased by several percentage points.

"This guy has been thinking about this for a long time." Montenegro returned to defense without caring.

Carlo ran back with his arms open and gave Nie Chuan a big hug: "Alan, you finally passed the ball to me!"

Nie Chuan also hugged him happily: "Carlo you are so awesome! How did you catch my ball?"

"I caught it right away! I got really motivated when I thought you finally passed the ball to me!"

"Two fools, get back on defense!"

Reese's voice was as sharp as a knife. Carlo's expression of joy was immediately replaced by seriousness, and Nie Chuan also hurried to recover.

In the games that followed, Nie Chuan "stole" the ball from the opponent's players twice, dribbled into the opponent's defensive area three times and passed the ball to score, and his cooperation with other players became more and more tacit.

This was the first time that UKB called a timeout during the game.

Nie Chuan sat on a chair, gulping down mineral water.

Carlo happily put his arm on Nie Chuan's shoulder and said, "Alan, you are really amazing!"

"Is... is that so?" Nie Chuan said while panting.

"In the next period of time, we have to continue to cut into their backs with our forwards. Come on, Allen! But the opponent's point guard is very fast, which is really a headache." Ewing scratched his face and looked up. "Ah - if the game is over, I really want to go to that tea restaurant to eat again! All kinds of buns, the more I think about it, the hungrier I get..."

"Ewing, the game isn't over yet, stay focused," Montenegro reminded.

"Know."

"Hey, why are you so obedient when Montenegro says something to you? I give you reasonable suggestions, but you look like you want to kill me?" Carlo leaned his head towards Ewing again.

Ewing pressed the half-chewed gum hard on his face: "Because the way you talk is annoying!"

"Hey! You're disgusting!"

Nie Chuan lowered his head. He didn't feel it before when he was concentrating on running, but now he felt his breathing was heavy.

To be honest, the amount of exercise in previous basketball games was nothing compared to this one. He had to run at full speed to keep up with the opponent's point guard. And the range of motion was much larger than before. Even when facing a tall opponent like Heishan, Nie Chuan did not feel that his physical disadvantage was so obvious.

"Nie Chuan, eat the chocolate."

When Nie Chuan lowered his head, he saw the chocolate Reese handed over. The candy wrapper had been peeled off by Reese. Nie Chuan felt uneasy. Reese could see that he was very tired.

After eating the chocolate in two or three bites, Nie Chuan followed his teammates back to the court.

As soon as the game started, the opponent's point guard came to Nie Chuan with the ball. Nie Chuan told himself to stay focused. After the opponent passed the ball, no matter how Nie Chuan moved, he followed closely beside Nie Chuan.

Nie Chuan understood that UKB was using a one-on-one defensive tactic against him.

The opponent's point guard was already drenched in sweat, but his movements were still agile.

When Ewing passed the ball to Nie Chuan, Nie Chuan knew that he should not stay in a stalemate with the opponent for too long, so he decisively passed the ball to Carlo on the other side.

Just as Carlo was about to catch the ball, he was intercepted by the opponent's jumping small forward. Before Nie Chuan could be dumbfounded, the point guard defending him laughed.

"You're so cute, you actually passed the ball sideways."

Nie Chuan suddenly realized that he had forgotten to observe the situation on the field. The horizontal pass just now would most likely be intercepted by the opponent regardless of its height or speed.

With a loud bang, the opponent's small forward scored.

The scores started to get tense.

Nie Chuan received the ball again, and the opponent's point guard smiled again, as if saying "Another lateral pass".

At this time, UKB adopted a full-court man-to-man defense. Their small forward blocked Reese's side, blocking his best receiving position. Ewing's position was not ideal either... Carlo and Montenegro were too far away from the basket...

what do I do?

what do I do?

Nie Chuan moved his left leg tentatively, but the opponent's point guard still reacted quickly.

"Nie Chuan! Shoot!" Reese's voice came through with great penetrating power.

Nie Chuan suddenly understood and jumped up as fast as he could.

The opponent's point guard was dumbfounded. It was impossible to make a shot from this distance!

When the opponent also jumped up, Nie Chuan had already made his move.

At this distance, he had to try very hard.

This posture that didn't look like a shot at all made the point guard defending him suddenly understand: "Rebound—"

Montenegro and Carlo jumped up, Carlo created a favorable space for Montenegro in the air. Montenegro took the ball in one fell swoop, and then jumped up and shot to score!

Nie Chuan stumbled when he landed.