Chapter 75 Nie Chuan vs. Saidu
On the next ball, Seydou rushed towards DK with the ball, and Nie Chuan followed closely beside him.
No matter how Seydoux adjusted his rhythm, stopped suddenly or accelerated, Nie Chuan could always keep up.
"That Seydoux is obviously very powerful and can shake off Ewing and Carlo in minutes, but why can Allen follow him so closely?" Chuck was extremely puzzled.
He knew that Nie Chuan's ability to stop suddenly and accelerate instantly was even better than Seydoux's. But dribbling and defending were different after all. Defense was somewhat passive, but Chuck could feel that in this contest, Nie Chuan was gradually taking control of the initiative.
Coach Gordon raised his chin and said, "Chuck, look carefully at Allen's steps. No matter which direction he moves, for example, when he moves to the right, his left foot always pulls back to make sure that Seydoux doesn't take away his center of gravity. Allen's center of gravity can be kept very low, and the double control of his knees and ankles during an emergency stop allows him to defend Seydoux firmly."
"So that's how it is... Analyzing his techniques is very clear, but truly reaching his level is extremely difficult... Maybe Alan has never noticed that he is also a genius?" Chuck laughed.
"Yes, Chuck. Although I have never praised him in front of Allen, I am very grateful that you brought him to me, accepted him, and united with him. I once stayed up all night after losing Connor, because even when I invited Seydou to join DK as a point guard, I was not as sure as I am today that he could lead the team to the quarterfinals."
Chuck looked at Coach Gordon's profile and became more certain of Nie Chuan's importance to the team.
At this moment, Seydoux dribbled the ball behind his back in front of Nie Chuan, and was about to dribble past Nie Chuan. However, Nie Chuan did not follow Seydoux's curve because he knew that no matter how Seydoux dribbled the ball, the basketball would only have one target in the end.
Sedou was surprised that he finally got rid of Nie Chuan, the sticky man, and passed the ball to MN's point guard Morris.
"It's over, it's over!" DK fans screamed, some stretched their necks, and some covered their eyes, unable to bear to see Morris make another three-pointer.
But what they didn't expect was that Nie Chuan had already run towards Morris, and when he saw Sedou dribbling behind his back, he had already predicted who he would pass the ball to.
Morris's jumping posture was quite beautiful, but just as the ball passed his head, he heard a "pop" sound and was blocked. Morris opened his eyes wide. He originally thought that it would be Reese or Carlo who blocked him, but he never expected it to be Nie Chuan.
There was no expression on Nie Chuan's face at the moment, but Morris could deeply feel the impact at that moment. He even lost his balance when he landed, and swayed to one side for two steps before he could stand firm.
But Nie Chuan had already taken the ball and rushed to MN's basket.
"Go! Go!"
"Good job! Alan!"
In the previous game, the audience felt deeply aggrieved, but at this moment, when Nie Chuan was running at full speed, he was more like a seabird flapping its wings than a butterfly breaking out of its cocoon. Even if the sea was windy, it was not a problem for Nie Chuan.
Seydoux chased after him, he never expected that Nie Chuan had first-class speed and first-class jumping ability. Although he had once lamented the height of Nie Chuan's feet off the ground when he jumped in the video, Nie Chuan didn't have many opportunities to display it. When he felt it on the spot, Seydoux realized how terrifying this guy was.
Nie Chuan ran all the way, Carlo and Reese followed on both sides of him, Ewing also came behind him, Montenegro was fighting for position under the basket with the opponent's center, and the whole team instantly merged into a whole.
Nie Chuan stopped just after crossing the three-point line. Sedou thought he would pass the ball to Ewing, but Nie Chuan accelerated past Sedou after the sudden stop. Then Nie Chuan jumped under the basket. Montenegro blocked the opponent's center and did not give him the chance to intercept Nie Chuan, but MN's small forward and power forward caught up, one from the back and the other from the left to intercept Nie Chuan together.
Seydou opened his eyes wide, Reese had already rushed forward, he knew that Nie Chuan's shot could not go in, he must pass the ball to Reese! Seydou quickly stepped forward and jumped up next to Reese.
But he never expected that Reese had no intention of catching the ball when he jumped, as if he just wanted to induce Seydoux to jump here.
At this moment, Nie Chuan switched the ball from his left hand to his right hand. His air time completely exceeded that of his opponent. After avoiding the double-team, he pushed the ball into the basket with the strength of his fingers and wrist with his left hand.
Nie Chuan landed, and two seconds later, the whole audience burst into crazy cheers.
"so amazing!"
"Not only was the hot pot cover amazing, but the mid-air hand-over just now was so cool! Did you see the look on Coach MN's face?"
"Haha! He's going to breathe fire!"
Nie Chuan exhaled and glanced at Seidu. Seidu's fist was clenched tightly. Nie Chuan raised his hand and made a shooting gesture towards Seidu.
Seydoux's eyes almost popped out of his head!
But what made Seydoux even more furious was yet to come.
Nie Chuan held the ball and met Sedou on the three-point line, with Reese not far away. Sedou was in a dilemma at the moment, he knew that if the ball was passed to Reese, no one would be able to stop it. But even if the ball was in Nie Chuan's hands, Sedou didn't know how he would score!
Nie Chuan used a probing step but Seydoux didn't fall for it. Seydoux was staring at Nie Chuan with all his heart at this moment. His sense of urgency and ability to follow Nie Chuan's rhythm surprised Nie Chuan. But this didn't bring too much pressure to Nie Chuan. On the contrary, it made Nie Chuan want to break through this restraint even more. After this probing step, Nie Chuan used a disguised dribble behind his back, which was exactly the same as Seydoux's previous move.
Although Seydou was a little embarrassed, he still caught up. Nie Chuan's speed did not slow down, and Seydou had no doubt that his goal was the basket.
But during this high-speed dribbling process, Nie Chuan passed the ball backwards to Ewing.
Ewing received the ball, but faced defense from Morris, who was also in the point position.
"Pass him! Ewing!"
Nie Chuan shouted.
Ewing's gaze turned cold, and behind him was the opponent's small forward rushing over.
Once he hesitates, he will miss the best opportunity to score, and even lose the chance to pass the ball.
At that moment, there was no other sound besides his own breathing in Ewing's ears. He still remembered how he practiced with Nie Chuan, and how Nie Chuan taught him how to dribble past others step by step.
Ewing dribbled the ball and cut to his left closely following Morris, but Morris blocked Ewing's cutting angle.
Just when the opponent's forward had reached the other side of Ewing and formed a double-team with Morris, Ewing suddenly stopped, stepped back to get out of the double-team, and then went to the right. When everyone thought he was going to bypass the two men, he quickly adjusted his center of gravity, and before the opponent's small forward could react, he flashed past him and stood up to shoot.
Three-pointer made!
Nie Chuan came running over and high-fived Ewing.
"Ewing! You're awesome!"
“Haha, I didn’t expect I could succeed!”
Coach Gordon smiled with satisfaction: "You know, a good player can not only display his own strength, but also create an atmosphere that makes other teammates believe that they can do things that they could not do before."
Sedou could feel the obvious changes in DK after Nie Chuan joined. Even if he could stop Nie Chuan from dribbling the ball, he could not stop DK's continuous scoring trend.
At the end of the last quarter, MN was leading.
But at this moment, it has been overtaken.
Sitting in the audience were not only DK students, but also many students from other schools and even basketball players.
"Oh... Seidu, who was so strong before, is now completely powerless!"
"This Allen is really too difficult to deal with. Not only can he pass the ball, he can also score!"
"That's because the guy named Seidu is not good enough, but he is still complacent."
A low, slightly hoarse voice sounded, and several students who were talking loudly turned around and looked at a man with soft, slightly curly short hair standing there, his eyes coldly falling on the boiling basketball court. He was about 188 cm tall, wearing a red sports jacket with white sleeves, and the sweatshirt under his jacket had the word "Azu" written on it.
"I...I know you - you are Seth Lind, the league's top point guard last year!"
Seton acted as if he hadn't heard anything. He came to the fence of the audience seats, turned his head, and glanced at Nie Chuan: "Oh, the speed and explosiveness are good, but just 'good'."
At this time, Nie Chuan was closely guarding Sedou who was trying to pass him with the ball.
Morris came to Seydoux and said, "Seydoux! Don't force it! Pass the ball!"
Saidu gritted his teeth. Did everyone now think that he couldn't pass Nie Chuan?
Nie Chuan glanced at the senior coach sitting in the seat. The other person stretched out his finger and pointed at his throat. Nie Chuan understood what he meant.
The senior coach wants Nie Chuan to completely crush Seidu's self-confidence.
But how to crush it?
Hit Seydoux after the ball bounced off the ground like Owen Whishaw did? Nie Chuan knew that this kind of thing was not suitable for him at all.
Since it is related to Seydoux's self-confidence, then for everything that Seydoux thinks he can do perfectly, I just have to be better than him!
At that moment, Seydou changed his stance and then shook his shoulders greatly. He almost passed Nie Chuan, but Nie Chuan stopped suddenly and accelerated in the opposite direction, and came in front of him again. Not only that, he lowered his center of gravity and knocked the ball away at the moment when Seydou changed his stance. This was even more exciting than Seydou stealing the ball from Carlo in the first quarter.
Sedou's breathing almost stopped, but Nie Chuan had already turned around with the ball, and Morris followed him to defend.
Nie Chuan moved slightly to the left and then moved sharply to the right. Morris almost fell down, but Nie Chuan pulled his center of gravity back.
Seeing that Nie Chuan was ready to shoot, Sedou jumped up to intercept.
Azu point guard Seth Dunn, who was standing at the highest point, said coldly: "You jumped too early."
Sure enough, Nie Chuan took back the ball, came to the right side of Sedou, jumped up again, and made a basket.
When Seidu landed, he yelled, "Damn it!"
Nie Chuan did not indulge in his own success, but turned around calmly to defend.
And at this moment, MN's coach finally paused.
Nie Chuan could imagine that Sedou would face a barrage of criticism from his coach.
Returning to his seat, Nie Chuan unscrewed the water bottle and drank from it in big gulps.
Reese, who was sitting next to him, suddenly stood up and half-knelt in front of him.
"What's wrong?" Nie Chuan was so shocked that he almost spit out water.
The audience also looked over.
Reese bent down and tied the shoelaces on Nie Chuan's left foot, then stood up calmly and continued to drink water.
His teammates looked over with a smile and said jokingly, "Alan! It turns out that the treatment of roommates is different!"
There were also many girls in the audience holding their phones and complaining that they didn't capture the moment.
Nie Chuan could already imagine what kind of outrageous novel would appear tonight...
At this time, Reese suddenly turned to Nie Chuan and said, "Did you see the guy in the red coat on the top floor of the auditorium?"
Nie Chuan raised his head: "I saw it."
"He is Seth Lind. Connor pales in comparison to him, and even I can't definitely stop him. Last year in the league, it was Seth Lind's team Azu that eliminated DK."
Nie Chuan's heart tightened.
Of course he had heard of Seth Lind's name! And he had also watched his game videos.
This guy's cutting speed is terrifying, and his fake moves are simply amazing. Nie Chuan also imagined in his mind what it would be like if he played against Seton Lind on the court one day, but he also told himself countless times that he could not be Seton's opponent.
But even so, Seth Lind actually came to watch DK's game in person.
"Is he here to see you?" Nie Chuan asked in a low voice.
"No, he came to see you," Reese replied.
Nie Chuan's fingertips trembled slightly.
At this time, Coach Gordon also spoke up: "Alan, take off the weight in your ankle. Although it is only half of what you usually practice, it will still affect your performance."
"Coach?" Nie Chuan was not sure.
Originally, after entering the regular season, Nie Chuan removed all the weights. However, Nie Chuan's performance became more and more eye-catching, so Coach Gordon asked Nie Chuan to wear one-third of the weights during the game. Why did he suddenly remove all the weights now?
"I don't want the Azu people to look down on us. Since we will meet in March Madness sooner or later, there is no point in pretending to reserve our strength," Coach Gordon replied.
Nie Chuan never expected that Coach Gordon would actually care about Seth Lind's opinion!