novelraw Chapter 23: The AI teammate came back to life!
Chapter 23: The AI teammate came back to life!
Wu Yun has the ball.
The tattooed man continued to defend against Wu Yun.
However, after he gestured to the 1.95-meter-tall man under the basket, the 1.95-meter-tall man actually abandoned the "human-machine" teammate in Wu Yun's team and moved a few steps towards Qin Yu's position.
Although Wu Yun didn't block Qin Yu's position, if he wanted to pass the ball to Qin Yu, Qin Yu would inevitably be double-teamed by two players, and it was highly likely that the ball Wu Yun threw would not reach Qin Yu's hands.
The 1.95-meter-tall man is quite strong. Of the eleven goals scored before Qin Yu arrived, he accounted for seven, with the remaining four being scored by the tattooed man and the man with the plum blossom.
So, when Wu Yun saw the 1.95-meter-tall man give up defending his "AI" teammate, he knew things were really tough now. Relying on a "AI" teammate who had just performed like that was tantamount to surrendering. The key was that he couldn't just surrender.
"Hey, what's wrong? Don't know how to pass? Time's almost up." The tattooed man looked at Wu Yun, who was holding the ball with both hands and hesitating, and started his taunting mode. This was one of his skills on the court, something he was born with, and he had won a lot of games with it, so it could be considered a "life skill." Trash talk is also an art in the NBA. If used well, it can draw fouls and make the opponent lose their composure.
Wu Yun ignored the tattooed man's trash talk. Qin Yu was already there. Although the second shot didn't go in, he gained a new understanding of Qin Yu: Qin Yu's first shot wasn't accidental; he'd actually practiced. He didn't know exactly when Qin Yu had practiced, since the two were often together. Did Qin Yu go out to practice late at night? Otherwise, how come he hadn't seen a single sign? Since transferring schools this semester, Qin Yu's basketball skills had exploded; it didn't make sense. The only explanation was that Qin Yu had been practicing late at night. Practicing at the crack of dawn?
Seeing the 1.95-meter-tall man and the plum blossom man sandwiching him from both sides, Qin Yu glanced at his "human robot" teammate and then pointed towards the backboard.
Hitting the board?!
Wu Yun saw the empty backboard under the basket and threw the ball over there. "A bank shot is better than not being able to pass it at all."
Watching the ball fly over his head, the tattooed man wasn't in a hurry at all. He slowly turned around, watched the 1.95-meter-tall man back away, and then leaped high into the air.
"Watch out!" The tattooed man exclaimed in surprise when he saw the masked man suddenly leap up behind the 1.95-meter-tall man. He hadn't expected that the masked man, despite the defensive interference from the man with the plum blossom pattern, would turn around, take two steps, and spring up from the ground like a spring, actually arriving first despite being behind.
Bang!
The 1.95-meter-tall man, hearing the warning "Be careful," was wondering what was wrong when he suddenly saw two hands reach out and grab the basketball that was about to fall into his hands above his head. As the basketball was caught, it vanished from above his head and behind him in a flash—Qin Yu had jumped from behind him and snatched the rebound.
When the 1.95-meter-tall man landed, Qin Yu had already landed.
boom! boom! boom!
Qin Yu looked at the 1.95-meter-tall man. The man slapped Qin Yu across the face. This time, Qin Yu didn't dodge. Without even lifting his feet off the ground, he hooked the ball out of his hand, and as the ball left his grasp, the tattooed man's slap landed on Qin Yu's arm.
Snapped!
A crisp sound rang out as the tattooed man's palm made contact with Qin Yu's right arm.
"One more free throw." Qin Yu didn't move an inch, glanced at the tattooed man with a cold smile, picked up the ball from the ground, and walked to the free throw line.
brush~
Goal!
"Eleven to four".
The basketball bounced off the post of the basketball hoop and returned. Qin Yu bent down slightly, hooked and tossed the ball, which flew directly towards the tattooed man at the top of the three-point arc.
Bang!
The tattooed man caught the ball with one hand, but the force of the ball caused him to take a step back. The tattooed man looked at Qin Yu in horror. How did Qin Yu just use so much force? He saw that Qin Yu had just casually tossed the ball, yet it had such power that it almost embarrassed him.
"Kid, don't think you can get away with just a little cleverness. It all comes down to skill." The tattooed man looked at Qin Yu, then glanced at Wu Yun. They were still seven points behind, and he was far ahead. The opponent was catching up, but only temporarily. Drawing a foul—anyone can do that.
"Hey, I don't think that's your cousin, is it? Have you got your eye on that girl? Tell me, maybe I can handle some things better than you do." The tattooed man started trash-talking Wu Yun again.
A slight anger flashed across Wu Yun's face. What did this tattooed man mean? Did he want him to join them in their evil deeds? Then what was he doing here with them?
Just then, the tattooed man used the same trick again. He threw the basketball at Wu Yun, which hit Wu Yun's arm and then fell to the ground. The tattooed man quickly caught the ball, dribbled, and once again broke through towards the free throw line.
This time, the 1.95-meter-tall man successfully contained Qin Yu, preventing him from getting close to the tattooed man. Meanwhile, the man with the plum blossom pattern, who had been closely watching Qin Yu, immediately ran to Wu Yun's side after seeing the 1.95-meter-tall man hold off Qin Yu, blocking Wu Yun and setting a screen.
At this moment, the tattooed man was facing only his "human robot" teammate, who was still standing there dumbfounded under the basket. The tattooed man originally wanted to shoot from the free-throw line, but seeing that both of them were blocked, he slowed down, leisurely dribbled the ball, and then slowly raised the ball above his head with both hands, preparing to let Wu Yun watch helplessly as he made the shot.
Snapped!
Suddenly, a hand swatted the basketball that was held overhead away.
The "human-machine" teammate suddenly activated and slapped the basketball out of the tattooed man's hand.
It's come back to life!
After slapping the basketball out of the tattooed man's hand, the "AI" teammate adjusted his glasses with his right hand and rushed out quickly. Just as the basketball hit the ground and was about to fly out of bounds, he leaped up and hooked the basketball back.
The 1.95-meter-tall man was about to turn around when he suddenly realized that Qin Yu, whom he had been guarding, had somehow slipped away—perhaps at the very moment the tattooed man's ball was blocked—while he wasn't paying attention. Qin Yu was now three steps away from the left edge of the arc. And the ball that had been hooked back by his "AI" teammate had struck right at that spot.
Qin Yu receives the ball.
The 1.95-meter-tall man couldn't tolerate Qin Yu's audacity. If Qin Yu scored another goal in front of him, he would lose face.
He looked at Qin Yu, quickly moved to the basket, and blocked Qin Yu's attempt to make a layup.