Champions Creed

Chapter 4 004: Set a small goal first

As the only player on the team with NCAA Division I prospects, Andre is undoubtedly the absolute overlord at Brock High School, a school ranked hundreds of kilometers outside the United States.

But Roger, as a person outside the school team, easily defeated him on both offense and defense.

On the sidelines, Hardy, a reporter for the Jonesville Observer, was a complete mess.

Before the game started, seeing Andre playing in the qualifiers himself, he thought it would be an inhumane massacre, just like what the Bulls did to the Miami Heat in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs last season.

Michael Jordan played the Heat in the palm of his hand with an exaggerated average of 45 points per game and three easy victories.

In Hardy's expectations, Andre should put in a similar performance against a team composed of selectors.

But what was the result? Andrei became the background of the Asian man!
But it definitely makes the game more interesting.

Hardy had a feeling that he would witness the rise of a basketball genius today. And he would be the first reporter in the United States to report on this genius!
After living for so many years, he finally had the pleasure of taking away his virginity!

Andre looked at his teammates who had become silent around him, feeling humiliated.

Today, from the first second Roger stepped into the stadium, his authority has been challenged.

But Andre didn't care about what happened before, no matter if Roger insulted his team record or his voice, because as long as he could beat Roger to a pulp on the basketball court and send Roger flying onto the wooden floor with the ball, he would still be a winner.

After all, a basketball player has to rely on basketball to speak, so how can he rely on marketing?
But in the last two rounds, Andre was completely defeated.

Roger hasn't stopped his attack yet, he has been completely immersed in the joy of having the gift of the Iceman.

Soon, in the next round, Roger made another long-distance layup at the baseline, making Andre begin to doubt his life.

He stood stupidly under the basket with his arms raised high, looking like he had surrendered.

At that moment, Andre really wanted to shout, "Can I go back to study cultural courses? Coach, I don't want to play basketball anymore!"

Maybe it was just luck once, but when Roger successfully scored twice in a row using this long-distance layup technique, it was hard to explain it as luck.

Regardless of the breakthrough angle or the distance of the ball, the shot can be made in any situation. Hawk dares to say that such a layup technique is not necessarily possessed by high school players, not even NCAA Division I players!
In the next round, Andre deliberately improved his position in defense.

He no longer huddled under the basket, but stood between the basket and the free throw line.

In this way, when Roger jumps up and lays up from a long distance, Andre can rush over and block the ball in the first time.

Roger also saw this, but he still raised his hand confidently as soon as he crossed half court: "Give me the ball!"

He seemed to be telling everyone that no matter how Andre adjusted his defense, it would be in vain!
Roger held the ball, dribbled to the right, then made an abrupt stop, changed direction in front of his body and accelerated to the left, easily shaking off his opponent.

This smooth dribbling movement coupled with his thin body reminded Hawke of Memphis State's Penny Hardaway.

They both passed with such grace and ease.

Of course, Hawke would not compare Roger to Penny based on just one dribble, but he was sure that Roger had indeed completed his transformation!
He is completely different from the skinny Roger who had his head broken and bleeding!

Roger passed his man and met Andre who was blocking in the mid-range.

Because Andre was promoted, Roger's teammates under the basket were completely left open.

Although it was unbelievable, Roger used his offensive power to completely change the defensive formation of Brock High School and forced loopholes in the opponent's defense.

Hawke was a little ashamed that his school team was turned upside down by a guy who played tennis.

Now Roger only needs to pass the ball gently to help the team get another 2 points.

But then, Hawke realized deeply that Roger and Penny were indeed different.

If it was Penny, he would definitely use a fancy crotch pass to assist his teammate who was left open.

But Roger ignored his teammates and chose to jump shot directly towards Andre!
Roger admitted that he was beginning to become addicted to the feeling of scoring. Solo? How can it be called solo if I just assist the ball into the basket?

Hawke curled his lips. This was undoubtedly a wrong offensive choice.

Roger's two layups just now both avoided the defense to a certain extent, so he was able to score easily.

But this time, facing Andre's close interference, it will not be so easy to score.

But then Hawke soon discovered that even in the face of interference, Roger's shooting posture was as standard as a textbook. His arm was perfectly angled at 45 degrees, his middle finger aimed at the basket. His wrist was pressed hard, but his fingers were flicked gently without any effort.

Suddenly, Hawke felt that Roger looked like Ray Allen from Hilltop High School in Southern California.

This perfect shooting posture was not inherited from Gervin, but came from the efforts of Roger in the past.

His hard training made his shooting movements almost exactly like those in the textbooks, and George Gervin's unparalleled shooting touch brought out the full potential of this perfect shooting posture.

And after both of them jumped up, Roger's ground clearance was completely different from Andre's.

Andre's palm could only cover Roger's nose and could not interfere with his shot at all!

Roger's body paused at the highest point, as if taking aim, and then he threw the ball smoothly, and the basketball flew steadily towards the basket.

Roger is just very good at dribbling the ball, but he is not the only one who can dribble the ball.

With a "swish" sound, the only sound in the basketball hall was the sound of the basketball hitting the floor.

With a pull-up jump shot against the defense, he continued to help the team score!
Roger scored three consecutive goals over Andre's head, making the game meaningless.

Because if even Andre can't defend Roger, it means that no one on the court can stop Roger from scoring.

Andre also realized that there was no way he could beat that guy.

But the cruel reality is that there is no option of surrender in basketball games.

Until the match time was over, Andre had to endure humiliation again and again.

Sure enough, the subsequent games became entirely Roger's personal performance.

He showed off his graceful figure and all-around offensive skills on the offensive end.

Mid-range pull-up jump shots, turnaround shots, pull-up layups, and long-range layups are just one of the weapons in Roger's rich arsenal.

Hardy was not wrong in his prediction, this match was indeed a one-sided massacre.

But the one who was slaughtered was Andre!
Apart from being a little bit selfish, Roger's performance was almost perfect.

Well, Roger also knows how to take care of his teammates' emotions. Every time Roger scores a goal, he will apologize to his teammates in the open space and say, "Sorry, I'll pass it next time, I'll definitely do it next time."

Then he voted on his own the next time.

Roger hardly passed the ball throughout the game, so it was unreasonable for him to score alone.

But from the first round to the last round, the players of Brock High School were like puppets, becoming the background of Roger's crazy performance.

This is not a basketball court at all, but Roger's personal stage!
Although it is hard to believe, Hawke has to admit that Roger's offensive skills are the most comprehensive in high school!
He looks neither like Penny nor Ray Allen, he's probably a combination of them!
Hardy was writing frantically in his notebook, eager to publish the wonders he had seen in the newspaper.

A teenager who used to play tennis kicked the ass of an entire basketball team single-handedly.

This is definitely the most incredible story in Jonesville sports history!

After the 20-minute training match, when the referee blew the final whistle, Hawke and Hardy couldn't believe the scoreboard in front of them.

Even if a female student suddenly ran naked on the playground with her face covered today, they would not be so surprised.

On the electronic scoreboard, the red numbers 42 and 30 were bloody. The selectors team led by Roger actually won by 12 points over the school's second team led by Andre!
And among these 42 points, Roger alone scored 38 points, which was more than all the opponents combined!
The most exaggerated thing is that Roger didn’t even break a sweat!
It was as if the opponent had already gone before he even exerted any strength!

At the end of the game, Andre no longer had the courage to look Roger in the eye. As the core of the basketball team, he was defeated by a selector, which made him socially dead in the basketball team.

Li Andy's mind was blank. He only did one thing during the whole game, which was to pass the ball to Roger. And then, they actually beat the school team!

Roger walked up to Andy Li and patted him on the shoulder: "What did I say? You will experience the most satisfying victory in your life."

Roger, who had lived two lives, also felt very happy. He had always been a loser in his previous life, but for the first time, he deeply experienced the joy of winning!
The next day, the Jonesville Observer published an interview that local fans talked about:
"Yesterday, we had the pleasure of interviewing Roger from Brock High School. This amazing senior who had played tennis for the previous two years almost single-handedly defeated the team led by the team star Andre in the basketball team tryouts and scored 42 of the 38 points!
In his words, he just didn't want to play basketball before, otherwise the basketball team wouldn't be in such a bad state.

With his amazing performance, Coach Hawke announced on the spot that he would be recruited into the team and directly promoted him to the first team.

After the game, I asked him, what is your goal in your first year on the basketball team? As a result, the boy answered me confidently:
Ruth takes one step at a time. After all, this is my first year on the team, so I just want to set a small goal first - to become the best scorer in the United States!
What can I say? Ladies and gentlemen, this is about to change the state of Louisiana."

(End of this chapter)