Chapter 22: Dominating Under the Basket

  Yefeng brought a woman home for the first time, and Gabriella was extremely surprised. Aili was very affectionate with Gabriella from the start, using hugs instead of handshakes, and chatted with her nonstop, leaving Yefeng, this "boyfriend", in the cold. Yefeng felt a chill run down his spine and began to suspect that Aili had some sinister intentions.

  Ye Feng cooked Chinese food in the kitchen, and after Ailier tasted it, she couldn't stop praising him. She smiled and asked intentionally: "Living with you must be a real treat, dear, when are you coming home with me? That way I can fire my chef."

  Gabriella looked a bit embarrassed and explained: "Don't get me wrong, we're just roommates, and I'm also having his cooking for the first time."

  Ye Feng observed Gabriella's expression, and in his heart, he also hoped that Gabriella would show a little jealousy, but unfortunately, she didn't. Gabriella was always lukewarm towards him. It's said that emotions can be cultivated, but after living together for a period of time, they hadn't developed any super friendly feelings, which made him feel a bit like a failure. Was it because he had changed bodies and still lacked charm?

  Airi and Gabriella hit it off immediately, both being blondes, looking like a pair of good sisters. They made an appointment to go to the ballroom together tonight to watch Ye Feng's match.

  When leaving, Ye Feng sent it to the downstairs, Ailier explained: "If we three are familiar with each other, people will not guess our relationship randomly, otherwise there will be vicious media, saying that we are a triangular love, or I and she have a third person, this is not good?"

  Ye Feng expressed his skepticism. "You didn't take a liking to her, did you?"

  Airi sighed: "Oh, her eyes are really blue, I like her."

  "......" Ye Feng didn't know what to say and got all tangled up.

  The next evening, Ariel drove Gabriella to the Bank Arena, where things were more lively than expected. A group of USC students also went together to watch a game between the Los Angeles Defenders and the Ogden Valley Vipers.

  The Defenders have just changed venues, but there are still thousands of spectators coming to watch the game. The NBDL defense is not as tight as the NBA, making it easier for exciting dunks to appear, which will attract a large number of fans.

  Airi knew Lafleur and easily got front-row basketball tickets. After entering the venue, Ye Feng quickly spotted them, while Neil and his classmates also held up a banner that read "Hungry Wolf! Dunk!"

  Diwatts' request is not allowed to dunk, all use shooting to solve the problem. Ye Feng waved at the stands, thinking about how to grab more offensive rebounds, and after grabbing the frontcourt rebound, he could dunk without any problems, can't let him run out of the three-second zone again?

  The defender's team is average in level, but the scene is not small, with music, opening ceremony, cheerleader performance and more. The atmosphere was already heated up before the game even started.

  Ye Feng saw a familiar face in the opposing team's lineup, CJ Watson. Watson went undrafted in the 2006 NBA draft and played a year in the Italian league before returning to the US this summer, still without being wanted, so he entered the development league. Ye Feng had a deep impression of Watson, in a regular season game in 2009, the Warriors defeated the Jazz on the road. Watson scored 38 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists in Salt Lake City's "devilish home court", exploding for a near triple-double and bursting out a not-so-small upset against All-Star point guard Deron Williams. Later he joined the Bulls and became an important substitute for Rose, with strong offensive ability but slightly weaker defense.

  Before the game, Divac said to Ye Feng: "If you can't get 20+15 data in a game of this level, it's unqualified! Pay attention to the defensive cover and block shots, did you hear that?"

  "It's extremely clear." Ye Feng took off his outer garment and walked onto the stage.

  The game has started. The Defenders team fought for the ball, and Ye Feng quickly made a steal in the high position and made a block for his teammate. The Defenders' point guard is named Pietrino, who also participated in the 2006 NBA draft and was selected by the Mavericks with the 58th overall pick in the second round, but was cut by the team mid-season and then played in the NBDL. He brought the ball forward, quickly passing it back to the high position, where Ye Feng received the ball without anyone coming up to defend him closely, giving him two steps of space. The Vipers team had studied him and believed he lacked shooting ability.

  Ye Feng adjusted his posture, easily jumping and shooting with a good sense of rhythm. He jumped high, the arc of the ball was very flat, and it went into the basket, 2-0.

  This is also Divac's guidance on shooting. Let him jump high when shooting, the shooting point should be high, and the arc of the shot should be lowered, so that the ball thrown out does not rotate, the speed is very fast, and it looks like pushing out. This kind of shooting is not easy to bounce out of the basket, and McGrady likes to use this method. Another benefit is that once it doesn't go in, it will bounce relatively far away, and the attacking side may pick up the frontcourt rebound even if they don't block the position.

  Ravlin was also watching the game on the sidelines, and she sat together with Ariel, who was dressed up brightly. She asked: "Ariel, I heard you're in a relationship with Ye Feng?"

  Ariel pretended not to know and smiled: "How did you know?"

  Ravlin laughed and said: "You guys are in the news. I introduced him to Nina, how did you end up together after going to the dance?"

  Ellie smiled like a fox. "I don't know, we drank and chatted together, found that we had a good talk, so we decided to try dating for a while, this won't affect his future with the Lakers, will it?"

  "Of course not." Lavin's surface was calm, but she couldn't help laughing inside. She thought the Lakers made a wrong decision, if they had known Ye Feng could practice well in mid-range shots, they should have signed him for several more years. Kupchak was too cautious, worried about Ye Feng's development prospects and professional attitude, only willing to sign a basic salary contract with restricted free agents. If Ye Feng can still make progress on the offense end in the future, the Lakers will definitely have to renew his contract at a high price.

  Venomous snakes counterattack, CJ. Watson breaks through with the ball, and Ye Feng quickly makes up for defense. In the defensive team, Ye Feng's defensive task is the same as when he was in the Lakers, mainly switching to guard the defender after blocking shots.

  Watson is a speed-type player, he didn't know Ye Feng well enough, dribbled past the defender and immediately rushed to the basket. Ye Feng deliberately let him pass, followed closely behind, counting his steps. When Watson took two steps to attack the rim, Ye Feng jumped up from behind, slammed the ball heavily onto the backboard with a big block, bouncing it out of the three-second zone. After days of joint training, teammates were very familiar with his ability, and immediately three people launched a fast break, easily scoring an easy layup.

  The fans in the stands all applauded for the ball. Ariel saw that two reporters were taking pictures of her, stood up and shouted loudly towards the field: "Ye Feng! I love you!"

  Ye Feng's heart thumped wildly for a few beats, in his two lifetimes as a human, this was the first time a woman had spoken to him with such passion and abandon, and it was shouted out loud in public, if it wasn't fake, it was truly stirring. He immediately returned Ariel a flying kiss, Neil and others were covered in goosebumps all over the ground.

  The poisonous snake team returns with a vengeance. Power forward Damir Markota, who played for the Spurs in 2006 and averaged 1.6 points and 0.5 rebounds per game, is trying to use his 208cm height advantage to back down Yifeng. However, Yifeng uses his body to hold off Markota, refusing to give an inch, and his power advantage is evident.

  Markota drove to the middle and jumped for a strong shot. The defender's player and Ye Feng had practiced for several days, and would not attack in this way, because Ye Feng's speed was too fast, his arm was long, and he could make up for his height disadvantage. As soon as Markota threw the ball out, Ye Feng appeared above his head and slapped the ball down with one palm. The defender got the ball again and blocked another attack.

  Two consecutive big hats. The defender's coach Mark looked at Divac and said, "Divac, he seems to be more fierce than during training, playing above his level."

  Divac laughed: "I've seen it before, during Lakers practice, Kobe was also blocked by him several times. This kid might become a big shot someday."

  Dywane speaks, Ye Feng has already passed half court, fiercely to the bottom position, Pitino high pass to his hands. Ye Feng receives the ball and turns around to the baseline, shaking off Markota with one step, taking big strides with the ball in his right hand, rushing straight to the basket. The opposing team's center comes over to block, but Ye Feng jumps up and makes a hook move in mid-air, avoiding the block, flying to the other side of the hoop for a reverse dunk! 4-0.

  This is a slam dunk contest goal, and several spectators screamed. Two rounds, 2 caps, 4 points. Ye Feng smiled at Divac, indicating that this turn was too easy, and it wouldn't work without a dunk. Divac made a stopping gesture to him!

  Lavigne's mouth was agape as she watched Ye Feng's performance in the preseason, and now he seemed like a completely different person. Previously, Ye Feng had been clumsy with the ball, but now he could quickly turn around and dunk with ease. Just looking at his playing style, he already had the shadow of a basketball star on him.

  The poisonous snake team launched another attack, this time they took the outside line to block and score, with guard Hassan Adams breaking through with the ball, still defended by Ye Feng.

  Adams drove the ball inside, Ye Feng blocked his path. He tried to change direction and break through after dribbling, but all these fake movements were seen through by Ye Feng. Kobe had unknowingly taught Ye Feng a lot of things, compared to Kobe who was best at changing direction with the ball and had the most attacking moves in the league, Adams' changes of direction were nothing to mention. Ye Feng spread his arms wide, closely guarding Adams, not only stopping him from breaking through but also interfering with his passing route.

  Adams' breakthrough was unsuccessful, and he barely passed the ball out. The three-point shot from the outside player did not go in. Robert Will, the center of the Venomous Snakes team, grabbed the rebound in the front court. He is a second-round pick in 2005 who also wants to return to the NBA and needs to perform. After landing, he immediately took a step forward, wanting to dunk with one hand. Just as he was about to press the ball into the basket, a hand from behind slapped the basketball, ruining the dunk. The basketball flew out of his hands and hit Will's head, bouncing off the baseline. The referee signaled a good play, and the defensive team gained possession.

  The cap was still Ye Feng, after the opening, the Viper's offense was continuously blocked, and Ye Feng dominated the basket with defense!