Chapter 1 The Streets of New York
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In New York in March, although it has gotten rid of the coldness of winter, it still makes people feel a little cold.
Even if it is afternoon, you won’t draw much heat from the sun to warm your body.
But in this city with a population of nearly 20 million, you will never feel what it means to be deserted.
Just like those who walk by the bustling streets, most people always look so hurrying, and the next second they will be the end of the world.
Many people choose to subconsciously speed up their pace and rush to their destination in this slightly cold weather.
Feel the pressure, this is the lifestyle of New York. Here you can feel the suffocating living environment, but it cannot stop a group of people from rushing to New York.
However, the "Duke Tango" standing in the stands of the most standard stadium in Rock Park at this moment does not feel the pressure of living in a metropolis.
Who is the "Duke of Tango"? He is just a local snake who has been in Rock Park for almost thirty years, a guy who has witnessed the past history of Rock Park streetball.
His identity is just a commentator on the sidelines, a live dj who is well-known in the streetball industry in the United States. He has been working in this job for almost thirty years and no one has ever been able to replace him.
This guy with a bit bloated figure is known to everyone in Rock Park just like his music.
Whether it is the little gangster who often comes to the park to spend time, or the street celebrities who have already written into the history of Rock Park, they will remember this guy, and his slightly noisy DJ music.
The Duke was able to prosper in Rock Park for so long, not only because he was a local snake, but also because the nicknames of street superstars, such as "Goat", "Helicopter", or "Jumping Soul", were all called out by this unstunning guy.
It can be said that this guy spread the names of those street superstars, and his existence is like a living fossil of a street basketball.
He knows everything. Sometimes, he can even tell how long those street superstars can spend in bed every night. This guy is simply a street news and inquire about everything.
But today, this local snake-like guy does not have the usual passionate commentary emotion.
His pressure came more from the scoreboard standing in front of him. The information brought by the numbers on it made him feel colder than the damn weather.
60:48, there are less than ten minutes left in the game, but the score difference has been maintained for almost twenty minutes.
The rules of street competitions are generally very simple, three to three, five to five.
Or, it is a one-on-one single challenge.
Five balls and ten balls are the most common way, and there are actually not many full-game games like this.
The whole game was 20 minutes each in the first and second half, and it was a five-on-five confrontation. In a venue like Rock Park, such confrontation is actually not common.
He brought three referees, had a dedicated person to score points, and there were also dense fans watching around.
On this best venue in Erloke Park, every detail of the game appears to be very regular.
At this moment, there were at least two thousand people stopping to watch in the stands around this stadium. The slightly cold weather seemed to not affect their enthusiasm.
Because the game on the court is the highest level of collision in New York street basketball.
Brooklyn vs. Queens, a street battle that is staged once a year.
Street basketball is always a place where many great people emerge, but on the streets of New York, Brooklyn and Queens are the two most tit-for-tat regions.
The confrontation between Brooklyn and Queens has never stopped since the day there was a street basketball game.
Brooklyn has walked out of Jordan. Although this basketball god has never been on the streets, it always seems a bit unruly to have such a powerful place.
Queens will not be inferior either. Brooklyn has a god-like man like Jordan, and Queens has a street emperor like Alstom, making improvised streetball famous in the world.
The same powerful street basketball heritage makes these two regions have a deadly battle every year.
Whoever loses will be like a third grandson in the next year.
No one is willing to admit that they are inferior to their opponents. These boys from the street all have a sense of arrogance.
So every year the death fight between Brooklyn and Queens will spark everywhere, which is extremely exciting.
The two areas with the closest strength are the most formal confrontation and the hot duel.
There is a history of victory and defeat between Brooklyn and Queens, and the scale of victory is always swaying and never really leaning towards one side.
But today, those guys from Brooklyn have overwhelmed Queens from the beginning.
Just like the scoreboard the Duke saw, ten minutes after the game, the guys in Brooklyn always maintained a double-digit lead and never relaxed for a moment.
"Spicy Sauce", the little man who just used the trick of changing direction and turning under his crotch twice in a row to shake off the opponent and cut into the penalty area to score a layup, is the key to Brooklyn's leading position.
He retreated, waved his hands, signaling the Brooklyn supporters and began to cheer.
"hotsauce!hotsauce!hotsauce!" The nickname of "hotsauce" was called again, just like the first half hour of the game, he had become the number one mvp in the game.
Such cheers made those who support Queens sound very harsh at this moment.
Compared with those excited Brooklyn fans, Queens fans looked gloomy.
"Damn it, fourteen points are missing, and there are less than ten minutes left. What are the wild boys in Queens doing?" The Duke cursed in a low voice when he saw the score being widened again.
"Old guy, you should always be neutral. You are the most famous DJ in Rock Park. Although you bet two hundred dollars in Queens, you can't lose the favor."
A guy next to him was fatter than the duke, and he was talking nonstop with a swaying smile on his face.
"Jerry, you annoying guy, you two hundred dollars, I can afford to lose! But these wild boys in Queens played too badly today, and this game is so popular!"
The Duke no longer had the intention to continue to use rhythmic music on the sidelines to adjust the atmosphere. He looked at the fat man beside him who had nothing to do and had a bet on him twice.
He can afford to lose two hundred dollars, it's nothing, but what he can't afford is face.
Before the game started, the Duke had already made a clear attitude and he would definitely support Queens.
The reason is very simple, because the fat man with a yd smile in front of him bet on Brooklyn early.
Two old gangsters who are also famous in Rock Park have never stopped fighting each other since the first day they met, and have been like this for the past twenty years.
"Hey, Duke, you'd better put that two hundred dollars in my pocket. In less than ten minutes, Chapin has prepared for this confrontation for two weeks. He won't lose this game with such a big lead."
Jerry's smile on his face is indeed very yd now. At least the Duke now has the urge to fly over the CD CDs in his hand.
Although he was very unhappy with the other party's lewd expression, the duke knew that what the other party was saying was the fact.
Philip Chapin, the guy who scored a layup just now, is also one of the top experts on the streets of New York after "jumping soul" Alstom.
It is precisely because of this guy that the wild boys in Queens have always been beaten by Brooklyn. This boy nicknamed "Hot Sauce" has already earned at least thirty.
The unlucky guy who faced Chap is one of the best defenders in Queens, but in the face of the opponent's fierce and weird attack, his defense seemed to be made of paper.
Not only can he not defend, but it is also difficult for him to get rid of Chapin's entanglement when attacking.
The guy named "Spicy Sauce" really applied a handful of hot sauce to the wounds of Queens fans.
There are less than ten minutes left in the game, but many fans in Queens are already depressed.
If no miracle happened, then in the next year, they would have to pretend to be grandchildren in front of the gang of Brooklyn.
No matter how you think about it, it is a very depressing thing.
However, the score on the scoreboard represents the facts. Even if the "Duke of Tango" is unhappy at the moment, he has to reluctantly withdraw two hundred dollars from his pocket.
This is the rule on the street. Only those with strength can become bosses on the court.
If everything ends naturally, the ending of the story will be very simple.
The Queens lost the game, and then spent a year in front of the Brooklyn gang of animals, looking depressed. Waiting for revenge next year, it is still unknown whether it succeeds or not.
The Duke lost 200 dollars with an unhappy look. Perhaps when he returns home, his wife will prepare two used computer motherboards for him in the living room, so that his knees and soul can deeply realize that gambling is a very bad habit.
Just when "Spicy Sauce" broke the opponent's pass and was about to make another one-stop layup.
Everyone who was watching the game felt the ground trembling slightly, and most of them were confused.
With the tremor gradually becoming obvious from far to near, a dull whistle attracted everyone's attention, and Jerry even forgot to take away the banknotes from the Duke's hand.
Because these two thousand people saw a shocking scene.
Have you ever seen a heavy container truck with eighteen wheels? Maybe someone has seen it, but how many have you seen such a big guy rushing into Rock Park in a rushing manner?
"Damn, the driver must be a lunatic!" The Duke had only such an idea in his mind at this moment.
You will also have this idea when you see a heavy container truck driving out the F1 at a speed.
Many years later, when "Duke of Tango" recalls everything that happened this afternoon, he always adds a sentence at the beginning.
"Have you ever seen heavy trucks drifting in Rock Park? I've seen the most amazing thing about it. The madman who drove wasn't hit and killed."
There must be strange phenomena when strange people are born, but at this moment, there is no purple air coming from the east, no lightning, and thunder, only a heavy truck with endless whistles rushed to the front of more than two thousand people like crazy.
Chapter completed!