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Chapter 148: Pouring oil on boiling water

The competition between experts is a matter of time. Earl Boykins' speed makes Wei Xia difficult. At the same time, his physical fitness and body advantages also make the former, who has the least advantage in the whole league, secretly anxious.

Wei Xia didn't attack much, as he just held the ball, it was enough to make Boykins nervous.

In the first two minutes of the second quarter, Weisha made the ball for Odom and Brian Cook respectively. One of them hit the basket and the other hit the outside three-pointer, and his assists reached 4 times.

Boykins flashed in only one round.

In that round, he called out Kenyon Martin's pick-and-roll, but did not break through in the pick-and-roll direction, but had super confidence in his cutting ability. He did have a reason to be confident. The speed beyond the norm made Wei Xia lose the qualification to defend him without reacting for a moment.

Cook and Odom's assisted defense failed to keep up, and used the advantages brought by height and wingspan to force Boykins to throw high and hit the board.

The ball entered, and the cheers from the Pepsi Center in Denver were like the roaring waves by the beach.

"Visa, you have to switch defense with Smash. That little pudding is too fast!" Odom reminded.

Wei Xia also wanted to change defense, but the decision against Boykins was the Zen master. Without his instructions, he could not change it.

"Do you have the authority to command the level higher?" Wei Xia's question fixed Odom's smile.

He shook his head.

"Then let's discuss how to consume him on the offensive end."

Wei Xia has confirmed that Boykins cannot defend his defense, and it is difficult for him to accept this fact. From childhood to adulthood, he has gained a foothold by relying on defense.

From high school to college, he was tall, short, fat and thin. He had all faced each other. In the first game, NBA encountered a freak who was so strong that he could hold his defense and was so fast that he could not react.

This is the gap between NBA and NCAA.

When it comes to NCAA, Boykins may be the absolute ace of a college team, and in the Nuggets, he just came up to disrupt the situation under specific circumstances, playing a 20-minute variation machine per game.

Odom supported Wei Xia's idea, so when the triangular offense was opened, he and Wei Xia stood on the weak side, while the other three stood on the strong side.

Parker still wanted command, but Odom made him get out with gesture.

Then, someone stood at a high position and passed the ball to Wei Xia. In order not to force Wei Xia to use her figure to force Boykins, Kenyon Martin, who came out with Odom, faced Wei Xia.

As the first NBA No. 1 pick of this century, Martin lived up to his pick.

There are not many players who have made individual appearances in the 2000 draft, and Martin is one of the best. Although his evaluation is not as good as Michael Reedgau, who made a comeback in the second round, for a sports forward who suffered from ACL injuries during college, his performance is worthy of being the first pick that year.

Seeing Martin, Wei Xia dribbled in his hand and accelerated his feet, he wanted to get Martin away with his speed advantage. Martin was not an easy person. He had a tough defense and fierce pursuit. His defense against Wei Xia was already perfect.

The two entered the penalty area together. Wei Xia collected the ball, grabbed the ball with his right hand and waved it to the outside line like he picked up an egg from the basket, making Martin think he had passed the ball. However, with such a powerful wave, the ball was still attached to his hand. In addition to proving that his palm had absolute control over the ball, Martin's defense also lost focus.

Martin moved away from the position and Wei Xia easily scored a layup.

The first game of his career, his second shot in 5 minutes, hit the board.

Wei Xia nodded to Martin before turning around and leaving.

Today is their first meeting. They have never met before and have never nodded. Wei Xia's nod was purely because Martin's "humility" on the defensive end made him lucky to put the ball into the basket.

In Martin's opinion, Wei Xia's nodding afterwards was purely unnecessary.

In order to prove that he did not have so-called humility, in the next round, he bullied Odom to assist in defense, so he ate a fake pick-and-roll for Boykins and ran to the basket.

Boykins' vision was blocked by Wei Xia, and it was difficult for him to pass a high lob like other defenders. His way was to lean on the ground.

The specific operation is to pretend to escalate to the left, and when Wei Xia reacts, he directly hits the ball to the right.

Martin received the ball, just like his style, ignored the soft and weak Odom and Cook, and violently dunked.

After digging, Martin roared and nodded at Wei Xia.

Odom looked at Martin's confused behavior, served Parker and asked: "Do you know me?"

"Meet for the first time today."

"Then why did he nod at you after scoring the goal?"

"Maybe it was just an accident?"

Odom believes that the real accident was that he showed a climax of the offensive end and then raised his hand and made a comeback.

That was an accident. In order to make up for his mistake, Wei Xia flew out of bounds with the ball, jumped over the first row of the Pepsi Center and landed in the middle of the second row and the third row of seats.

He failed to save the ball, but his level of effort caused sparse applause to be heard.

"I don't think the Lakers will regret their decision. Wish may fundamentally change the Lakers' casual atmosphere."

"Yes, and I'm sure Kobe is very co-star with him."

Nuggets home announcer Chris Marlowe said: "Many teams lack a wish. They don't know when to work hard and fight. They just compete day after day, like machines, but in the end they are like office workers who clock in and get off work every day, without fighting spirit and goal, and only know how much money they have in their accounts."

Then, Wei Xia rarely followed Boykins' change of direction, and wanted to pass the defense in one step and then pass the ball to the NBA altitude limit, which means collecting the ball.

Seeing him collecting the ball, Wei Xia's instinct, or the instinct from the old days, made him realize that the opportunity has come!

The opportunity in his eyes was that Boykins had the opportunity to use his physical advantage to press him after he received the ball.

Boykins didn't expect that Wei Xia was so brave. He had already committed two fouls. The away referee's eyes would magnify his perspective on him, and any mistake would make the referee whistle.

Wei Xia only did two things to Boykins' close-fitting press.

With a body covered, he completely blocked his sight. He was not in a hurry. The person who should be anxious was the opponent. He stopped the ball and killed the tactics. He got the ball, but the consequences were unpredictable. He could not make a mistake. He put himself in his shoes. Boykins's situation was much worse than him.

The rich experience allowed Wei Xia to force the experienced Boykins to make a mistake without fouling. His passing was too hasty, as if he didn't take Wei Xia seriously. In fact, Boykins is not an arrogant person. Anyone who can't even reach 170 cm but can play in the NBA knows how high the sky is and how wide the ground is. His hasty passes are definitely not from his original intention.

Wei Xia waved his hand and racked the ball to the ground. The next second, Boykins' body was knocked away by Wei Xia. Then, he threw the ball away and looked at the Lakers' No. 6 dribbling the ball to the frontcourt with his teammates.

"Show him (show                  ” Bynum and Weaver jumped up at the same time.

Wei Xia ran into the free throw line with all his might. He jumped up in the middle of the paint area in one step and two steps. He exaggeratedly handed the ball under his crotch, and actually made a practical switch between his crotch in front of the audience.

Boom sounded! The ball scored, and the boo suddenly started.

Fans think he is too pretentious and treats the game as a slam dunk contest. For a moment, the treatment that Kobe once enjoyed falls on him.

Fortunately, he is not like Kobe. He has been to college and played in the 80,000-person gymnasium. He has heard even louder booing than that.

Wei Xia was surprised when she sat down on the court and listened to them booing Kobe. When the same booing fell on him, he had seen many battles. He had heard of all kinds of booing, and he had only one reaction: "It may be too arrogant to say this, but...but that's it."

"What do you think this is?" Boykins ran back angrily, "Your show?"

"Isn't this your home court?" Wei Xia asked wonderingly, "Did I remember it wrong?"

The more Boykins thought about it, the more angry he became. His mistakes made the Lakers rookie the majesty, and made him show a practical slam dunk that was more qualified to get full marks in front of the game than Kobe's slam dunk that was so watery that he could not get any more watery in the slam dunk competition back then.

How could he look innocent?

Boykins seemed to have forgotten about connecting to serve: "If you thought this game was your show, I will definitely make you regret it!"

"If my dunk makes you feel unhappy, I regret it. However, unless the league stipulates that we cannot dunk on this field, your accusations are unreasonable. I can only reject your unreasonable requests with a little shame, except for regretting your accusation."

Boykins was stunned when he heard this. His teammate took the serve and took a few steps to Boykins.

Suddenly, Wei Xia stepped forward and found that Boykins was addicted to trash talk and did not notice the pass.

The other party gave opportunities one after another, but he couldn't ignore them.

Boykins caught the ball, but he didn't expect that as soon as he turned around, Wei Xia was standing at a close distance that could happen at any time, including kissing.

He had no room to dribble, and there was no room to put the ball on the ground. His body collided with Wei Xia, and his hands holding the ball lost control of the ball.

The basketball fell right in front of him and Wei Xia, and he took a few more steps to stabilize his body.

Beep beep!

Referees from three directions whistle at the same time.

The referee who was closest to them turned his hand into Hot Wheels and told Boykins with the clearest meaning: You, you are not in the way of walking!

The Nuggets immediately called for a timeout.

Boykins clenched his fists tightly, his eyes were bloodshot, and his body was filled with powerless rage.

Wei Xia faced his anger and seemed to be able to feel the temperature inside, which was hotter than boiling water.

He doesn't mind pouring fuel on the boiling water.
Chapter completed!
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