Chapter 2 Went Crazy?
"Is China out of talent? I can just crash this little rookie into scrap metal!"
Navarro grinned sinisterly and then dribbled the ball, accelerating towards Li Feng.
Get into position early!
Li Feng stood like a stone Buddha, blocking Navarro's path.
Dong!!!
A thunderous impact sounded!
It was like a great mountain standing in his way!
Navarro was violently slammed to the ground!
As he lost his balance and prepared to fall, Li Feng remained utterly still!
Moreover, Li Feng snatched the basketball from Navarro's grasp.
On the other side of the court, Chinese team head coach Jonas also witnessed the earth-shattering collision.
Navarro had exerted too much force.
But Li Feng seemed unfazed, holding the basketball with one hand, ready to organize the offense.
At this moment, the replay footage was shown.
When Li Feng grabbed the basketball, he had actually pressed three large dents into the fully inflated ball!
This terrifying strength!
And he was only a 19-year-old guard...
The entire crowd wore expressions of extreme astonishment!
In terms of this single defensive play,
Among China's point guards, there wasn't a single player who could compare to Li Feng.
This wasn't just a steal.
It was outright robbery!
"This kid is simply a genius!"
"Too unbelievable! He looks like he's completely fine!"
"My god! This young man is the answer! His defense is too fierce!"
After a long period of trailing,
The Wukesong Stadium finally erupted in cheers.
"This excellent defensive play comes from Li Feng! He's a college player from Davidson College in the NCAA!"
China Sports Channel.
Commentator Yu Jia finally remembered to introduce Li Feng's personal information.
Sitting next to him was an old acquaintance in the Chinese basketball circle – Mr. Zhang Heli!
Coach Zhang: "Li Feng is a player with immense potential! The reason he was selected for the national team is precisely because Jonas saw his almost terrifying physical attributes!"
Yu Jia: "Yes! Hands as big as Jordan's, Achilles tendons comparable to sprinter Bolt's! And the terrifying strength he just displayed! It's hard to imagine such a perfect athlete exists in the world!"
Coach Zhang: "With such physical gifts, with a little training, he can achieve speed and strength that are unattainable for ordinary people!"
...
Li Feng's focus remained entirely on the court!
He knew that the team was still trailing by a full ten points.
Now, they had to catch up.
The two commentators were still chatting on-site.
The audience was still immersed in that excellent defensive play.
And at this moment!
The camera lens suddenly panned dramatically!
Swish!
Swish!
"It's in!!!" (reader prompt)
Long-range three-pointer!
The basket was made by Li Feng!
China Men's Basketball 79:86!
The deficit was now seven points!
After the basketball brushed through the net, it gently landed in the arms of Spanish center Pau Gasol.
At this moment, Pau Gasol felt like a million xx horses were galloping through his mind.
Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
He was just preparing for a physical clash with Yao Ming!
But the ball went in just like that?
Damn it!
As Li Feng dribbled past half-court, he was practically shooting from the center court logo line, and it went in cleanly!
Spanish point guard Navarro was also incredibly shocked.
His primary task was to cut off the connection between China's perimeter players and Yao Ming.
But Li Feng had shot from near the half-court line.
He never imagined Li Feng would choose to shoot from such a spot!
In a fleeting moment, Navarro recalled all the legendary NBA three-point shooters he knew.
Tracy McGrady?
Reggie Miller?
He had truly never seen a player choose to take such a shot.
Let alone a Chinese guard he had underestimated!
This time!
It wasn't just the Spanish coaches and players who were a bit bewildered.
The Chinese men's basketball team was even more astonished beyond words.
Jonas's expression even showed a hint of stupefaction!
I originally wanted this kid to just provide some support, and it would be great if he could just bring the ball past half-court.
If he could even pass the ball smoothly to the point guard, that would be a stroke of great fortune.
But...
This kid actually delivered such a bombshell!
Jonas even suspected.
Had this kid eaten donkey penis last night!
Otherwise, why was he so full of donkey ideas today?
"Well done! Li Feng! That's the spirit!"
On the court, Chinese men's basketball small forward Zhu Fangyu celebrated by shaking his iron fist at Li Feng.
"Li Feng! You're super high level!"
From the bench, power forward Adou also shouted enthusiastically towards the court.
Regardless of anything else,
The morale in the Wukesong Arena had completely returned!
In this game, besides the players from both teams, quite a few NBA scouts were also in attendance!
Their purpose for being there was to scout Spanish "Golden Boy" Ricky Rubio.
However, Rubio's performance in this game wasn't particularly eye-catching, with only one shot made.
At this moment, Li Feng had stolen some of the spotlight.
The courage to pull up from near the half-court line at such a crucial moment was truly rare!
It could be said that this was a shot that gambled with his entire career!
"Let's observe further, perhaps it was a fluke!"
The scout from the New York Knicks, Leo Brown, silently recorded what he had seen.
The team's targets for next year were Rubio or Curry.
But Li Feng's performance had indeed caught his eye!
This kid was only 19 years old, and with such physical attributes, his future was simply limitless!
On the court.
Li Feng was also a little stunned.
He just wanted to test the 100 points of open three-point shooting ability granted by the system!
He never expected!
This Navarro, he truly didn't take a single step forward to defend!
Back in the Davidson College Wildcats team, Li Feng used to pass the ball to Curry.
This time!
He finally experienced what it felt like to be Curry.
However, the Chinese team didn't have much time to celebrate Li Feng!
The logo three-pointer was indeed spectacular, but the seven-point deficit remained, and it was hard for anyone to feel relaxed at this moment.
Moreover, this was the Olympics, a battle to the death, where defensive intensity could strip a person's skin. It was impossible to always rely on Li Feng's three-pointers for survival!
In just a few seconds, the Spanish team had already brought the ball past half-court.
The basketball flowed smoothly between the five Spanish players.
At this moment, their stamina did have a significant advantage!
After the transition offense,
Spanish team's star player, Pau Gasol, used a screen to receive the ball at the high post, raising it to prepare for a shot.
A player like Pau Gasol possessed excellent shooting ability.
If they didn't step up to defend, it was almost equivalent to giving away two points for free.