Entertaining Children

Zheng Zhebin's official height is only 1.76 meters, and Xiao Yao's actual height may be a little shorter according to visual inspection, and he is 36 years old again. Xiao Yao didn't want to deliberately release water when jumping the ball, and he was too embarrassed to bully the "old man", so he didn't jump up to the ball.

Zhao Tingxiao's height is not very high, less than 1.8 meters, but he is only 26 years old, much younger than Zheng Zhebin. He also didn't intend to release water during the jump ball, and he was not embarrassed to bully the senior on the opposite side, so he tried his best when jumping the ball.

Before the basketball reached the highest point in the sky, Zhao Tingxiao's hand had already touched the basketball and turned the ball back to his own half behind him.

Xiao Yao played point guard, and stood directly behind Zhao Tingxiao at the beginning of the game. There are teammates standing near the center line in front of both sides. Seeing that Zhao Tingxiao won the ball, the two Northern Celebrity players near the center line on both sides quickly ran towards the opponent's half without waiting for Zhao Tingxiao to land and Xiao Yao behind him to receive the ball.

Xiao Yao, who was standing behind Zhao Tingxiao, received the basketball, and quickly turned his head to look at the referee who was retreating from the center circle to the sideline. Seeing that he didn't seem to have the intention of calling a jump ball violation, he immediately raised his hand and passed the ball.

A member of the Northern Celebrity Team who received the ball in front received a pass from Xiao Yao, and immediately rushed towards the opponent's inside line with the ball. However, after the Southern Celebrity team lost the jump ball, several players returned to defense quickly. The Northern Celebrity team player who dribbled the ball to the inside was intercepted midway, and had to pass the ball back to the Xiao Yao ran to the top of the arc outside the three-point line to respond.

Since the Northern Celebrities directly launched a fast break at the beginning of the game, the defensive position of the Southern Celebrities is not very good, and most players are now positioned on the inside. When Xiao Yao received the ball at the top of the three-point line, there was no defensive player in front of him, and he had a relatively good shooting gap.

After Xiao Yao received the basketball, he immediately raised his hands, as if to shoot. Immediately, the two Southern Celebrities players who were closest rushed forward with their arms raised.

Although judging from the distance, neither of these two seemed to be able to interfere with Xiao Yao's shooting, but Xiao Yao did not make a shot, but passed the basketball to a teammate near the three-second zone.

The Southern Celebrity player in front of the Northern Celebrity player had just jumped out to defend Xiao Yao, and it happened to be an unguarded vacancy. After the Northern Celebrity player received the ball, he made a decisive shot from the mid-range position. But it's a bit of a pity that the basketball bounced off the rim, and the Northern Celebrities failed to score on their first shot.

This Masters Tournament has an on-site commentary. The commentary partners for this game are He Jian and Zhou Qun. Both of them have served as commentators for basketball games on CCTV, and also served as game commentators in basketball games broadcast by Haiyan video. Both CCTV and Haiyan broadcast the match, but they all used their live commentary.

"Ding Maohui made a mid-range shot! It's a pity that he missed it!" After the Northern Celebrities missed a shot, He Jian, who was wearing earphones in the commentary, said regretfully.

"Actually, when Xiao Yao catches the ball, he can shoot himself." Zhou Qun continued to comment, "At that time, there was no opponent's defensive player in front of him, and the two Southern Celebrity players who defended were slow, so it shouldn't affect him. In a basketball game, it doesn’t mean that the closer to the basket, the more accurate the shot. We know that Xiao Yao has the ability to shoot three-pointers. If Xiao Yao shot by himself just now, his chances are not necessarily worse than Ding Maohui’s. But he still passed the ball to Ding Maohui inside."

"Could it be that Xiao Yao still wants to learn from that year's charity match, first assisting a circle of teammates, and then scoring himself in the second half?" He Jian laughed.

Both of them commented on the charity star game that year, and they were very impressed with Xiao Yao.

On the court, players from the Southern Celebrities and Northern Celebrities knocked the basketball out of bounds while rebounding from the rim. The referee awarded the ball to the Southern Celebrities, and the Northern Celebrities all turned around and ran to their own half to retreat.

"Sorry!" Ding Maohui, the teammate who missed the shot, said to Xiao Yao during the retreat.

"It's okay!" Xiao Yao smiled and shook his head.

"But you were able to shoot a three-pointer yourself just now, why pass it to me?" Ding Maohui said to Xiao Yao.

"Aren't you closer to the basket?" Xiao Yao smiled, "Why? I don't like me passing the ball to you, so I won't pass it to you in the future!"

"Don't!" Ding Maohui said immediately, "I just said you don't patronize others and shoot yourself if you have a chance, but I didn't say that you don't pass the ball to me!"

The ball must be passed by the referee for the throw-in. The Northern Celebrities had retreated, and the Southern Celebrities who were serving the sideline had no chance of a quick break, so they slowly dribbled the ball and advanced to the frontcourt.

It was Zheng Zhebin, captain of the Southern Celebrity Team, who advanced with the ball. Although Zheng Zhebin is not tall, he has been a basketball fan since he was a child. His skills are still very good, and his speed is not bad. After dribbling the ball to the top of the arc, Zheng Zhebin cheated the center of gravity of the defensive player in front of him with a feint, changed the direction of the dribble and broke into the inside line.

Xiao Yao, who was defending under the basket, immediately stepped forward to block Zheng Zhebin's advancing route. Zheng Zhebin, who broke into the inside line, slowed down a little, then suddenly accelerated, trying to break through Xiao Yao's supplementary defense with a change of rhythm.

Xiao Yao raised his arms and closely followed Zheng Zhebin's footsteps. Zheng Zhebin couldn't break through Xiao Yao's defense, so he stuck to Xiao Yao and forced a layup. When Zheng Zhebin jumped up to take the last step, Xiao Yao didn't jump up to defend, but the raised arm still caused a lot of interference to Zheng Zhebin. Zheng Zhebin's layup was finally changed to a throw-like shot, which also failed to score.

"Zheng Zhebin missed a layup, and the Southern Celebrities also failed to score." He Jian said in the commentary.

"Xiao Yao defended well." Zhou Qun commented, "With Xiao Yao's height, Zheng Zhebin really can't take advantage of facing him head-on."

"What is Xiao Yao doing?" Different from the two commentators on the commentary bench, Yi Yang, the coach of the Northern Celebrity Team on the bench, was somewhat dissatisfied and puzzled by Xiao Yao's performance.

"What's the matter, coach? Didn't Xiao Yao defend the ball?" Fang Qing, who was sitting next to Yi Yang, asked.

"Zheng Zhebin has no advantage against Xiao Yao at all. Xiao Yao didn't lose his position. It was a surprise that the ball scored." Yi Yang said, "But when Xiao Yao was defending against Zheng Zhebin, he didn't get up when he dribbled and broke through. Disrupting the opponent's rhythm, he didn't even take off when defending at the end. You also went to the training yesterday, you should know that Xiao Yao doesn't have that ability! If he jumped up to defend, Zheng Zhebin's layup might not be a missed shot, but It may be directly blocked by Xiao Yao. Even if we don't get the ball in the end, giving the opponent a big hat at the beginning will have a great impact on morale."

"It seems so!" Fang Qing thought about Xiao Yao's performance in training yesterday, nodded, and guessed, "Maybe he is taking the other party's face into consideration?"

"When he played the Masters in the United States, he even covered other children. Now that he is playing the Masters in China, he will take into account the face of his opponent?" Yi Yang looked at Fang Qing and said.

"Who knows?" Fang Qing said, "American stars still have relatively little contact with us. Zheng Zhebin is a Chinese star, both of whom are in the entertainment industry. Maybe we will meet at some point in the future?"

"Maybe!" Yi Yang shook his head, "I don't quite understand what's going on in your showbiz."

Zheng Zhebin missed a shot, and the rebound was picked up by the former professional player of the Southern Celebrities who also served as a defensive insider. The former professional player saw that the Southern Celebrities retreated quickly, and there seemed to be no chance of a fast break, so he handed the basketball to Xiao Yao beside him, and ran towards the opponent's half at a medium speed.

After Xiao Yao received the basketball, he also dribbled the ball towards the opponent's half in a leisurely manner.

After arriving at the top of the opponent's three-point arc, Xiao Yao stopped and observed the situation on the field while dribbling. The point guard of the Southern Celebrities is Zheng Zhebin, who happens to be defending against Xiao Yao. Seeing Xiao Yao looking up and looking around, Zheng Zhebin, who seemed to be paying little attention to himself, put his focus on defending Xiao Yao, and suddenly stretched out his hand to copy the basketball that Xiao Yao was dribbling.

Xiao Yao dribbled the ball and turned around, avoiding Zheng Zhebin's steal and at the same time he also passed Zheng Zhebin who was rushing forward, and dribbled the ball to the inside. Xiao Yao's dribbling speed towards the basket was not particularly fast, and an inside player from the Southern Celebrity Team immediately stepped up to make up for it.

As soon as the Southern Celebrity insider moved, Xiao Yao followed the movement of slapping the ball while dribbling, slapped the basketball heavily, and sent the basketball to the basket with a ground-hitting pass. The basketball passed by the foot of the Southern Celebrity inside defender and fell into the hands of the Northern Celebrity inside player who was supposed to be defending. The inside players of the Northern Celebrity Team who received the ball were unguarded. They easily jumped up and shot under the basket, sent the basketball into the basket, and scored two points steadily.

"Good shot!" He Jian in the commentary gave a compliment, and the audience also cheered.

"I'm sorry, mine!" Zheng Zhebin lowered his head and raised his hand to his teammates when the Northern Celebrities scored.

This ball was due to his reckless behavior when defending Xiao Yao, and the main responsibility was indeed on him.

"It doesn't seem to be giving the other side a lot of face!" Seeing Zheng Zhebin's distressed appearance after failing to steal the ball, Yi Yang and Fang Qing on the bench looked at each other and said in their hearts.

Xiao Yao took advantage of Zheng Zhebin's steal to pass the opponent cleanly, which obviously magnified the opponent's mistakes. If he really wants to give face to the opponent, Xiao Yao doesn't mean that he has to let the opponent break the ball in his hand, but taking a step back while dribbling the ball can also avoid the opponent's steal, but it won't make Zheng Zhebin look so embarrassed.

As the game continued, Yi Yang and Fang Qing became more and more sure of what they thought just now, that is, Xiao Yao didn't intentionally release water to take care of the face of the opponent's players. But they also found that Xiao Yao's behavior today was a bit abnormal.

Not only Yi Yang and Fang Qing, but after a long time, even the two commentators in the commentary booth and some audiences found that Xiao Yao's performance was a bit abnormal.

This kind of abnormality does not mean that Xiao Yao's performance is far from the standard and he has made many mistakes, but that he played too flatly and seemed not very active.

Xiao Yao is not very active, he seems to be playing "Master Ball" and "Health Ball", but he is different from the two former professional players who actually played "Master Ball" and "Health Ball", because his The running is still very active, and the arrival rate is very high. His lack of enthusiasm is actually reflected in some details of handling the ball. The accurate expression should be that he has no desire to express.

As an offensive organizer, Xiao Yao controls the ball most of the time. Although Xiao Yao will shoot the ball himself when encountering the right opportunity, but most of the time, Xiao Yao's first choice is always to pass the ball to a teammate with a better position, and the second choice is to use a breakthrough to help his teammates create open space Opportunity, Xiao Yao will choose to shoot by himself only when he receives a pass from his teammate in an unguarded big gap.

When defending, Xiao Yao did a good job of covering and defending. When a teammate loses position or is broken through, Xiao Yao will quickly move to make up for it. When the other party faced Xiao Yao trying to break through, Xiao Yao followed closely. When the opponent shoots in front of him, Xiao Yao will immediately raise his arms to defend against interference, but he rarely takes off, and even if he does, he will not jump very high.

Before the game, the outside world praised Xiao Yao as a popular candidate for MVP, not only because of Xiao Yao's popularity, but more importantly because of Xiao Yao's ability shown in the two star basketball games before. Not to mention dunks, the unimaginable passes, European steps, mid-air shots during offense, continuous jumps and big caps during defense are all people talk about. The audience at the scene may not all be fans of Xiao Yao, but most of the audience hope to see these wonderful actions and performances of Xiao Yao.

As a result, more than half of the game was played. Except for some wonderful passes, no one saw the others. They only saw a floor flow, and it was a floor that did not force the inside and rarely sought physical contact. Most of the audience will naturally find that Xiao Yao is abnormal.

Although Xiao Yao has only played two exhibition games, there are very few videos of him playing basketball at other times, but he has grown from 20 to 23 in the past few years, and his various physical functions are improving, and his figure is also improving. There is no loss of shape, and no one thinks that Xiao Yao's basketball skills and physical fitness are regressing. Therefore, Xiao Yao's performance also aroused the curiosity of the commentator and the dissatisfaction of some audience members.

And what really made the audience show their dissatisfaction with Xiao Yao was after an attack by a celebrity from the north.

When there is a fast break opportunity, Xiao Yao will also actively run and participate in the fast break. A fast break opportunity for the Northern Celebrities, Xiao Yao rushed to the front of everyone and successfully received the pass from his teammates.

When attacking in positional warfare, it’s fine if you don’t force the inside line to layup and dunk. After all, facing the opponent’s defensive player, no one can guarantee the success rate of scoring. It doesn't matter if the defense doesn't jump, after all, taking off means that there is a possibility of being shaken, and the taking off of defense is also related to the choice of timing, no one can guarantee that if you jump, you will be able to block the opponent. But facing an unguarded basket during a fast break, this should be a performance, right?

Therefore, when the audience saw that Xiao Yao was receiving the basketball during the fast break, and there was no defender in front of him, many audiences couldn't help but stood up and shouted "Duck one!"

But Xiao Yao, who received the ball, turned a deaf ear to it. After dribbling the ball to the basket, he still jumped up lightly and sent the basketball into the basket with a layup action, scoring two points very lightly.

"Woo~" Seeing that Xiao Yao didn't dunk the dunk at such an opportunity, some audience members couldn't help booing.

Hearing the boos of the audience, Xiao Yao who fell to the ground helplessly shook his head with his hands on his hips.

Xiao Yao didn't play very actively, but his contribution to the team was not low. After the fast-break score, the Northern Celebrities led the Southern Celebrities by six points, and the Southern Celebrities' head coach called a timeout.

The players on both sides returned to the bench, and the two commentators on the commentary bench took the opportunity to chat about what happened just now.

"This is a star exhibition game. There are no home and away games, and no home and away teams." Hearing the boos of the audience, Zhou Qun in the commentary laughed happily. And being booed by the audience is the first time I’ve heard it.”

"I've heard it once before," He Jian also said with a smile, "Do you remember the NBA All-Star Game seven or eight years ago? At that time, Cobb of the Lakers also played a fast break, and there was no one in halftime." An opponent's defensive player made a layup, but did not dunk, and the audience booed. But it was the NBA All-Star Game, and Cobb was a top professional player. In the game of non-professional players Being booed for not dunking is indeed the first time!"

"Yes, yes, I remembered it when you said that." Zhou Qun nodded and smiled again and again, "Unexpectedly, Xiao Yao accidentally had the same experience as an American superstar."

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