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Chapter 912 - 385. Top Scholars: Thank You, Bad Kids!_2

Chapter 912: 385. Top Scholars: Thank You, Bad Kids!_2

Obviously, this so-called ’Super Jordan’ genius draft contestant just now totally ignored the movements of the defenders, just focusing on his shooting.

Campus basketball doesn’t always develop good habits. Mayo never had an opponent in one-on-one during his student days. Even when he met Beasley, it was mutual explosions, arrogant beyond measure.

Mayo, coming to his senses, black and red with shame, took the ball that Harden ran out to retrieve and brought it to the three-point line to pass it to Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang caught the ball, instinctively turned his side to guard it, and said, "Ready? I’m going to break through."

Just as Mayo set up his defensive stance, he hadn’t reacted to these words when he saw Zhang Yang dribbling directly towards him.

He hurriedly stepped up... and missed completely!

Zhang Yang shifted his rhythm, suddenly spinning past Mayo just as they were about to collide. Mayo tried to exert force to catch up, but his momentum couldn’t be stopped. Zhang Yang smoothly penetrated the inside, jumped, switched the ball to his left hand in the air, and slammed it into the basket with one hand!

Mayo was very frustrated; had he known, he would have retreated to block Zhang Yang from attacking the basket. He belatedly guessed that Zhang Yang didn’t fully warm up, didn’t even try shooting, and would certainly choose to attack the basket to finish the offensive.

Zhang Yang picked up the ball and ran to the top arc, beckoning to Mayo.

Mayo was not struck down, just annoyed at his wrong choices in both offense and defense in the first round. He went to the top arc, received Zhang Yang’s pass, faked a move, broke through to the left, got blocked, changed direction, and pushed through the right!

This time he wasn’t blocked, as Mayo rushed all the way to close range. But when he grabbed the ball aiming for the left, he saw Zhang Yang keeping up with his steps, but the ball was already grabbed, and his body reacted faster than his mind, performing a flying layup... affected by the non-habitual direction and Zhang Yang’s interference, this shot bricked!

Mayo was frustrated again: I should have stopped and taken a jump shot!

He picked up the ball and slapped it hard, ran to the top arc for a pass, and set up his defensive stance. He was convinced that his next shot would go in, as long as he stopped Zhang Yang once, every shot after he would make, he could win!

Zhang Yang took the ball, started the butterfly step, eliciting waves of screams, while saying, "I’ll help you guard me. How do you want me to play this time? Breakthrough or shoot directly?"

Mayo: Not listening, not listening, you can fake moves however you want, whatever trash talk you say, I’m retreating.

Zhang Yang smacked his lips, then suddenly sped up the dribbling, break through!

Mayo continuously retreated. As he expected, Zhang Yang didn’t stop for a mid-to-long distance shot but went straight to the basket.

But... he’s so fast!

He retreated with all his might, and without any lateral movement, barely managed to keep up with Zhang Yang’s speed after changing direction and charging forward.

Seeing Zhang Yang reach the elbow area and grab the ball, Mayo immediately jumped in, guessing that Zhang Yang would take a three-step launch.

However, after Zhang Yang grabbed the ball, he extended it towards the right with both hands, yet stepped to the left... Euro step!

Mayo missed again, standing there, the person disappeared before his eyes!

He turned his head to look, just in time to see Zhang Yang jump off one foot and slam the ball into the basket with both hands!

Mayo suddenly realized that it seemed his physical fitness wasn’t as good as Zhang Yang’s?

Mayo is the oldest among this year’s genius perimeter players, having turned 20 last November, even over six months older than Zhang Yang.

Of course, this age is not considered old among college athletes. His physical talent was initially top-tier, with enough physical fitness at 20 to adapt to NBA games.

In terms of the upper limit of physical talent, Rose, Westbrook, and others are undoubtedly at least half a notch stronger than Mayo.

But since Mayo is a full year older than Rose and Westbrook, his development is more mature. When he currently faces those two, he doesn’t suffer physically, and coupled with his skills being far superior to those two, he holds the upper hand in confrontations. It’s just his unfortunate luck that his college record isn’t as good as theirs, having gone to USC and encountered coaching staff changes and genius disappearances... him leading the team to the March Madness is already an extraordinary feat, gaining much praise. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been a top draft pick favorite.

He had an even greater advantage over Harden in matchups, being nearly two years older.

But he didn’t realize this was an advantage brought by being one to two years older. From childhood to now, he was always the one with the best physical fitness, believing that he had better talent than everyone just like Jordan...

Mayo couldn’t believe his judgment. He had thought about jumping out to challenge Zhang Yang might result in a loss, but the loss he anticipated was in skills, after all, Zhang Yang had entered the NBA early and had been playing in the NBA for three years.

He believed that by utilizing the advantages in speed and jumping, he still had a good chance of defeating Zhang Yang one-on-one.

He didn’t expect that even his physical fitness was inferior to Zhang Yang’s... four years ago, his physical fitness was dominant!

And Zhang Yang isn’t even known for his physical fitness in the NBA. What has been praised is his seemingly endless, continuously improving, increasingly comprehensive scoring skills!

While Mayo was in a daze, an impatient voice reached his ears.

"Calling you a frog at the bottom of the well, it seems I’ve overestimated you. I’ll give you a new evaluation, you’re as insignificant as a bug under the blue sky, you’re too weak, let’s end this boring game quickly."

Mayo, whose mental state was already shaken, angrily looked at Zhang Yang upon hearing this... then was a bit confused.

Zhang Yang’s face no longer bore levity, ridicule, but became serious and focused.

Considering the current environment and the results of the last two rounds of one-on-one, Mayo genuinely felt a surge of fear...