Chapter 190 - Kobe Being Kobe

The first half was finally over everybody was tired but excited at the same time to be facing off against the most incredible team in the world, team USA. It was quite the honor, the Nigerian team, the group that I saw grow into strong contenders today were quite excited to be facing off against people that they looked up to as their heroes.

I told them to get the complete admiration of these guys being their heroes out of their heads for the next half. We will need to go in as enemies. They are the worst enemies in their lives, and that they needed to beat them down to the ground, it didn't matter who they were, whether they had to play dirty, throw an elbow or two; they needed to get serious and get things done.

Everybody was surprised when I started speaking like that, but the coach knew what I was talking about. The American team also played dirty, and they weren't one to shrink back from a fight. That's how they were able to be the best by doing whatever it takes to win. Kobe knew that well, and that's exactly how he played.

We got back on the court after resting a bit, and the crowd was loud and cheering. We got back on the court as I inbounded the ball to Ola, he brought the ball down with more fire in his step he took the first step as if he was about to drive, causing Chris Paul to be on high alert but then crossing over, he was able to have Chris Paul going in circles as he did a step back and shot a mid-range shot to give us a three-point lead.

That move was so smooth it got the bench excited as they all got up and started cheering us on, but then all of a sudden we saw the ball flying through the air once again as LeBron had dashed off passing all of our defenders. He went in for the dunk; he looked at me with a smug smile on saying it's not going to be that easy buddy.

I wasn't expecting it to be comfortable. The game continued; I received the ball and tried to get free of Kobe's tough defense. They stopped double-teaming me after they saw that I could pass the ball well. I saw that Tope was asking for the ball, so I gave it to him, Carmelo was guarding him, Carmelo's defense wasn't that good, so Tope was able to get free of him as he dashed into the paint. Anthony Davis was right there waiting for him.

Tope didn't care as he jumped up bringing his arm back to prevent himself from getting blocked, but the angle he was in was an awkward one, so he had to bend his arm up a little bit as he did a weird shot to avoid being blocked too bad he bricked it but luckily for us Adeda was there to grab the rebound and dunk the ball. 

This time Kobe brought down the ball looking as if he was about to make a move. He quickly drove past me as he used his elbow to shove into my ribs, causing me extreme pains, but I ignored the pain and ran after him; luckily for me, Adeda was there to stop his advance, but it didn't matter to Kobe, Kobe still pulled up and took the shot to close the lead.

This guy never missed his shot. I thought he always had some form or way to make his shot, and it didn't matter who the defender was. I was getting a little fired up by this as I brought down the ball and pretended as if I was about to shoot causing Kobe to jump up in the air. I quickly ducked underneath him as he had his legs wide open to try to block the shot and given that he was much taller than me I was able to duck in between his legs and take a three-point shot causing the whole crowd to go crazy.

I looked back at Kobe and said it looks like I'll be showing up on the top 10 highlights for tonight. Kobe could only shake his head as he said, calm down, Young Buck the game hasn't even started yet, trust and believe that.

I walked away as I got back on defense, thinking about what he had just said. The game hadn't started then. What have we been playing this whole time? I thought, but then I thought about it and knew exactly what he was talking about and knew they relaxed during the first three quarter, and the fourth quarter is when games naturally get heated up, so that's probably what he meant when he said the game hasn't even started yet they must be taking it easy and taking us for a scroll this time.Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click <a href="#!!!_12675490905537405/kobe-being-kobe_51200510841111987">#!!!_12675490905537405/kobe-being-kobe_51200510841111987</a> for visiting.

I got a little annoyed, but this was Koby talking. Everything he said made sense; I just had to make sense of it sometimes.

We continued going back and forth throughout the third quarter, and by the time the third quarter was over, the game was tied, which surprised me as I had hit a couple of three-pointers but then again, looking back, team USA also had a three point specialist. Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade went off as they took over allowing Koby to rest up a bit. We had also brought in a few of our bench players to get some minutes in and some experience.

I never went to the bench; I continued to play throughout the whole third quarter. Our bench player's weren't as good as the starters, but I needed the starters to rest to be ready for the fourth quarter. At the last minute of the third quarter I decided to sit on the bench and pretend as if I was tired that way people wouldn't think that I never get tired and be suspicious of me.

The horn blew as the third quarter came to an end.

The coach was in front of us. All right, guys it's time to show these guys what we got. Let's not let up, this is the final push.