Chapter 208 - Flexing

Up by 9 points, Momba was finally in the game as he walked up to me and said "thanks for making me look good, my coach can't even leave me on the bench for a little bit after what you just did".

I was surprised he caught on quickly, he knew that he was the only one keeping them in the game even though it normally wouldn't be like that.

Momba's coach was surprised because he never saw Momba being on the offensive end from the past two games but he was always playing defense and rebounding only so this was all new to him. 

The game continued, I passed in the ball this time as Nick Young drove it in. I quickly got open but Nick was stubborn, he had finally gotten the ball and didn't want to pass it up so he decided to take a step back three.

He took the shot but bricked it, Momba grabbed the rebound and threw it all the way down to the power forward who was wide open for the cherry picking easy two points.

Coach yelled at Nick for not passing me the ball. Nick could only put his head down in depression. After he had finally gotten the ball it was his time to shine but instead he made himself look bad. 

I quickly ran up to him and picked his head up and said "never drop your head when you do that your opponent will take advantage of you, don't worry man your time will come but today just let me have at it with my old friend".

His eyes shined as if he had just seen a god, nobody had ever picked up his head and motivated him like that during a game. It seemed like I was the first person that believed in him on the team so he now had a skip to his run as he got back on the offense.

I brought the ball down this time and they did decide to double team me leaving Nick wide open but I cut through the middle of them and stopped in the mid-range and took the shot taking the two points that we had just lost back very easily.

Nick was shocked by this and thought that I would have passed him the ball but instead I pulled a trick like that off. Nick continued to watch me play, we went back on the defense when Momba received the ball inside the post as he had asked for it, he did a fade away from McGee's blocking hand and banked it off the backboard for two points.

I brought the ball down once more but this time I passed it to McGee who asked for it, he wanted to have a go at Momba so also he backed Momba up into the post and under the basket and decided to dunk on him but Momba was able to block his shot as he sent it to the stands giving them momentum as he lifted his head up high and yelled at the crowd while beating his ċhėst.

I waved at him saying calm down we still have the ball and next play I'm going to shoot it from the corner in front of your bench while drawing the foul.

Everybody there heard me and was shocked the people on the bench were laughing but their coach didn't, he knew I was serious so he put two men on me but they couldn't keep up with my speed as I ran full speed around the court to get the rebound right in front of their bench in the corner.

"Oh my God, oh my God, did you just see that folks, he called out the play and said exactly how it would go, he said he would draw the foul and he would crash into the bench and make the three pointer and it is exactly how he did it, this guy is a genius, this is the second coming of Larry Bird.

The commentators did not stop praising me and I enjoyed it as I went to the free throw line. The guys on the bench looked at me with fear including the two defenders that were on me, they looked at their coach as of saying can you put somebody else on him?''

I made my point at the free throw line and got back on the defense. Momba could only shake his head as he ran past me with a smile on his face saying" you haven't changed one bit in fact you seem to have gotten ċȯċkier".

I laughed and said " your boys were laughing at me so I had to show them a little razzle dazzle and put them in their place".

We both laughed as Momba received the ball once more he dribbled a little bit and stepped back to the 3-point line. McGee was waiting for him to charge at him for a dunk so he called our power forward to come and help him as they stood there waiting for him.

Momba smiled, looked at me and then took a shot from the 3 point line.

Swish! All net!

Shocked, I was utterly shocked, when did Momba learn how to shoot 3-pointers, even though it was such a ugly form it still did the job as they received three points to close the lead.

Their coach was also shocked, he had no clue Momba had this offensive ability and now he had more respect for him. It seemed like he had been training all these times we had been apart and worked on not only his defense but his offense also. 

He knew that defenders at the center didn't like to come to the three-point line but now that he was able to shoot from the three this was a game changer. 

Their coach had stars in his eyes as a thought great, this is great LeBron is going to be excited. With LeBron's passes and his shooting if he's at least 50% from the 3 point line we can go to him every time.