Chapter 225 - Kobe's Training Camp 7

Isabella POV...

Happy to be spending time with Daddy I was able to convince him to come with me to Kobe's basketball camp, when he agreed I was beyond excited as I jumped with joy and gave him a hug to show him that I appreciate him.

After settling in and having breakfast with Daddy, the programmers had the medical team diagnose my body and they told me that I had to work on my stamina which was something I already knew. I was too little and too short at the moment so it was pretty hard to train and they didn't want to overtrain my undeveloped body or so they say but I had no clue what that meant.

They had me work on my arm strength so that I'll be able to put up more shots and every day they had me run extra. While all the others took a break I would still be running which annoyed me but I begged Daddy to come to this Camp so I couldn't complain. After lunch some girls invited me to come join their team for the 5 on 5 matches.

All four of my teammates were black and they figured we could make a black team and dominate the other teams who were either white or Asian. I wanted to mix it up but the others hadn't extended an invitation to me so I ended up joining the black team.

They wanted me to be the shooting guard and the leader of the group who was known as Pat who was the point guard.

The small forward was Daisy who was just as tall as I was, Danielle was the power forward, was only slightly taller than me, and Chantel was the center. She was quite big as we had to even look up in order to have a conversation with her.

After we introduced ourselves we became close as we started having lunch, breakfast and dinner with each other. I had to apologize to Daddy for ditching him after making some friends but he didn't mind as he laughed it off.

Our first game on the 5 on 5 was against the Asian team, all of them were the same height and were a little bit shorter than me except for the center who was slightly taller but not as tall as Chantel.

The game started as they had the ball. We tossed a coin and they won so they received the ball as they threw it. The point guard brought the ball down, did a few crossovers then passed it over to the shooting guard who then passed it to the power forward then the power forward passed it to the center. All this passing was frustrating me but I kept my eye on the ball and the person I was guarding.

Their point guard lost her defender and zipped towards the basket while nobody was looking. Their center just tossed the ball behind her back as their point guard caught the ball and laid it up for the first point.

What great team work the Asians always had great teamwork and it showed during the game, this time it was our ball. Pat brought down the ball looking for one of us to pass it to. I ran around Danielle who had set a pick for me blocking the person guarding me. Pat had immediately saw me open and passed me the ball which I shot from the mid-range tying up the score 2-2. 

The first team to get to 21 points wins so we didn't want to lose this game. We're back on defense, Pat was playing hardcore defense on her defender so her defender decided to pass it to my defender and since I was more relaxed on the defense the girl had room to dribble around and look for an open person.

The center set a pick for her as I slammed into her and fell on the floor. I looked at the ref thinking that she would call an illegal screen but she didn't as my defender ran straight into the post but Chantel was there to stop her. She was going for the layup but it was a fake and she wrapped the ball around Chantel who was in the air with her and passed it to the center who came running behind her and laid it up to gain two points.

Pat was getting annoyed by this teamwork that they had going on but I told her to calm down and when we get the opportunity they should set me up for a 3-pointer in order to give us the lead. Pat looked at me in shock and asked if I could really shoot threes.

I nodded my head and told her I can shoot only about three or four of them depending on how the game goes, but I get tired really quickly the more I shoot so it's best that I keep it towards the end of the game. Pat nodded in understanding and was going to use this weapon to the fullest.

Danielle cut into the basket when we had got back down to the offensive side, Pat passed her the ball but as soon as she got in and tried to lay it up she was blocked by their center who received the ball and threw it down to the point guard who was the fastest person I had ever seen around my age.

She quickly zoomed in and laid it up, now they were up by four points as this game started to become a little strenuous on my team. We weren't used to playing with each other so we had to get used to each other's spots and not take reckless shots. I told Pat to set me up for the three pointer so that we could close the lead.

Chantel came and set a pic for me as I got free they thought I was going to run in so they quickly hopped back to play defense around the midsection. Chantel was tall enough to block their view, as they didn't see me setting up for the three-point shot. 

I used all my strength and my legs as I squatted down and pushed myself up and pushed the ball up. The Asians noticed the ball going up in shock. Now they were only up by one point thinking they were going to run away with this game. 

No one on their team could shoot three pointers so seeing me make one on the first shot surprised them, they really thought they were going to run away with this game but I was far from done, I hated losing.