I Cant Miss - Chapter 147 China Time 4

After the China team said their goodbyes, you all went our separate ways as Paige, and I continued to hang out. We kept going to famous places in China. The place I was most excited to go to was the Great Wall of China, which Paige hated due to all the walking we had to do, but I enjoyed it.

At the end of the week, it was finally the game day. For some weird reason, thanks to that crazy shooting guard An, they were able to advertise the game to a larger scale as the Americans that were in China knew about me, so they decided to come.

I had to admit this guy. An was an all-around genius as he used me as a marketing magnet to attract way more people to this game. An had even made signs of him and me clashing together, looking like a boxing fight.

Due to the way they advertised the game, the gym ended up packed to the brim as I heard loud sounds from the basement in the locker room for the visitors. It seemed like this China military team was pretty famous around here.

Coach Andre and the others were quite nervous as they had never been to a game this crowded before. When Coach Andre asked me why I was so cool, I told him that I played football where it was not at a gym but a whole stadium that was packed to the brim.

The team looked at me with respect as they thought man this guy is made out of steel and as cool as a summer breeze, using this opportunity to loosen them up. We started going over what everybody was supposed to do during this game.

After a while, somebody came and got us and told us that they were ready for us. When we got upstairs, we were surprised by the bright lights and loud crowds. I saw a few boards with my face on it in the crowd; I had not thought that I would have fans in China too.

I was grateful as I waved at them, and they started cheering even harder, knowing that I had noticed them. We went to the other side of the Court as we began to warm up by shooting shots and make layups. A small drill before every game like how the NBA players do it.

After viewing tapes from China’s team games, I noticed that whenever An went for a layup or shot a mid-range shot, he would miss it, causing enlightenment for me. If that were the case, then I would only force him to do that kind of shot.

It was as if his ability was a gift and a curse, not to be able to make layups, that’s quite embarrassing that one of the greatest shooters has to miss layups. An saw me staring at him and gave me a half-ass wave as I nodded at him.

We continued warming up, and after a while of warming up, they started to announce the players and coaches as they had bright lights and made quite a show out of it. I was quite impressed with the gym in China as they gave me the NBA vibes.

I had no clue that military games could get this big, and the China supporters were quite large with a few Americans in the stands. They introduced our team, and the starting members as we heard that Americans were cheering, but as soon as it was China’s team turn, the lights went out. A bright glow appeared on the court as they had visuals introducing each starter with flair.

I was surprised by this and complained in my head where my flurry, sparkly introductions. After that whole show that they did for China’s starting team, we finally started the game. I was starting this time along with Paige and the other starters.

I looked at Khalid as if saying be prepared to take a lot of shots and dunks; he nodded at me as if understanding what I was saying. China’s team won the jump ball, their center was slightly taller than Yao Ming. Hence, we knew that he was going to be a force to reckon with, and every jump ball would be his to win.

Their Center, known as Li, passed it to Boa, their point guard. Paige was in front of Boa trying to get into a defensive position to check him, but as soon as she stopped, Boa sped up and drove past Paige, causing her to lose her balance and fall on her butt. The crowd went wild as Boa and laid it up with no hindrance.

Paige’s fall had pissed me off a little bit because I saw that he had bumped into her a little bit. Still, I quickly went to help her out as I gave her a hand, and I told her it was okay and that we should pace ourselves, we’ll have a surprise for them later on in the 4th quarter.

Paige smiled at me and said, “she’s not worried,” we got back on the offense. Paige brought down the ball searching for somebody open; An was all over me as he didn’t want me to touch the ball at all, so Paige passed it to Khalid, who tried to drive it in but was blocked by Li.

Using that opportunity, the small forward ran across the court. Before Khalid had left, they’re small forward; he knew that Li would be there to cover Khalid. Hence, using the cherry-picking method, their small forward was already down on the other side of the court as he received the ball and dunked it.

This caused the crowd to go wild with cheers; now, they were up by four points. We hadn’t scored a single point, yet I enjoyed this little challenge, making them think that they figured me out. Paige brought down the ball once again, but this time she passed it to me, but An was all over me as soon as I got the ball.

An was not giving me any kind of breathing room, so I slowly used my left hand to shove him away, giving me some space. As soon as I did that, the ref blew his whistle and called an offensive foul on me. Coach Andre went crazy, yelling at the ref asking him how was that a foul.

The ref still held his call as the China team received the ball once again. This reminded me of the time I played Dwyane Wade, and he had the referees in his pocket.