Chapter 15 The Unexpected

The one-on-one game started quickly. The white guard took the ball and showed off various dribbling skills in front of Tang Tian.

Foster watched this scene with a sense of déjà vu. Back in New Haven, there was a guard who showed off his dribbling skills in front of Tang Tian.

As for the result, he knew it without even thinking.

The white guard's dribbling aroused a burst of cheers from the players on the sidelines. They wanted to see how Tang Tian would steal the ball again.

After showing off his dribbling skills, the white guard broke through, leaning on Tang Tian with a 180-degree turn, and then made a light floater off the backboard.

"Pa!"

As soon as the ball left his hand, Tang Tian slapped it out of bounds.

These streetball players were all flashy and impractical.

The cheers from the sidelines stopped abruptly.

The result was different from what they had imagined. Tang Tian ended the round with a clean block.

"Be serious, Ankle.Breaker!" someone shouted from the sidelines to remind him.

Ankle.Breaker was probably the white guard's nickname.

"I'm serious," Ankle.Breaker said, looking at Tang Tian.

Tang Tian smiled helplessly. Being serious was fine, but he had to say it out loud. This was exactly the same as the pickup games back home.

Dribbling the ball, crossover, and then a quick reverse crossover. The crossover was very wide, with a bit of Allen Iverson's crossover style. No wonder he had the nickname Ankle.Breaker.

Tang Tian didn't move. When defending against this kind of crossover, it was easy to be faked out if the center of gravity was unstable. He took a small step back.

Ankle.Breaker moved forward. Seeing that Tang Tian still didn't come out to press him when he reached the restricted area, he was a little caught off guard. He finally chose to shoot a floater.

The moment he stopped the ball, Tang Tian suddenly pounced and reached out to block it.

Ankle.Breaker reacted in mid-air and raised his release arc, barely avoiding the block, but the ball ended up being an air ball!

The streetball players on the sidelines stirred. After two shots, they gradually realized that good dribbling skills didn't seem to be enough to get past Tang Tian's defense.

Tang Tian threw the ball back to Ankle.Breaker.

To make a crossover lethal, in addition to solid dribbling skills, you must also have stable shooting ability. This was true for Iverson, who was well-known, and for "Uncle Drew" Irving, who was later talked about by fans.

Otherwise, like Ankle.Breaker, Tang Tian would give him a step and he wouldn't shoot. In that case, he would just give him another step. Once he got to the basket, no matter how good his crossover rhythm was, it wouldn't be of any use.

On the third shot, Ankle.Breaker directly slammed the ball into the rim after crossing over, trying to do a self alley-oop. Tang Tian directly blocked his position, preventing him from jumping, and then grabbed the basketball, directly disrupting his offense.

The outcome was basically decided at this point. Ankle.Breaker finished his last two shots, but ultimately failed to break through Tang Tian's defense.

Another five hundred dollars was in his pocket.

"I'll..."

"I'll go! buffalo!"

Tang Tian had just put away the money and opened his mouth when a big, burly black man came onto the court.

He couldn't help but smile. Sure enough, the professor hadn't been lying to him. There were really a lot of rich people in this place.

Foster was speechless as he watched from the sidelines. He suddenly wondered if he should learn from Tang Tian.

But he immediately rejected the idea.

Tang Tian dared to do this because he had absolute defensive ability, but although his offense and defense were at a near-NBA level, even on the streetball court, he wasn't as confident as Tang Tian.

This money could really only be earned by Tang Tian.

Buffalo took the ball and went straight at Tang Tian, as hard as he could. As his nickname suggested, he wanted to use his physical strength to overpower him.

Tang Tian was a little weaker in terms of physical confrontation and was slowly pushed into the free throw line.

Buffalo was about to turn around and force his way in, but Tang Tian stole the ball the moment he turned around.

There was a stir on the sidelines.

Jumping, dribbling, even strength, none of them seemed to work against Tang Tian. This Asian man's defense was really a bit of a freak.

Buffalo didn't believe it. This time, he pushed to a position closer to the basket, but Tang Tian blocked him completely when he turned around, preventing him from jumping.

When he wanted to jump a second time, Tang Tian suddenly leaped up and slapped the ball out of his hand with a single palm.

Foster on the sidelines couldn't help but shake his head. He was even a little glad that he hadn't tried to get revenge or anything, otherwise the humiliation would have been much greater than just losing.

At this time, the black man next to Foster also stopped talking. Before, he thought Tang Tian was just giving away money, but now he felt like everyone else was giving money to Tang Tian...

After Tang Tian defended against Buffalo and won against a shooter called Machine, no one dared to challenge him anymore.

Like Foster, he had won four games in a row, but he had won much more easily than Foster. Only a fool would go up there now.

Seeing that no one else was coming up, Tang Tian put away his wallet and prepared to leave.

$2,000 a trip was already much more than he had expected to earn. And this was just one court. If he continued to wander around Queens, he would definitely find new courts. If he could do this a few more times, he would be making over ten thousand dollars a day!

"Tang."

Just as he was smiling happily to himself as he walked out of the court, he was suddenly stopped by a Chinese woman.

She was a woman who looked to be in her thirties, and at least 200 pounds. But she had a diamond pendant around her neck, wore a Casio watch, and carried a Lv bag. It was obvious that she was rolling in money.

She was obviously a sugar mama.

Tang Tian was a little curious. He didn't seem to know the sugar mama in front of him. To be precise, it seemed that Olsen was the only woman he had met since he transmigrated.

"Hello, my name is Song Qianjin. You can also call me by my English name, Jerry," the sugar mama introduced herself as soon as she came up.

Well, her name matched her personality, but this English name was a bit unique.

"Do you need something?" Tang Tian nodded and asked politely.

"It's like this, I think you're a very good basketball player, and I have a favor I'd like to ask you to do," Song Qianjin said.

"Of course, there will definitely be a reward for helping," she quickly added, probably afraid that Tang Tian would misunderstand.

A sugar mama asking him for help and offering a reward was an unexpected surprise today.

This kind of person definitely didn't care about money. If it was something he could do, he would definitely earn more than in a one-on-one game.

Maybe he could settle the whole fake fall actor thing today.

"What kind of favor? I don't do things like being kept," Tang Tian said.

"No... Although you're also very handsome, I still prefer black guys."

After Song Qianjin finished speaking, she saw the expression on Tang Tian's face change, and she quickly continued.

"It's like this, my boyfriend is also a streetball player, but his level... Let's just say he's often bullied on the streetball court, but he still likes it. I want to make him happy, so I want to ask you to help me put on a show."

"A show?" Tang Tian looked puzzled.

"Yes, it's like this. He's at another court. I can drive you there, and then you can beat everyone else like you did just now. Then I'll let him go on, and you just have to intentionally lose to him. It's very simple."

Simple, it was indeed quite simple.

"What's the reward?" Tang Tian asked. This was what he was concerned about.

"20,000," Song Qianjin stretched out her chubby hand and made a "2" gesture.