Chapter 134 Kobe's Fadeaway

After much deliberation, Tang Tian decided to exchange for Kobe's fadeaway.

The Legendary Badge was a great help, but its urgency wasn't as high as Kobe's fadeaway.

He had quite a few offensive techniques now, but he didn't have a move that could truly kill his opponents. This would become a crucial factor in the playoffs.

If he had such a killer move in last year's playoffs, the Pelicans definitely wouldn't have lost to the Grizzlies.

To put it another way, exchanging for the Legendary Badge meant preparing for a protracted battle with his opponents.

Exchanging for Kobe's fadeaway, on the other hand, meant going head-to-head and ending the game in the regular season or even the first half.

Tang Tian had lived a stable life in his previous life, but in this life, he liked to try new adventures, which was also in line with his inner thoughts.

He chose Kobe's fadeaway and exchanged it directly.

With 50 million krypton points spent, Tang Tian's eyelids twitched.

After successfully exchanging, he opened his attribute interface.

Level 1 Page

Name: Tang Tian

Height: 2.03 meters

Weight: 100.5kg (just finished eating)

Wingspan: 211cm

Strength: 72; Speed: 82; Agility: 75; Jumping: 90; Stamina: 77

Ball Handling: 80; Passing: 76; Dunking: 80; Layup: 73; Close Range: 40; Mid-Range: 80; Free Throw: 95; Three-Pointer: 72

Defense: 80; Blocking: 60; Stealing: 70; Rebounding: 60; Drawing Fouls: 60

Level 2 Page

Speed: Sprint Speed 85; Lateral Speed 65

Defense: Individual Defense 85; Help Defense 60

Rebounding: Offensive Rebound 42; Defensive Rebound 65

Drawing Fouls: Drawing Offensive Fouls 80; Drawing Defensive Fouls 50

Dunking: Standing Dunk 85; Sprint Dunk 77; Contested Dunk 72

Layup: Standing Layup 65; Breakthrough Layup 81

Close Range: Floater 40; Hook Shot 40; Bank Shot 40

Mid-Range: Open Shot 81; Catch and Shoot 70; Contested Shot 83;

Three-Pointer: Open Shot 95; Catch and Shoot 65; Contested Shot 71; Deep Three 0

(Note: Each attribute ranges from 0 to 100, and attributes are related to physical fitness, basketball IQ, etc.)

The attribute changes brought about by Kobe's fadeaway greatly improved the mid-range and three-pointers on the level one page, and also greatly improved the contested shots on the level two page.

This was easy to understand. The fadeaway was an offensive technique, and its existence was to increase the certainty of scoring, so it naturally increased these attributes.

Moreover, the contested mid-range and three-point shots changed from around 50 to 70 or 80, which qualitatively changed his personal scoring ability.

Of course, there was also that passive skill. Although the trigger conditions were a bit harsh, it was a great weapon to get rid of the cold touch, and it was also very useful.

After exchanging, Tang Tian was a little eager and took the ball downstairs to feel it out first.

Kobe's fadeaway, according to the skill explanation, increased the stability after the fadeaway the most, which actually improved the fadeaway's shooting percentage.

Tang Tian felt the effect for a while and it was amazing. When no one was defending, his shooting percentage was around 90%.

It seemed that his more than half a year of fadeaway training had laid a very solid foundation.

He also experienced the passive skill. He deliberately missed three shots, and when he faded away on the fourth shot, he had a strange feeling that the basket was like the sea.

The shot went in the net cleanly.

The feeling of being controlled by the system!

He had felt this way before when he got the No Fly Zone (Mutombo), but that time it was watching the referee being controlled, this time it was himself.

But this feeling of being controlled was very cool.

These also made him more determined in his choice.

Continue to maintain training, and then adapt to it in training and games, and his killer move can be put on the stage!

At this time, there was still about a week before the All-Star Game.

The Pelicans had three more games to play, against the Lakers, Grizzlies, and Spurs respectively.

They had just played the Lakers not long ago, and playing them again at home, it shouldn't be a problem to win.

The Grizzlies and Spurs behind were tough bones to chew.

The next day, Tang Tian participated in the training session. After the training session, he pulled Ariza to stay and practice with him at the cost of a box of instant noodles.

The content of the extra training was naturally fadeaways.

If the strength of the league's defenders was ranked from D to S, Ariza's current defensive ability was between A and S.

And he had been Kobe's former teammate, so it was most appropriate to find him to practice.

Kobe's signature move was a turnaround fadeaway, but there was more than one type of fadeaway. Fadeaways after crossovers, fadeaways during breakthroughs, etc. all belonged to it.

This was an offensive technique. How to use it depended on your basic abilities.

Ariza was bombarded by Tang Tian all night.

After the extra training, he looked at Tang Tian with a resentful expression, panting heavily.

Tang Tian must have done it on purpose!

That guy had been shooting fadeaways at him all night.

Just like Kobe used to do to him when he was on the Lakers!

But after this night, he knew that Tang Tian's fadeaway was only a little bit worse than Kobe's. It was the kind of killer move that could already be used in games.

The Pelicans players all knew that Tang Tian was practicing fadeaways. Now it seemed that Tang Tian had made a breakthrough in his training.

The next night, the Pelicans sat at home to face the Lakers.

The Pelicans had crushed the Lakers in Los Angeles last time, so Kobe didn't say hello to Tang Tian before the game this time.

Although the Black Mamba was old, his arrogance hadn't diminished. He obviously wanted to win the game back in the Pelicans' home court.

The Pelicans were in high spirits from the start.

They had won the last game even without Holiday, so their confidence was obviously even stronger this time with Holiday playing.

But the game was much more difficult than before. The main reason was that Kobe made three consecutive shots after the opening.

Nash had retired, Gasol had transferred to the Spurs, and Howard had been sent to the Knicks. The Lakers' biggest reliance and dependence was Kobe.

So Kobe's touch directly affected the Pelicans' performance.

Last game his touch was bad, and the Lakers basically had no power to fight back in front of the Pelicans. This game he found his touch, and the game became completely different.

And D'Antoni also learned from the lessons of the last game, and strengthened his defense against Tang Tian in this game. The speed of the double-teams was obviously faster.

Halfway through the first quarter, the score on the court was 16 to 11, and the Lakers were still leading by 5 points.

In the Pelicans' offensive possession, Tang Tian passed the ball to Ariza on the right wing in the double-team, and the latter's three-pointer missed.

Kobe had a good touch tonight, and the other Pelicans players had an average touch, which was also a very important reason for the current situation.

The Lakers launched a counterattack. Kobe caught the ball and broke through for a layup, scoring his 9th point of the quarter and helping the Lakers extend the lead to 7 points.

As long as they defended the next wave, they would have a chance to extend the lead to double digits.

Kobe showed a fierce look after scoring. Although he was old, he was still the highly poisonous Black Mamba!

In the Pelicans' offense, the ball was given to Tang Tian again.

This time, after Tang Tian got the ball, he signaled his teammates to spread out, and then directly posted up Shumpert with his back to the basket at the high post.

The purpose of him exchanging for Kobe's fadeaway was for this moment. When his teammates were in bad shape, it was up to him to fight his way out of the double-team!

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