Chapter 89: With 23 seconds left, after Tiandao Jingyan grabbed his 13th rebound, he sprinted crazily
At that moment, everyone from Musashino Junior High surrounded Tiandao.
But after running past the mid-court line, the only one who could keep up with Tiandao's pace was Tanaka Goro, who had been beaten into a daze.
This guy could really run; he had rested for less than five minutes the entire match, and yet he could still bite at Tiandao's heels until now.
Was he gifted?
Not really.
This little brat was purely relying on willpower to support himself so he wouldn't collapse.
Even at this final moment, many scenes that only appear in anime flashed through his mind.
Commonly known as a flashback!
But reality wouldn't turn the tide of the battle because of his flashback like in anime.
Unless he knew that move, the Great Shift of the Universe, and it had to be that move from Jay Chou!
Tiandao Jingyan didn't even look behind him with the corner of his eye, accelerating again to charge into the enemy's paint, leaping, and stretching his body to his heart's content in mid-air.
"Boom!"
With the explosion, the basketball was slammed into the hoop by him, also declaring that this match was completely over.
After Tiandao Jingyan scored, he didn't celebrate, but stood in place, looking down at the unconscious Tanaka Goro.
The young man must have been stimulated by the flashback in his mind just now, actually foolishly trying to block his dunk head-on, only to be dunked out of the baseline by Tiandao on the spot.
At this moment, Tiandao stood straight, looking down at the lifeless-eyed Tanaka Goro like an emperor.
The entire stadium of fans was conquered by Tiandao; he had snatched almost all the spotlights in this match.
The Teikou captain had also quietly contributed 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists, a 20+5+5 stat line.
But Tiandao Jingyan had bombed out a game-high 46 points, plus 13 rebounds, 11 assists, and 10 steals.
!
A super-sized quadruple-double!
When his stats spread across Tokyo through the commentator's mouth, the fans opened their mouths wide.
"This kid... might become one of the greatest players."
"Without a doubt, he is the strongest among this year's first-years, perhaps even the strongest in history."
"I have never seen a first-year junior high player put up such a performance; his teammate, the current best power forward in the country, Nijimura Shuzo, didn't have such a high level in his first year either."
"Tiandao Jingyan's performance in this match is phenomenal!"
Isn't it phenomenal?
Tiandao Jingyan had specifically checked; in the junior high National Tournament, there hadn't been any quadruple-double record.
What he created today was a historical record.
'Awesome!'
'A 40+ quadruple-double?'
'A king entering bronze, can this person be played without being banned?'
'Against the heavens, James and Kobe couldn't put up such stats when they were young, right?'
'Don't be so ignorant upstairs; Kobe was hyped by the media as a scoring magician when he was in high school.'
'Indeed, many NBA stars have a cliff-like lead in level when playing high school matches!'
Tiandao Jingyan opened the bullet comments as soon as the match ended, and sure enough, he saw the audience discussing his exaggerated stats.
They even compared him to superstars like Kobe and James.
In all fairness, his quadruple-double, while astonishing, hadn't reached the level of shaking the past and present.
Just like the bullet comments mentioned, when Kobe was in high school, he was hyped by the media as a scoring magician.
But fans familiar with Mamba should have a deep impression of how terrible Kobe's passing was.
Kobe's passes were often those where he would jump up as if to shoot, but at the last moment, he would smash the ball to a teammate, a pass with super "deceptive" power.
What Tiandao Jingyan remembered most was Wei Ping Bryant; every time other Lakers players passed like that, he would catch them and spray them for playing unreasonably.
When it was Kobe's turn, this was personal ability; he deceived everyone, this pass had super deceptive power, and the teammate couldn't catch it, that was the teammate's low basketball IQ, low awareness, and inability to play.
But damn it...
The teammates were all prepared to grab a rebound; who knew he would suddenly pass the ball?
An example like this was Dwight Howard.
He was also hyped by the media as a center with excellent shooting ability when he was in high school.
Yet in fact, Howard's career free-throw percentage was only 56.6%, actually only 6.6% higher than Ben Simmons!
This guy was the only player on the list of worst free-throw shooters who wasn't a center!
The reason for this was that their level, or rather their talent, was too far ahead of their opponents.
This lead allowed them to do whatever they wanted on the court; he could score if he wanted to score, and pass if he wanted to pass.
Once they reached the talented NBA and couldn't do whatever they wanted, it gave fans a huge contrast, and they even had the heart to return the goods.
The NBA is never short of talent! ===== CHAPTER 91 =====
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