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I understood what he was saying as I nodded my head at him. We switched up as Kobe brought down the ball. It seemed he was serious about doing everything himself. I decided to leave the guy that I was checking to help Tope out. With Tope and I, we double teamed Kobe, but it didn't matter. He wasn't going to pass it to the wide-open man. He was really serious about doing everything alone like he mentioned earlier. He turned around and took the jumper, swish.

The bottom of that frequently used net made a sound as he added two more points.

I was quite impressed with this guy's ability. He was double teamed however; he was still able to make the shot. He wasn't considered a legend for nothing I see. This future Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant the man even haters couldn't hate on; I was just happy to be playing against him on the same court.

Ola carried on the ball and passed it to me. Koby tried to steal the ball, but I quickly caught it and sped off on him. As I ran down, he chased after me and was able to catch up to me. He succeeded and stopped me from my run. I smiled at him and he smiled back thinking he had won this battle. This guy didn't even try to catch his breath after sprinting, but I knew he was tired as he was breathing a little heavier than the usual.

Using that opportunity, I took an advantage and decided to take the shot, but surprisingly, his arm stretched far enough to hit the ball which ended up in the stands. He had blocked me so hard it felt like a volleyball match rather than basketball.

Ohhh

The crowd went bananas after seeing that block. We got the ball back so; I didn't mind the block. Kobe shook his fingers at me like Mutombo as if saying no no no.

Seeing that made me chuckle. I got the ball back and dribbled it around. He was still playing close defense on me; I asked for a pick, but he was able to get around it just as quickly as I was going to take a shot, but he was right back in front of me. This guy was quite intimidating now. This is what the leagues felt like. This is how the big boys played sometimes and I started to feel alive as the competition grew hotter.

Tope caught the ball and dunked it. I squeezed my fist and pointed at the top as if saying it was an excellent job. We turned around to play defense, but it was too late. The ball seemed to have passed all of us. LeBron was right there at the other end cherry-picking as he caught the ball and dunked it.

The hard work that we just did went to waste as they took back the points that we had just gotten, or at least that's what it felt like.

Kobe smiled at me, but I didn't say anything. Ola brought down the ball once again and ran past Chris Paul as he was a bit slower, winning the layup. Kobe was annoyed by this as he yelled at Chris Paul to stay on his feet.

Kobe Bryant was down once again. I wondered if Tope could guard Kobe. I decided if Kobe scored two more times, then I'll go back to checking him until then, I'll continue observing. I brought down the ball this time looking for the open man but couldn't find any as everybody was being played hard. Kobe wanted to make sure I didn't have any backup this time. That was fine with me. I took a step back and took the shot this time. Kobe missed the block by a few inches as I had arced it way up high when I took the shot this time, and now we were up by one point.

Kobe couldn't believe I could take a shot like that as I smirked at him. He grinded his teeth as he went back into offense bringing down the ball. Tope was playing him hard this time and not trying to let him do anything. Kobe gave him a little cross, and sped passed him and went and dunked the ball, giving his teammates the boost that they needed and the momentum everyone was anticipating.

One more chance to pay, I thought in my head. I brought down the ball and passed it to Tope. He went right back into the defender. Tope turned around and did a jumper similar to Kobe's, but he missed. LeBron rebounded the ball and went full speed down the lane. Nobody can stop this guy as he flew up into the air as if he was a bird. He dunked it as hard as he could as he hung on the rim before dropping down and looking up at me as he had this goofy smile on his face. It pissed me off a little bit, but it also made me laugh right after seeing that he wasn't too serious about it.