Chapter 228 - Kobe's Training Camp 10

After making the shot the whole place was quiet. The coaches on the side and the medical team were on alert while scribbling down things under their notes. They felt like that was an NBA game and I had just taken a clutch shot to win the game. It took a while before my teammates realized that they had won the game. A tough match that didn't look too good for us from the beginning.

They quickly ran up to me and picked me up as they happily cheered me on. The Asian team were dumbstruck, they couldn't believe I made a shot like that and thought that it must have been the luckiest shot they had ever seen. After the game we all went to line up and shake their hands. 

The shooting guard that had guarded me the whole time had a disappointed look on her face as her head was down. I shook her hands and picked up her chin saying that she did a great job.

She looked at me weirdly but didn't say anything as she appreciated the encouragement, she knew her teammates were going to give it to her after letting me score so many points in the game.

Pat told us that we had to all hang out after the game so that we could celebrate. I looked at her weirdly and said" celebrate where in this facility? what is there to celebrate about, it was just another game". 

They all looked at me weirdly and thought this girl just hit a game winner and didn't even want to celebrate and thought of it as just another game. What kind of games has she had been playing before she got here? was all they could think in their head. This girl is a monster they all thought.

That night Kobe Bryant himself had come to congratulate me on my first win in his camp and emphasized how great I was during that game and that my father would be proud to have a daughter like me. The fact that Kobe Bryant himself had come to see me was a shock, one of my favorite players in the league was talking to me one on one. 

All I could do was take out a small notebook and ask for his autograph as he started laughing and said "you could potentially be better than me in the future and you want my autograph? honestly I want your autograph too". We both laughed as he conversated with me a little bit telling me how I can improve on my game.

He told me that he would love for his daughter to play alongside me which I got excited about and told him that it would be an honor, after chatting a bit he left my room. I went to get some sleep because they said we would be playing against the white team the next day. I didn't think they'll be any harder than the Asian team, only the fact that they had played together for a while so they knew each other's tendencies while our team had just started playing together or at least I started playing with them.

The next day I saw daddy and ran up to him as I hugged him and he gave me a kiss on my forehead. He asked me how my day was and I told him about everything that happened, he looked excited as he said" I can't wait to play you one-on-one", then I laughed and shook my head as I said" Daddy you are one of the greatest players right now, there's no way I can play against you right now". After chatting a bit and catching up with each other we went our separate ways as it was time to get the day started.

The medical team did their little check-ups once again, we did some workouts, they taught us some moves, then we watched some video to improve our game and our insight and finally after everything was done and we had gotten some rest. The game against the white team was upon us.

The point guard was shorter than me but she looked like she was fast and also smart. As I saw her shooting around she was making most of her shots, the others were going in for layups. Their center was pretty tall but still not as tall as Chantel.

It seemed like Chantel was an oddball among our peers but we just rolled it. After warming up we're going to start the game as they did a tip up. Chantel won the ball for us as she grabbed it and passed it over to Pat.

They made us do a tip off because they wanted us to get a feel for the game and how a real organized game was played.

Pat immediately saw Daisy cut into the basket and she did a bounce pass to her and laid it up to give us our first points. I was wondering how they were able to give us the first point so easily then. The Asian team must have given us the edge and built our relationship after having such a tough game. 

It seems like going against the easier team would be better, distracted by my thinking I saw the person that I was supposed to be guarding passing by me quickly. I had no way to get back on defense as the girl received the ball and laid it up to tie up the game.

Pat quickly snapped her fingers at me telling me to focus. I apologized to the group and told them I'll make it up by scoring the next point.

Pat received the ball inbound and dribbled up the court, cross left cross right trying to lose her defender. Pat saw me standing at the three-point line and passed it over to me. The person guarding me was a few feet away so I decided to take the shot as I let it rip. The ball tore through the air spinning counterclockwise as it sunk into the hoop to give us three points.