In the third quarter, Ingram and Yu Huo were still on the field together, and their teammates were still quietly pulling them apart.
Ingram flew for a layup and missed. When he got up, the Sixers had already rushed to the backcourt. In a 4v5 situation, he made a quick catch and scored.
The residual fire swayed and broke through. Before the assistant defense came up, he took a step back and jumped shot to score steadily.
Ingram played a solo shot, and after several probing steps, he pulled out a jump shot.
The remaining fire borrowed cover, and after breaking through, it hit the ground and passed to Little Nance for a dunk.
Ingram's defense missed, McConaughey made a small breakthrough, and he scored a three-pointer from the outside.
The remaining fire single-handedly blocked Ben Simmons and made a strong steal in the front field.
……
At 8 minutes and 43 seconds into the third quarter, Warton called a time-out.
" Huff huff…" Ingram panted heavily and went off the stage to rest at Warton's request.
Ingram only scored three points in the third quarter. He made one of seven shots and one of two free throws. He also made five mistakes. In other words, before the three quarters were over, Ingram had made 13 mistakes.
If this was in an NBA match, his jersey would be on fire!
The craze for points that he had expected did not appear under his hands. Instead, it widened the gap between the two sides.
Pelican 87: Los Angeles 65, the difference had widened to 22 points.
Sitting on the sidelines, Ingram looked at his teammates who were still fighting on the field. He covered his hair with a towel and buried his head in his knees.
He clearly remembered what he had done in the third quarter and the first half.
Difficulty shots, iron shots, mistakes, defensive leaks…
His dignity as a proud son of the heavens was not taken away by Yu Huo, but abandoned by himself.
Basketball was a five-person sport, and the coach seemed to have said so before.
And he, Ingram, did not take this to heart.
" Coach..." Warton was paying attention to the situation on the field when he suddenly heard a low shout.
"What's wrong, Brandon?"
"I'm sorry…"
Wharton took a few seconds to react, and a hint of relief appeared in his eyes. He reached out and took Ingram's towel.
The young man, who would only turn 19 in a few months, had tears in his eyes. His forehead was on his knees, and he was sobbing so hard that he could not speak." I'm…sorry…"
At this moment, Yu Huo's gaze also turned over. He nodded slightly at Warton, pointed at himself and the basket, and then pointed at Warton and Ingram.
Wharton understood, and nodded towards the embers.
I'm on the field, so you have to take care of him.
This was what the residual fire meant.
Wharton also understood. He put down the tactical board and hugged Ingram's shoulder like a loving father, whispering softly into his ear.
"Brandon, you are a genius. There is no doubt about that. But you are still very young and immature. You still need to grow.”
"In the eyes of the world, those who enter the NBA are undoubtedly not the cream of the crop. In a battle between a group of cream of the crop, there is no strongest player, only the victor.”
"You don't need to be anxious. You don't need to be anxious to fight for what will belong to you in the future.”
"It might be countless honors and trophies, or it might just be a draft list for the second place…"
" Kobe," Walton paused and continued," he's one of the greatest players on our team. When he first entered the league, he was in a much worse situation than you."
"He was selected as the 13th overall pick at that time. After he came to the Laker, he played as a reserve for two years before he proudly broke out of the tight encirclement of Los Angeles, which was full of talents.”
"Two years, do you understand? It was such a difficult journey…there was no need to gamble his entire life for that moment of gain and loss. No one, no one could sit firmly on the throne of the strongest from the beginning.”
As Wharton spoke, he suddenly thought of a person and smiled bitterly. However, Ingram didn't see him.
"We are a team, and every one of us is working hard for the team's victory.”
Ingram looked up, and his red eyes seemed to have some other colors.
"toot…"
The whistle blew at the end of the third quarter, and the Los Angeles Clippers entered the fourth quarter with a score of 71 to 90, trailing by 19 points.
The live audience booed. Many sports radio stations had already produced news headlines such as " Nine Regions 'new star is just a flash in the pan, the future of the Los Angeles Clippers hasn't come yet "," The Los Angeles Clippers have once again pulled down the second place. Will they fight for the third place?", in order to grab the attention of the news in the first place.
Yu Huo sat next to Ingram and even asked for water.
" Yu..." After a while, Ingram spoke. His voice was weak, and his expression was like a child who was afraid of being beaten for doing something wrong." I..."
"I need your help."
"Eh?"
Yu Huo turned around and said to Ingram seriously," The 76ers are on fire. We need your help.”
This was, of course, the excuse of Yu Huo's " training." Based on his current strength, if he fired without limit, how could the 76ers block him with just a group of rookies and fringe players?
But that was meaningless. Yu Huo did not like to do meaningless things.
"Without you, we can't defeat them. We need your strength.”
In just three short sentences, he repeated the same thing three times and pulled Ingram back from the edge of the cliff.
"Is what you said true?" Ingram's eyes were filled with hope as he looked at the embers.
" Of course it's true, as long as..." Yu Huo smiled and adjusted Ingram's hair band. He turned to look at all the substitutes who were resting." Let's do it together!"”
A group of young lads stood up and suddenly roared with their hands on their shoulders.
"Let's give the entire Alliance a surprise in the fourth quarter!”
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