13 Chapter 13 - Playing the later half

Luka was feeling troubled right now. I had dribble, shooting, and speed.

He checked the ball again. I dribbled it in front of him, and made him switch stance. When he tried to switch it back, I ran towards the basket.

He ran behind me and tried to block me on the backboard, thinking I was going to do the layup. I jumped for the dunk on the left side of the rim.

He was lost right now. The good thing is that he is Luka Doncic. He won't feel humiliated, he is a good guy. He knows it's just a game. Some stars feel prideful and would freak out already.

He smiled and still went to check the ball.

I probed him again, he was unmovable. He staid there, looking me in the eyes.

I smiled and shot the ball on his face. Luka has a height advantage on me. So I catapulted the shot. Making a huge rainbow. It went in.

Right now we are 10-0. The surrounding people are amazed, but only a few people in the stands. They started to cheer the others to watch.

No one is a fool. The ones who saw the match knew that Luka was playing serious now. And I hadn't missed even the last contested shot. They really believed in my skills now.

I got the ball again and dribbled to his left side. I got him in the post and did the dream shake, finishing with a fadeaway.

What happened next surprised me a little. Luka managed to block the shot, I don't know how, but he did it.

The crowd cheered and now was his turn.

He dribbled the ball to his, cross between the legs, and as soon the ball touched his right hand, he spun around and ran towards the basket, when he was 8 feet away, he stepped back and shot the mid-range.

It was beautiful. The crowd went crazy. I think they forgot he was playing a spectator not an NBA player.

I checked the ball and he started to prob me. Doing jabs to see if I showed any flaws. I didn't, he then started to dribble to his left. Suddenly, he did a double step-back. He shot the ball wide open from three and made it.

"You are not trying on defense." Luka said flustrated.

"Just know that if you miss, I win." I said chuckling.

He dribbled the ball, stepped with his right foot in front and crossed between the legs, he dribbled the ball once more and made another step back. He made another 3 points.

I checked the ball, and this time I went really close to him. He started to sprint towards my left and when we were close to the basket he used his body to create separation, but I saw this before and when he raised his hand to shoot the ball, I snatched it out of his hands.

I quickly dribbled the ball to the 3-point line and prepared to shoot, but Luka came to guard me. I just stepped back and shot the 3-point. All net.

I smiled and said.

"I told you, if you miss I win." I chuckled.

"Yeah, but you didn't tell me your name." He said also smiling as we walked back to the stands.

"My name is Jaylen, call me Jay. That is my friend, Jessica." I said pointing at Jessica and signaling her to come.

"You are dating her?" He asked curiously.

"Not yet." I smiled and replied.

"Hi, Jay. Mr. Luka, nice to meet you." Jessica said as she reached her hand for a handshake.

Luka took it and replied equally.

The game was almost starting, as the other players had already arrived. So he Luka looked at me.

"Could you give your number? I want to contact you later." He said quickly.

"Sure, but do you have your phone now? How about you give yours?" I asked.

He accepted and we went back to the stands.

The game began and everyone started to cheer. We got a seat next to the court so it was way better.

Lukas was playing out of league. He got excited after playing with me and was destroying his defenders. At the end of the first half, he already had 6 out of 6 in 3-points shots, totalizing 26 points, 4 assists, 6 rebounds, and 2 steals.

Cuck Cooperstein was going crazy narrating the game and the crowd loved every second.

Me and Jessica were enjoying some hot dogs and laughing as we talked. She was a little sad because we didn't get to take a picture early with Doncic. He is great and everybody in Dallas loves him.

"Don't worry, I got his number. But you will have to reward me if you want to take a picture with him. Hahahaha." I said teasing her.

She just stuck her tongue and pouted. I pinched her cheeks and teased her again.

The second half was the same, Luka killed the defense and had a triple-double in the beginning of the 4th quarter. But it didn't end there. He finished the game with 49 pts, 14 ast, 12 reb, and 7 stl.

He killed the game. And the interview after the game, the reporter asked what motivated him this night. He said it was the competitiveness that someone showed him at the beginning of the game.

After we exited the arena and was at Jessica's home, she put a solemn face.

"Jay, I'm sorry. Yesterday I received my parents' information about the day we are leaving. And it is right after the school ends." She said with a sad face.

I smiled and said.

"Don't worry, we still have 4 months. And as you said, you are coming back after a while. We just have to be friends until there. I hope nothing will change." I hugged her as I finished saying this.

After that we said goodbye to each other and I left.