NBA: Eight Shots, Eight Hits! I'm the Nets' King of Bragging

The playoffs are already underway, and the team is down 0-3. Lin Ze, called up from the G League, becomes a benchwarmer for the Nets.

Luckily, he awakens a special ability: he can make exactly eight shots in every game, and every single one goes in. And so, the cockiest trash-talker in basketball history is born.

I treat games like clocking in at work. Once I've hit seven threes, I wouldn't go back on the court even if the coach got down on his knees and begged.

I say I'll score 20 tonight, and I score 20. Not even Jesus can stop me.

21 points in 35 seconds.

Until Game 7 of the Finals. He's taken seven shots, but his team is still down by two, so Lin Ze has no choice but to go back in. And so, the most famous trash talk in history is born:

“God only takes seven shots a night. The next one? That's Satan's job.”

With 0.4 seconds left, Lin Ze launches a three from the center circle. Before the ball even reaches the hoop, he's already turned around to celebrate.

A second later, the ball swishes through the net, and the whole arena erupts...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.