NBA: Every One of My Eight Shots Goes In! I'm the Nets' Trash-Talking King

From the start, the playoffs had the team down 0-3. Lin Ze, just called up from the G League, became a benchwarmer for the Nets.

Luckily, he unlocked a special ability: he could make exactly eight shots in every game. And so, the most arrogant score-manipulating show-off in basketball history was born.

He treated games like clocking in at work. Once he'd sunk seven three-pointers, even if the coach got down on his knees and begged, he wouldn't go back on the court.

If he said he'd score 20 points tonight, he'd score 20. Not even Jesus could stop him.

Twenty-one points in 35 seconds.

Then came Game 7 of the Finals. He'd taken seven shots, but his team was still down by two points. Lin Ze had no choice but to take the court again, and the most famous boast in history was born:

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

With 0.4 seconds left, Lin Ze launched an outrageous three-pointer from midcourt. While the ball was still in the air, he'd already turned around to celebrate.

The next second, the ball swished through the net, and the whole arena erupted...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.