NBA: A Tungsten-Titanium Physique, Taking Down Taylor Swift

Chen Hao is reborn in 2007, at the NCAA semifinals, still a backup point guard averaging four points per game. When a teammate gets injured, he's thrown into the game. With a tungsten-titanium alloy body and a Rose template, he strips Jeff Green head-on with a suffocating defensive play, then charges down the court for a tomahawk dunk. He steals the ball again on the next possession to tie the score. On the third play, he catches Conley's alley-oop and dunks over Jeff Green with both hands. The backboard explodes, and the rim slams into the opponent between his legs.

Hibbert swings an elbow at Chen Hao's head, only to fracture his own forearm and leave the game. Chen Hao scores 15 points in the first half, with nine rebounds, eight assists, and eight steals. He finishes with a quadruple-double and leads his team to a 36-point blowout victory, sending them to the final.

After the game, Kobe says his scoring is one-dimensional. Chen Hao just replies, “Wait until after the NBA Finals.” He gets an S-rank midrange shooting skill: a 100% hit rate when open, and 60% even under heavy pressure. In the NBA Finals against Florida, Taylor Swift is sitting courtside. Chen Hao dribbles across half court, rises and shoots. While the ball is still in the air, he has already turned to look at the stands. The moment it swishes through the net, his eyes meet a pair of blue ones.

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