Paul George Describes What It Feels Like To Go On a Scoring Explosion
Paul George Describes What It Feels Like To Go On a Scoring Explosion
Ever wonder what it feels like to enter the zone?
Have you ever watched the anime Kuroko’s Basketball?
It’s about this group of super-talented middle school basketball players named the Generation of Miracles who split off and go to different high schools and compete against each other in basketball tournaments.
And the games are dramatic for no reason, like in all animes.
Well, there’s this concept in the series called the Zone.
When in this mode, a player’s abilities are heightened; his skills essentially max out. He’s also faster, more explosive and more reactive.
So, all of this sounds fictitious, right? But the thing is, players do enter the zone in real life.
When Tracy McGrady scored 13 points in less than a minute against the San Antonio Spurs, he was in the zone.
When Kobe Bryant scored 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, he entered the zone.
When Paul George scored 25 points in the fourth quarter against the Brooklyn Nets, he was in the zone.
I know this sounds like I’m trying to push a narrative.
But I’m actually not, as Paul George described this exact thing on a recent episode of Podcast P.
George was asked how he approaches scoring from game to game and said he goes into games with the mindset of being aggressive when he has the ball.
He also added that when he goes on big scoring runs, like the one I mentioned earlier, he enters “a zone.”
“It’s just a zone you go into. It literally feels like you cannot miss anything you throw up. It feels like the game is slowed down, the hoop is that much bigger. It feels like, I don’t know. It’s kind of equivalent to video games when you get a power-up, moving and doing things better than your opponent. That’s just kinda how I can best describe what those scoring explosions look like or feel like.”
See, not pushing anything.
Anyway…
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