First in scoring

Chapter 422 421. Can we not grab someone just because we catch him?
At noon on the 11th, the Bobcats returned to Charlotte. After playing four consecutive away games, they got two days of rest and had no training scheduled in the afternoon.

After returning home and resting for a while, Zhang Yang could not wait to go to the backyard to practice shooting. He arrived at the Turkish Airlines Arena just after 7 o'clock the next morning. Before the team meeting started, he collected the remaining shooting points and quickly redeemed his talent points.

"Consume 120000 shooting points, randomly obtain shooting talent +1, used... You have obtained three-point shooting talent +1, your three-point talent limit has been increased to 95, you have a historical three-point talent, please keep up the good work."

Zhang Yang, whose jersey was already soaked by his training suit, saw the words on the pop-up "Door" and was shocked. His three-point shooting talent was as historic as his mid-range shooting talent! This was his sixth three-point shooting talent point, which increased to 6. In other words, his basic three-point shooting talent was 95... Not bad, but definitely not comparable to 89. It was barely two levels behind.

That's right. This also means that the three-point talent of 94 before can improve the mid-range shot with higher speed talent... No wonder after the 'shooting cylinder' rule is revised in the future, no one will practice mid-range shots and everyone will practice three-pointers. With the same talent, three-pointers are much easier to practice than mid-range shots.

However, he is still prepared to make progress in all three areas and improve together. It is fun to shoot from the outside, but wouldn't it be more fun to be able to score from any position?

A new task has also arrived, and it brings him some surprises!
The first task - 10 shooting points, start the next experience.

He calculated that based on the average daily shooting value since the start of this season, he would be able to collect 10 shooting values ​​in about two months, which would definitely be possible by the middle of the season. Even if he reduced the amount of training to ensure physical fitness as the season progressed, he would definitely be able to do it before the All-Star Weekend.

He doesn’t know what he can learn this time, and he is looking forward to it.

The 'Art is Shooting' that I got when I ended the bad boy era of Magic Bird was quite useful.

And with the help of Mark Jackson, he has enriched his back-to-the-basket style.

His early post-up technique was based on pure walking skills. As his skills improved, the progress has slowed down. Of course, it is still improving. If he continues to practice like that, he may really have the league's best post-up technique like Bird in the future.

But he has a better physique and physical fitness at the guard position than Bird at the forward position. In terms of strength, he already has an advantage over Bird on the front line. He learned some techniques of using strength in back-to-back plays from Mark Jackson, which enriched his back-to-back style.

If the next experience is to go to timeline 10, he remembers that he became teammates with Kobe.

In fact, there is a basketball god in the team. In terms of post-up skills, I don’t say that he is definitely better than Kobe, but he is definitely at the same level. But what about the basketball god’s teaching ability...

It is hard to say about Kobe's teaching ability, but since he is not as talented as Jordan, he may resonate more. At least he can't be worse. And at least Kobe is an active player and understands better how to make better use of offensive principles under the current rules.

The second task is a bit painful - 14 shooting points will randomly gain a physical talent +1.

This time he got the three-point talent, he has already gained 24 talent points, and has reached the next level.

But think about it, my physical talent limit has been raised to 96, the talent limits of three-point and mid-range shooting are 95, and my speed is already 94 and has reached the upper limit of 94, so this increase in difficulty is normal.

After closing the door to training, Zhang Yang excitedly practiced another set of mixed catch-and-shoot shots of long-range mid-range and three-pointers. Then he went to the bathroom to wipe the sweat off his face with a hot towel, changed into training clothes, and went to the conference room for a meeting.

The team has 4 wins and 2 losses in 2 consecutive away games, which has exposed many problems. It also means that Carlisle has a clearer direction for adjustment in system building. It is much better to see areas for improvement than to have problems but no solutions.

During the training phase, the Bobcats players were much more motivated than they were after the end of the preseason and before the start of the four-game road trip.

Felton's mobilization played a very positive role.

Another thing is that they defeated the Cavaliers who had won six games in a row at the start and won 6 games in a row against the Cavaliers, which is quite encouraging.

Carlisle, who was watching the players' training, said to Randy Brown, who was leading the team's training: "I didn't care much about the game against the Cavaliers before. We had too much advantage, and Raymond always came up with defensive strategies that I couldn't think of every time he played against James. I didn't have to worry at all.

But I will pay more attention to the Cavaliers in the future. We must win against them. Every time we beat them, our players’ morale and enthusiasm will be greatly improved. Next time, maybe they can play a similar role. Even if we are not there, it will not be a loss. "

Randy Brown: Uh...are we really going to catch King alone?
He even began to sympathize with this "black leader" officially promoted by the NBA.

The first player he supported was Jordan because of his strength; the next player he supported was Iverson, who was strong and a common leader among black athletes.

After playing 6 games, mainly the 4 consecutive away games, the Bobcats players have fully entered the state of the ongoing season.

In the following period, the Bobcats began a mode of combining competition and training, striving to win while correcting their shortcomings.

They don't have many strong opponents in the first month of the competition, which is perfect for them to continue to hone their system.

Experts have analyzed that for popular and strong teams, the league will try to help them maintain their popularity and strength. Usually, this is done by making changes to the schedule. The schedule will be easy at the beginning to give them time to adapt and adjust. In the month around Christmas, the schedule will become tighter and games against top teams will be concentrated. The schedule will be looser around the All-Star Weekend, and in the sprint stage before the playoffs, a wave of strong opponents will be arranged to prepare for the playoffs.

The Bobcats enjoyed this treatment last season, and it continued this season. In the games, the Bobcats have won and lost, and even suffered upsets. There have also been times when they were in poor form and fell behind by a large margin, but then recovered and made a comeback...

On the 13th, the Bobcats beat the Wizards 115-94.

Arenas was injured and out again at the beginning of the season. This time the impact was much greater than last season. Arenas was an All-Star and Best Team player in the 06-07 season. Last season, Arenas was injured and out. His teammates were looking forward to his return. The Wizards gave Arenas a maximum salary as a seven-year veteran with Bird rights in advance to further stabilize the morale of the team and make the players believe that Arenas' injury condition was optimistic. Only then could the Wizards once rush to fifth in the Eastern Conference and finally make the playoffs.

But being out for two consecutive years is a different story. The precedent of Hill is right in front of us. The entire Wizards team has lost their fighting spirit. The one most affected is Caron Butler. There are rumors that he has submitted a trade application. His performance has declined significantly compared to the past two seasons, averaging only 16 points per game.

The Wizards started with 1 win and 5 losses, ranking last in the Eastern Conference, only behind the Clippers, who started with 7 consecutive losses and ranked last in the league. After losing to the Bobcats, they followed closely in the Clippers' footsteps and were ready to overtake at any time.

14号，山猫队115比120被勇士队干掉了，张杨25投15中拿到46分，刷新了他赛季得分新高，但对面勇士队三分球26投15中！
Crawford, Belinelli, Azubuike, Watson, Anthony Morrow... a group of people surrounded and shot, Ellis and Artest rushed forward, the scene was so cruel.

On the 16th, the Bobcats narrowly defeated the Hawks 90-86 on the road. After trailing by 56 points at 70-14 after three quarters, Zhang Yang made 4 of 4 three-pointers, 10 of 7 shots, and 3 of 3 free throws in the final quarter, scoring 21 points and leading the Bobcats to a crazy performance of 34-16 in the final quarter to complete the reversal.

Zhang Yang scored 19 points in the first three quarters and 21 points in the last quarter, exactly 40 points in a single game, and scored 40+ points for two consecutive games.

Pierce, Joe Johnson, Bibby and Horford played well, with steady offense and excellent defense, but when Zhang Yang went wild, no one could keep up.

18号和19号，山猫队回到主场分别以110比97击败雷霆队、108比90击败森林狼队。

The Thunder have Rose and Durant, so they have the core talent, but the overall talent is still not enough and they have to continue to accumulate talent.

In fact, last season, when they were still called the Supersonics, their lineup was still pretty good, with Earl Watson, Camby, Ridnour, Damier Wilkins... and others.

The main reason for the trouble is the moving issue. Where is Seattle? It's one of the top ten livable cities in the United States, Oklahoma City... After the Supersonics officially changed their name to the Thunder and moved to Oklahoma City during the offseason, players on the team immediately requested trades or asked to terminate their contracts, and the matter was reported to the players' union and the NBA officials.

There was also a commotion when the Hornets moved to a new city. It was quite a big deal. Moving the entire team is no small matter and the expenses are enormous. The players’ union almost organized a strike because of this... This time the league officials already had experience in handling this and supported the players’ demands.

Earl Watson was traded, Ridnour, Damier Wilkins... and others were traded, but the Thunder didn't get anything good in return, not even two second-round picks.

However, what caused the biggest stir and surprised people the most was the Thunder's way of dealing with Camby - terminating his contract.

It’s not that no team wants Camby, but the offers they made are ridiculous, basically all garbage contracts. The Thunder management is not stupid. They chose to lose players for nothing under pressure from the league and the players’ union, but they can’t exchange them for negative assets. Other role players didn’t get any returns, but what they got was either the minimum salary or an expired contract. Camby…

Just when everyone was laughing at Camby, a team made a surprising move - the Clippers signed Camby, who had just been released, for 4 million over four years.

Barkley's comment on this operation: Sterling couldn't have done it without spending 10 years in the Pacific Ocean.

In comparison, the performance of Prince Beile back then was really excellent.

和雷霆队这场比赛，张杨打了26分钟就被换下，15投10中，其中三分球6中4，加上6中6的罚球拿到30分。

Durant and Rose had different reactions when they saw Zhang Yang's extremely coquettish performance, but both showed their competitive spirit.

When Ross was interviewed, he was more unwilling and angry about his own lack of ability.

Durant said with anticipation: "I will be that strong one day."

There's not much to say about the game between the Bobcats and the Timberwolves, they were beaten the entire time.

The Timberwolves' operations in the past two years are very confusing. They seem to be working hard, such as signing Adelman as head coach, but no one knows what they are working hard for. They are ranked second to last in the Western Conference "after" the Clippers. The Thunder's lineup is so bad, but they can't lose to the Timberwolves.

The only person worth mentioning about the Timberwolves is Bynum. Although his knees were not injured by Odom's sitting, he is still performing domineeringly. He just turned 21 before the start of the season, and he has averaged 17.1 points, 11.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 2 blocks per game since the start of the season.

When the Timberwolves played the Bobcats, Bynum had no difficulty scoring whether he was playing one-on-one against Okafor or Brad Miller. Only Perkins could limit him one-on-one.

Zhang Yang, an old friend from the same agency, also praised Bynum after the game: "Andrew's talent is as exaggerated as that of the Great Shark. He can easily get 15 points and 10 rebounds without using his brain..."

(End of this chapter)