First in scoring

Chapter 444 443. Gentleman Lei: That’s not how you shoot a three-pointer!
"I'm waiting for your call."

The little bitch said this twice. The first time, Zhang San took it as a "formal remark".

This is America. One of them is an actor and the other is an athlete. How could Zhang Yang be at ease?

But when they met for the second time, the first thing Emma Roberts said to him was to complain about not receiving his call, and she said it again when they separated for the second time.

A few days later, Zhang San, who was playing consecutive away games, returned to the hotel early after one day's game, so he called Xiao Biao Biao. The other party's obviously excited and happy voice gave him very positive feedback.

After that, when both parties are free, or think the other is free, they will send a text message or make a phone call to chat for a while. The content of the chat has nothing to do with feelings or that aspect. They just talk about interesting things around them. Of course, as the communication increases, they will actively screen out topics that may be of interest to the other party. Occasionally, they will ask about the other party's work out of curiosity, and they will also talk about things that may be of interest to the other party.

As they communicated more and more, things that were not so interesting to both parties at first gradually became interesting, and it became a habit for them to talk on the phone before going to bed every night. Even if one party had to work very late, they would still wait, as if they always had endless things to talk about.

Two days ago, Zhang Yang and Emma Roberts talked about New Year's Eve which was coming soon. The latter expressed great interest. Zhang Yang took the opportunity to invite her and she gladly accepted.

On the way back to his parents' house, Zhang Yang wanted to briefly tell Emma Roberts something about the Chinese New Year. He was a little surprised but not too shocked that Emma Roberts had done some homework. Although her understanding of New Year's Eve was a little different from his and similar to that of Asians, she had some understanding of it.

When Zhang San brought the little bitch back home, he was a little nervous because it was the first time he brought a girl home.

But his parents are very enthusiastic, especially his mother, who kept praising Emma Roberts for her beauty...

Zhang Yang originally had some concerns, for example, his parents thought Emma Roberts was too young. Only then did he remember that he was only 20 years old, the same age as Emma Roberts. Normally speaking, that is the age when a junior student hooks up with a freshman student.

It's just that he has been hanging out with Felton, Alan Anderson, Hill and others for a long time, and he doesn't come into contact with many people of his age. The ones he does meet are the kind of people like Harden who likes older girls with hot bodies and big butts... He subconsciously ignored this matter in many ways.

He recalled his mother's advice to him when he went to school in Compton - to take safety measures when dating female classmates, and repeatedly emphasized it, instead of emphasizing that he should not fall in love too early.

He didn't have a girlfriend for two years in Compton, and he didn't have a girlfriend in his first year in the NBA. His mother often used Little Monkey King to secretly hint at him - Children are fun, right? Just find a girlfriend and have one.

It was not until his sophomore year when gossip media revealed that he attended a party hosted by a rich lady in Phoenix and brought a young star back to his room that his mother stopped nagging about it.

There is nothing wrong with my own kid, I just haven't met anyone I like.

After playing three games in four days, the Bobcats got two days of rest. On the day they returned home on the 4th, Zhang Yang and Emma Roberts helped their parents prepare for New Year's Eve the next day.

Zhang San felt that the little bitch was really interested in his affairs and was very happy to be busy. Just like the musical he loved, he took the initiative to understand and accept it...

On New Year's Eve, the two were alone in the small garden of their parents' house. Their parents were setting off fireworks in the yard without disturbing the two young people. They also controlled little Wukong to prevent him from disturbing his brother.

The two of them looked at the fireworks rising and blooming, and couldn't help but kiss each other. There was no touching confession, and they were together naturally...

...

After two days of rest, on the 27th, the Bobcats faced the challenge of the Suns at home.

After the players from both teams entered the court, Nash and Zhang Yang chatted for a long time. Without Raja Bell on the team, he no longer needed to consider his teammates' face.

The Son of Wind was really happy to see Zhang San!

This student is amazing, his skills are getting better and better, his strength is getting stronger and stronger... Most importantly, in the eyes of the media and fans, Zhang Yang is considered his successor, although it is a deluxe version, which means that Zhang Yang will definitely surpass his achievements...

But no matter what, at least he is Zhang San's template. Look at that demon sword in San Antonio who claims to be Zhang San's template, no one likes him.

However, after chatting with Zhang Yang, Nash felt very upset when he saw the records and data of the two teams on the big screen.

The Suns have played 43 games so far, with 23 wins and 20 losses, ranking ninth in the Western Conference.

With this record in the Western Conference, they are definitely not a bad team, and they have also defeated teams like the Magic, Mavericks, and Hawks.

But their lineup on paper this year is even stronger than in the 06-07 season!
He, together with the core quartet of Jason Richardson, Stoudemire, and O'Neal, and sixth man Barbosa, poached Matt Barnes from the Warriors in the offseason, traded Jared Dudley from the Pistons in exchange for a garbage contract, and signed the free market leftover white violent forward Louis Amundson with a two-year minimum salary... This eight-man group is the strongest on paper since he joined the Suns.

Dragic and Lopez Jr., who were selected at Gentry's strong request, also performed better than expected. They are talented and have good combat effectiveness.

This lineup has only 23 wins and 20 losses, and Nash himself feels like a funny clown this year.

He looked at the opponent's data, 34 wins and 9 losses. Excluding 11 wins and 5 losses in the first month, from the second game month, it was 23 wins and 4 losses. So far this season, the average points per game is 103.9 points and the average points allowed per game is 95.5 points. The offense is online and the defense is getting better and better. The average points allowed per game has gradually decreased from an average of more than 98 points per game in the first month.

Son of Wind: Maybe, the performance of the opposing Cat Army in the past two months is what our magical general manager wants?

Thinking of this, Nash felt that his team was even more ridiculous...

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Bobcats' nationally televised home game against the Suns will begin.

O'Neal made 6 of 4 shots in the first quarter, plus 4 of 1 free throws, and scored 9 points and 5 rebounds. Except for his poor free throw shooting, he played like Yao Ming and was unstoppable.

Without Perkins on the court in advance, no one on the Bobcats could defend O'Neal one-on-one. If they were slow to double-team him, they wouldn't even have time to commit a foul. O'Neal relied on his weight to lean on Okafor or Brad Miller, turned around, lifted the ball, and with a flick of his outstretched wrist, the ball fell into the basket.

But... after the first quarter, the score between the two teams was 21 to 13, with the Bobcats leading by 8 points!
Except for O'Neal who played for 10 minutes and scored 9 points, the other players on the Suns only scored 4 points in total!
O'Neal played very well in individual offense, but the other players of the Suns didn't know how to cooperate with him. They all watched him play one-on-one and run, but since he was not good at cooperating with a static center in the low post, he just made ordinary tactical runs with no changes or tacit understanding, and was easily locked down by the Bobcats' infinite rotation defense.

In the second quarter, O'Neal did not play for most of the time. Nash scored 6 points and 3 assists. He single-handedly led the Suns' offense and scored 24 points in a single quarter.

However, after the Bobcats suppressed the Suns with their defense for one quarter, they stepped up their offensive firepower in the second quarter. Facing the Suns' poor team defense, the Bobcats' offense took off on the spot. Zhang Yang made 6 of 4 shots, including 4 of 3 three-pointers, and made all 3 free throws after being fouled by Stoudemire who was helping him on a three-point shot. He scored 14 points and 2 steals in a single quarter, leading the Bobcats to a 38-point barrage!
At the end of the first half, the Bobcats led the Suns by 59 points, 37 to 22!
Seeing the score, the Bobcats players were dumbfounded.

Felton: "Jack, are the Suns so weak?"

Zhang Yang: "I really didn't expect them to be so weak..."

Zhang Yang was not surprised that his team was leading by more than 20 points and his teammates were questioning their lives. He was surprised by the opponent's performance.

After all, the opponent has four superstars: Son of Wind, Slam Dunk, Little Overlord, and Big Shark, and these people’s personal performances are all online!

Nash has played in all games so far this season, averaging 15.6 points, 2.3 rebounds and 9.7 assists per game;

贾森-理查德森场均16分4板2.3助攻；奥尼尔也是全勤，场均打31分钟拿到19.2分9板2助攻1.4盖帽；

Stoudemire averaged 21 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists per game…

Facing these people, Zhang Yang and his teammates did not dare to be careless at all, but they did not expect that they would mess up the game after fighting with all their strength for half a game. Even though they were in good shape in the middle of this season, they did not expect such a result.

Zhang Yang feels that this Suns team is even worse than the second generation F4 of Nash, Kobe, Gasol, and Howard in the original time and space!
At least that team had Kobe who really stood up and led the team to win on his own. The old Mamba worked hard and was able to lead the team into the playoffs.

The current Suns team may have four stars who are stronger than the F4 in terms of overall strength, but when it comes to individual ability, none of them can beat the old Mamba.

As an opponent, Zhang Yang wanted to strangle Cole to death at this moment, for destroying such a great opponent!
Just as Zhang Yang walked into the player tunnel and prepared to go to the commercial area to buy some snacks to replenish his energy, he suddenly thought of something...

Zhang San: Shit! I'm not even going to get a chance to play in the second half. My points per game are going to drop again!
...

首节8分4板1助攻1抢断1盖帽、第二节14分1板2助攻1抢断，张杨半场打了21分钟，拿到22分5板3助攻2抢断1盖帽，打卡下班！
As for the Suns, after they beat the Bobcats 27-25 in the third quarter with a lineup that did not have any of their three young stars, they replaced all four of their stars in the final quarter to train Dragic and Lopez Jr.

At 10:22 pm, the game ended with the Bobcats defeating the Suns 110 to 92!
Zhang Yang was very happy that he won the game. He was already upset about the decline in his personal data.

When he competed for the scoring title for the first time last season, he already understood why some stars, seeing that they were just a little bit away from the scoring title, would rush for one or two games without hesitation and could overtake the opponent, but they didn't do that.

Some are incapable, and some simply cannot.

Not everyone can be as shameless as the admiral.

看着奥尼尔打了28分钟，15投9中，加上5中2的罚球，拿到20分10板2助攻2盖帽，纳什打了26分钟拿到15分8助攻，张杨怪遗憾的。

The individual strength of these two players this season is the best in the past three years... Nash's personal efficiency is better than last season, and is almost the same as the 3-06 season. Considering the Suns' overall performance this season, Nash can still maintain his personal efficiency. In fact, he played better than that season.

But the two of them are so unsuitable!
Occasionally the two can play in sync and lead the team in a fierce offense, but when facing the Bobcats' team defense, the two's styles of play had no synergy at all and they were completely unable to unite the team.

After defeating the Suns, the Bobcats' record reached 35 wins and 9 losses, continuing to hold the top spot in the league!
At midnight, Zhang San returned to his home and was checking the news with Little Bitch. He saw that the media were not surprised by the Suns' collapse at halftime tonight.

He checked the Suns' performance this season...it turned out that this was not a rare situation, but a common occurrence for the Suns.

When the Suns were on fire, they beat the Magic 133-102. O'Neal defended Howard to only 17 points and 8 rebounds, while he still had 15 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks. But when they didn't play well, they lost to the Clippers 78-106...

The next day, a new week arrived.

After spending some time together in the middle of the night, Zhang San and the little bitch spent some time together the next morning after breakfast. When it was almost noon, the two of them set off for the airport together. The little bitch was going back to New York as she had classes in the afternoon, so she had to run faster to catch up. Zhang Yang was also going to start the next away trip with his teammates.

There are as many away games in the middle of the season as there are home games in the early season.

After reuniting with his teammates, Zhang Yang learned the good news—Felton won the Player of the Week award!

In the four games last week, they achieved a record of 4 wins and 3 loss. During this period, Felton broke out, averaging 1 points and 20.3 assists per game, and won the Eastern Conference Player of the Week award.

Zhang Yang averaged 23.7 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2.7 steals and 1 block per game, which is a good performance. But for a player like him with good personal data and a strong team, the requirements for awards are always higher. Otherwise, when his record and data are stable, these personal awards will not be given to others.

The requirements for some stars are lower, like Felton, Nelson, Bibby...even Billups. As long as their record is good enough, averaging more than 20 points and more than 5 assists per game, they will become the favorites for the player of the week.

Last week, other Eastern Conference superstars, James, Wade, and Howard all suffered more losses than wins, and Yao Ming only had 2 wins and 2 losses. Felton's award this time illustrates what it means to just work hard.

西部那边拿奖的是……拜纳姆！上周率领森林狼队打出了2胜1负的表现，3场比赛场均26.7分14板，主要是客场打尼克斯队的时候24投17中、加上11中8的罚球拿到42分17板，单场11个进攻篮板球，各种隔着对面内线生扣，猛得不行。

At around 3 p.m., the Bobcats flew to Indianapolis, rested for a night, and came to Conseco Fieldhouse, where they defeated the Pacers, who had just flown back home, 108-93, starting a four-game road trip.

Zhang Yang made 25 of 13 shots, 4 three-pointers, and 8 of 6 free throws, scoring 36 points, finally stabilizing his average points per game.

After playing against the Pacers, Zhang Yang flew with the team to Denver, a northwestern plateau. After a night's rest, on the 31st, he went to the Pepsi Center to challenge the Nuggets away.

首节掘金三枪就给了来访的山猫队一个下马威，雷-阿伦进了俩三分球和一个长两分拿到8分、安东尼5分、艾弗森6分，三人带队打出了30比19的比分，首节取得11分领先优势！
In the second quarter, Okafor was the first to break out of his weak state. He made 6 of 4 shots in the quarter, plus 6 of 6 free throws, scoring 14 points and leading the Bobcats to a score of 29 to 30. Although they were still at a disadvantage, they kept the score close.

48 to 60, the Bobcats entered the second half trailing by 12 points.

After the halftime break, at the beginning of the third quarter, Zhang Yang hit a three-pointer against Ray Allen, narrowing the gap to single digits.

Ray Allen averaged 3.4 three-pointers per game this season, surpassing Lewis who averaged 3.1 three-pointers per game, Zhang Yang who averaged 2.8 three-pointers per game, and Granger who averaged 2.7 three-pointers per game. He is recognized as the current three-point king, and it has only been a year or two since he surpassed the historical three-point king Reggie Miller.

After being blocked by Zhang Yangyan, he immediately changed his attitude and responded with a three-pointer from Zhang Yangyan, widening the gap to double digits again and leading 63-51.

However, just as Ray Allen made the shot, Zhang Yang received the serve and rushed forward again. When he was more than one meter away from the three-point line on the right side of the top arc, he grabbed the ball, jumped forward one step, came to the half-step position outside the three-point line and shot a three-pointer...

Ray Allen just retreated into the three-point line and turned around to rush forward, but he didn't have time. He could only watch the ball fly over his head... and it went in!

Gentleman Lei: If I didn’t make the shot, it would be fine if you shot a three-pointer to catch up with me, but if I made the shot, you also shot it. Is that how you play the game?

In fact, Zhang Yang also made a similar shot the last time they played against each other, but he missed, so Ray Allen didn't have much impression of it.

But this time Zhang Yang made the shot and made Ray Allen completely helpless.

When the Nuggets attacked, Ray Allen was unwilling to admit defeat on the three-pointer. He had already accepted many realities, but the only thing about the three-pointer was that he thought he was unmatched.

He waved for the ball while running in a large area, successfully shaking off Zhang Yang who was chasing him and receiving the ball. However, his running position and way of asking for the ball, which were completely different from usual, had already attracted the attention of other players on the Bobcats. When he received the ball and turned around to shoot, Ibaka was already in position to defend, and he was forced to lean back more and shoot the ball... but it missed!
After being thrown away, Zhang Yang retreated tacitly, ready to quickly receive the serve or grab the rebound. When the ball hit the basket and bounced out, he used Okafor to block Kenyon Martin, grabbed the defensive rebound, and launched a counterattack!

Ray Allen and Iverson retreated, but both rushed into the three-point line, then reacted at the same time and rushed back to the top arc... Zhang Yang had already stopped abruptly and grabbed the ball one step outside the three-point line, took a step forward to meet the two and jumped up, shooting a three-pointer...

Looking at the ball falling into the basket, Junzi Lei said: No, that's not how you shoot a three-pointer...

(End of this chapter)