First in scoring

Chapter 477 476. Consecutive wins, tied for first in history!

After two days of rest, on the 26th, the Bobcats faced the challenge of the Raptors at home.

Bosh was very unhappy today. After greeting the three young players and veterans on the opposing team, he returned to the bench in a depressed mood and sat in a daze. As for the head coach's final arrangements before the game... no one in their team would listen to any arrangements.

He was only thinking about one thing - the opponent had won 13 games in a row, and many of the following games were scheduled to be broadcasted extra, but he, the King in the North, would not be included!
Although Jane Triano was still making detailed pre-match arrangements, his tone was no longer passionate and was supported purely by his professionalism.

This team is really off the mark, and he regrets not listening to the advice of his seniors!
When the Raptors publicly extended an offer to him last summer, NCAA coach Mike Montgomery, who had served as head coach of the Warriors, called him to warn him to make a careful decision, saying that it might ruin his career.

Although he responded politely at the time, he didn't take it seriously in his heart. He thought it was just the defeatist thinking of a loser who believed that he must be different from others.

He eventually chose to leave college and accepted the job of head coach of the Raptors. He devoted himself to the new job, adjusted the system according to the actual situation, and built supporting tactics around Bosh. Although the process was a bit difficult, he still built an offensive and defensive system that was enough to impact the Eastern Conference playoffs at the beginning of the regular season. He started with 6 wins and 6 losses and defeated the Mavericks, the team with the best record at the time, and felt a great sense of accomplishment.

But just when he thought everything was moving in a good direction and he would never become a loser like Montgomery, the management started to make trouble... Just after Christmas, when their record was 13 wins and 14 losses, ranking seventh in the Eastern Conference, the management suddenly found him and said that they did not plan to continue building the team around Bosh, and were ready to rebuild with Bosh and a high draft pick.

He was completely confused. He had worked so hard to help the team get back on track, and the management suddenly told him not to waste his efforts?
He asked the question in disbelief, and the answer he got was that the boss was not satisfied with Bosh's ability and felt that there was no future in building a team around him.

Bosh was less than 25 years old. He averaged 24 points per game in the early season. The media and fans ranked him together with Nowitzki and Stoudemire as the three strongest scoring power forwards in the NBA. Moreover, Bosh's defense was much better than these two. He was regarded as the third best power forward in the league in terms of offensive and defensive comprehensive ability, surpassing Okafor and only behind Duncan and Garnett... The boss was not satisfied? He felt it was too absurd!
Then, the management used practical actions to tell him what it meant: I am not discussing with you, this is a notification.

The management sold the team's best shooter and three-point contest champion Jason Kapono to the 76ers at a bargain price for a second-round pick, and exchanged Anthony Parker, an important supporting core and veteran who averaged 10 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists per game, for the 96 million expiring contract of Lorenzen Wright, a veteran from the 400 class who could no longer play...Since sending Ford away, in just one year, the Raptors have squandered all the "legacy" left by Colangelo Jr.

After this series of operations, the Raptors' record plummeted and fell to the bottom three in the Eastern Conference.

During the All-Star Weekend, the management sent away O'Neal, the only inside player who could protect the rim, in exchange for Marion. Marion became even less motivated to work after joining the Raptors... Triano has become numb to this. The most tragic thing is that he has no way out. He finally understood what Montgomery meant by "it may ruin your career."

After he left, the University of Toronto replaced its head coach with a new young coach and started to build a team around him. Other universities are unlikely to want him, despite his outstanding abilities. However, those teams that are considering changing head coaches or have vacancies in head coaches are worried that he will receive an offer from an NBA team one day and run away. Being a university head coach is a long-term job, and it is common to be re-elected for 10 or even 20 years, so as to maintain the cyclical operation of a university team.

He can only stick to this path and stay in this position to see if there is an opportunity to change jobs in the future, or pray that this team can turn around...

On the other side, Zhang Yang took the initiative to find Marion to chat. Because of the relationship with Nash, although the two were not familiar with each other, plus he specialized in face training, they were able to chat for a few words. There was no purpose. When he met a powerful veteran, he would take the initiative to chat with him. It was something he often did since the second grade to keep familiar with him.

The game started at 7 o'clock in the evening.

今晚张杨出战34分钟，12投7中、其中三分球1中1、加上3中3的罚球，拿到18分8板16助攻2抢断，率领山猫队以112比86吊打猛龙队，拿下14连胜！

开局他就3投3中、其中1球是三分、加上2中2的罚球拿到9分，当时他就感觉今晚要遭，经验已经很丰富的他果断调整打法，果然在对方的无脑夹击下助攻起飞了，一举将他个人单场最高助攻数从12个提升到16个。

Unfortunately, he fought until the middle of the final quarter, with the score difference exceeding 20, but he still had only 8 rebounds. Carlisle was very fond of him, but he really couldn't stand it anymore and replaced him after the official timeout.

If I can’t get a triple-double, it’s fate… I’ll try again next time when I play against the Raptors and I’ll definitely try harder to get 10 rebounds!
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On the 28th, the Bobcats will host their 57th regular season game of the season at home, against the Kings.

This time, the Big Boss Gang was unable to have a small gathering with Rondo because the Kings were playing the second game of a back-to-back away from home and only arrived in Charlotte at noon today.

After entering, Zhang Yang and Rondo chatted for a while and felt that the other was in a good mood.

The Kings have been in good shape recently. In mid-January, the Kings and the Jazz reached a deal to trade Raja Bell for Kyler Korver. Not many people paid attention to this deal and it didn't have much effect on the Jazz, but it was crucial to the Kings... or to be more precise, to the Kings' players.

Since Rondo came from the Bobcats and was a member of the championship team, he was extremely disgusted with Raja Bell, who once choked Zhang Yang. At the beginning of the season, the two had a small quarrel every three days and a big quarrel every five days. Some media reported that Rondo actually spit at Raja Bell during the quarrel, and they almost fought several times.

This caused the Kings to be in chaos in the early stages of the season, with a record of only 9 wins and 27 losses in the first two and a half months.

After Raja Bell was sent away, things got better for the Kings quickly.

This has to do with the veteran Stephen Jackson, who inexplicably made eye contact with Rondo.

This is related to the way of doing things that Rondo learned from Felton on the Bobcats - you may not be good at interpersonal communication and may not know how to be a boss, but you have to show your desire to be a boss and want to lead the team.

Wu Sheng admires this young teammate who is talented, ambitious, loyal, and dares to love and hate.

Stephen Jackson has no experience in being a team leader and doesn't know how to teach others how to be a leader, but he knows how to lead his teammates in training and games, which has been a great help to Rondo.

Raja Bell, who was only able to catch the ball and shoot and defend, was replaced by Korver, who had practiced positioning for several years in the Jazz and was much more compatible with the two of them. The infighting was resolved, everyone played well, and the record improved significantly. In the past 30 games, they have achieved a record of 12 wins and 18 losses. It's not that good, after all, the inside line is too bad, and the performances of Spencer Hawes and Jason Thompson were both below expectations, but at least they are not at the bottom.

Stephen Jackson averaged 30 points per game in the last 20.6 games, performing like a top-notch scorer.

Rondo's personal performance has also improved. Although his points and rebounds have dropped from 14.2 points and 8.2 rebounds before the trade to 12.9 points and 7.6 rebounds, his assists have increased from 8.4 to 9.2, and his steals have increased from 1.8 to 2.2. His shooting percentage has increased significantly from 45.1% to 47%. His free throws and three-pointers are also good for him, with 70.3% and 30.6%, respectively. He really has the feeling of 'Little Kidd'.

In terms of the ability to control the court, it depends purely on talent. If you have it, you have it, and if you don't, you don't have it. Rondo does not have the ability of Kidd, Billups, and Hinrich.

Zhang Yang read the news before the game and chatted with Rondo after entering the court. He felt that Rondo's current condition is indeed good and his improvement is faster than when he was on the Celtics.

In the original time and space, the Celtics head coach Rivers initially only used Rondo as the white chocolate during the Heat period, with stable ball control, accurate passing, good defense, and the ability to launch counterattacks. It was not until the 08-09 season when Garnett was reimbursed that Rivers was forced to let Rondo take the core role and give it a try. As a result, Rondo's talent far exceeded Rivers' expectations. After that, Rondo became Rivers' key training target, and Rondo also played at an All-Star level in the 09-10 season.

Here, Rondo served as the ball-handling core of the second and third lineups in his rookie year. In his sophomore year, he was trained by the Kings as the "next Kidd". His growth rate was about half a year to a year faster than in the original time and space.

But Zhang Yang estimates that this good momentum is unlikely to last too long. God knows what kind of trouble the Kings management will come up with. Not to mention the distant past, at the same time last season, the Kings were in much better shape than this season, but the team was disbanded in the summer. It’s getting better now, but it’s just compared to the early part of this season... I can only wish Coach Xiaolong good luck.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Bobcats' home game against the Kings began.

At the beginning of the game, the combination of Rondo, Korver, Stephen Jackson, Jason Thompson and Spencer Hawes caused a lot of trouble for the Bobcats, and at one point led the Bobcats by 24 points with 16 to 8.

In this combination, except for the point guard, the other four players have the ability to shoot from mid-range and long-range. Hawes can even shoot three-pointers, and they do not have a clear concept of "top scorer". The new Korver has a strong ability to run, averaging a career-high 4 points per game in his time with the Kings. Whoever gets the chance will shoot decisively. Everyone has the idea that "we are the bottom team, we don't lose if we lose, and we make a lot of money if we win", and no one is cowardly.

The Bobcats players did underestimate the Kings, who had a record of only 21 wins and 45 losses. They played rather casually in the beginning. Fortunately, the idea of ​​fighting a war of attrition if they couldn't win the offense in the starting lineup had become their instinct. As the game progressed, Jason Thompson and Hawes' outside shooting touch began to decline, and both of them were not good at scoring in the paint. The Bobcats focused their defense on Korver and Stephen Jackson, and their advantage gradually emerged.

At the end of the first quarter, the Bobcats launched three consecutive counterattacks and scored 6-0, narrowing the score to 28-32 and narrowing the gap to 4 points entering the second quarter.

However, the Bobcats did not take advantage of this momentum to crush the Kings all at once, but instead fought a tug-of-war with the Kings. The Kings, led by two stars on the verge of All-Star level, Rondo and Stephen Jackson, fought hard, while the Bobcats played intensively and recklessly, as if they were building up confidence for the opponent, telling them 'you will win if you work harder.'

At the end of the third quarter, the Bobcats were still two points behind the Kings at 78 to 80.

Fortunately, in the final quarter, the Bobcats finally tightened up, and because the opponent's overall strength was relatively weak, they successfully played a dominant performance. The two guns were responsible for the offense, Zhang Yang scored 8 points in a single quarter, Felton scored 9 points in a single quarter, leading the team to 26 points in a single quarter. On the defensive end, the whole team cooperated and prevented the Kings from scoring only 18 points in a single quarter.

最终，靠着张杨25分10板4助攻3抢断1盖帽、奥卡福14分12板2抢断2盖帽、费尔顿18分5助攻……山猫队以104比98逆转国王队，拿下15连胜！

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After the game, Felton treated his teammates and former friends to a gathering at a nightclub.

Rondo also called up the best players on the team - Stephen Jackson, Korver and Hawes.

Although they lost, Rondo played happily tonight and was evenly matched with the league's number one player. In the end, he only lost because no one could stand up to compete with Zhang Yang and Felton in one-on-ones.

他表现也不错，9投4中，其中三分球3中1，加上4中3的罚球，拿到12分6板11助攻3抢断。

After drinking some wine, Rondo talked about his expectations for the future. If they could have a power forward who could help Hawes with defense, and a player who could score in singles at critical moments, even if he was just a sixth man, they could make it to the playoffs and reach a wider world...

Both Felton and Hill think that this young man has set good goals. He has ambitions and dreams but he is not too ambitious. It can even be said that this is a down-to-earth expectation.

Zhang Yang couldn't bear to burst Coach Xiaolong's beautiful vision, so he just said "yes, yes, yes" when asked everything. He let Coach Xiaolong experience the cruelty of reality himself.

The next day, a new month arrived. Zhang Yang had a drink last night and slept until noon. When he opened his phone, he saw an email from the team informing him that he had won the award!

Ben, who was still a little dazed, perked up and got up to read the news online. He was on the headlines again. He didn't care about the headlines at first. This winning streak was too long. There was an All-Star weekend in between, and he had been winning for nearly 40 days. Many of his opponents during this period were top teams. It seemed that he was always on the headlines and being discussed.

But this headline is a little different - "Bad Boys win Player of the Month again, tying with Garnett."

He clicked on the link and saw the latest list of the month’s best awards.

As for the Rookie of the Month, Harden averaged 10 points, 15.2 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 3.6 steals in 1.3 games, breaking Mayo's monopoly since the start of the season and winning the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month; Westbrook averaged 14.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, winning the Western Conference Rookie of the Month. Four months into the season, there have been four Rookie of the Month winners in the Western Conference, including Rose, Lopez, Love, and now it's Westbrook's turn.

Coach of the Month award went to Celtics head coach Doc Rivers, as Carlisle failed to complete his three-peat; in the Western Conference, Spurs head coach Popovich won the award.

The Player of the Month, Pau Gasol of the Grizzlies, averaged 11 points, 20.1 rebounds, 11 assists and 4.8 blocks in 1.8 games, leading the team to an 8-3 record and winning the Western Conference Player of the Month award.

He, Zhang San, is the latest winner of the Eastern Conference Player of the Month Award!
2月份10场比赛全胜，场均33.4分7.1板5.2助攻2.6抢断0.9盖帽……打湖人队三加时52分、打魔术队加时赛44分，拔高了这个月的得分。

The news noted that Garnett won the Player of the Month award for three consecutive months from December 03 to February 12, making him the first person in history. He, Zhang San, is the second!

Zhang Yang was very excited about winning the award and tying the historical record, but he also saw some discordant voices.

Of course, he knew that this so-called "historical record" was actually just an "8-year record". After the NBA divided the Player of the Week and Player of the Month awards into the East and West in the 01-02 season, the value of this award was not as high as before.

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If we count, Shaquille O'Neal in the 99-00 season is the real king of the regular season. He led the team to 67 wins, the fourth highest record in history. He was named Player of the Month three times in a single season, the only one in the 3 seasons from the establishment of the Player of the Month award in the 79-80 season to the 00-01 season. He won the scoring title and the MVP...

But for Zhang San, this is already a very high honor. Even if the value of the award has decreased after being divided into the East and West, there is no third person who has achieved this achievement except him and Garnett.

Faced with the discordant sounds, he opened his hands and pressed the keys!
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After lunch, Zhang Yang first drove to the Turkish Airlines Arena, received the award and took photos, and then went to the airport with the team, starting a five-game road trip in the Western Conference.

The first stop was Los Angeles, where they challenged the Clippers away on March 3. They had a bad start and fell behind the Clippers by 2 points with 17 to 29 in the first quarter.

Baron Davis, Livingston, and Brook, who came off the bench, launched a counterattack in the first quarter. Randolph's physical condition is different from that of ordinary people. He is at most 203 cm barefoot and weighs more than 120 kg. At the age of 27, when his athletic ability is at its peak, he rushes like a small forward, but was fed by three point guards in the counterattack and made 6 of 5 shots in a single quarter.

The Bobcats continued to lose in the second quarter, falling behind 21-24, and were 15 points behind the Clippers at halftime.

In the third quarter, the Clippers' offense started again. Randolph, who was in high spirits, did not slack off when he needed someone to stand up and score singles. He slammed the ball under the basket. Okafor couldn't handle it, Perkins couldn't keep up with it, and Ibaka and Millsap were all useless...

Seeing that the team was about to collapse, Zhang Yang stood up. He made a crazy attack on the inside even though Livingston was closely following his outside shot. He scored 16 points in the quarter including free throws, surpassing Randolph who scored 13 points.

Led by Zhang Yang, the Bobcats scored 33 to 27 in a single quarter, chasing the score to 71 to 80, narrowing the gap to single digits!
Zhang Yang's offensive in the third quarter finally brought the Bobcats' momentum. They quickly narrowed the gap after the start of the final quarter. With 17 seconds left, Felton passed the ball to Mike Miller with a pick-and-roll. Mike Miller passed the ball to Zhang Yang who was using a screen. Zhang Yang turned around and made a long two-pointer against Westbrook who was switching defense. The Bobcats overtook the score 104 to 103!

After the Clippers called a timeout, Mike Dunleavy passed the final attack to Westbrook, who was once described by the boss next door as "this kid is like me."

Westbrook is indeed very much like Kobe in his rookie period, wasting time to shoot the buzzer beater, breaking through Zhang Yang's defense and making a quick stop and zombie mid-range shot...but all three shots went out of bounds.

In the final quarter, the Bobcats scored another 33 points and prevented the Clippers from scoring more than 23 points, eventually winning the Clippers by just 1 point!

29投14中，其中三分球9中4，加上14中11的罚球，张杨新的一个月首战拿到43分！
The team reversed the game and reversed by 15 points in the first half, achieving 16 consecutive wins. Zhang Yang and his teammates were very happy, and so were the Bobcats fans, but even happier were the major TV stations that broadcast the game live.

They were originally hesitant about whether to broadcast the game live, but only decided to do so after the Spurs suffered an upset 92-105 loss to the Nets on the road in the evening.

After more than ten consecutive wins, it could be ended at any time. They already regretted not broadcasting the live broadcasts of the Spurs and Nets.

I didn't expect that this game between the Bobcats and the Clippers, which seemed to have no suspense at all, would be so intense. In the second half, Zhang Yang first competed with Randolph 16 to 13 in the third quarter, and then scored 15 points in the last quarter to withstand the impact of two young talents, Westbrook and Livingston... As for Livingston, he actually entered the NBA a year earlier than Zhang Yang, but it doesn't matter. As long as it's good to watch and has enough gimmicks, the more than one million paid viewership that increased after the third quarter is the hard truth.

The performance of both the Bobcats and the Spurs began to decline after winning more than a dozen games in a row. Sometimes it was due to fatigue, sometimes it was due to carelessness, and sometimes it was due to poor form... After both teams won 15 games in a row and almost collapsed in the first half, the Spurs couldn't hold on and were upset and their winning streak ended, but the Bobcats held on. In this long-distance contest, the Bobcats won!

On March 3, the Bobcats came to the Oracle Arena in Oakland to challenge the Warriors away.

The Warriors are not as strong as they were in the past two seasons this season, not because Nelson's team building plan or lineup was not well built.

Send away the bearded man and make Ellis the regular player; bring in Maggette to form the most powerful front line combination in the league with Artest who plays the fourth position; match the Grizzlies' offer of 6 million for 5400 years to renew Biedrins' contract; renew the contract of Jamal Crawford, the sixth man, for 3 million for 2700 years; among the role players, keep Azubuike, Anthony Morrow, and Belinelli, three guards who are suitable for Ellis...

But bad luck struck. After a 13-10 start, Ellis was ruled out for the season... Jamal Crawford took over as the starting point guard, which was a disaster. In the next 35 games, the Warriors had 11 wins and 24 losses.

Now the Warriors have a group of receiving players who can rush forward, but no one to promote fast breaks. The playing style has become Crawford, Maggette, and Artest taking turns to play singles, with the help of pitchers. If the three stars are double-teamed, they will pass the ball, and if not, they will just keep breaking through.

Looking only at the score, the Warriors are OK, averaging 108 points per game, third in the league, only behind the Nuggets and the Knicks, but this is achieved by speeding up the pace and increasing the number of possessions. They lose an average of 114 points per game...

The game between the Bobcats and the Warriors starts at 8 pm.

The Bobcats started off very aggressively tonight, scoring 36 points in the first quarter, but the Warriors also scored 31 points. In the second quarter, the Warriors scored another 31 points, but the Bobcats' score dropped to 25 points.

At the end of the first half, the Warriors overtook the Bobcats by 62 point with a score of 61 to 1 and entered the second half.

In the second half, seeing that the Warriors were about to take off again, Zhang Yang chose to reject the head coach's arrangement and instead directed his teammates to slow down the tempo, defend the shooter, and leave the basket to Okafor and Perkins who was rotating in.

Okafor and Perkins stood up and withstood the impact of Maggette and Artest. Jarrett Jack, who came on as a substitute, also took advantage of Zhang Yang's offensive distraction and scored consecutively.

杰克大神第三节大爆发，单节7投5中拿到13分，与帕金斯、奥卡福一同率领山猫队打出了28比24的比分，山猫队以89比86反超勇士队3分进入末节。

In the final quarter, Jack failed to continue to shine. Zhang Yang was taken care of by Artest and Biedrins, which was enough. Zhang Yang turned to defense. They had successfully suppressed the rhythm in the third quarter, so they continued to suppress it.

The two teams played out a low score of 21 to 21 in the final quarter. At 10:26 p.m., the game ended as Crawford's step-back three-pointer was blocked by Pietrus who flew over.

张杨22投8中，拿到20分6板7助攻1抢断；贾莱特-杰克拿到全队最高的23分；迈克-米勒、希尔、阿弗拉罗、皮特鲁斯等侧翼接球或切入吃饼的球员表现出色……110比107，山猫队3分险胜勇士队！

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At 7:40 p.m. the next day, Zhang Yang and his teammates appeared at Arco Arena in Sacramento, the capital of California, where the Bobcats challenged the Kings back-to-back away.

His old club had won 17 games in a row, it was the second game of a back-to-back game, and it didn’t seem to be in very good shape recently. Faced with this situation, Rondo decisively chose to strike hard at his old club!
Is there anything more satisfying than beating up the former boss, the second brother, and the third brother? Except for punching the cannon, there is nothing else!

Rondo and his teammates started the heavy punch mode in the first quarter. He scored 3 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in a single quarter, helping Korver to make 3 three-pointers. Stephen Jackson also played a good performance with 7 points in a single quarter, and he scored 31 points in a single quarter, overcoming the 30 points of the Bobcats who attacked fiercely at the beginning!
The Bobcats gained momentum in the second quarter, relying on... again, defense.

This is the biggest difference between the Bobcats and last season. Last season, if they couldn't perform well, they really couldn't perform well. This season, if they can't perform well, they will turn the table over and fight hard on defense.

Zhang Yang made 11 of 4 shots, including 6 of 2 three-pointers, plus 3 of 3 free throws, and scored 13 points in a single quarter, leading the team to 23 points in a single quarter. His personal efficiency and team scoring were not high because he almost single-handedly supported the entire team's offense, while everyone else was on defense, and the Kings were prevented from scoring only 19 points in a single quarter!
At the end of the first half, the Bobcats overtook the Kings by 53 points with a score of 50 to 3 and entered the second half.

Zhang Yang felt the benefit of having experienced veterans. Hill told them not to be too harsh on their teammates. Appropriate reminders were fine, but forcibly ordering teammates not to be careless and underestimate the enemy was not feasible... He, Felton and Okafor all felt that this suggestion was right. It did not spoil the fun when everyone was happy. The team cohesion became stronger and stronger with the increase in winning streak, and Felton was liked more by his teammates because of this.

But the situation analyzed by Hill was different from the actual situation they encountered. They did not wait until they lost the game to become alert. After they were almost defeated by Randolph who scored 36 points and 21 rebounds in a single game against the Clippers, they began to focus again. They had already fought very hard in the last game against the Warriors.

Hill still underestimated the strong competitive spirit that his role player teammates developed under the leadership of the three young players.

It's just that their hot form lasted too long. The last time they lost was in mid-January, which was right around the time their form started to decline. No matter how hard they tried, they couldn't overwhelm their opponents on the offensive end. But they didn't give up and instead focused on defense.

In the second half, the stubborn defense continued, and the score between the Bobcats and the Kings was 20 to 21. In this quarter, Zhang Yang was the only one who shot wildly. He took more shots than his teammates combined and scored 12 points with 12 shots. After three quarters, the Bobcats led the Kings by two points with 73 to 71, and the difference was narrowed by 1 point.

After Zhang Yang held on for two quarters, in the final quarter, his teammates finally opened the scoring. Felton and Brad Miller came on and made a three-pointer each in the bottom corner and top arc, finally creating space!
In the final quarter, Zhang Yang's shot attempts dropped sharply to 4 times. Because his teammates shot well, Okafor and Millsap, who came on as a substitute, cut in and scored consecutively. In the final quarter, the Bobcats scored 25 to 20!
At 10:23 p.m., the final whistle sounded. Zhang Yang made 34 of 13 shots, including 15 of 5 three-pointers, plus 7 of 6 free throws, scoring 37 points, leading the Bobcats to a narrow 98-91 win over the Kings and their 18th consecutive victory!

(End of this chapter)