First in scoring

Chapter 483 481. Crazy Ending (Part )
Tonight is the most peaceful sleep Zhang Yang has had in over half a month!
The adjustment plan was in place, and it was executed very well in the first game!
The next morning, Zhang Yang arrived at the Turkish Airlines Arena early and practiced for a while. The editor sent him the video of last night. He went to the third lounge and took a quick look. He found some things that were difficult to feel during the game.

13分15板1助攻1抢断3盖帽……常规时间真正托底的，是小邓肯！
In the offensive dual core, Millsap is holding Felton back.

The best thing the role players did in this game was defense, with the "competition for jobs" between Pietrus and Afflalo being the most obvious example.

However, in terms of tactical coordination around role players finishing shots, only the "attitude" has improved significantly. The coordination itself, which has been abandoned for a period of time, is indeed not as good as when playing against the Lakers in early February. Also, the competitive state, after fighting for so long for a winning streak, is still visibly sluggish.

But cooperation can be practiced, the form can be found, and there are still more than a dozen games, so there is no need to worry about this at all.

In the afternoon, Zhang Yang came to New York with the team. In the evening, he and Emma Roberts had dinner with Harden... and then left Harden to go their own way.

Erha: I value women over friends!
The next day at 8 o'clock in the evening, the Bobcats played against the Knicks away at Madison Square Garden.

In the first quarter, the Bobcats had a big game, and were beaten by the Knicks 33 to 15 in a single quarter! They were 18 points behind at the start!
In addition, Zhang Yang missed a counterattack three-pointer, and the team made 6 of 0 three-pointers in the first quarter! Fortunately, they recovered quickly in the second quarter, and their offensive and defensive performances improved significantly, scoring 27 to 26 in a single quarter, stabilizing the situation.

中场休息过后，山猫队飙起来了，张杨7分、替补上场的迈克-米勒8分、奥卡福和费尔顿都稳稳拿到5分、加上其他人的8分……还了尼克斯队一个单节33比15！

After three quarters, the Bobcats overtook the Knicks by 75 point with a score of 74 to 1!
The Knicks' offense also picked up in the final quarter, mainly due to Harden's big outburst. He made 6 of 4 shots in the quarter, including 2 of 2 three-pointers, plus 3 of 2 free throws, scoring 12 points and leading the Knicks to 31 points in a single quarter.

However, the Bobcats also started shooting. Zhang Yang made 4 of 2 shots in a single quarter. Both of them were three-pointers. Two of his successful shots from medium and close range missed, but he was fouled on two other shots. He made all 4 free throws and scored 10 points in a single quarter. His long-range shooting threat was maximized, making the Knicks' already non-existent defense even worse. His teammates scored 29 points in a single quarter!
21投10中，其中三分球6中3，加上8中7的罚球，张杨拿到30分；
加上奥卡福12分13板、费尔顿19分、米尔萨普8分6板外加生涯新高的单场10助攻……山猫队以114比105逆转尼克斯队，战绩提升至54胜11负！
The second highest scorer of the game was...Harden!
17投8中，其中三分球6中4，加上6中6的罚球，他今晚大爆发拿到赛季第二高的单场26分，外加4板4助攻。

However, at present he is extremely dependent on the firepower assistance provided by his teammates. When the whole team was in a slump in the third quarter, he also followed suit. He only made 5 goal in 1 shots and got only two points, which was very different from the other three quarters when he made 12 of 7 shots and got 24 points.

D'Antoni's offensive accomplishments are indeed beyond reproach. The Knicks average 107.8 points per game, and their firepower is really strong, but they are not as powerful as the Suns, who can mess up their opponents' offense. They also do not have players like Raja Bell and Marion who can support the defensive end.

However, what impressed Zhang Yang most tonight was not his scoring, but his positive attitude on the defensive end!

This to a certain extent limited Harden's time on the court and his performance. Harden should have played for about 8 minutes per quarter, but he played for 27 minutes in one attack tonight, which was 6 minutes less than the last time they played. His touch was so good tonight that he would have thrown the ball at least 20 times under normal circumstances, but he only averaged a little more than 4 times per quarter.

This style of play is very un-D'Antoni, and Harden's defense is indeed not that good, but in Zhang Yang's opinion this is a good change.

...

After the game, Zhang San and the little bitch flirted in front of the camera for a while, and Zhang San let the little bitch get a shot.

Emma Roberts has great fashion and advertising resources, and her parents and stepmother all have connections, but her resources in the film and television business have always been poor. It's not that she has no roles to play, but that when she grew up, she only got vase roles, unlike when she was a child when there were so many distinctive roles approaching her. After she got together with Zhang Yang, her exposure increased greatly, but her film and television resources became even bleaker... As a second-generation star and the girlfriend of a basketball star, she is even more of a vase.

But this little bitch of her age doesn't have much ambition to succeed in her career. She doesn't think there's anything wrong with making money by working in advertisements and magazines and playing vase roles. If a good role comes, that's great, but if it doesn't... In Zhang San's words, it was the second-generation stars who dragged down the trees before her, and there was nothing she could do about it.

The next day at noon, the little bitch followed Zhang San on the Bobcats' charter flight to Charlotte to play for a few days.

After takeoff, Zhang Yang sat by the window and read the newspaper.

Their trip to the basketball mecca this time did not attract as much attention after the game as in the past few times. On the one hand, he was involved in the team's "deep adjustment" plan. He shot very little in the first half, and most of his shots and points were concentrated in the second half.

And yesterday, which was the 17th, the crazy three-game period began, and there were several upsets.

There are two biggest upsets. One is that Duncan and Paul's alma mater, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, were upset by the Cleveland State University Vikings men's team, which did not have a single top 07 high school student in the United States. The Demon Deacons were led by Jeff Teague, the 55th high school student in the United States in 08 and a favorite for this year's draft, Al Aminu, the 7th high school student in the United States in 07, James Johnson, the 46th high school student in the United States in 05, and David Weaver, the 73rd high school student in the United States in 6... Six other top American talents, and were the favorites to win the championship this year. The Vikings men's team did not have a single top high school student in the United States, and the only one who could be named was Norris Cole.

Another team that was upset was the real championship favorite and seeded team Florida State, the team that won two consecutive championships in 06 and 07. The team had 18 people in total, and 12 of the 11 main players were once top 07 high school students in the United States. They were led by Chandler Parsons, who was ranked 37th in the United States in 59. They were defeated by Wisconsin State in the first round with a score of 61 to . Florida State's loss was even more shocking. Wisconsin State did not even have a player who could be named and had the potential to enter the professional basketball arena. Most of the players were seniors, who left behind precious memories before graduation. They defeated a group of future NBA players.

Other upsets included the University of Utah, ranked fifth in the Midwest Division, upset by the University of Arizona, ranked 7th; Boston University, ranked seventh in the Midwest Division, upset by the University of Southern California, ranked tenth; and the University of Illinois, ranked fifth in the South Division, upset by the University of Western Kentucky, ranked th...

On the first day of the March Madness, except for a few teams like North Carolina, Connecticut, and Purdue, most of the games were against the stronger teams. The NBA couldn't match this level of attention. Zhang San complained to the little bitch who was reading a newspaper next to him: The NCAA is using all means to "steal the limelight" this year.

But don't mention it, in this kind of one-win game, even the favorite to win the championship may be eliminated in an instant. Zhang Yang also finds it very exciting. It makes sense that March Madness can surpass the NFL playoffs to become the most profitable event in North America, but the way it's eaten is too ugly.

After returning to Charlotte for a night's rest, the Bobcats faced the challenge of the Spurs at home on March 3.

At 6:40 in the evening, the two teams entered the stadium.

张杨看着对面那群人……真厉害！从开局10胜10负西部第十一，打到现在48胜17负与湖人队竞争西部第一，过去45场比赛取得了38胜7负的战绩，他们山猫队这期间都没这么猛！

After the morning preparation training, Zhang Yang, Hill, Carlisle, Jordan and others gathered together to chat. They thought that the Spurs had taken advantage of them. When they played offensive basketball last season, they suffered a lot and made many mistakes, which became a lesson for the Spurs. Their adjustment and response methods became a reference for the Spurs.

However, Jordan felt that this better reflected Popovich's ability. They spent nearly two years building the system bit by bit. The successful experience was there, and Popovich was the only one who could learn from it and make use of it in the first place.

The game starts at 7pm.

The Bobcats' starting lineup remained the same, while the Spurs sent out a starting combination of Conley, Gay, Dio, Duncan and Kurt Thomas.

The Bobcats focused on defense and teamwork at the beginning. The offensive basketball played by the Spurs was very similar to that of the Bobcats last season. Both teams focused on positional warfare rather than the running and playing style of the Suns, Knicks, Nuggets and Warriors. This made it feasible for the Spurs, like the Bobcats, to add a defensive system later.

It is difficult to add defense to a run-and-gun game. Gentry can only add defense when the Suns have Raja Bell, who has first-team defense, Marion, who is at the best defensive level, and Kurt Thomas, who is still at the end of his prime. The Nuggets have to gather a lot of players who can both defend and run. Team defense has little to do with tactics and depends purely on personal ability.

However, the Spurs’ positional offensive basketball also gave the Bobcats a chance to adjust their defense and make targeted adjustments in a slower-paced game.

Tonight, the Bobcats did much better than the last time they played. In the first 10 minutes or so, they kept the Spurs' score down to 22 points! But the Bobcats themselves only scored 22 points...

Seeing that both teams were about to end the first quarter with a low score, Ginobili, who had made 3 of 0 shots in the previous period, suddenly exploded. He broke into the inside for two consecutive rounds and slammed the ball into the basket over Perkins' head.

During this period, Zhang Yang also made a three-pointer to keep the score close, but Ginobili caused Zhang Yang to commit a three-point foul at the last moment!
With Ginobili making all three free throws, the Spurs ended the first quarter with a 3-point lead over the Bobcats 29-25!
During the intermission, Yaodao walked back to the bench and raised his eyebrows and chin towards Zhang Yang, and his heart-shaped bald head seemed to be shining.

Zhang San was so excited that he had to face a lot of opponents. It wasn't the first time he encountered a demon sword explosion, but the situation was different every time. He missed 3 of 0 shots in the first half! He had to go through a bridge to make a layup, but he suddenly scored 7 points... Was it a bad performance for Zhang San to get 2 points with 1 of 3 shots at the end of the quarter? Not bad, right? But he still lost by 4 points...

If you are unhappy, hit him!

After the intermission, Zhang Yang scored a 2+1 against Gay at the start of the second quarter, and he made a breakthrough jump shot and scored the ball when he was fouled.

Led by Zhang Yang, the Bobcats started the second quarter with a 12-6 run against the Spurs, overtaking the Spurs by two points with a score of 37-35.

But after Ginobili came back from a three-minute rest, the Spurs' offensive efficiency improved dramatically. In the next nine minutes, he led the team to a 3-9 score, helping the Spurs regain a 22-point lead before the end of the half.

At the end of the first half, the Bobcats trailed the Spurs 54-57.

Some things cannot be put aside, but during the halftime break, Felton still told his teammates that if Ginobili's outburst in the last minute and a half of the first quarter was ignored, the Bobcats would have had the advantage at other times, in order to strengthen his teammates' confidence.

Don't mention it, this time the "throwing away" worked well! In the third quarter, the Bobcats scored 27 to 20, crushing the Spurs, and in the final quarter, they scored 25 to 23, firmly suppressing the Spurs...Felton was assuming that if Ginobili's rampage was thrown away, the Bobcats would be able to do this and that. The Spurs really "throwing away" the demon sword in the second half.

Gay and Ginobili performed extremely poorly in the second half. Gay only scored 6 points with 2 of 5 shots. Ginobili missed all 4 shots and only got two points from free throws. He scored 16 points in the first half and only had 18 points in the whole game.

On Gay's side, Zhang Yang was guarding him one-on-one, and Ginobili... Afflalo and Pietrus who were guarding him didn't know why the demon sword suddenly couldn't make the shot.

张杨19投10中、其中三分球5中2、加上4中4的罚球，拿到26分5板1助攻，率队以106比100击败马刺队，赢下了这场虎头蛇尾的比赛。

Yaodao really wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into at this moment. He scored 10 points with 5 of 16 shots in the first half and led the team to suppress the opponent. In the end, he only scored 14 points with 5 of 18 shots in the whole game... But he has already practiced the skill of being shameless to perfection, and it is not the first time. He has given up in the seventh game of the playoffs. Tonight, it's just a small scene.

This time, Ginobili was amazed again when he played against the Bobcats in person.

They can be said to be the team that pays the most attention to the Bobcats this season, no doubt about it. They have also seen the difficulties the Bobcats have encountered recently, but the Bobcats have undergone fundamental changes tonight. With the wing shooter still not feeling very good, they played even better than the last time they met in the middle of the season. At that time, the Bobcats' defense was taking shape and was strong, but easily targeted. Now it has become a real top defensive team. Zhang Yang is slightly behind on the offensive end, but his teammates have given him strong support on the defensive end.

Ginobili looked at the 55-11 record on the big screen that made the fans cheer wildly... The Bobcats' performance this season really gave him and core players such as Duncan, Conley, and Gay very strong confidence.

Just as Zhang Yang, Jordan and others analyzed at noon, if it weren't for the successful precedent of the Bobcats, the Spurs might have given up on offense after starting with 10 wins and 10 losses. Several of their core players would have taken the initiative to ask to return to the defense like last season, waiting for Popovich to make the plan more perfect and adjust the lineup better before accepting the change in playing style.

...

After playing against the Spurs, the Bobcats returned to the East, and on the 21st and 22nd, played back-to-back away games against the Wizards and 76ers, winning with scores of 114-95 and 101-93, with Zhang Yang scoring 42 points and 19 points respectively.

In these two games, the recovery of the Bobcats' overall condition was visible to the naked eye. Carlisle's micro-management in "deep adjustment" and the efforts of all the players in training and communication were well demonstrated on the court.

In the game against the 76ers, the Bobcats' role players showed the most obvious recovery. Iguodala, who defended Zhang Yang, gave up scoring and switched to playing a pure organizational defensive forward-guard swingman. By the end of the season, he had regained the defensive strength of the best defensive lineup. Together with Thaddeus Young and Marreese Speights on the front line, and Dalembert and Ratliff's rim protection under the basket, the whole team worked together to prevent Zhang Yang from making only 20 of 7 shots... and then conceded 12 three-pointers from other Bobcats players in a single game.

Although the Bobcats did not score many points in the interior due to the strong rim protection ability of the 76ers, making it difficult for them to play an inside and outside combination, they combined the containment of Zhang Yang with long-range shots from the wing very well, and Hill, Okafor, Mike Miller, Brad Miller and others also did a good job in mid-range shots.

After the back-to-back games, the Bobcats returned to Charlotte and got two days of rest.

The concept of "deep adjustment" has been engraved in the players' minds. The role players have gradually regained their sense of cooperation, and the wing shooters' touch is also gradually warming up. On the second rest day, Carlisle entered the second stage of deep adjustment - tactical details.

In the past week, he had called Sloan almost every day to discuss this matter. In order to prevent the teacher from thinking that he was incompetent, he would think thoroughly about what he wanted to ask before calling the teacher to check it...

Finally, he and Sloan reached an agreement not to adjust the original tactics but to "cover" them.

Just like the 'first version of pick-and-roll' by Malone and Stockton in the late 80s and early 90s, the 'pick-and-roll 90' that began in the mid-2.0s, and the 'pick-and-roll 05' from 4.0 to the present, there was originally a pick-and-roll '3.0' in between, but Malone left and Stockton retired in the summer of 03, and it had not been implemented yet. In 04, the NHC era arrived, the difficulty of the pick-and-roll dropped sharply, and version 3.0 was no longer used.

At the morning preparation meeting, after Carlisle finished talking about the "new tactics", the extremely expectant Zhang Yang had a lot of complaints to complain about. He really thought there was some new tactics, but it turned out to be another "concept substitution".

But when it came to the tactical training class, Zhang Yang found that the trick of "changing concepts" was too effective. Most of his teammates seemed to have not noticed that the so-called new tactics were just a modified version of the old tactics.

These teammates learned "similar new tactics" with a "foundation", and the positive feedback from the training was extremely strong. Everyone worked very hard. When communicating during the breaks in training, everyone seemed to feel that their "tactical awareness" had improved... He also refreshed his understanding of his teammates again.

However, after thinking about it, Zhang Yang felt that this was not an easy task. First of all, their tactical foundation had to be good enough and the existing tactics had to be executed very skillfully to make such adjustments feasible. Not many head coaches could meet this prerequisite, let alone find room for improvement in the already very good tactics.

After two days of rest, on the 25th, the Bobcats will face the Pacers at home.

The Pacers currently have 30 wins and 39 losses and have long fallen out of the playoff race.

At the beginning of the season, they once maintained a 1% winning rate, but in early January, something unexpected happened - Mike Dunleavy, the main pitcher, averaging 15 points per game and averaging 42 three-pointers per game with a hit rate of 2.2%, was reimbursed, and then the record fluctuated greatly. However, this is a good thing for DeRozan personally. He became a starter in mid-January, and his average playing time soared from 1 minutes to 23 minutes, and his data also improved significantly. So far, he has played 31 games, averaging 60 points, 12.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game, but his hit rate has also dropped a lot, from 1.8% before he started to 44% now.

It is true that for him now, starting is beyond his ability, but he tries his best in every game and does not get discouraged by setbacks, which makes Bird and Jim O'Brien, the transition coach who specializes in training new players, determined to train him to be Granger's helper.

The game started at 7 o'clock in the evening. Granger and DeRozan tried very hard to get the first shot in the league, but they were fooled at the beginning.

格兰杰3中1、德罗赞2中0、墨菲和替补上场的拉德马诺维奇都是4中0……步行者队全队单节出手19次，只进了3球，5次三分出手一个没进！
The main problem is that they can't make long shots. The Bobcats' wings can double-team the opponents who are rushing forward, and they can also shrink under the basket without restraint. The Pacers' wing shooters become more and more nervous and then even more stubborn... The Bobcats' defense is fully focused, and they are like mad dogs when they see an opportunity.

How could the Pacers, who are already far away from the playoffs, have ever seen such a scene?
Zhang Yang played the entire first quarter, making 8 of 5 shots, including 3 of 2 three-pointers, and 1 of 1 free throws, scoring 13 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, and 3 steals. He scored 4 points more than the entire opponent team.

He led the Bobcats to a 33-9 score in the first quarter, which directly ruined the game!

Zhang Yang is quite experienced in clocking in after three quarters, and even in half-time, but he clocked out after the first quarter... Sitting on the bench and watching the last three quarters, he smiled on the surface but cried in his heart...

In the last three quarters, the Bobcats and the Pacers played with a score of 75 to 74, and finally slaughtered the Pacers 108 to 83!

After the game between the Bobcats and the Pacers on the South Coast, Wade received a call and almost smashed his phone after learning that Zhang Yang had scored less than 20 points for two consecutive games and his average score dropped from 31.8 points to 31.4 points.

Before the All-Star Weekend, his average points per game remained at 31.3 points and would not go any higher. However, the damn Zhang San's average points per game remained above 31.5 points and would not drop no matter what. Occasionally he would have a low score, but would immediately soar with 40+ to pull it back up.

After the All-Star Weekend, seeing Zhang San throw the ball more than 30 times due to a disagreement and 20 irons in a single game, he decisively chose to give up competing for the scoring title and devote all his energy to defending the playoff spot.

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The result suddenly told him that Zhang Yang's average points per game fell below 31.5!
He recently had a single-game 40+ game, which brought his average score from 30.9 points per game back to 31.1 points. A month has passed, and the difference in average points between him and Zhang Yang is still 0.3 points... If he had persisted in the past month and thrown two more shots in each game, would he have been able to overtake Zhang Yang now with that single-game 40+?
After a wave of impotent rage, Wade calmed down. He remembered what James had said to him about Zhang Yang when he was drunk during the Olympics last summer - "I felt like that XX was playing with me. Every time I was about to give up the scoring title, his score would drop, giving me hope. But every time I was about to catch up and overtake him, he would play a high-scoring game and widen the gap again. In the end, not only did I not win the scoring title, my team's game rhythm was also disrupted, and we didn't even make the top four..."

Wade took out a pen and paper that he hadn't used since moving into the house and analyzed the current situation.

Given the first condition, his maximum scoring average is unlikely to exceed 31.5 points, unless he just scores points regardless of the team's victory or defeat; given the second condition, Zhang Yang's team is strong, so he can score points without any worries, and the limit is estimated to be 32 points. Above that, only peak Kobe and Maxwell can reach that level among active players, and Zhang Yang is obviously not up to it yet.

What is uncertain is whether he can score nearly 15 points in the remaining 32 games, regardless of whether the team wins or loses. Without such a score, it is difficult to ensure that he can surpass Zhang Yang at the last moment.

But given the third condition, he is capable of leading the team to keep their playoff spot if he gives his all and focuses on winning.

After the analysis, Big Cheeks threw the pen and paper into the trash can: Whoever wants the scoring title can have it, I want to win!

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The next day, on the 26th, the Bobcats faced the Nets in a back-to-back game at home.

The Nets started fighting right from the start. After playing 70 games so far, they have a record of 34 wins and 36 losses, ranking ninth in the Eastern Conference. They still have hope of making the playoffs, so they will fight hard against anyone.

However, the Bobcats players also have their own goals to pursue. They fought hard with the Nets with all their strength. Although it was the second game of a back-to-back game, they won easily last night. Most of the main players had little playing time. Although the role players were a little sluggish on offense and defense tonight, the main players held on.

首节战罢，张杨打了11分钟7投4中、外加4中3的罚球拿到11分，率领山猫队以26比24领先篮网队两分！
In the second quarter, the Bobcats gradually expanded their advantage, but in the middle, Odom played like a 'left-handed magician', scoring 3 goals in a row, one of which was a three-pointer, scoring 7 points in a row, and making three assists in the rest of the second quarter... At the end of the half, thanks to Odom's crazy performance of 11 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in a single quarter, the Nets scored 28 to 24 in a single quarter, overtaking the Bobcats by two points with 52 to 50 and entering the second half!

After returning from the halftime break, Carter, rookie Gallinari and Odom, driven by Sessions, launched an offensive frenzy, scoring 6 points in the first 36 minutes and 22 seconds of the third quarter.

Carter shot, Odom made the mid-range move, Gallinari cut in, Sessions took the lead, and rookie power forward Ryan Anderson was restrained on the wing. After they started to go wild, the Bobcats had no way to defend them. However, Zhang Yang reacted in time and adjusted himself after two rounds. He ignored Carter's arrangements and attacked with all his strength. He made 3 three-pointers in this half quarter alone, and made 4 of 3 shots!
Entering the official timeout, facing the fierce attack of the Nets, the Bobcats not only did not allow the opponent to expand the score difference, but also surpassed the Nets by 75 point with a score of 74 to 1! The Bobcats scored 6 points in 25 and a half minutes!
This seriously affected the mentality of the Nets players. After the official timeout, the Nets players shot more impatiently, and coupled with the fatigue after the fierce attack, their accuracy dropped rapidly, and they only scored 5 points in 12 and a half minutes.

On the other side, the Bobcats were also affected by the fierce attack, and after all, it was the second game of a back-to-back game, so the offensive firepower was declining in the second half of the quarter, but they still played an outstanding performance of 16 points in half a quarter, and the score in a single quarter increased to 41 points!
10投7中，其中三分球6中4，加上4中3的罚球，张杨单节拿到21分，本赛季第4次单节20+！

After three quarters, the Bobcats led the Nets by 91 points, 86 to 5!
After the start of the fourth quarter, there was no major fluctuation in the score difference. On the Bobcats side, Zhang Yang could not play C for three quarters; on the Nets side, their mentality collapsed in the third quarter, and they couldn't win even with 34 points.

末节比分27比25，山猫队最终以118比111强势击败篮网队，豪取7连胜！

首节11分、第二节13分、第三节21分、末节9分，张杨全场打了43分钟，34投19中，其中三分球11中7，外加12中9的罚球，狂轰54分，外加6板3助攻3抢断1盖帽！

The whole scene was in high spirits. San'er fans said: I knew that as long as our Zhang San gets back into shape, no matter how strong the opponent is, we will be invincible!

The teammates were also very excited. In the previous few games, they fought hard during regular time to create rest opportunities for Third Brother, relieve his physical exhaustion from continuous fighting, and allow him to play more efficiently. Today, when they were tired and needed to take a break, Third Brother stood up to help them hold on... This is the romance of men!
Ibaka played well tonight. He didn't have much playing time in the last game, but tonight he played for 31 minutes, made 10 of 6 shots, and 4 of 3 free throws, scoring 15 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks. He was the highest scorer among the Bobcats' inside players. After the game, he received an interview invitation from Chaoting TV.

Facing the camera, Ibaka said: "Boss Raymond told me that in a game like this, we don't know the result until the last moment. We just have to fight hard after we step onto the court. The rest can only be decided by God... Jack is our God!"

On the other side, the flying man said: Zhang San beating the child like this will teach him bad habits...Yes! He will definitely do that!

In front of the TV, after learning that Zhang Yang scored 21 points in the third quarter, Wade returned to the bedroom and turned on the TV to watch the live broadcast. He saw that Zhang Yang's final score was 54 points, which suddenly raised his average score from 31.4 points to 31.7 points.

Big Cheeks: Haha, I knew after last year's All-Star Game that the evil Zhang San would never give up the trophy he had won, unless it was won together with everyone else.

...

7连胜过后，山猫队战绩来到了59胜11负，距离60胜只差1场了！

All basketball fans' attention is focused on the Bobcats at this moment. Even though March Madness has entered the fourth round and has reached the Elite Eight stage, it cannot suppress the popularity of the Bobcats.

After two consecutive losses, the Bobcats had a hard time winning against the Hawks and Spurs. They only won against the Hawks by 4 points, and won against the Spurs thanks to Ginobili's sudden turn from a super god to a pit.

At that time, the Bobcats were undergoing adjustments, which had been analyzed by major media and experts. People felt that they were in the final adjustment stage, and coupled with the overall poor condition that was visibly evident, their record was probably going to decline.

People think this is normal. After the Bobcats won three consecutive games against the Hawks, Knicks and Spurs, their record has reached 3 wins and 55 losses. There are still 11 games left. Even if they lose half of them, the first place is still secure. It is time to make adjustments. They can't possibly think about rushing for 16 wins, right?

Then the Bobcats won four games in a row, and with 4 games left to play, they already had 12 wins!

No one thought of getting 16 wins in 15 games, but getting 12 wins in 11 games... the Bobcats' current state is visibly improving, and even if the overall performance is sluggish in back-to-back games, Zhang Yang can still stand out and perform well. Such a trend is not impossible!

After all, when the Bobcats were in great form last time, they won 19 consecutive games!

Now, counting the previous 7 consecutive wins, the Bobcats still have a chance to win 19 consecutive games again!

However, this topic, which was hotly discussed by the media and fans, collapsed a day later...

On March 3, the Bobcats faced the challenge of the Bulls at home. Playing their third game in four days, they were collectively sluggish and lost to the Bulls 28-4, ending their seven-game winning streak.

After the game, Zhang Yang saw that his boss had a very complicated expression, with negative emotions such as annoyance and unwillingness that the probability of getting 70 wins had dropped, but the corners of his mouth seemed to be unable to suppress it.

31投10中，其中三分球7中1，加上7中5的罚球，拿到26分……张杨连续第2场出手次数超过30次，超神了！生涯前4年第13次单场20铁！对手还正好是公牛队！
And the emojis on the other side, where is Crawford? Why not give that guy a technical foul and kick him out of the court?

...

Zhang San’s record for missed shots was amazing, and he was so upset that he went home and buried his head in the arms of the little bitch for comfort.

The teammates were also very frustrated. When they were on a seven-game winning streak, they thought they could win all the remaining 7 games and get the second best record in history. But after the seven-game winning streak was ended, they looked at the last 12 games and felt that it was impossible to win them all.

But not everyone thinks this is a bad thing. The hope of getting 70 wins has become slim, and Carlisle is also very uncomfortable, but from a longer-term perspective, he thinks this is a good thing...

It is obvious that in the two games against the Nets and the Bulls, their "deep adjustments" have tended to go back. He knows that this is not the subjective idea of ​​him and his players, but things like competitions are easily restricted by objective conditions. If a long winning streak really starts, it is not a question of whether they want it or not. Everything will push them in a direction that they can hardly control. Maybe they will adjust themselves and move in a positive direction, or maybe they will really go back.

The main thing is that the loss is already lost, so instead of dwelling on it, it’s better to look forward.

After the game with the Bulls, the Bobcats got two days of rest. The whole team rested on the first day and Zhang Yang did not go for extra training as he was indeed tired from the last two games.

On the second rest day, the Bobcats held a team meeting at 2 a.m. Carlisle repeatedly stressed the need to stick to the "deep adjustments". This meeting was much longer than usual. Felton, who had informed Carlisle in advance, also went on stage and shouted slogans for a long time, so that there was only a complete tactical training class from 9 a.m. to 11:11 a.m. However, the team was able to get out of the negative emotions of the end of their 50-game winning streak and the slim hope of 7 wins. The whole team worked hard to learn the "new tactics" in depth.

After two days of rest, on March 3st, the Bobcats faced the challenge of the Cavaliers at home.

James scored the highest in the game tonight, making 29 of 14 shots, including 5 of 2 three-pointers, plus 13 of 9 free throws, for 39 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 1 block. This performance can be regarded as the best game he has played against the Bobcats in his career.

He did an excellent job of pressuring the Bobcats' small forward position and performed well in help defense.

The offensive end has also improved. He has a good grasp of open three-pointers, simple counterattacks and cuts, and the overall shooting rate within the three-point line is as high as 50%. But except for him, everyone else on the Cavaliers was blocked! And the Bobcats' defense against him is generally simple...

经过一场艰难的防守大战后，山猫队靠着张杨的25分、奥卡福15分19板3盖帽、费尔顿11分7助攻、米尔萨普13分6板2助攻、迈克-米勒的11分……以96比89险胜骑士队，拒绝连败！

The Bobcats' latest record was posted on the big screen: 60 wins and 12 losses. It took them only 72 games to get 60 wins, which ranks fifth in NBA history!

只有06-07赛季小牛队、96-97赛季和97-98赛季公牛队、72-73赛季的凯尔特人队比他们更快！
不过，大屏幕上贴出来的那4支队伍72场比赛打完时的战绩，给了山猫队球员们暗示——拿70胜没可能了，公牛队96-97赛季前72场比赛63胜9负，最后也‘只有’69胜13负，最后10场输了4场。

The Bulls, who won 70+ games, had a record of 72 wins and 64 losses after the first 8 games, and lost two games in the last 10 games. This was the team with the fewest losses in the last 60 games among the top four teams with the "fastest 4 wins". Losing four or five games was the norm.

Carlisle was truly relieved when he saw the players' expressions change from joy after winning, to melancholy after seeing the detailed data, to relief as they celebrated tonight's victory with the fans.

That's right, he posted this data after notifying the director at short notice after a narrow victory, in order to make his players give up hope, and at the same time, to make himself give up hope.

The next day, a new month arrived and the regular season entered its final month of competition.

This morning, Zhang Yang wanted to sleep in, but after waking up at around 8 o'clock, he couldn't fall asleep again, so he got up and sat in front of the computer.

The Player of the Month will be announced this morning, and he is both excited and worried. If he can continue to win the award, it will be his fourth consecutive win and he will secure the ultimate regular season award. But if James wins the award, it will be uncertain, and the Cavaliers will definitely win more than 4 games.

主要是他们山猫队3月份14场比赛只拿到11胜3负，压不住骑士队的12胜5负，数据他们俩各有千秋……

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the headlines of the NBA official website were updated. Zhang Yang felt upset when he didn't see his name. When he won the award, there must have been adjectives such as "several times in a row" and "creating history".

But after he clicked on the link, his eyes lit up!

Zhang San: Brother Yao, I love you!
(End of this chapter)