Chapter 103 102. Rookie of the Month!

张杨拿到24分6板5助攻，成为了有史以来最年轻单场20+5+5的球员，引发热议。

There was no such record in the early years, but there was one on October 2003, 10. On that day, James scored 29 points, 25 rebounds, 6 assists and 9 steals in his debut. People were amazed and it broke people's inherent perception of high school rookies. It turned out that high school students could be so strong in their first year in the NBA.

ESPN took the opportunity to launch a new way of recording records, and that opening game was the starting point for various new records.

That day, James was only 18 years and 10 months old, and the record was considered an 'unbreakable' record.

Now refreshed! 17 years and 7 months!

ESPN had no idea that their "new record" would actually serve as a wedding dress for others.

Fans of Carter and Wade fought with fans of other stars for a whole day, causing the servers of several forums to crash. After a day of bloody battle, they saw Zhang Yang on the news and suddenly remembered what they had originally intended to do.

After reading the news, they commented disdainfully, "It's just 24 points. We lost the game, what's there to brag about?"

But the boomerang came quickly...

Less than an hour after the game between the Bobcats and the Suns ended, the Heat lost to the Pistons at home, and half an hour later, the Nets lost to the Mavericks away.

Wade was limited to 18 points in the game against the Pistons by the two Wallaces, and Carter only scored 16 points due to the Mavericks' endless rotation defense.

Tonight, the fans of both players stopped criticizing Zhang Yang... although they didn't criticize for long as their attention was diverted.

They felt like everything was going wrong today! First they were surrounded and scolded by fans of all the big stars, and then they wanted to mock Zhang Yang's performance in the evening, but their idol got hammered even harder!
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On the 29th, the Bobcats faced the SuperSonics at home.

The Suns' defense is pretty bad, but compared to the SuperSonics, it's still nothing.

The Sonics' bad defense is not the same as the Suns' bad defense.

The Suns gave up on investing energy in defense at the tactical level and removed the requirement of defense when selecting players. The players can defend seriously, but they don't care about the results.

And the SuperSonics are pure rubbish.

The Suns' defense was so bad, but they only gave up 103 points per game, while the Supersonics gave up 106 points per game, which was a new level of badness!

The Bobcats just had a fierce battle with the Suns the day before yesterday. Tonight they will face the Supersonics, who have the worst defense in the league. Let’s continue the fierce battle!

Felton reached double-digit assists for the second time in his career, scoring 15 points and 12 assists.

Gerald Wallace scored 36 points and had a back-and-forth battle with Ray Allen, who scored 38 points in a single game.

Gerald Wallace's 36 points tied his career high. His previous score of 36 points was when he faced his old team, the Kings, after changing teams last season.

Zhang Yang shot happily, and there were shooting opportunities everywhere. He made 19 of 9 shots, including 3 of 1 three-pointers, and 5 of 4 free throws, scoring 23 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals.

Gerald Wallace had helpers such as Zhang Yang who scored 23 points, Felton who scored 15 points and 12 assists, and Eli who scored 15 points. Although Ray Allen scored the highest points in the game, his teammates provided him with far less help than Gerald Wallace.

The SuperSonics have never been a defensive team in the Ray Allen era. They won 52 games last season thanks to the scoring ability of the three musketeers.

This season, head coach Nate McMillan, who created the three musketeers formation, was fired, the third gun Radmanovic was poached by the Clippers, and the important point guard Antonio Daniels was poached... The defense is still bad, and the offense of the musketeers formation is gone.

As an all-around shooting guard, Ray Allen's personal performance was not greatly affected. He also benefited from the NHC and averaged the highest points per game in his career.

But Lewis relies heavily on passes from point guards and supporting players, and his efficiency has dropped significantly this season. Tonight, he only scored 14 points with 6 of 18 shots.

119 to 105, the Bobcats defeated the Supersonics and improved their record to 12 wins and 17 losses!
In these two games, Felton and Gerald Wallace felt that they learned something new - different ways of playing can be used against different opponents, and you must be good at observing your opponents and actively make changes.

The main reason is that the Bobcats currently have basically no system and their core players are not yet truly mature.

Felton's playing style is not so much mature as it is solidified. Playing for a long time in college does not necessarily mean that you can learn good things. Each of the four young players of North Carolina is a core strength of a top university. They are too strong together. It was so strong that Felton did not have to consider developing new technologies or correcting bad habits during his sophomore and junior seasons. Now he is actively improving.

Gerard Wallace has good physical fitness, high enthusiasm, and a very "correct" playing style, but he lacks skills and only has "tension" but not "relaxation".

Even Okafor, who seems to be the most mature, is simply imitating the playing style of his idol, but he can't do it as well. The talent gap is still quite large. If he wants to truly mature, he needs time to train and find a style that truly suits him.

So the Bobcats can now try any rhythm of basketball. Whether they play well or not is another matter, but they can play if they want. The coach will not stop them but will provide tactical help.

This is the charm of the game of a young team, which is full of infinite possibilities... However, this young team must have a good team atmosphere and positive players. If it has become a habit and a "legacy" like the Warriors of the past decade, there will be no charm in the game.

Of course, one day, when Felton and Gerald Wallace's playing style and skills are truly mature, they will no longer be able to switch styles as "freely" as they do now.

However, this basketball philosophy of actively seeking change according to the characteristics of the opponents will become their valuable asset on the court.

In these two games, the Bobcats coaching staff also had something to be happy about - playing against the Suns and SuperSonics, two teams with poor defense, Zhang Yang increased his inside offense and three-point shots!
The three-point shooting was standard, and he always took the initiative to find a wide open space to receive the ball and shoot.

In terms of attacking the basket, Bickerstaff saw that Zhang Yang was seeking a breakthrough in his playing style. In the past, when Zhang Yang attacked the basket, he either played simple balls or used the European step, pull-up shot, or face-to-basket step. The former reflects his basketball IQ, and the latter reflects his talent.

Making simple shots, whether it is an active opportunity or a passive one, is a basic skill for a professional player - criticizing Perkins by name is really a poor version of Kwame Brown, who can't even let the ball go when he makes a layup.

If you go with the technique approach, Zhang Yang's current inside attacking skills are not good enough, and he suffers a loss in inside confrontations. His efficiency in positional warfare is really low.

In these two games, Zhang Yang changed his shooting habits when attacking the basket, and shot quickly before the opponent's inside defense arrived. Although the efficiency was not good, like against the Supersonics, he only made two out of five inside shots, but Bickerstaff felt that this way of attacking the basket was very suitable for him now.

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On December 12, the Bobcats lost to the Bulls 31-89 on the road.

After being upset by the Bobcats before Christmas, the Bulls fought hard on both offense and defense tonight.

费尔顿被防得10投3中只拿到8分6助攻，杰拉德-华莱士被围剿，15投5中拿到13分。

Zhang Yang, who scored 21 points in the last game against the Bulls, was targeted the hardest and only scored 6 points with 2 of 7 shots.

With unlimited switching and double-teaming, naturally some people will be left out. Felton's awareness of organizing offense is not top-notch, but his basic skills are very good, and he can pass the ball very well. However, Brezek, Reliance, Matt Carroll, Kareem Rush, Perkins... and others cannot digest so many passes and waste a lot of opportunities.

The Bobcats ended 2005 on a bad note, with a record of 12 wins and 18 losses after the second month of play. Different people have different views on the same thing, for example, the Warriors finished the first two months with a record of 11 wins and 20 losses, and their players felt very satisfied, as this was their best result in the first two months of play in three years.

On the Bobcats side, the two leaders who are competing for the leadership and losing muscle are both positive players who want to do better. Their performance is higher than expected and they may surpass the record of the first year of the team next month, but they can never be satisfied with this. Even if the wins and losses are reversed, they still will not be satisfied and will want better.

January 2006, 1, the new year has arrived.

The Bobcats continue their road trip, playing against the Bulls is their first game of a five-game road trip, with the second stop being Atlanta.

As soon as he arrived at the hotel in Atlanta, Zhang Yang received good news - he won the first award in his career!
In December, he played in all 12 games, scoring in double digits in 15 of them, 15+ in 12 of them, averaging 4 points, 20 rebounds, 15.2 assists, 4.2 steals, 2.2 blocks, and a shooting percentage of 0.8%. He defeated Frye, Bogut, Felton, and Villanueva to win the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month!

Compared to the first month's average of 12.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 0.8 blocks per game, there is a significant improvement, but the shooting percentage has dropped by 0.4 percentage points.

As for Frye, as a shooting center, he played very well in the first month, but his performance declined in the second month after his opponents became familiar with him. His scoring method was too single, relying on his tall stature to pull up and shoot. If he was on a strong team like the Spurs or the Pistons, the opponent might not target him, but he was on the Knicks, who were ranked last in the league, and all they had to do was mark him closely.

Bogut, who calls himself the "White Duncan" and swept all his inside opponents in college, has mediocre physical fitness in the NBA. The offensive skills that seemed very good in college are not enough in the NBA. The gap between him and Duncan, who also penetrated all his inside opponents in college, is huge. Of course, he has his highlights. Although he talks big, he plays very steadily after realizing his lack of ability, and he has a good sense of catching cakes. Ford, Reed, and Mo Williams all like to partner with him. Although he lacks athletic ability on the defensive end, he is tough on defense, especially his low-post defense is rich in details... He has highlights, but his performance of averaging 8 points, 6 rebounds and 1 block per game is still far from people's expectations.

Felton performed very well after starting, with 20+10 in one game and 15+10 in another. However, since his playing time was reduced to less than 12 minutes in early and mid-December, his overall data was average and he was not able to compete with Zhang Yang.

In the Western Conference, Paul averaged 15.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 7.2 assists and 2 steals per game, winning the Rookie of the Month award without a doubt.

Zhang Yang used his laptop to read the news and watch the performance of the Eastern Conference rookies. He felt that the Eastern Conference draft in 05 was really bad. The top two picks were in the hands of Eastern Conference teams, and as a result, two of the three most talented rookies were selected by Western Conference teams.

The two in the West refer to Paul and Deron, and the other one refers to himself.

He looked through the 05 draft list and took the initiative to recall the third experience in the 10 timeline. With his current talent, by the time he is 3 years old, his personal ability will be better than everyone in the 24 class except Paul and Deron. He can't be called a superstar, but he should be considered a top player, a solid All-Star level.

But he still has a lot of time to improve his talents and develop more skills. He will definitely be much stronger than he was in timeline 10!
Zhang Yang went to the forum and took a look. Not many people scolded him. Many people praised him for his talent. He was a little surprised, but also a little disappointed.

Carter and Wade's fans have stopped paying attention to him and are focusing on quarrels with fans of other top guards.

The war has spread. It's not just the guards who are competing. Fans of forwards, swingmen, Yao Ming and O'Neal... are all arguing about who is stronger.

The war of words that crashed the forum server on December 12th set off another wave of "star comparisons".

This is what the NBA is happy to see. The NBA officials are also deliberately guiding the fans to make the arguments more intense. The more topics there are, the more ratings there are, and the more money there is…

On the rookie side, there is comparison, but no quarrel. Paul is far ahead in strength. Even Zhang Yang and Frye, who perform well, cannot touch Paul.

The next day, the Bobcats beat the Hawks 95-89 on the road.

The Hawks were aiming for the top three picks again this year, and they signed two high school talents, Joe Johnson, who averaged 20 points per game, Al Harrington and Josh Smith, who have improved their strength, and replaced their head coach with Mike Woodson, who has championship experience...but there is no improvement in the team's strength and record.

The offense was still bad, and Woodson's legendary defensive skills were not reflected.

Only Woodson can play as a combo guard, scoring and organizing the offense. Although Joe Johnson averaged 20 points and 6.5 assists per game, his offense organization was a mess, and his defense was basically unstoppable by any team's starting point guard. He was completely broken through by Felton tonight.

今晚杰拉德-华莱士凿穿了老鹰队内线群，拿到23分7板5助攻2抢断3盖帽。

Felton was also very irritable. He scored a career-high 25 points and his younger brother won the Rookie of the Month award. He was very happy, but he was still envious and jealous. As long as his younger brother didn't talk to him during practice, he would be very nice. He didn't want to vent his negative emotions on his younger brother, so he could only vent it on his opponent.

张杨今晚表现中规中矩11投4中，其中三分球2中0，加上6中5的罚球，拿到13分4板2助攻1抢断，出手数锐减、命中率低，但他成功的‘吸引’到了哈灵顿和约什-史密斯的防守注意力。

Josh Smith actually doesn't have many ideas about Zhang Yang, mainly because of Harrington. Harrington was too jealous of Zhang Yang's treatment in his rookie year. Some media analyzed the reason why the Bobcats sent Brevin Knight away - to make more playing time for the two rookie guards.

And he, Harrington, now Walker Jr., played only 21 games in his rookie year, totaling 150 minutes...

Anyway, the team is just like that. When Harrington meets the Bobcats, he won't care about anything else and just focus on Zhang Yang.

But he sadly discovered that he could no longer lock down Zhang Yang like he did in the preseason, and only three months had passed!

Even more jealous!

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On the 4th, the Bobcats defeated the Celtics 109-102 away from home.

Watching Perkins push Al Jefferson so hard, Rivers felt that he had been tricked by the Bobcats!

In terms of trading value, Brevin Knight, who is in his prime and averages nearly 10 points and 10 assists per game, is indeed higher than Perkins, a third-year high school player who can't even do a layup.

But it’s not that simple to use!
Brevin Knight is an excellent icing on the cake. When the team has the upper hand, he can lead the team to play a beautiful offense.

But when the team is at a disadvantage or the game is tense, all Brevin Knight can look at are the statistics. Don't even think about providing timely help.

What a coincidence, what the Celtics need is a player who can turn the tide and organize the team's offense.

而且布莱文-奈特防守差得过分，今晚张杨、费尔顿、甚至是伯纳德-罗宾逊，谁遇到布莱文-奈特防谁就单打，费尔顿17分6助攻、张杨15分3助攻、伯纳德-罗宾逊10分3助攻……后卫线三人拿到了超过40分！
For the Bobcats, Perkins is really useful! His toughness in interior defense, his awareness of the movement of cutting and advancing players, and his strength in top defense are very suitable for Gerald Wallace, and he is a bit like the 127 kg version of Okafor at the beginning of the season.

When Perkins came on the bench, Gerald Wallace not only had an easier time defending, but his defensive efficiency also improved.

After defeating both bottom-ranked opponents, the Bobcats’ record is now 14 wins and 18 losses. The young players of the Bobcats are in high spirits!
On the 5th, the Bobcats flew from Boston to...Oklahoma City, the temporary base of the Hornets.

Tomorrow, we will face our fourth opponent in five consecutive away games—the Hornets!

This match was broadcast live by many TV stations and was definitely treated as a popular match.

Both teams' records this season are better than expected. The Hornets have 13 wins and 19 losses, which is much better than the media's predictions before the start of the season. At that time, the Hornets, like the Bobcats, were seen as contenders for the No. pick and were joked to be teams from the same city.

Now, both teams have become the rising teams in the eyes of the media and fans.

Both teams have extremely talented newcomers, including Paul, JR Smith, Felton, and Zhang Yang.

Both have stars who were not well-received in the early stages but have risen rapidly this season, David West and Gerald Wallace.

The Bobcats have a center who averaged 15+10 in his rookie year and is out of action due to weight loss. There is room for further improvement after his return. The Hornets, on the other hand, have quality role players and potential players who were brought back last season after sending away Baron Davis, Magloire and other players. They are expected to realize their strength through trades.

The 'Charlotte Bears' that were once ridiculed have now become the 'Charlotte Heroes' of the future that are rising in people's eyes!
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