Chapter 118 117. The four shooting guards are all petty!
The Bobcats gained a lot from defeating the Cavaliers. They were more united than ever before, their cohesion was greatly improved, and the mentality of some players also began to change.

Like Matt Carroll, he was also a teenager with a basketball dream at first. He was the third best high school student in Pennsylvania history, the first two being Kobe Bryant and Wilt Chamberlain. He also had a great time in college and was honored with a retired jersey upon graduation...

But he was not selected in the NBA draft and wandered around. He finally gained a foothold in the NBA last season by running, catching the ball and shooting with Brevin Knight. He got a two-year, $2 million contract extension last summer. His attitude towards basketball also changed from pursuing his dreams to taking more shots and getting more stats to get a contract. He was assimilated into Brevin Knight's playing philosophy.

In the game against the Cavaliers, he didn't play much, just 14 minutes, scoring 6 points, 2 rebounds and 1 block. But in that pre-match public opinion environment, facing the Cavaliers, a team ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference with a much stronger lineup than them, he and his teammates worked together to defeat their opponent... His heart, which had been cold for a long time, seemed to be rekindled.

He suddenly realized that he was a pure catch-and-shooter who was best at shooting. Compared to not caring about anything else and just shooting for the sake of getting stats, which was becoming more and more numb, why not shoot for the sake of winning with his teammates?
As for Melvin Eli, his mentality change was not as great as Matt Carroll's.

Matt Carroll is a rare shooter on the Bobcats who can follow up with fast breaks and shoot three-pointers. As long as he maintains his current level, the team will have no way to deal with him even if he forces a shot and misses while being followed in order to improve his stats.

Eli is different. He can be replaced. He also enjoys the pleasure of defeating the Cavaliers, but after the pleasure is over, his goal of struggle and effort is still to get the next contract and avoid being unemployed when his rookie contract ends. He learned from his agent that he had a bad reputation in the free market because of his previous relationship with Brevin Knight. If the Bobcats give up on him, he may not be able to get the next contract.

Basketball fans in the Carolina area originally paid attention to the Bobcats simply because the Bobcats were Jordan's team and had two North Carolina players, Zhang Yang and Felton. Now they have become interested in the Bobcats as a team itself.

As a newly established team, the Bobcats seem to be very different from those newly established teams in the past 20 years.

Zhang Yang felt the changes in his teammates and learned about the changes in the fans when browsing local fan forums online... Charlotte Zhang San would like to thank Cleveland LeBron James here!
It was also very lively with the media and fans.

Those fans who can't stand the media's excessive praise of James, and those fans who can't stand some of James' fans who are too arrogant, feel that this is their victory and are madly diss James and those James fans.

The media also turned their guns around at this time, writing about James' 18 misses and his failure to take the key shot...

Even ESPN turned its guns on James' performance.

However, after every news report criticizing James' performance, ESPN would mention that it hoped KING would strengthen these shortcomings in the future.

That’s right, hope!
James has many flaws now. He can't play back, and he can't even beat a 185 cm short guy. He can't make a three-pointer. He missed four consecutive three-pointers in the second half and gave the ball to Damon Jones at the last moment... But he is still young! He is only 4 years old. He has unlimited hope. His talent is visible to the naked eye. He is the most likely to become the best player in the league among the new generation of basketball players.

Under the guidance of ESPN, a James who is not so 'perfect' and has exposed great flaws looks more real, which arouses the curiosity of more fans and creates new expectations for James.

In fact, the routine is similar to what it was to get people to "accept the new three-step layup," a combination of age, potential, and future hope.

The heat of this game came quickly and soared high, but it also faded quickly.

The previous hype was due to some people questioning, some refuting, and then quarrels broke out, which attracted a lot of curious people to watch.

Just as Zhang Yang said to Felton, the James fans who attacked and insulted them were only a small extreme group of James fans. Most of the fans who came to watch the fun were there purely to watch the fun. Now that the Bobcats have won, those fans who vehemently denied that James was defended by Felton have shut up. The group of people who dissed James and James fans had been making a lot of noise all night, but got no response and lost interest. The onlookers no longer had fun and the enthusiasm quickly cooled down.

Before the game, it looked like the two teams were on edge and ready to fight to the death, but after the game, a rare win-win situation emerged. The Bobcats gained a lot, and James, under the operation of ESPN, did not suffer any loss except being ridiculed for a night, but instead won more attention...

The next day, March 3st, a new month arrived. At noon, the league announced the new list of monthly best awards, and fans' attention shifted here.

Gerald Wallace and Tony Parker won the Eastern and Western Conference Player of the Month awards respectively.

杰拉德-华莱士2月份出战7场，6胜1负，场均20分6.7板3.3助攻2.7抢断2.3盖帽。

帕克2月份出战10场，8胜2负，场均20分3板6.2助攻。

Gerald Wallace was stunned when he received the award notification. All-Star starter, Player of the Month, this overwhelming wealth came suddenly...

Zhang Yang and Paul won the Eastern and Western Conference Rookie of the Month awards respectively.

张杨2月份10场比赛场均打27分钟，拿到15.5分4.8板2.3助攻1.1抢断，投篮命中率43%。

月场均得分超过了去年12月，主要是因为这个月他10场比赛拿到3次20+，拔高场均得分的效果比12月15场比赛4次20+要高得多。

Paul played 8 games, averaging 14.6 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 1.8 steals. His performance in February was not as good as the previous three months. The team suffered constant injuries and he also suffered an injury at the end of the month. He was injured for two games, left the game due to injury, and played one game with injury. His performance was not good. The data was mainly lowered by the two games of leaving the game due to injury and playing with injury.

But even so, he was the best rookie in the Western Conference in February and won the Rookie of the Month award for four consecutive years.

As for Felton, seeing his younger brother beat him and win the award, he was happy for his younger brother's performance, but also a little jealous. However, he had to save face when speaking and praised Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang also showed some youthful pride to let the fat boy enjoy the feeling of being a "mature player".

The noise faded, but the season continued. After a day's rest after playing against the Cavaliers, the Bobcats faced their fifth opponent in six consecutive home games, the New Jersey Nets.

Tonight, Carter is fierce!
Facing Zhang Yang, who took away his All-Star starting spot, Carter made 16 of 8 shots tonight, including 3 of 2 three-pointers, plus 10 of 8 free throws, and scored 26 points efficiently.

基德11分9板9助攻、理查德-杰弗森19分7板……

Felton, who performed extremely well against James, was defended by Kidd tonight and only got 10 points and 3 assists with 8 of 5 shots.

Zhang Yang's 14 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists were acceptable. Okafor's 18 points and Gerald Wallace's 15 points in the frontcourt were also good, but the rest of the Bobcats were locked down by the Nets' team defense. Zhang Yang was able to score by relying on mid-range pull-up jumpers and mid-range catch-and-shoot shots. 81 to 90, the Bobcats lost to the Nets by 9 points, ending their 5-game winning streak.

The Nets won a game and left. Before the Bobcats could lick their wounds and heal the pain of the end of their winning streak, the Lakers came...

On March 3, the Bobcats will face the Lakers at home.

In an interview after the All-Star Game, Kobe praised Zhang Yang's talent, how much he resembled him back then, and how amazing his skills were to him.

When facing Zhang Yang again, Kobe showed no trace of the magnanimity he had back then, and he fought the Bobcats to the death.

只打了3节，19投12中，其中三分球9中6，加上7中5的罚球，拿到35分4板2助攻4抢断，打卡下班。

Odom was in high spirits tonight, playing 38 minutes and scoring 19 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists, a triple-double.

Led by the two, the Lakers defeated the Bobcats 108-97.

After two consecutive losses, the Bobcats' record is 27 wins and 31 losses.

After working so hard to achieve 5 consecutive wins, the new month just began and everything went back to the days before liberation. Zhang Yang is about to fall apart and be destroyed!
After his mentality exploded, Zhang Yang still had to cheer up again. The five-game winning streak still had a strong effect. Even if they suffered two consecutive losses, they were still in tenth place in the Eastern Conference and still had hope of making the playoffs.

Zhang Yang finally understood that those four most famous shooting guards, no matter how generous, kind, stepping on others, or arrogant and casual they were off the court... they were all narrow-minded on the court!

Iverson and Kobe are two-faced. Carter is like that both inside and outside, and has a narrow mind.

Zhang Yang only played against McGrady once. He guessed that this guy must be eager to beat them up next season because they beat McGrady up once when Yao Ming was away.

This is a reasonable speculation, because yesterday, March 3, the Cavaliers played against the Rockets at home and lost 3-83. James was defended by McGrady and Yao Ming and only got 95 points, 22 rebounds and 7 assists on 19 of 4 shots.

Although James was terrible against Yao Ming, with a hit rate of only 5% in the past five encounters, it was still acceptable. Last night, McGrady's attitude in defending James was like he was against Kobe and Carter. Together with Yao Ming, he limited James' hit rate to only 40%...

Zhang Yang is sure that McGrady was so ruthless because James stole the All-Star MVP spot from him.

...

On the 5th, the Bobcats came to Milwaukee to play the Bucks back-to-back, alternating home and away games.

In the second back-to-back game, the Bobcats players' stamina and touch were affected to varying degrees. They were suppressed by the Bucks in the first half, with a score of 22 to 25 in the first quarter and 25 to 28 in the second quarter. They trailed the Bucks by 47 points at halftime with a score of 53 to 6.

However, the Bobcats players were tenacious enough and did not get discouraged by being suppressed.

Although the two consecutive losses dealt them a blow, they also gave them stronger motivation. 58 games have been played in the regular season, and there are only 24 games left. They have to fight in every game to have a chance to make the playoffs.

The team led by Felton and Gerald Wallace is very special. Now that they have hope of making the playoffs, they want to fight and are full of motivation, but they are not under too much pressure. They just want to make the playoffs... That mentality is like playing campus basketball, simply fighting for victory and to reach the finals.

In Bickerstaff's view, this is the prototype of a team culture.

He was very surprised. He had ideas about building team culture, but that was difficult to do. Usually, a team can only take shape after winning games and getting some substantial honors. Then it can only be established if it maintains a good record for a long time.

But on their side, there are already signs of that happening! It's incredible!

After the halftime break, in the third quarter, Zhang Yang made a steal and counterattacked with a dunk, sounding the clarion call for the Bobcats' counterattack.

Gerald Wallace and Okafor are responsible for defense, Felton is responsible for leading the positional offense, and Zhang Yang is responsible for launching counterattacks and mid-range containment in positional battles.

In the third quarter, the Bobcats scored 27 points and limited the Bucks to only 20 points, overtaking the score in one fell swoop and leading by 74 point 73 to 1.

末节山猫队中近距离防守持续暴躁，杰拉德-华莱士防得里德6投2中，雄鹿队第三节时三分球已经5投1中，末节直接5中0……单节再度只拿到20分！
The Bobcats scored 25 to 20 in the final quarter and eventually reversed the Bucks 99 to 93, ending their two-game losing streak!
Felton scored 19 points and 8 assists, both the highest in points and assists on the team.

张杨13分6板3助攻、杰拉德-华莱士17分7板3助攻4抢断1盖帽、奥卡福15分9板3盖帽、伊莱8分7板、布雷泽克11分6板2盖帽……

The Bucks are currently ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference. After losing to the Bobcats, their record is 30 wins and 29 losses, while the Bobcats' record is 28 wins and 31 losses. The Bobcats directly defeated their playoff rivals and narrowed the record gap between the two teams in the most direct way! The difference in wins has been reduced to two games!
Zhang Yang was very excited about defeating his competitor head-on. The next day, after returning to Charlotte and training for an afternoon, he received another piece of good news... the 18 shooting points were collected!

With 8 shooting points, I got 1 point of random physical talent. This time I was lucky enough to draw speed +1!

A shooting value of 10 raised Nash's ball-control rhythm from elementary to intermediate level!
This time the improvement in physical talent came very directly. On the ability evaluation panel, the speed directly increased from 92 to 93!

Zhang Yang took the initiative to recall that when he played in the finals in timeline 10, his speed was 91, which meant that his speed talent had been increased by 1 point… In other words, when he was around 90 kilograms, that was when he was at his fastest?
After brainstorming, he decided not to consider this for the time being. In the future, he would just choose how much weight to gain based on his comprehensive needs for speed, strength, and stamina. Besides, the improvement of his talent is not over yet.

After closing the door to training, Zhang Yang practiced his ball-handling offensive skills for a while... His sense of ball control rhythm improved, and it felt very subtle!

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