Chapter 123 122. Whoever holds on to the end is the winner!
Seeing Zhang Yang's actions, Wade's suppressed emotions burst out, and he rushed towards Zhang Yang cursing... but was hugged by the quick-reacting Mourning.

The referees rushed in, first gave Zhang Yang a technical foul, then gave Wade a technical foul, and ejected him from the game.

Mourning hugged the cursing Wade and walked into the player tunnel, and the referee successfully controlled the situation.

The referee blew the whistle on Wade's technical foul, but it was not a call that could have been made. Wade cursed and looked like he was about to fight.

Also, Wade's reaction after being provoked by the 'throat-cutting' action was too big compared to Zhang Yang's in the first quarter.

From the referee's perspective, Zhang Yang just walked up calmly and wanted to argue with Wade in the first quarter. It looked like that anyway, but Wade reacted too excitedly, so he was ejected first.

The main thing was that there were only 8 seconds left in the game and the score difference was 11 points. It would not have made any difference if the opponent's main player was sent off. Later, the Heat appealed and canceled the technical foul.

However, the referee thought Zhang Yang was a rookie who was easy to deal with. He would say thank you when he received the ball and would just want to "argue" with his opponent when provoked. But he did this at the last moment... Was it just a few seconds? If he had waited until the final whistle to provoke him again, there would have been no technical foul. They had to write a report to explain the situation when the Heat appealed!
Both sides were called for technical fouls, but no free throws were needed to offset the foul. With only a few seconds left and an 11-point difference, the referee decided to end the game directly according to the rules.

韦德今晚出战41分钟，27投12中，外加12中8的罚球，拿到32分5板8助攻2抢断。

奥尼尔出场29分钟15投9中，加上10中6的罚球，拿到24分13板2助攻1抢断4盖帽。

安东尼-沃克16分4板3助攻、贾森-威廉姆斯16分2板6助攻……

The Heat's scoring was mainly concentrated on four players.

另一边，山猫队球员数据要分散许多，张杨常规时间21分、加时赛6分，拿到27分6板5助攻3抢断。

杰拉德-华莱士19分6板3助攻2抢断3盖帽、费尔顿17分9助攻、奥卡福14分15板、朱梅因-琼斯10分、布雷泽克9分5板2盖帽、马特-卡罗尔8分……

After overtime, the Bobcats defeated the Heat 117-106, winning five consecutive games and improving their record to 5 wins and 32 losses!
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After the Cavaliers, the Heat were also defeated!

The four young stars of the Bobcats are in the spotlight again.

The two best performing super geniuses of the class of 03 were slapped in the face by them.

Wade provoked the opponent first, but was defeated. When the opponent provoked him back, he became furious and wanted to hit the opponent, but was laughed at.

Wade's fans countered that the Bobcats only won by taking advantage of their exhausted back-to-back games.

It would have been fine if they didn't refute. If they did, they would be laughed at even more badly. Neither the stars nor the fans can afford to lose!
They are a newly formed team whose core consists of two rookies, a sophomore, and an abandoned player from the 01 class who was delayed for three years. The Heat have a bunch of former talented players who are clinging to them. How can they have the nerve to make so many excuses?

Regarding Wade and Zhang Yang's illegal celebration actions, the league dealt with them quickly and announced the penalties the next morning. Wade's second technical foul was revoked, and the first technical fouls of both players were valid. In addition to the technical foul fine, both were fined US$5000.

Felton wanted to help Zhang Yang pay the fine, but was rejected.

Felton: "I'm the boss, this is what I should do."

Zhang Yang: "No need, boss. A protective gear brand that focuses on neck protection approached me and offered me an endorsement fee."

Felton is so confused, can he make money from this?
Well, he thought about how Deron only got 40 US dollars for the potential star endorsement, and Paul only got the official endorsement after the All-Star Weekend. He got the same 300 million US dollars in endorsement fees as Paul, Anthony and others last year. It's what he deserves. He should earn more.

The younger brother eats more meat, so as the eldest brother, he can drink more soup, right?

After a day of rest, on March 3, the Bobcats faced their last opponent of their five-game home run, the Seattle SuperSonics.

Taking advantage of the momentum of five consecutive wins, the Bobcats scored 5 to 67 in the first half. Gerald Wallace played for 52 minutes and Okafor played for 12 minutes, and did not play in the second half.

Zhang Yang, Felton, Melvin Eli and Brezek scored points.

费尔顿24分9助攻、张杨23分5板3助攻、伊莱17分9板、布雷泽克22分10板……超音速队的首发小前锋刘易斯、大前锋雷吉-埃文斯，都是黑洞，中锋尼克-科里森的防守也只能说不拖后腿，这三人组成的前场，真的是谁来都可以刷高分。

Without Nate McMillan's three musketeers formation, the Sonics had no offense or defense.

The Bobcats defeated the SuperSonics 119-97, setting a new team record for consecutive wins, 6 consecutive wins, and their record is 33 wins and 31 losses!
雷-阿伦20投9中，其中三分球8中3，加上5中4的罚球，拿到25分4板3助攻1抢断。

Ray Allen's performance was not bad, but the feeling he gave Zhang Yang was completely different from the last time they played against each other a few months ago.

At that time, it could be seen that Ray Allen was fighting for victory. This time, Ray Allen seemed to be possessed by his old teammate Big Dog. He just needed to score 25 points and maintain his average points per game.

However, after seeing the Sonics' record drop to 24 wins and 40 losses after the loss, Zhang Yang understood why Ray Allen was numb.

Last season, the SuperSonics won 52 games, ranked first in the Northwest Division, and fought the Spurs in six games in the second round of the playoffs. This season, due to improper operations of the management, their strength collapsed and their record dropped to 6 wins.

It's not that Ray Allen hasn't tried hard. He worked hard in the early and middle stages of the season, but hard work doesn't necessarily pay off. He doesn't have the strength of the two scoring maniacs of the same class. Even if he tried his best, he only averaged 25 or 26 points per game. He couldn't kill his opponents by himself. He also saw with his own eyes that the two scoring champions, one led his team to the top eight in the Western Conference and the other was making a push for the Eastern Conference playoffs. In the end, he chose to accept his fate.

After feeling sad for 3 seconds about Ray Allen's experience, Zhang Yang turned his attention back to his own side.

The game against the SuperSonics gave them a break. In the next eight games, six of them will be against 8-win teams, one will be a playoff team, and one will be a playoff contender. The brutal schedule has officially begun...

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On the 18th and 19th, the Bobcats played the league's top Pistons back-to-back at home and away.

In the home game, the Bobcats lost 78-101.

山猫队只有4人得分上双，一个超过15分的都没有，费尔顿14投5中拿到13分5助攻、张杨16投6中拿到14分、杰拉德-华莱士13投4中拿到11分6板1助攻1抢断3盖帽、奥卡福9投4中拿到13分11板，其他人全员被锁死。

It can be clearly seen from this game that the Pistons' preparations are very targeted!
The two teams met twice before, and the Pistons were preparing normally!
Not only Riley took the Bobcats seriously, considering them an opponent he didn't want to face in the first round, but Pistons head coach Philip Saunders did the same!
When you can play against the Wizards and the Bucks, who would want to play against these young Bobcats?

The Wizards' three core players, Arenas, Caron Butler, and Jamison, are worse at defense than the other. Wouldn't it be better to play against these three guys?

The Bucks don't have any particularly strong points. Looking at their lineup, it seems that they are good in every aspect, but if you really watch their games, you will find that except for Reed, everyone else is too mediocre. They can only be said to be not bad.

Shooting guards have a strong point... The Heat have Payton, Wade, Jason Williams, and James Posey, and the Pistons have Billups, Tayshaun Prince, Delfino, and Hamilton. In one game, Reed might go on a rampage and win, but in a series, they have nothing to worry about.

The Bobcats look like a weakened version of the Bulls. Their three core players, point guard, small forward, and center, can defend and fight tough battles, and they also have a sixth man who averages 15 points per game.

It’s not that the two teams are afraid of the Bulls and Bobcats, but they will be very painful even if they win against such opponents.

The only team in the lower half of the Eastern Conference that the top four teams are really afraid of is the Pacers, which has four superstars: Tinsley, Stephen Jackson, Peja, and O'Neal Jr.

On the 19th, the Bobcats came to the Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit to play the Pistons back-to-back.

After the first quarter, Philip Saunders felt the specialness of this young army.

It's really tenacious! It's really hard!
I was beaten up last night and I'm still full of fighting spirit tonight.

The Pistons were affected in the second game of the back-to-back game. Their offense slumped and they were defended to only 19 points, while the Bobcats scored 24 points!
In the second quarter, the Pistons, who had recovered from their injury, scored 37 points, showing an offensive firepower that they had never seen in the past two years under Larry Brown's coaching.

But the Bobcats also scored 32 points in this quarter!
The Pistons attacked aggressively in the second quarter, so naturally they invested less on the defensive end.

At the end of the first half, the two teams were tied at 56!
The two teams continued to compete in the third quarter. The Pistons had the advantage at the beginning, but the Bobcats tied the score later with the counterattacks of Zhang Yang and Gerald Wallace. The two teams played 29 to 29 in the third quarter and ended the third quarter with 85 to 85.

In the final quarter, the stars’ abilities began to compete.

The advantages of the duo of Billups and Hamilton were revealed.

Even though Billups was reckless, with two Wallaces in the paint, when he couldn't make a shot, Hamilton could always run to the receiving point to catch the ball and shoot.

The young players of the Bobcats tried hard, but they still couldn't beat Billups and Hamilton who were at their peak.

The score in the final quarter was 23 to 29, and the final score was 108 to 114. The Bobcats lost by 6 points, suffered two consecutive losses, and their record dropped to 33 wins and 33 losses.

On the 21st, the Bobcats came to Washington, DC to challenge the Wizards away.

Arenas, who is fourth in the scoring list and averages 29+ points per game, blew up the Bobcats' back line tonight and scored 33 points. Caron Butler also scored 27 points with his assists.

But Gerald Wallace and Okafor made the Wizards' poor defensive frontcourt feel what cruelty is.

杰拉德-华莱士17投11中，外加16中12的罚球，狂轰34分8板2助攻3抢断2盖帽。

Okafor made 15 of 8 shots and 8 of 4 free throws, scoring 20 points and 23 rebounds, the second time in his career that he had double-20s, the last time being in his rookie season.

同时两人还把贾米森防成了控卫，10投3中只拿到11分2板5助攻。

张杨、费尔顿虽然被阿里纳斯打爆，但他们进攻其实打得还可以，费尔顿10分11助攻、张杨15分4板2助攻。

After a scoring battle, the Bobcats defeated the Wizards 109-104, ending their losing streak and improving their record to 34 wins and 33 losses, while also lowering the Wizards' record to 34 wins and 33 losses!
On the second day, the two sides changed places and the scoring battle continued.

This time the two teams fought even harder.

山猫队得分没上一场那么集中，多点开花，12人上场11人有得分，杰拉德-华莱士18分、张杨17分、费尔顿13分13助攻、奥卡福15分、布雷泽克13分、阿兰-安德森9分、马特-卡罗尔8分、朱梅因-琼斯6分、卡里姆-拉什6分、梅尔文-伊莱5分、基斯-博甘斯4分……只有帕金斯吃了个零蛋。

Despite their declining physical strength, the Bobcats relied on teamwork to play even harder than in the previous game, scoring 114 points.

But the Wizards were better tonight.

Jamison, who was locked down by Gerald Wallace and Okafor last night, stayed outside the three-point line in the positional battle tonight and did not go in. He made 10 of 6 three-pointers, plus a three-point shot that was fouled and made all 3 free throws. He scored 21 points just by throwing three-pointers and 33 points in the whole game!
加上阿里纳斯的34分、卡隆-巴特勒的27分，奇才队在没有第4名球员得分上双的情况下，靠着三剑客合砍94分，以119比114险胜山猫队。

After playing 5 games in 4 days, the Bobcats got two days of rest, and the coaching staff did not arrange any training for those two days.

On the 23rd, Zhang Yang did not go to the gym for extra practice. Instead, he read some books, newspapers, and rode on the elliptical machine. He rested for a day. On the morning of the 24th, he regained his energy and went to the Charlotte Arena for extra practice.

Felton also arrived early, but he didn't seem to be in a good mood.

During a break in training, Zhang Yang asked, "Boss, what's wrong with you today? You look unhappy."

Felton: "We've worked so hard for so long, but we still only have a 50% winning rate."

Zhang Yang: "Our win rate was just over 40% at this time last month, but now it's 50%, which is pretty good."

Felton: "But we can't make the playoffs with this winning percentage!"

Zhang Yang thought about it, took Felton to the locker room, opened the NBA official website, and clicked on the standings.

“老大你看，步行者队也才36胜32负，奇才队和公牛队都是35胜33负，雄鹿队和我们一样是34胜34负，76人队33胜35负。”

"I know, what's wrong?"

"After our winning rate reached 50%, starting from the Heat until now, we have 6 wins and 3 losses in 3 games, still a 76% winning rate. It seems that the winning rate has not continued to improve. However, you see, the Pacers, Wizards, Bulls, Bucks, and ers, their winning rates have not increased during this period, and they also win one game and lose one game. They are the same as us. They can't win more games at this stage. They can't widen the gap. They are also very anxious... I think they are more anxious than us. We came later and we came to grab a playoff spot.

Boss, look here, the Magic team has 29 wins and 39 losses. They were originally 27 wins and 31 losses. Ten games ago, our winning rate was about the same, but they made mistakes and played too hastily. They lost the game they should have won because they were too hasty. In these 10 games, they only got 10 wins and 2 losses. Now if they want to catch up again, they have to get a record of 8 wins and 12 losses, so that the Pistons and Spurs can't play like that. They have fallen behind.

We can't be as impatient as the Magic. We need to be patient and hold on to maintain our 50% winning rate. Our competitors are also holding on. Whoever holds on to the end will be the winner!"

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