Chapter 157 156. Battle 03 Generation Part

At noon on the 13th, the Bobcats returned to Charlotte. Although they have a game tomorrow, it was a back-to-back game, so there was no training scheduled in the afternoon and they could just rest.

Zhang Yang also returned to the apartment to rest and recharge his energy for tomorrow's game.

With nothing to do, he looked up his statistics online... 23.3 points per game.

Playing against four bottom-ranked teams in a row was considered as the league's 'compensation' for their three consecutive away games against Texas at the start of the season. Other teams' average points per game increased when playing against bottom-ranked teams, but when it came to him, his average points plummeted by 4 points, which made everyone sad and moved to tears.

Stop bragging. I, Zhang Laosan, will remember you!

But after a careful analysis, he felt that this situation was quite normal.

Aside from the second match against the Celtics, in which they only scored 12 points, in the other three games, the first match against the Celtics actually had the highest score.

His playing style actually makes scoring more consistent when facing teams with strong defense.

Because the defense of such an opponent requires continuity, even if he gets into a rage, the opponent rarely attacks him blindly.

For example, in the Spurs team, his score in the final quarter was almost in double digits, and only then did the Spurs' defense begin to tilt towards the high position.

When playing against weak teams like the Supersonics and the Grizzlies, he had just scored a goal when the opponents double-teamed him the next time he shot. He is 195 cm barefoot and has a wingspan of 210 cm. He can shoot well even when facing one-on-one defense from a small forward, but it is difficult for him to play against multiple teams.

Don’t even mention the second matchup with the Celtics, we had few shooting opportunities.

Also, when playing against the Spurs, the team offense often failed to start, and his teammates' attacks to the basket and one-on-one three-pointers were not effective. He needed to just hold the ball and shoot. When playing against a weak team, he basically never encountered such a situation. Just look at Rondo's 22 assists in 7 minutes.

After the analysis, Zhang Yang didn't know whether to be happy or sad about the characteristics of his own playing style...

The next day, November 11th, a new week arrived.

The league officially announced this morning that Emeka Okafor of the Bobcats and Josh Howard of the Mavericks won the Eastern and Western Conference Player of the Week awards respectively last week.

山猫队上周4战全胜，奥卡福场均22.7分14.3板2.7盖帽，投篮命中率60%。

小牛队上周3战全胜开局7连胜，约什-霍华德场均25.7分4板2.3助攻，投篮命中率55%，三分命中率50%，场均出手4.6次三分投进2.3球。

Fans were surprised to find that players from these two teams won the Player of the Week award again.
It is normal for someone from the Mavericks to win the award. The Mavericks are the only team that has not lost a game since the start of the new season. They make headlines after every game, and Josh Howard also made the news frequently last week.

But the Bobcats were barely in the headlines last week.

Bobcats fans certainly know they’ve been winning, but non-Bobcats fans certainly didn’t notice them last week.

Because their opponents in the four games last week were too weak, and they were ranked last and second to last in the East and West. If they lose, they may be reported prominently, but if they win, they will not be able to make the front page of major portals. The newspaper news will at most mention the score, and the TV sports news will only say who they defeated in the game report. Non-Bobcats fans will naturally not care when they see or hear it.

I didn’t expect the Bobcats to win all 4 games!
昨晚活塞队客场以78比84憾负火箭队，战绩下滑到6胜2负，6胜1负的山猫队独坐东部第一！

The Bobcats have quietly risen to first place in the Eastern Conference. Okafor also had an explosive performance this week, playing at a superstar level, and taking over from Zhang Yang to win the Player of the Week award.

As for the fact that the Bobcats played four games last week against bottom-ranked teams, no one cares and the media won't specifically mention it.

For a time, the media and fans were discussing the Bobcats' opening record, Zhang Yang and Okafor's opening performance.

The Mavericks have been performing well since the start of the game, but at this point they don’t look as amazing as the Bobcats.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the Bobcats, who became the focus of attention, faced the Nuggets at home.

The Nuggets have performed very poorly since the start of the season, with a record of only 2 wins and 6 losses. They have been overtaken by the Lakers and are ranked third from the bottom in the Western Conference. Only the Supersonics with 1 win and 6 losses and the Grizzlies with 1 win and 7 losses are worse than them.

Their offense and defense collapsed!

The reason for the collapse - Kenyon Martin suffered a serious right knee injury in the second game and was directly reimbursed.

After winning the opening game, the Nuggets have only achieved a record of 1 win and 6 losses since the game in which Kenyon Martin was injured.

In the past two years, some people have been complaining about Kenyon Martin's seven-year, $04 million maximum salary contract signed in 7.

场均13+6+2+1+1的表现，拿年均1300多万的薪水是太高了。

But when Kenyon Martin was injured, people realized how important he was to the Nuggets!

He is the only one who can keep up with the pace and is willing to try to keep up with the pace in the counterattack; he is the only one who can quickly respond to Andre Miller's pass and play fast breaks; he is still the one who screens at the top of the arc and on the wing to help his teammates create opportunities and cut into the opponent's defense in the positional offense. In the six games after Kenyon Martin was reimbursed, the Nuggets averaged only 6 points and lost 92 points. The Celtics, Grizzlies, Supersonics, and Bucks, four teams that were obviously playing badly, did not perform as badly as them during this period.

Without Kenyon Martin, the Nuggets not only lost their core inside offense and defense, but the players' confidence also plummeted.

People then realized that the leader of the Nuggets was not Anthony, but Kenyon Martin, who had been criticized for his high salary.

The Bobcats had no sympathy for the Nuggets. Having already won five games in a row, they were eager to tie the longest winning streak in team history, which was six games.

In addition to this common goal, Felton and Gerald Wallace also have a personal goal - Player of the Week!
The younger brother and the top student both won the Player of the Week award, but they have never won one!

Zhang San said to them a sentence from a book, and they listened to it - the best time to plant a tree is now.

You may not win the Player of the Week award by fighting in this one game, but if you want to win it, you must try your best in every game.

首节，费尔顿5投3中、其中三分球1中1、加上4中3的罚球，拿到10分2助攻；杰拉德-华莱士2投1中加上2中1的罚球，拿到3分3板1助攻2抢断2盖帽。

Affected by the previous back-to-back away games, the Bobcats' pitchers, including Zhang Yang, did not perform well in mid-range and long-range shooting at the beginning of the game, but Felton supported the offense, and the others, led by Gerald Wallace, did an excellent job in defense.

Felton and Gerald Wallace led the team to a score of 24 to 12 in the first quarter!
In the second quarter, Zhang Yang, who had the most missed shots in the first quarter and made only 5 of 1 shots, was the first to find his feeling. When the mid-range shots were blocked, he made 4 of 2 shots from beyond the three-point line, helping his teammates to open up space. With a steal and counterattack 2+1, he scored 9 points in a single quarter.

Felton continued his excellent performance in the second quarter, playing for 7 minutes and scoring 8 points and 1 assist. After Rondo came off the bench, he did a good job of passing the ball whether he was partnering with Zhang Yang or Felton, and got 9 assists in 6 minutes.

Although Anthony went on a rampage in the second quarter and scored 15 points, leading the Nuggets to 28 points in a single quarter, the Bobcats continued to widen the gap!
单节31比28，半场打完山猫队以55比40领先掘金队15分！
In the second half, Anthony scored in double digits in both quarters, and the Nuggets' offense also picked up, scoring 25 and 26 points respectively, but they still couldn't hold on on the defensive end.

Felton scored 8 points in each of the last two quarters, leading the team to 27 and 26 points respectively.

The game ended at 9:21 pm.

安东尼首节3分、第二节15分、第三节11分、第四节13分，30投14中，其中三分球14中6，加上11中8的罚球，拿到42分，依旧无法挽回败局。

费尔顿今晚大暴走，21投12中，其中三分球7中4，加上9中6的罚球，拿到34分4板4助攻1抢断。

张杨16投6中，其中三分球10中4，加上3中2的罚球，拿到18分6板4助攻2抢断。

杰拉德-华莱士9投5中，加上6中3的罚球，拿到13分11板3助攻3抢断4盖帽。

The Bobcats defeated the Nuggets 108-91!
Zhang Yang was glad that he had provoked Little Fatty Boss at noon. Little Fatty Boss and the Crown Prince were both working hard tonight.

Although the Nuggets have performed poorly recently, they have been a strong team in the Western Conference playoffs for the past three seasons, and their basic defensive qualities are still there. When the Bobcats couldn't make shots from the outside, they retreated and blocked the middle. Okafor was sandwiched between Nene and Camby and became wilted.

If it weren't for Felton and Gerald Wallace holding up both ends of the offense and defense in the first quarter and gaining an advantage, they would have likely capsized when Anthony went wild in the second quarter.

Although Gerald Wallace failed to defend Anthony in the last three quarters, he still did a good job of shrinking to provide backup defense and intercepting on the wing. Except for the second quarter when Anthony led his teammates, he danced alone in the last two quarters.

Zhang Yang had the opportunity to slowly find his touch, from 8 of 5 shots in 1 minutes in the first quarter to 22 of 11 shots in the next 5 minutes. It was also thanks to these two teammates that the situation was held up and created opportunities for him to miss shots.

But Anthony is really strong, and he is unstoppable when his hands are hot.

However, Zhang Yang shook his head at Anthony's playing style. He basically played from a standing position, starting with a three-threat stance. Most of the time, he ended the attack with pull-up shots and step-back three-pointers, relying too much on his touch.

After defeating the Nuggets, the Bobcats' winning streak reached 6 games, tying the team's record!

Unlike the previous winning streak which not many people noticed, this time the Bobcats became the focus of heated discussion among fans.

If they win one more game, they will create a new record in team history!

What a coincidence! The Bobcats’ next opponent is the Cavaliers!

After the league arranged three consecutive away games for the Bobcats in Texas, it assigned them four weak opponents. After that, it arranged a schedule for them that people originally thought was very difficult - consecutive home games against the 4 Big Three: Anthony, James, and Wade.

These three consecutive home games originally seemed like the Bobcats might suffer three consecutive losses, but the actual situation is that the Bobcats might win eight games in a row!
ESPN Sports website headline news - "The dignity of the 03 class, can King James end the winning streak of the New Bad Boys?"

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I have a cold and a headache, and I managed to code 3000 words. Tonight's post will be short and sharp, so please bear with me, my friends. Xiaofeng is going to sleep first~
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