Chapter 192 191. It is better to believe it

After a while, Felton brought Alan Anderson to the stadium and had a meal with Zhang Yang and Jarrett Jack.

Matt Carroll's departure was an established fact, and Felton chose to warmly welcome the new teammates and recruit them while the crown prince was away.

Felton also invited Eric Williams, but he declined.

Eric Williams is at least 4 years older than his four new teammates. He has decided to retire after this season and return to high school to coach. He can't get along with these young people.

Felton and Jarrett Jack both studied in college for three years before entering the NBA. They are only half a year apart in age, so they are truly of the same age. Their idols in their school days were Payton and Kidd, and they became friendly after chatting for a while in the restaurant.

While eating, Zhang Yang suddenly discovered something - the four people at their table were all from the class of 05.

The next day, February 2th, a new week arrived.

After Zhang Yang attended the preparatory meeting in the morning, he received a notice from the league that he won the Eastern Conference Player of the Week last week!
3胜1负，场均21.25分8.5板5助攻1.5抢断1盖帽，击败的竞争对手是马布里和奥卡福。

西部那边，约什-霍华德拿到本赛季第二次周最佳，4战全胜，场均19.5分8.5板2助攻2抢断2盖帽。

The Mavericks have won 12 games in a row and currently have a record of 47 wins and 11 losses. Some media have begun to hype up the "35-game winning streak until the end of the regular season, surpassing the Lakers' winning streak record and the Bulls' best record in the second half of the season."

The Mavericks were even more powerful than the Lakers in the 99-00 season, because the Lakers were unrivaled in the regular season that season and were far ahead, while the Mavericks had two competitors, the Spurs and the Suns, and were suppressed in the middle of the season. However, they went against the trend and returned to the top of the league...

In the evening, Zhang Yang watched the live broadcast of the Lakers and Raptors.

The expected scoring surge did not come. Kobe played for only 30 minutes, took only more than ten shots, made 14 of 9 shots, plus 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 22 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

Except for the hit rate, other data are not as good as his season average performance, but he used the '81-point horror shadow' he cast on the Raptors players to help the Lakers win the game.

奥多姆拿到全场最高分25分，加上12板12助攻，湖人队以112比99轻松击败猛龙队。

After two days of rest, March 3st is the new month.

After finishing the morning preparations, Zhang Yang turned on his computer to read the news... They lost.

Billups defeated Okafor, James, Bosh and Marbury to win the Eastern Conference Player of the Month award for February.

活塞队2月份8胜3负，比卢普斯场均18.9分4板9助攻。

In the West, Nowitzki finally won the award. He won all 10 games and led his team to surpass the Suns and top the league. He averaged 32 minutes per game, scored 22.1 points, 9.6 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.5 blocks, with a shooting percentage of 49.1%, a three-point shooting percentage of 40.6% and a free throw shooting percentage of 100%.

He also became the first player in NBA history to shoot more than 30 free throws in a single month with a % shooting rate.

The previous record holder was also a Mavericks player, Steve Nash, who made all 2004 free throws in February 2. In the 21-03 season, Nash's free throw percentage was 04%, which has now been increased to 91.6 by Nowitzki.

Zhang Yang saw Nowitzki's performance, which was really amazing! He played unlimited singles and was able to maintain such shooting performance in February.

Last month can really be regarded as a month of pride for Nowitzki. Although Cuban's unwillingness to pay Nash a million-dollar annual salary led to Nash's departure, Nash has won two consecutive MVPs in the past two seasons, and in the middle of this season, Nash led the team to a 17-game winning streak and strongly suppressed the Mavericks. Half of the ridicule of the "million-dollar annual salary joke" fell on him.

After last month, no one is laughing at Nowitzki anymore.

...

In the evening, the Bobcats faced the New York Knicks in their first game of the new month.

The Knicks have also played 58 games so far, with a record of 27 wins and 31 losses.

Just as Zhang Yang guessed, Thomas was not stupid enough to let Francis, Nate Robinson and others continue to compete with Marbury and Crawford for the ball after he already had a way to win.

From 5 wins and 17 losses to 27 wins and 31 losses, the Knicks have achieved a record of 22 wins and 14 losses in the past two months. There is a gap compared with their Bobcats, Pistons and Raptors, but it is better than the Cavaliers and Bulls. Marbury, who averaged 19 points and 8 assists per game in a single month, almost won the first month of his career.

In the last two months, the Knicks have truly qualified to compete for a playoff spot.

With the experience of making a comeback and competing for a playoff spot last season, Zhang Yang believes that March is very critical for the Knicks. This month, the Knicks must at least get a 3% winning rate, otherwise April will be difficult.

At 6 pm, the game between the Bobcats and the Knicks started at home.

The Knicks still have an 8-9 player rotation, with good cooperation. With enough ball possession, everyone plays hard, their performance is continuous, and their firepower is extremely fierce.

The Bobcats were unable to suppress the Knicks' offense. Gerald Wallace continued to be absent tonight due to a knee injury. They had no intention of competing on defense and started off the game with a fierce offensive battle with the Knicks.

The pain of sending away one of the top fifteen three-point shooters in the league and the team's best follow-up shooter in fast breaks has come!

Alan Anderson, Jumaine Jones, Herman and Zhang Yang were not as good as Matt Carroll in receiving three-pointers and missed a lot of open three-point opportunities tonight.

At the end of the third quarter, the Bobcats were 78 points behind the Knicks at 89 to 11. The Bobcats launched a counterattack in the final quarter and scored 30 points in a single quarter, but the Knicks continued to maintain good firepower and scored 25 points. The Bobcats failed to make a comeback.

马布里19分7助攻、克劳福德23分6助攻、埃迪-库里17分8板、弗莱12分、大Q17分、大卫-李12分……尼克斯队出场9人，其中6人得分上双，以114比108击败山猫队，将战绩提升到28胜31负。

The Bobcats scored more concentratedly. Zhang Yang made 27 of 14 shots, including 4 of 1 three-pointers, and 8 of 7 free throws. After more than a month, he once again scored 30+ in a single game, with 36 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Okafor's 23 points and 11 rebounds and Felton's 20 points and 4 assists were also good.

New player Jarrett Jack had an excellent debut, scoring 12 points and 2 assists. Rondo had double-digit assists for the sixth time in his career, scoring 6 points and 4 assists.

But without Matt Carroll, who is good at playing low and facing wide-open shooting, the team made 18 of 6 three-pointers and failed to outshine the Knicks. They suffered two consecutive losses and their record was 39 wins and 20 losses.

...

When a team loses a game because of a trade, it will definitely be criticized, and the Bobcats are no exception.

Especially when Matt Carroll went to the Trail Blazers and scored in double digits in two consecutive games, with 23 points in the second game, the Bobcats were criticized even more severely.

The next morning, Zhang Yang saw that the morning papers of many newspapers were criticizing their deal.

Zhang Yang was also very upset about last night's loss. If they meet the Knicks in the playoffs, it will be much easier with Matt Carroll.

But as for the deal itself, without considering metaphysical factors, he thinks it was a good deal. Jarrett Jack was not afraid of the one-on-one challenge with Marbury last night, and his offensive and defensive performances were acceptable. When facing other opponents in the playoffs, his practicality will definitely be better than Matt Carroll.

Last night's defeat was not without benefits. When he arrived at the gym at 10 a.m., he saw Alan Anderson, Herman and Jarrett Jack already practicing under the guidance of Engelland.

Bickerstaff was able to make up his mind to send away the team's best open shooter because of Alan Anderson and Herman, two first- and second-year players with quality role player talents. After the trade, the coaching staff communicated with the two, and they were greatly motivated. Now that they lost the game because they did not do a good job of receiving and shooting, they are ashamed and are training harder.

Alan Anderson has always worked very hard and is happy to show his efforts to others. Zhang Yang doesn't find it strange that he practices so hard.

Artist Hermann also works so hard... Actually, it doesn't surprise Zhang Yang. His family owns a mine, and the social status of the Spanish royal family members is not low. He still does "dirty and tiring work" such as playing basketball and even makes it into the NBA. If it's not his passion, there's no other reason he can think of.

It's just that Herman is introverted and has a melancholy temperament. Even Zhang Yang didn't think of this teammate as someone who was hardworking and passionate about basketball.

Today Zhang Yang saw another side of the team's artist.

It is easier to understand why Jarrett Jack is doing extra training - when this deal was criticized, he must be the angriest and the one who wants to prove himself the most.

Zhang Yang sent a text message to Xiao Fei, asking him to take three teammates out for a drink to relax. Hard work is important, but at this point in March, 3 games in a single month is not a lot, but not a small amount either. Overtraining and poor performance in the game are secondary. Don't get hurt. He can't go to drink because he has other social engagements.

Near noon, Zhang Yang borrowed Okafor's customized large muscle car, went to the hotel where the Rockets were staying to pick up Yao Ming, and went to his father's newly opened farm on the outskirts of the city for lunch.

Yao Ming invited Zhang Yang to dinner at Yao Restaurant. Zhang Yang's family also opened a restaurant, so naturally they had to reciprocate.

During the meal, Zhang Yang and Yao Ming chatted about interesting things as usual.

Zhang Yang caused the Rockets to lose a large number of sponsors, but Yao Ming was not dissatisfied with this matter... He was panicked at first because he was worried that his commercial value would be affected.

Subsequent developments made Yao Ming not only not hate Zhang Yang, but grateful to him. The Rockets' commercial value plummeted, but his own commercial value increased instead of decreased.

In the past, the Rockets’ publicity was about how powerful the management was.

The expressions such as 'panning for gold in the sand' and 'draft missed gems' that domestic fans have heard all started with the Rockets. It is the credit of the Rockets management and the Rockets owner that domestic fans believe that the Rockets can win 50 games and that Yao and McGrady can win 55 or even more when combined.

Domestic fans now realize that this is the result of the efforts of Yao Ming and McGrady. Yao Ming's strength has become more recognized in China, and the number of endorsements and his endorsement fees have increased.

However, the most important thing for Yao Ming at the moment is that Alexander met with him several times and said that he would invest more money to bring in helpers for him... He was not blindly optimistic about this, so he pretended to accidentally reveal Alexander's promise.

If Alexander continued to be stingy, he would have a legitimate reason to make some changes.

The main reason why he could come up with such an idea was that the Rockets' reputation in China had collapsed, and Yao's team had less constraints on him...

Also, he was really envious of Zhang Yang for doing whatever he wanted!

...

After lunch, Zhang Yang and Yao Ming returned to the stadium together for an interview.

Yao Ming cannot play in tomorrow's game... Yao Ming has only played 35 games so far this season, but he is still considered one of the top two choices for center in the first team, and this is based on the possibility that the league will put Stoudemire at the center position.

If Stoudemire is not placed at center, Yao Ming will be the top choice for center in the first team.

The injury that Yao Ming suffered recently was not to his foot, but to his waist. He is too heavy, and all kinds of injuries that he had no worries about when he was thin in his early years have now come.

After the interview, Yao Ming did not leave immediately. He wanted to spend more time with Zhang Yang and learn more about this overseas Chinese (overseas Chinese: people with Chinese nationality residing abroad, Chinese Americans: foreigners) who had a completely different playing mentality from him.

Zhang Yang had some other things to do this afternoon, but he certainly wouldn't chase Yao Ming away. It wasn't something shameful. He was just receiving a courier.

At 4 pm, the express delivery that had been scheduled for delivery finally arrived.

On the day of the transaction on the 24th, he asked Tellem to go to the Bay Area to customize this thing. Fortunately, it was in stock and was sent on the same day. However, even with the "fastest delivery service" that cost extra, it took four days to send it from Oakland to Charlotte.

Zhang Yang regretted being so polite. When Tellem said he would deliver it personally, he shouldn't have refused.

In the Bobcats president's office, Yao Ming saw Zhang Yang carefully adjusting the height of the cabinet, putting up the Guan Erye statue, turning on the lights... and was hesitant to speak.

Seeing Zhang Yang dragging Felton to burn incense...

After Felton left, Yao Ming couldn't help but ask, "Jack, is it okay for you to put Guan Erye in Jordan's office?"

Zhang Yang: "When he heard that I gave him a statue of the God of Wealth, he was very happy and said that he would burn incense whenever he came to the gym."

Yao Ming: "...Are you short of money?"

Zhang Yang: "No, it's to ward off evil spirits, to ask for the blessing of the Great Emperor of the Three Realms, the Great Power of the Far-reaching Heavenly Lord Guan Sheng Dijun. It's better to believe in metaphysics than not to believe in it."

Yao Ming: “…”

Although she didn't know what Zhang San was doing, Nv Zhao Ri Yue thought it looked very impressive and was a little moved.

He felt that he really needed a change of luck.

He couldn't put it in the boss's office, but it was no problem for him to have one at home.

The next day, at 3 p.m. on March 3, the Bobcats played against the Rockets at home.

The Rockets did not collapse due to injuries this season like they did last season. They have played 59 games so far, with 38 wins and 21 losses, only one win behind the Bobcats.

Because another core player, McGrady, is in good health this season, he has only missed 9 games so far. Although his performance is not as good as before his back injury, he is also one of the top five guards this season. He has played in 50 games, averaging 24.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 6.7 assists, 1.3 steals, and 1.8 three-pointers per game.

So far, at the guard position, only Nash and Kobe can surpass McGrady. Arenas has a poor record and Wade's attendance rate is low due to injuries, and their overall performance is not as good as his.

After the game started, the Bobcats fell into a fierce defensive battle launched by the Rockets.

Slowing down, lowering the tempo, and fighting hard against stars are the Rockets' winning formula this season.

In the first three quarters tonight, the Rockets defended the Bobcats to only 18 points, 20 points, and 17 points respectively. At the end of the three quarters, the Bobcats only scored 55 points.

However, the Rockets were not much better, scoring only 21 points, 19 points and 18 points.

After three quarters, the Bobcats trailed the Rockets by 55 points, 58 to 3.

By the end of the quarter, the Rockets could no longer suppress the young players of the Bobcats.

At the beginning of the final quarter, Zhang Yang used screens to shake off Battier and rush into the inside twice, used the European step to avoid McGrady's backup defense, and scored 2+1 on Mutombo in two consecutive rounds, leading the team to overtake the score 61 to 58.

With the help of these three centers, including the 218 cm + 130 kg center Chakaridis who has benefited from the Shark bonus for many years, the 198 cm Hayes, and Mutombo who is unknown how old he is, Van Gundy Jr. was able to command the team to play top-level rim protection in the first three quarters. He has done his best.

By the end of the quarter, Van Gundy was really at his wit's end.

Hayes is not tall enough, and Chakaridis can only play a little over 290 minutes per game with a salary of 10 million. At this time, only Mutombo can be used. When McGrady's physical strength declined in the final quarter and his assist defense speed slowed down and he could not stop Zhang Yang's breakthrough, the Rockets lost the basket.

If Yao Ming was there, even if he couldn't play in the final quarter, he would still be a huge defensive deterrent standing under the basket.

Although McGrady scored 11 points by pulling up in the next 9 minutes and led the team to 22 points in a single quarter, which was higher than the score in the first three quarters, the opponent scored 23 points during this period with Zhang Yang, Felton and Jarrett Jack taking turns to break through and attack the basket!
张杨今晚前三节只拿到8分，但末节拿到10分，打了32分钟，16投7中，加上4中4的罚球，拿到18分7板2助攻1抢断1盖帽。

奥卡福15分12板、费尔顿14分5助攻、贾莱特-杰克12分2助攻、隆多4分7板4助攻、穆罕穆德5分5板、帕金斯4分4板、阿兰-安德森6分……

末节29比22，山猫队逆转火箭队，以84比80逆转取胜，将战绩提升到40胜20负！
After watching the game, Yao Ming cursed "MMP" in his heart, but he still had to smile in front of the live camera of the court TV station.

When Gerald Wallace was not on the opposite side, Alan Anderson could still hold up; Rondo could not score after breaking through, but Jarrett Jack scored in double digits; when Millsap could not hold up, there was still the high school student center Perkins; when Okafor was resting, there was the trustworthy veteran Muhammad... When Zhang Yang did not play well in the first three quarters, he could go down to rest, playing only 20 minutes in three quarters, and his teammates helped him hold up the situation and gave him the opportunity to explode in the final quarter!

The Bobcats' role player lineup is actually just above average, and there is still a gap compared to the Mavericks, Knicks, Raptors... But this has made Yao Ming extremely envious, even jealous.

If you replace Okafor and Zhang Yang with him and McGrady, the team will take off!
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