Chapter 202 201. Female Zhao Riyue must treat us!

New York is New York. It was a game without any suspense at all. The post-match interviews were even more lively than when they defeated the Pistons head-on to secure the top spot in the Eastern Conference.

After the Bobcats returned to Charlotte at noon the next day, they received another wave of interviews in the afternoon.

As the most popular player of the Bobcats in both the Rabbits and the Hawks, Zhang Yang is naturally the busiest one. His face is almost frozen from smiling.

At the beginning, he maintained his professionalism. When different media asked the same question, he tried hard to think of different ways to answer. Part of his salary was used to do this.

But later on, he just gave up, did whatever he wanted, and did things perfunctorily.

The question most asked by domestic media is about the championship. The team is already first in the Eastern Conference, so domestic fans must be concerned about this.

However, after experiencing the "Houston building collapse incident", domestic fans have a real understanding of the actual situation of the NBA and know how exaggerated the pattern of the strong West and weak East is. When reporters ask questions, they are much more conservative than when they were praising the Rockets... But there are many pitfalls in the seemingly conservative questions.

The topic of hyping up the champion is obviously much more popular than honest reporting. The domestic media reported it in that way not only to make extra money, but mainly because such reporting could generate more traffic and more room for hype.

Now that they don’t have that money, they have to find ways to create topics.

Zhang Yang answered carefully: "Every team that enters the playoffs has the goal of winning the championship, but whether we can win it or not can only be known after the actual games. Starting from the first game of the first round, we will go all out and take it seriously. The SuperSonics, who were ranked first in the league in the 93-94 season, were eliminated in the first round, and the Pistons were able to win the championship even though no one was optimistic about them. We will not underestimate any opponent, nor will we be afraid of any opponent."

Domestic media whose questions tend to be very leading are going crazy. Is this kid really 18 years old?
Most domestic fans were very satisfied with Zhang Yang's answer, which was neither humble nor arrogant, and neither too ambitious nor too self-deprecating.

After a busy afternoon, Zhang Yang returned to his apartment and collapsed on the sofa. These days, he really felt that playing games was not as tiring as interviews... Both games lasted less than 20 minutes.

He guessed that Yao Ming was having a great time now.

First of all, the Rockets' lineup is already so bad, and it won't get any worse.

Domestic fans discovered that the Rockets could still win 52 games despite such a bad lineup, Yao Ming's personal ability was more recognized, and the number of endorsements and endorsement fees increased.

He no longer has to continue shamefully answering questions about winning the championship in front of the domestic media...it's Zhang San's turn!
He is very happy to bear the expectations of domestic fans.

He doesn't care about the pressure, he plays basketball purely.

But I don’t know why I just feel like I’ve lost a lot!

Zhang Yang muttered, "I was wrong, I was really wrong. Why did I say that the Rockets only had Yao Ming and McBain? If I didn't say it, the Chinese people wouldn't have discovered the truth, and those reporters wouldn't have focused their attention on us. I wouldn't have to take the blame for Nv Zhao Riyue. It's such a loss. When I return to China, he must ask me to wash his feet..."

...

After being paralyzed for a while, Zhang Yang got up and read the news, looking at the first-round analysis of the media, experts and fans, and was able to obtain some useful information.

Open the NBA official website and look at the headlines. The Bobcats and Mavericks won first place in the Eastern Conference. The first grid is full of news related to the results and rankings.

In the second grid below, the first news item is the monthly best awards.

It was announced this morning that someone from the Bobcats also won an award, with Rondo winning his second Rookie of the Month trophy.

There have been six Rookie of the Month awards this season, with three players from the Eastern Conference winning twice each.

Adam Morrison dominated the first two months. At that time, he scored more than Roy and 20 points were like drinking water. However, his performance started to decline before Christmas. After entering 2007, his performance collapsed, with constant injuries and lack of physical strength.

Rondo averaged 1+5+5 for the first time in a single month in January and won the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month.

In February and March, the Raptors' Bargnani stood out, averaging 2 points per game in both months and won the Rookie of the Month award.

4月份巴尼亚尼还是有场均11分，是这个月东部唯一一个场均得分上双的新秀，但隆多8场比赛场均8.5分6.3板6.5助攻，将月最佳新秀抢了回去。

In the Western Conference, only two people have won the Rookie of the Month award: Roy won it five times and Randy Foye of the Timberwolves won it once.

The players of the month, Arenas and Kobe, both won the award by scoring points. Arenas averaged 31.5 points per game and Kobe averaged 32 points per game.

常规赛最终排名，东部：山猫队56胜26负第一、活塞队54胜28负第二、公牛队49胜33负第三、猛龙队46胜36负第四、骑士队47胜35负第五、热火队42胜40负第六、奇才队40胜42负第七、篮网队39胜43负第八。

The Bobcats will face the Nets in the first round.

Zhang Yang was very excited to play against Kidd and Carter. If he remembered correctly, Kidd would go to the West to live a hard life with the Silver Horn King next season, and the chances of playing against them in the playoffs would be very slim. Playing against Kidd, who is at the end of his peak, was a dream come true.

Well, when he was browsing the forum, the posts and news he saw about their series were all helping Kidd and discussing how to deal with their Bobcats.

Zhang Yang: No, we are a strong emerging team, shouldn't a lot of people support us? How can a strong emerging team be treated like this?
But he thought of their team nicknames - Bad Boys, Violent Cats...

Moreover, Kidd has been strong in the Eastern Conference for many years. Although he is not liked by the media and head coaches, and his popularity is not as good as the new generation of talents, he has many loyal fans, most of whom are old fans with rich experience in watching games.

西部：小牛队67胜15负第一、太阳队61胜21负第二、马刺队58胜24负第三、爵士队51胜31负第四、火箭队52胜30负第五、掘金队44胜38负第六、湖人队42胜40负第七、勇士队42胜40负第八。

Mavericks VS Warriors, Zhang Yang wants to watch!

数据榜，科比连续两年拿下得分王，场均31.6分；加内特场均12.8板拿下篮板王；纳什场均11.6助攻拿下助攻王；坎比场均3.3盖帽拿下盖帽王；杰拉德-华莱士场均2.2抢断拿下抢断王。

In terms of MVP prediction, although Kobe won Player of the Month three times in a single season, tying O'Neal's historical record of winning three times in the 3-99 season, he only ranked third in the winning rate and was a runner-up.

Although Kobe's scoring is high, his scoring surge in March was astonishing. After seeing him score 3 points in three quarters and 62 points in a single game, people still believed that his performance in March was the strongest single-month scoring show in the modern basketball era. This shows how shocking his performance in March was... but his record was too bad.

Nowitzki won 67 games, averaging 24.6 points per game, shooting 50.2%, 41.6% from three-point range, and 90.4% from free throw line. This was the first time in his career that his field goal percentage exceeded 5%, and all three percentages were career highs.

Nash played 76 games and won 61 games, averaging 18.6 points and 11.6 assists per game, the second highest scoring career and a career high in assists. His shooting percentage was 53.2%, his three-point shooting percentage was 45.5%, and his free throw percentage was 89%. His shooting and three-point shooting percentages were both career highs. In the six games he missed, the Suns lost all of them, and went directly from suppressing the Mavericks to lagging far behind in the record.

Nowitzki predicted that the probability of winning is 60%, Nash 30%, Kobe only 10%, and others have no chance at all.

In fact, if Nash had not won the MVP twice in a row, his chances of winning would be even higher.

This list was voted on by basketball reporters from major websites, TV stations and newspapers under the largest media Time Warner. It is very representative and, as expected, no other player received the first place in the vote.

In the prediction for the best rookie, Roy is the clear winner. The predictions for the best coach and best manager are all for the Raptors.

Most Improved Award...

Ellis, Deron, Kevin Martin and Zhang Yang are on the candidate list.

Zhang Yang looked at the comparison of his statistics between his sophomore and rookie seasons.

In his rookie year, he scored 1333 points, averaging 16.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.

二年级打了76场，一共拿到1844分，场均24.2分4.8板2.5助攻1.5抢断0.7盖帽，投篮命中率46.8%，三分命中率33.9%，罚球命中率85%。

He ranks eleventh in the scoring list with an average of 24.2 points per game. The top ten are Kobe, Arenas, Anthony, James, Iverson, Carter, Yao Ming, Joe Johnson, McGrady, and Nowitzki.

It seemed like he was in real risk of winning the award… This was the first time he didn’t want to be on a positive list!

Zhang Yang looked at his teammates' performance.

Okafor played 78 games, averaging 17.2 points, 9.9 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 2.3 blocks, and a shooting percentage of 52.5%... Zhang Yang remembered that Okafor once averaged 20+11 at the beginning of the game. He could understand the decline in scoring, but the decline in rebounding was so great...

Rondo played in all games in his rookie season, averaging 5.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 6.4 assists and 1.3 steals per game!

It is hard to say that the fact that Zhang San and Duncan Jr. cannot average 5 and 10 rebounds per game has nothing to do with this rookie teammate.

Rondo's 47.5% shooting percentage, 5.8 rebounds, and 6.4 assists are all the highest among the team's backcourt.

Felton played in all 82 games, averaging 17.1 points, 2.5 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game, with a shooting percentage of 45.1% and a three-point shooting percentage of 39%. His assists were surpassed by Rondo in mid-March.

杰拉德-华莱士出战60场，场均15.6分6.5板3.7助攻2.2抢断2.1盖帽。

米尔萨普出战74场，场均6.5分4.5板；穆罕穆德出战82场，场均5分5.5板……

Newcomer Jarrett Jack played 20 games, averaging 11.2 points and 3.4 assists per game.

Zhang Yang saw from the team statistics that their team is still relying on four core players to win this season. The team averages 104 points per game, and the four of them average 4 points per game... Of course, it cannot be added up directly like that, because only Felton was present among the four of them. When the others were injured, the others would definitely score more, and there are also player changes caused by trades.

But their team data is indeed very concentrated, even more concentrated than the Mavericks, whose data is concentrated on a few main singles points.

Regarding this, he was asked by the media during an interview last night whether this would become a flaw in their playoffs.

His answer – “No, it is our responsibility”.

...

After watching the news for half an hour, the vegetables and meat that Zhang Yang had ordered from the supermarket were delivered. He got up and cooked dinner. When it was getting dark, his parents and his younger brother came to the apartment.

The Bobcats got three days of rest between the end of the regular season and the start of the playoffs... They were "unsatisfactory" and their record was not as good as the Mavericks, who were first in the Western Conference. The four teams on the Mavericks' playoff qualifying line would start the playoffs on the 3nd, while the four teams on the Bobcats' playoff qualifying line would start the playoffs on the 4st.

An extra day of rest and preparation is a benefit for the league's top team.

Zhang Yang hasn't had dinner with his parents for two months. He decided to have a get-together now that he has some free time.

I have a physical examination tomorrow morning and start preparing for the competition in the afternoon, so I only have time tonight.

During the meal, the topic of conversation was mainly about life. We are all working people, working and doing business, and we understand the daily hardships, but we don’t talk about those things in our spare time.

After a warm dinner, little Wukong dragged his brother to watch Naruto together. They happened to see "Homecoming of the Morning Grimace". Zhang Yang immediately became excited and started explaining.

Zhang Yang: "This Naruto is actually a second-generation official who doesn't know he is a second-generation official. He has done a lot of illegal things, such as damaging the statues of the village's great men and stealing village secrets. If he didn't have a good father who left him a legacy, he would have been sentenced and shot long ago...

Look at this, yes, Uchiha Itachi, when he slaughtered his own family, he had to leave a younger brother behind. If he had killed Sasuke as well, all the trouble would have been solved later.

He killed all his relatives, friends and parents, and left his younger brother behind to threaten the village's second in command, saying, "If you dare to touch my younger brother, I will tell the village secrets to the enemy country."

It was clearly a fight between two political regimes and two families, but he made it sound like he was saving the country and the people. In his eyes, the other family was closer to him than his own parents...

A small island country is a small island country. In their eyes, the world is only 30 square kilometers. The largest country can actually cross the border by running for three days..."

Little Goku actually didn't quite understand what his brother said, but originally he got excited when he thought of Naruto saying "My dream is to become Hokage", but now he didn't feel anything at all.

Zhang Chen and Yang Jing were talking in a low voice nearby.

Yang Jing: "Do you want to stop Yang Yang from destroying Wukong's dream?"

Zhang Chen: "Yang Yang's perspective on cartoons is a bit strange, but I think what he says makes sense."

Yang Jing: "I think it makes sense, but I just feel like something is wrong..."

The next day, April 4, the Bobcats began preparing for the first round.

During the morning physical examination, Zhang Yang sighed: "Here it comes, the joy of home advantage is finally here. There is no need to rush for the physical examination. There is no need to go to the away game in the afternoon."

Okafor: "Yes, we don't have to waste time and energy on the flight before the first game, and we don't have to worry about being harassed by away fans, which is very helpful for our preparations."

Felton: "Speaking of being harassed by away fans, did our fans harass Kidd?"

Zhang Yang: “When I was browsing the forums, I seemed to see some underground bands organizing activities, but their tactics were too unoriginal.”

Felton: "Jack, why don't we help them think of a solution!"

Okafor: "Please don't do this! We are all people of status!"

(End of this chapter)