Chapter 278 277. The Killer's Nature!
The Bobcats kept tying the score and even surpassing it, but the Suns players did not feel any pressure because no matter how the Bobcats tried to catch up, every time there was a game node, an official timeout, a break between quarters, or a critical moment at the end of a quarter, the Suns were always in the lead. They not only had the initiative on the field, but also the initiative in the score.

The Suns players' thought at the time was - our team offense is stronger than the opponent's, and the opponent can only rely on individual abilities without team technical content to solve problems. Since we can't defeat the opponent in one go, we will use wave after wave of fierce offensives to slowly defeat the opponent.

In the regular season, playing against young teams is a tried and tested strategy.

But tonight I hit a wall!
The Bobcats did not become frustrated or impulsive due to continued lagging like other young teams. They played very steadily and calmly, always seizing advantageous points, and their resilience was far greater than the Suns had expected!

Entering the halftime break, Nash suddenly remembered as he walked into the player tunnel - the Bad Boys on the opposite side had fought under pressure in the Eastern Conference Finals and the Finals last season, and finally completed a reversal.

The Suns' overall strategy for this game was wrong from the beginning!

The Bobcats' talented players cannot be judged by common sense.

After the baptism of the Eastern Conference Finals and the Finals last season, this group of already tenacious geniuses has greatly improved their resilience and ability to withstand pressure, and may even be ranked at the top in the entire NBA!

At the end of the first half of the game, not only did the Suns fail to defeat the Bobcats with wave after wave of attacks, but they themselves consumed more energy than usual.

Because the Bobcats were chasing points like crazy and never stopped, the Suns had to keep up their offensive firepower without even a chance to catch their breath.

The biggest impact was that Son of Wind and Little Overlord had much more playing time in the first half than usual.

In the first seven games of this season, Stoudemire averaged 7 minutes in the first half, and Nash only 14 minutes. Tonight, both of them played more than 16 minutes in the first half.

However, the situation was unclear at the beginning, and Nash was under increasing pressure.

Now that the situation has been clearly analyzed, the pressure has quickly faded.

The regular season games are dense and the opponents are constantly changing. It is common for the coaching staff to make omissions in their preparations. It is an established fact that strategic preparation errors led to excessive consumption in the first half, so there is no need to worry about it anymore.

Like a hurricane, they move forward unstoppably, destroying all obstacles that hinder their victory. This is the run-and-gun approach in Nash's mind!

...

The halftime break was almost over, and Zhang Yang and his teammates returned to the sidelines.

Tonight was the first time they faced a truly strong opponent in the new season and the game was very difficult.

Just because Nash feels a lot of pressure doesn’t mean Zhang Yang feels less pressure.

From Zhang Yang's perspective, their Bobcats were almost defeated in the first quarter. Fortunately, Mike Miller hit that important open three-pointer after he scored two goals in a row, and Carlisle boldly used the double point guard combination at the beginning of the second quarter to suppress the Suns for a few minutes.

Carlisle's on-the-spot response tonight reminded Zhang Yang of old coach Sloan's evaluation of Carlisle after the Mavericks won the championship in 2011 - a talented coach who is good at learning and absorbing various basketball concepts.

During that response, Zhang Yang seemed to see Bickerstaff coaching, but it was a little different. If it was Bickerstaff, seeing Jarrett Jack playing well, he would probably not replace Jarrett Jack, but continue to use him. Carlisle was more rational and somewhat ruthless.

When 'the king of underdogs' Bickerstaff was the head coach, the bottom players under him often made a comeback.

Carlisle's coaching style makes it difficult for such a situation to occur, unless a player clearly shows a talent worth cultivating, and has the rare assists and shooting talents of a muscular and short inside player like Millsap, and he is willing and eager to cultivate him.

Otherwise, in Carlisle's mind, role players are role players. He will not impulsively give more opportunities to a role player just because of his short-term outburst.

From a basketball perspective, Zhang Yang felt that Carlisle was a real basketball coach, while Bickerstaff was just... playing basketball.

Zhang Yang thinks that these two coaches have their own strengths. Carlisle is more professional and stable, while Bickerstaff is more likely to "create miracles."

Zhang Yang played with Rondo, Mike Miller, Millsap and Okafor.

Felton played a long time in the second quarter, and Zhang Yang and Okafor led the team at the beginning of the third quarter.

Zhang Yang looked at the opposite side - Nash, Barbosa, Dio, Marion, and Stoudemire.

Is this giving up defense?
Zhang Yang guessed correctly. D'Antoni and Nash returned to the locker room and discussed it, and decided to abandon the weird defense in the first half.

During the offseason, the management made a deal that made D'Antoni and his assistant coach Gentry curse in anger - sending away the core of the interior defense, Kurt Thomas, and signing and trading him for point guard Marcus Banks, who was selected 5th in the first round of the 2100 class, with a 03-year, $13 million sign-and-trade.

Gentry had an idea after acquiring Kurt Thomas in the 05-06 season, and it was recognized by D'Antoni. After Stoudemire returned last season, the two coaches began to tinker with it, and it took them a whole season to finally get the defensive formation right. They took the Spurs by surprise in the playoffs...but were fundamentally destroyed by a trade by their general manager.

They were both going crazy—did their general manager know how hard it was to build a defensive formation based on a run-and-gun style of play?

However, compared to Gentry who still couldn't get over it after several months, D'Antoni's mentality exploded and he opened up about the matter after just two days.

D'Antoni has always been an open-minded and free-spirited person. For example, in 2014, he was unhappy and not doing well as a coach for the Lakers. He didn't want to stay with the team and the management didn't want to keep him. He took the initiative to resign, gave up the remaining two years' salary, and left with dignity.

If it were one of Zhang Yang's seniors, this would be impossible. Even if he finished last with a lineup worth hundreds of millions of yuan, he would not resign voluntarily. Instead, the team would fire him without reducing his salary.

In the first half tonight, Raja Bell did a great job defending Zhang Yang in one-on-one defense, so well that Zhang Yang gave up on playing one-on-one. In the first half, Zhang Yang's one-on-one shots accounted for less than 3% of his shots, with only 15 of his 4 shots being one-on-one.

But as for the defensive effect... it can be said to be very bad. Zhang Yang made 15 of 8 shots, including 4 of 2 three-pointers, plus 3 of 2 free throws. He scored the highest in the first half, with 20 points, which was higher than Stoudemire's 18 points in the first half.

Raja Bell can defend without the ball, but apart from Marion, no one else can help him. And once Okafor opens up in the interior, Marion has no energy to help. Raja Bell can only limit Zhang Yang's off-ball play to a limited extent.

In addition to scoring 21 points in 20 minutes in the first half, Zhang Yang also had 4 assists and his off-ball performance was also very good.

In that case, it would be better to give up the already broken defense.

In that case, Raja Bell is far inferior to Barbosa. Raja Bell is only accurate in long two-point and three-point shooting. His counterattack speed and positioning ability are average. He can only restrain and shoot at fixed points. His offensive role is relatively limited.

Their offensive firepower in the first half was limited by the presence of Raja Bell. 73 points in the first half may seem like a lot, but they made 12 three-pointers in the first half and scored 36 points from three-pointers alone. When they made such long-range shots, 73 points in the first half was really not a lot, and it could even be said to be a little, because that was when they had the most energy.

Barbosa is the third-highest scorer on the Suns, with more shots than Marion. He is versatile and can break through, shoot, run, and counterattack...

The halftime break is over and the third quarter begins.

Rondo received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt to pass it to Zhang Yang. Facing Barbosa's defense, Zhang Yang easily passed the opponent, broke into the free throw line one step, jumped, and shot a mid-range shot facing Marion who was coming up... and it hit!
Barbosa's top-arc defense couldn't even stop Zhang Yang from getting started. Unless Marion blocked Millsap's cut in, it would be difficult for him to provide effective backup defense.

Zhang Yang judged this and made a quick stop jump shot! Since the opponent gave up defense and focused on offense, let's go for it!
After landing, Zhang Yang immediately called on his teammates to retreat. After Marion failed to make up for the defense, he immediately ran to the frontcourt. Nash received the serve and advanced quickly.

The Bobcats' defensive formation had not yet been fully formed, but Nash's offensive formation, with the middle advancing and Marion and Barbosa running down the wings, had already been pressed forward.

Marion went straight into the inside to receive the ball, and Okafor was unable to get it in yet, so Millsap and Zhang Yang had to double-team him. Marion passed the ball to the left, and Stoudemire followed up and cut in to receive the ball and made a layup!
7 seconds to attack!
Zhang Yang picked up the ball, stepped out of the baseline and passed it to Rondo who was coming in.

As Rondo advanced, he gestured to Zhang Yang, asking whether to attack or defend.

Zhang Yang: “…”

Do we need to use gestures? Can't you just ask directly?
But for the sake of the ritual, Zhang Yang responded with a gesture - attack! And he did it twice in a row!

They couldn't defend Gerald Wallace when he was there, let alone now, the opponents must be hoping they will defend.

This time, Zhang San really guessed wrong. The Son of Wind didn't care whether the Bobcats attacked or defended, they just wanted to destroy everything with offense!
But his choice was right! If he tried to defend first, and then tried and failed to defend, and then attacked with all his strength, he would fall into the situation of chasing points again. He directly entered the fierce attack mode to avoid such a situation!
The two teams launched a beautiful offensive battle. The Suns took the initiative at the beginning. Their fast break was too fierce, and they played better than when Raja Bell was there after falling into positional warfare.

But the situation that Nash worried about during the halftime break still happened.

In the first half, the Suns were forced to maintain their offensive firepower as the Bobcats kept chasing points and overtaking them. They consumed too much energy and their speed slowed down as the game went on.

The Suns' lead reached as high as 8 points in the third quarter, but with 6 minutes and 22 seconds left in the final quarter, Zhang Yang made a counter-run and layup after receiving a pass from Hill, and the Bobcats tied the score!
The score was 126 to 126, D'Antoni called a timeout, and it was the last official timeout!
After one and a half quarters, the two teams were tied at 53-53!
太阳队在第三节打出了37比31的比分，太阳队三节投进了17个三分球，刷新了猛龙队在2005年3月3号打76人队时创下的三节16个三分球命中的历史纪录！
In the first half of the final quarter, the Bobcats responded with a score of 22 to 16 in half a quarter!

During the timeout, the head coaches of both teams were emphasizing the issues that needed to be paid attention to on the offensive end. As for defense... even Carlisle, who has always attached great importance to defense, didn't know how to defend when the game was like this. Let's just ignore it. D'Antoni on the opposite side didn't even consider the issue of defense.

After the timeout, the Suns sent out a combination of Nash, Barbosa, Gordon Kirilek, Marion and Stoudemire, while the Bobcats sent out a combination of Felton, Zhang Yang, Mike Miller, Hill and Okafor.

The Suns attacked with a lot of space. Stoudemire received the ball at close range and played one-on-one. After dribbling continuously, he took a step to the baseline and made a close-range jump shot... and it went in!
In the offense-defense transition, the Bobcats opened up a lot of space. Okafor received the ball in the low post and made a turn-around hook shot against Stoudemire!
At this point in the game, the flank players of both teams could only play a distraction role, and both teams started a star showdown at the same time.

Son of Wind + Little Overlord VS the Big Three of Bobcats!

In the first few rounds, Son of Wind and Little Overlord had the upper hand. The Suns were strong not only in team offense. Nash and Stoudemire's singles scoring abilities were top-notch in their respective positions. Felton and Okafor slightly held back Zhang Yang.

6次进攻，纳什和斯塔德迈尔合砍7分，加上基里塞克被放空后接球三分命中，太阳队6投4中，打了4投2中外加2中2的罚球的山猫队一波10比6！

136比132，太阳队在还剩2分11秒的时候取得了4分领先优势。

It was the Bobcats' turn to attack. Felton broke into the inside, Stoudemire blocked him, and Marion also moved in. Felton waited patiently, and Mike Miller slipped along the baseline and ran to the other corner. Felton passed the ball, and Mike Miller received the ball in the long two-point area, turned around, took a big step back, and shot a three-pointer from the corner... and made it!
135 to 136, the Bobcats narrowed the gap to 1 point!
Attack and defense change, Stoudemire cuts in after setting a screen for Nash, takes a step forward to make a layup... He fails to push away Felton who shrinks to make up for the defense, and his layup is too weak, the ball hits the outside edge of the basket, and Felton takes the defensive rebound! Felton quickly passes the ball to Zhang Yang, who counterattacks... but is hugged by Barbosa. With this style of play, the two teams rarely commit fouls in the second half, and Barbosa's tactical foul choice is correct.

Zhang Yang patted the ball, picked it up, and threw it to the referee, driving out the slight anger at not being able to counterattack from his mind. He had to stay calm at this time.

Falling into a positional battle, Zhang Yang came to the high position and received the ball from Barbosa, and played one-on-one!
Even though he is very tired now, he has to shoot this ball!
Barbosa was very close to Zhang Yang, who turned and rushed forward. Marion on the wing moved in advance to double-team him, and the hacker was sure that Zhang Yang would shoot the ball himself.

Zhang Yang also anticipated that the opponent would move in advance. He turned around and passed Barbosa, took a step and grabbed the ball. Before Marion could get close to him, he jumped up and raised the ball, and took a long two-point shot...

In this ball, Zhang Yang was not in rhythm and relied purely on his shooting ability and touch.

Fortunately, the ball was a little too powerful, but it went in the right direction! It touched the inner edge of the basket and fell into the net!

137比136，还剩1分14秒，山猫队反超太阳队1分！
In the offense and defense transition, Nash received the ball and advanced, but this time his speed was not that fast. In the last round, it took the Suns only 11 seconds from the serve to Stoudemire's missed layup. This time, it took Nash only 6 seconds to advance across half court.

After reaching the top of the arc, Nash continued to screen and roll with Stoudemire.

Zhang Yang judged that Nash would come for this ball by himself. After being blocked by Stoudemire, he went around the three-point line, blocked Nash's pick-and-roll and shot directly. Okafor, who came out to defend the pick-and-roll, also tacitly retreated to prevent Nash from breaking through.

Zhang Yang's prediction was correct. After Stoudemire broke away, Nash still did not pass the ball despite being attacked from both sides, but chose to rush forward!

Stoudemire, who only plays 33 minutes per game on average, has played 43 minutes tonight, which is already excessive for a bully whose physical strength is not top-notch. A little-known fact is that Stoudemire is a rare superstar who has never played a full game.

Nash relied on his amazing sense of rhythm, took a step forward, dribbled behind his back and pulled one step to the right, briefly got rid of the double-team of Zhang Yang and Okafor, grabbed the ball, jumped, and took a long two-point shot...

This ball and Zhang Yang's previous pull-up jump shot are almost the same in terms of playing style, but there is a qualitative difference: Nash is still in the rhythm!
It was obvious at first glance that Zhang Yang's shot just now was a forced shot. After the ball was thrown, many fans closed their eyes and prayed.

Nash's shot was smooth and silky smooth. When he shot the ball, the opposing players of the Bobcats felt that the ball would definitely go in.

Nash did not disappoint his teammates and opponents and made a long two-point shot!
纳什数据提升到28分16助攻，帮助太阳队以138比137反超山猫队1分！
When the Bobcats attacked, Zhang Yang received the ball in the high position. This time, before he started to play one-on-one, Nash directly double-teamed him. Marion on the wing also moved to the elbow area to block Zhang Yang's breakthrough.

Zhang Yang turned around to avoid Nash's double-teaming and stole the ball, then jumped up... and passed the ball!
Felton cut in immediately after Nash double-teamed Zhang Yang. As soon as he received the ball, he was blocked by Marion who moved over from the right elbow. He did not rush to pass the ball. Instead, he used his strong body to take two steps toward the baseline, creating space for the pass and made a long pass to the right sideline... Mike Miller received the ball and took a three-pointer facing the oncoming Barbosa... and it went in!
For several minutes before, Mike Miller was silently doing the task of creating space. He didn't complain even though he couldn't receive the ball. He actively moved around, looking for better opportunities to receive the ball and shoot. At the last moment, the ball came into his hands, and he made two three-pointers in a row!
140 to 138, with more than 30 seconds left, the Bobcats overtook the Suns by two points!

The Suns continued to attack, and D'Antoni did not call a timeout. It's not that they can't make shots now, but they can't defend. Calling a timeout might affect Nash's hot touch at the moment.

Outside the arc, Nash faced Zhang Yang's defense and controlled the ball to waste time. Zhang Yang stood firmly on the three-point line, blocking Nash's shooting space without any impulsive behavior.

With 10 seconds left in the Suns' attack time, Stoudemire pulled out and blocked Zhang Yang's left side.

Zhang Yang took the initiative to press towards Stoudemire, ready to go outside the top arc to block Nash's three-pointer. He made this move in advance because he was afraid that he would not be able to keep up with the pace due to physical problems, but... after Nash tilted his body to the right, he suddenly dribbled the ball between his legs and changed direction to the left, entering the three-point line!

Zhang Yang quickly moved to the right. This time he made a bold prediction. Instead of retreating to the back, he stayed half a step inside the three-point line... His prediction was correct!
The Son of Wind took one step into the three-point line and stopped, stepped back, grabbed the ball, exited the three-point line, and jumped... and suddenly saw the handsome face of the unlucky student!

There was no time to be shocked. Nash instinctively leaned back, controlled his core strength, and threw the ball...

Nash's backward angle was more than 45 degrees, and his shooting angle avoided the block of Zhang Yang, who was much taller and had a much better wingspan than him, and flew towards the basket... "Swish"...it went in!
Nash's sneak attack failed and he was blocked, so he stepped back and made a three-pointer!
141 to 140, the Suns took the lead with 15 seconds left, and Carlisle called a timeout!

Zhang San looked at the ball bouncing on the floor and said MMP. He turned around and reached out to Mr. Na who was lying on the floor after taking a three-point shot.

Nash did not refuse and stood up, taking Zhang Yang's hand.

Zhang Yang, who was still cursing MMP in his heart, suddenly felt something was wrong when he pulled Nash up... so powerful!
The intense heartbeat caused by the fast movement and defense in fatigue is also calming down quickly... 15 seconds left and 1 point behind, the "killer" is activated? !
...

The intense heartbeat caused by fatigue subsided, but the excitement brought by the activation of the 'Killer' made Zhang Yang's heart "pound".

The probability of activating the "Killer" experience is very low. It can only be activated when there are only 24 seconds left in the game, the maximum gap is 3 points, and the player has possession of the ball. Moreover, it only temporarily restores physical strength, and there is no description of restoring touch. If you fight a strong team for a whole game and your touch is cold in the end, it is basically useless... Counterattack right after activation?
Zhang Yang memorized the offensive choice at this critical moment. If he encountered the corresponding situation in the future, he would react immediately and interrupt the coaching staff to call a timeout.

But it doesn’t matter that he called a timeout and didn’t have a direct counterattack opportunity this time, because his touch was still on point tonight!

Zhang Yang returned to the bench, and Carlisle asked, "Can you shoot?"

Zhang Yang: "I shoot, no ball."

Carlisle said it briefly. He glanced at the opposite side and saw Raja Bell, whose playing time was reduced to 5 minutes in the second half, taking off his training suit. He understood and began to adjust the lineup and arrange tactics.

Carlisle did not make any personnel adjustments, and the combination of Felton, Zhang Yang, Mike Miller, Hill and Okafor still played.

The Suns made major personnel adjustments. On defense, Gentry took over the command and replaced the players with the combination of Nash, Raja Bell, Kyricek, Marion, and Sean Markos. The Nash and Marion counterattack duo was retained, and the other three positions were replaced with the best defensive players in the team.

The Bobcats served the ball in the frontcourt. Before Zhang Yang ran to the opposite right baseline, he whispered something next to Felton. Felton was stunned for a moment, but didn't ask any more questions.

The timeout ended, the referee blew the whistle to resume the game, passed the ball to Hill, and Hill passed it to Felton.

Felton protected the ball with a big step across the three-point line to kill time, while Kirilek stayed firmly one step inside the three-point line and did not move out.

With 10 seconds left in the offensive time, Felton moved to the top arc and protected the ball in the face of Kirilek's defense, but did not launch an attack immediately. Carlisle on the sidelines became anxious. Didn't they agree to start the attack in 10 seconds?

With 6 seconds left, Felton suddenly started, changed direction and accelerated forward!
Kirilek was able to use his height and wingspan advantage to block Felton's shooting, but at the age of 30, he could not keep up with Felton in lateral movement and was left behind by Felton.

Carlisle, who was on the sidelines, saw Felton suddenly start to move forward without controlling his speed at all, and despair arose in his heart - he didn't initiate the attack when he should have, and didn't even do the pick-and-roll, and when he saw that there was not enough time, he broke through at full speed without any care?
It is common for athletes with strong limbs but simple minds to lose their connection. At this moment, Carlisle felt that Felton must have lost his connection.

Seeing Sean Marks take a step out and Marion shrink on the wing... Carlisle thought it was over... Eh? Pass?
The cheers of encouragement from the fans at the scene for Felton's breakthrough suddenly rose!
Carlisle quickly turned his head to look in the direction of Felton's pass - the top arc, his facial features magnified!

When did Jack run out? Wasn't he still at the baseline just now? And he was wide open!

Zhang Yanggang quickly ran to the top arc and turned around, Felton passed the ball steadily, Zhang Yang rushed towards him but could not play any substantial defensive role. Raja Bell and Nash, who were just threatening, jumped up and shot a three-pointer... and hit it!
The assistant referee signaled it was a three-pointer and the Suns called a timeout!

With 1.7 seconds left, Zhang Yang made a three-pointer and the Bobcats once again took the lead with 143 to 141!

Listening to the fans cheering wildly and shouting "Jack" and "badboy", Carlisle watched the replay of the attack on the big screen.

Felton did not lose connection or wait until there were 6 seconds left to launch the attack. Instead, he saw Zhang Yang and Raja Bell slide to the baseline and coordinated with Zhang Yang's actions to launch the attack.

This is not the point. The point is that Zhang Yang ran out from the baseline so fast!

It was normal for Nash, who left Mike Miller open and chased Zhang Yang, not to be able to catch up. Nash was in bad physical condition now. But Raja Bell, who was in good physical condition and had only played for 26 minutes tonight, also couldn't keep up and was thrown away by Zhang Yang. After Zhang Yang turned around to receive the ball at the top arc, he still had time to adjust his posture before jumping and shooting, and he still shot the ball before Nash and Raja Bell could block him!

Carlisle was in hell one moment and in heaven the next!
At the critical moment, it was right to believe in the bad boy Jack!

As for Zhang Yang running so fast at the critical moment... Carlisle didn't think there was anything wrong. Even Nash and Raja Bell who couldn't keep up with him didn't think there was anything wrong. It is very normal for adrenaline to burst out at the critical moment, especially when the opponent is a 19-year-old boy full of vigor and vitality.

Look, after the timeout, Zhang Yang walked towards the bench with his body straight and steady, but his raised neck and violently heaving chest proved how tired he was.

Nash was very upset. If he had known, he would have just closed in and blocked Zhang Yang who was running out from the baseline... He actually had the idea of ​​blocking the unlucky student regardless of others, but he didn't dare! Mike Miller made two three-pointers in the past four rounds. He could only leave Mike Miller open after Kiricek, who was chasing Felton, had blocked the space on the left side of Felton's long pass...

Zhang Yang returned to the bench. Carlisle patted Zhang Yang on the shoulder and praised him a few words. Then he asked Zhang Yang to have a good rest and leave the rest to his teammates.

Zhang Yang quickly dodged Carlisle's side, the "killer" moment was over, he was even more tired than when he finished defending in the last round, and was almost knocked over by Carlisle's slap.

After celebrating with his teammates, Zhang Yang did not sit down. He stood on the sidelines with his hands on his hips, breathing heavily. The probability of activating the "killer" is low, but it is really useful when activated!

Carlisle made a large-scale personnel rotation, replacing Rondo, Afflalo, Alan Anderson, Millsap and Okafor.

When Nash returned to the court with Barbosa, Kirilek, Marion, and Stoudemire, he saw the players on the opposite side and started to curse...

In the last 1.7 seconds, Nash received the ball from a long distance across the three-point line and shot directly... With the final whistle, the ball hit the basket and bounced out, and the game was over!

纳什今晚20投11中，其中三分球9中5，加上4中4的罚球，拿到31分16助攻。

斯塔德迈尔25投15中，加上12中11的罚球，拿到41分7板2助攻1盖帽。

Raja Bell made 4 of 2 three-pointers, 1 long two-pointer and two free throws to score 10 points.

巴博萨进了5个三分拿到22分、基里塞克进了3个三分、马里昂进了3个三分、迪奥进了1个三分、布莱恩-斯金纳进了两个三分、马库斯-班克斯进了1个三分……

The Suns made 41 of 22 three-pointers tonight, with a hit rate of 53%, breaking the regular season record of 21 three-pointers in a single game held by the Raptors, but still lost to the Bobcats!
张杨今晚出战42分钟，只在第二节休息了3分多钟、第三节休息了两分多钟，29投16中，其中三分球7投4中，加上8中7的罚球，最后时刻再度反超斯塔德迈尔，拿下全场最高的43分！外加6板6助攻2盖帽！

迈克-米勒三分球9投5中，加上一个长两分和3中3的罚球，拿到20分；奥卡福26分14板；费尔顿24分8助攻……山猫队4人20+，以143比141险胜太阳队，开局8连胜！

(End of this chapter)