Chapter 302 301. Praising each other
On December 12, the morning after playing against the Bulls, Zhang Yang woke up feeling refreshed. He looked at the alarm clock on the bedside table and it was past 26 o'clock.

"Yo, you slept for at least 8 hours, right?"

Zhang Yang remembered that he got home from work after the game last night at around 1 o'clock. After washing up, he got into bed and fell asleep quickly.

Defeating the little giants and maintaining the top spot in the league was such a pleasure both physically and mentally. Plus, I was a little tired after shooting 28 times, so I slept soundly.

If there was anything bad about it... His body senses quickly recovered, and Zhang Yang felt very suffocated, so he quickly got up and went to the bathroom to relieve himself.

After washing up, Zhang Yang put on his warm coat and prepared to go out to find a restaurant to eat. When he came to the living room, he saw Little Wukong playing with a small excavator on the carpet.

Zhang Yang greeted, "Hey, Wukong, good afternoon."

Little Wukong threw the excavator aside, climbed up, shouted "Brother" crisply, and ran towards Zhang Yang happily.

Zhang Yang picked up his brother and walked to the kitchen. Sure enough, his mother was updating the ingredients in the refrigerator.

He is playing in the NBA, but the car he drives most often is a gift from his mom, and the house is a gift from his dad. As for his daily meals and drinks, his parents are afraid that they will eat stale food, so they clean his refrigerator and replace it with new ones every two days... Living a life of relying on parents for support is a happy life!

Zhang Yang looked at the large basket of vegetables, fruits, meat, eggs and milk and said, "Mom, you asked me to get up and help. It's so heavy."

Yang Jing: "You played basketball so hard last night, get some more sleep. I used to be able to lift this little thing with one hand."

Zhang Yang: "Mom, will you and your brother stay for lunch? I'll cook."

Yang Jing: "Of course I have to eat before I go back. I picked all these dishes myself!"

Zhang Yang: “…”

Without Zhang San, the drag, the family business is getting better and better, but his mother, who has become a rich wife, doesn't seem to have changed much except that she has lost weight... at least that's the case in front of him.

Zhang Yang put Little Wukong on the ground, took off his thick coat and handed it to Little Wukong: "Go put the clothes in the living room."

Little Goku: "Okay... Ouch!"

Yang Jing looked at her younger son who was completely "buried" by her older son's coat...Will he fall or hit the wall? Stare...

Zhang Yang picked out a few dishes that his mother and brother liked and started showing off his cooking skills.

Nearing 12 o'clock, the mother and her two children sat around the coffee table, watching TV and eating.

Yang Jing looked at the TV screen and said, "Basketball news seems to account for a lot of news these days, and so does the newspaper. When I was browsing forums online, I saw that fans were also very enthusiastic about discussing it."

Zhang Yang: "Every year around Christmas, basketball enthusiasm reaches its highest point since the start of the season, but after reaching its peak, it will decline rapidly. The ratings and topic popularity will then enter the lowest point of the entire season... This has nothing to do with us players. The Jews are the ones who should be worried."

Yang Jing: "Really? I didn't notice it before. Right, in the past two years you didn't have to play games on Christmas, you spent the whole time shopping with me."

Zhang Yang: "I'm so sorry that I couldn't go shopping with you this Christmas."

Yang Jing: "I'm glad you understand. But you probably won't have time for Christmas for many years to come... Then change the time. Don't you have two or three days off before the Christmas war? Then go shopping in advance."

Zhang Yang: Despair! Really desperate!

He pretended not to hear. Even though his mother said that he would definitely take a one-day or half-day trip to the mall before Christmas next year, he just didn't respond. This was his last bit of stubbornness.

He looked at the TV, which was broadcasting the Fox Sports midday show, which was showing post-game analysis of last night's two Christmas games.

Last night was the second Christmas game between the Suns and the Spurs.

风之子12投8中拿到22分15助攻、石佛25投15中拿到36分17板，两人表现都无比残暴。

The Little Overlord had 27 points and 7 rebounds. His offense was actually pretty good, but he was torn to pieces by Duncan on the defensive end.

迪奥11分10板6助攻、马里昂18分、拉加-贝尔11分、巴博萨19分……太阳队8人登场，6人得分上双。

马刺队方面，康利10分13助攻拿到新秀赛季首个两双；吉诺比利11投5中拿到13分4板4助攻表现中规中矩；老将巴里拿到15分5助攻支棱了一把；鲍文、霍里、邦纳等投手表现也在线；但盖伊拉了。

盖伊虽然拿到了16分6板3助攻2抢断2盖帽的全面数据，但19次出手仅命中6球。

It's OK that Gay missed in regular time. When Ginobili didn't get excited, Gay shot decisively from outside, which at least helped him to get the shot. But he missed at the critical moment, and the Spurs were held back by him. The host and guest of Fox Sports commented when analyzing Gay's performance: "He kept shooting from outside the free throw line. He could have passed his opponent in one step and rushed to the basket to dunk over Stoudemire like McGrady did, but he was still shooting from outside until the last moment..."

In the end, the Suns were trailing by 5 points after three quarters, but they reversed the situation with a score of 36 to 26 in the final quarter and defeated the Spurs 115 to 110.

This game was also very exciting, but the analysis time of the sports program was very short, only two minutes. The subsequent report and analysis of the game between the Bobcats and the Bulls took three minutes in the first quarter.

The gap between attention and ratings is too big. While helping with cooking, Yang Jing talked about the data she saw when browsing the forum in the morning. Last night in North America, the paid viewership of the game between the Bobcats and the Bulls exceeded 2000 million, ranking second among the Christmas games since the 21st century.

The first place is the Christmas game in the 04-05 season, the Lakers played against the Heat, an OK game. At that time, the Lakers had 14 wins and 11 losses, Kobe was not injured and the Lakers' record had not collapsed. The Heat had 19 wins and 6 losses, ranking first in the Eastern Conference. There were many highlights and the game was exciting. Kobe scored 42 points, Wade scored 29 points and 10 assists, and O'Neal scored 24 points and 11 rebounds. In the end, the Heat narrowly defeated the Lakers by two points in overtime. The ratings of this game ranked first in the history of the regular season.

Last night's Christmas game between the Spurs and the Suns did not reach 500 million paid viewers. If it weren't for the Christmas game and the grudges from last season's playoffs, it would have been difficult to break 04 million...because in the eyes of most fans, the Spurs' games are just like the 05- season finals, and that impression is already deeply rooted.

Many people don’t know that when the Spurs and the Suns played against each other, they also focused on offense. In the playoffs last season when the two teams met, the Spurs lost because the Suns did a good job of defense. The Spurs couldn’t win on offense, so they got anxious and resorted to underhanded tactics.

When the host and several guests analyzed the game between the Bobcats and the Bulls, there were big differences of opinion on which team was stronger. Generally speaking, more people thought that the Bulls were stronger.

There is a saying among the Bulls supporters, and the Bobcats supporters agree with it - "Unless Jack can score 35 or 40 points every time he plays against the Bulls, the Bobcats won't play so smoothly."

After the game analysis, when the interview clip of Yao Ming was played, Zhang Yang focused on it. He didn't know what Yao Ming said after the loss. After the game last night, he had an interview, physical therapy, and then another interview... He went home to sleep, woke up at noon, and started making lunch.

The interview footage was from the Imperial Court TV station, with English subtitles on the side.

“It’s a shame to lose the game tonight, my teammates and I tried hard but there were still some areas where we didn’t do well.

But losing to Yang Yang is not a strange thing. He is the best scorer in the world, he is the MVP, and he knows too well how to make the shot at the critical moment.

Next time we play, we will definitely try our best to beat the Bobcats."

After watching the interview clip of Yao Ming in the locker room, Zhang Yang felt terrible. He pointed at the square head on the TV and said, "Where did Brother Yao learn this trick to flatter others?
Is it worth it to fight for the first place in the league? Despicable! Despicable! If you want the first place so much, just give it to him! "

Yang Jing rolled her eyes at her eldest son who was furious.

Then, it was time for Zhang Yang to be slapped in the face.

After the interview with Yao Ming was finished, the camera did not cut back to the studio, but went straight to Zhang Yang's interview.

Zhang Yang first praised his teammates one by one, and then said:

"Brother Yao Ming is the best inside player in the world. There has never been a center like him. He can penetrate all opponents in the low post like O'Neal, pass the ball like Sabonis, and make a fadeaway jump shot like Chamberlain. He also has the free throw ability that is comparable to that of a guard. No inside player can match him. I was lucky to beat him tonight and I made a few shots..."

Yang Jing looked at her eldest son.

Zhang Yang was silent for two seconds, then said, "Mom, look, your son is so handsome!"

Yang Jing: Convex (——)
...

In the afternoon, Zhang Yang came to the Turkish Airlines Arena to attend the team meeting and preparation training for the games tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

It seems that the Christmas war has begun, and the Bobcats will play 4 games in 3 days.

There was nothing wrong with the schedule. The back-to-back opponents were ranked among the worst teams in the Eastern Conference before the start of the season - the Bucks and the Hawks.

But the Hawks have caused a lot of trouble. The Bobcats' three games in four days went from being an easy schedule to a brutal one.

The team meeting lasted more than half an hour, and most of the time was spent analyzing last night's game.

Carlisle repeatedly emphasized that last night's win was a fluke, that it was not easy to win, that it was difficult to repeat the victory, and that he emphasized the gap with the Bulls in many aspects...

When it came to discussing the next two opponents, very little time was spent.

The Bucks and the Bobcats are indeed difficult to take seriously. During the offseason, all the role players of the Bucks ran away. Although several core players are strong, a team can only play with five or six people, so just go for it.

Carlisle takes the Hawks very seriously, but the new Hawks lineup has not played a single game yet. Tonight, the Hawks will have their first game after the trade, so they don’t have any preparation materials…

(End of this chapter)