Chapter 327 326. Give me back the cool and unruly Coach Long!

On the afternoon of January 1, Zhang Yang arrived in Sacramento with the team.

The capital of California is a major agricultural market, and the honey here is very famous. One of Zhang Yang's favorite drinks is honey milk. His mother has long told him to buy a few boxes of honey when he goes to Sacramento for an away game.

After all, it only comes once a year, so if you don’t buy more, it won’t be enough. Besides, honey generally won’t go bad as long as it is stored properly.

But he didn't have to worry about buying honey. As luck would have it, a former younger brother of his happened to be in Sacramento. Before he made a phone call, the younger brother had already bought the honey and had also booked a place for dinner.

After dropping off their belongings at the hotel, Zhang Yang called Alan Anderson, Okafor, Millsap, and Tyronn Lue, and got on the nanny car that had been rented long ago and headed to the farm near the hotel.

Rondo left, and after joining the team, veteran Tyronn Lue did not play with Muhammad and Brad Miller, but joined the "big boss gang" and hung out with several players on rookie contracts.

Zhang Yang could probably guess what Sir Lu was thinking, but he thought it was great. He was an old friend he had known for a few years, and he was also the uncle of Tatum, his good teammate in high school. When they had small meetings in the future, Tyronn Lue, the future head coach, might be able to provide some ideas for responses from angles that these young people could not think of.

In yesterday's game against the Heat, Tyronn Lue only played for about ten minutes and sat on the bench most of the time, chatting with everyone on the coaching staff. It seemed that he was preparing to become a head coach in the future.

On the way to the farm, Zhang Yang saw that his four teammates didn't look very energetic. He wondered, "Why do you look so hopeless?"

Tyronn Lue: "Four games in five days, four consecutive road games in the Pacific Division, I feel exhausted just thinking about it. If I had known I would have reported a little later, I would have said I was injured."

Zhang Yang: "If you fake an injury to get your salary, you will be suspended and fined. If you don't report, Raymond will have to come back. Sir Lu, you should work hard for a while."

Tyronn Lue: “…”

Alan Anderson smiled and said, "Tyron, you can take a good rest after playing consecutive away games this time. Raymond has already started recovery training and he will be back in the next home game."

Tyronn Lue: "Our mid-season schedule is too difficult. We played four straight away games in the Southwest Division at the beginning of the month and four straight away games in the Pacific Division at the end of the month. Even someone with Raymond's physique could get injured. It was the same when I was on the Lakers. We won the championship in 4, and the schedule in January of the following year was very tight. The Sharks couldn't play after playing for a week, and were injured for the next three weeks."

Zhang Yang: "I think Raymond's injury was just bad luck..."

Tyronn Lue: "...That's right. He fell and twisted his ankle but insisted on holding on, which made the injury worse. It was really unlucky."

Alan: I don’t think that’s what San Ge meant…

Soon, the group arrived at a farm in the suburbs, where Rondo and his new girlfriend were waiting at the door.

Seeing Zhang Yang and others get off the car, Rondo came forward with his girlfriend and hugged and greeted the five people in turn: "This is my girlfriend, Nina. We met at the airport the day before yesterday and fell in love at first sight... This is Jack, the most talented player in basketball history, and this is Emeka, nicknamed Little Duncan..."

Zhang Yang looked at Rondo's new girlfriend, whose figure and demeanor were obviously that of a model, and fell in love at first sight? It was more like being attracted to her because of her beauty.

He is keen on dating female models and is very extravagant in spending money on various occasions... This aspect of Rondo has been exposed since the day he was traded.

Especially since Rondo has just received a three-year endorsement contract with a total value of 3 million US dollars, his lifestyle is expected to be even more extravagant than before. Rondo became famous and received endorsements after he performed a super triple-double against James in the 1000 playoffs.

But this is other people's lifestyle, and Zhang San has no right to interfere.

After saying hello, the group was led by the waiter to their reserved seats.

After sitting down, Zhang Yang said, "Rajon, I was worried that you would not be used to the new city, but I didn't expect you to get familiar with it so quickly and find such a great farm."

Rondo: "This is all thanks to Tyronn. He asked Kevin to pick me up at the airport and took me around some places I might go to often. Kevin also enthusiastically helped me familiarize myself with the tactics..."

Tyronn Lue: "Don't be polite to me, we are all brothers, come on, let's go...Jack, drink some milk."

Zhang Yang: “…”

Zhang Yang was a little surprised to see Rondo, who was much more enthusiastic and spoke much louder than before. The same went for Okafor, Alan Anderson and Millsap.

After changing teams, Rondo seems to have become a different person!

Zhang San: Coach Long, is you trying to learn from the fat Boss how to be a boss?

The slap from this big moth was a little too hard... Damn it, give me back the cool and unruly Coach Long!
...

At 7:40 p.m. the next day, at Arco Arena in Sacramento, the Bobcats and Kings entered the court one after another.

After entering the stadium, Zhang Yang looked around the stadium and complained, "This stadium is really shabby. The locker room and training ground are shabby, and the stadium is also so shabby. This is the facade shown to the fans. The City Hall still doesn't allocate money to renovate this stadium. No wonder the Kings are clamoring to move out every year. Grant, look at those floors, the color is different from the surrounding ones."

Hill: "The Kings definitely have the money to customize the new floor. This is part of the team's normal daily maintenance expenses. They did this on purpose to escalate public opinion and get the city hall to pay. They don't really want to move. After all, this is the capital of California. It's just that a large number of banks and companies are bankrupt, and Sacramento's finances are tight. No matter how much the Kings make trouble, the city hall can't come up with the money."

There were more than ten minutes left before the game started, and Zhang Yang and Hill actually started chatting. From this, it can be seen that the Bobcats were in a relaxed mentality tonight.

The Kings have played 40 games so far, with a record of 14 wins and 26 losses, which is the worst in the league.

Although they just traded for the talented Rondo and the dunk champion Richardson who is at his peak, they also lost their previous frontcourt duo Artest and Brad Miller.

When Bibby was sent away, it was only to save money, and no valuable players were returned. Now the only players in the interior are Mickey Moore, who has played in the NBA for more than 10 years and has always been the third or fourth backup center, sophomore Shelden Williams, rookie Spencer Hawes, and Adonal Foyle, who earned a full $6000 million with O'Neal.

It would be difficult for any strong team to take such opponents seriously.

The game started at 8 o'clock in the evening. The Bobcats scored consecutively and took a 13-9 advantage at the start, playing more and more relaxed.

But the Kings did not collapse and give up the game just because they were suppressed at the beginning. Led by Rondo, Kevin Martin and Jason Richardson, the Kings scored 7 to 19 in the next 14 minutes.

At the end of the first quarter, the Kings overtook the Bobcats by 28 point with a score of 27 to 1.

In the second quarter, the Kings continued to take the initiative, scoring 27 points in a single quarter, narrowly defeating the Bobcats who scored 25 points, and led the Bobcats by 55 points 52-3 at halftime.

The Bobcats coaching staff and players didn't take it seriously. The opponent exploded like that, and they were only 3 points behind at halftime and could catch up in minutes.

Then... after the Kings got their touch back in the second quarter, they took off in the third quarter!

Kevin Martin made 5 of 4 three-pointers in a single quarter, plus a mid-range shot and 4 free throws, scoring 18 points in a single quarter.

Rondo made 4 of 4 shots in a single quarter, scored twice by grabbing rebounds and counterattacking, scored once by stealing a steal and counterattacking, and scored once by stealing a step and breaking through and making a layup, scoring 1 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Led by the two, the Kings scored 39 points in the third quarter. As for the Bobcats, usually, they scored a lot of points in the third quarter. Their single defense and double team performance in the third quarter are always very good, but tonight they made 22 of 15 shots in the third quarter, and only missed 7 shots in total. In the whole quarter, Zhang Yang of the Bobcats scored two points in one counterattack.

In positional offense, the Bobcats played a little hastily after Kevin Martin made consecutive three-pointers to quickly widen the gap. The lack of tacit understanding of Brad Miller, the new tactical core, was also reflected, and the performance could only be described as mediocre.

The Bobcats scored only 26 points in the third quarter.

After three quarters, the Kings led the Bobcats by 94 points, 78 to 16!
In the final quarter, Zhang Yang took the ball and started swinging it. He made 13 of 8 shots in the quarter, including 4 of 2 three-pointers, plus 3 of 3 free throws. He scored 21 points in a single quarter and led the team to 33 points in a single quarter.

The Kings got into good form with some wild shots in the first two quarters of the third quarter, and then had a crazy outburst in the third quarter, but they were unable to continue in the final quarter and only scored 21 points, losing 12 points in a single quarter. However, the advantage they had in the first three quarters was big enough, so only 21 points in the final quarter was enough!

The game ended at 10:21 pm.

凯文-马丁单场命中7个三分球，加上两记中投命中，外加11中10的罚球，拿到35分3板2助攻。

贾森-理查德森17投9中，其中三分球4中2，加上4中4的罚球，拿到24分5板6助攻。

隆多10投6中，其中三分球3中1，加上2中2的罚球，拿到15分8板11助攻3抢断。

三人表现出色，力压拿到38分6板4助攻的张杨、21分10板2助攻2盖帽的奥卡福、17分6助攻的贾莱特-杰克。

加上约翰-萨缪尔斯的15分、霍伊斯的12分6板3助攻……115比111，国王队终结山猫队5连胜，拒绝被翻盘！

...

The next day at noon, the Bobcats left Sacramento and flew to Oakland.

Many fans from the Bay Area came to the airport to pick him up. Seeing this scene, Zhang Yang felt much better.

He tried his best in the final quarter last night but still failed to turn the game around. He was very upset at that time. This time he directly used his ultimate move - reading the finance book borrowed from Okafor and quickly fell asleep.

After waking up from a good sleep, his emotions were under control and he looked at the regular season loss calmly.

After getting on the bus and heading to the hotel, Zhang Yang talked with Hill, Okafor, Brad Miller and others about last night's game and analyzed the areas where they played poorly.

The same conclusion - too careless.

Zhang Yang: "Hey, if I had scored 5 more points in the final quarter, we would have won... But I don't have the ability to score 5 more points. No, I still need to practice."

The first half of Third Brother's sentence made his teammates feel the responsibility of being the star player, but the second half made his teammates have so many complaints that they didn't know where to start.

After complaining for two seconds, Zhang Yang said, "Although we were a little careless in the first half and didn't maintain our advantage at the start, it was their ability to seize the opportunity. We can't deny their efforts and strength... However, Rajon played so actively and so hard, which I understand. It's surprising that other Kings players also fought so hard."

Brad Miller rarely interrupted: "Artest and I were traded. Now the Kings are equivalent to a new team. Anyone can become the main player, and the previous main players may also be removed, so they have to fight."

Zhang Yang: “That’s right.”

Brad Miller was recognized and became bolder. He continued, "In fact, the Kings have good talent. Kevin is the player with the best ability to draw fouls from mid-range and long-range shots that I have ever seen. Although he is thin, he can still maintain a stable touch after confrontation. When the offense is blocked, give him the ball and he will never let you down.

Spencer... Hawes, although he is only 19 years old and just a rookie, he already has the ability to be a starter. His playing style is similar to mine. He is taller than me and has more shooting and passing talents. Before, his statistics were not good only because the court space was similar to mine, he did not have playing time and opportunities to perform.

In order to bring in a superstar center, the Kings cleared out the inside bench to make room, but there are many low-paid but strong players on the outside, such as Udrih, who averaged 12 points and 6 assists per game when he was a starter, and his salary was only 79. The sixth man Garcia, who averaged 13 points and 3 rebounds per game, only earned 117 million. "

The big white bear was like a mute person when he didn't speak, but when he opened his mouth he talked a lot, which left Zhang Yang stunned.

After coming to his senses, Zhang Yang complained: "You know so much information about the Kings, why didn't you tell us before the game but after the game?"

Brad Miller: “…”

"It's probably useless for me to say it before the game. We didn't take the Kings seriously at all and treated them as an opponent like the Heat. What do you want me to say?"

Brad Miller: Σ(⊙▽⊙“a!!
Did I speak my mind?

No, this is Hill's voice!

Hill saw Brad Miller looking at him and said with a smile, "Brad, Jack doesn't blame you. On the contrary, he hopes you can say a few more words and communicate with us more so that we can better cooperate. You are the tactical core of our positional warfare cooperation!"

Brad Miller saw that everyone seemed accustomed to what Zhang Yang had just said, so he felt relieved and nodded to show that he understood.

Hill got his fill of being the "boss". Usually it was Felton who did these things. Now that Felton was not on the road, he made a guest appearance. Needless to say, it felt even better than he had thought.

On the other side, several coaches were also talking about last night's game, but in a completely different direction.

The players talk about their opponents, while the coaches talk about their own side.

Carlisle scratched his bald head and said speechlessly: "I didn't expect that the tactical core's ability to find opportunities is so good that it will affect the overall offense!"

Paul Silas: "This situation is indeed rare. It's mainly because we have played for half a season. The scorers are used to the ordinary level of assists and passes from Paul, Grant, and Emeka. They are used to the more difficult running and movement to get shooting opportunities and the previous timing of receiving the ball. Brad has a better eye for opportunities, and his passes are more accurate and bolder. It is normal for scorers to be unaccustomed to it. Don't worry about it. Play a few more games and they will slowly adapt."

Of course Carlisle knew this, he just wanted to complain...

After arriving at the hotel and resting for an afternoon, the Bobcats came to Oracle Arena in the evening to challenge the Warriors away.

After entering the stadium, Zhang Yang accepted a live interview before the game.

The league's four largest teams with an average of 110+ points per game faced off, and this game was broadcast live in both Rabbit and Eagle countries.

After officially answering the questions from the court official, Zhang Yang looked across.

Baron Davis, Ellis, Stephen Jackson, Artest, Biedrins... this starting lineup of one big and four small is really a headache to look at.

From an offensive perspective alone, the starting lineup used by the mad scientist is intimidating to everyone because the structure is so good.

They can shoot from positions 2 to 4, Biedrins hasn't gotten a big contract yet, Baron Davis has excellent breakthrough ability and can shoot, and if he can't get open, he can give Kobe Ellis a one-on-one...

Zhang San: Wu Sheng, I heard someone say that you are not as good at fighting as world peace, do you want to show it off?
(End of this chapter)