Chapter 330 329. Teacher Na is having fun
After playing against the Clippers, the Bobcats flew to Phoenix without stopping the next day at noon, rested for an afternoon, and then went to the America West Arena to challenge the Suns away.

When Zhang Yang entered the venue, he was greeted with a barrage of boos.

After the players from both teams entered the field, they greeted each other.

Nash sighed to Zhang Yang, "I didn't expect that you really incorporated those breakthrough techniques into your playing style. It's really too much. I practiced them much earlier than you, but few of them were useful."

Zhang Yang: "It can only be used when playing against opponents with weak defense. You can also use it, but you don't want to play like that. Also, I have a better body shape. After shaking out of position, I can step over and block the breakthrough position. It is easier to use. You need better breakthrough space, so I won't choose to play like that."

Nash: "It's not easy to have an easier offensive style when facing opponents with weak defense. Most stars don't have this ability. You have done a great job, and you may not have noticed that your regular breakthroughs have become more outstanding as your breakthrough skills have become richer..."

After praising Zhang Yang for a few words, Nash didn't talk much and went back to his own bench.

It doesn't matter when playing away, but at home, we still have to give face to Raja Bell and cater to the fans' preferences.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the nationally televised game between the Bobcats and the Suns began.

Zhang Yang will continue to swing the ball tonight!
After 2 hours and 23 minutes of competition, the two teams decided the winner.

Zhang Yang continued his excellent performance during this period. He played for 42 minutes, made 33 of 18 shots, including 11 of 5 three-pointers, plus 3 of 3 free throws, scoring a game-high 44 points, plus 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block.

米尔萨普拿到18分8板3助攻、布拉德-米勒13分11板4助攻表现出色、贾莱特-杰克11分5助攻也还说得过去。

Led by these four players, 4 of the 11 Bobcats players scored, and the team scored 10 points, which is pretty good.

但是，对面纳什18分14助攻、巴博萨20分4助攻、斯塔德迈尔24分6板3助攻、拉加-贝尔投出了12中7的三分外加3中3的罚球拿到24分、马里昂20分7板2助攻、迪奥7分6板9助攻、斯金纳11分、皮亚考斯基4分1助攻。

All 8 players scored and the team made 32 assists... Nash led the Suns to a 128-114 victory over the Bobcats, avenging their last defeat!
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After playing against the Suns, the Bobcats did not leave Phoenix the next day, but stayed here for another day to have a good rest.

This time they have five consecutive away games. After four consecutive away games in the Pacific Division, they have two days of rest. Their last away opponent is the Nuggets.

Dragging a tired body that had just finished fighting 5 games in 4 days to the Denver Plateau, it would be difficult to get a good rest even if there were two nights of rest. It would be better to stay in Phoenix for one more day. Compared with most cities in the United States, Phoenix has one of the best security conditions, so resting here is a good choice.

Last night, Zhang Yang used the "look at economics" method again and slept well. However, after 5 games in 4 days, even though there is no major problem with his body, he is young and has a strong recovery ability, but he is mentally exhausted. In the Pacific Division, he has 4 wins and 2 losses in 2 consecutive away games. He currently has 33 wins and 10 losses, two wins behind the Bulls, and only one win ahead of the third-placed Pistons in the Eastern Conference.

But he knew very well what to do at the moment, just swing the ball.

There is one good thing about this five-game road trip - all five opponents have poor defense.

Facing these opponents, he has the ability to hold up his offense. Although it is hard to say whether he can win, at least there is a chance to win. All he has to do is persevere and get through the most difficult period before the All-Star Weekend.

At 10:, Zhang Yang received a call and went downstairs to the parking lot to meet Shi.

When they arrived at the room, Zhang Yang used the kettle and cup he brought with him to make tea for Nash, and curiously asked him what he was doing there.

Nash responded, "I heard that you guys are going to stay here for one more day. It just so happens that we have two days off, so I came to treat you to a meal. Last time I went to Charlotte, you also treated me to a meal. I can't lose my manners."

Zhang Yang: "That's a thank you from a few of us for helping us train during the off-season."

Nash: "Training together during the offseason can't be said to be helpful or not. It's boring for me and my wife to stay in Hawaii. You coming to train with me is helpful to me..."

After a few polite words, Zhang Yang gladly accepted Nash's invitation to lunch and told him the room numbers of the "Boss Gang".

Nash knocked on a lot of doors, exchanged phone numbers with the Bobcats' "Boss Gang", and agreed to meet up at 11:. He called the car rental company to arrange two cars, and returned to Zhang Yang's room, where he saw Zhang Yang watching the video of last night's game.

Nash joked: "Oh, you are so unwilling to lose? You are still watching the video."

Zhang Yang: "My performance started high and ended low last night, I want to find out why."

Nash couldn't help but rant: "Your 33 of 18 is not good enough? It has to be like 10 of 7 at the beginning to be considered a good performance, right?"

Zhang Yang: "In our current situation, I need to maintain that performance to win against you."

Nash: “…”

昨晚的比赛，前一节半时间，张杨10投7中、其中三分球3中2，加上1中1的罚球，18分钟时间狂飙17分。

During the official timeout in the second quarter, Gentry saw that Mike Miller, who was playing as a containment point and receiving pitcher on the wing, had only made one long two-point shot in four shots in one and a half quarters, and suggested that D'Antoni leave Mike Miller open and increase the intensity of the double-team on Zhang Yang.

D'Antoni didn't understand or care about defense, so when Gentry wanted to make this adjustment, he agreed.

In the following time, Mike Miller missed the shot, Alan Anderson had a fixed shooting angle, Pietrus was still adapting to the positional warfare, Afflalo couldn't shoot accurately... The four players on the Bobcats' forward and guard line shot badly, and Gentry's defensive adjustments forced Zhang Yang to shoot more and harder.

In the next 24 minutes of playing time, Zhang Yang made 23 of 11 shots, including 8 of 3 three-pointers, plus 2 of 2 free throws, for 27 points, which actually looks pretty good. Sometimes he only scores this many points in a game.

But that kind of efficiency was not good enough in last night's game. The Suns gradually widened the gap and finally won by 14 points.

Always feeling that he is not good enough and wanting to win no matter what... Nash admires Zhang Yang for this but is speechless.

Think about two years ago, when Zhang Yang was so weak and the Bobcats were so weak. When they met the Suns, Zhang Yang's face was full of "I want to win" and he took action... even if he lost miserably.

Perhaps it was from that time that Zhang Yang left a deep impression on Nash.

Zhang Yang looked at the latest battle rankings on the official website homepage.

The Suns surpassed the Spurs and Hornets, ranking second in the Western Conference and third in the League with 34 wins and 10 losses, and are definitely heading for 60 or even 65 wins.

The feeling he had against the Suns last night was that they were stronger than last season…

Nash has averaged 18.1 points and 12 assists per game so far this season, ranking third in his career in scoring and the highest in assists. His shooting percentage of 54% is also a career high, surpassing last season's 53.2%. His three-point shooting percentage of 48.3% means he averages 2.4 three-pointers per game, which is incredibly strong.

Stoudemire averaged 26.2 points per game, surpassing Yao Ming who averaged 25.6 points per game, becoming the strongest scorer in the interior this season.

The Suns average 111.9 points per game, second in the league.

This team seems to be climbing to higher peaks of run and gun. Two years later, this duo was still able to fight the championship team for 6 games. Artest and Gasol needed to make key shots to narrowly beat this team. Why on earth did the general manager destroy this team and prevent it from making the playoffs next season?
Zhang Yang asked Nash: "Steve, I heard that your team's general manager is not in a good mental state recently?"

Nash was puzzled when he heard this: "Who told you that?"

Zhang Yang: "Hmm... I saw it when I refreshed the page just now."

Nash: "Don't read the gossip news, it's all nonsense. Kerr has been working very hard recently and said he must lead us to become stronger and win the championship."

Zhang Yang: "...He doesn't actually have to work that hard."

Nash was confused when he heard this. He thought Zhang Yang wanted to diss their team because they lost the game last night, so he didn't take it seriously.

This good disciple has always been quite open-minded in this regard, so he will get used to it. At noon, Nash brought a few people from the "Boss Gang" to the restaurant for lunch.

After the dishes were served, Nash saw Zhang Yang take out his laptop, connect to the Internet, and video chat with Felton.

Nash asked, "Jack, what are you doing?"

Zhang Yang: "You're treating us. Raymond is not here, so we can't eat in peace. Let the boss see what we're eating... Okay, boss, you eat first."

The Boss Gang members and Nash were very happy to see Felton bending the spoon in the video, but they also felt that there was a negative atmosphere...

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In the afternoon, Zhang Yang and his group were invited to Nash's house to play.

Some of the Big Boss's gang, such as Millsap, Alan Anderson, Afflalo and others, were playing cards with Nash.

There are also those who play "elegantly" alone, such as Okafor playing mini golf in the backyard.

There is also a "maverick" who practiced shooting for two extra hours in Nash's indoor training ground. This person is Zhang Yang.

He wanted to quickly accumulate 10 shooting points to redeem the 'Pursuit Shot Mastery'.

If he has the ability to chase down and shoot, against the Suns... the situation last night was still bad enough, but against the Kings, it was still possible to score a few more points in the first three quarters.

When Nash saw Zhang Yang open the door of his training ground, enter the storage room and take out the basketball hoop and other things, his first reaction was: "My disciple has been to my house before? He is so familiar with this place."

Maybe I have been here before, but I don’t remember.

He put this aside and devoted himself to building familiar relationships with the members of the Bobcats' boss gang.

Although his personal performance has reached new heights this season, he was born in 74 and will be 34 years old next month. The competition in the Western Conference is so fierce now, and there are two super teams in the league. Although he is confident in his own strength and the strength of the team, if he fails to win the championship in the next few years while maintaining his peak period... he still wants to retire with a championship ring, and does not want to be like Barkley, Malone and other MVPs, who regret their lives.

Looking at the entire NBA, he believes that the defending champion Bobcats, who have a lot of players, have the brightest future prospects.

In the evening, the activities arranged by Nash officially began. This time, he did not bring anyone else, only Zhang Yang, to a manor on the outskirts of Phoenix.

When Zhang Yang saw the waitress cosplaying as a bunny girl, he knew that this party was not a serious one.

Although the winter in Phoenix is ​​not cold, it is now the twelfth lunar month, the coldest time of the year. The bunny girls have their buttocks exposed, so it is not easy to earn some money.

Nash took Zhang Yang to meet the host of the party, a lady who looked to be in her forties and was the wife of the dean of a college at the University of Phoenix.

The other party was very happy that Nash and Zhang Yang came to the banquet, and introduced the two to the people around him as if he was being honored.

After saying hello, Nash took Zhang Yang away.

Zhang Yang wondered, "You seem to be very afraid of the dean's wife, so why did you come to this party?"

Nash: "I'm not afraid. She's probably tired of seeing me. I'm just afraid that you, a young seedling, will be eaten by her old cow."

Zhang Yang: Huh?

Nash looked around and whispered, "The dean's wife used to be a Hollywood star. When she was in her 20s, she was spotted by the dean, who was already in his 40s, and married. I heard that the couple loved each other in their early years, but later on, she became more and more extravagant. She held parties every few days, inviting some socialites and young actresses, and attracting young actors and athletes to the parties. You wait and see, she will definitely bring a young athlete back to the room, maybe more than one, and one person may not be enough to satisfy her."

Zhang Yang: "Uh... Thirty is like a wolf and forty is like a tiger. The ancients were right."

Nash: "A forty-year-old woman is like a tiger? The ancients in your country were right!"

Zhang Yang: "Does the dean have any objection to her doing this?"

Nash: "The dean is over 60 years old and has been dying for a long time. He now stays at school every day and doesn't go home. I heard that all the money and shares in his family have been transferred to the name of the dean's wife. The dean's wife is very powerful. There are many male actors who want to take advantage of her, but in the end they are squeezed dry by her and kicked out and replaced by new ones... Jack, what's that expression on your face?"

Zhang Yang: "Shocked, do all rich people spend money like this?"

Nash: "You, a rich young man from a multinational corporation, say that others are rich?"

Zhang Yang: "...Don't mention it. Hey, Steve, you know this dean's wife so well. Have you ever been squeezed dry?"

Nash: “What a joke!”

Zhang San saw that Teacher Na looked righteous and was about to apologize.

Nash then said: "She begged for mercy!"

Zhang Yang: “…”

Wow, Teacher Na is awesome!
As Nash was speaking, his eyes suddenly widened. Zhang Yang followed Nash's gaze and looked... A woman who looked to be in her 20s at most and dressed like a student was waving at them gently.

It's definitely not waving at Zhang San, this is his first time here...

Sure enough, Nash said, "My female companion is here, so I won't accompany you. But you and I don't have to worry about it. I'm leaving first."

After Nash finished speaking, he decisively left Zhang Yang behind, took a glass of wine from the bunny girl next to him, patted the bunny girl's butt, and walked towards the female student.

The other party also came forward and naturally took Nash's arm.

Zhang San: What do you mean by "you and I don't have to worry"? Teacher Na, please explain it to me clearly!

Hill would occasionally take him out to play, but they were always to some formal places, such as a director's promotional event, a celebrity's birthday, or a rich man's party.

This was the first time he had attended such an informal occasion.

However, Zhang Yang read a message from Nash's words - everyone who comes here knows what they are here for.

Plus Nash called him a "rich second generation from a multinational corporation"... Zhang Yang really wanted to know what kind of image he had in the minds of people in California and the surrounding basketball world.

He shook his head and decided to just see the world. He asked the bunny girl for a glass of wine. The good thing about a private manor was that no one stopped him from drinking.

He wanted to imitate Mr. Na and take a shot after drinking... but he couldn't bring himself to do it because he was a serious person.

Just when he was thinking about whether he should find a pretty girl to chat up since he was already here, he was approached by someone else first.

A girl with dyed blonde hair and a baby face came up to him, raised a glass and said, "Jack, would you like to have a drink together?"

Seeing the blonde girl chatting him up, Zhang Yang felt that he was not that serious, so he raised his glass and said, "Of course, it's my honor..."

(End of this chapter)