Chapter 348 347. This is a process

The Bobcats coaching staff seems to care a lot about Mike Miller, but in fact this is the biggest favoritism towards Zhang Yang.

However, although Mike Miller was hit hard, he was able to hold on.

One reason is his experience last season.

Regarding his performance last season, many people only saw that he had the highest average points per game in his career. In fact, that was a season that dealt a huge blow to him and his dream of becoming a star was completely shattered.

Fortunately, he had a strong psychological quality and was able to overcome this hurdle by adjusting his expectations and positioning.

There is another reason. He has actually encountered a similar situation...

Today, Mike Miller was shocked by the talent of his third brother. After being depressed, he became excited!
The better the talent of the third brother, the brighter the future of the team he is in!
His shooting ability, positioning ability, tactical awareness, and wing passing ability are destined to make his salary not low. If the salary is similar, he will certainly want to partner with stronger players.

He has played for so many years and is experienced in many aspects. He knows how to form a deep friendship with a super genius.

There are many ways, such as friendship among classmates, winning the first championship as a starter... These don't work for him, and the team boss has eaten up all the benefits.

But there is one way that he is able to do - to stay by his side during his growth period and help him grow.

Just like back then, when he was selected by the Magic in 2000, the Magic also signed McGrady. He accompanied McGrady through his transformation season from a substitute to a superstar, and thus forged a deep friendship.

The last time he felt the power of talent was when he accompanied McGrady's transformation. Just looking at the learning speed, he thought McGrady's was more exaggerated and outrageous than Zhang Yang's. It felt like he learned it after watching it a few times.

But after a deeper analysis of the technology, he thinks Zhang Yang is better than McGrady.

McGrady's physical condition is too superior. No matter what technique he learns, he only needs to learn the form and does not need to polish it in depth. Relying on his physical talent, he can play at a first-class or even higher level on the court.

Zhang Yang does not have that kind of physical condition, but Mike Miller feels that his understanding of technology is much better than that of McGrady. It is precisely because his physical condition is not that superior that he has the necessity and motivation to practice his technology to a better level.

Mike Miller felt that McGrady's talent was too good and he was dragging down his friend. He improved too easily, which led to him neglecting to polish his technical details. As his physical fitness declined due to injuries, his strength also declined visibly...

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In the evening, the Bobcats faced the challenge of the Jazz at home.

After entering, Zhang Yang looked at the big screen, which showed the two teams' records and the data of their core players.

The Jazz have played 58 games so far, with 40 wins and 18 losses, firmly sitting at the top of the Northwest Division and ranking fourth in the Western Conference.

Zhang Yang estimated that fourth place in the Western Conference would probably be the Jazz's final ranking. They are currently four wins ahead of the second-placed Nuggets in the division.

The Nuggets have 36 wins and 22 losses, so it will be difficult for them to catch up with the Jazz.

After the Nuggets got Ray Allen, their ceiling became even more exaggerated. On the 1st day when they played against the Lakers, the three shooters scored a combined 80 points and the whole team scored 125 points, which they managed to defeat the Lakers who only scored 119 points.

But with Camby gone and Nene still out, the Nuggets' bottom line has become even more exaggerated. In yesterday's back-to-back game against the Timberwolves, who had a record of 24 wins and 34 losses, Bynum scored 17 points, 17 rebounds and 10 blocks, and the Timberwolves upset the Nuggets 98-91.

Zhang Yang guessed that Garnett must have been cursing loudly. The previous record for blocks in a single game by a Timberwolves player was 8 times, which was set by Garnett. It was broken less than a year after he left.

The Jazz lagged far behind the Lakers, Suns, Hornets and Spurs in the first half of the season. Even if the Suns had 6 wins and 2 losses in 4 games after the All-Star Weekend, and the collapse of the building is inevitable, there are still 3 teams far ahead of the Jazz. The Jazz's fourth place in the Western Conference is very stable.

However, the difficulty in surpassing the Lakers, Hornets, and Spurs does not mean that the Jazz are weak. Their strength of 55+ wins is just too exaggerated in the Western Conference this season.

德隆赛季至今58场全勤，场均19.1分3板10.5助攻，投篮命中率高达51%，三分命中率也有39%。

Boozer has not missed a single game so far this season, averaging 21.4 points, 10.4 rebounds and 3 assists per game, with a 55% shooting percentage, which is quite aggressive for a power forward who mainly shoots.

基里连科也难得的保持了健康，目前只缺阵5场，53场比赛场均12分5板4助攻1.5抢断1.5盖帽，防守依然全面，50%的投篮命中率、37%的三分命中率都很不错。

This core lineup is one of the best in the entire league. The Hornets and Spurs may not be able to beat them in a series, which is a pity, because the Lakers have a player who can completely defeat them.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Bobcats and the Jazz started the showdown.

Facing different opponents, choose different playing styles.

The Jazz's defensive system restrained the triangle offense and Princeton. Carlisle did not insist on tactical coordination and directly activated the star tactics!
憋了十来天的张杨火力全开，27投15中，15个进球有8个中投、3个三分、4个近距离内进球，外加10中8的罚球，狂轰41分！
His boss has a 'formula for defeating the Jazz'. Zhang Yang was deeply impressed by Kobe's victory over the Jazz in the playoffs for three consecutive years, until the Jazz were disbanded. He knew very well how to deal with the Jazz.

Zhang Yang scored consecutive goals in the high position, forcing Kirilenko to move further out, and the biggest beneficiary was Millsap!
15投9中，加上11中8的罚球，拿到26分7板3助攻，与张杨一起联手把奥库冲得6犯离场。

The second biggest beneficiary was Mike Miller, who scored 5 points by hitting five three-pointers with the help of Felton, Brad Miller and Millsap.

Felton only got 10 points and 6 assists tonight, and Okafor only got 6 points and 15 rebounds. Both of them had poor scoring performances, but they both performed very well in one-on-one defense tonight.

布泽尔虽然拿到21分，但被奥卡福防得25仅9中，篮板球也只有8个；德隆也被费尔顿的顶防+侧翼夹击搞得13投仅5中只拿到12分11助攻。

虽然爵士队利用好了新双煞的牵制力，科沃尔拿到20分、罗尼-布鲁尔拿到12分、基里连科拿到13分、奥库拿到14分，全队6人得分上双，但没能敌得过单场投进8个中投的张杨。

108 to 102, the Bobcats defeated the Jazz at home, avenging their last defeat!
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At noon the next day, Zhang Yang left Charlotte with the team. After playing against the Jazz, the next game was a two-game away trip, first against the Bucks and then against the Knicks.

On the plane, Zhang Yang heard Felton discussing with several teammates where to go when they went to New York for an away game.

Relying on the star power to defeat the Jazz head-on, he clearly felt that his teammates' confidence had increased a lot.

He heard from Felton that some teammates complained about why they had to make such big adjustments, when they could obviously win 55 games or even 60 games without doing so.

Felton explained to his teammates that this was to further enhance the team's strength and to compete for the championship. His teammates also agreed and worked hard for it.

However, it is relatively easy to create a tactical framework, but it is quite torturous for the players to optimize the details of a tactical system that is already very successful and familiar.

Winning or losing is secondary at this time. The main thing is that I obviously feel that the tactical coordination is not as good as I am used to.

They are also worried about whether these adjustments are useful, and whether they will not only fail to make them stronger, but will instead affect their original strength.

We are in the adjustment period, and the coaching staff and core players have not been able to prove that they will become stronger after the adjustment is completed. Words alone will not be able to play a better role.

We can only find confidence from other aspects, and the Jazz is the perfect opponent.

When the Bobcats played against the Jazz, their system was restrained, which was a good opportunity to show the individual abilities of the stars. Zhang San, Little Fat Boss, and Little Duncan successfully defeated Deron, Boozer, and Kirilenko, boosting the team's morale.

Over the next period of time, the Bobcats continued to adjust and hone tactical details through training and games.

Zhang Yang once again suppressed the urge to solve the problem by shooting wildly, and focused on cooperating with his teammates during the game to help them adjust.

Outside of the game, he focused on improving his three-point shooting and ball control, and took the time to develop his chase shot.

Carlisle is also observing Zhang Yang's progress in chasing shot training, considering whether to include this element in defensive counterattacks.

Two weeks passed quickly and it was March 3th.

The Bobcats have played eight games in the past two weeks, including two back-to-back games.

On the 5th, the team lost to the Bucks 99-104 away from home, with Zhang Yang scoring 30 points.

On the 7th, the team beat the Knicks 123-100 away from home. Zhang Yang scored 22 points and left the game after three quarters. Hill was like a young man, scoring a season-high 23 points, plus 7 rebounds and 7 assists, which once again made the fans sigh. It would have been great if Hill hadn't been injured.

On the 9th, the Mavericks narrowly beat the Mavericks 104-99 at home, with Zhang Yang scoring 33 points. The Mavericks' morale is extremely low at the moment, with infighting among the players, lack of trust in the head coach, and trade rumors. Given the Mavericks' current situation, they will definitely not be able to make it into the top five.

On the 10th, the team played against the Grizzlies in a back-to-back away game, alternating between home and away games, and lost 92-99. Zhang Yang scored 27 points. Gerald Wallace faced his old club and showed no mercy on the night he received his ring, scoring 16 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Parker scored a game-high 29 points plus 9 assists.

12号，回到主场以110比98稳稳击败来访的森林狼队，张杨拿到25分6板6助攻2抢断的全面数据，帕金斯为首的内线对拜纳姆防守做得挺好，拜纳姆15投6中只拿到14分10板。

On the 14th, the Bobcats faced the Grizzlies again at home, and they completed their revenge with a score of 109 to 103. Zhang Yang scored 26 points, Felton scored 20 points, and Mike Miller scored 21 points, three of them scored 20+. The inside rotation lineup of Okafor, Millsap, Brad Miller, Perkins, and Muhammad made Gasol, Gerald Wallace, and Milicic suffer a lot this time. It was of no avail that Parker scored 31 points and led his teammates on the outside to shoot. The Grizzlies' wing shooters were not very good, and their shots were just so-so.

16号，主场以119比97屠杀超音速队，张杨20投14中、其中三分球3中3，外加4中4的罚球，拿到35分，吊打拿到20分的杜兰特。

After Ray Allen was traded, Durant ushered in a wave of scoring increases, because he had more shots and a rebounding stats maniac Camby in the interior, and his average points per game is running towards 20+, and he is expected to become the first rookie to average 20+ after James and Anthony. Tonight, the Bobcats defeated the Heat 115-100 in a home and away back-to-back game, and Zhang Yang scored 41 points.

Wade's injury worsened in March and he was ruled out on the 3th and underwent meniscus removal surgery. Pat Riley also stepped on the accelerator and was ready to go all the way to compete for Beasley.

两周8场比赛打完，山猫队打出了6胜2负的表现，战绩来到48胜18负！
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At noon on the 18nd, the Bobcats returned to Charlotte.

After completing a tight schedule of 14 games in 8 days, we finally got two days of rest.

After arriving at the Charlotte airport, Felton, Okafor, Hill and Alan Anderson were taken by Zhang Yang to the neighboring city of Raleigh.

After rushing and hurrying, we finally arrived at the Las Vegas Flight Center in Raleigh before the game started.

After sitting down in the first row opposite the technical desk, Felton took a few bites of his burger and complained, "Jack, can't you wait until I eat something before coming?"

Zhang Yang: "I can wait until you finish eating, but by the time Emeka finishes eating, the game will probably be halfway through."

Felton turned his head to look at the huge hamburger bucket on Okafor's lap and nodded.

But he was still dissatisfied: "This is just a game between the seventh and tenth in the group. Are you really looking forward to it... Is Curry really that good?"

Hill: "Now that you're here, Raymond, stop complaining. I'm actually quite curious about what kind of college student Jack cares about so much. The last one was Harden from your school, right?"

Okafor swallowed a bite of hamburger and continued: "I'm also curious about how Curry will perform. I don't know if he will surprise us or disappoint Jack."

Zhang Yang: "I don't know how he will perform, but I believe he won't let me down."

Of course, he didn't know the details of Curry's college games, not even a single game, but he knew that Curry led the team to an upset in his sophomore season and made old Nelson astounded, viewing him as a guard version of Nowitzki. In 09, even though his tryout invitation was rejected, he still managed to convince the boss to select Curry.

Seeing that the little brother was so interested, Felton didn't say anything else. He had been working so hard recently, and as the core scorer, the little brother was the one who worked the hardest, so he decided to accompany the little brother to watch the game.

He was indeed curious about what kind of performance Stephen Curry, who was praised by his younger brother, could achieve.

Compared to half a month ago, several people looked much more relaxed outside the game.

The schedule of 14 games in 8 days was very tight, and we achieved a good record of 6 wins and 2 losses, but this was only secondary.

The main thing is that their adjustment progress is encouraging!

At the beginning of the adjustment, most people in their team were tortured, but when they found the new rhythm one after another, it was different and the adjustment progress bar entered a rapid advancement stage.

For some people, the feeling comes quickly. Apart from Zhang Yang and Felton, the first person to find the feeling was Mike Miller.

After all, he played for the Grizzlies when they were at the 50-win level, and Gasol's passing ability is not inferior to Brad Miller.

In fact, he didn't start adapting after the All-Star Weekend. Like Zhang Yang, he tried to adapt after Brad Miller came.

However, that Grizzlies team was a defensive team, and the Bobcats played offensive basketball. Although both teams focused on high-post coordination on offense, there was a big difference.

Moreover, the Grizzlies chose to play badly last season without a proper tactics, allowing the players to shoot and swing at will. It took Mike Miller a long time to re-adapt to being a high-level high-post supporting player.

After Mike Miller, Alan Anderson, Okafor, Hill... also found their feeling.

How quickly you find the feeling is not just a matter of strength or talent.

Even though Hill is at this age and has suffered injuries for so many years, his strength, understanding of tactics, and basketball IQ are still no worse than Alan Anderson.

Hill found his rhythm later than Alan Anderson because his tactical role was more complicated.

The timing of passing the ball at the supporting point should be better grasped, and the adjustments that teammates need to make are not just the adjustment of catching the ball and shooting, but the entire offensive rhythm.

For example, after receiving the ball at a better time, should you seize the opportunity to shoot, or wait for the opponent to react and double-team to further tear apart the opponent's defense and pass the ball? This is a great test of the receiving player's defensive reading ability and timing control, and requires a lot of training and actual combat to find the feeling.

Alan Anderson is just a pure scoring point. His tasks are simple and he needs to make fewer adjustments. The roles of Hill, Okafor and others are more complicated, so they naturally take longer to adjust.

It took nearly four weeks after returning from the All-Star Weekend, but I finally got over the hardest hurdle.

Of course, there are also those who have not found their feeling yet, such as Perkins, Muhammad, Jarrett Jack and others. It has been almost a month, but they still haven't found their feeling.

Regarding this, the feedback that core players such as Zhang Yang and Felton received from the coaching staff was that the team would not wait for them, but would enter the next adjustment phase.

The coaching staff can understand this decision, as not every player is suitable for their system.

Jarrett Jack and Perkins are okay. Jack is the point guard who disrupts the game for the second lineup. When he comes on the court, he is needed to score in singles. Whether he adapts to the system or not is not that important. Perkins is a pure defensive meat shield. When he goes up, he just defends, positions himself, and protects the rim. When playing tactics, he just stays in the inside to catch the ball.

The two of them were not well integrated into the old tactical system to begin with, and they were unable to fit in even after the adjustment. This was actually within the expectations of Zhang Yang and others.

It is a pity that such an excellent player like Muhammad cannot integrate into the system, which makes Zhang Yang and others very regretful.

Like those two, Muhammad was also outside the system when playing the old tactics. His style is traditional positional warfare blue-collar. This season, the Bobcats mainly play offense, and his performance has been average. He does not have the functionality of Jarrett Jack and Perkins, and his playing time this season is not as stable as last season.

In addition, Muhammad's role in helping Felton communicate with veterans and leading the team as vice-captain became less important after Hill joined.

However, Zhang Yang learned from Carlisle that the team still plans to keep Muhammad. Once the offensive system is basically complete and the team system is further adjusted in the direction of integrated offense and defense, maybe Muhammad will be useful.

If it really doesn't work out, Muhammad will not rot in their hands. They have Hill who has recovered and has not missed a game so far this season. They don't need another locker room leader. Some teams need it, and Muhammad is not bad, but he is not suitable for them. There are still many teams playing traditional basketball.

They received many offers during the All-Star Weekend. The Pistons even wanted to trade their first-round pick for Muhammad, but Jordan hung up the phone.

A few people from the Boss Gang chatted for a while, and suddenly cheers broke out at the scene.

Zhang Yang looked around the player tunnels on both sides. Players from Davidson College and Gonzaga University entered the court. He searched and found Curry!

But why do these players seem to be looking at him too?

He thought of something, looked up at the big screen, sat up straight, smiled officially, and Prince Duan came online.

When the players entered the field, the big screen turned to Zhang Yang, a spectator!
Yang Yang: Damn it, I should have asked for tickets earlier! What a waste of money.

The players of the two teams who were about to start the game had no idea that the match between these two teams that received little attention would actually attract Zhang Yang, Hill, Felton, and Okafor to watch the game!

As for Alan Anderson, he was ignored...

The Davidson College Wildcat men's team has a total of 18 players, including 12 main players and 6 substitutes. There is not a single high school student who was once among the top 159 in the United States. The highest ranked high school player is Bryant Barr, who is ranked th.

The Gonzaga University Bulldogs men's team does have a few high school students ranked among the top 100 in the United States, but none of them are very talented or popular. When Zhang Yang took a quick look just now, the only one he recognized was Towel Man Sakishi.

Seeing the four stars of the Bobcats, the players of both teams were very excited, especially a 20-year-old man who was almost chased away by the security guards for being an elementary school student because he looked too young when he came to practice in the morning. He was very excited...

At 3 p.m., the Wildcats and Bulldogs faced off.

Several members of the Bobcats team watched the game and chatted and analyzed it.

Hill: "The Bulldogs have a much better lineup than the Wildcats. I knew several of the Bulldogs' players before they entered college, but I didn't know any of the Wildcats. I think the Bulldogs have a better chance of winning."

Felton: "I also think the Bulldogs can win. Austin Daye and Jeremy Pargo are both in the top 60 of this year's draft prediction list. Jack, Curry, who you support, may be eliminated in the first round."

Zhang Yang: "I also think the Bulldogs are stronger, but it's hard to say about things like competitions..."

In the first half, the situation was just as Hill and Felton said. The Bulldogs had the upper hand and led the Wildcats by 45 points, 36-9.

At halftime, Hill said, "Jack, that Curry is really good. He got 14 points and 3 assists in the first half, but the other players on the Wildcats are too bad and can't give him much help."

Zhang Yang was not sure at this time. Could it be that he, Zhang San, this big moth, had ruined Curry's comeback in college?

(End of this chapter)