Chapter 350 349. Free Jack!
The progress made has enabled the Bobcats players to change from being passive to being active in further adjusting and optimizing the tactical system, and they are more enthusiastic in training.

But this just suppressed the negative emotions.

Practicing basketball has one thing in common with studying and working - it takes a long time to produce rewards.

Students and office workers like to play games, watch movies, and use other ways to get satisfaction to relieve the negative emotions that come from not getting rewards for a long time.

Basketball players, not to mention off the court, usually get similar satisfaction and relieve negative emotions by "bullying the weak" on the court.

加内特用言语来欺辱对手、乔丹和佩顿喜欢胖揍菜鸟、大鸟酷爱装逼……都是类似的情况。

The most direct way is to bully the weak for fun.

The Trail Blazers had 29 wins and 23 losses before the All-Star break, with a winning rate of 55%, but after the All-Star break, they suffered a four-game losing streak and only managed a record of 4 wins and 10 losses in the next 5 games.

The highlights included Roy's 35 points and 7 assists as he led his team to defeat the Spurs, and a group of Trail Blazers players who entered the NBA after 03 showed their talents.

But talent is talent. In the eyes of the Bobcats players, the Trail Blazers are just a weak team with only 5 wins and 9 losses after the All-Star Weekend. Wanting to make fun of this opponent is called "arrogance" in the eyes of others.

It is human instinct to want to be happy, but the difference between humans and animals is that humans can control themselves when necessary and not act on instinct. In this way, they can resist the temptation of "compensatory satisfaction", move towards their ideal goals, and ultimately get the rewards they really want.

Felton didn't think too much about it. He just felt that he should say something because he was so proud and looked down on the Trail Blazers, who had a 34-32 record and almost lost the game. He didn't want something like this to happen again.

Felton followed Zhang Yang and Carlisle, criticizing himself first and then admonishing his teammates. This method was quite effective and served the purpose of "leading by example".

The meeting only lasted a few minutes before it ended. Some young players of the Bobcats left directly, while others, like the veterans, stayed for physical therapy.

Zhang Yang was the one who stayed behind. He said to Felton who also stayed for physical therapy: "Boss, thank you for your hard work tonight."

Felton raised his round chin: "As the boss, this is my responsibility."

But then he showed a tangled face: "I actually had a strange idea just now."

Zhang Yang: "Tell me about it?"

Felton: "I just suddenly felt that it would be good if we lost this game. It would wake us up and sound the alarm, letting us know that we can't be arrogant and conceited, so I don't have to reflect on myself."

Zhang Yang: “…”

Felton: "We had reversed the game and won, and I was very happy, but I found that after we were 11 points behind in the third quarter, you led the team to defeat the Trail Blazers and win the game. The reluctance of my teammates at the end of the third quarter disappeared, and they seemed to be more proud. That's why I called them together for a meeting."

Zhang Yang: "Uh... that makes sense. No, it doesn't seem to make sense. Anyway, we have to strive to win every game. We can't have the idea that 'losing is better'."

Felton rolled his eyes at Zhang Yang and said, "Of course I know. I just said that."

Looking at Felton's struggling look when his teammates were not around, Zhang Yang thought: Being the boss is really tiring, you have to take care of this and that, whoever wants to be the boss can be the boss, I'd rather be the star player.

...

The next day, Zhang Yang left Charlotte with the team and went to New York to continue the regular season journey.

On the 22nd, they challenged the Knicks away and won 116-101, winning their 50th game of the season!
张杨11投4中，拿到12分6板12助攻2抢断。

The Knicks' defensive strategy was criticized even by the commentator of their owner's TV station, which prevented New York fans from seeing the scoring show of Bad Boy Jack.

However, Zhang Yang also took advantage of the Knicks' defense and got a season-high 12 assists.

Unfortunately, the Knicks' new duo of Tarandolph and David Lee were too strong in offensive rebounding. Okafor, Brad Miller, Millsap and Perkins took turns to protect the rebounds, but the Bobcats still lost to the Knicks by two rebounds with a score of 4 to 42.

He grabbed 3 offensive rebounds tonight, but only 3 defensive rebounds. He finally got double digit assists but didn't get a triple-double.

On the 24th, the Bobcats will challenge the Cavaliers away.

In the opening stage, the Bobcats' team offense almost stunned the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers made sufficient defensive preparations, but the Bobcats' control over the details of their running positions was much better than the last time they played two months ago, and their tactical responses were also beyond the Cavaliers' expectations.

The score in the first quarter was 32 to 23, with the Bobcats leading by 9 points.

However, under the leadership of James, the Cavaliers held on, firmly carrying out a war of attrition, and gradually wearing down the Bobcats' touch.

Carlisle did not make blind adjustments and did not compete with the Cavaliers on defense. Instead, he insisted on playing tactical coordination, making good use of the star's threat and support ability to create good shooting opportunities for the receiving players. He insisted on playing even if the shot could not be made. He felt that this was a good training opportunity. The Bobcats are also a very resilient team. They only scored 21 points in the second quarter and 15 points in the third quarter. In these two quarters, the team had a lot of offensive shots but not many team points. They basically relied on singles and offensive rebounds to support the team. But in the last quarter, the receiving players finally got their touch back and fed back to the main scorers, and the team scored 28 points.

The Cavaliers relied on the defensive counterattacks of James, Hughes and Daniel Gibson to score 22 points in the second quarter and 26 points in the third quarter, but after running out of counterattack opportunities in the final quarter, they only scored 22 points.

At the last moment, Zhang Yang broke through from the high position and made a quick jump shot from close range to take a 1-point lead.

Then James' key breakthrough layup was disturbed, and Zhang Yang was fouled tactically after protecting the defensive rebound. He made both free throws and expanded the lead to 3 points.

The Cavaliers missed their last shot in the final 2.8 seconds...the game was over.

张杨最后时刻连砍4分，拿到32分5板3助攻2抢断，山猫队以96比93险胜骑士队。

詹姆斯29投12中，其中三分球7中2，加上12中9的罚球，拿到35分7板5助攻。

Although they lost the game, James' mentality was not so explosive this time. Over the years, he has also learned to adjust himself - they did not lose too badly tonight, with the smallest score difference this season, even smaller than the last 1-point loss in overtime.

In addition to this, there was another thing that made him a little happy - continuing to narrow the scoring gap with Zhang Yang.

In the 17 games after the All-Star Weekend, Zhang Yang averaged 29.3 points per game, and his season average dropped to 32.1 points.

After the All-Star Weekend, James scored below 30 points in several consecutive games. By March 3, his average score dropped to 8 points, but after mid-month, it started to soar again.

Originally, he had no hope of being on the scoring list, but he didn't expect Zhang Yang to become a team player and his scoring kept declining. He quickly caught up and has now improved to 31.6 points, only 0.5 points behind Zhang Yang.

There are more than ten games left, there is still hope!

On the 26th, the Bobcats came to the Palace of Auburn Hills to challenge the Pistons away. After a tough positional battle, the Bobcats defeated the Pistons 109-102, ending their two-game losing streak to the Pistons this season and getting their second 2-game winning streak of the season!

张杨拿到27分6板3助攻、费尔顿18分5助攻、奥卡福13分9板2助攻2盖帽、希尔面对最初的老东家拿到14分和全队最高的6次助攻……全队6人得分上双，打出了非常漂亮的团队进攻。

On the 27th, Zhang Yang returned to Charlotte with the team and received good news: he won the award!
上周他场均26.7分5.2板5.5助攻2抢断0.5盖帽，4战全胜，拿到东部周最佳球员奖。

This is his fifth time to win Player of the Week honors this season, tying James for the most Player of the Week honors this season.

西部那边拿奖的也是3号，保罗上周率领黄蜂队3战全胜，场均19.7分4板11助攻2.3抢断。

Upon learning that Tristana won the award, Zhang San felt that this week's award was deliberately arranged by the Jews. The Lakers also won all four games. It was rare for the Wolf King to average 4+20+10 in a single week this season, and he also got a triple-double. However, Tristana's performance was no worse than Garnett's, so there was nothing wrong with him winning the award.

In the evening, the Bobcats faced the second game of a back-to-back. Their opponent was... again the Pistons. This was the most difficult back-to-back game for the Bobcats this season.

It was another tough positional battle of offense and defense. Last night, the Bobcats relied on more varied cooperation to win 10 points in the third quarter, laying the foundation for victory. This time, the Bobcats were defeated in the confrontation and lost 104 to 110. This season's regular season match against the Pistons was fixed at 1 win and 3 losses, failing to tie the record.

The Bobcats' winning streak that started in the middle of the month also came to an end, ending at 8 consecutive wins.

赛后，教练组小会，卡莱尔看着张杨的数据——20投11中，其中三分球5中2，加上6中5的罚球，拿到29分3板6助攻2抢断……

With such a good touch, he only shot 20 times. Kawhi knew that the bad boy was suppressing his shooting instinct so that his teammates could play more tactical coordination and help his teammates train their bodies to remember how to play tactical coordination. It is not just about remembering it in the brain and practicing it, but also about forming muscle memory and instinctive reaction.

He told his assistants: "We made a serious mistake tonight and failed to push for further changes in our play."

Vincent laughed when he heard this and said, "We didn't have an advantage against the Pistons. Rick, are you anxious?"

Ka Tu: Do you believe that I will stab my brother twice in the back?

After teasing his friend, Vincent came back to his senses and said, "We had a good record in the past period of time, winning 8 games in a row...It was ended tonight, but you can see that we played well tactically tonight. Although there are still some areas that are not satisfactory to us, it is not enough to do that in the remaining time of the regular season.

Some extremely detailed aspects cannot be achieved through training or games like adjusting the offensive rhythm. It requires that one percent of inspiration that comes when you feel it in a game or training session. "

Paul Silas took over: "Sam is right, there are 11 games left and we should prepare for the playoffs.

Another thing is that our current teamwork is good, but the games we are playing now are not the original intention of building this system. "

The old coach usually doesn’t talk much. He won’t express his opinions unless his colleagues ask him. He knows what his role is, but he will still speak when it is time.

Carlisle understood what the old coach meant and said, "Then let's liberate Jack and let Jack fully unleash his offensive firepower in the offensive system we have built for him!"

(End of this chapter)