Chapter 370 369. Linglong's response to jealousy

After Zhang Yang scored 51 points against the Bulls, his average points per game increased from 31.98 points to 32.25 points, widening his lead over the second place team.

In the next 6 games, Zhang Yang averaged 32.8 points per game. During this period, his average score did not increase much. Before the match with the Hornets, his average score was 32.29 points.

After entering April, the Cavaliers encountered opponents who were stronger than in March. It became much more difficult for James to score. He tried his best and finally increased his score to 4 points, narrowing the gap to within 3 points.

Seeing that the Bobcats' next opponents are the Hornets, Lakers, and Bulls, and that they will also play back-to-back games against the non-playoff Kings, James feels that he still has a chance. If he can score 4+ twice or 40 points in the last four games, he can overtake the opponent in one fell swoop.

Although it is very difficult, if he really wants to win it like David Robinson, he has the ability to do so. The Bobcats' final regular season game is one day earlier than the Cavaliers, and he has the same time conditions as David Robinson to snatch the scoring title from O'Neal.

But before he could score, Zhang Yang scored 52 points first, raising his average points from 32.29 to 32.54, and expanding his lead to more than 0.4 points.

James calculated that he has played 76 games so far this season and scored a total of 2440 points.
Even if Zhang San only maintains an average score in the last three games, he, King, will have to average at least 3 points per game in the remaining four games!
Or maintain the average points per game and score 80+...no big deal.

The Admiral is only level 70+ after being upgraded like that... It's really killing me!
King put away the calculator, tore up the draft paper and threw it into the trash can. He looked at the ceiling and felt sad: If we have Zhan, why do we have Zhang!
No one cared what the second-place scorer was thinking. After the game, the media and fans were discussing the Bobcats and Zhang Yang.

After defeating the Hornets, the Bobcats once again won eight consecutive games, with a record of 8 wins and 60 losses, and the NBA 19-win club added a new member!
Since the modern basketball era began in 1976, the Magic has been the fastest rising team in the NBA. They drafted Shaq in 92 and traded Webber for Penny in 93. In the 93-94 season, the two won 50 games in their first year together. That season was the fifth year of the Magic's founding. They won 5 games in their second year together and 57 games in their third year...

Now, the title of 'the fastest rising team' has been snatched away by the Bobcats!

The team won 3 games in the third year and 56 games in the fourth year!
Just like the duo of O'Neal and Anfernee Hardaway were praised to the sky and regarded as the future Joe and Pitt combination, Zhang Yang and the other three young core members of the Bobcats also received the same evaluation.

Zhang Yang is used to benchmark Jordan, and Okafor, Felton and Millsap together are used to benchmark Pippen.

Zhang Yang finished his post-game affairs and went home to check the news before going to bed. He saw this comment and felt a little dissatisfied - how was his teammate worse than Pippen?

But if you think about it, well, even if those three brothers hung out with him, when they retired, their personal honors combined might not be as high as Pippen's.

3 first team selections, 8nd team selections, 3 third team selections, first team defense selections, second team defense selections, including double first team selections, two of which were received when Jordan retired.

那两年皮蓬场均21.7分8.4板5.4助攻2.9抢断1盖帽，率队战绩是51胜和46胜，证明了他的个人能力同样是历史级的，只是没进top行列而已。

Out of personal feelings, Zhang Yang was somewhat dissatisfied that only his three young core teammates combined could match Pippen's level, but putting personal feelings aside, he felt that if the combined personal honors that the three brothers received when they retired were as many as Pippen's, it would have been a great performance.

Being compared with Chopi, Zhang Yang had mixed feelings, but there was one thing that made him very happy - God Mi began to enter the field of vision of the media and fans!

Of course he is happy that his teammate, who entered the NBA at the same time as him and played with him every day, can receive public recognition.

Who would want their teammates to be treated as extras and have all the praise focused on them alone?

However, '60-win club' and 'being compared to Joe Cole' are not the hottest topics at the moment. The hottest topic is scoring!
No matter who is second in the scoring list...

Zhang Yang scored 4+ points in a single game for the fourth time this season, tying Iverson and becoming the second active player with the most 50+ points in a single season, second only to Kobe!

In the modern basketball era, he is second only to Kobe and Jordan!
At the same time, Zhang Yang's single-season 40+ times reached 18 times, surpassing Iverson's 00 01+ times in the 17-40 season. He is also second only to Kobe among active players, and second only to Jordan and Kobe in the modern basketball era!
The next day, a new week arrived.

The Bobcats have a back-to-back game against the Kings tonight, and they have no practice scheduled today, only a prep meeting at 2 p.m. this morning.

Around 10 o'clock in the morning, Zhang Yang and Harden came to the Turkish Airlines Arena together. Tatum went to his uncle's house, and his younger brother Jason Jr. came to watch the Bobcats' second regular season game against the Lakers in two days.

Little Jason is a fan of Kobe, which makes Zhang Yang feel jealous. His friend's younger brother is actually a fan of Kobe. He doesn't know if he can think of a way to correct this preference.

Harden made an appointment with Felton last night. Today, when they have nothing to do during the day, they will study together the techniques of step-back fake moves and change of direction.

Erha's work of cultivating a template for himself is in full swing, which makes Zhang San very envious. He also hopes that there will be a player with him as a template who will work hard to develop techniques that he does not know but can learn and teach him.

Unfortunately, he is not very familiar with Durant and Roy.

He also needs to practice a few more sets of shooting, try to accumulate 12 shooting values ​​as soon as possible, and get the physical fitness talent points. The rewards for the next wave of shooting value tasks should be experience and shooting talent points.

On the day of the competition, Zhang Yang only practiced for one hour. After finishing the extra practice at 1:11, he was about to take a shower and take Erha and Little Fatty to have lunch when Randy Brown came to inform him that he had won a prize!

He ran to the lounge and checked on the computer.

上周他3场比赛场均39分7.3板4助攻2抢断，率队3战全胜，拿下本赛季第6次东部周最佳球员奖，超过了詹姆斯这赛季的5次周最佳，追平了01-02赛季邓肯创下的单赛季6次周最佳的历史纪录！

In the West, Kobe won an award, his fourth Player of the Week award of the season, averaging 4 points, 29 rebounds, 9 assists and 8.7 steals per game... The scoring, rebounding, assists and defense were so impressive because Kidd did not play in the first two games due to a sprained wrist, and Kobe did Kidd's work.

When Zhang Yang saw Kobe win the Player of the Week award for the fourth time, he opened the NBA official website and exclaimed, “Wow!”

James has always been leading in the number of Player of the Week awards, and Zhang San followed closely behind him, constantly catching up, and finally surpassed him in the penultimate week. After his 6 times, James had 5 times, Kobe had 4 times, Paul had 4 times, Yao Ming had 3 times, Iverson had 3 times, and Nash had 3 times.

This season’s Player of the Week award is almost taken by these few of them!

Among them, the players wearing No. 3 jerseys have won 13 Player of the Week awards in total. Zhang Yang feels a little regretful that the big-cheeked player has been affected by injuries this season and has not won a single Player of the Week award. When Wade regains his strength next season, Iverson may be sold by the Nuggets and start a wandering journey at the end of his career. The four No. 3 players cannot be together and show off.

Zhang Yang is regretful;
The media is hyping up the fact that Zhang Yang has tied the historical record, and Zhang Yang's fans are shouting and spreading hatred;

The older generation of fans are refuting the claim that Zhang Yang tied the record and Duncan holds the record, believing that the current Player of the Week is only half as valuable as it was before 01, and that he needs to win at least 10 Player of the Week awards to be on par with Magic Johnson's five Player of the Week awards in the 86-87 season.
An anonymous player No. 23 at Cleveland Quick Loans Arena: Zhang San, why are you everywhere!
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In the evening, the Bobcats played against the Kings at home.

Rondo returned to the arena and received cheers from the fans.

When Rondo was traded, Bobcats fans were very reluctant, especially when the Bobcats' record dropped around the All-Star break. But in mid-March, the Bobcats started to surge, winning two consecutive games of 3 games, and now have a record of 8 wins and 16 loss, from falling to third in the Eastern Conference and sixth in the league, to second in the Eastern Conference and third in the league.

At this time, fans felt that it was worth it to "sacrifice" Rondo in exchange for the team's transformation.

Of course, as long as Rondo is not on their rival team, they will still cheer for Rondo when he comes back. After all, he is the core outside substitute for the first championship in team history. Without Rondo's crazy triple-double against the Pistons, they may not be able to turn the tables.

Last year, after the Bobcats won the championship, the pro-monarchy media went crazy, saying that the Bobcats were a team where everyone was a soldier, everyone was indispensable, and no one could win the championship without them. Zhang Yang was only responsible for scoring, and his teammates had to clean up the rest in order for the team to perform at their best...

The purpose of hyping this topic is to reduce the influence of Zhang Yang's championship and FMVP in his sophomore year.

But I didn’t expect that the Bobcats fans highly agreed with this statement and analyzed it more rationally than anyone else, which made the media feel helpless.

What that group of media overlooked was one thing - this is the Carolina region, where college basketball, and therefore team basketball, is most beloved.

Even now, when some haters say that Zhang Yang scores so high because of the team system, Bobcats fans will not refute it, but give thumbs up.

Another fan responded: "If your stars have the ability, they should make good use of the team system. Don't you want to?"

At 8 p.m., Okafor defeated Spencer Hawes to win the jump ball and the Bobcats started the second game of the back-to-back.

Bobcats starting lineup: Felton, Zhang Yang, Mike Miller, Okafor, Brad Miller.

Kings starting lineup: Rondo, Kevin Martin, Jason Richardson, Mickey Moore, and Hawes.

Zhang Yang ran to the frontcourt and stood at the high position on the right side of the free throw line. Seeing Rondo, who was guarding the top arc and tilting his head to direct his teammates' positioning, Hawes and Jason Richardson moved their positions without hesitation.

Zhang Yang was confused and really didn't understand, so he didn't care. After Felton moved forward, he leaned on Kevin Martin, received Felton's lob, turned around, and played one-on-one!
Kevin Martin defended very actively. He didn't care about anything else and just stuck to Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang seized the rhythm of the opponent's impact defense, crossed over and pulled the ball to the right, and Kevin Martin rushed out directly.

Zhang Yang successfully broke into the inside, and when he reached the elbow area, Hoyes took a step forward for a layup and blocked him.

In a flash, Zhang Yang grabbed the ball, took a step toward the baseline, and prepared to turn around and shoot, but he was blocked just as he reached the baseline!
Hoyes moved up in time and stood between Zhang Yang and the basket.

After Kevin Martin missed the ball, he turned and rushed to the sideline to prevent Mike Miller from catching the ball.

The ball is stopped. There is a center in front. Pass the ball? No! Zhang Yang suddenly jumped up and shot a mid-range shot from the baseline... but it didn't go in.

Brad Miller had a second chance to attack, but Rondo went around Brad Miller and grabbed the rebound first!
Zhang Yang yelled "shit" in his mind and quickly retreated to follow Jason Richardson who was running fast.

Rondo grabbed the rebound and immediately launched a three-line counterattack, but the dunk king was closely followed by Zhang Yang, Kevin Martin was blocked by Okafor and Mike Miller, and Felton retreated to the basket with all his strength.

After Rondo rushed to the frontcourt, his two teammates on the wing failed to keep up. The two inside players were slow and could not follow up and pull the defense, so he had to give up and fell into a positional battle.

After blocking Jason Richardson, Zhang Yang returned to Kevin Martin. Tonight he took on the main task of defending the outside line in the starting lineup.

In the first round, I couldn’t make the shot, so I defended it… but I didn’t succeed.

Kevin Martin made a quick stop and a fade away jump shot!
凯文-马丁本赛季至今打了66场比赛，场均24.1分3.5板2.7助攻1抢断。

Although his defense is extremely poor and he can only perform the simplest tasks, his offensive ability is already top-notch in the league, and he is one of the best among top-notch players. The forward and guard combination with Jason Richardson, who averages 21 points per game, and the offense revolves around Rondo, are called the 'Western Eagles', matching the three outside stars of the Hawks.

Zhang Yang is very good at defending technical players, but he is not a scorer.

If the player is defending Durant, who averages 18 shots per game, has a shooting percentage of 43%, a three-point shooting percentage of 28%, just averaging 20 points per game, and leads his team to the last place in the Western Conference record, even if Durant has a huge advantage in height and wingspan, he will ignore his physical strength and defend with all his strength, and can make the little backpack become autistic.

Durant's current scoring method is basically to rely on his long legs to break through and throw the ball, or to pull up and shoot when the opponent is not prepared from the outside. Occasionally he gets a high score, but it is all when playing against teams with terrible defense.

Kevin Martin is different. He is in the Western Conference and can still score 20+ points steadily when facing top forward and guard defensive players such as Kobe, James Posey, Artest, Bowen, etc.!

When the Bobcats started attacking, Zhang Yang went to the frontcourt and continued to ask for the ball.

The younger brother lost both offense and defense in the first round and felt embarrassed. Felton understood and passed the ball to him, waiting for the younger brother to perform.

Zhang Yang glanced at the positions of the players on the opposing wing and under the basket, and adjusted his position according to Coach Long's instructions.

When Rondo was directing his teammates to move in the last round, he didn't understand why. Now he understands that Rondo was directing his teammates to complete the defense and double-teaming against him based on his position, his playing habits, and Kevin Martin's defense.

Regarding this ability, Zhang Yang can only say one thing - awesome!
In terms of on-the-spot command ability on the offensive end, there is a qualitative gap between Rondo and Kidd. Even if they reach their peak, it is impossible for them to catch up.

That is a talent that you have or don't have. The accumulation of time can only enrich your tactical library and increase your experience.

Kidd is extremely special in this aspect throughout the history of the NBA and has no rivals.

But in terms of defensive command ability, Kidd may not be better than Rondo.

If Zhang Yang wants to get rid of Kevin Martin's outside defense, who is 201 cm tall and has a wingspan of 210 cm, he will be trapped in the double-team of the wing and the inside. In this case, why not just not get rid of the defense...

He leaned towards Kevin Martin with his back, knocking him back half a step, then stepped forward, turned over, and made a jump shot... and it went in!
Rondo was very depressed when he saw Felton excitedly rush up to hug Zhang Yang, who was smiling, to celebrate when he retreated.

The third brother has no moral principles!

This simple and crude way of coping is really... enviable! No, it's jealousy!
(End of this chapter)