No.1 in basketball scoring-Chapter 858 - 369. The adaptive method that makes Coach Long jealous

After Zhang Yang scored 51 points against the Chicago Bulls, his average points per game increased from 31.98 to 32.25, widening the gap between him and the second place.

In the next 6 games, Zhang Yang averaged 32.8 points, with little improvement in his average points during this period. Before facing the Hornets, his average points were 32.29.

Entering April, the Cavaliers also faced stronger opponents than in March. James found it increasingly difficult to score, and after a hard push, his average points improved to 32.1, narrowing the gap to within 0.2 points.

Seeing the upcoming opponents of the Bobcats include the Hornets, Lakers, Bulls, and even the non-playoff team Kings in a back-to-back setup, James thought he still had a chance. If he could score 40+ twice or go for a 50-point game in the last 4 games, he could surpass Zhang Yang.

Although it was really tough, if he wanted it as badly as David Robinson did when he snatched the scoring title from O’Neal, he had the capability. The Bobcats’ regular season finale was a day earlier than the Cavaliers, giving him the time advantage just like David Robinson had when he won the scoring title.

But before he had the chance to boost his scores, Zhang Yang scored 52 points first, increasing his average from 32.29 to 32.54, expanding his lead to more than 0.4 points.

James calculated that he had played 76 games so far this season and scored a total of 2440 points.

Even if Zhang San just maintains his average in the last 3 games, James needs to average at least 42 points in the remaining 4 games!

Or keep his average and score 80+ in one game... it’s not going to happen.

The Admiral worked so hard to score just 70+... it’s really a killer!

Putting away the calculator, tearing up the draft paper, and throwing it in the trash, James looked at the ceiling, feeling sad: Why did we have James when there’s Zhang Yang?

No one cared what the second place in the scoring rankings was thinking. After the game, the media and fans were buzzing about the Bobcats and Zhang Yang.

The Bobcats defeated the Hornets and achieved an 8-game winning streak, reaching a record of 60 wins and 19 losses. A new member was welcomed to the NBA’s 60-win club!

Since joining the modern basketball era in 1976, the Magic Team emerged quickly, selecting the Big Shark in ’92, swapping Webber for Anfernee Hardaway in ’93, and in the first year of their partnership in the ’93-’94 season, they achieved 50 wins. That season was the Magic Team’s fifth year since establishment. They got 57 wins in the second year of the duo and 60 wins in the third year...

Now, the title of ’Fastest Rising Team’ has been taken by the Bobcats!

In just their third year, they achieved 56 wins, and in the fourth year, they achieved 60 wins!

Just like O’Neal and Anfernee Hardaway back then were highly praised as the future Jordan-Pippen duo, Zhang Yang and his three young core teammates on the Bobcats received the same accolades.

Zhang Yang was compared to Jordan, while Okafor, Felton, and Millsap combined were compared to Pippen.

After wrapping up the post-game events, Zhang Yang went home, and while checking the news before bedtime, he saw this evaluation and felt a bit dissatisfied—how did his teammates fall short of Pippen?

But after thinking for a bit, alright, those three, even if they stick with him, might not achieve as many personal honors as Pippen by the time they retire.

times in the first team, twice in the second team, twice in the third team, 8 times All-Defensive First Team, twice All-Defensive Second Team, including 3 times All-NBA First and Defensive First Team, with two of those occurring when Jordan was retired.

In those two years, Pippen averaged 21.7 points, 8.4 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 2.9 steals, and 1 block, leading the team to 51 wins and 46 wins, proving his individual ability was also at a historical level. He just didn’t make the top tier.

Out of personal feelings, Zhang Yang felt some dissatisfaction that his trio of young core teammates combined were needed to compare to Pippen, but putting personal feelings aside, he thought if those three had as much personal honor as Pippen when they retired, they would have had a very remarkable career.

Being used to compare to the Jordan-Pippen duo, Zhang Yang had complicated feelings, but he was happy about one thing—Millsap was starting to enter the media and fans’ radar!

Having a teammate who joined the NBA at the same time and hung out with him every day get public recognition made him happy.

Who would want all their teammates to be viewed as just extras while all the praise was concentrated on themselves?

However, the ’60-win club’ and the ’being compared to Jordan-Pippen’ weren’t the hottest topics at the moment. What was really hot was the scoring!

It’s not about the second in scoring rankings...

Zhang Yang achieved his fourth 50+ point game this season, tying with Iverson, and becoming the second active player with the most single-season 40+ point games, only behind Kobe!

In the modern basketball era, second only to Kobe, Jordan!

Meanwhile, Zhang Yang’s single-season 40+ games reached 18 times, surpassing Iverson’s 17 times of 40+ in the 00-01 season, also currently second only to Kobe, and in the modern basketball era only behind Jordan and Kobe!

The next day, a new week began.

With a back-to-back game against the Kings tonight, the Bobcats didn’t schedule any training today, just arranged game preparation meetings at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

At around 10 o’clock, Zhang Yang and Harden arrived at the Tuhang Stadium together, Tatum went to his uncle’s house, and his brother Little Jason came, wanting to watch the Bobcats’ second regular-season game against the Lakers in two days.

Little Jason is a fan of Kobe, which made Zhang Yang feel quite jealous. How did his own little buddy’s brother become a fan of the Ironsmith? He wondered if he could come up with a way to change that preference.

Last night, Harden made plans with Felton to take advantage of the free time today to research the skills of fake step-back combined with crossover dribbling.

The work of developing templates for himself is in full swing for Harden, which made Zhang San very envious. He also wished for a player who could take him as a template and strive to develop skills he couldn’t do but could learn and teach him.

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