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No.1 in basketball scoring-Chapter 859 - 369. The adaptive method that makes Coach Long jealous_2
Chapter 859: 369. The adaptive method that makes Coach Long jealous_2
Unfortunately, he wasn’t very familiar with Durant and Roy.
He also needed to practice a few more sets of shots, aiming to gather the 12 shooting values soon, to gain the physical fitness talent points. The next batch of shooting value tasks should reward experience and shooting talent points.
On the game day, Zhang Yang only trained for an hour. After finishing at 11:30, he was about to take a shower and take Erha and the little boss to lunch when Randy Brown came to tell him that he won an award!
He ran to the lounge and checked it on the computer.
Last week, in three games, he averaged 39 points, 7.3 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals, leading the team to three wins without a loss. He won the East’s Player of the Week award for the sixth time this season, surpassing James’ five times this season, tying Duncan’s single-season record of six Player of the Week awards from the 01-02 season!
In the West, Kobe won the award for the fourth time this season, averaging 29 points, 9 rebounds, 8.7 assists, and 3.3 steals... his scoring, rebounding, assisting, and defense were so impressive because in the previous two games, Kidd had to rest due to a wrist injury, so Kobe took over Kidd’s role as well.
Zhang Yang saw Kobe winning the Player of the Week for the fourth time, opened the NBA’s official website, and exclaimed, "Damn."
James has always led in the number of Player of the Week awards, with Zhang San closely following and continuously catching up, finally surpassing in the second to last week. After his six awards, James had five, Kobe had four, Paul had four, Yao Ming had three, Iverson had three, and Nash had three.
This season, the Player of the Week awards have almost been monopolized by a few of them!
Among players wearing the number 3 jersey, they collectively won 13 Player of the Week awards. Zhang Yang felt a bit regretful, as Big Cheek over there struggled with injuries this season and didn’t win even one award. Next season, when Wade regains his form, Iverson might be sold by the Nuggets, entering a wandering phase at the end of his career, with the four number three players unable to all be in their prime together.
Zhang Yang was feeling regretful;
The media was hyping up Zhang Yang tying the historical record, while Zhang Yang’s fans were arrogantly gloating and hating;
Older fans were arguing against Zhang Yang tying the historical record, insisting that Duncan’s record was the real historical achievement, claiming that the current Player of the Week awards are worth only half of those before 2001, and that at least ten should be won to compare to Magician’s five in the 86-87 season;
An unnamed player wearing number 23 from Cleveland’s Quick Loans Arena said: Zhang San, why do you have to be everywhere!
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In the evening, the Bobcats’ home game against the Kings took place.
Rondo returned to this arena and received cheers from the fans.
Initially, when Rondo was traded, the Bobcats fans were very reluctant, especially during the period around the All-Star Weekend when the Bobcats’ performance was declining.
But by mid-March, the Bobcats entered a scorching mode with two 8-game winning streaks. With their record now at 16 wins and 1 loss, they climbed from the third in the East and sixth in the league to second in the East and third in the league.
At this point, the fans felt that ’sacrificing’ Rondo, leading to the team’s transformation, was worth it.
Of course, as long as Rondo wasn’t on the roster of their competing teams, when Rondo came back, they would still cheer for him, as he was the core backup guard for their first championship, and without Rondo’s explosive triple-double against the Pistons, they might not have turned it around.
Last year, after the Bobcats won the championship, the Royalist media crazily hyped that the Bobcats were a team where everyone was indispensable, and that without anyone, they couldn’t win the championship. They claimed that Zhang Yang only focused on scoring, and his teammates had to clean up other things to perform the best as a team...
The purpose of this hype was to downplay the impact of Zhang Yang winning the championship and FMVP in his sophomore year.
But unexpectedly, the Bobcats fans highly agreed with this statement, analyzing it more rationally than anyone else, rendering the media speechless.
The media overlooked one thing—this is the Carolina region, where college basketball, which emphasizes team play, is most loved.
Even now, if haters say Zhang Yang scores so high because of the team system bonuses, Bobcats fans don’t refute it but rather give it a thumbs-up.
Another fan retorted: "Your stars should make the most of the team system too, if they can, or do they just not want to?"
At 8 PM, Okafor defeated Spencer Hawes to win the jump ball, and the second back-to-back game for the Bobcats began.
Bobcats starters: Felton, Zhang Yang, Mike Miller, Okafor, Brad Miller.
Kings starters: Rondo, Kevin Martin, Jason Richardson, Mikki Moore, Hawes.
Zhang Yang ran to the frontcourt, standing at the high post on the right side of the free-throw line, seeing Rondo directing his teammates’ positions at the top of the arc with his head tilted. Both Hawes and Jason Richardson moved positions without hesitation.
Zhang Yang didn’t understand, and ignored it. After Felton pushed forward, he leaned against Kevin Martin to receive a lob pass from Felton, turned around, and went one-on-one!
Kevin Martin was defending actively, focusing solely on sticking to Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang seized the rhythm difference in Martin’s aggressive defense, crossed over to the right to pull the ball, and Kevin Martin lunged out.
Zhang Yang successfully broke into the inside, reaching the elbow area when Hawes took a step to block his way.
In a flash, Zhang Yang grabbed the ball and stepped towards the baseline, ready to make a turnaround shot, but was immediately pinned at the baseline!
Hawes quickly moved up, blocking Zhang Yang’s path to the basket.
Kevin Martin, after missing his lunge, turned towards the sideline to stop Mike Miller from receiving a pass.
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