Chapter 320 319. Scoring champion, I want it!
The fans at the scene cheered wildly. There was nothing else on the big screen at this time, only Zhang Yang's jersey photo and data.

35投24中，其中三分球7中4，加上10中8的罚球，张杨今晚出场40分钟，拿到60分9板3助攻2抢断1盖帽！

Iverson listened to the wild cheers of the fans, looked at Zhang Yang's data on the big screen, and thought of the bad boy's wild words just now... He clenched his fists, turned and walked towards the bench. George Karl called a timeout after Zhang Yang scored a layup.

The reason why we didn't call a timeout before was because the score difference could be caught up with one goal. Iverson was in good shape, and Anthony, Weaver who made 7 of 5 three-pointers, 'bankrupt version of Barkley' Kleiza, and Kenyon Martin all had the ability to contain the opponent. This was the most suitable lineup for Iverson to counterattack or initiate an offense in singles tonight, so we definitely couldn't call a timeout.

Now we have made a mistake, the score difference is 5 points, and there are only 24 seconds left. We have to call a timeout even if it is to reduce the time used for advancing.

On the other side, Zhang Yang high-fived Okafor who followed him, and moderately celebrated the nearly winning goal of the steal and counterattack that they had completed together. Without wasting any time, they returned to the bench to listen to the instructions.

After the timeout, both teams rotated their lineups.

Okafor, who had just made a great contribution, was replaced by Rondo, Zhang Yang, Afflalo, Hill and Perkins, who were replaced by Carlisle.

Carlisle's prediction was correct. George Karl only replaced Kleiza with Anthony Carter to further strengthen the outside shooting. Iverson, Weaver, Anthony, and Kenyon Martin continued to play. The tactic was that Kenyon Martin would rush to grab the ball, and Iverson or Anthony would shoot three-pointers in singles.

The Nuggets served the ball in the frontcourt, Iverson received the ball in the center circle, and Anthony went straight to the bottom corner. Seeing this, Iverson did not hesitate and quickly advanced towards the top arc. It was Zhang Yang guarding in front of him!

When Anthony saw this matchup, he immediately gave up the idea of ​​attacking.

After reaching the top of the arc, Iverson quickly took the butterfly step.

Regardless of Iverson's breakthrough, Zhang Yang pressed forward to block Iverson's shooting space!
Carlisle's defensive plan was to block the three, protect the rim, and allow mid-range and long-range shots. With a 5-point difference and 24 seconds left, he couldn't catch up with the mid-range shots.

When Zhang Yang pressed on, Iverson patted the ball with his left hand, pushed off the ground with his left foot, and took a big step to the right...creating a nearly open three-point opportunity, he jumped up, and shot a three-pointer...

Tonight, Iverson used various singles and counterattacks to show Zhang Yang what the real Butterfly Step is!

However, the opportunity was well created, but Iverson failed to seize it.

The flying ball hit the rim!

Perkins blocked Kenyon Martin, who rushed for the ball as if his life depended on it at the critical moment. He suddenly turned around and bypassed Perkins to get to the rebound point... The ball was taken by Rondo who came in from the baseline.

Seeing Rondo grab the ball with one hand, turn around and jog to the sideline, Kenyon Martin, who had exhausted his last bit of strength, was instantly deflated.

If this three-pointer went in, they could have committed a foul and given it a try. If it didn't go in, the Nuggets gave up. Rondo didn't continue attacking after pushing across half court and wasted the remaining time.

When the countdown reached 5 seconds, the Bobcats players rushed into the court, celebrated with their teammates on the court and enjoyed the cheers of the fans!

At 11:21 pm, the final whistle sounded.

张杨半节时间8投8中、其中三分球1中1、加上1中1的罚球，连砍18分，独自打了掘金队一个18比13，率领山猫队以142比137险胜掘金队！
Iverson listened to the cheers of the fans, put his hands on his hips and looked up at the big screen, which showed his and Zhang Yang's data.

他今晚29投17中，其中三分球7中1，加上12中9的罚球，拿到44分3板11助攻3抢断。

In terms of personal performance, he thinks he is not much worse than Zhang Yang's 60 points in a single game.

What he was unwilling to accept was that he only made 7 of 1 three-pointers... Even if he had made one more, he might not have lost tonight.

But he doesn't have the ability...

Looking back, Iverson was also a three-pointer guy who averaged two three-pointers per game in his rookie year. The 34.1% three-point shooting percentage was not bad for a rookie, and that was made after Pat Riley ushered in the iron-blooded era, so it was of high value.

But in his sophomore year, Iverson had a new head coach, Larry Brown.

His three-point shots were cut in half, from 5.86 per game in his rookie year to 2.9 per game.

Under Larry Brown's "careful cultivation", Iverson's three-pointers went from being a regular offensive means in his rookie season, accounting for more than 30% of his shots, to being a three-pointer when he had no other choice, and his shot percentage never reached 20% again.

Since I was not allowed to shoot, I practiced less. After all, I couldn’t use it even if I practiced, and my three-point shooting deteriorated rapidly.

His three-point shooting percentage has slightly improved in the past two years, but it’s not because his three-point shooting ability has improved, it’s purely because his perimeter defense is not good enough.

He was unwilling, but had no choice. From the moment he applied for a trade to the 76ers, he had actually been accepting the arrangement of fate. He was no longer the one who let his heart decide everything.

Fortunately, the current 76ers management and owner are very humane and sent him to a strong team when he was 30 years old and at his peak without asking for anything in return, giving him the opportunity to continue pursuing his basketball dream.

But unfortunately, in his first full season in the West, the West was at its strongest and craziest stage overall.

They have the ability to win 55 games in the Eastern Conference, but they may not be able to get 50 wins in the Western Conference. Even after almost half a season, their playoff prospects are still unclear.

Frustrated, unwilling, frustrated, angry... After losing the game, Iverson was gradually filled with negative emotions, and suddenly he was trapped by several people.

Zhang Yang, Rondo, Okafor, Millsap...even Felton in a suit and Hill who was just joining in the fun, surrounded Iverson on both sides and behind him.

Reporters and cameramen came in front of Iverson and set up the cameras.

Zhang Yang put one hand on Iverson's shoulder and pointed at him with the other hand. He said to the microphone handed to him by the reporter: "Dear fans in front of the TV, I, Zhang Yang, scored points tonight and defeated the answer, Allen Iverson!"

Iverson looked at Zhang Yang's excited and happy expression... He could feel that this bad boy who looked so much like him was really happy.

At this time, the microphone was handed to Iverson, who smiled and said, "My time has long passed, and the answer has been rewritten!"

...

The game ended at nearly 11:. After Zhang Yang finished a bunch of post-game chores, it was already past two o'clock when he got home. He slept until almost noon. His mother came to his house with his younger brother and a lunch box and asked him to get up for lunch, and he finally got up.

After a hearty meal, he went to the study to read the news.

Even though the NFL is at the hottest stage of the playoffs, Zhang Yang also made the headlines of sports websites this time.

He took over the basketball website!
《The Youngest 60 Minutes in History》

"Unbreakable record, 19+ in a single game at the age of 60"

Allen Iverson: Basketball has a new answer

"The bad boy single-handedly defeated the Denver mine bandits at a critical moment"

"60 points in a single game, bad boys top the scoring list"

《Jack: Scoring champion? Of course I want it!》

"The KING team has arrived in Charlotte, and the battle for the scoring champion is about to begin"

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The news was all about the Bobcats' game last night and tomorrow's game against the Cavaliers. With 60 points last night, Zhang Yang's average points per game soared from 31.9 to 32.7, surpassing James' average of 32.3 points per game and topping the scoring list.

The reason for catching up is not just due to last night's game. In the last six games, in the first five, he scored 6 points against the Spurs, 5 points against the Nets, 42 points against the Pistons, 34 points against the Celtics, and 29 points against the Bucks. Except for the game against the Pistons, his scores in the other four games were higher than his average points per game, which all played a role in raising his average points per game.

Just like he said in an exclusive interview last night, he wants to be the scoring champion!

The scoring title was one of the awards he wanted most, but he didn't expect that he would have the opportunity to compete for it in just the third year of his career. After all, he was only twenty-four or twenty-five years old when he performed as a top scorer for the first time.

But when the opportunity comes, he must try his best to seize it!

But he is very calm and not impatient in this regard.

After the scoring list was formed with him and James in the same tier, and other scorers averaged 27+ per game, he checked all the season scoring performances of the scoring champions since detailed statistics were available.

Although there are differences in details, the overall situation is similar - the points soar in the early stage, the points drop in the middle stage but not as much as other players in the league, and if there are competitors in the later stage, they will have a burst of scoring at the end of the season to lock in the scoring title.

A more special case was Kobe in the 05-06 season, who scored 62 points in three quarters and 81 points in a single game in the middle of the season. In the early part of that season, Iverson was ahead of Kobe in the scoring list and was quite stable in the middle of the season, but he was surpassed by Kobe and the gap widened.

In an interview in the summer of 06, Iverson commented on Kobe's first scoring title: "I thought I was good at averaging 33 points per game, but he averaged 35 points per game. When I played against him, it was like I was playing against Jordan."

It's hard to hear Iverson say anything disparaging when talking about his competitors.

Zhang Yang has been performing very well in the last six games, but he is actually just making up for the decline in scoring after Christmas.

He knows that the closer he gets to the All-Star Weekend, the harder it will be for him to score because his teammates will be affected by fatigue and their performance will get worse and worse. His shooting opportunities will also get worse and worse. There is a high probability that his number of shots will increase but his points will decrease.

Think through these issues in advance so that your mentality will not be affected by the decline in scores.

Of course, the best way to avoid your mentality being affected by a drop in scoring is not to compete for the scoring title... or to be far ahead like Chamberlain and Jordan.

His goal is to become the latter.

The gap between him and those two is quite large, so he has prepared to adjust his mentality in advance...

In addition to the news about him, Iverson and James, Zhang Yang also saw reports about Rondo.

Even ten years later, when the triple-double average was ruined by the turtles and its value was lowered, the triple-double data is still very valuable. No matter who gets a triple-double, it will make headlines or become hot news.

In this era, triple-double is one of the strongest statistics, higher than 40+ in a single game and slightly lower than 50+ in a single game.

But Rondo got a triple-double of 13 points, 11 rebounds, 13 assists and 2 steals last night, and it was done without any surprises.

Zhang San felt a little embarrassed. He scored 19 points at the age of 60, which was so dazzling that it overshadowed Coach Long's outstanding performance.

It's not just Rondo's triple-double that became the background, Iverson's 44+10, Anthony's 36 points... all became the background.

On the contrary, the three-point competition between Weaver and Mike Miller, who are role players, has attracted more attention.

In the afternoon, the team did not arrange any training, and Zhang Yang did not practice extra. He stayed at home reading books, revising papers, and recuperating.

...

After a day of rest, on January 1th, the day of another hot game for the Bobcats arrived.

In fact, not only the game against the Nuggets on the 16th and the Cavaliers on the 18th, the next game against the Heat on the 20th was also originally scheduled as a popular game.

But no one expected O'Neal to collapse so completely, and no one expected that the fortune teller had already anticipated this situation and sent away all the high-paid, high-quality role players signed and traded for in the two summers before the championship. The Heat directly ranked last in the league, with 8 wins and 30 losses so far, and are the only team in the league with less than 10 wins.

Originally, the Bobcats had three consecutive games broadcast nationwide, but that was reduced to two games.

In fact, the Cavaliers' performance was far below expectations. Everyone thought that they would have at least 50 wins this season, or even 50 wins, as they had almost 55 wins last season. However, the Cavaliers have only achieved 38 wins and 21 losses in 17 games... But at least they didn't collapse, and James had an excellent personal performance this season. Not only did he play well on offense, but he also had a reputation as a defensive player.

When Zhang Yang first saw the mid-season schedule, he felt that the Jews were really not human. They first arranged four consecutive away games for them in the Southwest Division. After they finished playing only two easy games, they had to fight against the three heroes of 4 at home. They treated the Bobcats like animals.

This morning, the Bobcats had no training scheduled at all during their pre-game preparations.

Playing against the Cavaliers, they have too much experience, having faced them 18 times in the last two and a half years.

The core concept of the Cavaliers' playing style has never changed. Even though James' playing style has changed a bit, especially this season, when playing against the Bobcats, it was still "KING tried his best."

But today the Bobcats team meeting lasted particularly long, from 9:11 to almost o'clock.

Because their team leader will miss the game against James for the first time today.

No one can act as a 'barricade' to stop James from advancing!
Perkins is good, but asking him to defend James' attack without any outside delay...

Jarrett Jack has poor defensive awareness.

Rondo has enough defensive awareness, but lacks experience.

Hill and Alan Anderson are not fast enough.

Rookie Afflalo combines the shortcomings of Jarrett Jack and Rondo: thin, weak defensive fundamentals, and no experience...

When the whole team was resting yesterday, Carlisle did not rest, but ran to the gym to prepare for the game. When he was about to play against the Cavaliers, he was shocked to find that except for Felton, they did not have a third player on the outside who had the conditions to defend James, and the other five outside players were no match for James!
But he thinks this situation is normal. After all, that is LeBron James, a new generation superstar and one of the three best players under the age of 3 this season.

Carlisle was reluctant to let Zhang Yang challenge James. What would he do if a super genius who scored 19 points at the age of 60 was injured by James?

However, as a young coach, Katu is not rigid in his coaching style, otherwise he would not be so easily influenced by Huo Tu and Zhang San, and become more and more reckless.

Since no one can block James, then let’s not block him this time…

At 9 o'clock in the evening, on the Turkish Airlines Arena, Okafor defeated Gooden in a jump ball, and the game between the Bobcats and the Cavaliers began.

Bobcats starting lineup: Rondo, Zhang Yang, Mike Miller, Millsap, Okafor.

Cavaliers starting lineup: Larry Hughes, Pavlovic, James, Gooden, Big Z.

Rondo received the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, while James guarded at the top arc.

Zhang Yang came to the right side of the free throw line, leaning against Larry Hughes.

Just when the Cavaliers players focused their attention on Zhang Yang, Rondo suddenly started and broke through to the left!
James quickly turned around and chased, and Gooden also moved up to block. Big Z's footsteps under the basket were not as agile as Yao Ming, and Rondo was one of the fastest point guards in the league.

Zhang Yang seized the opportunity, turned around and ran to the left side around the high position.

Larry Hughes was not affected by Rondo's "cheating". He focused his defensive attention on his own defensive target and turned around to follow Zhang Yang's footsteps... but was blocked by Millsap!
Zhang Yang came to the left side of the free throw line, received the pass from Rondo, and made a jump shot from the free throw line!
(End of this chapter)