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Chapter 383 - 178. Is this overpraising to death?_3

Chapter 383: 178. Is this overpraising to death?_3

Sacrificing defense, even not defending at all, he used to pass the ball, but during that period, he stopped caring, and left everything to Felton and Rondo. The moment he got the ball, he threw it. If there was no chance to shoot, he just drove in and threw it anyway. He was just figuring out ways to throw it.

When his shots were accurate, it naturally felt great, but when he kept missing, it also led to a sense of frustration from helplessness.

But he still had to stay optimistic and continue shooting the next game... It took a lot of courage to dare to shoot.

After playing back-to-back games five times in four weeks, his heart was actually still tense until tonight, when he finally allowed himself to think, "I’m relieved."

The pressure of nearly two months all poured out at this moment, from December 26 to February 7, the Bobcats hadn’t had consecutive days off in over fifty days, playing one game after at most one day of rest, and now they could finally rest for a few days continuously. He didn’t want to think about anything else; he just wanted to sleep well...

The next morning, after 10 a.m., Zhang Yang woke up because he was hungry and got up to find something to eat.

Youths don’t truly have worries; no matter how big the pressure is, after being busy, you sleep, and all troubles vanish. If one sleep doesn’t work, then take another.

After eating some food, he saw a text message on his phone from Tellem. He called him back to talk about the forthcoming trip to Sin City, then he called his parents to tell them what he wanted to eat and that he would stay at their house tonight.

Tomorrow, his parents would also join him for a few days in Sin City, considering it a holiday break since they had been busy all year.

With just over ten days until New Year’s Eve, Zhang Yang didn’t have time to celebrate it this year; so, he celebrated Little New Year as the New Year’s Eve.

Last month, it was Monkey King’s birthday, and Zhang Yang was on a three-game road trip in Western, taking his brother out to celebrate later and making up for it with some gifts.

Then he called DeRozan, Harden, and Coach Thomas, and invited them to join him in Sin City for some fun. Since Los Angeles and Las Vegas are close, those two troublemakers and the Compton High School coaching staff accepted the invitation.

As for Tatum, he couldn’t make it this time. North Carolina had just won the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season championship and were in the tournament stage preparing for March Madness. Tatum, as Lawson’s backup, averaging 5.3 points, 3 rebounds, and 3.5 assists in 16 conference games, was focusing on the court and didn’t have time to play.

After sorting out life’s business, Zhang Yang planned not to practice extra today but to be a layabout at home, watching TV, surfing the internet, playing games, and catching up on the news... just lazily spending the afternoon.

Last night, after the Jazz Team defeated the Knight at home with a score of 104 to 99, the NBA 2006-2007 season’s first half officially ended.

Zhang Yang was surprised when he saw the standings; the Mavericks had suddenly overtaken the Suns!

The Suns had a record of 40 wins and 12 losses, second in the West, while the Mavericks had 41 wins and 11 losses, first in the West!

Zhang Yang remembered seeing the Suns’ record not long ago as 39 wins and 9 losses.

He checked the Suns’ recent record...[●´Å`●]

The Suns lost three consecutive games to end the first half of the season, losing to the Hawks Team, the Supersonics, and the Mavericks.

The reasons for the three consecutive losses were simple: Nash, in the game against the Nuggets Team on February 2, fought over the ball fiercely with Iverson, leading to both of them colliding, falling together, and getting injured.

Both of them hadn’t played since that game.

Moreover, both had applied to the league to withdraw from the upcoming Las Vegas All-Star game.

Yao Ming also applied to withdraw from the All-Star game.

The league approved all three applications.

The Western Conference All-Star lineup was originally: Iverson, Kobe, Garnett, Duncan, Yao Ming, with Nash, Parker, McGrady, Ray Allen, Anthony, Stoudemire, Nowitzki as reserves.

Stern selected Marion, averaging 17 points and 10 rebounds, Josh Howard, averaging 19 points, 7 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.2 steals, 1 block, and Mehmet Okur, averaging 17.6 points, 7 rebounds, and 2 assists as substitutes.

Nash being out and the Suns getting roughed up by the Mavericks in one game was understandable to Zhang Yang.

But losing to the third-last Hawks in the East and the second-last Supersonics in the West left Zhang Yang scratching his head with question marks.

With the Mavericks overtaking the Suns for the top spot of the first half, the Spurs remained steadily third in the league with a 39-13 record.

The Rockets, with a record placing them fourth in the West but ranked fifth because of their record, showed just how impressive the Yao-T-Mac duo was. In games both played, their win rate was a high 75%, winning 3 out of every 4 games. However, if one was absent, their win rate dropped to just 50%. In the five games both missed, the Rockets only managed 1 win and 4 losses.

Luckily, McGrady had a decent appearance rate this season, missing only 8 of the first 52 games, helping the Rockets hold on with a record of 35 wins and 17 losses.

After the Jazz defeated the Knight, their record improved to 34 wins and 18 losses, putting them fourth in the West thanks to being the Northwest division leaders.

Following were the Lakers, the Clippers, the Hornets, the Warriors, the Nuggets Team...

In the East, the Pistons topped with a 36-16 record, carrying the East’s best performance and fortunately pushing to fourth in the league at the midway point, not letting the pride of being the East’s number one fall behind the Rockets, who were fifth in the West.

The Bobcats followed second in the East with a 34-18 record, and the Chicago Bulls third with 30-22.

The Toronto Raptors, with their skyrocketing performance in January, stood fourth with 27 wins and 25 losses, thanks to leading the Atlantic division.

The Knight ranked as the third in the Central division, could only be placed fifth with a 28-24 record.

The Nets and the Wizards both had records of 26-26, ranking sixth and seventh correspondingly, the Miami Heat eighth with 25-27, and the Magic ninth with 24-28.

Beyond the top nine, no team had more than 20 wins.

While refreshing the news, Zhang Yang saw T.N.T. Sports’ differentiation of team rankings, listing the Mavericks, the Suns, and the Spurs as tier 1.

His team, the Bobcats, was ranked with the Pistons, the Rockets, and the Jazz in the same tier.

Feeling a bit tense, Zhang Yang opened the ESPN official website, ready to see what new tricks ESPN was going to use to push their agenda... Σ(⊙▽⊙"a!!!

Oh my goodness! ESPN wasn’t supporting KING anymore; they actually said the naughty boy Jack was the best player of the Eastern Conference half!

Two words popped into his head—hype!

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