First in scoring

Chapter 33 33. Fried Fish Trio

Zhang Yang played very hard, but apart from his performance as a commanding player on the court, he did not play a big role on the court.

Compared with his teammates, his biggest advantage in playing basketball is that he has good positioning, shoots decisively after receiving the ball, and is not afraid even if he misses the shot, he will just keep shooting as long as he can catch the ball.

He had a lot of ways to respond in his mind. The opponent's tactics were actually very rough and the defense had many loopholes... but he was unable to seize those opportunities because of his lack of ability.

He opened the 'Door of Experience' to divert his attention.

There will definitely be negative emotions after losing a game, but losing is something that is bound to happen. You cannot be carried away by this emotion and you have to maintain a positive attitude.

This game got 185 shots!
He scored 3 positional layups, 1 counterattack dunk, 3 counterattack layups, 80 points, 1 mid-range shot, 40 points, and 1 free throw, 5 points.

In a game, the value of a single shot is much higher than in training, but unfortunately, due to insufficient ability and few games every day, the probability of shooting and the hit rate are not high.

The reason he was able to score 8 goals in this game was that he was not substituted after coming on in the first quarter and played until the end of the game.

Compared with the shooting value, Zhang Yang was more happy about his physical condition. He had no problem playing the whole game.

Of course, it has something to do with the fact that his tactical role is simple and his playing style is not tiring. In addition, a quarter in a high school game is only 10 minutes long, so his playing time is actually only 34 minutes.

Both teams scored high points, firstly because of their poor defense. As long as they can cooperate, they can create opportunities. His simple adjustments had such obvious effects, precisely because the opponent's defense was poor, and secondly because the rhythm was so fast.

But it was confirmed again that he had much better physical strength than most of his peers.

The team members were all stimulated and entered the working mode.

Johnson was excited.

Developed!
It is rare for any team, even a professional team, to have a field commander.

He has limitations when arranging tactics. He won't simply order someone to run from where to where, or someone to block someone like Zhang Yang does, or in other words, he can't do that.

Zhang Yang doesn't need to explain to his teammates why he runs like that, he just needs to give instructions based on the actual situation on the field.

As a coach responsible for training players, Johnson's job is to train players who can understand tactics. He needs to test and observe each player repeatedly and give them as many opportunities as possible. Some players are slow to catch on, and this must be taken into consideration. This requires a lot of time in trial and error...but the reserve team's games are meant to be 'wasted'.

In fact, if Thomas, who is good at on-the-spot command, comes to coach the reserve team with him, one is responsible for cultivating the players' tactical awareness and the other is responsible for on-the-spot command, the combination of the two is a better way to train players.

But they couldn't do that because Thomas was already working enough.

The input-output ratio is not proportional. Not all of their players are tactically gifted. They are not like college teams that are made up of the best players from high schools, let alone the NBA.

And in this matter, the coach may not be as helpful as the field commander.

The coach cannot command the players in every round, but the field commander can do it at any time!
...

After the game, Zhang Yang and DeRozan returned to the training ground for more practice.

DeRozan was a little impatient during this training, while Zhang Yang was more patient in practicing basic skills.

Only by practicing the basic movements well and developing good force-generating habits can subsequent training be more effective.

Tatum once again came to challenge DeRozan, and after being beaten up by DeRozan who was furious after losing the game, he did not flee in shame this time, but stayed to practice shooting with the two. Then he regretted it.

These two curling kings can’t stop once they start training, right?
Forget about DeRozan, at least he shoots the ball with a "swish" sound. Jack shoots the ball with a "bang" sound, but he can actually persist!

But Tatum refused to admit defeat and practiced the shooting he disliked until 6 o'clock when the two curlers finished their training and quickly ran away.

It's not that he is lazy. In the reserve team, except for Zhang Yang and DeRozan, he may be the hardest-working one. As long as he has nothing to do, he will spend two or three hours on the court every day, but most of the time he goes to the playground outside to play basketball. Like Zhang Yang and DeRozan, practicing boring basic skills and shooting for several hours, others who tried it for the first time were numb and vowed never to train with these two again.

Then, the next day, Monday afternoon after school, after he had finished his abuse, he went to the court next door to practice shooting, gritting his teeth and persevering.

This time Tatum is competing with DeRozan. He tossed and turned last night and couldn't sleep. He felt that he still had to work harder. He couldn't beat DeRozan in the first place. The opponent worked so hard to practice shooting. If he still spent every day on the playground playing basketball, the gap would definitely get bigger and bigger.

Johnson, who was observing secretly, was very pleased. He had reminded Tatum many times in the past year, but his beloved disciple still liked to play basketball on the streets and playgrounds and could not stand the boredom of the training ground.

It’s not that his basketball skills can’t be improved, but for Tatum, whose strength has reached a certain level, such games can only bring about small improvements. He has reached the stage where he needs to patiently practice basic skills and shooting.

On Zhang Yang's side, there was one more person to train with, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with that. It was also fun to watch Tatum looking for trouble every day and DeRozan's psychological shadow gradually expanding.

With classes and training every day, a week passed quickly and the second weekend of the new semester arrived.

At around 10 o'clock on Saturday morning, Zhang Yang came to school and met with DeRozan and Tatum. There was a team training for the main team this morning, and the team training for the reserve team was scheduled in the afternoon. The three discussed it and decided to go to the playground to fry fish.

Yes, it's fried fish. Usually DeRozan or Tatum go to the playground to play dam ball. If there are no other school team members playing with them, they will bring two or four pendants. The strong ones are on the opposite side, one against five or one against nine, creating difficulty without difficulty.

When two people are on the same team and play 3-on-3, and their opponents are just ordinary basketball enthusiasts, it's pure fishing.

But the ones frying fish today are not them, but Zhang Yang!

His opponents were all students from the same school who were about 10 or 11 years old. They were all ordinary basketball enthusiasts in the 5th and th grades. They were not as tall, strong or fast as him... He could score one goal after another, and each goal he made would give him points. He simply didn't pass the ball. Seeing that he was having fun, DeRozan and Tatum also gave him the ball.

After he was having fun, he was still very active in defense, giving the opponent several "Fuck your basketball dream" moments.

After three sets of game 10, the three opponents didn't want to play with them anymore... Tatum had to find two accessories and play two sets with the three of them before he could appease them.

Tatum returned to the two curlers who were watching and complained, "Jack, why are you so serious? They are about to cry. No, I think they all want to hit you. Thanks to me, they are not angry anymore. You have to buy me a soda at lunch."

DeRozan said first: "It's you who want to do unnecessary things."

Tatum looked at DeRozan and clenched his fist.

DeRozan continued, "Jack practices Jeet Kune Do. Even if those three were together, they couldn't beat him."

Tatum rolled his eyes, he gave in!

Zhang Yang waited for DeRozan to finish his attack, then said, "Okay, okay, I'll buy you a soda. I rarely play in games, and I was too excited. Be careful next time."

Jack is still a good speaker! Tatum ignored DeRozan and said to Zhang Yang, "Even if you say that, they probably won't play basketball with you next time, but we can find someone else... By the way, Jack, your ball handling has improved a lot! I guess it won't be long before you can handle the ball in school team games, right?"

(End of this chapter)