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Chapter 72 71. I’m going to be a thorn in the eyes of all high school students in California! (Subscribe)
On October 10, the first round of the CIF Division I league competition arrived.

The CIF Division I league has 2-3 games per week, most of the time two games, and each round of games for each school is held at the same time. The reason for this arrangement is to facilitate the statistics of results and data.

Compton High School's opening game was played at home. The game started at 4 pm. Zhang Yang and DeRozan began to do warm-up exercises slowly at 2:40 pm.

Last season, DeRozan learned from Zhang Yang to warm up more professionally. At first, he was just curious about why his friend warmed up so early. After learning it once and tasting the benefits, he stuck to it and now it has become a habit.

At 3:45, players from Compton High School and Pomona High School entered the court.

DeRozan regarded this game as the first real battle of his high school career and wanted to express his emotions to Zhang Yang... He saw Zhang San's expression was cold and serious, and his body stood upright.

DeRozan was confused. He admitted that his buddy was very handsome, but although he was not always casual, he was not a very serious person either. Why did he suddenly act like a prince today?
My friends also regard this game as their first real high school career, so they are so serious?

No, Da Luo still felt something was wrong. He looked around... Damn it! Asshole Zhang San, you saw a camera and didn't you tell Da Luo? Are we still brothers?
DeRozan also straightened his body, raised his head, chest and buttocks. He didn't need to adjust his expression as he had a serious expression to begin with. The second Prince Duan was born!

The record of Compton High School's warm-up match and the performance of Zhang Yang and DeRozan in the warm-up match successfully attracted the attention of the media. Several local media in California sent reporters to the scene to watch.

It was impossible to broadcast the event live, but the Los Angeles TV station sent a cameraman to record it. If Zhang Yang or DeRozan becomes a big star in the future, this tape will be precious early video material.

Others also noticed that there was a camera filming, but they were not as reserved as the two brothers. They all showed their normal excitement. Tatum, who was conspicuous, ran directly in front of the camera to introduce himself.

At 4 p.m., the game between Compton High School and Pomona High School started on time.

The performance in the warm-up match stage greatly raised people's expectations for Zhang Yang and DeRozan, and their performance today did not disappoint.

张杨20投11中，其中三分球1中1，加上4中3的罚球，拿到26分9板2助攻1抢断2盖帽。

德罗赞17投10中，其中三分球5中2，加上2中2的罚球，拿到24分2板6助攻2抢断。

加上塔图姆的10分7助攻、米勒的8分8板、基夫的16分……康普敦高中以98比91力克来访的波莫纳高中，拿下新赛季首胜！

The players of Pomona High School were all numb. They were not a weak team and their strength was not bad. They had several players who attracted attention from famous universities. Eight out of the 10 players on the opposite side were not as strong as them.

In the basketball of the student days, the gap in strength caused by the age gap is a gap that most players find difficult to cross. Even Tatum and Miller, who are considered geniuses in people's eyes, can't get the upper hand against them. They are also players who can be called geniuses.

But those two guys are too strong!
During the warm-up match, Pomona High School met Darren Collison, a 17-year-old top high school student in the United States. They have already tasted the power of talent.

This time, they suffered a heavier blow! The two men in front of them were even younger than Collison, but they were even stronger!
In the world of basketball, there are always some special people who find it not so difficult to accept the emergence of players who are younger than them but much stronger than them.

If Compton High School had only one player like this, the Pomona High School players would think they could win because they won against Long Beach High School, and most of the Compton High School players were not as strong as Long Beach High School.

But Compton High School actually has two such players! It's outrageous!
...

Zhang Yang was very happy with the good start. He was sure that he could perform like that in the official competition.

At the end of last season, he thought it would be difficult to play after joining the main team this season. After all, there was not a single 11th grade player who could play, and Keefe, who was only in the 10th grade at the time, was pulled to the main team to be the number one receiving point besides Afflalo.

Now half a year has passed, and he found that playing for the main team was not that difficult...even he was shocked by the speed of his improvement.

不过他主动回忆了一下第一次历练，那时的他在高中时期只会疯狗式防守、定点中投、反击、攻框，17岁12年级就已经可以在德罗赞和塔图姆帮助下打出场均20+8+1+2+1的表现，得到亚利桑那大学全额奖学金。

Here, he has learned so many skills in two training sessions, and his talent has increased by 8 points. It is normal that his progress speed and performance are much stronger than those in high school in timeline 10.

Moreover, DeRozan is one year younger than him and is not much weaker than him.

With DeRozan chasing after him, he is not complacent with his current progress, but wants to improve even more.

He, Zhang San, has already surpassed Daluo, so he cannot let Daluo overtake him!
After playing 9 warm-up matches so far, Zhang Yang feels that his teammates have changed a lot.

When they were in the reserve team, Tatum and Miller often stole the show, and the others also wanted to compete for the limelight to some extent.

But when he joined the main team, his teammates gathered around him and DeRozan, and the goal became to make them perform better.

The team's tactics are also more "centralized" than when they were in the reserve team, and Thomas' tactical choice most of the time is to play one-on-one.

He and DeRozan often account for more than half of the team's total points because of changes in teammates and tactics.

He likes the feeling of being trusted and relied upon, but of course it also brings pressure. Fortunately, he is still making continuous progress, and he himself can feel that he has made significant progress compared to before the warm-up match... and of course he can see it.

His shooting has reached 84 (high school), but his three-point shooting is still slightly behind and is only at a level that can be shot.

Just looking at his mid-range shots, he thinks he can get 85+ (in high school), which is definitely not as good as DeRozan. He has played 9 games with the main team, and has never met any high school student who can have DeRozan's mid-range shooting ability, not even close.

Not to mention compared with DeRozan, he has not met many high school students who can make mid-range shots like Jack Zhang.

When it comes to attacking the basket, he is already the best on the team.

The ball control level has reached 79 (high school), and the ball control still accounts for the majority. He is not as good as Tatum, who is a master of ball control, but is better than DeRozan, whose ball control level is average.

His strongest point is his utilization of his physical condition. His physical fitness has been improved to 93 (high school), which is the foundation of his success in the high school arena.

In terms of technology, the Euro step, catch-and-shoot, counterattack and attack the basket... are all getting better and better. The pull-up jump shot has also been added to the regular offensive means. The three-point shot after the pick-and-roll is relatively rare, and the three-point shot needs more practice.

The day after the opening game, a new week began.

Zhang Yang, like in the past, got up early to train, and entered self-study mode after arriving at school. His self-study progress has far exceeded the progress of school classes. As an expert in test taking, he has a clear direction in study.

After school in the afternoon, he continued to come to Allen Gymnasium for training.

DeRozan still arrived before him, and Tatum came after a while and started reading together.

After a while, Miller rushed towards them excitedly with a newspaper: "Jack, DeMar, DeMar, we are in the news again..."

Before he could finish his words, Miller saw three people coming up to him like lightning and performing the newspaper disappearing trick. He clenched the hand that was holding the newspaper, and it was empty.

The Los Angeles Herald, a local newspaper in California, is different from those newspapers that want to go national or international. This newspaper takes a different approach and focuses on local news in California, from local customs to campus culture. This differentiation has made this newspaper one of the best-selling media newspapers in California, and it has a large audience across the United States.

Competitive sports are an important part of California campus culture. While other newspapers focus on reporting news from the four major leagues and the NCAA, the Los Angeles Herald continues to focus on differentiation and focuses on reporting high school sports news.

This time the headline of the high school sports page belongs to Compton High School!
After seeing the news, several people were very excited.

The Los Angeles Herald called Compton High School the potential dark horse of the CIF Division I season.

At the same time, he praised the performances of Zhang Yang and DeRozan.

It is said that the two of them have surpassed Afflalo, Shipp, and Stewart to become the two strongest players in the history of the Compton High School Magnet Boys Basketball Team.

The players they were compared to were outrageous -- LeBron James, Jordan Farmar, O.J. Mayo.

James, at the age of 16, was ranked fifth among all American high school students in the 01 class, and was the youngest player to be selected to the All-American first team.

Farmar, who became famous throughout the United States in the 02-03 season, was born in November 86. In the 11th grade, when he was only 11 years old, he led his team to the California First Division Championship alone. In the 16th grade, when he was 12 years old, he took on Afflalo and Ship, two of the top 17 high school students in the United States, and led his team to defeat Compton High School to reach the semi-finals of the championship and was named to the All-American First Team.

Mayo, who will turn 17 next month and is in the 10th grade, currently plays in the Kentucky Division II league. He had 41 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in his first game of the new season.

DeRozan couldn't help but smile when he saw such comments.

Zhang Yang was also very excited, but at the same time he felt a little annoyed: "The Herald is trying to intensify our efforts! We are probably going to become a thorn in the eyes of all high school players in California."

DeRozan: "So what? No matter who comes, you and I can beat them!"

Tatum: "Hey, hey, hey, there's me too!"

Miller: "Yeah, please don't leave us behind!"

Zhang Yang sighed and shrugged. It seemed that being cautious was no longer an option. He would just fight back and see who would come up with the best move!
He also felt that this was the mentality that a young man should have!
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