First in scoring

Chapter 98 97. What about the promised showdown between high school students?

Felton and Gerald Wallace started competing again.

Zhang Yang was watching from the side, looking at Perkins' miserable and fierce face. He never thought that he would become a big troll after retirement, and become the number one "James fan", madly stepping on Joe and praising James, but when praising him, he always mentioned the double wins over the Cavaliers in 08 and 10... It's hard to tell whether he is a reverse black or a true fan.

This guy has a big mouth. He says everything he should and shouldn't say. He should be more careful when speaking in the team in the future, otherwise everything will be leaked out.

He didn't have anything shameful to do, but as a human being, there will always be a time when he will be socially ruined. If Perkins finds out, he will be socially ruined in front of everyone in the world.

Perkins participated in the preparation training. He came to Los Angeles last night. He was not late this morning, but was taken to the hospital for a physical examination by Bickerstaff Jr. If the report comes out at noon and there is no problem, the league can confirm that the transaction is officially completed and he can play tonight.

The role that Randy Brown assigned to Perkins was simple: squat under the basket and defend against impacts.

Perkins' training performance... His movements are slower than Okafor who gained weight to 127 kg, and only slightly faster than Yao Ming who gained weight to 142 kg. With a weight of 208 cm + 122 kg, he is only able to be used as a weight in the three-second zone. His defensive skills need to be polished.

However, Perkins still showed his defensive talent. He has a good awareness of judging the movement routes of players cutting in, but his lateral footwork is too poor, and his movements are rough when he makes up for the opponent, which makes him prone to fouls. He needs patience to develop.

In addition, that miserable and ferocious face can also bring a certain defensive threat.

At noon, Zhang Yang made an appointment with Bynum for lunch. They hadn't seen each other for a long time.

Bynum has only played 10 times so far this season, with almost no statistics, averaging 1.6 points per game.

However, Bynum seemed to be living a comfortable life. He bought a car, rented a big house, and bought a large piece of land and the latest model tractor for his mother in his hometown of Plainsboro, New Jersey, to grow corn.

Apart from a guy with a buzz cut who always scolded him, forced him to train, and even forced him to shave his corn-silk afro into a buzz cut, there was nothing else that made him unhappy.

Zhang Yang was very excited to hear that Bynum could drive. Bynum turned 10 on October 27th.

When Bynum learned that Zhang Yang couldn't drive alone, he smiled mysteriously and proudly told Zhang Yang a 'perfect' solution.

After Bynum signed a big contract and received an advance on his salary, he immediately bought a car. However, as soon as he drove the car out of the store, he was met with a traffic policeman who checked his driver's license and was arrested. He suspected that the dealer and the traffic police had colluded with each other, but he had no evidence.

But as a genius as he is, he thought of an idea that ordinary people would never think of - he reached a long-term cooperation agreement with the hot girls group of the University of Southern California... a group of female college students who are proud of sleeping with athletes and celebrities. The hot girls group would send a girl to the stadium to find him every day and provide driving service, and he would provide sleeping companion service, which is mutually beneficial.

Zhang Yang was stunned after hearing this. He is indeed a bowling player. He can play it for free in such a refreshing and refined way!
...

At 7:40 p.m., the Bobcats and Lakers entered the Staples Center one after another.

After entering, Zhang Yang first went to say hello to the parents in the second row opposite the technical desk. He was very satisfied to see that little Wukong always carried the golden cudgel wherever he went.

Watching her eldest son say hello and leave, Yang Jing was speechless but full of emotion. She said to her husband who was silent beside her: "When Yang Yang first started playing basketball, I was still saying that it would be so cool if he could play at the Staples Center one day. I didn't expect that day to come so soon."

The two arrived in Los Angeles the day before yesterday and attended a press conference yesterday afternoon to complete the signing on behalf of Zhang Yang.

After the press conference, the two met Lakers general manager Kupchak, who provided them with tickets for today's game. Originally, they were in the first row, but the two were worried that it would not be safe to take their young son to the game in the first row, so they moved to the second row.

They both don't think that Kupchak is being hospitable. It's mainly because their son is young. Even if he only plays for 15 years, the Lakers will have at least three chances to fight for him.

Zhang Chen agreed with his wife and felt very stressed now!

My eldest son’s annual income has exceeded 10 million, so the four-year agreement has become twice as difficult!

On the other side, Zhang Yang had just returned to the bench after greeting his brother when he was called by someone from the court TV station to accept a pre-match interview.

Also being interviewed was the opposing team's star player, Kobe, who was staring at Zhang Yang with a sharp gaze.

This was Zhang Yang's first time as a guest at the Staples Center in his career, and the game was broadcast live on Chaoting TV.

This season, the Bobcats have more domestic live broadcasts when they play away games in the West than at home, and their home games start too early for domestic use.

After Zhang Yang signed a contract with AJ, Chaoting TV changed the slogan for this match - AJ's top star versus Nike's top star.

Zhang Yang was not surprised at all when he heard that the slogan used by the Imperial Television Station for him was "AJ's top brand".

As for Kobe, he has really become Nike's top brand this season.

Kobe's popularity has soared so fast this season that even Nike was stunned.

出手20次拿30分赢不了，就出手30次，出手30次拿40分赢不了，就出手40次……

In the first month of the game, Kobe became the most talked-about player in the league and his popularity skyrocketed.

In the middle of this month, Kobe's popularity underwent a qualitative change. He scored 62 points in three quarters against the Mavericks, and the Mavericks scored 61 points as a team... His popularity soared to a huge lead.

Nike didn’t take Kobe seriously when it signed him. At that time, Kobe had just had a conflict with Adidas and terminated his contract. He was also sued in court and his reputation was ruined. The Lakers didn’t even make the playoffs last season... Nike executives would never have thought that Kobe would become the most popular player this season!
Nike urgently changed the homepage of its website and the posters in its major stores, promoting Kobe to the center position.

But they changed it too early. After waiting for another month, they will have to change it again, changing the star poster to a single poster...

Kobe Bryant locked onto Zhang Yang's gaze and he walked fearlessly in front of the camera.

This afternoon, before going to Bynum for lunch, he was asked in an interview, "Who is better, Kobe or Iverson?" His answer was, "MVP is the best proof of a player's strength."

So, he encountered the same look from Kobe.

Zhang Yang had a calm expression, thinking in his heart: If I get bitten by a snake, please ask Fatty and Gerald to beat the other members of the Lakers to death!
Seeing Zhang Yang looking normal, Kobe said, "I didn't expect there would be players younger than me and Jermaine entering the NBA."

Zhang Yang: "Eh? You've seen it now! Oh, no, your team also has a player who is younger than you two."

Kobe's mouth twitched. He was mocking! He was mocking a rookie who didn't know how high the sky was and how deep the earth was!

He forced himself to look down on others and mock a 17-year-old rookie, but he didn't expect to get such an answer, which made it seem like a casual chat and completely lost his momentum.

At this time, the rookie poked him.

Kobe frowned: "What's wrong?"

Zhang Yang: "Let's switch positions. You can move to my right."

Kobe: “Why?”

Zhang Yang: "The explanation is not clear. The language is different. It is right to change it."

Kobe didn't understand, but didn't ask any more questions and changed positions decisively.

Because he saw that the Chinese reporters and cameramen were trying to hold back their laughter after hearing what the rookie said, so it would be right to change their positions.

He has to be careful when standing with Iverson in the future. He has to stand on the right side to avoid being laughed at by Chinese fans.

During the interview, Zhang Yang was praised again - "Jack has extraordinary talent. His shooting choices impressed me. He is always in the right position. I want to learn from him in this regard."

Zhang Yang politely responded: "Thank you."

Kobe: “…”

This kid really has something.

Kobe was not provoked and answered reporters' questions carefully.

He doesn't know why he is so popular in China, but since so many people like him, he must do what a role model should do.

The interview was very harmonious. Zhang Yang recalled the two times he played against the Nets. Carter's evaluation of him was that entering the NBA to make money at the age of 17 would destroy the values ​​of children and teach them to only think about making money. There are many things in the world that are more important than money. Children should have lofty dreams.

Zhang Yang felt that his worldview was challenged when he saw the news. Did the values ​​of adults not matter? When adults saw that Carter made tens of millions of dollars at such a young age, would their values ​​not be destroyed and they would only think about making money? Did adults not deserve to have dreams?
He didn't know whether Carter wanted to teach others a lesson or whether he enjoyed the perverted satisfaction of stepping on others. But seeing Kobe's kind look, Zhang Yang probably won't be bitten by a snake tonight? What a pity, he was still thinking about attracting fire from his teammates.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Bobcats' away game against the Lakers began.

Zhang Yang sat on the sidelines, watching his teammates attack Kobe Bryant.

Their Bobcats sent out a starting lineup of Felton, Keith Bogans, Gerald Wallace, Melvin Eli, and Brezek, with a point guard, two small forwards, and two centers.

Keith Bogans and Gerald Wallace, their two best defensive small forwards, played together to block Kobe from the outside.

Melvin Eli, the center selected by the Clippers in the lottery in 02, is 208 cm + 118 kg, strong and athletic. He didn't have many opportunities to perform in the first two years of his career with the Clippers. In 04, he was not included in the 8-man protected list by the Clippers and was taken by the Bobcats. After joining the Bobcats, he followed Brevin Knight all day and became a member of the "bad team".

Last season, the coaching staff did not have to worry about other players affecting Okafor's growth, so they gave Eli playing time and he played decently, performing like a qualified substitute. This season, two talented lottery picks came, one of whom is a high school student, and except for the ball-handling core Brevin Knight and the three-point shooter Matt Carroll, all the others were abandoned by Bickerstaff, who was worried that it would affect the two geniuses.

Now that Brevin Knight has been traded, Bickerstaff decided to give Eli playing time again.

It didn't matter that Eli was originally abandoned. Boss Knight said that in a newly built team like this, you can get a contract extension by just playing around. The team needs people like them to fill out the lineup. They can eat and drink every day, play on the court to get some stats, and get an annual salary of one million. Isn't that better than working hard?

As a result, the big man has been traded away. The big man who averaged 10 points and 9.8 assists per game was traded by the team for a 21-year-old third-year high school center who is extremely rough. Let's not talk about whether this deal is a loss or not. The fact that a backup center was traded back made Eli feel a crisis. With Perkins, the team may not renew his contract to fill the lineup!

So, tonight, Eli played his most active performance since joining the Bobcats more than a year ago, working hard to help his outside teammates to encircle Kobe at close range.

Zhang Yang watched Kobe want to play team offense with Odom at the beginning of the game, and after a few rounds he started to play one against five. He sighed that it is not easy to be a blacksmith... Come on, teammates!

The Lakers lineup is really bad!

Small forward Odom's strength fluctuates. It's hard to tell when he'll turn into a left-handed magician and when he'll turn into a jerk. He was just average tonight and was a starting-level supporting forward with no highlights.

Kwame Brown, the jump ball is fierce.

But on the first attack, Odom assisted and Kobe cut in to receive the ball and passed it to Kwame Brown. Kwame Brown actually dropped the basketball in the air and it was intercepted by Gerald Wallace.

Smush Parker averaged 3 points and 0.8 assists per game before coming to the Lakers. Zhang Yang remembers that after the future Grim Reaper Parker left the Lakers, he was cut after playing for less than two months and never appeared in the NBA again.

How bad was it? He was beaten by rookie Felton.

Power forward Brian Cook seemed to have glue on the soles of his feet on the offensive end, welded to the bottom corner, unable to move at all.

Zhang Yang didn't expect that their Bobcats team would one day have an advantage in lineup structure and depth, especially when Okafor was absent to lose muscle.

But Kobe is really awesome!
Kobe made crazy one-on-one breakthroughs and Odom passed the ball to Kwame Brown at the basket from the high post, Parker on both wings at the top of the arc, and Cook in the bottom corner. This simple and straightforward style of play was enough to suppress the Bobcats!

The Lakers are only the eighth in the West! They played like the third in the East, the Nets... Halfway through the first quarter, the score was 12 to 16, and the Bobcats were 4 points behind.

Tonight was the first time that Felton truly served as the starting point guard since entering the NBA. He played very hard and his performance in positional battles was indeed much better than that of Brevin Knight.

He is not as good as Brevin Knight in pushing counterattacks, but that is not a problem tonight. Although the Lakers' lineup is weak, their athletic ability is very strong. Death God Parker, Kobe, Odom, and Kwame Brown retreat very quickly, especially the 122-kilogram Kwame Brown, who runs like a small forward and has an explosive physical fitness.

After all, they were able to lead the Suns 3-1 in the playoffs against a run-and-gun team.

If Brevin Knight had not been traded and continued to be the point guard, it would have been difficult for them to counterattack and run and gun. In the first half of the quarter, they might have been beaten by Kobe in positional warfare.

During the timeout, Zhang Yang's name was called to come on as a substitute.

He is very excited now, playing against Kobe!
He definitely can't beat Kobe, but as someone said, he just needs to try his best and leave the rest to... the fat guy and Gerrard.

The four teammates who played with Zhang Yang were Felton, Gerald Wallace, Jumaine Jones and Perkins.

The Lakers sent out a combination of Vaughn Weaver, Kobe, Luke Walton, Kwame Brown and Bynum.

After the timeout, the Bobcats attacked.

Zhang Yang looked at Kobe next to him and lost his composure.

No, why did Blacksmith come to defend him? Wasn't he defending Gerald Wallace? Shouldn't he at least defend Felton?
Was he targeted by the blacksmith? Zhang Yang never expected that he would still be bitten by a snake. The opponent looked so kind before the game. It was really... great!

Zhang Yang led Kobe to run and create space for Felton and Gerald Wallace.

However, Zhang Yang underestimated the role of the two high school players in protecting the rim. Felton rushed in, Kwame Brown blocked him at close range, and Bynum squatted under the basket, blocking Felton and cutting off the passing space between Felton and Gerald Wallace. Perkins wanted to get a pass but was blocked by Bynum who was taller and stronger than him.

Felton was careless on this ball. He had the opportunity to pass it to Jumaine Jones earlier.

Fortunately, Zhang Yang saw the movement of the two inside players on the opposite side and knew that he was in trouble, so he quickly went around from the left side and ran towards the top arc.

After being forced to stop, Felton immediately looked for Zhang Yang, the teammate with the best positioning, and promptly lifted the ball to the top arc.

As soon as Zhang Yang received the ball, Kobe, who was chasing him, came up to him and put pressure on him.

Zhang Yang turned his back to the basket and raised his hips to protect the ball.

Kobe held off Zhang Yang and was about to reach out from his waist to grab the ball, but he noticed Perkins approaching from the left rear, so he retracted his move and prepared to defend against the pick-and-roll. Bynum, who followed him, was also ready to switch defense.

"Go away, I want to have a showdown with high school students!" Zhang Yang grabbed the ball with his right hand and waved his left hand downward at Perkins while yelling.

Perkins: ?

Hearing this, Bynum retreated to the low post and made room for the player. He seemed a little excited. Was he going to replicate the famous All-Star scene?

Brother Jack, beat up that guy with a buzz cut who bullies me!
Kobe also retracted his gaze and said, "Wow, I didn't expect you to be such a tough high school student... Wow!"

Zhang Yang suddenly turned left and rushed around the pole. Kobe was blocked by Perkins who hesitated for a moment and then stood firmly behind him on the left.

Zhang Yang went around behind Perkins, stopped suddenly, faced Bynum who was rushing towards him again in panic, and made a jump shot... and it went in!
Zhang Yang turned around to high-five Perkins to celebrate, but was stopped by Kobe.

Kobe angrily asked, "Where is the match between high school students?"

In fact, he and Bynum both saw Zhang Yang's hand movements, but combined with what Zhang Yang said, the movement seemed to be trying to drive Perkins away, but unexpectedly, it was asking Perkins to hurry up... He said one thing and did another!
Zhang Yang asked curiously, "Didn't you just compete with Gao Zhong to see who was stronger? Can't you afford to lose?"

Kobe: "Watt?"

Zhang Yang: "You and Kendrick are high school students, so of course I'm talking about your matchup. I'm not a high school student. Let me introduce myself. I'm North Carolina guard Zhang Yang. Nice to meet you."

Kobe: “…”

In the transition between offense and defense, Kobe, feeling fooled, angrily challenged Gerald Wallace.

He had no other choice. With this lineup, he could only pass the ball in singles and cooperate with Luke Walton who was performing triangle coordination at the top arc.

Gerald Wallace defended this ball well, and Kobe's turnaround mid-range jump shot missed!
Perkins held off Kwame Brown, Felton grabbed the defensive rebound and immediately passed it to Zhang Yang on the other side of the free throw line, and Zhang Yang counterattacked!

The Lakers' lineup is much slower than the starting lineup. When Zhang Yang rushed to the frontcourt, only one person reached the three-point line faster than him - Kobe who had just finished a one-on-one game.

If there is no one to respond, then go for it!

Zhang Yang rushed into the three-second zone from the free throw line, Kobe pressed forward to grab the ball... but his shot was in vain! Zhang Yang jumped two steps into the basket and made a layup!
Euro step!
Just when Kobe was surprised that Zhang Yang could do this, Zhang Yang, who had scored 4 points in a row, ran to him and said, "Just treat me as a high school student. In this match between high school students, I won! You couldn't defend me!"

Kobe Bryant was so angry that he laughed. This rookie is even more shameless than he was back then! He is indeed a 17-year-old high school rookie who was selected 13th in the first round!

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