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Chapter 3 Zhang Xin's No Ball (Favorites, Recommended Tickets, Various Requests!)
The Hornets requested a timeout, Zhang Xinhe returned to the bench, and all the teammates came up to embrace Zhang Xin excitedly, Zhang Xin smiled shyly, and two red clouds even appeared on Junxiu's face.

"Oh my god, what a cute boy! He's still shy." A certain female fan behind the bench.

When the timeout expired, the Warriors made substitution adjustments. Steve Blake replaced Curry, Iguodala replaced Thompson, David Lee replaced Bogut, Zhang Xin returned, and Green did not replace.

"Zhang" Mark Jackson called Zhang Xin who was about to play, "Next you play shooting guard, you should know how Thompson plays, right?"

Of course, Zhang Xin’s favorite is Thompson’s off-ball running position. The research is still on Thompson who has achieved great success without the ball in 2018. Compared with Thompson now, Thompson is much more powerful. Thompson in this period is still improving. In the early stage, the three-point shooting rate was not as good as in the future. This period was even called iron soup by fans.

Zhang Xin nodded.

The Hornets had the ball, and Walker didn't call for a pick-and-roll this time. He directly broke through Blake and passed the ball to the air-cut Gerald Henderson for a layup.

The Warriors, who had no fast break opportunity because of a goal, entered the half-court position.

Blake held the ball at the top of the arc, and Zhang Xin first made an off-ball screen for Iguodala at the elbow. Iguodala ran up to a three-pointer at 45 degrees to receive Blake's pass, and then passed it to Green on the inside. With the help of David Lee's cover in the crowd, he made a curling cut, and reached Zhang Xin, who was at the 45-degree three-point line on the left. When the ball arrived, Zhang Xin bent his knees, curled his abdomen and raised his hand to shoot. The orange basketball was like a shooting star. Straight into the Nets.

"Top off-the-ball running skills!" Mark Jackson made a judgment and picked up a treasure.

Able to defend and make three-pointers with or without the ball, this is at least a 3D (three-pointer + defense) player.

Coach Jackson is already thinking about how to design tactics for Zhang Xin, and how to make a training plan for Zhang Xin, but he still needs to observe how far Zhang Xin can do it.

The current Warriors are good at fast breaks and accurate three-pointers, but in terms of creating opportunities, only Curry has the ability to create independently. Although Barnes can also play singles, his singles really cannot be called top.

With Zhang Xin's current ability, it is no problem to be a 3D player. Zhang Xin has always defended well, and because he has played in different positions, from the outside to the inside, he has the ability to defend. In addition, Thompson's shooting package, There is also Thompson's ability to run without the ball. Over time, he can basically be regarded as a top 3D player.However, it is estimated that it is not enough to create scoring ability independently.

The dribbling and breakthroughs trained in amateur games are not enough to be useful on the top stage of the NBA.

Kemba Walker broke through Blake and scored two points for a layup. Back Zhang Xin used a lot of off-ball screens and hit a three-pointer from the baseline to tie the game.

The two sides tied at 36. In the first quarter and with less than 30 seconds left, both sides had an attack.

Kemba Walker wasted time holding the ball, and in 10 seconds passed it to Stephenson in the low post on the right for a post-up single. Stephenson was leaning on Zhang Xin who was facing him.

Zhang is not very confident. Stephenson is one of the few strikers in the league who can fight against LeBron. It is certain that his strength cannot be underestimated. It is just that he does not know how his body will fight against it.

"Fight it!" Zhang Xin gritted his teeth and pressed his chest against Stephenson.

For defensive inside singles, if the height difference is not large and the strength is slightly weak, stick to the defensive player so that he cannot carry it in calmly. Close defense is a good defensive method.

Stephenson was about to teach the rookie a good lesson, when he hit the ball, Zhang Xin leaned back a little and clung to it again.

"Bang!" Stephenson slammed again with enough strength, and Zhang Xin felt a pain in his chest, but his body did not move back.

"Huh? Although this strength is great, it is not unbearable." Zhang Xin was overjoyed. It seems that the talent of this body is really great!

The seemingly thin Chinese didn't knock away in two hits. Stephenson lost face and turned right directly, wanting to shoot with a fadeaway jumper. Zhang Xin took off in time and covered Stephenson with his left hand that he never put down. In desperation, Stephen Sen could only raise the arc, and hit the iron with a bang.

Zhang Xin accepted the rebound and asked for a timeout, replaced Curry and Thompson, replaced Blake and David Lee, and made the last attack. There were only 6 seconds left in the first quarter.

Curry catches the ball quickly across the half court, Green goes up to cover for Curry, the center of the Hornets stays inside the three-point line and prepares for Curry to break in, Curry bypasses Green, two steps away from the three-point line and throws directly That's it, the orange basketball flew across a long arc like a shooting star, and fell straight into the net, and the red light at the end was on!
"Boom!" The entire Oracle Arena erupted, and the sound waves went straight to the roof, as if they were about to blow away the ceiling.

Curry was so happy that he raised his legs, chewed on his braces, shook his head, and shouted excitedly at the audience.

In the first quarter, the Warriors temporarily led the Hornets by 39 points at 36:3.

The scoring efficiency of both sides is very high, and the rhythm is also fast, so the scoring is naturally high.

Zhang Xin played 5 minutes, scored 9 points, 2 blocks, 2 rebounds and 1 assist. This efficiency was too high. Almost relying on his personal ability, he helped the team go from being 7 points behind to being 3 points ahead, overtaking the score in one fell swoop.

In the second quarter, Zhang Xin continued to play, played for about 4 minutes, hit a three-pointer by running without the ball, grabbed two rebounds, and then replaced Barnes.

The Hornets are in excellent form today. Although the Warriors bombarded wildly, the Hornets can still maintain a confrontation with the Warriors, and they are not far behind.

The scores of the two sides went up alternately, because Mark Jackson had achieved the purpose of observing Zhang Xin, and Zhang Xin did not play again after he came down. In the end, the Warriors won the game with a 6-point lead.

整场比赛库里拿下33分8助攻5篮板，汤普森拿下23分2助攻4篮板，格林拿下10分11篮板8助攻的准三双，张信上场9分钟拿下12分4篮板2盖帽1助攻。

Mark Jackson specially brought Zhang Xin to attend the post-match press conference. After all, a Chinese can bring more attention to the team.

Yang Yi brought his assistants to the post-match press conference early, because he heard that a Chinese had joined the Warriors and had a blast in his first show. He scored 9 points, 12 rebounds, 4 blocks and 2 assist in 1 minutes of playing. It was a blast!
Zhang Xin followed Mark Jackson to the conference site, and was taken aback as soon as he showed his head. The cameras with long guns and short guns were facing him, and then he looked at the densely packed reporters below, staring at him like hungry wolves.

But Zhang Xin is not as immature as a 19-year-old. After all, he is an uncle in his thirties. Although he was shocked just now, he quickly calmed down and nodded and smiled at the reporters below. The reporters nodded one after another. : This young man has a very good quality in his heart. No wonder he can achieve such good results in his first show. Generally speaking, it takes a while for rookies to adapt to reporters.

Mark Jackson looked at the reporters taking pictures of the letters with a smile, and was not annoyed by being left out. He knocked on the microphone to signal that the press conference was about to start.

Dozens of hands were raised all of a sudden, asking for questions.Mark Jackson randomly picked a male reporter.

The male reporter stood up, smiled and nodded at Mark Jackson.

"Coach Jackson, I have some questions to ask Zhang Xin." The male reporter said.

Mark Jackson had nothing to do, and made a gesture of please.

"Mr. Zhang, according to your strength and age, why didn't you choose to participate in this year's draft instead of joining the NBA as a free agent during the season. You know, there is a huge difference in remuneration." The male reporter was quite puzzled. , This question also asked the questions of many reporters in the audience.

"Thank you, Mr. reporter, for your concern. I personally like the Warriors very much. The team atmosphere of the Warriors is very fascinating. The people here are good-looking, capable, and nice-speaking. I like it very much. of."

Zhang Xin made a small show of cuteness, "Everyone knows, I am from West Virginia University, and Jerry West is my senior brother. He met me when he went to school to participate in activities. He recommended me to come to the Warriors. This is a rare opportunity. I Just come to try out. Fortunately, the coaches and owners recognized me and gave me this opportunity to play games."

Zhang Xin smiled: "As for money, I don't really care about it. You may not know that my father is in real estate, and Bo has a lot of money. He sent me to West Virginia University, and he just wanted me to study business and then go back to take over. "Playing because I like it is my dream, so whether I can make money or not is not in my plan."

The reporters in the audience all laughed. This is another rich second generation who will go home and inherit the family property if he doesn't work hard.

Yang Yi laughed and raised his hand in the audience to ask questions. Zhang Xin saw Yang Yi with sharp eyes, so he pointed to Yang Yi and signaled Yang Yi to ask questions.

Yang Yi suddenly got an opportunity, he was very excited, and quickly asked: "Mr. Zhang, first of all, congratulations on your first great success in the NBA. Domestic fans have already known you through the Internet, and now the Internet has already turned upside down because of you. Everyone I want to know your details, there are too many questions, I hope to have an exclusive interview with you in private."

Zhang Xin respects Mr. Yang Yi very much. As an old fan, he has watched many games, and many of them are commented by Mr. Yang Yi. His comments are professional and to the point, impartial, and his professionalism is very high.

Not to mention that Zhang Xin borrowed a lot of Mr. Yang Yi’s views when he was a commentator. Out of the thought of reciprocating, Zhang Xin nodded: "Mr. Yang, I like your commentary very much, I hope we can find a time Let’s have a chat, the press conference is over, can you wait for me in the locker room?”

Yang Yi was overjoyed: "Of course, then we will communicate in detail later."

Zhang Xin nodded with a smile and continued to answer questions from other reporters.

The whole press conference went very smoothly. The reporter asked many questions, and Zhang Xin answered them one by one. During the whole process, Zhang Xin was generous, humorous and elegant, neither stage fright nor complacent, neither humble nor overbearing, and occasionally made a funny sentence The words amuse everyone.

The reporters who are used to the straightforward sportsmanship of NBA players, when they first met such a Chinese player who is modest and gentle, it was like a clear stream, and the reporters were hooked.

(End of this chapter)