Chapter 65 No, this data is so easy to brush?

On the evening of November 11nd, the Sacramento Kings will play against the Dallas Mavericks away!

This is the most watched game on the opening day of the new NBA season. Everyone wants to know what changes will happen to this old rivalry after an offseason of adjustments.

Of course, there are also many people who come to watch Zheng Yang's performance. Zheng Yang's outstanding performance and gorgeous playing style in the playoffs last season attracted many fans for him.

It's been a long time since we've seen him play, and everyone is itching to do so.

TNT also broadcast this game, and today's commentators are Barkley and Kenny Smith.

These two are really good at making a show. Last season, the bet between Zheng Yang and James on who would win the Rookie of the Year award attracted a lot of attention for TNT.

This season, people are betting on who will have a higher average score between Zheng Yang and James. Judging from the fans' reactions, they are also very concerned about this bet.

Everyone wants to know which of last season's two hottest rookies will improve faster.

Before the game started, Barkley said confidently to Kenny Smith.

"Zheng will score 40+ in this game. I guarantee he will shock everyone."

"Hey Charles, I think you are too confident in Zheng, if you say he can get 30+ today, I will agree with your point of view.

But 40+…

You know, even though the Kings lost Verratti Divac during the offseason, they are not a weak team, they are still a playoff team.

Zheng couldn't score against them so easily."

Kenny Smith shook his head. Scoring 30 points in a game is not a difficult thing. Many people can do it.

But 40 points is not that easy. Although it doesn’t sound much different from 30 points, it is actually much more difficult.

In addition, today is only the first game of the regular season, and many players have not adjusted their status yet. It is really unlikely that they can score 40+ in the first game.

Barkley didn't bother to argue with Kenny Smith.

"You will find out how ridiculous what you said is later."

Barkley's attitude made Kenny Smith frown and look at him a little longer. The flying pig was not like this before.

He loves to talk nonsense the most, why is he unwilling to say more today?
Kenny Smith had no idea that Barkley had now reached a state where everyone else was drunk but he was the only one sober.

Having followed Zheng Yang for more than a year, he knows better than anyone how great Zheng Yang's potential is and how fast he is progressing.

What's the point of arguing with others? Just wait until the facts are laid out before them and then start criticizing them.

Before the game started, Webber looked at his teammates and then at the Mavericks, and felt that things had changed.

Although they have only not seen each other for a few months, both teams have sent away a lot of players. Last year, they were both ambitious to win the championship, but now they have begun to go downhill.

Ugh……

Things change over time. When will I be able to win that championship?

Fortunately, Zheng Yang didn’t know what he was thinking, otherwise he would have criticized him.

If your team is going downhill, just go ahead. Why involve our team in this?

I'm aiming to win the championship this year, so don't say such unlucky words.

After the players finish warming up, the game starts immediately.

The starting lineup for the Mavericks is Jason Terry, Big Chou, Zheng Yang, Nowitzki, and Dampier.

The No. 2 position can be replaced by Finley according to the characteristics of the opposing team, improving shooting ability at the expense of the team's defense.

The Kings have Mike Bibby, Maurice Evans, Peja, Webber, and Brad Miller.

Although Doug Christie has not been sent away yet, he missed the game due to injury.

He was replaced by Maurice Evans, a former undrafted player who had never made any mark in his NBA career and was not well known by many fans.

Judging from the strength on paper, the strength of both teams has declined a lot, but what is the reality?
We'll know after the game starts.

With Dampier, the Mavericks finally stopped suffering in the jump ball phase. Relying on his height and long arms, Dampier was able to get the ball.

After Zheng Yang took the ball, he passed it to the team's point guard Jason Terry. After crossing half court, the latter took a look at the situation on the court and then passed the ball to Nowitzki who was positioning himself.

In fact, it would be better to simply run the tactics, but Jason Terry is not playing the ball, he is playing the human relationships.

The team's first goal must be given to the team leader.

Nowitzki may not care about this, but he cannot not give it.

What is this called?
This is called worldliness!
Nowitzki didn't expect that the ball passed to him by Jason Terry had so many twists and turns. After receiving the ball, he glanced at Webber and suddenly had the urge to let out a long roar.

Damn, finally I don’t have to keep fighting with a few big guys in the penalty area.

I played center for a year and almost turned gay!
It doesn't matter if Dampier is a little bit weak, as long as he can play center!

Nowitzki, in a good mood, started to play one-on-one against Webber. The latter's current condition was just enough to defend against Fat Monk. It was still unrealistic for him to defend against Nowitzki.

After a series of changes in footwork, Nowitzki easily scored two points.

Scored the Mavericks' first goal of the new season.

“Hey Dirk, good shot!
That was a beautiful shot.”

Jason Terry shouted at Nowitzki, smiling even happier than Nowitzki. If you didn't know, you would think he had scored the goal.

Nowitzki also smiled and nodded at him. The new teammate of the team is quite capable.

When it was the Kings' turn to attack, they were still playing the Princeton system. Although Divac was gone, Webber was still there, so the system could still be used.

It's just that Divac left and Doug Christie was not there, and the tacit understanding between the other players on the court was a little less, and they were unable to create open opportunities for a while.

Weber had no choice but to choose singles.

After taking a look at the big physique of Danville, Webber did not choose to go hard into the inside, but instead shot a shot from mid-range.

It's a pity that the shot missed and the rebound was grabbed by Zheng Yang.

The latter began to launch a fast break counterattack.

Although Nash's departure meant that their team's seven-second offense could no longer be played.

However, with Zheng Yang's athleticism and ball-handling ability, his fast break counterattacks are still quite intimidating.

Peja, who has played many games with Zheng Yang, knew that the opponent would definitely launch a fast break, so he returned to defense very quickly this time.

Mike Bibby also followed Zheng Yang closely, trying to force him to stop.

But Zheng Yang did not slow down. After turning around and passing Mike Bibby, he rushed into the Kings' paint area.

Seeing Zheng Yang's speed so fast, Peja quickly stood up and prepared to commit an offensive foul.

But Zheng Yang, who rushed in front of Peja, suddenly stopped, then did a European step and easily scored the ball.

The off-season training has enabled Zheng Yang to reach an extremely high level of control over his body.

He is fully capable of suddenly accelerating, stopping suddenly, and then accelerating again.

During this process he was able to maintain his center of gravity very well.

4-0! "Hey Zheng, how did you just do that? That's really cool!"

Back in his own half, Jason Terry did not hesitate to express his praise without reservation.

As long as you flatter the two big guys in the team, wouldn't that be equivalent to being a team boss yourself?
……

After the first quarter, the score was 23:30, with the Kings trailing the Mavericks by 7 points.

From the beginning of the game, the Mavericks have always firmly grasped the initiative.

During the intermission, Weber wiped the sweat off his face and frowned.

Why does it feel a little off?
Didn’t they say that the four-star Mavericks were disbanded?
Why do we feel like they are even better than last season?

We are the only ones who won't become bad, right?

Webber was a little bit unbelieving, but judging from the game, he really felt that the Mavericks were better than last season.

Whether it is attacking or defending, it is completely impossible to resist.

But Webber shouldn't be too pessimistic, because Zheng Yang hasn't shown his strength yet. He only took four shots in the first quarter and scored only 6 points.

In the second quarter, the Mavericks passed the ball to Zheng Yang after defending the next offensive round.

The Kings retreated quickly and Zheng Yang's fast break failed, but he was not in a hurry.

Looking at Evans in front of him, Zheng Yang suddenly accelerated, and the latter hurried to catch up, but as soon as his center of gravity moved, Zheng Yang stopped abruptly and pulled back to the three-point line.

Evans wanted to look back, but his body still rushed in the original direction, his mind and body were completely on the same channel.

He staggered and fell directly to the ground.

He was knocked down by Zheng Yang...

Zheng Yang returned to the three-point line, adjusted himself, looked at Evans mercilessly, and then took a three-point shot.

Before the ball hit the net, Zheng Yang had already turned around and ran back, but the sound of "swish" told him the result of the ball.

The basketball hits the net!

The audience cheered and cheered, with waves of excitement coming one after another.

Zheng Yang's shot just now was so cool, whether it was the initial shake, the ruthless look, or the confident look back after the shot...

They all make people's blood boil.

Barkley once said when commentating on Zheng Yang's game: "I really strongly recommend that people with weak hearts don't watch Zheng's game, because you may be in danger at any time.

I mean, every time he makes a play, it's likely to get you excited!"

But Zheng Yang's desire to score did not disappear. In the next four minutes, he took charge of all the team's attacks.

Yes, you read that right, all the Mavericks' offense in the next four minutes came from Zheng Yang.

Although this may sound like he is very selfish, he can score goals!
And the hit rate is extremely high!

Evans was confused by him, and when Zheng Yang broke into the inside, the Kings couldn't stop him.

With his own efforts, he widened the score to 15 points after only playing for less than half of the second quarter.

This forced the Kings to call a timeout to adjust their status.

Kings head coach Rick Adelman looked at Zheng Yang helplessly on the sidelines. After thinking for a while, he couldn't think of any way to restrict him.

An outside player who can break through and shoot and has explosive physical fitness, especially when the hand-check rule is cancelled, how can he limit the opponent's scoring?
With the Kings' current player configuration, it's simply impossible!
Thinking of this, he looked at old Nelson with some envy again.

How come this guy is so lucky that he gets to coach this player!

How great it would be if Zheng Neng could be coached by him!

After the timeout, Zheng Yang missed two consecutive shots and did not choose to play alone. He started to play more as a team.

But his terrifying scoring ability has left a deep impression on the fans at the scene, and everyone has begun to know how much progress this young man has made during the offseason.

Due to the obvious gap in strength between the two teams, Zheng Yang had no intention of playing the entire game this time. With four minutes left in the second quarter, he sat down.

I've played in the NBA for a year, but this seems to be the first time I've had this kind of experience!

Old Nelson patted his shoulder and said with a smile.

"Well done kid!"

Zheng Yang also smiled and nodded.

……

After Zheng Yang left the court, perhaps because his touch had returned or perhaps because he was stimulated by the 15-point difference, the Kings suddenly broke out and launched a 15:6 offensive wave, immediately bringing the difference back to within 10 points.

Faced with this situation, old Nelson did not panic, nor did he rush Zheng Yang to save the situation.

Instead, let him continue to rest in peace.

I have General Zheng, so what do I have to fear?

Zheng Yang had another climax in the third quarter, using his superb shooting and attacking abilities to tear the Kings' defense into pieces.

There was no suspense in the game after that.

Throughout the game, Zheng Yang easily scored 42 points.

He scored 6 points in the first quarter, 15 points in the second quarter, 14 points in the third quarter, and 7 points in the fourth quarter.

The most in the audience!
Looking at the post-match statistics, Zheng Yang smiled with satisfaction. Several months of hard work have brought him huge progress now!

This feeling is really good!
But the person who was most excited after seeing the data was not Zheng Yang, but the team's point guard, Jason Terry.

Looking at the 10 assists on his data panel, Jason Terry found it a little unbelievable!

No, I just passed the ball casually, and that’s 10 assists?

Is this data correct?
Hiss~ Thinking back, it seems that he did provide quite a few assists in this game, and most of them came from Zheng Yang.

After all, the latter often cuts to the basket or pulls up for the game, so it is very easy to get assists.

Moreover, most of the time his passes are really ordinary, and the reason why he can get in is because of the opponent's personal ability.

But this situation cannot be seen from statistics alone. Cloud fans will only think that it was Jason Terry who successfully connected the entire team.

Since this data is so easy to brush...

Thinking of Dampier's 70 million contract, Jason Terry is ready to shout the slogan that he is the second best point guard in the Western Conference after the season ends.

"Next time, I must pass the ball to Zheng more often. I should pass the first ball to him directly. After all, this is related to my big contract!"

Jason Terry has adjusted his passing priority in his mind and swapped the positions of Zheng Yang and Nowitzki.

Although licking the team boss's hand can make one live a good life in the team, in comparison, a big contract seems more important.

Nowitzki: No? I am the second in command here, so why don't I just give up my position and let Zheng Yang take the top spot?

(End of this chapter)