professional shooting guard

Chapter 142

Chapter 142

Zhang Zifeng is not iron-clad. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Brown didn't play him, and Isiah Kannan replaced him.

For the Celtics, Smart goes off and Bradley goes on.

Once Zhang Zifeng is off the court, the 76ers will not be able to find a good way to attack.

After being yelled at by coach Stevens, the Celtics players started the fourth quarter with a whole body of anger.

"Thomas once again succeeded in singles against Stauskas. Without Zhang Zifeng, no one helped Stauskas create shooting opportunities. Poor Stauskas is just a display on the court. The coach of the 76ers should replace him as soon as possible. Otherwise, he will become a loophole in the team's defense!" Su Qun said.

Thomas hit a layup, turned around, and David Lee gave Isiah Cannan a big cap.

Crowder hit a three-pointer, and the Celtics widened the point difference to 7 points.

The 76ers tried to counterattack, but they couldn't prevent the Celtics' offense.Thomas and Bradley led the team to bloom more points, and the Celtics firmly maintained their advantage.

Coach Brown saw it, and it didn't work.Hurry up and replace Stauskas with Hollis Thompson to strengthen the defense.

Although the 76ers stepped up their defense, Crowder still stabbed the 76ers and hit a three-pointer.

The Celtics led 88-78 by 10 points.

With more than nine minutes left in the fourth quarter, Coach Brown sent Zhang Zifeng on the field, along with Stauskas.

The 76ers are preparing to launch a final counterattack.

Seeing that Zhang Zifeng was about to play, Su Qun said happily, "We saw that Zhang Zifeng was about to play. If Zhang Zifeng played later, I dare say that the 76ers have basically bid farewell to victory in tonight's game!"

"Mr. Su, I agree with your statement. Zhang Zifeng performed very well tonight. So far, he has scored 23 points, 9 assists, and 2 blocks. The 76ers can persist with the Celtics until now. His contribution is indisputable. Although the 76ers are now 10 points behind, his reappearance will give the 76ers who are at an absolute disadvantage what they need, and we look forward to his performance." Yang Yi responded with a smile. Wearing a skirt.

With only 9 minutes left in the game and 10 points behind, Zhang Zifeng knew that he had to speed up the pace.

Zhang Zifeng received the serve, dribbled the ball quickly to the frontcourt, made a cross change to throw away Bradley, made an emergency stop, jumped up, and shot.

Swish, the ball goes in. 76ers 80:88 Celtics.

The offensive rhythm of the 76ers was completely taken over by Zhang Zifeng, and Zhang Zifeng also entered the crazy stage of grabbing points.

Although Zhang Zifeng broke out, the weak defensive line made Zhang Zifeng's efforts to snatch it back half in vain.

当比赛进入最后1分09秒时，92：97，76人队还落后着5分。

Zhang Zifeng lifted the collar of his jersey and wiped the sweat off his face.

Zhang Zifeng encouraged his teammates loudly and shouted, "Come on, defend this goal, we have a chance to win!"

"Do you still want to win?" Thomas looked at Zhang Zifeng with sarcasm in his eyes, "You won't have a chance, today's victory must belong to the Celtics!"

"We will win!" Zhang Zifeng replied resolutely.

Thomas went to the frontcourt, and Zhang Zifeng marked Thomas.

Zhang Zifeng knew that Thomas was very fast, and his three-point shooting percentage was not high, only 34.5%.He stepped back to guard against Thomas' breakthrough, holding his right hand high.

Thomas is 175 and Zhang Zifeng is 197, with a height difference of 22 centimeters.

Zhang Zifeng's height put a lot of pressure on Thomas.

Facing Zhang Zifeng, Thomas didn't dare to deal with Stauskas in a simple and rude way.

Thomas signaled his teammates to come over to help, and Zeller stepped forward to a high position.

Thomas drove inside on a screen, hopped away from Nerlens Noel, and hopped up for a layup.

Thomas must not know that there is a Chinese saying that the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole is behind, so he avoided Nerlens Noel.But there is another guy in the 76ers who can run and jump-the shot-blocking man Grant.

As Thomas sprinted inside, Grant also sprinted inside.

"Snapped!"

Grant slapped the basketball hard and slapped the ball down.

Zhang Zifeng, who had been staring at the basketball all the time, immediately chased after the ball, picked up the basketball and Zhang Zifeng ran to the front court quickly, facing Bradley who was returning to visit, Zhang Zifeng directly shot a three-pointer.

95:97, only 2 points away!

"Grant's block, Zhang Zifeng chasing three points, the 76ers' combination of forwards and guards helped the team narrow the point difference to only 2 points. In the first two seasons, Zhang Zifeng and Grant were still rivals in the NCAA. This season they The two teamed up to attack the 76ers!" Su Qun explained.

Stevens, the coach of the Celtics, called a timeout with a stern face. The good situation that was originally leading has now turned into such a dangerous situation.

He needs to arrange an offensive tactic in order to score the ball and ensure victory.

Stevens looked at Thomas, then at Bradley.

Thinking about Thomas's better touch tonight, Stevens thought for a while and said, "Isiah waits for you to attack from here with the ball, David Lee, Zeller, you will help him create opportunities. If you are Restriction, pass the ball out immediately, give it to Bradley, he will handle the ball!"

The 76ers also replaced Stauskas with Hollis Thompson

At this time, there are only 42 seconds left before the end of the game. This time the offense is extremely critical for the Celtics.

Both Bradley and Crowder stood on either side.Zeller needs to block Noel in the interior first, and second, he must always be ready to grab rebounds.

Thomas received the ball and turned to face Zhang Zifeng head-on. David Lee came out to cover.

Thomas started a breakthrough, and Zhang Zifeng quickly bypassed David Lee.

As soon as Thomas got rid of Zhang Zifeng, he went inside and made a jump shot near the free throw line.

Thomas is very confident about his speed, he never thought that Zhang Zifeng could catch up with him.

Thomas shot with confidence, the moment the ball just left his fingers.

Zhang Zifeng suddenly came from behind, fixed his eyes on the basketball, jumped higher than Thomas, and blocked Thomas' emergency stop jump shot with one hand with his left hand, completely ignoring Thomas.

Zhang Zifeng grabbed the ball and was about to make a fast break, but Bradley delayed to block it, and the rest of the Celtics rushed back to defend.

The fast break failed, and Zhang Zifeng controlled the ball and came to the frontcourt. Zhang Zifeng's consecutive scoring performance in the first three quarters made the Celtics very nervous. Bradley posted it when he saw Zhang Zifeng crossing the center line.

Sampson stepped forward to cover, and Zhang Zifeng immediately bypassed Bradley's defense.

A shooter must always be confident in his shot.

As soon as Zhang Zifeng made a kill beyond the three-point line, he jumped up and shot.

It's a pity that this time the three-pointer failed to hit. Zhang Zifeng watched the basketball hit the inner edge and pop out.

Fortunately, Nerlens Noel rushed into the inside and snatched the ball with the advantages of bounce speed and bounce.

Seeing that Zhang Zifeng was still on the outside, Nurlens Noel passed the ball out.

Zhang Zifeng didn't hesitate at all, he jumped up from beyond the three-point line and shot again.

This time Zhang Zifeng lived up to his teammate's assist, the basketball arced and fell into the basket.

"Consecutive shooting, Zhang Zifeng is extremely confident on the court. Even if he missed the previous shot, but under pressure at the critical moment, Zhang Zifeng can still shoot calmly. With this three-pointer, the 76ers will overtake the score. The 76ers The important task of the team now is to defend." Su Qun shouted.

At this time, there were only 11 seconds left before the end of the game. Thomas couldn't find a good opportunity under the defense of Zhang Zifeng, so he could only pass the ball to Bradley.

Anxiously, Bradley made a solid shot and Nerlens Noel grabbed the rebound.

"Hurry up and foul!" Stevens on the sidelines was the first to react. When Zeller reacted and wanted to turn around and hug Nerlens Noel, Nerlens Noel had already passed the ball.

Zhang Zifeng received the ball and rushed to the frontcourt with the ball.

Zhang Zifeng ran to the frontcourt and didn't layup immediately, waiting for time to run out.

Two seconds passed quickly, and the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

98:97, the 76ers defeated the Celtics and made a good start to the season.

Zhang Zifeng scored 37 points, 32 assists, 11 rebounds, 5 blocks and 3 turnovers in 3 minutes of playing.

This is the report card of Zhang Zifeng's first show. In this national live broadcast, in this high-profile game, Zhang Zifeng scored a superstar data, 25+5+5.

There is no doubt that Zhang Zifeng was selected as the best player of the game,

"Zhang, congratulations on your victory." Zhang Zifeng turned around and saw that it was Thomas. He was a little surprised but said, "Thank you. We won the game, but we were lucky today."

Thomas smiled wryly and said, "Zhang, you were defeated by you this time. We will definitely win back next time!"

"I'm looking forward to the next fight with you, but the victory will still belong to us!" Zhang Zifeng shouted confidently.

Zhang Zifeng and Thomas chatted for a few words, then separated, and each went back to the locker room.

At the press conference after the game, coach Brown brought the best player Zhang Zifeng to the press conference.

"Mr. Stevens, what are your thoughts on today's home loss to the 76ers?"

Celtics coach Stevens faced the reporter's question and replied: "Our performance today is actually good. The only mistake is that we underestimated Zhang Zifeng, a Chinese. Before the game, we did not study him thoroughly. Didn't do enough to limit him in the game. Zhang Zifeng beat us!"

Stevens answered reporters' questions briefly.

Of course, the reporter also understands that it is impossible to continue to sarcasm the losers, and it is not good for everyone to get stuck.

They asked the 76ers coach Brown, "Mr. Brown, Embiid's season reimbursement at the beginning of the season made the 76ers generally unfavorable before the game. Now facing the powerful Celtics, you have won. . What do you think about this game?"

"It was a tight game. The Celtics are a great team. They did a great job. It's just that today the goddess of luck was on our side and let us hit a few more shots. We are proud of the victory." Of course I am very happy, but there are 82 games in the season, today is just one of them. We still need to continue to work hard and stay focused." Brown deliberately downplayed the attention brought by the victory of the game.

Of course Brown knew what kind of attention today's game would bring to Zhang Zifeng, but he didn't want Zhang Zifeng to be exposed too much, which would attract the attention of other teams.

That's not what Brown wants to see.

But the reporter will not follow his wishes. After the reporter routinely asked the coaches of the two teams, they immediately pointed the camera at Zhang Zifeng.

Zhang Zifeng is the focus of today.

The media seemed to have discussed it, and the problems all revolved around Zhang Zifeng.

"Zhang, your excellent swing tonight helped the team defeat the opponent, what do you think?"

"Zhang, you put up All-Star numbers in the first game of your rookie season. How did you do it?"

"Zhang, Yao Ming used the Chinese to squeeze O'Neal out of the starting lineup in his rookie season. Do you think you will become the starting lineup in the Western Conference this season?"

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After making a name for himself in the NCAA, Zhang Zifeng began to get used to these reporters' questions.

Zhang Zifeng replied with a smile, "We are very happy to win this game. This proves that we are not a weak team at the mercy of others. Whoever dares to underestimate us will pay a heavy price. As for winning, it is the whole Credit to the team, like Grant's defense, Stauskas' shooting. If it wasn't for their efforts, we would have lost. It was a team win!"

As for the difficult question about the All-Star voting, Zhang Zifeng would not be so stupid as to answer it.

When the press conference ended, the 76ers players hurried onto the bus and headed back to the hotel.

Damn Celts, how can they take a shower without even hot water.Zhang Zifeng and the others were anxious to rush back to the hotel and take a comfortable bath.

Sitting on the bus, Zhang Zifeng's mobile phone received many text messages and missed calls.

Zhang Zifeng chose the severity of the reply.

After all, the NBA is different from the NCAA. Playing well in the NCAA does not mean that they can still perform well in the NBA. Many players have verified this with actual proof.

Before the start of the new season itself, Zhang Zifeng received a lot of attention.

Zhang Zifeng has always been a hot topic in the news about the discussion, analysis and prediction of the draft before the draft.

In this game, everyone paid a lot of attention to Zhang Zifeng.

It can be said that everyone was staring at Zhang Zifeng's performance in this game.

In this game, Zhang Zifeng proved himself with his outstanding performance.

The day after the game, USA Today, which has always had a good relationship with Zhang Zifeng, published an article titled "Super Rookie Zhang Zifeng Takes Over the Game!" " article.

In the game between the 76ers and the Celtics last night, Zhang Zifeng scored 32 points and 11 assists in his first game of the rookie season. He led the team to a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter and won the victory. .

张子枫是76人队史上No.6能在NBA首秀中至少得到20分的球员。在赛前很多人都评价张子枫顺位过高，不值得76人队用第三顺位去挑选。但昨晚的比赛证明了76人队管理层的目光是多么的英明！

With the victory of this game and Zhang Zifeng's outstanding performance, Zhang Zifeng became the hottest topic in the United States again. Almost every newspaper about sports in the United States can see Zhang Zifeng's news.

"We all underestimated this Chinese! - "New York Daily News"

"Weak team?We have future superstar Zhang Zifeng! - "Philadelphia Post"

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(End of this chapter)