At five o'clock in the morning, the alarm clock rang on time.

Zhang Zifeng patted his cheek and dragged his somewhat tired body to get up.

I have to continue training today, and yesterday I shot 4 of 11 and scored 8 points.

Although it seems that the shooting percentage is high, the 4 times he scored, all of which were scored by cutting inside and making layups, and all 6 shots from the outside were iron.

For a shooting guard, not having an outside shot is a disaster.

Today, I need to strengthen my shooting training and get back to my senses.

After nearly three hours of training, Parker walked into the arena as usual.

Last season, Duke University fell to the quarterfinals, but Parker hopes he can take the Blues far this season, preferably by winning a championship.

Not only will this leave a good memory in college, but it will also help you secure your pick in the draft.

"Hey, Jack, you're here early every day!" Parker greeted Zhang Zifeng with a smile and said.

Zhang Zifeng turned around and saw Parker, and said with a slight smile. "You're pretty early!"

Parker moved his body and said over and over again: "You played well in that game yesterday, if you hadn't restricted Wiggins, we'd have lost!" ”

People respect me, I respect people. This is Zhang Zifeng's way of doing things!

Zhang Zifeng hurriedly said: "Where, it mainly depends on your efforts to win the game." Without your crazy chasing points, we would have surrendered long ago! ”

Parker didn't care about the compliments. He said: "Come on, keep up this performance. The team needs you, and you can make the Blue Devils go further! ”

"Let's work together to help the team win the championship!"

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In the afternoon, with the arrival of training time, the Blue Devils players came to the training hall one after another to start training.

In the routine team training, Hood was very unhappy with Zhang Zifeng's demeanor yesterday.

Seeing some players Chen Zan Zhang Zifeng, Hood said in a weird manner, "It's just a good game, and I'm complacent, for fear that others won't know, but it's just a substitute!" ”

The voice is very loud, as if others will not hear it.

Zhang Zifeng didn't have a good impression of Hood, and shouted loudly, "That bastard let a pig in and barked here!" Damn, I'm going to go to the security guard and complain. Ask someone to take this pig to the slaughterhouse and destroy it humanely! ”

Hearing Zhang Zifeng sarcastically saying that he was a pig, Hood's irritable temper came up again, and he just rushed forward without taking two steps, and was stopped by his teammate Thornton beside him.

"Don't be impulsive, Rodney! You want to be kicked out of the team! Parker shouted.

Hearing Parker's shout, Hood calmed down a bit.

"Yellow-skinned monkey, you'd better not mess with me, otherwise Lao Tzu will let you know why you are a substitute, Lao Tzu is the main force!" Hood yelled at Zhang Zifeng.

Zhang Zifeng shouted unceremoniously, "Idiot, sooner or later, Lao Tzu will take your starter!" ”

Hood was shocked when he heard this, but he shouted with a dead voice: "With your offensive level, don't joke!" ”

"You'll find out later!" Zhang Zifeng picked up the ball and drank it.

In the intra-team competition, Hood had to play Zhang Zifeng alone as soon as he had the opportunity.

The current Zhang Zifeng is no longer Wuxia Ameng, and he is not afraid of Hood at all.

In training, Zhang Zifeng was more diligent and active in defending Hood than he was yesterday for Wiggins.

Under Zhang Zifeng's marking, Hood shot 5 of 23, only scored 10 points, 2 rebounds, and had no assists.

Hood's two shots directly covered Zhang Zifeng, and Hood was so angry that he almost wanted to do it again.

Fortunately, his teammates found out in time and stopped the brawl between the two.

Hood was prevented as an iron god, and Zhang Zifeng was no better.

He finished with just four points, five assists and two rebounds on 2-of-11 shooting.

When Zhang Zifeng and Hood were in full swing in the intra-team match, the two of them were also being discussed at the coach's meeting.

There is no wordless and innocent love in this world, even if it is your parents, it is because you have their blood that they will love you.

Otherwise, that stranger will tolerate your temper unconditionally.

Although he didn't want to see Zhang Zifeng at first, Lao K has always liked hard-working players.

Talent is a gift from God, not everyone has it.

But sweat is something that everyone has.

Zhang Zifeng's hard work and persistent attitude towards basketball, Lao K looked at it and slowly changed his opinion of Zhang Zifeng.

At the coaching meeting, Lao K looked at the data sheet and said to his three assistant coaches, "Jack has been doing very well during this time, his defense has helped the team a lot, what do you think of putting him in the starting lineup?" ”

Steve Wojciechowski, who specializes in team tactics, objected, "The team is running very well now, and if you change the lineup, I'm afraid it will disrupt the overall rhythm of the team!" Personally, I don't recommend changing the lineup. And having Jack as the sixth man also makes our second squad stronger! ”

Strength and conditioning coach James nodded and said, "I also agree with Wojciechofski, although I appreciate Jack's efforts, but the high-intensity strength training during this period has increased his muscles, and it has also affected his hand, and the shooting percentage of 4-of-12 shooting in the last game is terrible." Now put Jack in the main force, under the strict defense of the opponent, his shooting is an unknown, I think it is better to let him have more shooting training to improve the shooting rate and see! ”

Both subordinates did not agree with the rash change of lineup, although they felt that Jack now had the strength to enter the main team, but from the consideration of the whole team, Lao K still agreed with his subordinates, and continued to press him on your bench as a bench bandit.

On December 4, 2013, Duke University hosted the University of Maine Black Bears.

The University of Maine was not a strong team, the game was uneventful, and with Duke starting from all sides, Duke's offense was very fluid like mercury and established an early lead.

In the first half, 8 minutes and 41 seconds, Lao K shouted: "Jack, get ready to play!" ”

Now less than 10 minutes into the game, I have changed myself to play.

Zhang Zifeng happily immediately jumped up from the bench, took off his coat and prepared to play.

Old K grabbed his arm and shouted, "After you get on the field, guard against the opponent's No. 23." Go to the bottom corner when attacking. If you have a chance, you can cut inside and make a layup, and if you don't have a chance, you will pass it! Do you understand? “

"Understood!" Zhang Zifeng shouted.

"Okay, let's go! Show your efforts! Old K said.

In this game, Zhang Zifeng's performance was not good or bad. Duke University led by 23 points in the first half, and just five minutes into the second half, the old K replaced all the main players, and all the substitutes went up to pass the garbage time.

Zhang Zifeng stayed on the court for the rest of the game, playing more time than the previous game, playing 26 minutes and scoring 6 points.

played a lot of time, but Zhang Zifeng was not happy at all.

Scoring in garbage time is not what he wants at all, but if he plays, if he doesn't do his best, he will be given up by the manager!

Even if it's garbage time, no matter how much he doesn't like it, Zhang Zifeng can only continue to stay on the field.

What's worse is the damn feeling, only 3 of 21 shots in the whole game, which almost made Zhang Zifeng have a shadow on the shooting and didn't dare to shoot.

At the end of the game, the University of Maine 55-94 Duke University, Duke University continued to maintain a winning record.

December 07, 2013, at home, University of Florida Alligators 74:84 Duke University.

December 11, 2013, Away, Duke University Blue Devils 94:45 Iowa State University Whirlwinds.

December 20, 2013, at home, Tennessee State University Tigers 55-65 Duke University Blue Devils.

By the end of December, he was averaging 6.7 points, 1.9 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 17.8 minutes per game.

The increase in playing time made more Blue Devils fans pay attention to the Chinese, and after the game, there were fans vying for his autograph.

Especially when he saw some young and beautiful girls with angel faces and devil bodies surrounding him and asking for autographs, Zhang Zifeng felt proud in his heart.

The game was also much earlier, and the cheers of the fans were no longer sparse, although they were not as good as Parker and Jefferson, but there were already many fans holding cards with his name on them to cheer when they came out.