Chapter 160: Rookie of the Month

35 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists...... This is the data that Jiang Yang played against the Suns on December 30.

The best in the game is already certain, and Jiang Yang has officially entered everyone's attention through this game.

Reversal, lore, these two words, just put on a player's body, this is already very remarkable.

And now that these two words are placed on Jiang Yang's body, it really makes people feel a little dazzling...... In the past, Jiang Yang's fire was only fire in China, but now Jiang Yang's fire has burned the whole world! The number of Jiang Yang's fans around the world has surged!

That night, Jiang Yang's new agent Zhou Lu's mobile phone was about to be beaten, the media wanted to interview, and Jiang Yang wanted to endorse it, all of them, and Zhou Lu, who watched this game, knew that Jiang Yang became famous in a fight, even if he reacted slowly!

"Chinese rookie 35 points, the last seven minutes against the sun!" The Boston Globe reported the next day.

"In the last seven minutes, 20 points were slashed, and the Chinese guard officially entered the NBA! Los Angeles Times.

"This is a victory for Jiang Yang, and a victory for the Celts," the Washington Post reported the next day.

"The Celtics have added another strong reinforcement, and the goal is to win this year's championship!" The next day of Sports Illustrated...... "Chinese rookie shines in Phoenix, Jiang Yang scores 35 points, impacts the best rookie!" This was the theme that Yahoo Sports put on that night.

Almost the next day, all the sports newspapers around the world reported on the game.

And Jiang Yang has directly become an idol in the United States, strength is a part of a reputation, if you don't have strength, just have a reputation, just like Vujasic, it's just a tragedy! I heard that he has been fighting Sharapova recently...... At this time, on the major sports forums in China, excited netizens also left messages everywhere, Jiang Yang's morale was too long in this game, and now Chinese fans don't like to watch the NBA more and more, Yao Ming is injured, Yi Di is injured, Sun Yue doesn't even have a chance to play, after the Lakers won the championship last year, he mixed a championship ring, and then he was cut.

What else is there to see in the NBA without the Chinese? But now it's different, Jiang Yang's appearance directly made the audience look forward to it, in the United States, with this game, this year's best rookie selection, Jiang Yang directly couldn't look at it, and rose to fifth place, the first is Tyrek Evans of the Kings, the second is Jennings of the Bucks, the third is Stephen Curry, the fourth is DeRozan of the Raptors, and the fifth is Jiang Yang, and in China, Jiang Yang's reputation directly overtook Stephen Curry and rose to the top three. If Jennings' 55 points weren't too rebellious, and Evans' physical fitness was too strong, Jiang Yang might have rushed to the first! The domestic river honey is like spring shoots after the rain, brushing outward, of course, there is more river honey, and there is more river black...... There are always people who can't get used to seeing Jiang Yang famous, or who want to hype themselves.

"I've played games with him before, and he can't even find North anymore, is the NBA at such a level?" Netizen Canghai Mingyue left a message on Jiang Yang's game on the Internet, but as soon as she heard it, she knew that she was the kind of master who couldn't eat grapes and said that grapes were sour.

"It's too rubbish, it's inappropriate when passing the ball, it's so fancy when dribbling, you should be playing on the street, you deserve to be born in streetball, the bad habit is hard to change, I guess he will go back to the CBA to play next year!" Netizen You Long Xifeng's message.

"Identification, LZSB, YSSB on the second floor!" Netizen Da Ledou smiled and left a message on the third floor...... Like these posts attacking Jiang Yang, there are Jiang Yang posts in Du Niang, and Jiang Yang special areas of major sports forums.

Under normal circumstances, it is deleted by the administrator, because if it is not deleted, it will directly cause a fire and water war!

But even so, there were many websites that were crowded by fans that night! And the culprit who caused these things, he didn't know at this time, and after this game, he went back to the hotel to sleep.

Even with Pierce's workout method to support him, Jiang Yang's physical strength was exhausted in the 27 minutes he played.

Today's game can be described as quite intense, the Suns have always played very well, it can be said that today they have completely played their advantages, but who called Jiang Yang this guy crazy at the last moment?

The Suns scored double-doubles in five of the team, two inside, Amare Stoudemire and Channing Frye both scored 26 points, and Frye was 20+10, 26 points and 10 rebounds, the data was very gratifying, Nash shot 4 of 9 from the field, 11 points, but there were only a pitiful 8 assists, Jason Richardson scored 12 points, and Barbossa made a pass error at the last moment.

But he played well in the whole game, shooting 5 of 15 from the field and scoring 17 points, which was quite okay.

The worst are Dudley and Grant Hill, the former came off the bench to face Jiang Yang, and only scored three points in 1 of 7 shots in the game, while the latter was a starter, but only 1 of 5 shots in the whole game, Jiang Yang's defense is really powerful!

As for the Celtics, a total of seven players scored in double figures, at least in terms of average scoring, they are better than the Suns.

Jiang Yang got the highest score in the game, needless to say, Ray Allen scored 15 points, Perkins 10 points, Tony Allen 10 points, Rondo 12 points and 8 assists, Eddie House made 4 of 6 three-pointers and scored 17 points, Sheldon Williams didn't miss Jiang Yang's cheapness, scoring 12 points, plus Rasheed Wallace's six points, exactly 117 points!

After this game, Jiang Yang attended the press conference, and of course after saying something unnutritious, he was let go.

Jiang Yang is really not very good at facing reporters' questions, so he basically talks in Tai Chi.

After playing the Suns, the Celtics have two days to rest, No. 31 and No. 1, and they won't play the Raptors on their home court until No. 2, which means they have two days off for a New Year.

At the same time, they can also take a good relieving of the consecutive away games in December, throughout December, they have a total of 14 games, and only four of them are at home, and the remaining ten games are away games, such an away game, which has caused great damage to the veterans' bodies! Not only Garnett was injured, but Pierce was also injured, but Rondo was also injured...... After returning to the home stadium, except for Pierce's injury, which is almost healed, the remaining two people need to recuperate!

Rondo's back injury is an old injury, and it is not a big problem, and he can barely play, but it is not easy to get better.

As Doug Rivers said, let's observe for a while! And this also gave Jiang Yang a chance.

Now Pierce is about to come back and his starting position is not guaranteed, and now Rondo is injured again and his starting position is back...... And Garnett's injury is more troublesome...... Originally, I just twisted my fingers, but now my fingers are inflamed!

You can barely play, but for the playoffs, according to what his doctor said, he needs to rest, and the rest time is about 20 days, which is the most estimate, which means that after 20 days, his injury will definitely be healed! For the sake of the player's health, now Doug Rivers has to calculate all the time to be the most abundant!

After returning to the home court, Doug Rivers did not rush to train, but took a two-day vacation, after all, Christmas was not spent in his own home, this New Year is always to be spent with his family, Jiang Yang also spent a New Year with Zhou Yun, Zhou Lu and Liu Ya, and at the same time, he also received a notice from the players' union, asking him to come to New York when he has time recently, and handle the identity of his players' union, in fact, it is a formality, and then Jiang Yang will officially join the players' union.

Recently, Garnett told Jiang Yang that the role of the players' union is not like those unions in China, selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, jumping out to collect money when there is nothing to do, and when something happens, the players' union in the United States takes care of the players very much, and all financial disputes with the league or the team are all under the management of the players' union, and the players' union collects your money and does things for you, no matter how much money you charge for the player, There is absolutely no ambiguity in doing things, and old fans may still remember the last time the players' union did not negotiate with the league, and then the turmoil of suspension! According to some people in the dark world, it is good to give some money, after all, the players are not their relatives.

Even if it is a relative, he can sell it for money, Jiang Yang used to think so.

But after Garnett told them, Jiang Yang knew that this players' union was still quite upright, at least on the surface, and he didn't know if he collected black money, but at least they were very attentive for the benefit of the players.

James' annual income is the first in the world, far exceeding those European stars and Tiger Woods in the United States (before the scandal), and in addition to James's agent team, there is also the role played by the players' union.

Jiang Yang is not arrogant enough to compare with James, but after listening to Garnett's words, Jiang Yang's feelings about joining the players' union have also changed, and it seems that it is not just an organization that only collects money and does nothing...... After discussing it with Doug Rivers, Doug Rivers asked Jiang Yang to renew his contract after playing the Raptors.

Because after that, they had three days off, playing the Raptors on the 2nd, and they didn't play the Heat on the road until the 6th.

Anyway, they won't leave until the 5th, and the 3rd and 4th are enough for Jiang Yang to deal with the problem of entering the players' union.

It is also very close to Boston to New York, about four hours by car, and by train...... It is also four hours, and the train in the United States is the least chosen way to travel, because between states in the United States, there are no bridge tolls, tolls or anything, and gasoline is very cheap (six or seven yuan a liter in China, less than a dollar a liter in the United States, generally twenty dollars, you can fill up a car!). There are some small displacement cars, may not even add fifteen dollars to the full), so generally speaking, self-assisted travel is the first choice for American travel, and the United States on the side of the road, basically everywhere are motels, live is also very convenient, of course, if there is an emergency, to go to a distant place, then take a plane, in the United States plane ticket money is also very cheap, with the impact of cars and planes, the cause of the train is naturally not good!

The price of the train is basically the same as the price of the plane ticket, just like the current Jiangyang from Boston to New York, if you take the train, it costs more than 100 dollars, so there are really few people who take the train, but the American train is much cleaner and tidier than the Chinese train.

The whole carriage is very comfortable to sit in, and the service is good, of course, this is all a later story.

Anyway, Jiang Yang has time to go to New York now, just know this! But before that, we have to finish playing the Raptors.

Before the start of this game, the NBA officially announced the best rookie of the month, the best rookie in the West must be Tyrek Evans, and the best rookie in the East was won by Jiang Yang over Jennings and won this honor.

At present, Jennings' average of 16.7 points per game is the second among all rookies, far more threatening than Jiang Yang's average of 11.2 points per game, and his average of 6.5 assists per game ranks first, three-point shooting rate of 32.4% ranks third, free throw percentage of 84.8% ranks fourth, and in the game against the Trail Blazers on December 13, Jennings scored 18 points and 11 assists, which is also the first double-double of his career. In December, Jennings had a team-high scoring in 5 games and a team-high assist in 12 games, while Jiang Yang didn't look so pretty, he only got a team-high score in 2 games, and assists, almost all the time pressed by Rondo, and only two games achieved the highest score.

But the Celtics' record is there, and who calls it the last moment, Jiang Yang played a big reversal of 20 in a single quarter.

What about helping the Celtics win over the Suns? Coupled with Jiang Yang's Chinese identity, so this December Rookie of the Year has no problem with Jiang Yang, before playing against the Raptors, Jiang Yang won the NBA official trophy for his best rookie in December, which is undoubtedly a big irony for those players who participated in the draft and entered the NBA!

Then the Celtics began a showdown with the Raptors! This game should be arguably the most difficult game for the Celtics at the moment, because Pierce has not yet returned, Garnett is injured, and Rondo is also watching.

Among the five starters, only Ray Allen and Perkins are in a state where they can play, according to the previous law, the main injury is like this, it is estimated that it will be difficult for the team not to lose, but at the beginning of this game, the Celtics have no intention of losing.

The Celtics' starting lineup today is as follows, starting center Kendrick Perkins, power forward Rasheed Wallace, small forward Jiang Yang, scoring guard Ray Allen, and point guard is last year's rookie Jr Giddens, originally Jr Giddens came to the team to fill the No. 1 position, but later because of Jiang Yang's joining, his position is becoming more and more marginalized!

The Raptors' starters are as follows, center Andrea Baniani, power forward Chris Bosh, small forward Hido Tecoglu, and scoring guard DeMar DeRozan, who is also a rookie this year, just ahead of Jiang Yang.

The point guard is Jarrett Jack, a player who has very strong offensive ability, but as a point guard, the ability to pass the ball is ...... Hehe, it's quite miserable, but now that I want to say, the Raptors' lineup is really strong.

At the beginning of the first quarter, Wallace was the first to turn and shoot, but then Bosh returned the color with a jumper, and as an All-Star, Boss was quite good, at least at the beginning, he was still very good.

And Jiang Yang against Tekeglu, he suffered a loss on the body! After being squeezed out of the way by Tekeglu, the mid-pitcher was successful!

But then Jiang Yang passed the ball, Ray Allen received Jiang Yang's pass and made a layup, was pulled down by DeRozan for a foul, and made two free throws! But then DeRozan caused Wallace's defensive foul on the offensive end, and he hit one of two free throws!

Then after Jiang Yang made a steal, he made a layup, Perkins and Jr-Giddens, received assists from Jiang Yang in a row, scored four points in a row, and the Green Shirts led the Raptors 10-6. Banjani then hit a layup, Turkoglu was defended by Jiang Yang, passed Bosh, made a mistake in and out, and the latter dunked it! The Raptors chased the score, but at the critical moment, Jiang Yang hit a three-point shot, and then assisted Wallace to cause the opponent's foul, two free throws and two hits, and the Green Shirts led the opponent 29-20, but then Jiang Yang and other main players went down.

The Green Shirts, who did not have the main players on the court, did have some gaps with the opponent's bench, and were finally beaten by the opponent with a score of 7-0, and at the end of the first quarter, the Celtics led the opponent by two points at 29-27.

In the second quarter of the game, the Celtics' cooperative unit continued to have their bad hand, repeatedly missed, and Bosh hit a three-point shot with a free throw, and then after Johnson made a jumper, the Raptors overtook the score, but Perkins hit two free throws at the critical moment, and then Jiang Yang hit a three-point shot, and the Green Shirts regained the lead! After the inside Bangnani scored four points in a row, but House and Jiang Yang together, scored five points in a row, House hit a three-pointer, and then Jiang Yang hit a shot, Parkin basket, the Celtics led the opponent by as many as six points at 46-40, Banyani broke through and hit a backhand layup, but Hady House and Ray Allen hit free throws in a row, Glen Davis who came off the bench made a layup, and after Tony Allen grabbed the defensive rebound, the long pass was handed to Jiang Yang, although Jiang Yang was on the court for the first time with Glen Davis, But it played very well.

A simple back pass, handed the ball to Glenn Davis, and the big baby dunked vigorously, with the performance of Jiang Yang and other main players on the court, the Green Shirts easily ended the first half of the game 58-48, and the difference was as high as ten points.

Jiang Yang had 8 points and 6 assists in the half, and he completely replaced Rondo's performance in assists, and the consecutive games were quite good.

(To be continued)