Chapter 388: Proceeding Strongly
Chapter 388: Proceeding Strongly
"Thank you! Thank you! Jiang Yang took the trophy representing the MV of the All-Star Game and walked all the way back to the locker room, and the people next to him would also high-five Jiang Yang, or pat Jiang Yang's shoulder, after momo Jiang Yang's hair, this is a symbol of friendship in the United States, and Jiang Yang looked at this indulgent trophy and said that it was impossible to be unhappy, in just three days, Jiang Yang has already harvested two MV trophies, one MV of the All-Star Rookie Challenge, and one is this.
After winning this award, Jiang Yang also became the first Chinese to win this award, even Asian, and it also proved that Jiang Yang is indeed one of the strongest people in the league.
But Jiang Yang and they didn't celebrate too much, after returning to the hotel that night, Jiang Yang, who was a little tired because of the excitement, fell asleep, and didn't get up until the next morning, but after getting up, they didn't have time to stay here anymore, they needed to fly to Charlotte immediately, because the day after the All-Star Weekend, it was the game between the Raptors and the Charlotte Bobcats, and the other players of the Raptors had rushed to Charlotte in advance, and were now waiting for Jiang Yang there. Sitting on the special plane specially prepared for Jiang Yang by the owner of the Raptors, Jiang Yang and the others came to Charlotte, this small city.
Of course, the so-called small town is only comparable to other cities in the league, how can the team where the NB team stays be a small town? At least the capital of a state! Charlotte, the largest city in North Carolina, is 525 kilometers away from Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, in the north, and 370 kilometers away from Atlanta, the capital of Georgia, in the south, so they go to the Hawks and Wizards to play, without taking a plane or car, and they can arrive in four or five hours!
In 2009, the total population of the urban area was 716874 people, ranking 18th in the United States, it is a metropolitan area composed of nearby villages, the total population is 1701799 people, the climate is mild and humid, the four seasons are distinct, the average annual temperature is about 12 degrees, the city is lush with trees, green grass, and enjoys the reputation of 'green sè city', although the population here is not much, but it is a good place to retire, and now this Charlotte team is the Bobcats led by Boss Joe.
Originally, Charlotte's original team was the Hornets, it may be that the smaller the city, the more fierce the conflict between the team and the ball mi, the Hornets once brought glory to Charlotte, but then, they were driven out of the city by Charlotte's ball mi.
This has always puzzled Jiang Yang, what is the deep hatred and hatred, he will drive his team out, even if the ball in Toronto is bad, at most it is just to shout at Jiang Yang, they will not do anything to the team, they can have a basketball team in their own city, this is an honor, and it is also what the elites in the city are willing to see.
Although the owners of the teams in the city have been losing money, the local government has made a lot of money from the annual venue management rent and venue rent, plus it can drive the development of local tourism, as well as local taxes, especially if this team can make the playoffs, then there will definitely be someone on the other side of the team to cheer for the team they support.
This invisibly makes the city more international and more well-known to everyone, which can be said to be beneficial and harmless, but I don't know why, Charlotte's ball mi is such a grid, they drove away the Hornets at the same time, and hope that the Hornets will come back, such a contradictory psychology, so that the current team of Joe's gang leader still loses money year after year.
In the end, Boss Qiao's previous term couldn't stand it, and said 'labor and management don't play anymore' and gave up the team and sold it to Boss Qiao.
And Boss Qiao, because of the excessively high annual salary recently, has to sigh that this team is indeed not fun.
Not everyone can be like the owner of the Lakers, relying on one team, and they can play NB.
The Lakers may be one of the few teams in the league that will make money. The rest should basically be losing money......
"Whew!" With Jiang Yang's plane, with a roar, landed at the airport in Charlotte City, an airport bus had been waiting for them outside for a long time, this time in the All-Star Game, Jiang Yang can be regarded as the person who gained the most, holding three huge trophies, Jiang Yang jumped off the plane with a smile, of course, it was inevitable that he was looked at by the Raptors with envy for a long time.
This also made Jiang Yang stinky for a long time again, and then everyone took the bus and headed towards the hotel rented by the Raptors.
After a day's rest, the Raptors got used to the court the next morning and started playing in the afternoon.
At eight o'clock in the evening, the game between the Raptors and the Bobcats officially began, and the Raptors' starters were still the same, center Marc Gasol, big forward Andrea Banjani, small forward Andrei Kirilenko, scoring guard DeMar DeRozan, and point guard Jiang Yang! The Bobcats are as follows, center champion Kwame Brown, a joke made when Jordan was in charge of the Wizards, is now back under Jordan's banner and has become the main center of the Bobcats under the leadership of the Joe gang.
Big forward Burres Dior, this all-round guard, can play in the second, third, and fourth positions, in fact, the forward line composed of him, Stephen Jackson and Gerard Wallace is indeed very scary! Because the three guys can all run around on the field, and they can play in any position! The small forward is none other than the current Elvis Presley, Gerald Wallace (who hasn't been traded yet), the point guards Captain Jack and Stephen Jackson, and the point guard is DJ Augustin, who replaced him after replacing Felton.
The Bobcats who are fighting at home today obviously don't want the Raptors to have a good time, and they are a little tired after Jiang Yang participated in the All-Star Game, so they want to kill Jiang Yang directly, which can be seen from their tactics today, in the first quarter of the game, the Bobcats led the Raptors 33-27, and their offensive BO in the first quarter was very much, and it was very strong.
This also caught the Raptors off guard, in the second quarter, the Bobcats attacked quickly, and the Raptors only had the power to parry, but at this time, Jiang Yang, who was replaced by Jay Tria before he played much in the first quarter, suddenly broke out and scored in the second half, allowing Jiang Yang to help the Raptors chase ten points in the last three minutes of the second quarter!
They lost by one point to the opponent 27-28 in the first quarter, and lost the opponent by seven points in the overall score of 61-54 to enter the second half of the game.
At the beginning of the second half, the dispute between the two sides was still fierce, and the first half had already scored thirteen points, Stephen Jackson collided with Jiang Yang who blocked when he was making a layup, Jiang Yang's body was like an iron plate, directly bounced off Stephen Jackson, and guided the opponent's left tui muscle strain, this ball Jiang Yang really didn't mean it, don't watch Jackson limp back into the locker room, Jiang Yang also smiled embarrassedly, but although Jiang Yang will be embarrassed, he will not show mercy! Then Jiang Yang slowly controlled the situation on the court, the strongest offense of the Bobcats is mainly his second, third, and fourth positions, these three points, three people at these three points, can change positions on the court at will, because any of them can play these three positions, so it is very difficult to defend against it, all of them can shoot, they can break through, they can pass, they can block and dismantle, they can go fast, they can run back, so invisibly, it really disturbed the Raptors.
Fortunately, Jiang Yang showed his level of All-Star Game MV and slowly mastered the rhythm of the game.
At the end of the third quarter of the game, with Jiang Yang's strong advantage of 30 points in the third quarter of the game, the Raptors chased the score to 89-89, and the two sides entered the dispute in the final quarter.
And the Raptors' benches, Jerry Bayless and Peja, became the main points of attack on the bench today.
The two guys even hit the opponent's defense, and finally overtook the score in the substitute time, and then Jiang Yang and others came on the court, and pulled the score to more than ten points in one fell swoop, although the Bobcats chased stubbornly in the back for a long time, but there was still no way, and finally lost the game 115-121, Jiang Yang played 32 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 blocks, 4 steals today, and finally took away the best players of today's game, in addition to Jiang Yang, the Raptors also had four people scoring doubles, Andrei Kirilenko broke out today, scoring 19 points, Andrea Banyani scoring 18 points, and Marc Gasol and DeMar DeRozan didn't score in double figures, but Mark Gasol grabbed 13 rebounds, compared to in the Grizzlies.
The Raptors are easier to grab inside rebounds, because Banjani basically doesn't grab rebounds, which makes people very helpless......
On the bench, Jerry Bayless and Peja scored 11 points and one scored 10 points, Jiang Yang only played 32 minutes today because he participated in the All-Star Game, and the rest of the time was Jerry Bayless's, and this guy's performance was also good, proving that he can be Jiang Yang's substitute, the Bobcats also scored five double-doubles, DJ Augustine, scored a team-high 23 points, Gerald Wallace scored 20 points, and Burris Dior scored 16 points, Stephen Jackson scored 13 points, and Gerald Henderson, who came off the bench, scored 15 points, and I heard that the Joe gang recently had the intention of selling Gerald Wallace, and the reason is that now that he has this Henderson, this guy has the potential to be a strong candidate to replace Wallace.
Backup center Nazel Mohammed grabbed 14 rebounds, which was also the highest rebounding count in the game.
But even if he grabbed more rebounds than Jiang Yang, it was useless, because Jiang Yang won, they lost, and things are as simple as that.
After the Bobcats, the Raptors went back to rest as they had to return to their home court against the Bulls the next day.
Early the next morning, the Raptors flew back to Toronto, where they faced the challenge that awaited them against the Bulls.
However, before the game, a new round of trade in the league took effect, first with the Spurs signing former Rockets player Novak to a ten-day short-term contract, and then the Bulls sending James Johnson from the country in exchange for a 2011 first-round pick.
Then the Knicks got Anthony as he wanted, and the Knicks got Ray de Felton, Wilson De Dler, Danilo Gallinari, Timofey Mozgov, Anthony Randolph, Eddie Zary and the 2016 first-round pick, the 2012 and 2013 second-round picks plus six million dollars in cash, Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Sheldon Williams, Anthony Carter, Reinaldo Balkman and Corey Brewer.
It can be said that for Anthony, this time the Knicks directly sent half of their team...... That's a lot of consumption.
And the Nuggets sent Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Sheldon Williams, Anthony Carter, Reinaldo Balkman, got Ray Méng de Felton, Wilson De Dler, Danilo Gallinari, Timofey Mozgov, Costa Kouvers, Knicks 2016 first-round picks, 2012 and 2013 second-round picks, plus three million cash, and the Timberwolves, sent Cory Brewer, Costa Kufors got Eddie Curry, Anthony Randolph and three million dollars in cash, which can be said to have shook the entire league in an instant, but it has nothing to do with Jiang Yang.
In fact, it's just that Jiang Yang doesn't know now, and the current Raptors are actually planning a new round of trades.
But even Jiang Yang has no way to interfere with the will of the decision-makers, and what they need to do now is to play a good game against the Bulls.
The Bulls' starters today are as follows, center Joakim Noah, power forward Carlos Boozer, small forward Roel Deng, scoring guard Keith Burgans, point guard Derrick Rose, except for Brian Scallebraney's absence, the entire Bulls team is healthy, so this game has also become a big battle in everyone's eyes.
However, at the beginning, the Raptors took advantage of the home court advantage to catch the opponent off guard! Jiang Yang hit a jump shot at the beginning, and then Mark Gasol scored four points in a row on the inside, DeRozan also caused Keith Burgans's foul and hit two Liu, the home team played a 9-4 golden start at the beginning, Boozer hit two consecutive shots to break the Bulls' scoring drought, and Rohr Deng also hit a three-point jumper after scoring a three-pointer, but Jiang Yang was also very strong on their side, and after Boozer made a successful layup, the two sides were tied.
Luol Deng and Bogans hit two shots in succession, and Rose made a layup to put the visitors up 19-15, but then Banyani exploded, after all, he is now the Raptors' second leading scorer, and he scored six points with free throws to close the gap.
After Ty Gibson hit two free throws, the Bulls led the Raptors 29-26 in the first quarter by three points into the second quarter.
After the home team's Ed Davis scored a three-point shot, Watson on the opposite side returned a three-point shot, Brewer made consecutive layups, and then hit two free throws to score six points in a row to help the Bulls maintain their lead, but then Jiang Yang and other main players came on the court, Jiang Yang teamed up with Banyani and DeRozan to lead the Raptors to launch a crazy counterattack, 4 minutes and 7 seconds, stunned to tie the score, it became a 43-43 draw, At the critical moment, Boozer received Rose's assist and dunked it, and then hit five of six free throws, and Keller Korver also hit a three-point shot, slowly pulling the score away, but Jiang Yang also scored five points in a row, and assisted Andrei Kirilyenko The latter hit a three-point shot, which also made the Bulls narrow the score again, and at the end of the first half, the Bulls still only led the Raptors by two points at 58-56.
Rematch, the third quarter of the game began, Jiang Yang was like the second half of the second quarter, directly led the Raptors players to launch a counterattack, and achieved good results, Mark Gasol scored four points in a row, DeRozan hit a jumper, Jiang Yang hit a three-point shot, and overtook the score, Rohr Deng received an assist from Rose when there were 8 minutes and 15 seconds left in the game, and Rose made a layup after hitting two free throws, but the Raptors still relied on Jiang Yang and his strong backup, With a seven-point lead of 81-74, the Bulls were unwilling to be humiliated, and in the bench time, Thomas, Rohr, Deng and Brewer scored successively, and the Bulls lost by six points in the first quarter at 23-29, but fell four points behind the Raptors into the final quarter of the game.
At the beginning of the final quarter, Rose hit two free throws, and then hit a three-pointer, and the Bulls regained the right to take back the main division!
Although Jiang Yang is not on the court now, but Banyani also showed everyone his strong strength, he first made a layup, and then used free throws to add three points, Boozer returned a layup, but the morale of the Raptors again after Jiang Yang played, played a bo6-0 small, at the critical moment Rose showed his strong strength, using free throws to score four points in a row, and then three points, the Bulls equalized the score, but Jiang Yang here is even more simply, aren't you blocking and breaking me? Then I'll kill you! Jiang Yang, who has reached the +-level offensive strength, pulled out three times in a row in front of Rose, hit three times, scored nine points in a row, and instantly opened the score again, DeRozan hit both free throws, helping the Raptors directly pull the score to more than ten points.
And the only thing on the Bulls' side that may not give up is Rose, who also turned off after returning two points.
DeRozan and Marc Gasol on the Raptors' side then scored four points in a row, and after Rose's jumper was blocked by Jiang Yang, the layup was again blocked by Jiang Yang, and finally the Bulls lost the game, losing to the Raptors by as many as 15 points 113-128! ro@。