No.1 in basketball scoring-Chapter 124 - 89. It seems like he only sees the basketball hoop_2

Test for two points? Harrington was initially bewildered—he didn’t even score two points in high school! Would he have been unable to attend college if he could score two points? There were subjects with just one point, and even zero points... Wait a minute!

This high school student is mocking his rookie season average of two points!

Harrington intended to use trash talk to make Zhang Yang nervous and scared, but he didn’t expect the latter’s mouth to be much sharper, and moreover, if he wasn’t quick-witted, he wouldn’t even realize he was insulted!

As soon as Tyronn Lue advanced the ball, Harrington actively called for it, wanting to explode against Zhang Yang... but Zhang Yang wasn’t defending him, instead it was Gerald Wallace causing him headaches positioned in front of him.

Harrington and Zhang Yang weren’t supposed to match up in the first place, Harrington’s natural position was power forward, but the team had chosen Josh Smith and Marvin Williams, two talented power forwards, one after another in the past two years. Coach Woodson had arranged for him to play small forward, which wasn’t his best position, but he was still lucky. Childress, at 203 centimeters tall, had ended up playing shooting guard.

Unable to explode against Zhang Yang by himself was fine; Harrington gestured to Childress, who was nearby in the low post, neck craning forward, and Childress immediately leaned against Zhang Yang calling for the ball.

Childress also wanted a piece of the action against the high school student!

They thought Zhang Yang had no talent to succeed in the future? Not at all, they knew those high schoolers who could enter the lottery were freaks of nature, they had such a freak on their own team, Josh Smith.

In his rookie season, not only was Josh Smith targeted by opponents, but he was also tormented by teammates. Yet, after playing for two months, he firmly secured the starting spot, squeezing Al Harrington out to the small forward position.

But it was precisely because of this, they were now more eager to seize the opportunity to dominate the weak, as there wouldn’t be such a chance later.

Harrington passed the ball to Childress, Zhang Yang tried to intercept it upfront, saw there was no chance, and decisively moved to position himself behind Childress to push against him.

Childress caught the ball and faked a shot to deceive Zhang Yang into jumping, but Zhang Yang completely ignored him, sticking close and affecting his jump.

Childress made a spin move as if to turn around, and Zhang Yang still ignored it, staying close and providing the necessary physical resistance.

Childress didn’t dare to really turn and drive in; under the basket were Voskuhl, Edwards, and Brezec, three 211+ centimeter tall players clogging the lane tightly, but one-on-one this was all he had, no more tricks. Since Zhang Yang didn’t bite on the fakes, Childress could only attempt a contested short-range jump shot... no good!

Brezec blocked out Marvin Williams and secured the defensive rebound!

On the sidelines, Bickerstaff was relieved and said to Ingles with a smile, "Jack is playing quite well, huh? His defensive awareness is really good—he doesn’t do anything unnecessary. While he missed the shot on offense, his sense of positioning is superb, very clear about when to move, just that he shot a little too hastily. If he had been a bit slower, it might have gone in."

Ingles remarked, "Primoz’s positioning sense is also very good."

Bickerstaff nodded, "Primoz is a bit soft in character and in his style of play, but he’s got the positioning and box-out awareness a European center should have."

Zhang Yang’s offense and defense pleased the Bobcats head coach and shooting coach. On the court, however, Harrington wasn’t feeling so pleased.

Once again, at just the right moment, the rookie burst into a sprint around the screen, catching the pass from Felton! And him? He was left trailing behind again!

This time Felton had barely passed the ball when Marvin Williams surged after it, exploding with impressive speed.

By the time Zhang Yang caught the ball, Marvin Williams had fully leaped into an airborne lunge toward him.

Harrington looked on happily—this shot, if Zhang Yang attempted it, was guaranteed to be blocked... Step back! The rookie stepped back!

Zhang Yang calmly stepped back to escape Marvin Williams’ block range, jumped, took the mid-range shot... this time with a rhythm on point, showing good mid-range shooting skills, and hit it!

Shooting value +20! Zhang Yang was delighted.

Harrington’s smile froze on his face... he saw Zhang Yang make a scissor gesture towards him.

Others who saw Zhang Yang’s gesture thought the high school student was just celebrating with a ’yeah,’ and the female fans at the sidelines gasped, thinking Jack celebrated like an innocent and simple child.

Only Harrington knew what the rookie’s real intent was—I’ve scored two points now, as many as your rookie season average.

No, he had to dominate this rookie tonight!

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Originally, with Tyronn Lue on the court, the Hawks team had a proper point guard, and it should have been their best time.

Midway through the last season, after Tyronn was traded to the Hawks team, he averaged 13.5 points and 5.4 assists per game, had an impressive 46% shooting percentage, and played the best performance of his career, also motivating teammates like Josh Smith, Harrington, Anthony Walker, and Childress to play some very beautiful offense.

This season, with Woodson coming in, Tyronn was demoted to the bench, but normally speaking, once he was on, he should have been able to get the offense going.

But Harrington insisted on competing with a spot-up shooter, holding on to the ball, directing his teammates to go one-on-one against Zhang Yang. After crossing half-court, Tyronn had to give up the ball. Sometimes Harrington even inbounded the ball himself to advance, leaving Tyronn confused.

Luckily, Coach Lue had extensive experience playing as a point guard. It was just getting back to old habits for him, and he accepted it, after all, he had already secured a three-year, 10.5 million US dollar renewal contract based on his average of 13+5 from the last season.

In fact, Zhang Yang was playing just average to begin with. His shooting wasn’t accurate, and it was defense that could stop him, only because Childress just didn’t have good ball-handling skills on offense.

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