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Chapter 278 VS Quasi-Playoff Rival Eagles

The time advances to March 3, US time. The Charlotte Bobcats ushered in the Atlanta Hawks at home. After the All-Star Game, the Charlotte Bobcats ushered in a wave of 6 wins and 6 losses. The Atlanta Hawks have only 3 wins and 3 losses, and the two teams have opened up to 6 wins. The Charlotte Bobcats have basically secured the fourth position in the Eastern Conference, but they are far away from the Orlando Magic, which is third in the Eastern Conference. The team also has 4 wins. It can be said that the current Charlotte Bobcats have basically stabilized the fourth position in the Eastern Conference. Although the Atlanta Hawks have lost a lot, they are still ahead of Chicago behind them. The Bulls have won 3 games. It can be said that, if nothing else, the Atlanta Hawks are also very likely to sit in the fifth position in the Eastern Conference.

Therefore, the game on March 3 can be regarded as a preview of the playoffs.

In addition to this meaning, during Yi Jianlian’s time in the Charlotte Bobcats, in addition to the team’s record of six wins and three losses, not only the stunning 17-point dedication in the first game, but also the extremely stable contribution in the next few games Own ability, starting 9 games in 2 games, averaging 23.2 minutes per game, contributing 11.2 points, 5.8 rebounds and 0.9 blocks per game, and shooting 59% from the field, including 34% from the three-point range. It is said that Yi Jianlian feels like a duck to water in the Charlotte Bobcats now, whether he is playing the [-]th position or the [-]th position, he has shown strong competitiveness.

Also, March 3th is Zhou Lin's 6nd birthday.

The NBA's official twitter was also tweeted to Zhou Linqingsheng on the same day, and in this context, all members of the Charlotte Bobcats want to win the predicted victory in the playoffs.

Because of the stable record, Larry Brown has already started thinking about the playoffs in the last part of the schedule. Many Bobcats players, including Zhou Lin, have been rested. In this game, Mike Deng Levy and Emeka Okafor both chose to rest in this game, Yi Jianlian, Roy Hibbert, and Raymond Felton, who returned after the All-Star Game but performed very mediocrely, were all dismissed. Put in the starter.

The performance after the All-Star Game, the Eagles really did not have a good record. In the last game, they lost to the New York Knicks, which had been completely poor. Of course, this is also related to their record, because the chasers behind them really did not give too much There is a lot of pressure, and the Charlotte Bobcats are seeing the distance getting bigger and bigger, and the home court advantage seems to be hard to regain overnight.

After Boris Diaw returned to the home court, he was still warmly cheered by the home fans of the Charlotte Bobcats. Although he played for a short time, Boris Diaw still won the love of many Charlotte Bobcats fans. And on the big screen at home, there are also some wonderful clips of Boris Diaw, including the passing of the magic pen, such as the shooting from beyond the three-point line and the fast-break dunk.

Mike Woodson is also very face-saving. In this game, Boris Diaw was given the starting lineup and Marvin Williams was put on the bench.

The lineups of the two teams are:

Charlotte Bobcats: Raymond Felton, Brandon Roy, Zhou Lin, Luke Mbah a Moute, Yi Jianlian.

Atlanta Hawks: Mike Bibby, Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, Boris Diaw, Robin Lopez.

Zhou Lin will face Josh Smith in this game. He is also a big man at the third position with amazing jumping ability. This season, he averaged 15.5 points, 8.7 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.7 blocks per game this season.

He is an all-around small forward, and his good physical fitness makes him quite a deterrent on the defensive end.

And this is also an offensive and defensive rehearsal for the playoffs.

Like the team, Josh Smith also valued this game very much. They could lose to a bad team like New York casually, but they couldn't let the Charlotte Bobcats win casually.

This is also the third game in which Zhou Lin returns to the small forward position. Although Raymond Felton is back here, Larry Brown still lets Zhou Lin play many games as point guard, because the team's The chemical reaction is very good, and the team is on the rise, and Felton's state is really mediocre.

It can be said that Felton has completely lost his worth. If he was a free agent last season, based on the data he played in the Eastern Conference semifinals of the playoffs, even if the Charlotte Bobcats did not I am willing to give an annual salary of tens of millions, but when I go to the free market, there will definitely be teams that lack point guards who are willing to open it. Unfortunately, the team deliberately suppresses it and they are self-pitying. He completely lost his worth. Unless this year's playoffs exploded, Felton would only be able to sign a standard mid-level contract if he went to the free market in the summer. Don't give up here, it may be a one-year short contract, and the price will be raised after the deal. Of course, the relationship between Felton and the management of the Charlotte Bobcats is actually not very good.

Felton came back to play in a hurry, and the team really lacked people on the back line. Second, even if Felton didn't want to continue playing for the Charlotte Bobcats, he still wanted to make his statistics look better. In order to make it easier for his agent to negotiate the price, Felton has worked very hard in these few games. Of course, he has worked hard enough, but he has not integrated enough.

Brandon Roy and Zhou Lin have to divide most of the players, plus Mbah a Moute, Roy Hibbert, and Yi Jianlian need training and possession of the ball. In fact, under Larry Brown's tactical system , Raymond Felton's status is getting lower and lower.

It is also conceivable that Bibby was suppressed against the white devil today. In Zhou Lin's eyes, Mike Bibby is basically the poor man's version of Deron Williams. On the premise of not slow speed, he has enough tonnage and height. When encountering a stocky defender like Felton, he will basically have a certain degree of suppression.

This season in the Atlanta Hawks, 15.2 points and 6.7 assists are new highs in the past three years. In addition, 1.7 turnovers are also the third lowest in his career. In addition, he has 1.2 steals and 3.9 rebounds.

Although the Atlanta Hawks failed to get the All-Star center Horford like in history, Robin Lopez's filling also gave the team a certain amount of immediate combat power.

It can be said that even the Charlotte Bobcats, who are playing at home, did not expect the Atlanta Hawks to show a good sense of the game at the beginning of the game. Bibby's two consecutive breakthroughs to Felton made Larry. Brown kept shaking his head.

Mike Bibby himself is not small, and his offensive breakthrough ability is average, but Felton's body has not recovered well. From last year's offseason to the present, it can be seen with the naked eye that he has at least 10 pounds of flesh on his body. It's not surprising if it's not slow.

And Boris Diaw, who returned to his old club for the first time after being traded away, also wanted to find some space for himself to come back. In the first quarter, he hit two Luke Mbah a Moute of similar height.

The biggest reason for being able to stalemate with the Atlanta Hawks in the first quarter is that Zhou Lin completely unleashed his offensive firepower in this game, facing the rare third player in the league who can match his own player in terms of speed and height Josh Smith and Zhou Lin also took advantage of the offensive end.

In fact, in the three games after Felton returned, Zhou Lin, who returned to the third position, started the offensive mode. He scored 31 points, 22 points and 34 points in the three games. All you need to do is turn on the scoring mode when it's time to score.

In the first quarter, Zhou Lin played 12 minutes and scored 14 points, 2 assists and 3 rebounds.

But the team is still 20-31 behind a full 11 points.

Brandon Roy, the team's No. 3 scorer in this campaign, turned into an ice shooter. He made 0 of 2 outside three-pointers in the first quarter, and the two breakthroughs were fruitless. Only two free throws scored [-] points. .

In fact, after Raymond Felton returned, for some unknown reason, Brandon Roy's touch seemed to be lost overnight, with only 11 points, 17 points, and 9 points in three games, When Zhou Lin's score rose, it was like a conservation of energy. Roy's scoring average dropped by as much as 6 points per game. The most appalling thing was the three-pointer. He took a total of 11 shots and only hit 2 times.

Of course, the loss of the ball is also one aspect. When Zhou Lin and Felton are both on the court, Brandon Roy can only act as a spot-up shooter more often, and the proportion of the ball rapidly decreases. It's normal. Roy is now developing towards an All-Star shooting guard. Being a spot-up shooter is indeed a waste of money.

第一节落后11分，也是因为今天的老鹰队都很准，就像不擅长攻击的的洛佩斯都在第一节2中2砍下了6分和4个篮板，而和他对位的易建联只有2分2篮板的数据。

"You can't let me have a defeat on my birthday." Zhou Lin said to his teammates during the break.

Although Mike Dunleavy and Emeka Okafor were all on the sidelines, he really didn't want to lose this game like this.

In the early part of the second quarter, Ramon Sessions replaced Felton as the main control. Unlike Felton, Ramon Sessions was more used to being a member of the breakfast club than Felton. Zhou Lin, and as a second-round pick, he has no intention of competing with Zhou Lin for the ball.

In his second grade, in fact, he has also reached the contract year.

Most of the second-round picks can only sign a one-year or two-year contract. Last year, Sessions and the Bobcats signed a two-year rookie contract. This season, he averaged 7.2 points and 2.9 assists per game. , in history, Ramon Sessions' three-pointers have always been ineffective, but in order to adapt to the team's system, in order to adapt to the dual-core play of Zhou Lin and Brandon Roy, he The hard thing is that he has practiced a very good three-pointer. Last season, he only made 32% of the three-pointers. This year, he actually shot 42% of the three-pointers, ranking first in the team. And 40% of Mike. Dunleavy is higher,

As a substitute, he has this kind of data, which is already good, and in this summer, the Charlotte Bobcats are very likely to keep him, because the asking price of Ramon Sessions will definitely not be very high , It is estimated that between 2 million in 550 years and 3 million in 800 years, you can stay. Therefore, there is really not much time left for Felton.

In fact, Zhou Lin still sympathized with Felton, although as the No. 4 pick, he was not as good as the No. [-] pick Deron Williams and the No. [-] pick Chris Paul, two great point guards. But if in a suitable environment, there is a head coach who is more willing to train him, he definitely has the ability to become a top ten point guard in the league.

But in the NBA, such things happen every day. Such things as wasting talent and bad luck don’t just happen to Raymond Felton. In the NBA, there are many talented players, but they can How many were typed out?
In the NBA, there are about 60 players, but [-] players are selected every year, at least half of them will come to the NBA stage, and their arrival is destined to leave the NBA, or retire, or go to the NBA. To play in a lower league.

Therefore, hard work and self-discipline are what most players in the NBA need to do.

If this is achieved, the rest can only depend on God's will.

That's why Sessions' impending shift and Felton's marginalization are happening now.

Speaking of the game, if Sessions is really good at seizing opportunities, after Felton's poor performance in the first quarter and leaving the field with the lowest plus-minus value of -11, Sessions shot immediately after entering the second quarter. Hit his first [-]-pointer, waited patiently in the corner and relentlessly ran, making it difficult for Charlotte Bobcats players to ignore him, unlike Felton once the ball is gone If you have it in your own hands, you basically just stand with your hips on your hips or wait for the ball.

Then, it was he who received a pass from Brandon Roy, made an air cut from the middle to foul Marvin Williams, and scored the ball.

2+1!

Even Zhou Lin and Larry Brown on the bench couldn't help waving towels and applauding Sessions!

The free throw is also a steady free throw!
I thought it was a substitute lineup that was going to be opened up, but I didn't expect it to win points.

In this situation, probably only Raymond Felton felt a little wronged.

The better Sessions plays, the more likely he is to leave the team, and the less likely he is to sign a big contract!
Even though Sessions and Brandon Roy had found the touch in the second quarter, the Atlanta Hawks' touch was really good.

Although Zhou Lin played again soon and continued to succeed on the offensive end, the Atlanta Hawks performed better.

At the end of the half, the Charlotte Bobcats trailed by 45 points 61-16, while Zhou Lin scored 22 points and 4 assists in the half, and shot 12 of 8 from the field. Except for him Besides, the other player with the highest score is Brandon Roy who scored 7 points.

But for the Atlanta Hawks, Mike Bibby, Joe Johnson, and Robin Lopez all scored in double figures, and the substitutes who came up all scored. It can be said that the current Hawks are really good. The most terrifying thing is that the Atlanta Hawks shot an amazing shooting percentage in the first half, with a total shooting percentage of 66%, and 15 of 9 three-pointers, also 66%.

"The Atlanta Hawks have the intention of messing up Zhou Lin's birthday night!" The commentary on the scene was also worried about the Charlotte Bobcats. At least in the first half, without the inside pillar Okafor, Yi Jianlian and Xi Burt, failed to complete the task very well.

(End of this chapter)