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Chapter 72
"Yan, how does it feel to hit the game-winning shot for the first time in your career?"

On December 2008, 12, Yan Hua, who just woke up in the hotel where he was staying, was about to go downstairs to have breakfast. Head coach Reggie Troyes and assistant coach Tyrone Corbin came to Yan Hua together. Hua’s room, after sitting down on the sofa, Reggie Toyes asked Yan Hua with a smile on his face. After defeating the sun, the atmosphere of joy pervaded the king, because they are now far away from the top eight in the west. It's getting closer.

"It's okay." To be honest, in the game last night, although the Kings defeated the Suns, Yan Hua still made a lore shot at the last moment, and scored 20 points and 22 rebounds in the game. 5 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block, but Yan Hua was not excited at all, because the confrontation with O'Neal made Yan Hua suffer a lot, even if it was victory and a lore, it could not comfort Yan Hua Hua's wounded heart.

"Yeah." Looking at Yan Hua's calm expression, Reggie Troyes and Tyrone Corbin nodded almost at the same time. Winners are not arrogant and losers are not discouraged. This is what an outstanding player must have. Some basic qualities, after Yan Hua beat the Suns and scored the double 20 data in the face of O'Neill, the newspapers and magazines this morning were full of reports about Yan Hua, just like at the beginning Just like after the game between the Kings and the Magic, the world was full of news that praised Yan Hua. Under such public opinion, it is easy for a rookie to be arrogant and arrogant in the praise of the outside media, and even lose himself.

"Yan, you have performed very well recently, and we and the management are also very satisfied with your performance." After a few more words of praise for Yan Hua, Reggie Troyce decided to talk to Yan Hua about something serious Said: "Mr. Geoff called me this morning, saying that he has reached a deal with Boston and is going to send Brad to Boston."

"Here, coach, regarding the team's transaction, I think I..." When the head coach told Yan Hua that the management team would send away Brad Miller and Bobby Jackson, Yan Hua didn't know how to deal with it at all. It stands to reason that Yan Hua should be happy when the king sent away last season's main center Brad Miller, because sending Brad Miller away by the king means Yan Hua's position in the king was already as stable as Mount Tai, but Yan Hua didn't quite understand why the head coach told himself the news before the deal was fully finalized, was it to ask for his own opinion?Absolutely not, even if he objected, it was impossible for Brad Miller to stay, but what was that for?

"Yan, you are now the core player of our team. Not only that, you will also be the hope of the entire Sacramento in the next ten years, so you need to adapt to your new role in advance and be ready to take on more Much responsibility."

Seeing Yan Hua's bewildered look, Reggie Toyes explained to Yan Hua with a smile on his face. If Yan Hua's performance at the beginning of the new season proved that he can become a qualified starter Players, then Yan Hua's performance in the past week has fully proved that he can become the core of a team and the cornerstone of reconstruction.

With 20 points and 22 rebounds against Shaquille O'Neal, 28 points and 14 rebounds against Dwight Howard, and 30 points and 17 rebounds against Yao Ming, Yan Hua did not fall behind in the matchup with the three best centers in the league. , and Yan Hua is still a rookie, one can imagine what kind of height Yan Hua will grow to in the future if everything goes well.

If it is said that at the beginning of the season, the King's management still had doubts about Yan Hua's performance and wanted to keep Brad Miller for a rainy day, then when Yan Hua's performance got better and better, Brad Miller, who overlaps with Yan Hua, has no chance in the Kings, not to mention the younger and lower-paid Spencer Hawes on the Kings bench. -With Hawes' ability, it is definitely more than enough to serve as a substitute for Yan Hua, and it is even a bit of a luxury, so it is reasonable for the king to send away the injured Brad Miller.

And Reggie Toyes told Yan Hua in advance the news of the king's trade of Brad Miller, which undoubtedly means that they have put the king's future on Yan Hua, and they want Yan Hua to be the team's leader. The core and the boss have come to train, and all the players in the Kings who will affect Yan Hua will eventually be sent away by the management.

After the "closed-door talks" ended and a little breakfast, the king set off for New Orleans, ready to face the Hornets, currently ranked seventh in the West, with Chris Paul, David West, Tyson -The Hornets of Chandler and Peja Stojakovic can be regarded as a strong team in the West. They played the second best record in the West last season. In the regular season MVP selection, he also lost to Kobe Bryant with an extremely slight disadvantage and ranked second.

Therefore, the game against the Hornets is also a very big test for the king. On December 12, the king challenged the New Orleans Hornets away. "Tyson Chandler, Yan Hua also fully experienced the feeling of being O'Neal. After a back-and-forth dunk, Tyson Chandler had no temper at all. He had 10 violent dunks in a single quarter. Buckle is also Yan Hua's first time since entering the league.

With Yan Hua's outstanding performance of 8 of 6 shots in a single quarter, scoring 14 points and 5 rebounds, the Hornets started double-teaming Yan Hua crazily from the second quarter. Yan Hua scored 14 points in the first quarter, but only 7 points were scored in the next three quarters, and 5 of them came from free throws.

Although the Hornets successfully restrained Yan Hua, because they invested too much energy in defending Yan Hua, the Hornets' overall defense had problems. Drew Gooden, who partnered with Yan Hua as a power forward, was in In today's game, the Kings scored the highest 24 points after joining the Kings, plus Kevin Martin's game-high 31 points. The three scored 20 points, and finally defeated the Hornets 112-106 in the away game.

And on the day the King defeated the Hornets, the Jazz, ranked eighth in the Western Conference, lost to the Lakers in an away game, giving up the eighth position in the Western Conference.

　Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone

　　
　
(End of this chapter)