Los Angeles.
South Bay Lakers game venue.
Today is Zhao Feiyang's second game here. Their opponent is the Santa Cruz Warriors, who also belong to the Pacific Division.
This team is a Development League team affiliated with the Golden State Warriors. It is strong in the NBDL league and has always maintained sufficient competitiveness.
After the game started, Zhao Feiyang still sat firmly on the bench. As he expected, head coach Raul Green did not put much trust in him.
Fortunately, there are still a lot of Chinese fans in the arena today. These supporters are even more powerful than they were in the last game. Many players even wore the same jersey that Zhao Feiyang wore for the South Bay Lakers. They all sat in the same room. area, transforming into Zhao Feiyang’s fan group to cheer for him.
When the game reached 3 minutes and 01 seconds of the second quarter, head coach Raul Green finally signaled Zhao Feiyang to come on.
At this time, the score on the court was 36 to 40.
The Santa Cruz Warriors lead the South Bay Lakers by 4 points.
Although few people paid attention to the score difference on the court, Zhao Feiyang still took a look at the scoreboard. When he stepped onto the court again, his eyes were completely different from before.
If he was still confused and uncomfortable before, now he has a tenacity and confidence.
It only took one game for Zhao Feiyang to understand the rules here, that is, NBDL does not need assist players or green leaves, data is the real king.
call out.
The referee whistle sounded.
The South Bay Lakers serve.
Teammate Chris Thiem passed the ball to Zhao Feiyang. His original intention was for Zhao Feiyang to pass it back to him, but as soon as the ball was given, Chris Thiem discovered that Zhao Feiyang had taken the ball away directly.
"WTF?"
Chris Thiem looked surprised.
Zhao Feiyang, who was advancing with the ball, was very calm. He ignored Chris Thiem's move to ask for the ball and concentrated on dribbling the ball across the half court.
"This guy won't pass the ball to me anyway, so why should I bother with him?"
"The only way to get out of this quagmire is to achieve results early!"
After halftime, seeing the defensive player approaching, Zhao Feiyang had an idea and pretended to pass the ball to Chris Thiem.
"Chris."
Zhao Feiyang shouted to Chris Timm while making gestures.
This move immediately attracted the attention of the two opposing players.
Chris Thiem looked surprised, thinking that Zhao Feiyang would really pass the ball, so he ran to the left, intending to catch the ball and break through from that area towards the basket.
However, the next second, Zhao Feiyang, who was standing still, suddenly launched an attack. He was extremely fast. He first broke through the two zones with a change of direction, and then changed hands for a layup in the penalty area. He easily avoided it with one simple move. Open two defensive players.
Uh-huh.
A solid layup.
Zhao Feiyang's breakthrough drew cheers from the outside.
"nice shot!"
"Well done!"
After scoring the goal, Zhao Feiyang ran towards the half court and passed by Chris Thiem. The opponent grabbed Zhao Feiyang and said, "Man, didn't you say you would pass the ball to me?"
Zhao Feiyang deliberately pretended to be sorry, "Oh! Man, I'm sorry, I saw too many defensive players around you just now... Next time! Next time I must..."
Two minutes later, Zhao Feiyang once again played singles with the ball. This time he was double-teamed by two defensive players at the same time. Teammate Chris Thiem was very excited when he saw this. He ran to the wing to respond and kept making moves towards Zhao Feiyang to ask for the ball.
"They're all double-teamed! He should pass the ball to me now..."
Chris Thiem looked forward to it.
However, the next second, Zhao Feiyang shot directly from outside the three-point line. This time, he took a strong shot against two defensive players and threw the basketball when the opponent blocked most of the shooting space.
Uh-huh.
The moment the basketball hit the net, the Chinese fans on the sidelines went crazy. They stood up and cheered. Some even danced. Their excitement was palpable.
From this moment on, Zhao Feiyang's condition became more and more heroic.
However, he was lucky. Even though not many people fed him the ball, he still grabbed a lot of rebounds under the basket with his flexible movements.
As a result, his scoring continued to rise, and by the end of the second quarter, he had scored 24 points.
Perhaps the good performance aroused the interest of head coach Raul Green, or maybe the audience was too enthusiastic and forced head coach Raul Green to do this. In short, Zhao Feiyang continued to play in the third quarter.
In the next more than 7 minutes, Zhao Feiyang repeatedly broke through the Santa Cruz Warriors' basket with three-pointers. No matter whether the opponent used marking or double-teaming tactics, it was completely useless.
Zhao Feiyang was like a loser, ruthlessly crushing the opponent with three-pointers, so that in the second half of the third quarter, the Santa Cruz Warriors were directly opened to a 17-point gap.
Under such circumstances, it can almost be declared that the game has entered garbage time.
call out.
At the end of the third quarter with 2 minutes left, Zhao Feiyang was finally replaced by head coach Raul Green.
At this time, the situation on the court was completely reversed. He also scored an astonishing 44 points and happened to get 13 rebounds, which was considered a rare double-double.
The moment Zhao Feiyang walked off the court, the only thing that greeted him on the sidelines was the cheers of the fans and the awe and respect in the eyes of his teammates.
"Well done!"
Head coach Raul Green even took the initiative to praise him.
There was no suspense in the rest of the game. After Zhao Feiyang left the game, the South Bay Lakers beat the Santa Cruz Warriors completely one-sidedly.
In the previous evenly matched situation, because of Zhao Feiyang, the "spoiler", the opponent's players were beaten completely out of temper and had no ability to fight back.
Beep.
The sound of the timer stopping sounded, and the live game officially ended.
Zhao Feiyang was unable to leave the field immediately because as soon as the game ended, he was surrounded by fans on the sidelines. A group of Chinese fans formed a circle around him, all wanting to ask for his autograph and cooperation.
Zhao Feiyang did not refuse and responded enthusiastically.
The results of this game spread quickly. To the media in Los Angeles, a player from the Development League who scored 44 points sounded very powerful. However, because the opponent was a Chinese player, the need for reporting suddenly decreased a lot.
Naturally, other teams will not pay too much attention to the news of the Development League. Therefore, for the NBA, Zhao Feiyang's 44 points are just a pebble thrown into the sea and did not cause much waves.
When the news spread back to China, fans had completely different attitudes towards it.
"44 points is pretty good! It proves that Zhao Feiyang is fully capable of playing in the NBA!"
"So what if I score 50 points in the Development League? There are a bunch of people there who can't play in the NBA! Is it awesome for a middle school student to go to an elementary school to participate in a game and kill everyone?"
"I don't know if he's good or not, but I think Zhao Feiyang is definitely wasting his youth in the Lakers! If any team offers Zhao Feiyang an olive branch now, I think his development will be much better than that of the Lakers. ..."
