After defeating the South Bay Lakers in the first game, Zhao Feiyang suddenly became a hot topic in the Development League. Of course, in comparison, his popularity is even higher than that of the entire NBDL.
To the outside world, a low-level league is really nothing to pay attention to.
The arrival of Zhao Feiyang has undoubtedly temporarily injected vitality into this team and attracted more attention.
His 50-point score also attracted the attention of many Bay Area fans. However, such high scores have been achieved before.
Although rare, it is not that shocking.
Soon, the Santa Cruz Warriors will have another game of their own.
This time they challenged the Stockton Kings away from home. This is the Development League team affiliated with the Sacramento Kings. Their strength is average and there are no big highlights.
Before the game officially started, there were still many Asian faces present.
The arrival of Zhao Feiyang made this mediocre game more attractive, and also allowed many fans who could not afford to watch the NBA to temporarily enter the Development League where the ticket price was lower, and get a glimpse of the players who had participated in the NBA Finals.
The battle between the two sides was not too fierce.
From the beginning of the first quarter, the Stockton Kings trailed the Santa Cruz Warriors. The point difference was not big, and they were always stuck at a 3 to 6 point gap.
The players on the field certainly worked hard, but no one could perform too vigorously, so the game seemed a bit boring.
Even though Eddie Jones, the core of the Santa Cruz Warriors, has been working very hard and showing a very positive attitude on both offense and defense, he still cannot arouse the interest of the fans.
Until Zhao Feiyang appeared.
The fans in the audience seemed to be excited for a moment. Most of them stood up excitedly and clapped. Zhao Feiyang also waved to the players.
It was only 1 minute and 50 seconds into the second quarter.
From this point on, Zhao Feiyang continued to show his strength as a super rookie.
Santa Cruz Warriors serve.
Zhao Feiyang advanced with the ball. As soon as the half was passed, two players came up to double-team Zhao Feiyang. Zhao Feiyang did not rush, but observed the situation on the court. After discovering that the defense on the left side was weak, he suddenly changed direction and rushed towards the left side.
Before the defensive player who was shaken away by him had time to react, Zhao Feiyang had already rushed into the two zones.
Under the defense of the opponent's big player, he jumped high to meet the opponent and took a shot. The two met each other in mid-air. Zhao Feiyang made a difficult pull to avoid the opponent and successfully threw the ball into the basket.
Uh-huh.
The ball went in.
It's the opponent's turn to counterattack.
After the opponent dribbled the ball past half-court, he transferred the ball to the inside position. When the opponent's big player avoided the defender and tried to get into the basket to take a shot, Zhao Feiyang, who had already seen the flaw, rushed in from the two zones.
Snapped.
A big shot was delivered.
Zhao Feiyang slapped the basketball away, blocking the opponent's big player and everyone was stunned.
"WTF?"
"I got hit by a defender?"
The basketball falls out.
After Zhao Feiyang flew to save the ball and threw the ball back to his teammates, the Santa Cruz Warriors players quickly completed the transition to defensive counterattack.
A group of people rushed to the half court, and the Santa Cruz Warriors players failed to score in the fast break. Fortunately, someone grabbed the rebound.
Snapped.
The ball fell into Zhao Feiyang's hands again.
Zhao Feiyang, who was standing on the three-point line, no longer hesitated at this time. He raised the basketball and shot a three-pointer.
Uh-huh.
The basketball fell steadily into the basket.
The situation on the entire court became intense because of the appearance of Zhao Feiyang.
The other players of the Santa Cruz Warriors watched Zhao Feiyang continue to score. They were like a group of sheep, being pulled forward by Zhao Feiyang, a ferocious lion.
As the opponent, the Stockton Kings are completely passive.
Their players have been trying to stop Zhao Feiyang, trying to block his breakthrough, trying to interfere with his shooting, and even using double teams to lock him down.
Unfortunately, none of these methods worked, so in the end, they could only watch Zhao Feiyang score easily on the court.
Zhao Feiyang played 27 minutes. By the time he came off the field, the game had entered the final quarter.
At this time, the score between the two sides was 97 to 70.
The 27-point gap turned the last quarter into garbage time.
"56 points?"
"Damn it! Why is this guy so powerful?"
Eddie Jones, who was sitting on the bench, was completely numb.
After witnessing Zhao Feiyang's terrifying scoring ability, his previous belief that he was unlucky had been completely dispelled, and his entire hope seemed to be shattered.
Head coach Michael Waters was not very happy, and there was not much emotion on his face. He would just sigh and shake his head from time to time.
"No!"
"This guy doesn't belong here..."
"Why did the Warriors release him?"
After scoring 50 points in the first game, Zhao Feiyang continued to carry the entire team to beat the opponent in the second game, and personally scored 56 points.
Soon, the third and fourth games came one after another.
Zhao Feiyang did not disappoint the fans who supported him! His performance is getting better and better, and he scored 60 points and 63 points in the next two games!
The scores continue to rise, and more and more fans are paying attention to him.
Even after he scored 63 points, ESPN reported news about him for the first time and tracked the Warriors' recent trade rumors.
"Oh! We have noticed the madness of this young man... So let's see what the Warriors are doing? According to the latest gossip, the Golden State Warriors are negotiating a deal with a team, no If something unexpected happens, the person being traded should be Zhao..."
"According to the information we received, this team is also in the West and is a team in the Midwest Division..."
As soon as ESPN's relevant reports came out, many fans were shocked.
Based on the clues and some rumors from the grapevine, many people have guessed that the team negotiating a deal with the Golden State Warriors may be the Minnesota Timberwolves.
As soon as such speculation came out, fans in the Bay Area were dumbfounded.
"WTF? Trade Zhao to Minnesota? Are you kidding me? What the hell is Minnesota? It's a place of ice and snow..."
"No one wants to go to that city. They are not even willing to retire the jerseys of their stars... Who would be willing to work for such a team?"
"If Zhao is determined to go to Minnesota, then his season can be said to be completely ruined...Minnesota is not a place capable of competing for the championship at all. It is not that their team has not drafted talented players. players, but they never established any threat..."
When the external rumors reached Zhao Feiyang's ears, he was also confused by the transaction! Although he didn't know if the team was really negotiating a deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves, he was still afraid that it would be true!
"Are you kidding me?"
"Where can I go to play basketball? Do I have to go to a place with ice and snow?"
"There are no stars, no reliable teammates, and no team atmosphere that wants to compete for the championship... So I might as well go back and play CBA. After all, CBA is still right at home..."
While Zhao Feiyang is worrying about the trade, the current situation of the Golden State Warriors is not good either.
Since Stephen Curry was injured, the Golden State Warriors seem to have fallen from heaven to hell overnight. All their previous winning streak has been lost, and all they have is endless problems.
The team tried to support Dennis Grant to replace Stephen Curry. However, Dennis Grant was too young, not mature enough to deal with the ball, and his personal skills were completely incomparable to Stephen Curry.
Thus, the nightmare for the Golden State Warriors began.
They lost four games in a row, which not only ended their previous winning streak, but also completely started their own losing streak.
It’s another game day.
The Golden State Warriors enter their fifth game.
There were still many fans at the game. Even though Stephen Curry suffered an injury, the hope brought by the previous winning streak was still there and had not been completely shattered.
Before the game started, Stephen Curry also appeared on the bench. In order to cheer up his teammates, he came to the scene to watch.
Wearing a suit, he limped to the bench, hugged and high-fived his teammates, and then took his seat on the bench.
Fans also know very well that just by looking at him, they know that he will still be on hiatus for this game.
The game started soon.
This time the Golden State Warriors faced the Los Angeles Lakers.
Kobe Bryant's smooth comeback this season gave the Lakers some hope. However, in fact, the start of the season was not ideal. The Lakers had no plans to recruit any players, and the team configuration has hardly changed much.
The only difference is that Jeremy Lin, who grew up in the Bay Area, was traded to the Lakers. Although he can no longer compare with the "Linsanity" of a few years ago, he is still used as a main player.
Warriors fans can't watch Zhao Feiyang, and they can only watch Jeremy Lin's games.
The Lakers' start was not very good, and their record up to this point was quite average. If they are unable to exert their strength in the future, they will most likely remain in the second-to-last place.
For the Warriors, beating a team ranked second to last in the West with the best record is really not much of a challenge.
Even without Stephen Curry, most Warriors players firmly believe they can do it.
The Warriors did play a stable performance, but it was only limited to the first quarter. After the second quarter came, the Warriors gradually began to have various problems.
It happened that Kobe Bryant also started to exert his strength on the Los Angeles Lakers, causing the Warriors' performance to get worse and worse. Therefore, a game that originally seemed to be quite winnable was gradually pulled away later and turned into a game. And getting further and further away from victory.
The Warriors' performance also disappointed fans at Oracle Arena.
It was in this atmosphere that some Chinese fans began to shout, "Bring Zhao back! We need him!"
I don’t know who started shouting first, and more and more people started shouting. By the end of the third quarter, fans in the entire stadium joined in the shouting.
