Free Web NovelChapter 593: Chapter 182: A Legend Is Being Born! (2)
Sat on the sofa for a long time; the USC sister flowers had long retreated to their rooms to sleep. Zhang Hao saw it was nearly 11 o’clock; the excitement from the magical playoff debut night finally began to gradually calm down.
Returned to the room, ready to sleep. freeweɓnovel.cѳm
Before sleeping, and after entering study mode during sleep, Zhang Hao pondered two questions, both related to stamina.
One is the issue of stamina allocation.
After finishing the rookie season, contrasting it with the start of the rookie season, his stamina has increased significantly, but this growth slowed as the weight reached a certain level, and even, due to the increasing weight, the stamina growth has stalled.
At 19 years of age, he feels there is still room for improvement in stamina with age growth and maintaining exercise. But on the other hand, weight gain suppresses... No, actually consumes more stamina.
After reviewing the first game of the series against the Kings, Zhang Hao concluded— "I have to allocate stamina more reasonably. In tonight’s game, when I exerted effort on defense, a lot of excess stamina was wasted. No rush, take it slow. With more games played, more reviews conducted, more summaries made... it will surely get better."
"However, even if I don’t turn into a heavyweight inside player, the weight still needs to increase within a certain limit; otherwise, backing down always relies on force, which consumes a lot too. Weight is crucial in post play; I need to find that balance point and discuss it in the offseason."
"Little Keke’s medal for the physical pool needs to be deeply studied. When facing tough opponents, I need to allocate stamina better, and against less strong opponents, it can be used as an experiment."
"Tonight’s fourth quarter was played too well, but it’s not representative. The Kings don’t have the ability to counterattack in such situations, so I could carry the game in the fourth quarter with a wave of bombardment. Luck is quite good; after all, I am lucky, so the luck must be good."
"Robert’s catching rhythm step-and-jump shot is very impressive; his other skills are also great but need ball handling. This catch rhythm step could be learned; when the step is confirmed to move, control the ball-dribbling rhythm well, or else it’s a travel, and without wearing the yellow robe, I’d surely get called..."
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In the non-internet era, the real booming time of professional athletes’ crazy performance often comes when people see the reports in newspapers and on TV news programs the next day, truly reaching a climax.
On the morning of April 26th, the crazy debut night breaking Mikan’s record by Zhang Hao truly spread throughout the basketball world!
As the strongest rookie king of the 90s, the playoff debut surely draws much attention; many people were watching him, and some even hoped he wouldn’t perform well.
Current young stars, seasoned stars, all focused on this game, as well as media and fans, wanting to see how Zhang Hao, who performed so spectacularly in the regular season, would fare in the playoffs.
After all, the media has been talking about "team players" for an entire season, and Zhang Hao’s style is indeed team-oriented, with solo scoring accounting for only twenty percent and averaging less than six points in solo scoring per game.
In the first quarter, quite a few people chuckled, but after the game ended, Zhang Hao’s poor performance in the first quarter made this debut even more legendary!
Throughout NBA history, spanning 50 years, Zhang Hao’s rookie season’s legendary nature comfortably ranks at the forefront! freewebnovel.cσ๓
Such players always appear, not unheard of, but when these players show up, each leaves a heavy mark in NBA history.
Zhang Hao recorded 40 points in the playoff debut, complemented by regular-season performance, Time Warner Cable Sports gave a commentary in the post-game news— A legend is being born!
Los Angeles, the Entertainment Capital, before the game ended last night, several TV stations had already dispatched people to interview some they deemed would spark discussions, and early morning today, when Zhang Hao got up to read the morning papers and watch TV news, he saw numerous exclusive interviews.
Regarding retired players, Sports Illustrated mainly promoted George Mikan’s interview responses.
This grey-haired, wheelchair-bound first superstar in NBA history, a legendary star who forced the NBA to create the basketball rules still in use today through strength, looking by the photo, clearly aged over 70.
In the interview, Mikan answered: "This day finally came. I saw Chamberlain, Baylor, Robertson, Jabbar, Bird, Jordan... those young people enter the NBA. I always expected them to break my record.
But none did; I even thought I might not see it in my lifetime. This day finally arrived, and our Lakers are the greatest basketball team in the world; we keep getting the best talents again and again."
Reading this report, Zhang Hao immediately turned on the complaint mode: "Only now it’s us? Who was it that didn’t let the Lakers retire his jersey back then? Claimed to have no feelings for Los Angeles?"
Complaints aside, this man, still running around every day fighting for pensions for players who entered the NBA before 1976, is still respected by Zhang Hao.
It was only through the efforts of Mikan, Oscar Robertson, and others that today’s NBA players have more autonomy and higher income.
Besides Mikan, there were interviews with some fifties ancient basketball era stars; many names Zhang Hao had never heard of. As for their responses... Zhang Hao found out the practice of honoring the ancient over the new isn’t a future thing; it exists now too. The interview responses often drifted into talking about how Mikan changed basketball and how many techniques now used by players were created by him.
