pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 394 Heading to Salt Lake City

Before the ball entered the basket, Mu Chenfeng raised a confident smile, which came from the confidence of a pitcher.

As Mu Chenfeng landed, the basketball also fell into the net bag.

The record was thus born. With his last shot, Mu Chenfeng scored the 59th point of the game, successfully breaking Chamberlain's century-old record.

Chamberlain once said that these records of his will be broken one day, but he will definitely keep them for a while. His second sentence is correct. His records have been sealed for nearly a hundred years and no one can break them. But what he never expected was that the one who broke his records was a yellow-skinned Chinese.

What's even more incredible is that this is only Mu Chenfeng's third professional match.

A 20-point victory, a record that has been sealed for a century, Mu Chenfeng successfully fulfilled his promise at halftime in this battle.

In order to commemorate this record, the league presented the game ball for this game to Mu Chenfeng as a "gift" for his permanent collection.

Although the Magic fans at home witnessed another disastrous defeat of the team, they also witnessed the birth of a record. In this way, it is worth the fare.

When the Magic team left the field, no one hugged or shook hands with Mu Chenfeng. They never imagined that they would become witnesses of history. When people mention the single-game scoring record of NBA rookies in the future, the Magic team will also be mentioned together.

Mu Chenfeng's performance is really crazy. The highest score in a single game in the NBA so far this season is only a "mere" 45 points, which is vulnerable to Mu Chenfeng's 59 points.

Presumably, this record will be maintained for a while. Mu Chenfeng also created the record of the youngest man with 50 points in the NBA. Today, Mu Chenfeng is only 19 years old and 105 days old. It will be very difficult for future generations to break this record.

After the game, Mu Chenfeng couldn't come back to his senses for a long time. This was really too dreamy. He couldn't believe that he could break this unattainable record.

With his performance in this game, Mu Chenfeng temporarily occupied the top spot in the league scoring list, leaving James Wade and other league super giants behind.

"This is just the first record and I still have many records to break." This game raised Mu Chenfeng's self-confidence to the extreme, and his goal is to take a longer-term view of the league.

Moderate confidence is good, but overconfidence can turn bad.

Seeing Mu Chenfeng's confident look, Coach Scola still reminded him seriously, "The subsequent records are not so easy to break. After you finish this game, you will attract the attention and research of many teams. The next game is the biggest test for you. How high your career can reach depends on how you respond to these tests."

Scola’s words are not exaggerated. Those rookies who just entered the league usually get relatively high scores in the first few games of their careers.

With the deepening of the season, the performance of rookies tends to be stable. In the case of high exposure, the characteristics of rookies will also be known to other teams, so special arrangements will be made, and the performance of rookies will also decline.

Mu Chenfeng, as a leader among the rookies, has always been watched by countless pairs of eyes on his performance, and the technical analysis about him will also flow out immediately.

The next game is to go to the west and challenge the Utah Jazz away.

This western powerhouse "picked up" William in the draft, and this will also be a strong dialogue between the No. [-] pick and the No. [-] pick in this year's draft.

William also plays a core role in the Jazz. The Jazz are known for their defense in the NBA. This fits perfectly with William’s technical characteristics. The Jazz are not a team that is good at offense. They averaged only 95.3 points per game this season, but they were able to limit their opponents to 93.7 points. In the past three games, the Jazz also achieved 2 wins and 1 loss, ranking fourth in the Western Conference. in fourth place.

Before the draft, William had always been a popular candidate for the No. [-] pick, but the Heat signed the No. [-] pick to Mu Chenfeng. This was a serious shock to William. He wanted to use his performance to prove that the Heat's choice was wrong, and he was always looking forward to competing with Mu Chenfeng and hitting everyone in the face with basketball.

After the Heat finished the game against the Magic, they flew directly to Salt Lake City after a short break. Salt Lake City is a plateau with an altitude of 1295 meters and an average temperature of only 11.1 degrees. It is one of the four "zero-degree arenas" in the NBA.

In the early years, the Utah Jazz established a fierce defensive system under the leadership of head coach Sloan. At that time, the Utah Shuangsha was a feared existence in the entire league. When the old Sloan passed away, he entrusted his son Sloan to make Utah regain the glory of the year.

The old Sloan left with hatred, because the greatest desire in his life was to see the Jazz win the O'Brien Cup. The old Sloan's unfulfilled wish could only be pinned on the young Sloan.

Four years ago, Jr. Sloan finally took over the Salt Lake City team after several years of precipitation, and brought back that fierce style of play.

In the three games completed by the Utah Jazz, the performance of the opponent's main players was not satisfactory. The core players of the three teams only scored 48 points in total, with an average of only 16 points per player. It is difficult to win with such a score on the core players.

When he got off the plane, Mu Chenfeng smelled the coldness in the air in Salt Lake City. The temperature here was in stark contrast to the warm Miami, like the extremes of the two worlds.

"This is the last place NBA teams want to come." Wade said slowly. Salt Lake City is known as the devil's home court, with high altitude and low temperature. This makes it difficult for players who are used to playing under normal circumstances to adapt.

This is also the reason why the Heat went to the Salt Lake Plateau one day in advance to allow the players' bodies to adapt to the plateau environment in advance.

The Heat's opponent is not only the Jazz, but also the plateau environment.

Mu Chenfeng walked on the ground of Salt Lake City, and he could clearly feel that his legs had become much heavier, and walking was more energy-consuming than usual, and his breathing became heavy.

"No wonder everyone doesn't want to come to Salt Lake City." Mu Chenfeng muttered softly, and then went to the hotel near the arena with his teammates.

(End of this chapter)