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Chapter 202 Rookie Wall

On February 2016, 2, the first game after the All-Star Game, the 20ers challenged the Pelicans away.

It can be seen that the nearly one-week vacation has made other 76ers players very loose and in a bad state.

Except for Noel, the other players were unresponsive and slow-moving. The 76ers were once beaten by the Pelicans by 51 points 71-20 in the second quarter.

Zhang Zifeng was very angry when he saw his teammates in this state.During the intermission, Zhang Zifeng lost his temper and yelled at his teammates in the locker room.

Amid Zhang Zifeng's roar, the 76ers finally cheered up.

In the third quarter, the 76ers launched a crazy counterattack and scored 35 points in a single quarter. After three quarters, they only trailed 90-92.

In the fourth quarter, the 76ers were only 1 point behind.

The Pelicans were still in danger with a 20-point lead, but Holiday and Anderson stepped forward, and they made shots one after another, making a wave of 5-0, and the Pelicans stabilized their position.

With 19.6 seconds left in the game, Zhang Zifeng hit a three-pointer, and the 76ers were only 110-113 behind.

Smith made a successful steal after that, and Zhang Zifeng hit a key goal 3.4 seconds before the end of the game, dragging the game into overtime.

In overtime, the 76ers did not give up the victory to others. Zhang Zifeng scored five points to help the 76ers seal the victory.

The final whistle sounded, 121-119.

鹈鹕大将“浓眉哥”安东尼-戴维斯拿下了34分7个篮板，诺里斯-科尔12分。替补出场的莱恩-安德森26分，朱-霍乐迪24分12次助攻。

76人。张子枫得了27分9次助攻4个篮板，诺尔15分，史密斯12分7个篮板，尼克-斯陶斯卡斯11分。全队7人得分上双。

After this battle, the 76ers achieved a record of 25 wins and 29 losses, beating the Magic and rising to the 10th place in the Eastern Conference.

On February 02, the 22ers continued their road trip and gave the Mavericks a head-on blow at the home court of the Dallas Mavericks. In the end, they defeated the Mavericks 76-103 and stabilized their 95th position in the Eastern Conference.

小牛队的韦斯利-马修斯得了21分，德克-诺维茨基18分7个篮板，钱德勒-帕森斯15分，德隆-威廉姆斯15分8次助攻，扎扎-帕楚里亚9分10个篮板。

76人迎来4连胜。探花秀张子枫拿下了29分并送上8次助攻，史密斯14分5个篮板。替补出场的伊赛亚-坎南15分。

Zhang Zifeng's popularity has been increasing unabated. After the All-Star Game, those teams that are committed to the playoffs are starting to make their final struggle at this time.

Opponents are also paying more and more attention to Zhang Zifeng, and as the season passes halfway, Zhang Zifeng's skills are fully revealed, and there are no more secrets to speak of.

As the main coaches of each club analyzed Zhang Zifeng's game video bit by bit.

Zhang Zifeng's good style of play, Zhang Zifeng's habitual movements, where Zhang Zifeng has the highest shooting percentage, where Zhang Zifeng has the worst shooting percentage, etc., are all presented in the report they submitted to the head coach.

On February 02, the 25ers challenged the Pistons, and both teams had to fight to qualify for the playoffs.

At home, the Pistons did not give the 76ers any chance.

From the very beginning they bloom inside and out.

Harris performed well after arriving at the Pistons, and today he felt even hotter. He made 5 of 5 shots in the first quarter and scored 13 points alone. The Pistons led 33-20.

In this game, Zhang Zifeng seemed very uncomfortable under the all-out marking of the Pistons.He was forced to attack the bottom line, which he was not good at, again and again, and made mistakes again and again.

This Zhang Zifeng only scored 19 points and 6 assists, and as many as 8 turnovers.

Without the strongest spear, the 76ers are simply unable to tear through the Pistons' defense.

The Pistons led by 65 points 42-23 in the first half.

Since then, they have maintained a double-digit advantage, leading by 76 points 46-30 at the most in the third quarter.

After three quarters, the Pistons led 85-61.

In the end, the Pistons beat the 111ers at home 91-76.

Leaving Detroit, on February 02, the 27ers returned to the home court to meet the challenge of the Wizards.

Another direct opponent for qualifying for the playoffs. At the Wells Fargo Center Arena, the duel between Zhang Zifeng and John Wall attracted the attention of countless people.

The 76ers got off to a smooth start. Zhang Zifeng played well and scored 10 points in the first half. The 76ers had a slight advantage 52-48.

In the second half, the 76ers once led by 7 points under the leadership of Zhang Zifeng, but the Wizards began to change their strategy.

Bradley Beal and John Wall resolutely teamed Zhang Zifeng into a double-team tactic, Zhang Zifeng was restricted, and other teammates failed to stand up to help share at this time.

The Wizards launched a counterattack led by Wall.

第三节最后2分20秒，76人一分未得，沃尔拿下6分并助攻一次，奇才打出10-0后，以76-72结束前三节。

76人在比赛还有1分27秒时将比分追成94-99。

The Wizards missed consecutive shots, but grabbed offensive rebounds consecutively, and Gortat finally made up the ball.

The 76ers then violated the serve for 5 seconds, and Wall made two free throws to seal the victory for the Wizards.

103-94, the 76ers ushered in a two-game losing streak.

The Wizards played 9 players, except for Garrett Temple, who did not score a point, and everyone else scored more than 5 points.

约翰-沃尔23分、11次助攻和8个篮板，杰里德-达德利14分，马尔辛-戈塔特12分11个篮板，布拉德利-比尔11分。

76人张子枫只得到17分7次助攻以及7个失误，史密斯得到12分、8次助攻和7个篮板。

2月29日，76人队78-98输给魔术队，迎来了三连败，排位也掉入了11位。

This time Zhang Zifeng only scored 14 points and 6 assists, but he made as many as 9 turnovers.

D'Angelo Russell of the Magic scored 22 points, 3 assists, and 6 rebounds, outperforming Zhang Zifeng.

After the game, Russell shouted to the reporter even more arrogantly, "I know I am better than him. When we first entered the league, everyone is not familiar with the Chinese, so that will give the opponent a chance to perform wildly. But now with the game With the passage of time, everyone is familiar with the characteristics of this Chinese, and everyone can clearly see his mediocre qualifications. This Chinese is only suitable for a role player, and he is simply unable to carry the banner of a shooting guard. Mr. Bryant, I can only Say you've lost your sight!"

Zhang Zifeng's poor performance during this period caused various media to comment one after another.

"Parallel imports show! "--"New York Times":
"Zhang Zifeng performed very well in the first half, but it was just that the opponent was unfamiliar with him. But when the opponent became familiar with his technical characteristics, his crazy performance was interrupted! The final facts will prove that he is destined to be just a Role player, the 76ers will eventually regret that they wasted a valuable high pick and only took a second-round pick."

"USA Today" published "Zhang Zifeng hit the rookie wall! Supporting Zhang Zifeng: "Zhang Zifeng did not perform well near the end. He failed to score more than 20 points in two consecutive games and averaged 6 turnovers per game. Yesterday's game against the Magic team created a career-high 9 turnovers. It is obvious that Zhang Zifeng hit a rookie wall that even rookies cannot avoid.

Since then, Zhang Zifeng has disappeared from the public?
I don't think so, the rookie wall, that rookie didn't meet it.Jordan and Kobe have also encountered them, but have they been mediocre since then?
No, they make themselves stronger through their own efforts.It also makes them unique.

Zhang Zifeng still does not give up like Kobe and the others. He is still training hard, looking forward to changing himself and making himself better.

There is a Chinese proverb called "Heaven rewards those who work hard".

I believe that Zhang Zifeng will soon be able to break through the so-called rookie wall and move towards a true superstar. "

……

Zhang Zifeng knew that he had performed poorly during this period, and he also knew that his opponent had completely figured out his offensive routine.

They will always force themselves to attack from the bottom line, losing the familiar offensive rhythm, and Zhang Zifeng's shooting rate has also dropped sharply, only 33.9%.

Zhang Zifeng knew that he had to make adjustments, otherwise he would really think what those newspapers and magazines said that belittled him, and he might fall into a role player.

This is not what Zhang Zifeng wants.

To change this situation, Zhang Zifeng knew that he had to become better and possess more weapons.

Let the opponent can't limit himself at all.

Zhang Zifeng continued to devote himself to hard training and develop new and stable scoring methods.

(End of this chapter)