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Chapter 100 Troubled
"This GR's away game is finally over." Looking at the white clouds outside the window, and the city that is gradually disappearing from sight, Yanhua, who is taking the plane back to Sacramento, finally felt a breath of relief. After seven days of fighting Five away games, for a rookie like Yan Hua who has just gotten acquainted with the rhythm of the NBA, it is simply a torment, and this torment is not only physical, but also psychological.

After the game against the New York Knicks, the King's five-game road trip in the Eastern Conference is finally over, and the ending of five games and two wins is somewhat unacceptable for the Kings. After all, it ends at the end of the All-Star Weekend At that time, the Kings wanted to take this opportunity to win a wave, and then surpass the Mavericks in the record rankings to reach sixth in the Western Conference. After all, these five away opponents are very strong no matter how they look at it. Usually, after five games, the Kings lost three of them. Not only did they fail to surpass the Mavericks in front, but they were also caught up by the Hornets behind them.

However, after this round of away games in the Eastern Conference is over, the King's next schedule will be much easier, because in the remaining 20 games for the Kings, there are only less than 10 away games, and they are all away games in the Western Conference that are relatively close. Like going to the east to play an away game, you have to cross the entire United States, and even for away games in places like Phoenix and Los Angeles, you can go home directly after the game that night.

The king's next schedule will be very easy, but Yan Hua's current life is not easy. As the favorite of the best rookie, Yan Hua has become the target of many media since the middle of the season, especially in the After Yan Hua won the MVP of the Rookie Challenge, in the eyes of many media, Yan Hua has become a popular new star, so after the end of the All-Star Weekend, basically every game of the Kings, there will be a lot of media I went to watch the scene with the reporters, and prepared to see Yan Hua's "heroic appearance", especially in the King's away game against the Knicks, the entire media in New York was basically dispatched.

However, Yan Hua's performance in this series of away games was not ideal. In these five games, Yan Hua only scored in double figures in two games, and only one game in double figures in rebounding. Yan Hua's average data per game is 17 points and 11 rebounds. He failed to get a double-double in five consecutive games. However, Si did not have any dissatisfaction with Yan Hua. Before returning to Sacramento, when Reggie Toyce talked to Yan Hua, not only did he not criticize Yan Hua, but he also comforted Yan Hua.

In fact, Yan Hua's game state has fallen off a cliff. As the head coach, Reggie Toyce has already expected that it is impossible for any player to maintain a very good game state throughout the season, especially It is those rookies who have just entered the league. They have not yet learned how to adjust their game state and distribute their physical energy reasonably. During the star weekend, even those superstars couldn't get rid of the all-star syndrome, let alone a rookie like Yan Hua, so Reggie Troyce, who has been there, is also very tolerant of Yan Hua.

In the NBA, after any rookie emerges, he will become the target of all opposing players, and even some teams. In this league, there is never a shortage of veteran players who like to bully rookies, let alone those Looking at other players who are in their early years, so far this season, all rookies, including Yan Hua, have gradually become familiar with the league, and their technical characteristics and shortcomings have also been thoroughly studied by their opponents. Eating tigers or something basically won't happen anymore.

And whether it is a rookie entering the NBA from the NCAA or a non-NCAA rookie like Yan Hua, they have never experienced such a long league. They have to play 6 regular season games in 82 months. It is a great test. Rookies who are not mentally strong often show signs of collapse in the middle of the season.

After participating in the four-day All-Star Weekend back and forth, Yan Hua, who was fooling around with those guys every day and did not get a good rest, felt a little tired after the All-Star Weekend. In the middle of the game, I encountered the opponent's target again, so Yan Hua's performance in five consecutive away games was very average, which disappointed the media who had high expectations for Yan Hua, especially the game against the Knicks Well, if Kevin Martin hadn't made a big news at Madison Square Garden, Yan Hua would inevitably be pulled out by the media in New York.

So during this period of time, Yan Hua basically avoided the media, did not attend the press conference after the game, and did not accept any interviews. However, Yan Hua was a little unexpected. After Lamento, a group of media came to Yan Hua.

"Hello, I'm Zhou Chao, a reporter from the Basketball Pioneer News in the United States. This is our editor-in-chief and Mr. Su Qun, a special commentator for CCTV stationed in the NBA. And this is Xinhua News Agency and CCTV's center in the United States. Tang Shiding, the head of the reporter's station."

Yan Hua returned home directly after getting off the plane. After seeing the interview team waiting at the door, he was very surprised. Of course, because of the same skin color and nationality, Yan Hua also felt very cordial when he saw them. .

Since Yan Hua was not well-known in the country before entering the NBA, and Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian were too bright, Yan Hua, who was selected with the 12th overall pick in the first round, did not receive much attention and did not receive much attention. Received Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian's treatment as an interview with the team, but as Yan Hua's performance got better and better, and his influence became bigger and bigger, CCAV also began to pay attention to Yan Hua, and the king's games, more and more Appeared in the live broadcast list of CCAV, and the purpose of Su Qun and others this time is to do an exclusive interview with Yan Hua. Will also be based in Sacramento.

After learning of Su Qun's intentions, Yan Hua recruited his two assistants, Zhou Feng and Long Sanfeng, and asked them to arrange the interview, and at the same time asked them to speak in front of the interview team. Showing off their faces, as the person selected by Yao Ming personally, whether it is Zhou Feng or Long Sanfeng, they are all very capable. Although Yan Hua's current English level has been able to adapt to life in the United States, Yan Hua still decides Keep the two of them by your side as a supplement to agent Bill Duffy. Bill Duffy has too many players under his command, and it is impossible to devote all his time and energy to Yan Hua , so just like Yao Ming has a "Yao Team", Yan Hua also needs to have a "Yan Team" to help him handle everything other than basketball.

After the interview, Yan Hua took a shower and fell asleep. Yan Hua needed a lot of rest now. Fortunately, the head coach Reggie Troyce was very considerate of Yan Hua. After the team returned to Sacramento , I gave Yan Hua two days off alone, let Yan Hua rest at home for two days, and put out the best game state to meet the next game.

(End of this chapter)