CHAPTER 1295: CHAPTER 524: NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD, YEARNED FOR

After Zhang Yang made that chase-down three-pointer, the cheers of the fans on site never stopped, continuously pushing to their peak when the final whistle sounded.

Not sure from where it started, a small range of chants began with "Knicks Dynasty" and "Saint Jack," then quickly spread to the entire crowd all shouting these two phrases, from chaotic to orderly, alternating between Knicks Dynasty and Saint Jack.

Zhang Yang couldn’t help but walk to the mid-circle, close his eyes, tilt his head back and open his arms, listening to the fans’ chants.

Big Apple City, this stadium, truly has something unique...

Feeling uncontrollable drowsiness creeping in, Zhang San thought: well, still hoping to experience the dynasty.

He turned back and looked toward the baseline at the man gritting his teeth over there, this Jordan, shouldn’t have the condition to say, ’I’ve achieved all honors, no more pursuits’ before retiring, right?

The next finals opponent is the league’s third shooting guard.

The essence of human cinema has collapsed, knocking out the flying man again, next if ’he’ here successfully takes out the glider, then... number one in the world? No, with 5 championships + a three-peat, modern basketball’s first!

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October 30, 2009, a little past 6 in the morning, Zhang Yang woke up from a deep sleep feeling refreshed.

At this moment, his memory of ’last night’ was having dinner with his parents and then going home after 9 to start the practice sleeping... At this thought, his mind shifted, the ’door’ appeared in his view, simultaneously, the memory of ’92 East Final game 7’ surged into his mind.

But it’s only the memory of the game itself, other things, he still has to ’actively recall’.

Just days short of turning 29, the peak period where physical fitness and skill merge perfectly, the fundamentals almost maxed to talent limit, and complementary skills are incredibly proficient, facing 29-year-old Jordan, only lacking in physical fitness... that feeling of truly being omnipotent on the court, Zhang Yang was full of longing, number one in the world...

But he believes when he reaches twenty-eight or nine himself, absolutely stronger than that!

He looked at the tasks on the door; this practice was perfectly experiential.

On the line of 80, Jordan’s 86 playoff single-game 60+, was disrupted by him, but in this practice, he scored 65 points, creating the highest score in playoff history; 31 points in the last quarter, surpassing Floyd’s 87 playoff single-quarter 29 points, the only single quarter 30+ in the playoffs.

But the task wasn’t perfectly completed; the basic task ’Defying Gods’ completes when winning the game.

For ’Dancing with God’, he scored 65 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, Jordan had 55 points, 10 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks. In scoring and assists, his score was higher than Jordan’s, earning him a random shooting talent point, but in rebounds, steals, and blocks, not one surpassed Jordan, physical talent points flew away, meaning apart from the scoring, everything was overshadowed. Thankfully, the game is scored by points!

In his heart, he said "claim reward," and the content on the door changed.

"You’ve claimed the practice task reward, getting 1 jumping talent point, 1 layup talent point, 1 random shooting talent point, automatically used, acquiring 1 three-point talent point.

Three-point 94 (limit 96), mid-range shot 93 (limit 95), layup 94 (limit 96), dribbling 91, passing 87, speed 94, strength 87 (limit 89), jumping 90 (limit 91), stamina 94 (limit 96)..."

Luck isn’t bad! Randomly got the three-point closest to the limit!

Only 1 layup talent point obtained, but the limit raised from 94 to 96, this, Zhang Yang has understood the situation after multiple practices, at the age of 29 in the peak period on 80 line, the layup has reached 95, meaning before getting this layup talent point, the talent had reached 95.

However, judging from past experience, even if the limit updated, he might not break through in the short term, let alone raising to 96, the likelihood of breaking through to 95’s historical-level attack the basket isn’t high; that tiny bit of distance should rely on strength naturally raising to peak level, enhancing attacking the basket capability, this probably requires a relatively long time.

Of course, there’s still a way, for instance, getting two or three layup talent points, directly elevating the technique talent higher, with greater room for growth, better talent for faster improvement;

Or acquiring a few strength talent points, with significantly increased strength growth potential, rapidly rising, propelling attack the basket capability enhancement.

Get up, wash up, eat breakfast, Zhang Yang headed to Tuhang Stadium earlier to practice before the team training started.

Even after exiting ’active recall’, practice memory is stored, but the game experience remains, those much firmer fundamentals than he has now, more skillful techniques, showcasing performance capable of facing peak Jordan heads-on... He was eager to become stronger than that ’him’!

Just like the day before yesterday, after changing into training attire, he walked out from the locker room, still two minutes before eight, Matthews was already training.

Effort is indeed diligent, just that, from Jarett Young he heard, this rookie practiced alone with head down, a whole summer has been like that all along...

Noticing Zhang Yang’s arrival, Matthews stopped training, hesitated a bit, restrained embarrassment and said: "Good morning, Jack."

Oh, not seeing him for a day, manners have risen indeed, Zhang Yang replied: "Good morning, Wesley."

Thinking a bit, Zhang Yang continued saying: "Why not call Chip when practicing shooting? Don’t worry about disturbing his sleep, the season has begun, these tasks are what he should be doing, he is the best shooting coach in the NBA, even the world, can help you formulate more professional training plans, and improve shooting actions and habits."