Shanxi men's basketball team Zhang Ning: 16 words taught me to play

"Desperately defend, desperately grab, dare to bear, dare to contribute." At the post-match press conference, Zhang Ning said that these 16 words are the requirements of the Shanxi men's basketball coaching team for every player. "I'll always keep it in mind and play the next game." On November 6, the 10th round of the CBA regular season, the Shanxi men's basketball team defeated Shandong 114-107.

In this campaign, Shanxi men's basketball rookie Zhang Ning scored 25 points and attended the press conference as a player representative for the first time this season. 25 points set a new single-game record for Zhang Ning's single-game scoring, after his previous record was 21 points. In this game, Zhang Ning staged a "hand-to-hand" defense on the defensive end, and his shooting rate on the offensive end was quite amazing: 8 of 9 from two-point range, 2 of 4 from three-point range, and 3 of 3 from the free throw line. Zhang Ning, who came off the bench, played this game for 30 minutes with excellent performance at both ends of the attack and defense. “

All the players played well today. Shanxi men's basketball coach Yang Xuezeng stressed after the game, "Especially Zhang Ning, who has helped the team a lot." So far this season, Zhang Ning has averaged 27 minutes per game, and can get 13.3 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.8 assists, all of which are career highs. It is worth mentioning that Zhang Ning's data is not "brushed", his two-point shooting rate reached 65%, three-point shooting rate reached 46%, and the shooting rate was amazing.

This summer, the new coaching team came to the Shanxi men's basketball team. "As soon as Yang Dao (Yang Xuezeng) and Pan Dao (Pan Jianping) came to the team, they said 16 words to us. Desperately defend, desperately grab, dare to bear, dare to contribute. Zhang Ning said that he has always kept it in mind and hopes that he can continue to do so. Under Yang Xuezeng, Zhang Ning gained more trust and became a "double guard" who also served as a point guard and a scoring guard. Zhang Ning used his performance to prove that he can both share the ball and organize the attack, and can also force breakthroughs or shoot to score. In the pre-season warm-up match on October 13, Zhang Ning was injured with his right eyebrow bone when he broke through, and then went to the hospital for 16 stitches without anesthesia. Now on the field, Zhang Ning still needs to wear protective gear, but he still chooses to charge again and again, falling under the basket again and again. As the core player of the Peking University men's basketball team, Zhang Ning once had the "unlimited right to fire"; after coming to the Shanxi men's basketball team, Zhang Ning started from the defensive tip, made up for the position again and again, assisted in defense again and again, and gradually grew into the "best sixth person". Without complaining and not accepting defeat, Zhang Ning used his performance to let people see his determination to run the professional league.

Source: Taiyuan Evening News