James was so unwilling to accept defeat because this was the closest he had come to beating Zhang Yang.
For three and a half quarters, the game went back and forth, but in the last half of the quarter, Zhang Yang scored 9 points, leading the Bobcats to score 12 points, while he only managed 5 points and 1 assist for a total of 7 points for his team… The gap in their ability to make crucial shots was so great that it left him extremely frustrated.
He was determined to train harder and win next time!
As Zhang Yang and Hill discussed casually, James had indeed started to change, for a variety of reasons.
The catalyst was the continuous defeats to Zhang Yang; he hadn't won a single game, 18 consecutive losses… no, now it was 19.
What infuriated him, and pushed his frustration to the limit, was that everyone's opinion of him had declined.
The most obvious sign was the gradual decrease in his teammates' admiration for him.
