A new month had arrived, and on December 1st, Zhang Yang slept until after 10 a.m. before waking up. He quickly washed up and headed to the arena.
After finishing the game last night, it was almost 11:30 p.m. Battling with McGrady for points, excluding fouls resulting in free throws and failed offenses, he had taken 30 shots, exhausting him considerably. The post-game interview lasted until almost 1 a.m... It was 3 a.m. by the time he finally lay down and fell asleep.
Originally, he had planned to sleep until noon and then get up for lunch. The reason he got up so "early" to go to the arena was that the team's PR officer called to tell him he had won an award: the Eastern Conference's Player of the Month for the first month!
Arriving at the arena, he faced the cameras with a businesslike smile and received the Player of the Month trophy from the league official, muttering a few courteous words... and that was it.
