pinnacle swinger

Chapter 157 Wuhan Asian Championships

"Hello everyone!"

Tang Wenlong had a mouthful of white teeth, and stood on the sidelines with a grinning mouth. He wore white short sleeves with letters printed on them, and black shorts with the 76ers logo on them. He was a head taller than everyone around him.

"Hey, Tang Wenlong!"

Yi Jianlian was the first to react and came over to say hello to Tang Wenlong. The two of them had played derby several times in the NBA, and they were quite familiar with each other.

Afterwards, Sun Yue, Liu Wei, Wang Zhizhi and others followed. Tang Wenlong had seen these veteran basketball players when he was in high school. Thinking that it will be three years now, what's more, he didn't expect that one day he would have the opportunity to wear the same shirt and fight together.

So, he smiled and greeted them one by one.

The round-faced coach came over, Deng Huade, Joe Thomas had given instructions before, so Tang Wenlong responded quickly, and extended his hand in advance to say hello.

"Hey, Coach Bob, I'm Tang Wenlong."

"Welcome, young man. Your performance in the NBA is commendable. I hope you can enjoy this trip to the national team." Deng Huade is old and cunning, and he has honed his words in the past few years in China, and he can't do it smoothly .

So the meeting was like a meeting of old friends, Tang Wenlong exchanged pleasantries with everyone, but he didn't appear cold.

The players in the distance also stopped training. Everyone was very curious about this young player who can play well in the NBA, and they came over to watch one by one.

Tang Wenlong was ashamed, he didn't expect such a scene, and then he was surrounded by everyone, and some mature and experienced players asked him questions, and he answered them one by one, with humorous words, which made everyone laugh from time to time.

"Okay, okay, let's all welcome Tang Wenlong back to the team!"

Coach Deng Huade applauded and interrupted everyone, and then such a proposal immediately got everyone's approval.

Everyone clapped their hands and applauded, which made Tang Wenlong quite embarrassed.

"Let's disperse, everyone. Take a break at noon. In the afternoon, we will start a simple two-two-three-three cooperation, and start the overall tactical drill in a small area." Coach Deng Huade let everyone disperse, and then said to Tang Wenlong, "Tang Wenlong, do it this morning. Some simple basic physical fitness measurements, your physical data sports center has not even sent me."

Tang Wenlong: "Okay, coach, there is no problem."

Deng Huade was very satisfied to see Tang Wenlong's cooperation. He was afraid that Tang Wenlong would have a big-name mood. Now it seems that the young man seems to be quite good. He is looking forward to the Asian Championships in September.

Afterwards, Tang Wenlong was dragged to measure his height, weight, wingspan, standing up, jumping in place, etc., which attracted the attention of other players. His exaggerated wingspan and amazing jumping envied everyone, as long as he was playing basketball Yes, there is no one who does not want to have a pair of legendary wingspans with both hands above the knees.

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The closed training camp lasted for half a month. Tang Wenlong played several team training sessions, and his outstanding skills easily impressed everyone.

When interviewed by the outside media, coach Deng Huade was full of joy and said bluntly: "We have the strongest athletes, and the new Chinese team will surprise everyone!"

This kind of trickery made the sports media reporters feel itchy, and the fringe reports could not satisfy the inner desire for the truth.

Half a month before the start of the Asian Championships, the Chinese team officially announced the 12-man roster for the Asian Championships.

Defenders: No. 5 Liu Wei, No. 6 Zhang Bo, No. 9 Sun Yue, No. 15 Xirelijiang, No. 12 Tang Wenlong
Forwards: No. 4 Ding Jinhui, No. 7 Yi Li, No. 8 Zhu Fangyu, No. 11 Yi Jianlian
Center: No. 10 Zhang Zhaoxu, No. 13 Su Wei, No. 14 Wang Zhizhi.

Among them, Tang Wenlong, Sun Yue, Zhu Fangyu and Yi Li can be regarded as forwards and guards. They can play both in the frontcourt and in the backcourt.

The Chinese team was divided into Group D, and the opponents in the same group were the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

These three teams, namely the Philippine men's basketball team, often show up in international competitions. Others like the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have a very low level of basketball competition. When Tang Wenlong played against them, he felt that they were not even as good as NCAA college students.

On September 9th, Wuhan, the Asian Championships officially started.

Because of Tang Wenlong's participation, this year's Asian Championships has become a bit different. The entire host city of Wuhan has become very lively because of this event. Walking in the streets and alleys, you can always hear young people or The office workers talked about the process of the game.

After all, it's a game at home!

Therefore, the Chinese team is actually playing at home, and the court broadcasts the whole process live.

In the men's basketball team's first match against Bahrain, Deng Huade lined up the starting lineup of Liu Wei, Tang Wenlong, Zhu Fangyu, Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi, while the Bahrain team had a bunch of players named Muhammad.

At the start of the game, Yi Jianlian jumped the ball to win.

Tang Wenlong fell to the low post to catch the ball. He was defended by a 1 meter tall shooting guard. Although he was dark-skinned, he was thin and thin. Even Tang Wenlong was obviously stronger than him when he was on Tang Wenlong's back.

Everyone opened up for Tang Wenlong to play singles. Tang Wenlong bumped twice, easily squeezed into a short-range position, turned over and hit a jumper.

It was so easy to succeed in the first attack, and the audience burst into deafening cheers.

"Tang Wenlong, I love you!" There were even hot and generous female fans in the stands. Tang Wenlong turned to look at them, as if they were very young, probably college students!
The Chinese team did not take Bahrain seriously. Deng Huade also played simply. He kept using Tang Wenlong's super personal ability to cause damage in the low post. Once Bahrain double-teamed, Tang Wenlong would pass a very beautiful early pass.

Ten minutes later, the first quarter ended, and the Chinese team won 25 to 8 by 17 points in a single quarter. There was a huge gap between the two teams.

In the end, Tang Wenlong played less than three quarters and scored 17 points and 4 rebounds. The men's basketball team beat the Bahrain team by 103 points 61 to 42. It felt like the American dream team was playing other national teams.

After that, the other two games in the group stage were also very easy for the Chinese team. They beat the Philippines 91-72 and the United Arab Emirates 95-68.

Every big victory is like offering benefits to the fans. The only pity is that Tang Wenlong usually rests directly after the third quarter, so his statistics are mediocre, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Chinese team with Tang Wenlong is terrifying, at least Pressing the audience is a joke-like tactic for the current Chinese team.

The Japanese men's basketball team, the South Korean men's basketball team, and other men's basketball teams that are considered to be strong Asian teams are beginning to rejoice. Thanks to the fact that they did not encounter the terrifying Chinese team in the group stage, otherwise they would have no chance of advancing.
(End of this chapter)