pinnacle swinger

Chapter 167 The Air in Toronto Can Fly
"Wow, Mark's jumping is good!" Tang Wenlong's eyes lit up. The new teammate looked like he was on the floor. In fact, his physical fitness was a bit tough, which didn't match his tonnage.

Lowry moved two steps to the side, received the basketball, and the two teams withdrew to the half court at the same time, and the game officially began!
For the 76ers, Collins did not hesitate to line up Lowry, Tang Wenlong, Iguodala, David West and Marc Gasol, while the Raptors used Jose Calder Long, DeRozan, Russell Butler, Amir Johnson and Bargnani.

After halftime, DeRozan came over. The two met because they participated in the slam dunk contest, but they didn't have much contact in private. They belonged to ordinary friends.

"I heard you trained with Cameron in summer?" DeRozan chatted with Tang Wenlong.

"Ha, yes, I practiced for a month in a training center in Los Angeles." Tang Wenlong chuckled. It's not a secret. Some unscrupulous media even broke the news that he was going to defect to New York, which made Stefan Si Qi was very nervous for a while, and called Tang Wenlong to ask what happened.

The two were chatting, but Lowry found a new teammate to do the pick-and-roll.

David West is very familiar with the pick-and-roll. When he was in the Hornets, he played the most with Paul in the pick-and-roll offense. Lowry's split pass level is also very good. This time two people split, Lowry It was given to West who retreated to the bottom line in the middle distance. West took the ball and made a mid-range shot.

With excessive force on the wrist, it bounced off with a "clang".

The position of this rebound is just biased towards Gasol who is standing at the free throw line. As soon as Gasol stretches out his long arm, he grabs the rebound.

DeRozan, who had seen West's shot not moving, subconsciously made a fast break, but lost a rebound when he didn't want to. Tang Wenlong took the opportunity to cut.

Gasol had a wide field of vision, and he made a beautiful ground hit. Tang Wenlong rushed to catch the basketball, and then took another step, jumping high, completely ignoring Bagyani who was defending under the basket.

Bagyani had no time to dodge, Tang Wenlong grabbed the ball with one hand like a straight-armed tomahawk, with his feet spread apart like a number 23.

This tribute shot seems to ignore the gravity of the earth, making people nostalgic for the demigod who completed the dunk of the century here. Could it be that the air in Toronto can fly?
"Duang!"

Tang Wenlong landed on the floor, opened his hands, and listened to the voices of half of the Chinese fans in the audience.

"The new season was ignited with such a violent dunk, and he is playing more confidently now!" Assistant coach Bob talked with the head coach about Tang Wenlong with a smile, and was surprised by the latter's improvement speed.

"Maybe he really has the opportunity to hit the historic basketball player." Collins nodded. He privately classified Jordan, Kobe, and James as the historical basketball player. Tang Wenlong's current performance The ability is actually not too bad.

Remorseful, DeRozan ran back to serve. Just now he lost Tang Wenlong in a fast break and lost his defensive position.

As the offense and defense rotated, he ran to the elbow area to ask for the ball. Calderon saw that Tang Wenlong was behind DeRozan and had no intention of stopping DeRozan from receiving the ball, so he threw his hand and prepared to throw the ball to DeRozan. Rozan.

A gleam flashed in Tang Wenlong's eyes, and he jumped up like lightning. His left hand suddenly stretched out, and happened to touch the basketball, changing the direction of the basketball. The right hand blocked DeRozan, preventing DeRozan from grabbing the ball.

This steal was very judgmental. After Tang Wenlong quickly caught up with the rolling basketball, he rushed across the half court alone, and quickly opened up space with the Raptors. The Raptors gave up their defense.

Seeing no one, Tang Wenlong didn't have much energy, ran to the basket and slowed down, then jumped up, throwing a sideways windmill high and high.

Easy for him, but looks like a slam dunk contest.

Brilliant, crisp, and coordinated!

Marc Gasol was amazed in his heart. Although the leader of the new team is young, he is very capable. This terrifying dunk ability is at least something he has not seen in the Grizzlies. That is, Rudy Gay can be slightly compared with it. For a moment, it's not as stretched and beautiful as Tang Wenlong's.

Hearing that Tang Wenlong's strongest ability is his jump shot, he began to have a bigger vision for the new season.

Tang Wenlong's outstanding performance aroused the cheers of the Chinese audience. After the start of the game, the 76ers slowly entered the state and began to attack in a systematic and orderly manner.

The gap in strength between the two teams is obvious, especially the two newly joined players of the 76ers, who instantly have two more barriers inside.Even the pick-and-roll effect of outside players when they break through is significantly higher by more than one level, and the execution effect of many tactics has become better.

Three minutes later, Tang Wenlong received a pass from Gasol in the bottom corner, turned around and stepped back and hit a jumper.

At the end of the first quarter, the 76ers of the new lineup led the Raptors by 27 points 22 to 5. It didn't feel like they were leading much, but they obviously suppressed their opponents on the scene.

Tang Wenlong scored 5 points on 4 of 8 shots. Except for the two dunks in the opening game, he hardly exerted much effort. Gasol's inside restraint was amazing.Several times after Tang Wenlong rushed in, Bagyani or Johnson, who were supposed to defend, were stuck behind him and couldn't move. After the outside players shrank, Tang Wenlong could break out to the outside again, playing extremely flexibly.

Collins was laughing wildly in his heart. Gasol's statistics are not obvious, but the effect on the field is really too great!

On the other hand, David West, who is known as an inside offensive point, played very averagely. Perhaps because of his bad touch, he made 4 of 0 shots in the first quarter, including a layup at the basket. cover.

The Raptors' touch improved in the second quarter. Bayless, Babos and others who came off the bench were full of impact and had a very high shooting percentage. They just tied the score before halftime. The two teams tied at 49. Shake hands and enter the second half.

In the third quarter, Tang Wenlong played half of the quarter. After his personal score rose to 15 points, he took a rest. Whiteside, Butler and even the second-round pick Loyle all had the opportunity to play. With the final victory as the goal, the main players of the Raptors didn't find it interesting after playing for a while, and the two sides replaced the substitutes for training.

Under such circumstances, there is no way to make news. Many Chinese fans who came specially came shouted the slogan "Change Tang Wenlong", but the head coach was unmoved. Just kidding, he was the man who was booed by all the fans in North Shore Garden , how can this little battle frighten him.

So in the fourth quarter, the Raptors still led the 76ers. The two rookies of the 76ers obviously did not adapt to the fast pace of the official NBA game.

The whole game ended under the dissatisfied eyes of the fans. Instead, the Raptors won the team's good start 99 to 94. The 76ers didn't feel ashamed. Tang Wenlong and DeRozan hugged at the end and walked back with a smile. in his bench lane, leaving Toronto's tiny crowd to celebrate
(End of this chapter)