pinnacle swinger

Chapter 197
He has comprehensive offensive skills, and he has shown excellent scoring ability with the world when he first entered the league.What's even more gratifying is that this season we can clearly see the improvement of his defensive ability, and he is on his way to the Hall of Fame.

-- "Sports Illustrated"

The 76ers beat the Bulls at home. This is not a small thing. The difference in wins between the first and second in the Eastern Conference has come to more than 2 for the first time.Many experts in the league believe that this may be an early preview of the Eastern Conference Finals in May.

And Tang Wenlong's performance was praised. He made 18 of 10 shots and 7 of 4 three-pointers, scored 31 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, which was very comprehensive.From two weeks before the All-Star Game, Tang Wenlong's statistics in all aspects have stabilized, including nearly 20 shots per night, and nearly 6 three-point shots per night.

The discussion between "Magic" Johnson and "*****" Drexler about the league's scorers during the game attracted the attention of the media and fans after the game.

At the official press conference, the Bulls team reporter from ESPN asked Tang Wenlong a question.

"Do you think you are already the number one scorer in the league?"

The reporters in Chicago were clearly uneasy. If Tang Wenlong said yes, he would be very arrogant and offend other scorers in the league. However, if Tang Wenlong said no, it would not be in line with the fact that he is now number one in the scoring list, and he would act as if he had a guilty conscience. Same thing, no confidence at all.

Tang Wenlong thought for a while, and he knew the truth. He thought about it, and then cleverly avoided the trap, "No matter how strong the scoring ability is, the final victory depends on the performance of the whole team. It is impossible for one person to defeat an army. I feel that being the number one scorer is not important, the championship is what should be pursued.”

The media reporters in Chicago obviously didn't expect Tang Wenlong to avoid the truth and pretend to be false. The Tai Chi push hands was used so superbly that it was as if he punched the cotton with all his strength.

The fans in Philadelphia are very happy. The team's outstanding performance has given them hope of winning this season. They have not touched the trophy for too long!

As a result, within two days, the 76ers lost the away game against the Bucks.

Brandon Jennings had a convulsion, made 11 of 7 three-pointers and scored 33 points. Turkey's swingman Ilyasova grabbed 18 rebounds, 9 of which were in the frontcourt Rebounds, the ball they couldn't make, kept bouncing towards Ilyasova like a hit.

Tang Wenlong scored 26 points, and Iguodala scored 19 points. The rest of the 76ers had no double figures. They played an ugly game and fled back to Philadelphia in despair.

On the same day, the Bulls beat the Celtics at home. Rose scored 35 points and 9 assists.

On March 3, the Jazz came to Philadelphia to challenge the 8ers.

At the beginning of the season in December, the 12ers lost the game against the Jazz in Salt Lake City. The two teams have had two chances to meet each other this season. If the 76ers lose again, the season will be swept away by the Jazz. This is a shameful day thing.

It can be said that it is so evil, the 76ers feel extremely bad.

Tang Wenlong also seemed to have lost his shooting bag. He made 5 shots in the first quarter and did not hit a single one. For the first time in his career, he scored zero points in the first quarter.

So the Jazz led the 24ers by 17 points 76 to 7 in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Collins asked Tang Wenlong to break through the inside line more, and improve his shooting rate from close range shots.

The Jazz were fouled twice by Tang Wenlong, and then the head coach was not stupid, playing zone defense and shrinking the defense line, and let the 76ers shoot three-pointers if they were not good at three-pointers.

At the end of the halftime game, the 76ers made 11 of 1 shots from beyond the three-point line. Tang Wenlong made 9 of 1 shots and scored 7 points in the half. In the positional offense, he didn't even make a single goal, which is outrageous.

"In a season, there will always be several embarrassing games. Our hands are like being soaked in minus 76 degrees of liquid and frozen." After the game, the head coach Collins defended his disciples, thinking that the loss The biggest reason is not that the Jazz's defense is too strong, but that the [-]ers' offense has lost too much chain.

最终，76人主场75比93输了足足18分，唐文龙全场14投3中，依靠着下半场的10次罚球才勉强得到20+的分数，无法带动队伍。

The 76ers lost two games in a row, tied with the Bulls and Spurs in record, and fell to the third place in the league.

In the new team strength list, the 76ers also fell from the top position to fifth, behind the Spurs and Lakers in the West, the Bulls and Heat in the East.

Then immediately after, the three teams with the same record, the Bulls, Spurs and 76ers all won the next three games.

The 76ers won the Celtics, Pacers and Knicks. Among them, against the Knicks, Tang Wenlong was in excellent form, scoring 45 points and had the upper hand in scoring against Biao Anthony.

然后3月17日和3月18日，76人分别主场对战热火和客场挑战公牛。

The third team is currently the No. 76 group in the Eastern Conference, but the 24ers led by Tang Wenlong have two consecutive fierce battles within [-] hours.

The fans in Philadelphia were dizzy themselves, and felt that the 76ers would lose their skin after this round.

At the same time, the NCAA National Championship has attracted the attention of many basketball fans, and 68 teams that have entered the championship will compete in the second half of the month.

Syracuse University has faced many difficulties this year. It seems that after Tang Wenlong left, it lacked a sense of competitiveness. The first round of the championship just started, and it lost the team's top center Fab Melo, making it even more difficult.

Tang Wenlong hadn't watched Syracuse's games much, but this year he heard from the newspapers that Kentucky is very likely to win the championship. The team's core player Anthony Davis is called the young version of Bill Russell. There was overwhelming publicity, and even Tang Wenlong could hear the name clearly, just like Emperor Oden back then. Although there are many outstanding players this year, the position of the No. [-] pick seems to have been firmly locked.

2012 is known as the year of the draft. Talented players who chose to stay in school due to labor disputes last year will flood into the NBA in large numbers this year.

For example, Syracuse University's Dion Waiters, Michael Carter-Williams, and Syracuse University's Brazilian center Fab Melo all have freshmen and sophomores, and may even be selected in the first round. Especially Dion Waiters, as a powerful combo guard, has outstanding physical fitness and is called Wade Jr. by the outside world. During this period, the draft market has been rising all the way.

As far as the 76ers are concerned, even if it is only possible to pick at the end of the first round, they may find very good players.

Therefore, President ED-Stefanski released a large number of scouts, mainly focusing on the performance of every potential player in this year's NCAA tournament stage, and making full preparations for the draft in June.

(End of this chapter)