pinnacle swinger

Chapter 19 Syracuse University's Celebrity Don
Who is this?
It only took Tang Wenlong half a quarter of the game to let the audience know his name——Tang from the far east!
"I didn't expect Jim to hide such a trick!" Coach John looked at a group of Syracuse University players besieging the city in the distance, and felt deep fear of this basketball team in his heart.In his opinion, the talent and strength shown by Tang Wenlong just now are enough to make up for the vacancy caused by Jonny Flynn's departure, even more so. After all, they also found Wesley Johnson, who has the best physical talent. of super students.

"It's hard to beat~~" Coach John sighed and touched his head angrily.

In fact, Coach Jim also felt that this game was very difficult to play. The two inside teams each had three fouls, and even the substitute players had fouls. Monroe was too lethal to the Syracuse University inside. If it goes down hard, Coach Jim estimates that he will have to put Wesley Johnson at the power forward position immediately to fight the fire.

The coaches of both teams find it difficult. Fortunately, this is just a friendly match, not a game that has nothing to do with league results.

At the start of the second half, Coach Jim put Tang Wenlong on the bench and re-arranged the previous starting lineup. Georgetown University still has a team with Monroe as the core.

"Haha, it looks like Georgetown University is very strong!" Just as Jim was thinking about countermeasures on the court, Jack came over with a bottle of mineral water.

Jim glanced at him, then turned his eyes back to the field, and said helplessly: "There is no player inside who can compete with Monroe. Although our young players are very active in defense, Monroe is not the kind of player who goes straight. , you look at his footwork and feints around the basket, it's really good."

"Why don't you use Tang?" Jack said, taking a sip of water.

Jim was taken aback for a moment, then he realized and gave him a blank look: "It was already used in the first half. Go and walk around the stage now, I guarantee that all the audience will already know Tang's name!"

"Oh?!" Jack became interested, "Why?"

Jim didn't bother to explain to him, so he shrugged, "I think you can ask Don directly."

Tang Wenlong had long seen Jack appearing suddenly. He looked at Jack talking to Coach Jim. From the bottom of his heart, after spending three months with Jack day and night, he felt that Jack was his real coach.Therefore, he is also very concerned about Jack, staring at the two of them.

Jack turned his head, looked at Tang Wenlong, and suddenly smiled: "Be good, Tang!" Tang Wenlong smiled and nodded.

The players around were a little curious: "Hey, Don! You actually know Mr. Jack!"

"Mr. Jack?"

"Jack is the dedicated trainer and nutritionist for our orange men's basketball team. My God, have you ever tasted his nutritious meal? I think it's something that breaks people!"

Tang Wenlong was recalled by his teammate's words, recalling the miserable diet control situation for three months, he couldn't help but shudder.

The situation on the court was still dominated by Georgetown University. Wesley Johnson staged an alley-oop dunk in the fast break, which ignited the atmosphere of the scene!
"The two new players are very good. Their physical fitness is really amazing!"

"Yeah, the two of them each contributed a very beautiful dunk in the first and second halves. My God, I'm starting to look forward to this season's Syracuse University!"

Coach Jim, who mainly focused on military training, didn't take the victory or defeat to heart. He didn't give Tang Wenlong a chance to play again until the end of the second half.

As soon as Tang Wenlong came up, he immediately formed a pick-and-roll cooperation with Wesley Johnson. Wesley made a mid-range shot and scored two points.

At this time, coach John Thompson III saw that this player who he thought was a swingman turned out to be a point guard, and judging from his performance, he was still a point guard who liked to pass the ball. !

However, after all, Tang Wenlong still had too little time to get along with his teammates. Although he made a good pass, he also made two pass errors, one of which was caught by Georgetown University and turned into a counterattack.

Chaos and turnovers dominated Syracuse's second half, just as they did at the beginning of the first half, and the weak interior defense was like paper, and Monroe's scoring in the paint was like a bag.

At the end of the game, the Syracuse University Orangeman basketball team lost 54 to 66 to the Georgetown University basketball team.

After losing the game, Coach Jim was not unhappy at all. He saw the potential of the players and the hope of the team, and at the same time saw the current shortcomings of the team. Start to look towards the further goal.

The Syracuse University audience who left the field also looked at Tang Wenlong who came down from the field with great interest.

They still can't forget the shocking dunk that Tang Wenlong completed after he came on the field. It was on the body of the opponent's strongest insider, Monroe, and he completed the dunk with head and face.That picture was deeply frozen in their minds, and every time they met a classmate, they would still come forward to talk and show off!
"Hey, buddies! You know what, our basketball team has a new player, and the paint dunks Georgetown's Monroe!"

"Have you heard of Tang? A freshman from China who dunks on a center in Georgetown!"

Some people don't believe it, some people are dubious, but it's a pity that there is no camera to record the whole process of this insignificant friendly match. Some students want to ask the school to get the video, but the school doesn't have any.

Finally, a lucky guy named "Robinson" uploaded a video he took with his mobile phone on YouTube. The video was very blurry, and the angle was 45 degrees below. Looking at the foreign appearance of this new Chinese player, I didn't expect to have an out-of-print video.

The number of clicks is not high, but the entire Syracuse University knows Tang Wenlong's name!
Within two days, when Tang Wenlong walked on campus, he would always be pointed at by people along the way. He is now Tang Wenlong, a celebrity at Syracuse University, and there are many people who chat with him, and there are even a few very beautiful students. sister character.At the beginning, Tang Wenlong was still very unaccustomed to politely answering everyone he talked to, and his oral English level improved rapidly. Gradually, he became more indifferent, and he was able to talk to everyone naturally and proficiently. They're all getting old.

And as the days go by, the time to open the Big East conference championship game gets closer and closer.

After the NBA has gone through an offseason, it has also started the preseason game.Syracuse University found several famous schools for warm-up discussions.

In a game against the University of South Florida Bulls, Tang Wenlong played 17 minutes off the bench and scored 14 points. Syracuse University established a nearly 20-point lead in half the game.The warm-up game beat people like this, and the audience watching the game was speechless, and the Bulls players in the game were even more depressed: "If our big center, Solomon Arabi, who is 16 meters tall, is here, Syracuse University How could he be so arrogant? How dare this yellow-skinned kid keep scoring inside shots?"

After winning this game, Syracuse University has attracted a lot of attention from the outside world, and some NBA scouts with a keen sense of smell have begun to wander around Syracuse University in an attempt to dig out some newcomers.

In the fifth game against the University of Cincinnati, Tang Wenlong met a strange opponent.

It is strange because he is about the same height as Tang Wenlong, but he prefers to go inside to grab rebounds from the center. What is outrageous is that most of the rebounds that the center missed were taken by him. The sense of smell and the extremely skilled positioning technology are like a short rebounding guard.

Well, his name is Lance Stephenson, a strange-looking guy with a leopard head and ring eyes.

Tang Wenlong played as the starter, and after nearly 20 minutes of non-stop chatter, Tang Wenlong didn't say a word, just attacked silently.What makes Tang Wenlong depressed is that after several unfavorable breakthroughs, he finally met his opponent this time. Lance Stephenson's defensive skills are very good, he does not eat and moves quickly laterally, and it is difficult for him to pass him. If it is clean, the efficiency will be greatly reduced.

The game has also become very anxious. Cincinnati can be regarded as the No. 6 door in the Big East League. It has produced superstars like Isaiah Thomas and is strong.He also reached the NCAA national semi-finals 2 times, and won the NCAA final championship [-] times.

After 40 minutes of fierce fighting, Syracuse University narrowly defeated the University of Cincinnati Binturong team 63-61.The victory of such a game made the Syracuse University fans who were watching the game very happy. After this game, a small group of Tang Wenlong's first fans appeared.

In the end, in the six friendly matches, Syracuse University won the next five games except for the defeat in the first game.Of course, except for Georgetown and Cincinnati, which can be regarded as traditional strong teams, other university teams are not strong, and they don’t even belong to the six major leagues. It’s purely because Jim gave the Syracuse University players confidence. .

As soon as the time turned, it was the time when the NCAA tournament officially kicked off.
(End of this chapter)