pinnacle swinger

Chapter 29

With the whistle of the referee, the orange basketball was thrown straight into the air!

The two dark and thick arms are like two black dragons entangled together, circling upwards, no one wants to lose the first morale battle at the beginning!
Embarrassingly, when the two jumped to the highest altitude, they found that the basketball was a few centimeters higher than both of them could reach, and no one could touch the ball.

Then the two landed on the ground together, and Black's wingspan advantage showed that he returned the landing basketball racket to Syracuse University.

The referee turns a blind eye to this kind of ball that is considered to be between a violation and a non-violation. Anyway, the chance of possession of the ball is the same, and he will regard it as having successfully fought for the ball.

Butler University Bulldogs starting lineup: PG Shelvin Mark, SG Ronald Nored, SF Gordon Hayward, PF Matt Howard, C Willie Wesley.

Syracuse University Orange team starting lineup: PG Tang Wenlong, SG Andy - Laustin, SF Wesley - Johnson, PF Anderson, C Black.

The deafening cheers of Syracuse University fans immediately sounded in the arena. From this point of view, there are indeed not a few Syracuse University fans today.

Tang Wenlong steadily controlled the ball across the half court, and in front of him was a "short" point guard with dark skin and unusually long arms, wearing the No. 1 jersey.Now this guy was looking at Tang Wenlong with an inexplicable gaze, and Tang Wenlong carefully felt the information in this guy's gaze.

Well, it's a blazing flame of fighting spirit~
If Shelvin Mark knew that Tang Wenlong was not thinking about tactical attack but that he was short, he would definitely jump up angrily.What do you mean he is short?Is he short? If a point guard at 1 meters is considered short, the world would be too crazy!
"Paralysis, why does this guy seem to be half a head taller than Shervin!" Brad, the young coach of Butler University on the bench, watched Tang Wenlong face up to Shervin Mark at the top of the arc with some pain, and he said silently: " Illusion, it's all an illusion! It must be because of Shervin bending over to defend, it must be like this."

Tang Wenlong freed his left hand, pointed to himself, and then listed a finger.

This is to explain to the teammates that they are playing the No. 1 tactic. Everyone knows the tactical regulations well, and immediately began to move freely. Protect the vital points with the hem of both hands, and stand separately on the left and right sides, just like two door gods!
"Double pick and roll?" Coach Brad raised his eyebrows and let out a long breath in his heart. Such a simple tactic should be easy for Shervin to defend.

But immediately, as if his buttocks had been pricked by a needle, he stood up from the bench with a "crack".

Immediately afterwards, the audience burst into cheers even stronger than the opening!
"Good job!" Wesley Johnson and Tang Wenlong clapped their hands in the process of retreating. They easily scored three points in the opening game, which is undoubtedly a good start.

Tang Wenlong grinned, and looked up at the big screen while Butler University hadn't attacked yet.

On the screen, Tang Wenlong controlled the basketball in front of Sherwin, and when the double pick-and-roll was completed, he suddenly pulled up a long-range three-pointer!Shervin, whose center of gravity shifted back slightly, couldn't react in time. Although the fans stretched out their long arms to interfere, the fans seemed to have defended in place, but Tang Wenlong's shot had already been completed.

Then there was a three-pointer, and the morale of the entire Syracuse University was boosted!
"It's just a three-pointer, let's pay them back!" Gordon Hayward clapped his hands on the court to encourage his teammates. His words seemed to have the magic power of calming people's hearts, and Butler University immediately became calm.

"Give us one back? You should try it!" Wesley Johnson sneered at this, this guy was muttering, and started his black rap trash talk, and the two entangled outside the three-point line.

Butler handed the ball to Hayward and started running, and their point guard Shelvin Mack just had the ball for half court.

"Rookie, I'm going to return one of you here!" Hayward responded viciously without fear of Wesley Johnson.

Wesley Johnson flew into a rage, how dare this unknown person speak wild words!You must know that he is currently the No. [-] pick on the draft list, second only to Kentucky star guard John Wall and Player of the Year Evan Turner. Where did this white-skinned and ugly guy come from?
"Okay, if you have the guts, you'll be fine." Before Wesley could finish his sentence, Hayward, who was facing him, suddenly burst into a rage. The three-threat raised his hand and took the ball into the sky, making a shooting motion. .

Wesley Johnson jumped up subconsciously, soaring in the air like a big bird!
However, he saw the mocking face of this white-skinned boy in the air, and then, where he could see, he lowered his head and bent over to break through, slowly and leisurely, unexpectedly reaching the extreme arrogance.

Wesley Johnson, his chest about to explode, looked back just in time to see Hayward hit a pull-up jumper for two.

"You're dead, jerk!" Wesley Johnson passed by Hayward, with angry flames in his eyes.

Hayward shrugged noncommittally.

In the next round of Syracuse University's offense, Wesley actively asked Tang Wenlong for the ball on the flank.

Tang Wenlong frowned. He didn't know what happened to Wesley Johnson today. From his perspective of controlling the overall situation, Wesley Johnson's position was not very good. The small forward who could speak Chinese was very good at defending.

He hesitated, but still grounded the ball to Wesley Johnson.

Wesley Johnson in college was full of confidence. Although his ball-handling skills were average, his physical talent was really good, and he had never met anyone who could compete with him in terms of physical talent.

The same is true for Hayward. Wesley Johnson didn't pay attention to this white guy at all, even though Coach Jim said before the game to be careful about this person.

He feinted the ball, and after seeing that Hayward was unmoved, he immediately dribbled the ball and leaned over to break through!

Wesley Johnson has a huge first step, like Tracy McGrady.This season, he used this amazing first step to pass countless people, and this has become his signature weapon.Many media asserted that the reason Wesley Johnson is expected to become a breakthrough master is because of his amazing first step.

But Hayward was not afraid at all, as if he knew Wesley Johnson's movements, he jumped in small steps, swung his body, and stood in front of Wesley Johnson again!

"How is it possible!" Sweat stains appeared on Wesley Johnson's forehead. This white-skinned guy was like a wide wall. No matter how he broke through, the opponent would always be able to stand in the best position.

The corner of Hayward's mouth raised a beautiful arc, causing screams from the female fans who were obsessed with him in the stands.

"How can a person with only right-hand ability pass me?" He snorted coldly and mocked Wesley Johnson.

Wesley Johnson was short of breath. After controlling the basketball with his crotch, he faced Hayward and jumped up to shoot!
"Good idea!" Hayward put everything under his eyes, shouted and stood up, covering Wesley Johnson's shooting space with his hands, revealing a pair of terrifying long arms!
The tip of Hayward's raised right finger touched the spinning basketball, and his face showed joy!

He took a step back vigilantly, and took off the air ball backboard with a roar!
The arena suddenly fell into a dead silence, and then the audience gasped in unison.

A male fan wearing a Syracuse University ball cap rubbed his eyes, and then asked his partner in a daze: "I'm not mistaken, am I? Our Wesley Johnson was blocked by someone on a frontal shot." ?”

"What to do, I seem to have seen it too, this world is so crazy!" the little friend said with a mournful face.

The reaction of the audience was like another slap on the basis of Wesley Johnson being slapped. Wesley Johnson felt his face was flushed, the blood in his body was surging, and he was so ashamed that he wanted to find a piece of ground to drill down.

Tang Wenlong was also taken aback, but this is not the time to be surprised, because Butler University's counterattack is extremely fast!Has invaded his own half!
Hayward directly dribbled forward and formed four fast break routes with Shelvin Mark, Ronald Nored and Matt Howard, but only Tang Wenlong and Andy Laws returned to defense from Syracuse University Ting two people, this is a typical fast break situation of playing more and playing less!
Tang Wenlong and Andy looked at each other, Tang Wenlong made a look, Andy immediately understood what Tang Wenlong meant, and quickly returned to the basket.

On the other hand, Tang Wenlong pounced on Gordon Hayward who was in possession of the ball like a hungry tiger. This guy's eyeballs rolled around, and he was thinking of some bad idea at a glance!

Gordon Hayward and Tang Wenlong became entangled within the three-point line.

Tang Wenlong's defense is very average, which is far from his offense. Most of the time, he relies on his body to find a confrontation, or relies on his judgment to make some gambling defenses, such as Hayward's wobbly holding the ball Shaking, Tang Wenlong immediately stretched his hand forward, trying to take out this guy's possession of the ball.

Where did Hayward think that Tang Wenlong's style of play would be so rough, the two of them confronted each other when they came up, and he let out a muffled grunt, as if being scratched by a small tank, and soon lost his touch with the basketball slightly. His good control has revealed a big flaw.

"Damn, is this the Chinese way of playing?" Hayward complained in his heart, but his reaction was not slow. He grabbed the basketball with one hand, wrapped it around his back, and lightly made a behind-the-back pass movement.

The unrestrained pass was received by Shervin, who jumped down quickly. The fierce man with a vertical jump of 99 centimeters screamed on the ground, and leaped up from outside the penalty area.

Seeing this, Andy Laustin didn't dare to step forward, and with a flexible translation of his feet, he avoided the dunk.

"Bang!"

With the shaking of the basket, the hearts of Syracuse players were not stable.
PS: Butler University was a dark horse back then, reaching the NCAA Finals.

(End of this chapter)