pinnacle swinger

Chapter 346
Before the second timeout of the third quarter, the 76ers finally got a fast break opportunity.

Lowry steals Duncan, who is holding the ball behind his back, and rushes to the frontcourt like a civet, leading the rest of the Spurs at once. Tang Wenlong reacts quickly, turns around immediately, and doubles with Lowry.

Then Leonard was the only one who kept up with the defensive pace of the Spurs, but he had to defend two people, which was very difficult.

The two stepped into the three-point line almost at the same time. Lowry rushed from the left, Tang Wenlong made an air cut to the right, and Leonard stood in the middle. He could only harass Lowry who was dribbling first.

Tang Wenlong glanced at Lowry, gave him a look, and then took a step inside the three-point line and took off early.

During the dribble, Lowry held the basketball with one hand and threw it into the sky, just avoiding Leonard's defense. Tang Wenlong, like a gliding bird, easily grabbed the basketball, held it with one hand, and suddenly turned his wrist down, "Bang Dang "He smashed the ball into the basket with a sound, swung his body forward, and landed on the ground.

The 76ers' first alley-oop cooperation in this game, a slam dunk like a beast, made people feel ups and downs.

"Good pass!" Tang Wenlong pointed to Lowry, and Lowry pointed back. The two encouraged each other.

At the end of the third quarter, the 76ers led the Spurs by 74 points 71 to 3. Tang Wenlong scored 10 points in this quarter, but the score was still not fully opened.

There was a lot of voices, and the fans shouted the names of their favorite stars.

Today, many fans of Chinese descent came to the entire Wachovia Center Arena. Most of them have integrated into American life, and there are also many black and white friends beside them.They held the 76ers team flag high, wore the No. 1, 9, and 33 jerseys, and painted the 76ers logo on their faces. With the ups and downs of the game, they fell into excitement and troughs.

"Tang Wenlong has scored 21 points, and he scored 20+ without knowing it." A Chinese teenager was talking about his idol with a friend next to him.

Next to him is a black hipster with flashing pendants and mysterious tattoos on his neck and arms. Hearing this from a friend, I think so. "I've never seen such a terrifying scorer like Tang Wenlong. I feel like he hasn't exerted himself in the first three quarters. I'm looking forward to the fourth quarter."

On the bench, Tang Wenlong wiped off his sweat with a white towel, exhausting a lot of energy.

He is by no means as easy as the fans imagined. There were three turnovers in the first three quarters. The young man with pigtails on the Spurs is definitely the best defender he has encountered in recent years.Compared with Tony Allen, who likes to fight, and Draymond Green, who likes to harass people with small moves, Kawhi Leonard's defense is cleaner, but also sharper.

"It seems that the arm span is longer than mine." Tang Wenlong had such an illusion.

Fortunately, Leonard's offense was mediocre. After Tang Wenlong played against the Spurs in three quarters, he found that the Spurs still mainly relied on Parker to drive the offensive end. Maybe Duncan also played a pivotal role, but it was definitely not Leonard.If Leonard improves his offense a little bit and improves his ability to hold the ball to a higher level, he is probably a new young star in the league.

On the side, Doug Collins nervously gave some instructions to the players waiting to play in the fourth quarter. The time was short, and he said everything in one breath.

The number of fans watching this game around the world has risen sharply. In June of this year, there were no other particularly big events in the world, which made the NBA even more popular.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the 76ers lined up with Lowry, Billups, Butler, David West and Hassan Whiteside, and the Spurs also took Duncan and Parker to rest and replaced Gary - Neal and Diaw, with Gary Neal, Corey Joseph, Danny Green, Diaw and Splitter lineup.

In the matchup of the bench lineup, there are experienced veterans on both sides, as well as young and energetic guys. The 76ers play a double point guard lineup, the core of the offense lies in Lowry, and the Spurs are in a transitional adjustment period. Every player tries to control the ball and transfer the ball.The two teams fought again, and a fierce confrontation broke out in an instant.

Tang Wenlong sat on the bench with his teammates, turning his head back and forth as the field switched from offense to defense, watching intently.

"duo~"

The referee blew his whistle and Splitter fouled.

The Brazilian looked innocent, like a wronged little daughter-in-law.Then the referee ignored him at all, walked to the basket with the ball on his own, and called for others to come over and take their positions.

Split made four fouls, and Popovich took advantage of this wave of dead balls to replace Duncan.

At the same time, Collins also replaced Tang Wenlong, 8 minutes and 22 seconds, a little earlier than the usual rotation time, but this is also normal, after all, it is already the desperate finals.

"Come on!" Billups, who patted Tang Wenlong's palm, went off to rest.

Popovich thumped in his heart, and quickly patted Leonard on the shoulder, "Kawhi, hurry up and replace Joseph, and Tang Wenlong can't score easily."

This substitution is very passive, but Popovich has no choice. The only one who can defend Tang Wenlong in the Spurs is Leonard. Maybe Danny Green can also, but Popovich dare not try. If others can't defend Tang Wenlong , that would be a disaster.

Tang Wenlong rolled his eyes, and sure enough, the little pigtail followed him like a shadow, and stood at a 45-degree position, just like him, standing with his hips on his hips.

Butler made the second free throw, and the 76ers led the Spurs by two points 82 to 80.

Offensive and defensive transition, the Spurs offensive position.

Neil played the role of Parker. On the offensive end, he directly found Duncan to do the pick-and-roll, and then shot a shot after a single-block screen. He missed and the rebound was protected by Tang Wenlong.

Lowry waved his hand, and Whiteside came out to pick and roll.

Lowry made a 45-degree cut from the side, and Tang Wenlong moved from the bottom corner to 45 degrees, both on the weak side.Leonard did not double-team Lowry, and Lowry had a chance to attack the basket independently, making an emergency stop two steps inside the free throw line.

This is a common tactic of defenders, and Dior, who is supplementing the defense, can't cover it at all.

It's just that Lowry also failed to score the goal. The basketball bounced back after hitting the basket, and Dior, who just turned around, grabbed the rebound.

The Spurs made an offensive error. When Diaw broke through, he dribbled the ball to his thigh, landed the ball and rolled out of bounds.

Tang Wenlong played Leonard with a back and singles, and Butler scored from the outside.Butler stepped forward and broke through, and returned to Tang Wenlong, who was stepping on the three-point line. Tang Wenlong used Whiteside's pick-and-roll to get rid of Leonard's defense, attracted two double-teams, and then gave it to Whiteside, who was fast. Whiteside watched With no one in front of him, he raised his long arms high in joy, preparing for a dunk.

"Snapped!"

Before he could react, a black hand suddenly appeared next to him, stabbing the ball off his hand with a single touch.

"What?" Whiteside changed his face in an instant, and when he turned his head to look, he saw only the Spurs galloping in the frontcourt, and it was Danny Green who stole the ball.

Tang Wenlong and Butler quickly retreated to their own half, and Danny Green stepped on the three-point line and directly made a chasing three-point shot.

"Fake!" Tang Wenlong's eyes flashed, he couldn't believe that in such a critical game, such a critical moment, a young man like Danny Green would dare to shoot like that.

Sure enough, after Green straightened his body, just to attract the attention of the retreating Tang Wenlong, he flicked his hand and handed it to Gary Neal who was rushing on the other side.

Neal made a European layup, Butler stuck to the defense, and the former hit the board with his left hand high.

hit!

In 7 minutes, the two sides fought to an 82 tie!
(End of this chapter)