pinnacle swinger

Chapter 62
The time has entered No.11, and the weather is getting cooler. On the streets of Manhattan, New York, pedestrians who come and go are wearing autumn clothes.

There is a small cafe at the corner of the road, with two green vines hanging from the door.

In the mid-week afternoon, there were not many customers in the store, and there were two tall and handsome young men sitting on the table near the window.On the table in front of their seats, there were a cup of fragrant coffee and two magazines with illustrations.

"Tang, I didn't expect you to adapt to the NBA so quickly. It's amazing."

Directly in front of Tang Wenlong, the blue-eyed youth spoke with envy on his face.

It was Andy Laustin, a teammate from Syracuse University who hadn't seen him for several months. Tonight in Madison, New York, the 76ers will challenge the Knicks. A place to meet.

Tang Wenlong smiled faintly: "Andy, you don't have to worry, I think you should be able to adapt to the alliance in a short time."

Andy showed a hint of helplessness, smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Coach Mike doesn't like players with mediocre physical fitness very much. He hopes that his players can run, jump, and shoot three-pointers, not just spot-up shooters." Players like Wilson Chandler and Danilo Gallinari are more suitable for the coaching system than me, let alone Landry Fields, Tony Douglas, Bill Walker and others on the bench gone."

Tang Wenlong frowned, looking at Andy, who was pouring bitter water, he didn't know how to comfort him.

Mike D'Antoni is indeed a coach who needs a lot of pick-and-roll or athletic players. In his system, Andy Laustin is still quite awkward. On the one hand, Chandler, Gallinari and others have compressed His playing time, on the one hand, his ability to hold the ball is average, and his defense is not even as good as Fields.

There was only one fixed-point three-pointer left, which seemed a bit inaccurate in such a fast-paced game in the NBA.

Andy sighed and said enviously about Tang Wenlong: "Tang, you have caused quite a stir these days! At the end of last month, you scored 29 points to beat the Pacers, and then returned home and scored 23 points to beat the No. The Wizards, and then defeated the Pacers by a score of 101 to 75, and double-killed them in the home and away games, tsk tsk, it is really amazing."

Tang Wenlong was a little embarrassed by what Andy said, took a sip of his coffee, and responded: "Actually, it's okay, the coach gives more playing time, and Andre is not the kind of team leader who likes to attack individually, so I will There are many more opportunities to attack independently."

"Hey, I don't know when I will be able to enter the team's roster." Comparing the two, Andy was even more depressed.

"There will always be a chance, train hard." Tang Wenlong encouraged his good brother.

After hearing Tang Wenlong's encouragement, Andy finally cheered up a little, with a slight smile on his face.

The two of you talked with each other, and I chatted with each other, and bursts of light laughter from time to time, which added a little bit of popularity to this quiet cafe.

After chatting for a while, the two walked out of the cafe side by side, stopped a taxi, and went straight to Madison Square Garden.

Madison Square Garden is a multi-purpose stadium in Manhattan, New York, not just the home arena of the Knicks.It hosts major sports competitions, concerts and political events throughout the year.Sports include hockey, ice hockey, basketball, boxing, wrestling, etc., and concerts like Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift have been held here not long ago, and tickets are sold in just a few 10 minutes empty.

Every night here is brightly lit, and the sparks are brilliant. Even if the team's record is poor, the market operation will not be bad.

So when Tang Wenlong walked into the locker room of the visiting team at Madison Square Garden, he was slightly shocked. This luxurious venue is comparable to a luxurious private room.

"It's no wonder that teams like the Knicks and the Lakers will always be rumored to have scandals with big names. Big cities are different." Tang Wenlong touched the locker door of the locker room, amazed.

"Hey, Tang, the speed is pretty fast!" Immediately afterwards, the door of the locker room was pushed open, and the players of the 76ers began to arrive one after another. As soon as they saw that Tang Wenlong had arrived, they greeted Tang Wenlong with smiles.

Nocioni, an old ball player, was next to Tang Wenlong again, bragging with Tang Wenlong with a strong South American accent. "Well, let me say that this bowl belt is very good. Look at your few games, how accurate it is."

Tang Wenlong glanced sideways at the red rubber bowl strap on his wrist, and said with a smile: "You won't put any magic on it, right? It feels good in the hand recently."

"What magic?" Iguodala leaned his head over and asked.

Tang Wenlong laughed, and said, "Andre, this is Andres' super magic from Argentina. Nuo, look at the wristband on my hand. After wearing it, I can hit every shot!"

"Really?" Iguodala immediately showed a look of surprise in cooperation, and then opened his hands to Nocioni.

Nocioni had a suspicious look on his face, and said, "Why?"

Iguodala pretended to be furious, and said, "What are you doing, don't you understand this? Brother, send me one. I didn't see that I've been a little bit iron these two days!"

Nocioni raised his middle finger and cursed with a smile: "Get lost."

"Well, it's too biased, I call everyone to come and comment!" Iguodala saw that Nocioni dared to retort, waved his hand, and shouted at everyone, "Come and see that, Andres's Magical magic props!"

"What's the situation! What magic item?"

Iguodala said: "Don is so accurate by relying on magic props."

"Damn, give me one!"

"Your sister, don't step on my feet!"

The locker room immediately became a chaotic mess. In the luxurious private room, boys' clothes and basketball game protective gear were flying everywhere.Just at this time, the head coach Collins, who opened the door, was hit by someone's stinky sock. He was wearing a neat suit that he just changed today. After the sock hit the black suit, it stuck fluffy for a while before slowly floating down.

The corners of Collins' eyes twitched slightly, and the veins on his forehead popped out.

"Boom!" Everyone in the locker room roared with laughter, and Tang Wenlong leaned forward and backward with laughter.

"Who did it?" Collins asked with a cold breath.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, each secretly flipping off the socks under their feet, like Tang Wenlong heaving a sigh of relief, luckily both feet were already in the shoes.

At this time, some dear friend who is a great talent suddenly said in a soft voice: "Shaq did it too."

"Ha ha!"

Everyone laughed again, and Collins couldn't hold back his sullen face, and burst out laughing. This time, everyone laughed even louder, and the howling of ghosts and wolves could be heard in the corridor.

Just at this time, the Knicks' players' jerseys were changed, and Stoudemire took the lead to walk to the court. He was at a loss when he heard the laughter in the 76ers' locker room.

"What the hell are these guys doing?" Wilson Chandler couldn't help but ask.

"Maybe it was some kind of joke!" Gallinari guessed by Chandler's side.

Then, except for the two of them, the other Knicks players just glanced sideways for a while, then looked away, their expressions still serious, and the atmosphere was quite dignified.

No way, who made one 4 wins and 1 loss, and the other 0 wins and 4 losses?

From the outside world, this game is really a game without much suspense. One is currently No. [-] in the East, and the other is the last in the league. Even though the season has just started, the results and combat power are a little bit wrong, but the gap between the two It should also be obvious, especially when everyone is recharging their energy, the upset situation is very small.

But the 76ers like to give big gifts.

Amidst the cheers of the audience at Madison Square Garden and the enchanting figures of the East Coast stars, the 76ers were completely lost. It took only halftime for the 20ers to lose by nearly [-] points.

Fortunately, before the game, agent Joe Thomas told Tang Wenlong to let him perform well in this game and let Isaiah Thomas's spirit be frustrated.

As a result, Tang Wenlong, who averaged 19.2 points per game in the first five games, scored only 10 points in this game, and only made 13 of 2 shots, which was better than Louis Williams.Fortunately, he made all 6 free throws, which is one of the few bright spots.

The happy scene before the game changed, and they boarded the bus in despair, and then rushed back to Philadelphia overnight in a frozen atmosphere.

It’s just that after losing the game, Collins would not be stern. Instead, he reassured everyone along the way, saying that we don’t have to win the Eastern Conference, as long as we can continue to win, let the 76ers The pressure on my body is not small.

A day later, everyone played against the visiting Cavaliers at home and gave them a head-on blow.

Holiday scored a game-high 26 points, while Tang Wenlong and Iguodala combined only had 25 points, of which Tang Wenlong had 18 points.
At this time, a special guest ushered in the general manager's office of the Philadelphia 76ers
(End of this chapter)