pinnacle swinger

Chapter 67

On the suspended Thunder bench, the leader of the youth army felt a bit dignified.The second place on the opposite side is really too hot, and his series of precise strikes are a bit confusing. It's hard to imagine that before the game, his scouting report turned out to be just an inside cutter with amazing physical fitness.

"The Thunder's uniform team should reflect on it!" Durant complained in his heart.

At this time, Brooks's speech also entered the high-level stage. After satirizing the crowd with a series of words such as being humiliated by rookies, his eyes shifted to the quiet young man on the bench.

Following the coach's gaze, everyone moved to the bench.

It was a dark-skinned young man, and he was not unique in this dark-skinned league, but the hair band on his forehead and the large beard deliberately extended on his chin were a little different, and they matched well. Reminiscent of another similarly dressed player in the league - Baron Davis.

"James, it's your turn to play!" Brooks watched with satisfaction as the second-year Harden showed an unusually mature side. Compared with Westbrook, another potential guard on the court, his style was quite different.

Saflossa lowered his head sadly. The 21-year-old Harden is performing better and better. This season, although he often plays as a substitute, his playing time is not low at all. In many critical final moments, the coach will put Harden Deng stays on the floor, not him as the starting shooting guard.

"Phew, it's finally my time!" Harden suddenly stood up from the bench, revealing a gangster temperament from the Middle Eastern accent.

Durant and Westbrook were overjoyed, and they stretched out their fists to encourage each other with Harden.

In the 5th minute of the first quarter, Harden came off the bench.

Tang Wenlong was very surprised to see that the Thunder had replaced a player at an irregular time. As soon as this player came up, he showed his position with his round eyes and murderous beard. In terms of size, he was a little shorter than Tang Wenlong. , in terms of actions, it looks more like a certain famous terrorist.

Neither of them opened their mouths, they just competed secretly.

"Hey, the strength is good!" Tang Wenlong showed a look of surprise on his face. The player who came up had excellent strength. At least it felt that his upper body strength was similar to his. This surprised Tang Wenlong a bit.You know, since entering the NBA, he has met Wade who is facing him and can compete with him in terms of strength.

"This must be a super defensive player," Tang Wenlong thought, "it just looks a little old."

In the next round, after Brand's inside back was strong and still, the ball returned to Tang Wenlong's hands. Tang Wenlong controlled the ball under his crotch, switched his left hand to his right, twisted his knee, turned his body, and pulled the basketball back to his right hand. To the left hand, the body beautifully made a change in front of the body!
"呲~" The basketball shoes rubbed violently on the floor.

Tang Wenlong threw away the defending James Harden like a gust of wind. After passing the new player, he realized that something seemed wrong. How could it be so easy?

But before he had time to think carefully, he had already approached the inside line. Ibaka and Krstic were blocked by their respective defenders. Tang Wenlong took three easy steps and completed a fly dunk.

He fell from above the backboard and looked back at the bearded man. The bearded man's expression remained unchanged, but he couldn't see any fluctuations.

Tang Wenlong had an unrealistic feeling, "This defense seems to be weaker than the Swiss just now."

However, no matter what he thinks, the Thunder coach must have his reasons for such a change. Nocioni once said that every player who can survive in the league must not be underestimated. They all have their own unique methods.

After the transition between offense and defense, Harden held back for a while, and Durant split the ball over, intending to let the younger brother who has performed well this season make a shot.

Harden was also polite, holding the ball a little to the left of the top of the arc and forming a one-on-one with Tang Wenlong.

"It's singles again." Tang Wenlong was also speechless about the Thunder's tactics. Basically, [-] to [-]% of them ended up in singles. I really don't know how the third place record in the Western Conference came about.

Harden squinted, the yellow-skinned guy in front of him had long arms.

There was cheering from a crowd of spectators at the scene. They were fans with fake beards tied up. They were obviously the exclusive fans of Thunder No. 13. When they saw that their favorite star wanted to play alone, they desperately Cheer for it.

The two confronted each other for less than three seconds.

Suddenly, Harden controlled the ball with his left hand and slid down, grabbing the basketball a little to the middle position, and at the same time made a tentative step with his right foot, his body tensed and stretched, full of rhythm.

This realistic tentative step did not deceive Tang Wenlong, but then, Harden suddenly raised his hand in the air, assuming a shooting posture.

This shot fake action is large and fast, especially in the eyes looking at Tang Wenlong, it is full of determination to look at the basket. Tang Wenlong was in a trance, subconsciously stood on tiptoe, leaped and stretched out his hand.

But immediately, Tang Wenlong shuddered as he jumped up, he found something was wrong!

Harden didn't move, received the ball to the left, straddled his right foot diagonally to the left, his whole body turned into a streamer, and easily wiped it in.

"Stop him!" Tang Wenlong shouted.

Brand, who was closer to the inside line, let go of Ibaka behind him and came to make up for Tang Wenlong's loss of position. The seasoned brand stretched out his two long arms at the same time, vaguely blocking Harden's pass to Ibaka On the other hand, if Harden chooses to pass the ball at this time, he doesn't mind accepting the basketball.

Harden, who was running, didn't intend to pass the ball. The left hand in control of the ball slammed the basketball, and his shoulders shook disorderly.

Then slow down the body shape, the basketball hits the ground, and the body shape turns to the left to make a layup to the left.Before Brand could react, Harden put away the basketball again, and stepped his right foot sharply to the right, making an actual layup to the right.

"It turned out to be a European step!" Brand counted Harden's steps, and saw through Harden's technical movements with some pride in his heart. hat!

There was a hint of teasing in Harden's eyes, it's no big deal to be shaken away so easily!

His right foot stopped suddenly, and then he received the ball to protect his chest, and his left foot took a larger step to the left, jumping on the left point like a ballet dancer, leaning forward with one hand The ball, the basketball, slammed on the rim and bounced into the hoop.

"Let's go!" Brand yelled at the referee, how could this guy take the third step?
The referee didn't care about Brand, and turned his head to chase Holiday, who had already served and advanced.

Tang Wenlong ran to the frontcourt while looking up at the replay on the big screen directly above the arena. In the replay video, Harden's first fake move to the left was actually a dribble, but his right hand was protecting the ball. The action looks like it's taking three big strides while grabbing a basketball.

"It's really amazing." Tang Wenlong was amazed. He could do this European step, but he never thought that someone would use so many changes, as if every move of the body turned into a fake movement.

It's just that the young man he thinks is very good, his defense is really average.

In this round, Iguodala provided an off-ball screen for Tang Wenlong and easily let Tang Wenlong get away from Harden. Durant was forced to switch positions and followed Tang Wenlong to the outside of the three-point line, not daring to let go.And Iguodala leaned back against Harden, reached out and asked Holiday for a basketball.

Iguodala dribbled the ball and made a right-turn back turn fake, shaking Harden's center of gravity with one step, and then took two steps in the opposite direction, facing the basket and hitting a jumper with a backward body.

The two sides are in excellent condition, and the attack is like sparks hitting the earth, and the hit rate is surprisingly high.

When there were only 3 minutes left in the first quarter, Tang Wenlong missed his first shot of the night, and still missed a layup when he broke through to the inside.

At this time, the two teams were 35 to 34, and together they scored nearly 70 points.

At this time, the 76ers have completed their first rotation, with Louis Williams and Thaddeus Young replaced, and Tang Wenlong and Iguodala still on the field as partners.

首节比赛结束，76人41比39反而领先了雷霆2分，唐文龙第一节9投8中，其中包含了3记三分球，这让他个人单节得分恐怖地达到了19分。

Which rookie was the last time a rookie had such an astonishing scoring record in a single quarter? When fans think about it, they immediately remember the talented No. 3 of the Bucks. He scored 55 points in his rookie season and scored 29 points in the third quarter. Super show.

Compared with Jennings, Tang Wenlong looked more relaxed and freehand. His freehand scoring was like a super general on the battlefield.

Maybe it was Tang Wenlong's performance that stimulated Durant. After he appeared in the second quarter, he suddenly turned on the scoring mode, scored 10 points in a row, and scored 25 points in the first half.

The two teams came and went, throwing bang bang bang bang bang bang bang outside the three-point line. By the end of the half, the score had come to 69 to 72, and the 76ers were 3 points behind.

The wonderful confrontation made the audience mesmerized. The players of the two teams tried their best to sway their young talents in the air. The wonderful blocks, fast breaks, dunks, and three-pointers made people's blood pumping.

(End of this chapter)