pinnacle swinger

Chapter 73 Fighting Spirit
The competition in the West this year is particularly fierce. With the Spurs and Lakers taking the top spot, and the young guards like the Blazers and Thunder rising, no one can guarantee that they can securely rank in the top eight.

The record of the Nuggets is an obvious portrayal. It is possible to win a game and enter the top four, and it is possible to lose a game and fall out of the top eight. After the critical December and January, some teams will start to choose to play poorly, and then life will be relatively easier.

Therefore, when facing the visiting teams from the East, the teams in the West are all very tight, and they will never give up easily if they can win.

So the game between the two teams, after entering the second half, officially entered a fierce stage. Fans from Colorado uttered their own shouts that belonged to the West, and slowly created a real NBA atmosphere!

Throughout the third quarter, the two teams took the lead alternately. Nene performed brilliantly in this quarter, scoring 10 points alone, which also caused Hawes to receive his fourth personal foul and was replaced early.

After this quarter, the two teams battled 74 to 72, with the 76ers leading by 2 points.

Hawes on the bench looked a little embarrassed, and the team acted like nothing happened after he left the field.Speights, who came on as his substitute, is as bad as him on the defensive end, but he is really able to open up the space on the offensive end. He received several mid-range jumpers from Iguodala's breakthrough points, which was a beautiful mess.

At the end of the third quarter, Tang Wenlong made his personal score reach the 21st point. He has hit 3 three-pointers in this game, averaging one in each quarter.

In the TV footage broadcast by the court TV, a simple highlight of Tang Wenlong's game was made before the start of the fourth quarter, including the shocking three-pointer and the negative-angle dunk with a flat frame. After the highlight, A headshot of Tang Wenlong wearing the No. 1 76ers jersey was exposed, and beside it was a bunch of field statistics, scoring 21 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals.Then the camera changed again. Tang Wenlong hit all the jumpers in the first three quarters. The hits were indicated by green empty star triangles, and the misses were marked by red crosses.

The two hosts sang praises for Tang Wenlong during this period, as if Tang Wenlong really wanted to match Kobe and catch up with Jordan.

After the start of the fourth quarter, the two of them still seemed unsatisfied, but at the moment Tang Wenlong was resting off the court, so they stopped talking and started explaining the game on the court.

Not long after, JR scored 5 points with sudden shots, and the Nuggets had a small burst from the bench. The 76ers fell behind 75 to 82 by 7 points in an instant.

"The 76ers have obvious disadvantages as a substitute. After Tang Wenlong's main force left the field, there was no effective offensive routine on the scene." Yang Yi regained his energy. This is a good time to make a good analysis. He talked eloquently: Williams is a good scorer, but he is not a playmaker, the 76ers' second team is obviously out of touch, the scene is not organized, it is messy."

Yang Jian complained in his heart: "What do you mean without rules? Are the Nuggets' substitutes playing very rules? Isn't the second team in the NBA disrupting the game? They must be fooling people there again."

At this moment, the 76ers' timeout ended and Iguodala was replaced early.

It shouldn’t be counted as an advance. For an iron man like Iguodala, his playing time this season is already the lowest in recent seasons. Playing 40 minutes in a game is nothing to him at his peak. .

Tang Wenlong couldn’t do it anymore. The team doctor of the 76ers had done an overall physical examination on Tang Wenlong. The data showed that Tang Wenlong’s body was still developing slowly. From the age of 18 to 19, Tang Wenlong had grown by 6 to 7 centimeters. Now Appropriate game time will increase his physical function, and excessive game will wear down his physical potential.

As the head coach, Collins is well aware of this, so even if he wants to replace Tang Wenlong 1 times, he can only suppress this thought at the moment.

Sitting on the court, Tang Wenlong was burning with anxiety. His eyes looked at the red score on the upper screen for a while, and for a while he glanced at Collins who was not far away, wondering why the coach didn't put himself on the field?

At 6 minutes and 49 seconds of the fourth quarter, the Nuggets led 88 to 79 by 9 points. At this time, George Karl had replaced Anthony and Billups.

The Chinese fans are already full of curses. In their view, if the head coach does not replace Tang Wenlong, it is a mentally retarded behavior and a typical discriminatory psychology!

Tang Wenlong looked at the coach with piercing eyes, as if saying: "Coach, let me play!"

After seeing Tang Wenlong's gaze, Collins felt ashamed and wiped off his sweat secretly. It's hard to be such a nanny-type coach.

So just after the dead ball passed, Tang Wenlong was substituted into the game. At this time, he was resting on the bench for almost 10 minutes!

Stepping on the long-lost floor, Tang Wenlong's peaceful heart instantly became hot again.

He carefully checked the equipment on his body, high-fived and encouraged each other with Louis Williams who was replaced, and returned to the field with the blessing of his teammates.

时间：5分48秒，掘金90比82领先8分。

The 76ers served from the sideline, and Anthony stood on the side and raised his hand to interfere.

Holiday came out and received a pass at 45 degrees to the right of the three-point line. He immediately collected the ball and stood up, then quickly scanned the entire half court to observe the dynamics on the field.

After the off-ball screen, Hawes fell to a low position, his huge body blocked Nene's line of sight, and a red figure cut in silently from behind the two.

"Opportunity!" Holiday flashed his eyes and threw the ball decisively.

"Be careful!" Billups turned his head and reminded loudly that Holiday threw the ball too casually. It didn't seem like he was going to lob or shoot. There was only one possibility!
Seeing the basketball fly over his head, Nene felt horrified, a red figure abruptly blocked most of the light from the corner of his eyes.

"Damn it!" he yelled, dodging around with great experience.

"Bang!" There was the roaring sound of the palm touching the basket above his head, as if it was exploding in his ears, loud and messy.

The basketball fell rapidly from above, and after bouncing on the floor, someone kicked it and rolled far away.

90 to 84, the Nuggets lead by 6 points.

This alley-oop dunk shocked everyone, Tang Wenlong circled behind the two big guys, slammed it down abruptly, and then arrogantly withdrew a basket, shaking the basketball stand violently.

"Wow, I can really jump!" The mouths of the two people on the court table were so big that they could stuff a duck egg.

"He can really jump!" Yang Yi repeated and said with a smile.

But Collins, who was sitting idle on the sidelines, his eyes lit up. What he cared more about was Holiday's early pass. When the ball arrived, it seemed that the cooperation between Tang Wenlong and Holiday had gradually changed during this period of time. more, this is a good sign
Tang Wenlong is very active. Even if he mainly plays off the ball, his precise shooting can make him the most threatening flank.

Two minutes later, Tang Wenlong got a chance to break through from the bottom corner, attracted the Nuggets to double-team, and then distributed the ball to Iguodala on the outside.

Iguodala raised the knife and scored the key three-pointer. 93 to 89, the Nuggets lead by 4 points.

Seeing that the lead was constantly being eroded, the famous coach George Karl couldn't sit still anymore. He stood up from the bench and gestured to the referee to apply for a timeout.

The middle and Taiwan technicians manipulated the big screen, and time stopped abruptly at this moment.

Iguodala walked off the court with his arms around Tang Wenlong's neck, smiling brightly: "Tang, your pass is really good, I received the ball in the most comfortable position, the strength is like the one the trainer gave me, it's awesome !"

Tang Wenlong smiled and said, "Andre, your passing is better than mine. I have learned a lot of tricks from you, which are very useful."

Seeing Tang Wenlong complimenting him, Iguodala laughed a few times triumphantly, feeling more and more in his heart that this little brother is really good, talented, hardworking and very pleasing.

"Take the brothers to your country another day!" Iguodala said.

Tang Wenlong nodded frequently, feeling a surge of pride in his heart: "Of course, my motherland is a superpower with a history of more than 5000 years. You know how magical and incredible it is. It is a country full of miracles."

"Wow, that's cool," Iguodala exclaimed.

The picture of the two people's continuous communication from the field was captured by photographers and reporters, and immediately they thought of tomorrow's sports news topic-the most sincere communication-revealing the harmonious internal relationship of the 76ers.

Back from the timeout, Anthony took a feint and made a mid-range jumper.George Carlton's face turned black for a while, blinding him to the tactics he had arranged for a long time.

During this period of time, the overall state of the 76ers was very good. Iguodala and Hawes completed hand-to-hand screen passes, rushed inside and passed the ball to Hawes who suddenly slid down this time. Hawes was very tough. He jumped up like a giant panda, his bounce speed was not good, but the jump height was definitely not bad, and he pressed the ball into the basket with one hand.

93 to 91, the Nuggets only led by two points. The fans at the scene only felt that the chrysanthemum was tight, and they could no longer see the calm posture. So after Hawes dunked, they heard boos all over the sky.This made him very depressed. When Tang Wenlong scored an alley-oop dunk just now, he got a lot of cheers and applause. Could it be that the difference in appearance is really that big?

In the last 2 minutes of the game, Tang Wenlong took a small step after breaking through, chose a close-range jumper, and scored! 93 flat.

George Karl was very helpless. In such a short time, the team was hit by a small climax. Anthony didn't say anything, Billups had no sense of presence on the court, and the overall fighting spirit of the Nuggets was obviously worse than others. cut.

PS: At this stage, the Nuggets were plagued by rumors of Anthony's trade, and the team's record was sluggish. It was not until after the trade that a group of young people such as Gallinari played the track and field team, and the record returned to the top eight.

(End of this chapter)