pinnacle swinger

Chapter 91
The three quarters were regarded as garbage time. After 24 hours, facing another team, the three quarters were completed and clocked out.

Tang Wenlong's performance is like the occasional fluctuating lake surface, a little ups and downs, but overall, it is still stable. He has a body, skills, and brains. The way of survival given to him by Nocioni, he will go to other places. Take the essence from the dross, and constantly enrich your own abilities.

The media in Philadelphia spared no effort in declaring Tang Wenlong as the best rookie, which made the media in Los Angeles unhappy, and the two sides of the media had a big spat on social media.

At this moment, Tang Wenlong obeyed Joe Thomas, opened his own Twitter, and verified his real name.Today, with the advancement of intelligence, Tang Wenlong has only opened his own Twitter until now, and he is also a kind of person who is relatively late.But this didn't affect fans and fans' love at all. In just one day, the number of his fans began to skyrocket, breaking through [-] records.

Tang Wenlong gave the account to Joe Thomas to manage. In fact, many NBA stars handed over accounts such as Twitter to their agents to manage. Many of the news fans saw, only a small part of it was actually posted by the stars themselves. of.

In mid-January, Hawes, who had rested for more than a month, returned from injury.

This time, Collins had a headache.Before Hawes was injured, he was the main center of the 76ers, and he played well.But now that the team has recalled Dalembert, when the Haitian sharp forward is used as the main inside line, the record is also excellent, and from the book point of view, the effect is even better than when Hawes was the center.

This is really difficult, Collins can only talk to Hawes, and comfort Hawes by saying that his body has just recovered, and he will find his feelings from the bench first.

Hawes is also very helpless. He knows what kind of big changes happened to the 76ers during his rest period. As a qualified basketball player, he understands Collins' arrangement, but there will always be a little bit of dissatisfaction in his heart. But the starting lineup is the one that gets a standing ovation from the audience when it comes out!
The depth of the 76ers' lineup has become thicker, and their record has steadily improved.

At this time, the eyes of the league were attracted by the upcoming All-Stars.After the results of the second round of voting came out, Tang Wenlong was still the No. [-] guard in the Eastern Conference. Behind him were Dwyane Wade and Derrick Rose of the Heat. The leading star may not be able to make the starting lineup of the All-Stars!
"This is an insult to the All-Stars." The Chicago media was blunt, and like the Los Angeles media, they bombarded Tang Wenlong, "His performance is great, and their team's record is also very good, but after all, he is still just a player. A rookie. And he's far behind Derek in terms of points and assists. I think the fans who voted should be sensible and look at the last game between the two teams, that will tell everything."

Tang Wenlong's Twitter is now full of ice and fire, half of the fans fully support him, and half of the fans hate him black and black.

"Fortunately, Tang Wenlong doesn't use Twitter." Joe Thomas wiped off his sweat, and silently blocked a hacker's ID...

About ten days later, the All-Stars announced the results of the third round of voting.

After the results came out, the fans in Chicago were really disappointed. Derrick Rose, known as "leading the Bulls to recover after Jordan", still failed to surpass Wade at the last moment, and regrettably lost the All-Star starter.Tang Wenlong, on the other hand, easily occupied one of the backcourt positions in the East, seemingly effortlessly.

"A jackass who didn't even use Twitter before actually snatched the starter..." This is all the voices of all NBA players. It was a waste of their interaction with fans before, all kinds of cuteness and so on.

No wonder Rose said sourly in an interview, "There are too many fans in China."

In the same way, Yao Ming in the West was also selected as the starter of the All-Star Game, even though he was injured in December.In terms of expressiveness, it is difficult to convince other NBA players.

East: Tang Wenlong, Wade, James, Stoudemire and Howard.

West: Paul, Kobe, Durant, Anthony and Yao Ming.

Neither the Bulls with the No. [-] record in the East nor the Spurs with the No. [-] record in the West were selected as All-Star starters, which caused criticism from the media.

It is worth mentioning that Iguodala ranked third among the Eastern Conference forwards, only [-] votes behind Stoudemire, and even surpassed the popular balloon stars Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce.

The All-Star is not just a half-time exhibition game, but also a commercial promotion of the NBA.The stars who can be selected for the main game, in a certain sense, have a large part of the fan base. Through the All-Star Weekend, they expose themselves, increase their popularity, and increase their commercial value.

For the stars in the small ball market, how to not be forgotten in this big dye vat, the All-Star is undoubtedly a good choice.

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In the last three games in January, the 76ers have three consecutive away.

Challenge the Raptors away, challenge the Grizzlies away, and challenge the Magic away.

It was the first time for Tang Wenlong to come to Toronto. In such a severe cold weather in January, he also caught up with a heavy snowfall, which directly covered the whole Toronto with snow.

"The life of the Raptors is not easy!" Tang Wenlong sympathized with the Raptors players.

Lowry also nodded frequently, "Yes, this damn place is really too cold and remote." He breathed into his hand, and white smoke came out, "If you let me, I definitely don't want to come here to play, it's better in Philadelphia..."

When the bus entered the city, the road was icy and the speed was very slow.

"DeMar DeRozan is the core that the Raptors need to cultivate now. He has made great progress." When Tang Wenlong closed his eyes, he recalled the tactical instructions that Collins made on the plane before, and occasionally thought about writing them himself. I am happy with the problem of tactical movement.

"He is in good health, accurate in mid-range shots, and good at free throws, but he has no long-range shooting ability."

DeRozan and Tang Wenlong, who were born in 89, have very different styles. Tang Wenlong has a strong breakthrough, but he relies more on various jump shots to solve the offense, while DeRozan prefers to play air cut tactics. His foul-making ability is the best of the Raptors. The strongest players here, like Bargnani and his like, may not even draw a few fouls in a game.

So the Raptors became the second largest player in the East after the Cavaliers and went straight to the lottery.

The local Chinese in Toronto were not afraid of the severe cold and came to cheer Tang Wenlong one after another.One crazy female fan even wrote such explicit words as "willing to give birth to monkeys for Tang Wenlong" on the sign she was holding, which shows the lethality of the handsome Tang Wenlong in terms of female fans.

Tang Wenlong was a little moved and a little funny, the fans are always so cute and innocent.

Amidst the cheers of 34% of the fans, he scored a quasi-triple-double of 9 points, 8 rebounds and [-] assists, contributing a landmark victory.

Subsequently, Tang Wenlong made a big fuss in Memphis, contributing 31 points and scoring 30+ points again.

After this game, Tang Wenlong won the best of the week for the second time in his career. In the last week of January, he averaged 30.9 points, 8.2 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game. James, Stoudemire and others who were also nominated for the best of the week.

It can be regarded as calming down the chattering Yoyo for a while.

But the good times didn't last long. In the last match against the Magic in January, Tang Wenlong was cursed by the best award and lost his touch in Orlando. He missed all 4 shots in the first quarter and scored a zero.

In stark contrast to his sluggish performance is Warcraft Howard's hot state. He is simply an unstoppable monster, constantly grabbing offensive rebounds, completing dunks or causing 76ers inside. It took halftime to get a double-double of 16+11.

Fortunately, Iguodala and others felt hot, and the 76ers' outside firepower was always able to continue, so that the score was never completely opened.

In the second half, Collins instructed the 76ers to foul and send Howard to the free throw line.

This move was immediately booed by the Orlando fans. Nocioni used it all for fouls once he played on the field. He hammered his fists at Howard desperately, while looking at the referee, thinking why the referee didn't blow it What about fouls?

Howard showed a wry smile helplessly, and once again he didn't even enter the field after serving the baseline ball, but Nocioni followed him like a shadow, and found Howard lightly outside the field. The foul was very gentle, just Like touching the face of a lover, he touched Howard lightly.

The referee is also a hard worker, and he doesn't know the Nth foul call.

The Magic's offensive rhythm was immediately shattered. Howard only made more than [-]% of his free throws. Sometimes, he would miss consecutive free throws.The more they are cut, the more nervous and helpless the players feel, and the more difficult it is to find the sight.

The effect was remarkable. The 76ers gradually pulled back the score difference. Tang Wenlong hit consecutive outside jumpers, looking very much like the slender Magic No. 1 back then.

Stan Van Gundy scolded Collins for being shameless, but there was nothing he could do about it. This set of tactics was invented by the old Nelson to deal with the invincible Sharks. Although they are different players now, it seems that the culprit is still Magic.

In fact, during this period, Howard's free throw percentage was really not low. Although his posture was very stiff, he was able to hit almost 5% of his field goals. He also contributed 9 points, 22.9 rebounds and 14 blocks every night. He is a well-deserved NBA player. No. 2.5 center forward.

But no matter how you hang it, when the free throw is not effective and you encounter the shark-slashing tactics, you still can only stare blankly.
(End of this chapter)