pinnacle swinger

Chapter 99 Opening

Comparing people to people will really piss people off.

At the beginning of the season, Tang Wenlong did not blindly and easily sign the sneaker contract, and it was up for grabs.By the middle of the season, he became famous and his strength was recognized, and he won a contract no less than that signed by Durant and Nike that year.The award setting in terms of contract details is beyond ordinary people's imagination.

He suddenly became an upper-middle-class player who surpassed the income of most NBA players. You know, he is still just a rookie.

After Hayward knew it, he kept sighing.

"Why is your life so good, my God, more than 1000 million, the salary of an All-Star player is only so little!"

"After all, local tyrants." Wesley was also indignant, and pulled Tang Wenlong to treat him.

Several people made a fuss for a while, and Lawrence Frank seized the time and called everyone to the arena.Everyone stood up from their chairs and filed out of the dressing room.Tang Wenlong, Hayward, Wesley Johnson and Greg Monroe are a bunch, John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins ​​are two college teammates together, and the remaining Griffin, Tate Na and Favors exchanged pleasantries, but they were actually not familiar with each other.

In the Staples Center arena, the activities before the start of the Rookie Challenge are almost done.

The stilt-walking performance team from China was full of applause and warm applause that lasted for a long time.After the 18 players in the rookie game entered the field in turn, the applause became more enthusiastic.

"Hey, James." Tang Wenlong shook hands with Harden in greeting.

"Hey, Tang, it's really unreasonable for you to become handsome again." Harden is also very talkative, and the two have played against each other several times, so they are relatively familiar.

"Where is it? You are obviously more handsome. Look at your big beard, so sexy." Tang Wenlong laughed.

The two of them chatted for a while, and Tang Wenlong greeted the second-year players one by one as if he was watching flowers on horseback.

"Stephen, why do you always have a baby face?" Tang Wenlong said to Curry.

Curry smiled shyly, "It can't be helped, it's just so tender. People who don't know me think I'm a junior high school student, and say, "Look, that kid is so tall!" "Ha ha."

Holiday: "Today I will definitely win!"

Tang Wenlong: "Come on, boy, maybe you can win a Rookie Challenge MVP!"

On the sidelines, Joe Thomas and Fang Chuxia sat and chatted together. From Joe Thomas, Fang Chuxia knew a lot about Tang Wenlong working hard alone in this foreign country.

The camera was on Tang Wenlong, who was being introduced by the DJ. On the big screen high above the scene, there were highlights of Tang Wenlong's first half of the season, such as blocking Kobe with a straight arm, buzzer-beating game against the Lakers, and so on.Finally, Tang Wenlong's average per game data until the All-Star Weekend appeared at the bottom of the broadcast camera.

“21.9分4.9个篮板3.7次助攻1.1次抢断和0.7次盖帽。”DJ一字不差地把唐文龙的数据给播报了出来，同时还说出来的，是唐文龙惊人的投篮命中率——场均百分之47.8，三分球命中率百分之36.9，罚球命中率百分之86.2！

Tang Wenlong smiled at the audience and waved to the audience.The fans in Los Angeles didn't boo him anymore today. The screams, whistles and cheers combined into one, and it was very lively.

On the other side of the front row, Tang Wenlong saw Fang Chuxia wearing his No. 1 76ers jersey. Fang Chuxia also turned his eyes at this time, and the two met in the air tacitly. She made a gesture of blowing a kiss, but when she finished, she retracted her hand shyly, and the movement was very fast.

"Wow!" Tang Wenlong's head thumped, and his body felt full of energy.

Then came the introduction of the second-year players. It wasn't until the camera of Blake Griffin appeared that for the first time there were more enthusiastic cheers than Tang Wenlong.

“场均21.5分11.4个篮板3.6次助攻0.8次抢断和0.5次盖帽。”

Except for the shabby defensive data, in any other aspect, he has achieved the ultimate among inside players. At least with this data to participate in the All-Star, no one will say that he is not qualified.

One of the three referees is a female referee invited by the WNBA, which can be regarded as a small gimmick.

After messing around with a lot of opening ceremonies, Tang Wenlong took off his jacket, revealing the red No. 76 jersey of the 1ers.

First-year players are required to use dark-colored away jerseys to participate in games, while second-year players are required to participate in games with light-colored home jerseys. Most NBA home jerseys are white, so it looks like second-year players The lineup is more orderly.

Stephen Curry, Wesley Matthews, DeMar DeRozan, Taj Gibson and DeJuan Blair make up the second-year starting lineup.On the bench sat Jennings, Holiday, Ibaka and James Harden, who replaced Evans, who was unable to play because of plantar fasciitis.

Without further dawdling, the game started with the whistle blowing.

Cousins ​​pressed half of Blair's palm and picked the ball across his own half. Griffin reached out, grabbed the ball, and then passed it casually to John Wall behind him.

The rookie first-year team ran over the half court. It seemed that the five players were much stronger than the second-year players.

**The host Barkley immediately laughed and said, "The five first-year rookies are like five calves, haha, and the second-year players are more like bamboo poles. This is quite difficult. After a year After a lot of training, he is actually not as good as a first-year player who has just entered the league."

He was partnered with Reggie Miller, who had a vicious vision as a shooter, and immediately said the main point, "The key is that this year's rookies are considered to be a group of golden rookies every 7 years. The rookies who scored, and the ones who did it before, were LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony in 20."

Tang Wenlong and Wall didn't know each other very well, and they competed with each other. He thought that Wall would always come by himself in the first attack.

Unexpectedly, after he reached 45 degrees, Wall directly let go and handed the ball into his hands.

"Huh?" Tang Wenlong was taken aback. Doesn't he want the honor of MVP in this rookie competition?

At this time, Wesley Matthews, who was defending him, looked absent-minded, and he was a step away from him.Tang Wenlong's conditioned reflex formed over the years is that he can hit a three-pointer when he jumps up.

At this time, Matthews stretched out his hand to pretend to defend, and he couldn't even cover Tang Wenlong's chin.

The three-pointer was like a long-range cannonball, hitting the basket accurately.

the edge of.
With a crisp sound of "Kang Dang", Joe Thomas clenched his fists and was just about to cheer Tang Wenlong, when he sat down resentfully.

"Ouch, old man, calm down." Fang Chuxia smiled and held Thomas down.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Country people don't often watch games live, so I'm a little excited." Old man Qiao said solemnly.

The defensive strength of the rookie game is simply not at the same level for NBA players who are used to playing the regular season. The essence of the exhibition game is to focus on performance, and the lob slam dunk is the main theme of this game.

The second-year team grabbed the rebound to defend and counterattack, and Curry made a throw and completed the lob with Blair.

The rhythm of the two teams was very fast. After advancing through halftime, Wall easily broke through Curry, faced Gibson and avoided a crotch dribble, and then leaned over to score a layup.

DeRozan broke through and scored a layup.

Cousins ​​made a mid-range jumper.

Immediately afterwards, Curry passed the ball without looking at people in a juggling manner and wanted to distribute it to the inside Blair, but was intercepted by a white hand extending diagonally!
Blake-Griffin!
After Griffin made the steal, he dribbled the ball behind his back and began to dribble forward. His ability to control the ball is very strong, and the basketball is not unstable in his hands at all.At this time, Tang Wenlong, who reacted extremely quickly, had already crossed the three-point line. As soon as Griffin reached the three-point line, he threw the ball directly!

Tang Wenlong soared into the air, the distance from the ground was more than an ordinary waist.

He took the basketball with both hands in the air, and when he pulled his arm back, he swung down in the direction of hitting the basket, and the basket made a roaring sound with a "bang".

"It's a good pass!" Tang Wenlong was surprised. Griffin's pass timing, technique, angle and strength were just right. He caught the ball very comfortably.

"Hey, what a joke." Griffin raised his mouth and reached out to give Tang Wenlong a high five.

The media cameras flashed frantically, and one can imagine how precious the record at this moment would be if both of them became superstars as they wished ten years later.

(End of this chapter)