On January 1, 2012, on the other side of the United States, it was China's Spring Festival, but in the United States, in the New Orleans Arena, there was a seemingly ordinary NBA regular season, the New Orleans Hornets sat at home against the Golden State Warriors, and it is not difficult to find that the Warriors wanted to win this game, they played very well in the first few games, narrowly defeated the powerful Los Angeles Lakers, and then lost by one point to the championship contender Miami Heat, The day before yesterday, they flew to Toronto to win a big victory, and it can be said that they are in high spirits, but what about the Warriors, this year's Warriors have suffered from injuries, and their two star backcourts, one Stephen Curry, was absent for two months before the game because of his left ankle, and a Monta Ellis also stated before the game that he would not play because of a finger contusion, and has not returned until now, and David Lee has had to watch from the wall because of a hip muscle strain in the past ten games, Vladimir Rademanovic, the outside artilleryman on the bench, was reimbursed for the season due to a knee injury, so they lined up a lineup that was almost composed of dragons and substitutes - the backcourt is the former Hornets veterans, who once gave Paul a substitute for Genielo Pargo and temporary worker Reggie Williams, the frontcourt is known as "Little Wade" Dorrell Wright and potential rookie Apai Yudo, and the center is the free throw maniac Andreins Biedrins, in this lineup, Wright has a relatively stable firepower point, Everyone else is lacklustre on the offensive end, and the Hornets have specially released a starting lineup led by Zhaoqiang, Paul, Iverson, Zhaoqiang, West and Bai Xiaofei in response to this.

At the beginning of the game, the Warriors began to focus on Dorrell Wright, compared to Kobe and James, Wright is far from the first two stars in terms of fame and strength, but Wright has a momentum, in the face of Zhaoqiang's close defense, Wright left Zhaoqiang behind him with a cross-step dribble, and forced the basket, Zhaoqiang's defense was not timely, and he hit Wright's arm with a "snap"!

"Toot toot!"

Defensive fouls!

Wright hit the free throw, Tang Long was also watching from the side of the court in this game, and there was an old man in black clothes sitting in the wheelchair next to him, between Wright's free throws, Zhao Qiang deliberately glanced at Tang Long sitting on the court, who was happy and nodded lightly.

The Hornets attacked, Paul held the ball in the front court, West blocked and dismantled, Paul returned the ball, the latter hit the ball steadily, Wright took the sideline ball and strode into the basket, Zhaoqiang followed behind Wright, watching the physical Wright dedicate tomahawk to the audience!

In the eyes of the audience, Zhaoqiang's state in this game is obviously not very good, his feet are like being filled with lead, and his movement speed is as slow as a ninety-year-old man.

On the offensive end, West once again contributed a 17-foot jumper, Wright scored twice on Zhaoqiang's head, this time he was still a single Zhaoqiang, he was full of confidence, holding the ball outside the three-point line, ignoring Zhaoqiang's defense, and directly pulling out a three-point shot!

After Wright's three-point shot, Zhaoqiang picked up the ball and sent it to Paul by himself, and the entire New Orleans arena was silent, what happened? The first two games were high-spirited, and Kobe Bryant was killed, where is James's Zhaoqiang! He looked tired in this game!

Wright's performance continued, and he scored twice and scored on both occasions! In the first five minutes of the opening game, Wright turned out to be a missed shot, shooting 7 of 7 and scoring 16 points! Wright led the Warriors to a 26-18 score**, while Zhaoqiang didn't contribute anything other than a defense that was beaten into two and one! The New Orleans arena, which was still elated, began to boo!

Monty Williams called a timeout, he walked up to Zhaoqiang and said,

"Mega! You didn't go to Toronto yesterday, I don't know what you did in New Orleans, why your game today was as soft as toilet paper! Where's your defense! Know that your opponent is nothing more than a role player with a contract of less than 5 million! ”

Zhaoqiang ignored Monty Williams, he took the towel and sat on the bench, wiping the sweat lying down by himself, but his eyes glanced at Tang Long who was sitting in the stands, he didn't say a word, but all this was seen by Wang Jing, who was sitting behind Zhaoqiang.

After the pause, Monty Williams did not call Zhaoqiang's name again, Ariza replaced Zhaoqiang on the court, after the former came on the court, the Hornets played well both offensively and defensively, in terms of strength, the Hornets steadily overwhelmed the injured Warriors, and the whole team gradually overtook the score under the leadership of Paul, and then widened the score little by little.

At the end of the second quarter, the Hornets expanded the score to 15 points under a wave of attacks, and in the free throw break, Monty Williams glanced at Zhaoqiang and said,

"Zhao, you tell Ariza to come down and rest, you fight well!"

Zhaoqiang didn't speak, stood up with a solemn face, high-fived Ariza who was off the court, and then stood outside the free throw line waiting for the rebound, Monty Williams felt that Zhaoqiang was a little strange today, but he couldn't tell what the problem was, anyway, it was an inexplicably strange feeling.

After returning to the court, Zhaoqiang was much tougher defensively, no longer allowing Wright to play a smooth offense, and forced the latter to stop the ball many times, but Zhaoqiang suddenly turned into a three-point maniac again!

As I said before, Zhaoqiang has a very bad habit of catching the ball outside the three-point line, because standing here can control the overall situation, seeing the running position of his teammates, Zhaoqiang himself has no three-point ability, and after staying away from the restricted area, he is unable to grab rebounds, this problem Bowen said that he has not only done it once or twice, but Zhaoqiang has never been able to change it!

The ball that Paul passed to Zhaoqiang basically couldn't go back, because Zhaoqiang directly shot a three-point shot! And his clumsy three-point shooting skills Even if the opponent takes a step out of the way, Zhaoqiang can't throw the ball into the basket, so Zhaoqiang's three-point shots are mostly in exchange for a crisp sound of iron, Zhaoqiang played for only 3 minutes, and actually shot 6 three-pointers! And none of those six shots hit! Monty Williams had no choice but to call another timeout and replace Zhaoqiang with Peja.

Although Zhaoqiang was sleepwalking in this game, the Hornets still relied on the overall strength of far surpassing the Warriors and easily defeated the Warriors, Paul only played 28 minutes and scored 20 points and 13 assists, Iverson only played two quarters of the game and scored 18 points, Bai Xiaofei beat Biedrins, 29 points and 17 rebounds and 4 blocks, Zhaoqiang did not play again, and finally his data stayed on the court for 8 minutes, scoring 2 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists and 3 turnovers on 1-of-8 shooting, And of course as many as 4 fouls.

When Zhaoqiang was replaced, Bai Xiaofei came over with a big white face, and taunted Zhaoqiang: "What did you fight, a bunch of shit!" ”

Zhaoqiang scolded back: "Get out, Lao Tzu has his own truth." ”

Wang Jing, who was sitting behind the bench off the field, was full of smiles, and said secretly in his heart: "On weekdays, when I look at Zhaoqiang's five big and three coarse, I can't imagine that there is also a delicate side in my heart. ”

When the game reached the fourth quarter, when the overall situation was decided, Zhao Qiang watched Tang Long, who was iron-faced, leave the arena without caring about the old man in a wheelchair.

……

"Tang Long, do you know what you're doing!"

In the lobby of the ancient courtyard, the old man sat on the wooden chair with a serious face, and Tang Long had a relaxed expression, he picked up the tea, took a small sip and said,

"Old man, what I am doing now, I not only understand, but also know very clearly, I am different from you, you are a well-known person, and I am a businessman, everything I do is a rich business, you don't need to interfere in what I do."

"Make money, hum, make money," the old man frowned slightly, he was rarely seen like this on weekdays, and the old man continued, "Do you have peace of mind when you get your money!" Zhaoqiang is still just a child, don't play any tricks or tricks on him! ”

"That's what I'm going to do with you, what can you do to me! Go denounce me! Hum! Tang Long sneered twice and said,

"You know, Zhaoqiang is the mastermind, if you report me, Zhaoqiang will be the one who capsizes first! And I can continue to look for the next target! ”

"Do you know what happens if the NBA commissioner's office finds out about it? Match-fixing! There is even a possibility of a lifetime ban! Now these people standing in the NBA, look at it, Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, Sun Yue, Bai Xiaofei, Zhaoqiang, each of them is the pride of the nation, if you are obsessed, you will become a sinner of the clan! ”

The old man stretched out his finger, pointed at Tang Long's nose, and said, "Tang Long! You're going to ruin him! ”

"Ruined him! Hum! Tang Long glanced at the old man with resentful eyes, and he said, "It's just like you ruined me back then, isn't it!" ”

The originally tense air quieted down in an instant, the old man looked at Tang Long, his lips trembled a few times, but he didn't say anything, and then, the old man put down his arm dejectedly, sighed softly, and said,

"Tang Long, I know you are taking revenge on me, expelling you from the basketball team back then was a mistake I made back then, if you have a grudge, just come at me, you can't make such a ......"

Before Tang Long could hear the old man finish speaking, he suddenly slapped the chair and jumped up, his emotions seemed very excited, he yelled at the old man, "Yes!" And how! Fu Ming! After all these years, I've been waiting for you to say these things, but now that you've said it, so what! Can it change anything! ”

Tang Long's face began to twitch, he slowly walked up to the old man and said, "47, do you remember this number!" 47！ I scored a full 47 points in the NBA tryouts at home that year! I have more rights to the NBA than everyone who joined the team after me! A group of more than ten of us went to the United States, but no more than three people had the hope of playing in the NBA, and in the final comprehensive evaluation, I ranked third, but! ”

Tang Long took out a cigarette from the coffee table, lit it, then took a heavy puff, and said,

"Just because of my lack of height, I was defeated in the end, at that time, at that time, Fu Ming," Tang Long spit out a mouthful of eye circles at the old man, and said slowly, "As the leader of the team, whether I stay in the team or not is just a matter of your words, but in the end, you signed the repatriation notice, you know, at that time, I was the hope of the family, and all of their eyes were staring at me, but your two words completely ruined my future NBA road!" It also changed my life! ”

The old man didn't dare to look at Tang Long's eyes, he lowered his head slightly, and said softly: "Indeed, the words of the year were indeed signed by me, but Tang Long, there was a reason at that time, your height was a hard injury......"

"Bruises!" Tang Long shouted, "Look at the three people who were selected by you to join the team later, none of them really stood on the NBA arena!" Didn't even get a contract for the training camp! Ha ha! What a travesty! Later, I wondered countless times if I had been among those three people at that time, and whether I would have been the first player to get a contract in the NBA! ”

"Tang Long, don't mention the past anymore, no matter how you say it, it's been all these years, and it's time to end grievances and grievances......"

"The end? Why should it be closed? Tang Long said contemptuously, "The consent you wrote into the repatriation notice by hand, I will remember it for the rest of my life, every horizontal, every vertical, every stroke, I will never forget it until I die!" ”

Tang Long, who had been suppressed by these words for all these years, seemed extremely relaxed after spitting out these words, he took a puff of cigarette and continued,

"Now, I have nothing to do with you, you continue to be your celebrity, and countless people will give you a monument after death, and I, just a businessman, it is my duty to make money, if you can't stop it, please avoid it!"

The old man sighed softly, it seems that he can't say that Tang Long can no longer be moved, the old man stood up gently, suddenly, the ringtone in his trouser pocket was loud, the old man took out his mobile phone and saw that it was the phone of the team's CEO Marquis Jackson, and the old man connected,

"Manager Fu, something big has happened to Zhaoqiang!"

"What's wrong?"

"This morning, the police took Zhaoqiang away!"

"What!" The old man was taken aback! "What is the crime!"

"Although the bow is a woman's ......"