Chapter 300: The Grinding Pains
"Mine!"
Tang Wenlong raised his hand to signal that the responsibility for the ball was on him, and his teammates waved their hands to indicate that it didn't matter.
Off the court, Billups and Ray Allen whispered about the 76ers' tactics, and Ray Allen said: "If Lowry holds the ball, it is basically based on the tactical movement of the pillar series, which can not only give full play to Gasol and West's ability to open up space, but also create opportunities for Tang Wenlong to shoot in the open position." “
"If you run without the ball and switch to Tang Wenlong, the two elbows are more exposed, and the most important thing is that David West and Marc Gasol both have the ability to play and they do a very good job of dominating the ball." What Billups noted was the 76ers' ability to share the ball.
"But the Thunder were really active defensively today, and Russell Westbrook's steal just now was just right, and it feels like he's been in ambush for a long time." Ray Allen said.
"I must have lost the finals, I have been studying the 76ers all summer, studying Tang Wenlong's passing, and prediction is very important." Billups said jokingly, and the two of them couldn't help but laugh secretly, keeping their heads down and not daring to be seen by the camera. Otherwise, tomorrow's headline should be "76ers blatantly laughing and disrespecting opponents in the game between the two old balls".
A few minutes later, the game went into the rotation of the substitutes.
Collins couldn't wait to bring on the two veteran bats he had just brought in this summer, along with backup center Kwame Brown coming on.
"It's okay to be ambushed on the baseline and in the blocking zone, ready to catch the ball at any time." Tang Wenlong and Kwame Brown high-fived, simple instructions.
At the same time, he smiled at Billups and Ray Allen, who came on the field.
"Changxi, you come to organize, I'll cover and block and dismantle." Tang Wenlong whispered to Billups, who was not polite, nodded and said, "Don't worry, I'll pass you the ball later." ”
After a few people finished communicating, they stood on the sidelines and waited for the Thunder to kick the backcourt.
The Thunder replaced Kevin Martin and Hashim Thabit on this side, replaced Safrosa and Perkins, the first two were traded from the Rockets with Harden, Martin was also a scorer who averaged nearly 20 points per game in the Rockets, although the offensive means are not particularly rich, but the shooting ability is very strong, the shooting angle is very low, and the speed of the shot is the top in the league.
Westbrook advanced to the frontcourt, and as soon as the Thunder's tactics changed, they immediately changed to cover Kevin Martin for running without the ball.
When Martin ran to the elbow area, it became a double cover made by Durant and Ibaka, at this time there was a problem with the communication between Tang Wenlong and Ray Allen, according to the words of Iguodala before, it was okay to change the defense directly, but now Ray Allen and Iguodala are different, Ray Allen just passed through their blocking and dismantling screen, and kept up with Martin's footsteps well, and the two of them pounced on Martin to the outside together.
In the middle, Durant was vacant and ran out to receive a pass from Westbrook and hit a jumper.
"Mine", "My! Tang Wenlong and Ray Allen took responsibility in unison, and then both of them laughed, Tang Wenlong stretched out his hand, and the two of them high-fived and went back to the half-court attack.
Westbrook was aggressive defensively, with Billups leaning sideways and holding the ball steadily.
At the top of the arc, Tang Wenlong came out, and then cut the inside line, Ray Allen ran back to the outside at this time, and the Thunder team also made defensive mistakes, Martin focused on Tang Wenlong and ignored Ray Allen.
Billups passed to Ray Allen for a three-point jumper in seconds, and the latter made an easy shot and hit it accurately!
It was Ray Allen's first three-pointer for the 76ers, and it was Billups' first assist for the 76ers, and the audience immediately applauded, and the 76ers tied the score at 19-19.
After Durant missed a jump shot, Tang Wenlong grabbed the rebound and advanced, and he made an emergency stop outside the three-point line and made a feint to shoot and worship Buddha.
Immediately shook Durant's center of gravity up, and then bent over, about to break Durant.
Durant fouled in advance and did not let Tang Wenlong hit the inside, which happened to be the fourth foul of the Thunder at this time, Tang Wenlong failed to go to the free throw line, and the 76ers opened the sideline.
Tang Wenlong sent the ball to Billups on the sideline, then turned around and rushed out to take Billups' hand-handed pass, and walked to the top of the arc with the help of David West's block. In an instant, there was a flaw in the formation of the Thunder team, Tang Wenlong passed back to find Ray Allen, and Ray Allen turned to Billups in the empty corner of the corner, and Billups made a three-point jumper!
Return! 22 to 19, two substitutes were replaced, and the effect was immediate.
The two veterans who are more than 70 years old together have a lot of experience in the game, and their shooting ability is very strong, and even compared to Lowry and Iguodala, the two of them have a more stable long-range shooting ability, and the Thunder team has not yet reacted, and two three-pointers have become a 3-point trail.
Brooks immediately called a long timeout, and the first quarter of the game went into the commercial break again.
"Good pass!" The two old sticks had a special tacit understanding when they played for the first time, and they high-fived each other and encouraged each other.
After the timeout, Westbrook went off the court first, and the point guard who replaced the game became the "old fish" Fisher, and Coach Brooks was also very good, and he was replaced by a veteran matchup.
Fisher is older, but he is very good defensively, and as long as he is not a speedy point guard who breaks through like crazy, he can basically complete the defensive task well. It's just older than Loops, and he doesn't use speed to pass people, relying on the change of rhythm, after the two people are facing each other, they both feel that each other is very tricky.
Before the end of the first quarter, Tang Wenlong received a ball from Ray Allen, and after a false shot, he made a quick stop jump shot, and his personal score came to the 8th point, helping the 76ers lead the Thunder by 2 points 27-25.
Tang Wenlong played the whole first quarter, and the first half of the second quarter became a break time, and Coach Collins put Iguodala on the field to play, and at the same time replaced Billups with the more impactful "Little Steel Cannon" Lowry.
During this time, the pace of play between the two sides was very fast, and after Ray Allen was ambushed on the outside, Lowry's crosshairs for breaking through the ball were much clearer. On the Thunder's side, Westbrook was the main attacker, and the latter also broke through the ball with a move, repeatedly finding holes in the 76ers' defense and getting opportunities to score.
The scores of the two sides have never been opened, and even the Thunder have a slight lead.
By the time Tang Wenlong played, there was only half a quarter left in the second quarter, and Durant had already played two minutes first and had a chance to hit a three-point shot.
After Tang Wenlong came on the court, the 76ers returned to the lineup of the starting five tigers, he continued to block and dismantle with Gasol at a position of 45 degrees on the right side, passed the ball in the bag, and directly misplaced the inside line of the Thunder without wrapping the clip, the inside line was Perkins, and he didn't dare to follow, Tang Wenlong hit two shots in a row from the middle distance, and the score was tied at 40. (To be continued.) )