In Boston's North Shore Gardens training hall, 76ers players prepare for the game.

On the big stage of the playoffs, the upset is the most eye-catching, the No. 1 seed and the No. 2 seed in the West are all on the ground, and people naturally forget about the red-green war.

"Quick, faster."

Collins clapped his hands, Tang Wenlong dribbled quickly, flew three steps on the three-point line, glided in the air for a distance and picked up the basket.

Subsequently, the rest of the dribblers also followed Tang Wenlong to make a layup, but compared with Tang Wenlong, the speed was obviously much slower.

On the other side of the court, the trainer specially invited by Philadelphia held a bat-resistant bag in his hand and withstood Durham Porter's back-to-back singles under the basket one after another. "Use a little more force, and keep your feet steady!"

It's a closed practice, and it's not just the Philadelphia 76ers and the Celtics who are in the North Shore Garden, but they're in a separate gym, and the two teams don't see each other.

After Tang Wenlong did a few sets of dribble switchback runs, he began to do jump shooting training, which is a regular part of his daily training, at least 1,000 mid-to-long-distance shots.

"Don seems to have become more accurate!"

Assistant coach Bob is Collins' right-hand man, mainly responsible for the team's players' personal development plans, and Tang Wenlong's analysis of each stage is particularly in-depth.

"Oh? How so? Collins was a little puzzled, why didn't he see it.

Since the All-Star break, Tang's overall shooting percentage has not improved, but his mid-to-long-range shooting percentage has increased by 7 percentage points, and at the same time. His foul making rate is almost the same as it was before the All-Star break. So what we're seeing is his skyrocketing scoring stats after the All-Star break. Throughout March and April, they averaged nearly 27 points per game together. Bob pushed his glasses and analyzed them reasonably.

"The Celtics are now desperate to contain Tang Wenlong, as long as he holds the ball, someone will come to help defend immediately." Collins expressed his distress, in fact, if Tang Wenlong is a player who has been in the league for three years, it is estimated that he will not need to worry about it, because the superstar will definitely deal with this kind of thing by himself.

"Don's passing was very good. He used to play point guard in college. Bob gave his opinion, "In fact, most of the NBA stars will still share the ball when they encounter a bag, while ordinary players have a high shooting percentage in the face of no defense. ”

Bob shrugged his shoulders and said, "Maybe in the first game, everybody was a little bit nervous, if the next game Celtic was like that and we hit some shots." They may not dare to do so. ”

"Makes sense." Collins nodded, "Bag clip." Split the ball, shoot in the open position, and it seems that there will be more blocking between Tang Wenlong and Iguodala. ”

The two of them were talking, and Tang Wenlong on the court gradually entered a good shooting situation, shooting from all angles in a row, and the speed of the shot was very fast.

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

The crisp sound of the basketball spinning through the net echoed in the training hall, and the sound of harmony with everyone, the sound of heavy breathing after practice, and the sound of words exchanged were woven into the most moving melody

Columbia University Campus, Manhattan, New York.

Fang Chuxia met Yang Anqi, a fellow economics major, who is a Chinese-American with Taiwanese parents who immigrated to the United States at a very young age.

The two of them have a similar complexion, and not long after the start of school, they met each other, they are very close and good, and they often study together in class.

Today was Saturday, and there were no classes in the evening, so Angel knocked on Fang Chuxia's room door.

"Early summer, early summer, do you want to go to the library to read a book?"

Her Chinese is somewhat non-standard, but she still insists on using Chinese to communicate with her compatriots.

Fang Chuxia's voice came from inside the door, "Wait a minute, Anqi, I'll open the door right away." ”

After half a ring, Fang Chuxia opened the door of the bedroom, his hair was wet, wafting with the smell of fresh perfume, and when he saw Anqi, he showed a sweet smile.

"Angel, you're here."

Yang Anqi also laughed, revealing two small tiger teeth, and walked in very familiarly.

"Are your roommates out playing again? Their lives are truly rich. Yang Anqi saw that there was no one in the dormitory, and she knew what was going on.

"Well, yes, they have a date, and they went out early in the morning."

"Hey, I'm going to roll the sheets with my boyfriend again." Angel smiled, her nose wrinkled, and she had an expression that I knew what your roommate was doing as soon as I guessed.

Fang Chuxia's face flushed slightly, and he said coquettishly, "Don't talk nonsense. ”

Angel snorted, "I'm not talking nonsense, it is!" ”

At this time, she had already walked to Fang Chuxia's desk, Fang Chuxia's computer was still on, and the voice of the ESPN host broadcast live sounded on the half screen, and the camera immediately switched to Boston's North Shore Garden.

"Wow, NBA!"

As if he had discovered a new continent, Yang Anqi sat on Fang Chuxia's chair, operated the mouse with his hand, and slid back and forth.

"In early summer, do you still like to watch the NBA? The playoffs between the Celtics and the 76ers looked intense. ”

"Ahh Fang Chuxia was stunned and said with a smile, "Yes, of course I like to watch NBA games, this is the second game between the Celtics and the 76ers, it's very exciting." ”

Yang Anqi was a little surprised, and a little incredible, "I always thought you were a top girl, but I didn't expect you to like to watch sports, or fight against such a fierce basketball game, wow, it's unbelievable." ”

Fang Chuxia didn't know what to say, did she want her to tell Angel herself that she liked to watch the NBA purely because her boyfriend was a player who played in the NBA?

"Philadelphia 76ers, hey, there is actually an Asian player!"

At this time, Angel, who was staring at the screen, found something magical, and she blinked her eyes wide, feeling that it didn't match the general situation of the black movement in her impression!

"Who is this, is it Chinese?" On the screen, Tang Wenlong hit a three-pointer on a jumper, and the 76ers led the Celtics by seven points at 45-38, with 4 minutes and 22 seconds left in the second quarter.

Fang Chuxia rolled his eyes and said helplessly: "Yes, he is Chinese, Anqi, don't you know him?" ”

Yang Anqi chuckled, "But I only know Yao Ming, who is he, he feels very powerful, he has scored two goals in a row." ”

"His name is Tang Wenlong, a member of the Philadelphia 76ers, and he is quite powerful." Fang Chuxia introduced it concisely, and said the last sentence, he unconsciously raised his little head, and felt that his face was quite bright.

"Hey, it's time to pause, okay, let's go early summer, go read a book." Angel saw that the game was about to take a timeout and got up to her feet.

But Fang Chuxia shook his head, "Anqi, I still want to finish watching the game, I won't go to the library today." ”

Yang Anqi was puzzled, "In early summer, you actually like to watch basketball games so much?" Oh my God, I think it's crazy, we study economics but it's your personal hobby, I respect you, it's very good! Tsk, with your stature, it's easy to be an NBA cheerleader. ”

Fang Chuxia covered her face, Angel is very outgoing, and her speech is too straightforward (to be continued.) )