Chapter 57: Amazing Cross Step
The resilience of the 76ers proved to be very good.
After the opening Heat hit a wave of 6-0 shock, the 76ers were still able to stand firm, and veteran Elton Brand hit back-to-back jumpers to catch up with the score.
The game gradually entered a state of see-saw.
Tang Wenlong didn't have many opportunities to make a move, he played a role in a transfer more often, and Wade's defense was very good, basically following Tang Wenlong, so that Tang Wenlong had no chance to vacate.
It wasn't until the end of the first official timeout in the first quarter and after the two sides returned to the court that Tang Wenlong ushered in his first chance to perform.
It was a split after Iguodala broke through, and under the pressure of James, the ball was a little off, and Wade and Tang Wenlong pounced on the basketball at the same time.
In the end, Tang Wenlong, who had an advantage in arm span, took the lead in grabbing the basketball with his left hand.
It can be seen that Tang Wenlong's hand is very big, and the basketball is in his hand, just like a normal person holding a volleyball.
After Tang Wenlong withdrew the basketball, the two of them had a hedge in the air.
Tang Wenlong snorted, and spun the basketball in the direction where it flew from, his long arm was like a compass, twisting his waist and turning around. The huge impact made Tang Wenlong a little unstable when he landed on the ground, and then, he took the ball to the ground, and the basketball quickly slapped a few times on the floor, the frequency was extremely fast, and his body immediately found a sense of balance.
It's just that after this delay, Wade also adjusted, stretched out his arms, and opened up the defensive position.
Tang Wenlong didn't have time to think about it, took a diagonal step with his left foot, pulled the basketball back, and the terrifying long arm was shot out from under the crotch, and the basketball appeared on Tang Wenlong's vacant left hand like magic, and kept rotating in the palm of his hand, like a fancy action.
Wade was stunned for a moment, maybe he was a little confused by the collision just now, and subconsciously turned his body sideways.
At this time, Tang Wenlong's body did not pause at all, his left leg bent inward, his right foot quietly took a step, and both hands hung down at the same time, his left hand and right hand almost touched the floor!
In such a small space, the rate at which a basketball refracts on the floor is frighteningly fast.
Almost in the blink of an eye, Tang Wenlong completed the change of direction in front of the ground body that was close to the floor, and Wade's defense had lost the opportunity, and he couldn't adjust his center of gravity at all, and looked at this little rookie in surprise to show off his operation in front of him.
There was only one word that flashed through his mind at the moment - crotch crossstep!
When Wade turned his head, Tang Wenlong had already rushed into the penalty area, that young figure was like him when he first entered the league six or seven years ago, he strode on the outer edge of the big penalty area, grabbed the basketball with both hands and put it behind his head, his legs bounced as if out of the earth's gravity, and after drifting in the air for a distance, his waist and abdomen were forced, and he grabbed the basketball with both hands and smashed it down!
"Peng!"
The loud sound was transmitted through the speakers above the backboard, crisp and short.
Tang Wenlong grabbed the hoop with both hands, and the hoop was violently deformed under his frantic pulling, and the No. 1 behind it appeared so conspicuously on the big screen above for the first time.
"OHMYGOODNESS, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CROSS-STEP, WHAT A BRUTAL CLASP OF HANDS! Tang Wenlong, a 19-year-old scoring guard from the 76ers! Kevin Harlan let out a trademark exclamation.
Clark Kellogg, who was on the side, also had a hellish expression, a look of disbelief, and exclaimed: "What a beautiful move!" ”
Tang Wenlong jumped off the basket, and the bench and the audience were already boiling.
It's no wonder that Iverson and Carter at their peak had so many fans, and such wonderful dribbles and dunks set the entire Wajovia Center on fire in an instant.
"Who's this yellow-skinned kid?" Many pseudo-fans still don't know Tang Wenlong, and ask the senior fans around them.
"That's Tang from our China, and he's the biggest show this year!" Many fans wearing the No. 1 jersey proudly said that they were honored.
On the court, James and Wade looked at each other.
"What a good young man, this physical fitness is almost catching up with me at that time." Wade exclaimed sincerely, in an old-fashioned tone.
"Haven't you fully recovered yet?" James heard Wade's implication and asked with a frown.
Wade shook his head and said, "I'm afraid there is no way to go back to that time, but even if it doesn't have that strong explosive power, there is still basic strength and speed, which has no effect." ”
"I'll fight, you keep it." James said.
Wade nodded: "Okay." ”
The Heat have no feeling for Tang Wenlong's amazing dunk, players of the level of James and Wade are not at all a person who can easily beat the fighting spirit with a dunk or a wonderful pass, they are used to seeing strong winds and waves, and their hearts are extremely calm.
Heat coach and young coach Eric Spoelstra's tactical arrangement is very simple, and the positional offense is that Wade and James take turns to break through the ball, and occasionally once or twice with Bosh's pick-and-roll cooperation. In the current run-in period of the Heat team, this is indeed the most suitable tactic.
In fact, just after seeing the speed of James and Wade's fast break, Spoelstra already had a preliminary idea, which is to imitate the defensive counterattack of the U.S. national team and turn the transition offense into an important scoring method for the team. Of course, in the current basketball world, it is still mainly positional offense, and he still doesn't dare to put forward this idea, but slowly explores it.
After the end of the first quarter, the 76ers fans at home were delighted to find that the team had a tie with the championship favorites, 26-27, only one point behind, and only half a goal was scored.
Tang Wenlong felt the intensity of the confrontation in the NBA game for the first time, he played eight minutes in the first quarter, but it was like he had played half a game in college, not only the consumption of offense, but also the consumption of physical strength on the defensive end, and he had to spend a lot of effort to defend in each wave of offense.
Collins naturally saw the uneven distribution of Tang Wenlong's physical strength, but he didn't plan to teach his disciples these small things, as long as he played too many games, these would naturally be understood.
Tang Wen rested until the end of the second quarter of the game, when there were only 4 minutes of game time on the court.
The 76ers led the Heat by four points 45-41.
Tang Wenlong came on the court to replace the average Louis Williams, this guy is currently only 2 of 9 shots, and the efficiency is relatively low.
"Hey, boy." As soon as Wade saw Tang Wenlong on the field, he was like a sleepy lion, and suddenly came to his senses.
Tang Wenlong felt a chill in his heart, and felt that Wade's vision was strange.
The two stood cross-legged, waiting for kickoff. The camera focused to the middle dividing line, Tang Wenlong stood there and was obviously half a head taller than Wade who was 1.93 meters, and the myth of the official Tang Wenlong's height of 1.93 meters was broken.
James, who was a small forward on the sidelines, teed off and Iguodala interfered with with waving his long arms.
Tang Wenlong just wanted to delay Wade from receiving the ball, but suddenly felt that someone pushed him around his waist, and his body was unstable all of a sudden, and he hurriedly recovered his center of gravity, and when he reacted, Wade had already received the sideline serve and began to hold the ball to advance to the 76ers' half.
Tang Wenlong has a toothache, these old fritters!
Wade was in good spirits, ready to teach Bangyanxiu a lesson.
He raised his head and glanced at someone on the inside, and the ** who joined the team in the same year ran out, and then made a blocking posture not far from Tang Wenlong.
"Bang! Haslem! Tang Wenlong was blocked by Captain Ha, and Wade flexibly bypassed Elton and entered the hinterland of the 76ers at once.
Outside Holiday shrank in, and within two steps, the basketball whizzed over his head like a cannonball.
"!" He turned his head and went back again, and James Jones, who was tall and armed, caught the ball and hit a jumper!
Holiday looked unhappy, there are not only positive data in the NBA, but also reverse data, like this kind of score of the player, each team will record it in detail, and the score of the player who makes his defense increase by three points for no reason will definitely affect his defensive evaluation.
"You guard against it, you can't prevent me from guarding against it." Holiday said loudly at Tang Wenlong.
Tang Wenlong's eyes widened, he didn't speak, and retreated, indeed, the biggest problem with this defense was him, and he had nothing to say.
It's just a scene of small friction between the two, and Iguodala sees it, he can't help but have a headache, Holiday is the team's main new star, and Tang Wenlong's potential is comparable to the sky, both of them are the team's main puzzle pieces, and now it seems that they are not very harmonious with each other.
No one noticed the small friction, and under the noisy sound, I thought it was just an ordinary communication between two people from a distance.
The 76ers attacked, and Elton Brand fell to the low post single.
After he took the basketball in the low post, he turned around and turned into a face-frame attack, and it was Haslem who defended him.
After Elton took the basketball to the point, he played a crotch with a numb game, and then stepped back to make a small jumper, which was actually an outside move to finish the offense.
After this kind of outside action is used by the inside line, the lethality is particularly huge, and the basketball arc is very positive, falling steadily into the basket, which opened the eyes of Tang Wenlong, who saw this scene