Chapter 171: Christmas Opener

Losing to the Raptors in the preseason is not a big deal, and everyone knows that the 76ers are focused on training.

After the middle of December, it means that 2011 is coming to an end, Fang Chuxia ended another semester of classes, and went to Philadelphia to live with Tang Wenlong during the winter vacation, and the two were sweetly tired of being together.

On Christmas Eve, the league introduced the traditional Christmas War, which was also the opener of the curtailed season.

The first game was last season's championship matchup between the Heat and the Mavericks, on the Mavericks' home court. The Heat held their breath, and this game went all out, obviously it was only the first game of the regular season, but it played with a Finals-level intensity.

Tang Wenlong, as the star that the league is now highly supporting, has a huge market in China behind him, so he was naturally arranged for the opening game, and in the third game, the 76ers vs. the Trailblazers were arranged.

The home of the 76ers, the Trail Blazers, came from afar.

On the evening of the 25th, the 76ers' Wajovia Center Arena was brightly lit, and Philadelphia fans happily awaited the team's regular season opening, and they were full of confidence in the new season.

The 76ers' own cameras shot outside the arena and randomly found a few Philadelphia fans, their faces painted with the Philadelphia icon, holding glow sticks of various colors, shouting and grimacing at the camera.

"We believe in the rise of Philadelphia, Tang Wenlong, he is an incredible player!" Someone among the fans said.

In the locker room before the game, Tang Wenlong prepared his appearance clothes.

In winter, when the temperature was a little low, he added a set of sports training clothes with long clothes and long pants to the regular competition clothes of short clothes and shorts. Zip up your clothes. I picked up my phone and played.

"Apple's new phone is good. It's just a little smaller. "Gasol's newly arranged locker is next to Tang Wenlong, which used to be Nocioni's location.

"Yes, this new product is pretty good, it's not stuck at all, and it's beautiful." Tang Wenlong smiled and turned the phone upside down, 4S in his hand is small like Nokia.

"The Trail Blazers are also quite unlucky, a guy as strong as Brand was actually knocked down by an injury, and the injury is really fiercer than a tiger." Gasol let out a long sigh. There is a sense of regret in the appreciation of tonight's opponent.

Tang Wenlong said: "Yes, at that time when I was still in high school, I saw Roy's rhythm change, when he was the most terrifying, he could do 7 to 8 feints in a breakthrough, which I can't do even now." ”

"I remember the time when he fought against the lore rocket, he really had a big heart." Gasol laughed.

"Now instead of making LaMarcus Aldridge the boss of the team, this guy's straight-arm jumper is a bit of the style of Tianzun back then."

"This guy is also hard to guard. He has excellent height and reach, but fortunately he has average skills in the low post. Otherwise, the average points per game can go up a lot. ”

Tang Wenlong said with a smile, "But he seems to have 21+9 data last season, which is quite good." ”

The 76ers' players sat in their chairs and chatted with their teammates on the side, and then after about half an hour, the staff informed them that they could warm up

The match was broadcast live on the Imperial Court Channel, at 8 a.m. Capital Time.

In the studio, Director Zhang knows a lot about the 76ers' summer operation, "This summer, the 76ers' moves are not small, and the inside line signed David West and Mark Gasol, which suddenly made up for the gap in the departure of Hellam Porter and Thaddeus Young. ”

Coach Zhang's partner was Yang Jian, and he then asked: "Coach Zhang, can you analyze the differences between Baller and Marc Gasol, and the differences between Thaddeus Yang and David West?" ”

'Of course, they're all different styles of players. For example, Dale Porter, although he can run, can jump, is not short in height on the inside, and can contribute 1.5 blocks at night, but compared with Gasol Jr., the role of the obvious interior barrier is a little smaller, Gasol Jr. belongs to the kind of defender with tonnage on the inside, and the biggest difference with his brother is that he is very tough, and the playing quotient is very high"

Director Zhang gushed here that the 76ers and Trail Blazers on the court have made all the pre-game preparations.

Tang Wenlong pressed his legs, Wesley Matthews ran to defend him, and in the Trail Blazers' lineup, third-year Matthews was already the most consistent firepower output point on the outside.

At the same time, his defense has been praised by experts and the attitude of the young guy is outstanding.

Trail Blazers starting lineup: point guard Raymond Felton, shooting guard Wesley Matthews, small forward Gerald Wallace, power forward Aldridge, center Marcus Camby.

The two sides jumped the ball, Aldridge was the first to touch the basketball, and the Trail Blazers had the first wave of possession.

Tang Wenlong stood on tiptoe, stepped back in small steps, looked left and right, and then followed Matthews to a 45-degree position, watching Felton advance with the ball.

Filton gave the ball to Matthews, and after the Trail Blazers ran inside, Aldridge was in the low post to David West, and as soon as Filton hung the ball, Aldridge grabbed the basketball with one hand, and then formed a low single.

It was just over three meters away from the basket, and Aldridge had a good grasp of this position, so he leaned his back to him, suddenly turned around, smashed the ground and dribbled a step, and half-turned for a jumper.

As if his arms were stretched out into the sky, West couldn't cover them at all, so he could only cover his eyes.

Aldridge was distracted, his jumper missed, Gasolka dominated Camby under the basket, and Tang Wenlong rushed in and jumped high to snatch the rebound.

"Attack!" Tang Wenlong drank loudly, turned around and passed Matthews who subconsciously pulled out the ball, and then sent the ball one step away, his body followed, and launched a fast attack!

Tang Wenlong was one with the ball, and after dodging Matthews's delay, he quickly hit the frontcourt position.

In the frontcourt, only Felton was left alone to defend, he hid under the basket hard, in the fast break, the defensive ball was useless, and the key was to recruit.

Iguodala caught up and cut diagonally at 45, and Tang Wenlong threw the ball into the air.

Iguodala catches it with both hands, and both hands turn into one-handed slam dunks!

With a "bell", the Wajovia Center boiled, scoring the first sports battle of the new season, the first dunk of the new season, and the first empty catch of the new season!

Tang Wenlong smiled and high-fived Iguodala who came back from the defense, although it was Iguodala who dunked in the end, but 80% of the credit for this ball should belong to him who grabbed the defensive rebound and advanced quickly.

Subsequently, the Trail Blazers gave Matthews an offensive interference, the rebound was picked up by Gasol, and Lowry made a layup after falling to the position.

A minute later, the 76ers played an 8-0 opening game at home, and the Trail Blazers called a timeout.

Trail Blazers head coach Nate McMillan frowned deeply, the 76ers are very strong (to be continued.) )