Chapter 230: A Bad Premonition
The Eagles lost a game, but the media that watched the Aging Hawks have used a variety of data to prove that the probability of the Eagles advancing in this round is less than eight percent.
The Hawks are furious, and although they have stopped in the second round of the playoffs for three consecutive seasons, they can't be looked down on like that, right? It's better to simply say that it was swept away.
But in fact, after the first game, the Hawks already knew in their hearts that there was a gap between the two teams, especially the interior because of Horford's injury, which has now become an absolute hole, not only about rebounding and low post offense, but also the most lethal box defense.
The 76ers are different from the Celtics, the 76ers are the league's famous youth guards, raising a group of young and energetic players, such as Lowry, Luis, Tang Wenlong, Iguodala are all very good raiders, and the overall ability to impact the interior ranks in the top five in the league.
In terms of mentality, there has also been a little change.
In the G2 game, the Eagles had solemn faces, and when the MVP banner was hung in the Wajovia Center Arena, Tang Wenlong's face was even worse when the mountains roared like a tsunami to send Tang Wenlong the blessing of winning the MVP.
"Made, it's the same as a concert." Joe Johnson complained in his heart, looking at Tang Wenlong who was pretending to be forced with his arms raised, and wanted to go up and fight with him.
Tang Wenlong felt the cohesion and centripetal force of Philadelphia, and he played the last finale, and the MVP voice rang out in the audience, which lasted for a long time.
Ten minutes later, the preparations were over, leaving the starters on the field.
The referee, a dark-skinned old man, walked to the halfway line, glanced at the number of people on the court, held the orange basketball with one hand in his right hand, and picked up the whistle with his left hand and put it to his mouth.
The 76ers and Hawks starters were all in place, with Tang Wenlong and Joe Johnson standing opposite each other. The two men leaned down, their arms together like heroes, ready to go.
"Beep~" A whistle sounded, and the basketball was thrown into the air.
Gasol and Josh Smith jumped the ball, and this time the jump ball Josh was a little suspicious of snatching the shot, obviously flying into the sky at twice the speed of Gasol. Then he took the lead in shooting the basketball.
The basketball was controlled by Jeff Teague and slowly advanced past half court.
Teague is a home-grown point guard from the Hawks, who entered the NBA through the draft in '09 and is still under the age of 24. He is very fast, has good ball handling, has the ability to shoot three-pointers and throws, is good at changing direction and breaking through on the run, except that he is not strong enough, he is almost the most standard NBA starting point guard.
This is Jeff Teague's third season. The first two seasons were played as a backup point guard, and this season he started as a starting point guard, averaging 12.6 points and 4.9 assists per game, compared to the 76ers Lowry's average of 11.4 points and 5.1 assists per game, which is not much different.
At this moment, Lowry and Teague were in opposite positions, and the two began to entangle each other after halftime, and Teague beckoned Marvin Williams to block and break through to the inside with the ball.
"He's fast. It's like a little whirlwind. "On the 76ers bench, Coach Bob admired Teague's style of player. Just like Louis Williams.
Tang Wenlong immediately abandoned Joe Johnson and quietly came over to help defend Teague, while Gasol also made up for it in front of him, forming a pinch attack on the ball handler.
Teague looks, good guys, there are 76ers players on all sides!
He was so scared that he almost didn't sit on the ground. Directly dribbling and turning his head, he threw the ball back to Marvin Williams on the outside, Marvin stood a little outside, half a step away from the three-point line, but fortunately there was no one to defend.
He jumped three-pointers. The basketball deviated from the direction, smashed the basket and smashed the rebound, and bounced out.
Jason Collins scolded Nima, and a group of strong men appeared around him, and young Iguodala rushed over like a flying roc bird, grabbing rebounds in the air.
Turn around, it's a fast attack!
This happened almost instantaneously, and the moment Iguodala turned to dribble after grabbing the rebound, Tang Wenlong had already rushed out with all his might, and quickly overtook the stunned Joe Johnson and others with strong explosiveness.
Marven, who was the furthest out, was in the defensive position, Iguodala threw a long pass, and Tang Wenlong received the ball and directly entered the three-point line.
At this time, the rest of the Eagles also came back to defend, Tang Wenlong dribbled the ball and made a crotch action, and immediately stopped in place, he turned his head to look at the half, as if he was waiting for his teammates to come over and fight together.
Marven took a half breath, and then suddenly saw Tang Wenlong's rapid change of direction, and the action was obviously premeditated.
"It's too insidious!" Marvin Williams' eyes widened, and he didn't have time to adjust his center of gravity, watching Tang Wenlong slip over like a loach, past him and killing inside.
"Bang dang!"
Tang Wenlong also had an action of extending forward in the air, holding the ball flat with both hands, and walking in the air like a basket.
Marven jumped up and found that even if he had a twenty-centimeter longer arm span, he couldn't cover Tang Wenlong's dunk, and he couldn't do anything.
2-0, Tang Wenlong ignited the stadium with a wonderful dunk at the beginning, and the fans raised their hands and began to cheer "MVP" again.
The Hawks attacked, and Joe Johnson made a jumper to exchange for Tang Wenlong, but missed.
The rebound was taken by Lowry, who dribbled across the half court, broke through Teague and hit the Hawks basket, but he didn't want Collins to stand in position early, and as soon as he touched it, it was like being hit by a sports car, and he fell to the ground and flew out exaggeratedly.
The referee subconsciously blew the whistle, looked at it in a daze, and blew Lowry for an offensive foul.
Lowry, who also fell, jumped to his feet angrily, ", this guy is obviously a fake fall, how could I knock him so far, that's a 2.13-meter big center, not the main force of the kindergarten!" ”
Lowry wanted to find the referee to theorize, but the Hawks served quickly, and immediately Teague dribbled the ball to the 76ers halfcourt, and Lowry had no time to communicate, so he could only solve Teague's offense first.
Teague and Josh Smith blocked and dismantled in the elbow area, giving Joe Johnson who ran out of the ball cover, Tang Wenlong's defense was not out of position, Joe Johnson shot a duffle and then changed direction and went to the middle, and gave it to Josh who went down the way, Josh hit the 76ers basket, confronted Gasol in the air, and scored on the basket. 2 to 2.
The 76ers attacked, Iguodala received the ball and broke through, rushed into the Hawks restricted area and attracted a large piece of defense, and passed to Tang Wenlong, who moved to the 45-degree position of the three-point line, Tang Wenlong received the ball and tapped the sky, and Josh Smith, who pounced, flew out, he shot too accurately, as long as he made shooting feints on the outside, the opponent was generally easy to be missed.
After flying, Tang Wenlong quickly dribbled to the inside line, and no one hindered him, and the speed was terrifying.
The Hawks will turn back, Tang Wenlong made a quick stop jump shot at the free throw line, no one in front of him to defend, no one to interfere behind, and steadily threw a shot like a free throw. 4 to 2.
The Hawks attacked, Josh missed a jumper, and the rebound was grabbed by Gasol.
Lowry gave the ball to Gasol in the front court, Gasol passed the ball to Tang Wenlong in the high post, Tang Wenlong dribbled and pretended to break through to the inside, stepped into the three-point line with his left and right feet at the same time, and suddenly made a force with his right foot, and withdrew out of the three-point line in a big stride, with an obvious backward range in his body, and the shooting point was very high.
Josh, who arrived later, jumped up decisively, his long arms extended, and his big hands were open, as if covering Tang Wenlong's eyes.
"It's so hard!" Yang Jian shouted.
"Huh!"
The basketball hollowed into the net, and the 76ers' 7-point shots in the opening game were all taken by Tang Wenlong.
Off the court, Hawks coach Larry's eyelids jumped, as if something bad was about to happen (to be continued). )