Chapter 67: Convulsions
With a flick of the fingertips, the basketball rolls and flies in the air.
The place that rose higher and higher obscured the bright spotlight, and the shadow cast on Safrosa's head made him feel a sense of foreboding in vain.
In the next second, the basketball passed through the heart!
What a wonderful arc, what a wonderful goal!
Collins, who was on the sidelines, clenched his fists and secretly roared in his heart, almost jumping off the stool.
Durant raised an eyebrow, a little surprised by the standard of the rookie's shooting posture, although it seems that the shooting speed is a little slower, but it is already very amazingly high-quality.
The fans at the Ford Center Arena cheered slightly, slowly lowering the decibels, and no one could bear to roar like this throughout the game.
Westbrook held the ball and advanced to the baseline, passed back to Safrosa at the top of the arc, and Durant asked for the ball in the left elbow.
"Hit me with your back? You're so daring. Iguodala looked at the way Durant asked for the ball with his back, and even trash talk that hadn't been touched for a long time came out.
Those who know Iguodala well know that he's not a chattering defender. But once he meets a strong opponent, he will naturally come out of the excitement to talk some trash talk, and if he can get Iguoda to pull the trash talk weapon, it is a very good proof in itself.
Durant, who received the ball, pursed his lips and did not speak, he felt the strong body of Iguodala behind him, thinking about the way to attack this time.
In the end, Durant, who contrasted the thickness of his arms, did not choose to play with his back alone, and after he turned around, he dribbled and dribbled to a stop-and-go jumper.
The action is very simple, and even if you ask a junior high school student, you can do this.
It's just that coupled with the high-held shooting posture and fast shooting speed, this dribbling one-step emergency stop jump shot technique is suddenly raised to the height of a trick, and the power is endless.
Iguodala covered Durant's face with one hand, and Durant's face did not change. "Huh!" Hit.
12-3, the 76ers trailed by nine points.
The offense and defense rotated, and the 76ers fell into formation.
For a long time, the 76ers' main attacker was Andre Iguodala, who was on the wing, sometimes playing the role of shooting guard and sometimes playing the role of small forward. It's just that now that it's Tang Wenlong, everyone doesn't have anything uncomfortable with, it just feels like Iguodala who looks different.
So when Tang Wenlong was like a fish in water and ran out of the vacant seat with his teammates, it didn't seem too strange.
In the bottom corner, Tang Wenlong made a three-point shot
Also in it! 12 to 6.
The crisp sound caused by the penetration of the net flower drowned out the roar of the spectators, and the spectators in the stands looked at each other, "Where did this young No. 1 come from, so precise!" ”
"He looks like an Oriental, isn't he Yao Ming?"
Immediately after, Kostic missed an inside hook, and Iguodala rushed inside to protect the rebound. He dribbled the ball and quickly advanced to the frontcourt, forcing the Thunder to retreat at a faster pace.
Seeing that there was no chance, Iguodala waved his hand and signaled to hold off the attack, waiting for the panda-like Hawes to arrive.
Iguodala beckoned, signaling Tang Wenlong to mention the high position to do the blocking.
Tang Wenlong's eyes flashed, and after understanding what Iguodala meant, Xiao Broken Step moved quickly, and then spread his feet behind the diagonal half a meter away from Durant, crossed his hands and hemmed his lower body, protecting his lower body to make a standard blocking and dismantling posture.
Durant has always strived to be the most well-rounded player, including some of the most criticized things like dribbling, passing, and defense, and out of the corner of his eye, a red figure sneaked in, the corners of his mouth raised, revealing a disdainful sneer.
But the next moment, his mouth grew, and it seemed that he had seen something incredible.
Iguodala, who was holding the ball, suddenly shook the ball, and the basketball flew over Durant's head with an amazing speed under the swing of his tendon-covered arms.
"Didn't you attack yourself?" Durant was a little hard to understand.
Behind him, Tang Wenlong, who was running back, shook off Saflosa, and after receiving a pass that had a tacit understanding with Iguodala, he faced the inside line of the Thunder team to open the space, and not far away, Ibaka glared angrily, and ran over with a thigh.
Tang Wenlong suddenly made a sharp stop, and leaned forward to shoot a jumper at the side of the free throw line.
His posture is elegant, his eyes are firm, and he always has a confident smile on his face when his fingers are flicked.
"Huh!" 12 to 8, Tang Wenlong opened with 3 shots and 3 hits!
The young man proved his unusual strength with his fiery touch, and the determination and confidence in the offense were like a natural king, and the dashing posture with red wings sparkled in the NBA's thorny muscle forest scratched a different kind of wonder.
"It's possible to do it this way!" Collins on the sidelines felt that it was really a surprise, and Tang Wenlong's talent in attack was still beyond his expectations.
Brooks still didn't call a timeout, perhaps thinking that no matter how strong he was, he was just a rookie, so calling a timeout was a bit of a fuss, although he vaguely knew what changes had occurred in the 76ers' tactical arrangement when they came back from a timeout.
Durant felt like he should have stood up, and the damn little bug across from him was too happy to jump to the ground.
It's just that this time, before he could ask for the ball, Westbrook made his own tactical gesture, which turned out to be a high-post double-block tactic, which greatly tested the individual offensive ability of the ball handler.
Durant was a little helpless, but he still honestly ran to the bottom corner to open up space, and if the brother asked for it, he would not normally take the initiative to fight for the ball.
Holiday felt that the sky suddenly darkened, and two high walls were erected on either side.
"Stop you from being paralyzed!" He was speechless for a moment, feeling that it had been too bad lately.
Westbrook dribbled in an exaggerated arc and then took a lightning step from a great distance, ready to go inside.
When Holiday saw that Westbrook was still there, he was overjoyed, and he greeted him.
As soon as Westbrook saw that there was no chance to continue to break through, he took a sharp stop from the top of his position, and then jumped straight into the air, his legs unfolded for some reason, like a big frog gesturing with a human sign.
Tang Wenlong was eye-opening, this jump shot was simply a jumper
"Huh!"
But it was able to pass through the heart, 14 to 8.
Tang Wenlong feels that he is hot, but the 76ers are not his own team, although the coach asked him to be the main attacker, but in the real offense, the players will not miss the opportunity they think they have.
In this wave of offense, Elton Brand felt that he should have a high shooting percentage after receiving the basketball from the outside of the box, and turned around with a small hook.
Ibaka jumped into the air and almost touched the basketball.
Brand broke out in a cold sweat, the young man's athleticism was simply outrageous, his eyes were blocked by the broad Ibaka body, and he couldn't see the basket behind him.
But then, he seemed to hear a slight "bell".
Brand's heart moved, and he moved with great experience, and took advantage of the time when Ibaka could not adjust, and suddenly stretched out his two extra-long arms.
The basketball was lucky enough to bounce backwards and was caught just in time by Brand.
Brand was overjoyed, first holding the basketball in his arms, and then grabbing it with both hands and making a dot in the air. Ibaka, who lost the backcourt rebound, was already annoyed, and when he saw Brand about to shoot, he flew up with a "rub".
The young man is still too tender~ Brand showed a fox-like smile, withdrew his hand and flew away, wrapped the ball around Ibaka, and hooked the rebound with his feelings.
The basketball hit the board and fell into the basket accurately.
Tang Wenlong, who witnessed the whole process from the outside, secretly cheered for Brand in his heart, missed the hook, turned around and grabbed the rebound in the front court, and then shook the defender to pick the basket without looking at the frame in one go, and only an experienced veteran player like Brand can do this kind of action.
From beyond the three-point line, Durant missed a jumper.
Tang Wenlong and Iguodala completed the blocking, received the ball at 45 degrees at the three-point line, and then blocked and dismantled with Hawes, and after making a feint to pass the ball with a flick of his wrist, he shook off the defensive Kostic and dropped a small step jumper to hit. 14 to 12.
The looming score made the Thunder players panic a little, and the offense after returning was obviously a beat rush, and Safrosa tried to make a mid-range jumper and couldn't score.
Iguodala took the backcourt rebound again, and this time, he simply didn't dribble the ball, and found Tang Wenlong with a long throw.
Tang Wenlong dribbled the ball, in front of which was a two-man defensive lineup composed of Safrosa and Westbrook, and he suddenly remembered Stockton's cross-step video, where his feet and wrists were coordinated wrongly, and the basketball slapped back and forth on the floor, and he actually completed the exact same cross-step between marches.
Saflosa judged correctly this time, and did not lose position, sticking tightly to Tang Wenlong, all the way to the three-point line.
Tang Wenlong saw that this could not be done, suddenly paused, the right hand that controlled the ball grabbed the basketball, moved his left foot to the left side, and then the whole body that was glued to Saflosa's body turned around strongly, with the left foot that stepped out as the axis, and made a turn of less than three hundred and sixty degrees like a spinning top, and the power of turning with the help of Saflosa's power returned to Safrosa himself, making his center of gravity shift, and he almost didn't stumble.
But even if he didn't fall, he lost his position, Tang Wenlong controlled the ball with his left hand and dribbled two more steps, did not rush again, kicked the floor with his legs, drifted out diagonally, held the ball in front of his eyes with both hands, his forearms and upper arms were at a standard 90 degrees, and his body leaned back slightly because of the inertia of jumping.
"Huh!" Or hollow! 14 flats.
Unexpectedly, the 76ers, who fell behind in the opening game, actually chased back, and Tang Wenlong scored 5 mid- and long-range jumpers in a row, as if he had a sight in his hand.
Brooks felt that something was wrong, and the rookie seemed a bit against the sky