The Timberwolves were vulnerable, and Turner was only half a quarter.

Tang Wenlong thought that the menacing Turner could be strong, it turned out to be really a grinding kung fu, maybe there was a set on the offensive end, but the defense was not good, and even Tang Wenlong felt that it was not as good as his current defense.

However, Lefu does have a good set, especially the balance between high post strategy and independent offense, he does a very good job, he looks like a very wide rebounding machine, but when it comes to the basketball court, he becomes all-rounder. The only bad thing is that it's still paper-like defense.

But this can't be blamed on Lefou, after all, the Timberwolves' overall defense is like that, and the whole team doesn't have such awareness.

It's not like the 76ers, led by Iguodala, who are willing to start defense.

So when it came to the court, it became that the Timberwolves were suppressed by the 76ers as a whole, and every time they attacked, they had to spend a lot of effort, and when it was the turn of the 76ers, it was easy to drink saliva.

This was felt even by the fans in the stands, although the difference between the two teams was not very large.

In the first half of the third quarter, the Timberwolves suddenly felt cold, missed several consecutive offenses, and even had a dunk under Pekovic's basket, and the 76ers took the opportunity to play a wave of 10-0 shockwaves.

Tang Wenlong played the role of consecutive scoring in this shockwave, and even completed a wonderful goal of folding layup after a breakthrough, and his condition was surprisingly good.

The Timberwolves asked for a timeout, and Tang Wenlong and his teammates high-fived and walked off the court.

Back on the court, Tang Wenlong looked at Turner, and Turner's eyes no longer had the fierceness of the opening.

The corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he was really speechless for this famous college student in the United States, who was just a child who was spoiled by the media.

Tuna stopped talking and couldn't say anything more, Tang Wenlong had already scored 19 points on his head, and now the second half was only four minutes into the game. Compared to himself, he has not yet scored double-digit points, but he has made so many shots, and when he was timed out, the head coach had already reminded him to pay attention to cooperating with his teammates.

"Kyle, you attack."

In front of the technical table, Tang Wenlong and Lowry said.

"Huh?" Lowry was a little puzzled.

"The Timberwolves' point guard defense is very poor, and he is not confrontational enough, so make more physical contact with him and find confrontation."

After Tang Wenlong finished speaking, he hooked Lowry's shoulder with his big hand, "Boy, I'm in the bottom corner and outside the 45-degree three-point line, where am I the most accurate you know, waiting for you to divide the ball!" ”

"Don't worry." Lowry laughed, breaking through the ball is his forte

In the end, the 76ers defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 113-99.

Turner's 13 points should be a very good stat for a rookie. But Tang Wenlong scored 25 points, which was almost twice Turner's score, and the verdict was high

Turner is just a small rock in the way forward, not even a stumbling block, and Tang's goal is to become the best basketball player in the league, and that has never changed.

After the game against the Timberwolves, the assistant coach sent over the itinerary for the following week.

"Play the Warriors at home on Monday, the Pacers on Wednesday, back-to-back home games against the Thunder on Thursday, and the Celtics at home on Saturday." Tang Wenlong groped his chin, "Hey, the itinerary is very dense!" ”

"The key Saturday is a back-to-back against the Celtics, away against the Bucks, and then there are four consecutive Western Conference games, and almost next week will be spent in the West." Lowry pulled out the second itinerary and said.

Tang Wenlong tilted his head and took a closer look, isn't that what he meant, in this way, he has two weeks and no way to go to New York again, which is really not good news.

The good news is that agent Joe Thomas has finally heard the voice of the National Basketball Association.

In fact, this is a problem that has plagued the top management of the basketball association for a long time, and Tang Wenlong, who suddenly popped out of the cracks in the stones, has become a key figure in the reform of Chinese basketball.

As early as when Tang Wenlong made a big name in the NCAA, many fans proposed to let Tang Wenlong enter the Chinese national team.

But in fact, the Chinese Basketball Association has been silent about it, as if they had never heard of this person.

Tang Wenlong is too special.

He didn't graduate from a sports school, he was a serious high school student, when he went abroad to study and play in the NCAA, he wasn't as troublesome as the people trained by the Basketball Association, to put it bluntly, he was a free man, if it wasn't for playing basketball, he wouldn't have had anything to do with the Basketball Association.

But such a person has become one of the hottest stars in the NBA now.

The recruitment of the Chinese national team is conditional, and not everyone can enter if they want to, so the Basketball Association has reason to turn Tang Wenlong away because he is not a state-registered athlete.

But the problem is that the development of basketball needs the support of fans.

In today's increasingly enlightened world, basketball will no longer be a word, and if all Chinese fans support Tang Wenlong, the Basketball Association will not be able to stand it.

After everything has been cleared, the final question is about the "cultivation fee".

When Yao Ming entered the NBA, the Basketball Association asked Yao Ming for training fees, and at the beginning he was ready to ask for 50% of his income, which once caused an uproar in the NBA. The NBA Players Guild claimed that it was a "robbery", and then after constant negotiation and bargaining, it was set at 5 percent after tax, but this is still a large amount.

Then Yao Ming also played in the CBA, and he was cultivated by the Basketball Association, and his roots are red. But what the hell is Tang Wenlong? He doesn't have a relationship with the Basketball Association at all!

This made the Basketball Association very sad, and it was very uncomfortable to see such a large piece of cake in front of him but not be able to eat it. This is definitely part of the reason why the issue of Tang Wenlong and the national team has dragged on for so long.

Joe Thomas is a China expert, and Tang Wenlong made the right choice to have him as an agent.

The Basketball Association can pretend to be deaf and dumb, but the media can't close their eyes, and when Joe Thomas was negotiating with the spokesperson in China, he found a number of mainstream media, on the one hand, to release the news that Tang Wenlong intends to participate in the Chinese national team, and on the other hand, to encourage fans and the media to put pressure on the Basketball Association.

Sure enough, with Tang Wenlong's more and more outstanding performance in the NBA, this matter was completed without much effort.

Tang Wenlong didn't expect it to end so simply, he thought it would drag on for a long time.

"Then I'm a national team player now?" Tang Wenlong hasn't figured out the situation yet.

Joe Thomas said: "How can it be so simple, now it's just a conversation with me, you are still a white body, how can you suddenly become a member of the national team." And there are no events this year, and you will probably be able to enter this door when you have to go to the London Olympics next year. ”

Of course, Joe Thomas felt that it was troublesome, he thought that the Chinese Basketball Association was simply crazy, didn't he see people crying and shouting for some NBA players to join their national team, why did his own family members not be active at all.

"So that's the case, and now it's just the second phase of the list."

After listening to Joe Thomas's explanation, Tang Wenlong realized that just like the United States team selects members of the national team, it will first pull a big group of people, and then slowly delete the selection.

But Tang Wenlong is still very happy, what a glorious thing to be able to serve the country!

After he ended the conversation with Joe Thomas, he shared the news with his parents as soon as possible, and Old Tang said three "good" words in a row, and asked Tang Wenlong-

"You must train hard, listen to your coach more, and deal with your teammates more"

When the outside world knew that Tang Wenlong finally appeared in the second phase of the national team, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Some fans said: "It's really scared to death, I thought that Tang Wenlong would not be in the national team, so how hung should our national team be, directly the Olympic champion!" ”

The domestic media stationed in Philadelphia approached Tang Wenlong and asked him how he felt.

Tang Wenlong immediately smiled, "Of course, this is the happiest thing, everyone will be eager to play for the country, and the international arena is also a place to train people." For me, it is not only a test and challenge, but also a responsibility, and I will definitely work hard. ”

It's just that only 76ers head coach Doug Collins has a bit of a mixed mind.

As the coach of the club, he wants the players to reduce the consumption of any games other than normal NBA games, and he is also worried that the backward training mechanism and equipment in China will have a bad effect on Tang Wenlong's condition. As a friend of Tang Wenlong, of course he understands Tang Wenlong's mentality, professional players are a group of people with a sense of honor, and the better the player, the more eager to get honor.

This, both individually and collectively