Chapter 62: Suppression
"Peng!"
The red figure wearing the No. 9 jersey was like an angry King Kong, roaring and falling from the sky, taking the basketball thrown by Tang Wenlong to the rebound with both hands, and smashing it into the basket!
This dunk is extremely domineering, and the speed of flying in motion is even more shocking under the camera.
The audience exclaimed, gasped in unison, and even some unfocused Pacers fans subconsciously cheered, cheering for this wonderful cooperation, and found that the friends around them were unmoved, and only then did they wake up and sit down again after seeing the situation on the court clearly.
Coach Collins' eyes lit up on the field, Tang Wenlong's overall view was unexpectedly good, and he and Iguodala always complemented each other.
Immediately afterwards, the Pacers attacked inside, TJ Ford broke through to the interior like a hot wheel, and distributed the ball to the ambushed Hansbrough, who was very tough and flew up with the ball, leaning on Thaddeus Young to score the ball.
"What an ugly pose." Tang Wenlong complained in his heart, thinking that he could not act chicly.
Tang Wenlong is not boasting, all his technical movements are extremely beautiful, even the most ordinary dribbling, under the control of his long arms, is like a butterfly wearing flowers, pleasing to the eye.
It's just that now, as a rookie who is working hard to gain a foothold, he doesn't have much opportunity to play tricks.
After halftime, he honestly followed the 76ers' playbook. He ran to the elbow area, covered Iguodala without the ball, and at the same time went to the bottom corner himself, opening up space for the core to attack, and Rush behind him followed suit, he was cleaned by Tang Wenlong just now, where do you dare to relax at this moment.
It's just that the quality of this double cover with the inside line is average, Iguodala didn't completely shake off Dunleavy behind him, that kid had red eyes, and he simply regarded Iguodala as an enemy and Tang Wenlong's hateful accomplice to defend.
Louis Williams retracted his pre-pass move, made a mistake with his foot, and his head was actually broken inside.
His breakthrough is quick, and as a well-known neural knife player in the league, this is a skill that must be mastered. Players like J.R. Smith or Jamal Crawford are the kind of players who break through and have a good shot, and if they can play consistently every game, they can go one step further and reach All-Star level.
Now, at best, he can be regarded as the best of the bench bandits.
Like in the first two games, Williams was not able to fight the ground, and he only scored one goal in the whole game against the Eagles, which provoked Collins to be furious after the game and made serious criticism of Williams.
This scolding, today he seems to feel the scolding back a little, after breaking through TJ Ford, he threw a shot and hit two points.
At 30-22, the 76ers led by eight points.
Williams saw that he felt okay today, and he was immediately overjoyed, and when it was the turn of the 76ers to attack, he ran to the front court, and then shook a few times, and Thaddeus Young completed the block, and shot a three-point shot between the outside.
Return! 33 to 22.
Jim O'Brien's eyelids jumped wildly and he immediately called a timeout.
The 76ers players immediately walked off the court with a grin, although Tang Wenlong was a little depressed that he didn't touch the ball, but he knew that this was the NBA, and it was impossible to touch the ball every time he attacked like in college, unless he was a superstar.
After the timeout, O'Brien replaced Paul George, but the point guard was not replaced, and it was TJ Ford.
TJ Ford is notoriously fast in the NBA, and if even he can't stop Williams, who relies on speed to eat, Collison is no better.
The timeout did work, and TJ Ford didn't know what the order was, and the defense of Williams immediately went up more than one step, and kept making small moves, as if trying to provoke him.
It's just that Williams is not an ordinary person, and as soon as he saw that he couldn't break through, he transferred the ball to Tang Wenlong, who came out of the 45-degree pocket, and Iguodala was still playing peek-a-boo with the defenders on the inside at this time.
As soon as Tang Wenlong saw that his opportunity to attack had arrived, he was not polite, he bent over, kicked his legs, and struck at the opposite side of Paul George like a vigorous cheetah.
A strong catch after coming out like this, not to mention Paul George, who has not yet achieved great defensive success, may not be able to defend even if he is replaced by Iguodala.
One is that the center of gravity is difficult to adjust, and the other is that the pace is not easy to change, and when the sliding step is just adjusted, the offensive player has already occupied a more advantageous position.
So Tang Wenlong quickly led by half a position, and once again showed his amazing breakthrough ability in front of the audience.
Paul George is inexperienced, if he fouls at the first time, Tang Wenlong's breakthrough can only be blown up, and now Tang Wenlong's speed has been achieved, when he reacted and was about to foul, he couldn't even catch the corner of his clothes, only to see the huge No. 1 behind him, which was blown away by the flowing air
Tang Wenlong didn't rush to the inside line that was still crowded, and directly dribbled two steps and then stopped for a jump shot.
The distance is the same as the free throw line, Tang Wenlong's shooting rate in this kind of place is extremely high, and no one interferes like a leisurely stroll, easily scoring these two points.
35 to 22.
The cheering sound on the scene became weaker and weaker, seeing that the morale of the home team was exhausted, O'Brien blew his beard angrily and glared, after pacing back and forth for a few steps, he still decided to change the main force in advance, and with a big wave of his hand, Danny Granger and other main players took off their training clothes in front of the technical statistics table, and were ready to play when the ball was dead.
At this moment, the Pacers players on the court are not good defensively, and the offense is also in a quagmire.
Veteran Jeff Foster's inside shot was actually covered by the weak defense of the Pacers inside line Speights, and Iguodala, who was fast after receiving the ball, threw a long pass into the hands of Tang Wenlong in the front court, Tang Wenlong hit zero in the front court, and Paul George behind him chased closely.
Tang Wenlong felt a pang in his heart, and when he watched the player information before the game, he knew that Paul George was the best at chasing blocks, so he secretly kept a thought in his heart.
It's just that his speed has been very fast, and before he can think about it, he rushes into the three-point line, and it is only three steps away from the basket.
"No matter!"
Tang Wenlong's eyes changed, and he put away the basketball outside the free throw line.
One step, two steps
Tang Wenlong stepped on the floor with one foot and flew up, he grabbed the basketball with one hand, raised his straight arm high, and reached a position of 45 degrees in front of him, while the other hand was placed on the side for balance, and his feet were spread like big characters.
Behind Paul George didn't have time to slow down, but there was a hint of helplessness in his eyes. Tang Wenlong's dunk was too cunning, it looked like Jordan's classic posture, but he actually put the ball in a position where he was extremely safe, and he knew in his heart that even if his arm span grew by another thirty centimeters, he would not be able to cover it.
"Bang dang!"
Tang Wenlong didn't hear the rest of the voices behind him, knowing that Paul George had given up chasing the hat, he felt proud for a while, and after smashing the basket with his palm, his whole body shook subconsciously, and he was arrogant to the extreme.
The fans at the scene let out a lament, 37 to 22, why is this rookie on the opposite side so powerful?
Iguodala ran over and high-fived Tang Wenlong, "Where did you see this shaking, it's so handsome." ”
Tang Wenlong grinned, "I forgot, it seems that LeBron or others have had it, and I subconsciously shook it, I must have watched too many videos of dunks these days." ”
After that, both teams played two iron each, and the score difference remained the same.
There has been no chance of a dead ball, and the Pacers waiting in front of the technical table are all cold. "Damn, why don't you foul?" Granger cursed.
Thaddeus Young hit a mid-range shot, and then TJ Ford scored two points on an inside layup to make it 39-24.
At this time, the Pacers players finally had to wait for the chance to die, and Iguodala stepped on the line with a dribble and needed to re-serve on the sideline. The Pacers' waiting mains came on the floor and replaced the bench players.
After a few rounds, the second official timeout came as scheduled, and the second quarter was already halfway through the second quarter.
"Well done, Don!" Collins smiled, and in the second quarter, Williams and Tang Wenlong took turns to make it big, and the hope of winning the Pacers back-to-back was greatly increased.
There was a joyous scene on the bench, only one person fidgeted.
Naturally, it is Holiday who is also a rising star in Philadelphia, from the second quarter when the head coach put Tang Wenlong and Iguodala on the court at the same time, he felt uncomfortable, and now seeing Tang Wenlong on the court, he felt a strong crisis in his heart - as if Tang Wenlong became the core one day, what would happen to him? Holiday shuddered, when that time really comes, will he obediently become a puppet point guard and do some simple off-ball runs? Or let him do the defense, do the support?
The more he thought about it, the more panicked he became, and there was no time in his heart like now, where he was desperate to compete again.