Chapter Twenty-Three: Celebrating the Holidays Alone
The NBA Christmas Game in '09 was scheduled to be a confrontation between two of the league's most prestigious superstars.
Little Emperor James vs. Peter Pan Kobe, this year, James's physical condition reached its peak, averaging nearly 30 points per game, and he was able to score more than 7 rebounds and 8.6 assists per game. Similarly, Kobe Bryant has not aged this year, and he is just over 31 years old, and he can still beat more than 90% of the league in every game.
What particularly made this game stand out was O'Neal's return to Staples. Gimmicks, grudges, fights, and performances make up the basic elements of this game that is particularly unusual.
Syracuse University had an early holiday, and Tang Wenlong was alone in his apartment, turned on the heating, turned on the NBATV, and waited for the game to start early.
When he was alone in his apartment, he would watch the NBA game quietly like this.
He can feel that he is getting closer and closer to his dream of entering the NBA. He has also seen recent reports, and aside from the media that has completely praised him, some well-known basketball experts have begun to analyze his situation, and the vast majority of experts believe that he has a lot of potential to make it to the NBA.
For the current NBA players, Tang Wenlong does not have any particularly crazy admired stars. Relatively speaking, he still loves his brother - Carmelo Anthony very much, but unfortunately, today's Nuggets game will not be played until the end, and the time in the West is not the same as here, he estimates that he will fall asleep if he can't last that time.
However, it is also very good to look at the Lakers, who are currently the first in the West, to fight the Cavaliers, who are the first in the East.
At this time, Tang Wenlong's mobile phone suddenly vibrate.
Tang Wenlong frowned slightly, who would call him at this time period? He looked at the number, uh, it was still an international call.
"Hello?" Tang Wenlong answered the phone.
"Hey, hello, is it Mr. Tang Wenlong?" On the other end of the phone, a man's thick voice came.
Tang Wenlong's mind was racing rapidly, carefully distinguishing the man's voice, and it seemed to have a little familiar feeling. Then he cautiously tentatively asked, "Are you?" "I am" The other end of the phone couldn't pretend anymore, and burst out laughing, and then Tang Wenlong heard the laughter on the phone.
A flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his head, remembering who this was, and scolded with a smile: "You are so big-eyed, you dare to tease the old man!" "Oh, it's still an old man! It's only been a few days since I was a big brother, and I was corrupted by the evil American imperialists? He Dayan's familiar voice came from the other end of the phone, although he was arguing with Tang Wenlong, but Tang Wenlong listened, his heart was warm, and he felt that his nose was sour. What's the matter, have time to call me. Tang Wenlong suppressed his mood for a moment, and then asked in a calm tone as much as possible.
He said with big eyes: "Ha, it's nothing, didn't you say that you had Christmas over there today, thinking that you should be alone It's boring, give you a call and chat." "Oh, yes." He Dayan continued endlessly: "Those things you gave me before you left are really valuable, and in the past few days, some of your fans have come to ask me for that notebook." “
Three black lines appeared on Tang Wenlong's brain, and his eyelids jumped: "So you sold it?" "Of course!" He Dayan said.
Tang Wenlong immediately scolded: "Damn, you are simply hopeless!" "Listen to me." He Dayan coughed dryly, and said: "Of course I didn't sell it, he was stupid to me, he wanted to buy me for fifty yuan for this notebook, if you enter the NBA in the future and become a superstar, this notebook is your first signed notebook, how can the commercial value be compared with now?" Isn't it worth more money to sell it when the time comes? “
Tang Wenlong: "Hey, are you listening to me?" I told my roommates in my dormitory, you were my high school tablemate, and now they feel that you are the person next to them, and one or two have become your fans, hey, I robbed your sister! also robbed me to rely on" "Tang Wenlong, I am He Dayan's lower bunk~ My name is "" "I am the head of the house, I will come first, I rely on you to have humanity!" “
Tang Wenlong couldn't cry or laugh, and the chaotic battle in He Dayan's bedroom came to his mind, and there was a look of envy in his eyes. Although he got along well with his classmates at Syracuse University, the communication and some small details of his living habits still made him incompatible with the entire American college life, such as party activities and other things, he really didn't like it at all. It's a few friends on the basketball team, and it's really a good thing to get together. "Damn, Wenlong, don't talk about it, these rabbit cubs are going to turn the sky upside down, I have to treat them first. Next time we go back to Xiyang, let's meet again" "Dudu Dudu~"
The blind sound of the phone sounded, and Tang Wenlong slowly hung up the phone. Being troubled by He Dayan like this, his mood also became better, and a smile appeared on his face.
At this point, the game between the Lakers and the Cavaliers began.
O'Neal took the lead in the opening game and dunked three baskets in the first quarter. This is a very rare scene for the big sharks who are almost at the end of their careers, especially when he faces the Lakers' tall center Bynum, who is in the prime of life. The Staples lights were shining, and O'Neill seemed to have really found a touch of the feeling of tumbling over the river on this floor in the first place.
In the second quarter, James led the team alone, and he caused a foul on Ci Shiping and went to the free throw line.
Tang Wenlong gestured at the thick arm of James, who was as powerful as a prehistoric monster on TV, and then touched his biceps, which was still slightly contoured, and couldn't help but smack his tongue: "It's really a terrifying body, if I enter the alliance and encounter such an opponent, how can I defend?" ”
Immediately afterwards, Bryant dribbled to the front court and hit a step-back jumper after a half-turn and shaking! Tang Wenlong let out an exclamation when he saw it, the magnitude of this backlash was outrageous, and the most important thing was that he actually threw it in! "Is that what the NBA's top superstars are capable of? It's so scary just to watch it on TV. ”
He watched the back-and-forth duel between Kobe Bryant and James, and couldn't help but put himself into the role of the other party, fantasizing about how he would break through the defense and defend others if it were him.
"Ring, ring, ring." At this time, Tang Wenlong's mobile phone rang again.
"Who!" A trace of anger flashed between Tang Wenlong's eyebrows, this time was the critical time of the game, and it was very unpleasant to be disturbed.
But as soon as he looked at the person's phone number, he immediately became frowning and laughing.
"Hello~" Tang Wenlong's tone naturally became extremely gentle, and even he didn't notice it.
"What are you doing?" On the other end of the phone, Fang Chuxia's cuckoo-like voice came, with a hint of softness, which only softened Tang Wenlong's bones.
Tang Wenlong immediately replied: "Look at the game again, Christmas War, Lakers vs. Cavaliers." ”
At this moment, outside the corridor of the women's dormitory of Huaxia Capital University, Fang Chuxia was wrapped tightly, holding his mobile phone to make a call.
"There are no classes this morning, well, it's just morning."
"No, it's only a holiday on New Year's Day."
"No, we're still studying hard, okay, you think it's like you!"
Squeak~ The door of the girls' dormitory opened, and one by two, three heads were stacked together, and they sneakily saw Fang Chuxia leaning against the wall on the phone, and they all let out a gossip smile
The college holidays in Syracuse ended in a disruptive atmosphere, and before the students could recover from the party, the clock ticked by in 2010.
The NCAA basketball league has become more popular, and the Great East Division is red-eyed.
Syracuse University's first game of the new year was against the University of Louisville Cardinals, the bitter hosts of last year's tournament. Last year, Jonny Flynn's Syracuse University lost 66-76 to the Cardinals, sadly losing the title of Grand East Division Tournament champion.
And this year, the two teams have very different encounters.
The strength of Syracuse University, which has Tang Wenlong and Wesley Johnson, has risen instead of falling, killing the entire Great East Side, and even the Georgetown University Marvel Team, which has the terrifying inside monster Greg Monroe, also fell under the iron hooves of this inexplicable dark horse, and suddenly became the most powerful team in the entire Great East Side. And the Cardinals, after missing quality players like Terrence Williams and Earl Clark, have really become sluggish this season, and have only a mediocre record of 4 wins and 5 losses since the start of the season.
Therefore, for Syracuse University, which can win the current ten-game winning streak at home, even the students from the University of Louisville itself rushed to cheer, in fact, there is not much confidence in their hearts.
Without much effort, Syracuse University won the game 83-67.
If it weren't for a few three-pointers thrown in by the Cardinals' small guards in the final garbage time, Syracuse would have ended the game by more than 20 points, and Coach Jim was very pleased to be able to establish such a big advantage in such a slow offensive tempo.
He really started to see a road that shone brightly, a path to the championship trophy in April.