On the Thunder bench that was suspended, the leader of the youth army felt a hint of solemnity. The guy on the other side was so hot that his barrage of precision strikes was a bit confusing, and it was hard to imagine that before the game started, his scouting report was just an inside cutter with amazing physical fitness.

"Thunder's uniform team should reflect on it!" Durant complained in his heart.

At this time, Brooks's speech also entered the high stage, and after satirizing a series of things like being humiliated by rookies, his eyes shifted to the quiet young man on the bench.

With the coach's gaze, everyone also shifted to the bench.

It was a dark-skinned young man, and it wasn't unique in this dark-skinned league, except that the headband on his forehead and the deliberately large beard on his chin were a little unusual, reminiscent of another similarly dressed player in the league, Baron Davis.

"James, it's your turn!" Brooks watched with satisfaction as the sophomore Harden showed an unusually mature side, a very different style from Westbrook, another potential guard on the court.

Safrosa bowed his head gloomily, the 21-year-old Harden is getting better and better, this season, although often playing as a substitute, but the playing time is not low at all, many key final moments, the coach will keep Harden on the court, not as a starting point guard.

"Whew, it's finally me!" Harden stood up from the bench, and a bandit temperament from the Middle East was revealed.

Durant and Westbrook were overjoyed, and they stretched out their fists to encourage each other with Harden

As the clock ticked into the fifth minute of the first quarter, Harden came off the bench.

Tang Wenlong was very strange to see that the Thunder team changed a team member at an unconventional time, and as soon as this team member came up, he made a stand with his round eyes and murderous beard, and in appearance, he was a little shorter than Tang Wenlong, and in terms of action, he looked more like a famous terrorist.

Neither of them spoke, but fought secretly.

"Hey, the strength is good!" Tang Wenlong showed a look of surprise on his face, the strength of this player who came up was very good, at least it felt that the strength of his upper limbs was similar to his, which made Tang Wenlong a little unexpected. You must know that since entering the NBA, I have encountered Wade, who is on the opposite side, and can compete with him in terms of strength.

"This must be a super defensive giant," Tang Wenlong thought, "but it looks a little old." ”

In the next round, after Brand's inside body was strong and immovable, the ball returned to Tang Wenlong's hand, Tang Wenlong controlled the ball under a crotch, exchanged his left hand to his right hand, twisted his knees, turned his body, pulled the basketball in his right hand back to his left hand, and his body made a change of direction in front of his body beautifully!

"Ah~" The basketball shoes rubbed violently on the floor.

Tang Wenlong shook off the defensive James Harden like a gust of wind, and after he passed the new player, he realized that something seemed wrong, how could it be so easy?

But he didn't have time to think carefully, he was already close to the inside, Ibaka and Kostic were blocked by their respective defenders, and Tang Wenlong easily took three steps to complete a hanging frame flying dunk.

He dropped from above the rebound and glanced back at the beard, whose face did not change, but he could not see any fluctuations.

Tang Wenlong had an unrealistic feeling: "This defense seems to be a little weaker than the Swiss just now." ”

However, no matter what he thinks, there must be a reason for the Thunder coach to change the lineup like this, and Nocioni once said that you must not underestimate every player who can survive in the league, they have their own unique methods.

After switching offense and defense, Harden contained it, and Durant split the ball, intending to let this little brother who has performed eye-catching this season make a shot.

Harden was also not polite, holding the ball a little to the left of the top of the arc to form a one-on-one with Tang Wenlong.

"It's singles again" Tang Wenlong was also speechless about the Thunder's tactics, basically thirty or forty percent ended in singles, I really don't know how the third record in the west came about.

Harden squinted, the yellow-skinned guy in front of him had long arms.

There was a cheering sound from the audience at the scene, this is a group of fans with fake beards, they are obviously personal exclusive fans of Thunder No. 13, and when they saw that their favorite star was going to play single, they desperately cheered for it.

The two faced off for less than three seconds.

Suddenly, Harden slid with his left hand on the ball, grabbed the basketball to the middle, and made a tentative step with his right foot.

This realistic tentative step did not deceive Tang Wenlong, but then, Harden suddenly raised his hand in the air and made a shooting pose.

The feint of this shot is large and fast, especially when he looks at Tang Wenlong, his eyes are full of firmness to look at the basket, Tang Wenlong was in a trance, and subconsciously stood on tiptoe and leaped out.

But immediately, Tang Wenlong, who had leaped up, shuddered, and he found that something was wrong!

Harden didn't move, collected the ball to the left side, stepped out with his right foot diagonally to the left, and the whole body turned into a streamer and easily wiped it in.

"Block him!" Tang Wenlong shouted.

Brand, who was closer to the inside, let go of Ibaka behind him and came to make up for Tang Wenlong's misposition, and the experienced man stretched out two long arms at the same time, vaguely blocking Harden's passing route to Ibaka, if Harden chose to pass at this time, he didn't mind taking the basketball.

Harden, who was running, had no intention of passing, and his left hand in possession of the ball dotted the basketball, and his body and shoulders shook disorderly.

Then slow down, the basketball slaps the ground, and the body moves to the left to make a layup to the left. Before Brand could react, Harden put away the basketball again, stepped his right foot out to the right with a large margin, and actually made a right layup.

"It turned out to be a European step!" Brand counted Harden's pace, and saw through Harden's technical moves with some pride in his heart, and his body made a defensive response to save on the right side, thinking that he could get a good hat now!

A hint of banter flashed in Harden's eyes, it was not a big deal to be shaken off so easily!

His right foot suddenly stopped, then collected the ball to protect his chest, his left foot stepped out to the left side by a larger amplitude, and the whole person jumped on the left point like a ballet, leaning forward to support the ball with one hand, and the basketball slammed into the basket and bounced into the frame.

"Let's go!" Brand poured bitter water at the referee, how can this guy take the third step?

The referee didn't bird Brand, and turned his head to chase Holiday who had already served and advanced.

Tang Wenlong ran to the front court, while looking up at the big screen replay directly above the arena, in the replay video, Harden's first feint to the left was actually dribbling, but his right hand to protect the ball looked like grabbing the basketball and taking three steps.

"That's amazing." Tang Wenlong was amazed, he would also take this European step, but he never thought that someone would actually use so many changes, as if every stroke of his body had become a feint.

It's just that he thinks that the young man is very powerful, and the defense is really average.

In this round, Iguodala gave Tang Wenlong a no-ball cover, easily letting Tang Wenlong get rid of Harden, and Durant was forced to change positions and follow Tang Wenlong to run outside the three-point line, not daring to let go again. Iguodala leaned his back to Harden and reached out to ask Holiday for a basketball.

Iguodala dribbled with a right-turn back feint, which shook Harden's center of gravity one step off, then controlled the ball in the opposite direction for two steps, and hit a jumper with his body back in front of the basket.

Both sides are in excellent form, and the attack is like Mars hitting the earth, and the hit rate is surprisingly high.

When there were only 3 minutes left in the first quarter, Tang Wenlong missed the first shot of the night, and he still missed the layup that broke through to the inside.

At this time, the two teams were already 35-34, and together they scored nearly 70 points.

At this time, the 76ers had completed their first rotation, with Louis Williams and Thaddeus Young on the court, and Tang Wenlong and Iguodala still partnering on the court.

At the end of the first quarter, the 76ers led the Thunder by 2 points at 41-39, and Tang Wenlong shot 8 of 9 in the first quarter, including 3 three-pointers, which made his personal score reach 19 points in a single quarter.

The last time a rookie was able to have such an amazing single-quarter scoring record, fans immediately remember the Bucks' talented No. 3, who scored 55 points in his rookie season, including 29 points in the third quarter.

Compared with Jennings, Tang Wenlong looks more relaxed, and his freehand when scoring is like a super general on the battlefield, taking people's heads is like picking up things.

Perhaps it was Tang Wenlong's performance that stimulated Durant, and after he appeared on the court in the second quarter, he suddenly turned on the scoring mode, scoring 10 points in a row, and scored 25 points in the first half.

The two teams went back and forth, throwing around the three-point line, and by halftime, the score was 69-72, and the 76ers trailed by three points.

The wonderful offensive battle made the audience fascinated, and the players of the two teams tried their best to show their young talents in the air, and the wonderful blocks, fast breaks, violent dunks, and three-pointers made people's blood rush.