Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Lakers Are Coming!
Entering the middle of the season, the 76ers' record has stabilized.
Durant is still far ahead of the scoring charts, Love is capable of grabbing 15 rebounds per game, and Rondo is still the assist maniac.
In the first team in the East, the Miami Heat began to exert force, and after an initial period of pain, they entered a sweet period of cooperation, with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade each breaking away to become the most eye-catching scenery in the NBA.
The West is still a situation of competition among the strong, only the Spurs and the Lakers can barely see a little sign of leading the teams, and they are in a safer position for the time being.
On the rookie list, after being squeezed out of the top spot by Griffin at the end of last month, Tang Wenlong relied on a small outburst against the Nuggets and a smooth play in other games to rush to the top of the list again.
The data of the two people is indistinguishable, and among the rest of the players, only Wall, who averaged nearly nine assists per game, can be compared, and the three of them have formed the first group on the rookie list after a month, and the three of them have a chance to get the best among the rookies in previous editions according to the current data.
After mid-December, the number of injuries to players on teams around the league began to increase.
Elton Brand, the 76ers' veteran captain, missed five games after straining a thigh muscle during an intra-team workout, and then Hoyce suffered a knee sprain and was out for a month due to injury.
"When Lao Tzu coached Jordan, why didn't he encounter so many things?" After receiving a transfer request from Holiday Ward's agent, Collins had a big head.
The contradiction has been around for a long time.
Iguodala and Tang Wenlong can both hold the ball and score points, just like James and Wade of the Heat, in such a situation, point guards such as Chalmers of the Heat can only silently be a three-point shooter who runs without the ball after dribbling through the half. How does this make Holiday stand it? If you can't hold the ball, what kind of point guard is it?
And the most important thing is that Holiday finds himself less and less valued by the team, while Tang Wenlong has gradually become the real core, both on and off the field.
It's just that Holiday didn't think about which city to go to, and at the suggestion of his agent, Holiday wrote the Knicks, Clippers and Rockets among the teams that wanted to apply for transfers, and there is no doubt that all three teams are big city teams. And for example, like the Clippers, the young core Griffin is the inside, and the point guard Byron Davis has injury concerns, such as the Rockets, the whole group is leaderless.
The best situation is the Knicks, the agent said frankly that the Knicks' inside line is the little bully Stoudemire, but the outside line is not equipped with the corresponding excellent guards, if you can partner with the little overlord, it will inevitably be a win-win result, not to mention that in terms of exposure in New York, it is a big treasury that attracts players to go.
When Holiday was sad, Stefansch was unhappy, and the Cavaliers' trade was rejected by Collins, who decided that with JJ Hickson's height and technical skills, he simply couldn't achieve the interior gate effect he was asking for.
"Even, hell!" Stefan Squire grabbed the hair from his head, where did he find a seven-foot big man who could jump and jump?
On December 17, the 76ers hosted the Lakers.
This is a game that is broadcast live in the United States, and for the Lakers, it is not too uncommon for the Lakers to broadcast live in the United States, but for the 76ers, this is a rare opportunity to show their talents to the world.
Before the game, it was confirmed that the golden duo of Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith will form the commentators.
This undoubtedly adds another layer of unique meaning to the game, because not long ago, Barkley asserted that the Lakers must not be able to defend the title this season, which once set off a war of words between the Lakers and him.
"Tang Wenlong can get the first Chinese slam dunk king." Barkley was muddy before the game, and his big mouth directly moved the topic to the hottest rookie protagonist in the league today.
"He's too good-looking, more like an actor." He then added.
The 76ers currently sit sixth in the East, ahead of the Bucks and Pacers and behind the Hawks, Magic, Celtics, Heat and Bulls. The Lakers' record is second in the West, and the Spurs' senior team has once again shone brightly this season.
The 76ers have a good record, although they can't even make it into the top eight in the West, but at least it proves that this is not necessarily a one-sided game, so the attendance of the home fans today is very high, and Philadelphia's support for the Flyers has always been at the forefront of major cities in the United States, after all, this is his hometown.
Before night fell, Tang Wenlong received a call from Joe Thomas.
"But I don't know how to shoot at all?" Tang Wenlong said helplessly.
The other end of the phone immediately became roaring, "Bastard, what can't you do, don't you just let you put on two poses, what's so difficult, let me, I can do it?"
Tang Wenlong smiled helplessly, his ears were slightly off, and he left the murderous aura that could be smelled through the mobile phone.
"That's it, I've seen your schedule, and after the Lakers game, you're going to have two days off. They're coming to Philadelphia tomorrow, and then you can take the afternoon out and work with the filming. ”
Tang Wenlong: ""
When he walked into the Wajovia Center Arena, Thaddeus Young came out of nowhere, and as soon as he saw Tang Wenlong walking in front, he took two quick steps, caught up with Tang Wenlong, and patted him on the shoulder.
"Hey, Don, that's such a coincidence." Thaddeus Young said with a smile.
Tang Wenlong turned his head and smiled in return, "It's Yang, are you coming earlier and earlier?" ”
"Haha, who's to say it's not?" Thaddeus Young touched his head, blushed and laughed twice, he trained hard during this time, played seriously, compared to an old model player in the NBA, who made Elton injured, he was temporarily put in the starting lineup. He vowed that as long as the players who had tasted the taste of the starter, they would never want to go back to the cold bench.
"Are you coming by car?" Tang Wenlong asked.
Thaddeus Young nodded and said, "Yes, I just parked the car in the underground garage, you know, I bought a new car, and I will feel distressed if I put it on it." ”
"It's hard for you to play today, Paul is the top power forward in the league, those long arms, tsk." Tang Wenlong shook his head and said, looking like he had done his homework.
Thaddeus Young retorted and said, "You still talk about me, is Kobe so easy to deal with?" You're ready to be blown up! ”
"Fart." Tang Wenlong said with a smile: "Coach Doug must have put me in the position of small forward today, Kobe Bryant is so difficult to defend, let's let Andre defend, haha." Although he said this, the eagerness in his eyes was obvious, and he looked high-spirited.
Thaddeus Young didn't order either, just smiled, and the two walked into the locker room side by side
Before the game, ESPN carefully pulled out the data comparison between the Lakers' starting five tigers and the 76ers' starting five tigers.
Tang Wenlong pressed his legs, twisted his waist, moved his muscles and bones, and stretched his veins.
The camera stayed on his face for a while, and then switched to Kobe's face on the other side of the court, and then suddenly changed to the Lakers' nearly five live broadcast trailers.
"Although the 76ers are very good, I still like the Lakers to win, and the advantage on the inside is too obvious." Kenny Smith clearly belongs to the Lakers camp and has proven his position right from the start.
Barkley cooperated with him tacitly and immediately objected: "The 76ers' outside defense is very good, and I don't think the Lakers can play their so-called triangle offense. “
Kenny Smith laughed twice and looked disdainful: "Admittedly, the 76ers' outside defense this season has been eye-catching, but I don't think they can defend against the defending champions, you know, they are the Los Angeles Lakers." ”
Barkley was also not to be outdone: "Hehe, then, do you bet? What if the 76ers win? ”
Kenny Smith is vigilant, anything that involves betting or something, it's particularly dangerous, especially in front of so many audience friends, you can't pay the bill. So after thinking about it, he snorted and laughed: "There's no need to bet, you know, nothing is impossible in the NBA, haha"
The audience is happy, and they like to watch the two of them talk, which is very interesting.
Soon, the pre-game ceremony ended, and it was time for the game to begin, the players from both sides walked to the midfield position, Kobe Bryant walked over and greeted Iguodala, the two of them were also familiar with each other, and they both recognized each other's strength. "Hey, rookie Don."
Tang Wenlong was stunned to see a big dark hand stretched out in front of him.
Immediately, he reacted, with a natural smile on his face, and also stretched out a hand to hold it tightly with Kobe.
"Hello, Mr. Black Mamba."
Under the light, the boy showed his white teeth
PS: After checking the information, on December 17, 10, the 76ers played against the Lakers, Kobe Bryant only scored 9 points in the whole game, can you believe it!!