Before Tang Wenlong felt the flavor of the New Year, the Spring Festival had already passed in a hurry.

The court station is always playing the New Year's greetings he and many other NBA stars have made for fans, including the dimple-barred Peter Pan Kobe, the Flash Wade with the cheeks, the Magic veteran Carter, and the new favorite of New York Stadmar, it seems that their Mandarin is very non-standard, but it creates a joyful feeling.

Fans love to see such interstitial tidbits, as if they are interactive, much stronger than small advertisements.

The NBA schedule continues

Tang Wenlong also received more and more endorsement invitations, and Joe Thomas, under Tang Wenlong's instructions, chose some endorsements. You must know that not all endorsements are suitable for Tang Wenlong, if you choose some unreliable or obviously low-priced endorsements, it will not only waste the time of both parties, but also cause other adverse effects.

The last game before the All-Star break was a battle against the Rockets.

The 76ers are heading to Houston!

Toyota Center, Houston.

The Rockets have folded Yao Ming, a super-general, this season, and returned to the era of bombardment under Adelman. The offense is fast-paced, but the turnover rate is also staggering. Generally speaking, in the west, it is a situation of failure and low achievement, and it seems that it may be that little effort that can become the last place in the top eight. But it's this last bit that seems to be a moat, insurmountable.

The little giant is a casual and amiable person, and when Tang Wenlong met his seniors, he finally felt a little nervous.

"Chinese basketball will depend on you in the future." In the first sentence of the meeting, Yao Ming gave Tang Wenlong a high hat.

Tang Wenlong couldn't cry or laugh, and finally understood the words of high-IQ people, "Don't scold me, Brother Yao, compared to you, I'm just taking off Oh no, it's obviously a small plane still on the runway!" ”

"Haha, your analogy is quite interesting." Yao Ming said with a smile.

The two exchanged familiarity and talked about what they had seen and heard. is also alone in a foreign country to work hard, and they also have a lot of common language with each other, so they are not so different.

Seeing Tang Wenlong's immature face, Yao Ming was talking, and his eyebrows were a little gloomy.

"Wenlong, you must take good care of your body. An athlete's body needs more maintenance than an ordinary person. If ordinary people are just that kind of family car, we are the kind of sports car, maybe the speed is fast, the strength is also strong, but the consumption is also huge, imperceptibly, maybe accumulated in the bones. ”

Tang Wenlong nodded solemnly, taking it as a warning in his heart.

"But then again, the average lifespan of your outside players is still much longer than that of our inside players, especially if you are mainly shooting, you can almost play until you are forty years old."

Tang Wenlong exclaimed exaggeratedly, "Forty years old? Oh my God, what a long career that must have been. Children will be able to compete with adults. ”

Yao Ming laughed and said, "Haha, that premise is that you have to give birth to a son before you are twenty years old." ”

When the two of them spoke, the foreigners around them couldn't understand it, and they clicked and took pictures, but they could only stare dryly.

When night falls and the lights are shining, the Toyota Center comes alive even more.

Yao Ming built a large fan base for the Rockets in China a few years ago, making the Rockets the NBA team with the most basketball fans in China, and it is far more than other teams, just like the mother's team. And Tang Wenlong is now the guarantee of ratings, as long as there is Tang Wenlong's game, the ratings will remain high, and every time it comes to a critical moment, it is like a wild rise out of control, which is the same as when Yao Ming competed in previous years.

In such a situation, this game is naturally the focus of the eyes of Chinese fans.

Although Collins didn't have the current Rockets team in mind.

Rockets starters: Jrue Holiday, Kevin Martin, Sean Battier, Luis Scola, Chuck Hayes.

76ers starters: Kyle Lowry, Tang Wenlong, Iguodala, Thaddeus Young, Sammuir Delham Porter.

This is the first time that the 76ers have played against the Rockets since the big trade of the 76ers, Kings and Rockets took place in December, and Holiday and Lowry officially played the protagonists in the transaction.

After the opening ceremony was completed, Holiday did not come over to greet Tang Wenlong and the others, as if they were strangers. This made Iguodala a little dissatisfied and a little angry.

Tang Wenlong shook his head, he vaguely knew some news about Holiday being traded, and speaking of which, it was inextricably linked to his rising status after he fell to the 76ers.

And now in the Rockets, Holiday is doing okay, at least the team's organization is completely dependent on him. Among the three outside lines, Martin mainly plays offense without the ball, Battier focuses on defense, and he is left alone, and the ball possession rate has risen gradually, and his personal data has continued to climb, and he has played many 20+10 double-doubles until now.

This time the 76ers visited, and Holiday also held his breath and wanted to perform well.

In the same way, Lowry also has a serious expression, and he was meticulous in the warm-up before the game, and it is obvious that the performance of this game is also very meaningful to him.

Houston spectators hugging popcorn and Coke in hand, ready to watch the game like a movie.

Suddenly—

There was a power outage

The entire Toyota Center Arena was plunged into darkness, and the audience was first screaming and screaming, followed by continuous heckling.

Tang Wenlong was also taken aback, what's the situation?

Fortunately, in less than ten seconds, the front row lights directly above the stadium lit up, shooting directly at the players who were doing warm-up training on the field, Tang Wenlong was stunned, and after catching a basketball, he stopped throwing randomly, what if he hit others?

"This should be an emergency light, what are the Houstonians doing? Did you freeze the circuit in the winter? "Iguodala is angry enough, and now he is even more angry, and he even feels like he doesn't want to play.

"It's all conspiracy and tactics, calm down, boy." Tang Wenlong persuaded.

Iguodala took a deep breath, "Yes, this must be a Houston conspiracy. It's so insidious, I'm going to stay calm. ”

After a few more minutes, the lights finally all came on and the powered devices were back to normal.

At this time, the referee walked to the technical department on the sidelines and kept talking to the technicians, who kept nodding their heads and gesturing with their hands, as if explaining something.

The little accident didn't affect anything, and the audience in front of the TV didn't even know that there was such a small episode.

When they watched TV, ESPN directly gave an introduction to the starting five of the day, first releasing the Rockets five, then the 76ers' five-man group, and below the headpost are the heights, positions and regular season statistics of the 76ers players.

When the interface was switched again, it directly changed to a wide-angle lens on the field, and at this time, the ten people on the field were already standing in position, waiting for the referee to throw the ball.

When the ball is thrown, the man jumps up

This jumping ball immediately caused the words of Yu Jia, the host of the imperial court.

"Hayes, the center of the Rockets, is less than two meters tall, and the jump ball is for the big forward to jump with Scola who is two meters and eight meters tall, but Scola's bounce is also average, compared with a blue-collar center like Durham Porter, who is in the leading position in height and arm length, it is really a bit of a big gap."

On the winning side of the jump ball, Lowry controlled the ball through half court.

"Go to the bottom corner." Tang Wenlong saw that Luo Rui pointed in the direction to the left, and knew what he meant, so he silently turned to the bottom corner and ambushed.

Lowry, on the other hand, is quite a general, pointing and waving, and the first wave of tactics of the 76ers was immediately carried out in an orderly manner.

The better the NBA's tactics are executed, the higher the success rate.

In this wave, Iguodala made two walks without getting a good chance, so Lowry simply distributed the ball to Thaddeus Young, who saw that Scola was a little far away from him and went straight to a high jumper.

Scola stepped forward and interfered, and the basketball shot missed-

Under the basket, Damham Potter was red-faced, but Hayes was like a stubborn rock at the foot of a mountain, refreshed and unmoving, as if he had not used much strength.

The rebound rebound arc was not high, and Hayes relied on the thickness of his body, jumped up, and hugged him in his arms.

Dareham Potter had no choice but to run back to defend himself.

Tang Wenlong's eyes were about to fall out when he saw it from the side, how strong should this guy's strength be? He knew that Hellam Potter's strength was a little stronger than his own, and Hayes, who was only two meters tall, looked as terrifying as O'Neill's strength.

"If I have the strength to play back to a defender, who can stand up to me?" Tang Wenlong thought a little unrealistically.