Oracle Arena, Auckland.

On the smooth floor, there is the Warriors' new retro team logo this season, the background color is close to the old version, but the content has changed, from the original muscular man to the current San Francisco Bridge.

Oakland is bordered by San Francisco Bay to the west and is the eighth most populous city in California.

And the whole of San Francisco is the place with the largest number of Chinese in the United States, and in this city, Chinese account for 20%, so it can be said that in addition to white people, the number of Chinese is the largest.

Tang Wenlong's 76ers came to Oakland to play, which attracted many Chinese fans in San Francisco to the Oracle Arena, because the current Warriors team, there is another yellow-skinned player - Jeremy Lin, although the latter is still only a substitute player on the bench, but there are still many Chinese media wishful thinking to promote this game as a "Chinese derby". Of course, there is nothing wrong with that, at least the attendance at Oracle Arena will obviously increase a lot as a result of this game.

Compared with the current obscure Jeremy Lin, Tang Wenlong obviously has a higher degree of support from the Chinese, they write some slogans in Chinese to support Tang Wenlong, wear Tang Wenlong's 76ers No. 1 jersey, and generously and naturally form a white landscape in the yellow of the team.

In the entire Warriors team, Tang Wenlong knew Wesley Johnson alone, so before the game, there was not so much interaction.

There weren't many slots in this game, and the stars of the two teams were dim, so the attention was not high.

If American fans want to watch the game, they have to go to the NBATV to watch it, unlike the previous game with the Lakers, which is a national live broadcast, similar to the feeling of being broadcast in prime time on our national court station.

"I'll play shooting guard tonight, and you play small forward." In the locker room before the game, Iguodala said this to Tang Wenlong while tying his shoes.

Tang Wenlong made an OK gesture and nodded in response, "No problem." ”

"But don't be careless even if it's defending Wesley Johnson, he's a rookie and he's doing very well."

"Relieved." Tang Wenlong said with a smile, "Don't we know Wesley yet, he is indeed very suitable for ** bang, but his defense is greater than his offense, and his independent offensive ability is actually quite weak, haha, don't tell him"

"Haha, how can you say that about your old classmate, the most basic trust between people?"

Tang Wenlong couldn't cry or laugh, ", how do you know my mantra?" ”

After the players of both teams changed their uniforms in the locker room, they all returned to the stadium wearing long-sleeved and long-pants sports training jackets.

Tang Wenlong silently thought that Oakland fans still like basketball.

Turning his head here, on the other half of the court, several players of the Warriors began to do some simple stretching movements, and Tang Wenlong observed that the small guards were doing repeated sprints back and forth around the court.

"It's so fast!" Tang Wenlong's heart sank, and the short-distance sprint ability shown by Monta Ellis and Stephen Curry was amazing.

It just seems that he has lost a little weight, Tang Wenlong looked at it for a while, and thought so.

Then he silently touched his biceps, it seems that the strength training during this period has had a lot of effects, and after entering the NBA, his figure has gradually become more symmetrical, especially the two arms, even if they hang down, they can clearly see the muscle lines

On time and on time, the game begins.

The 76ers started the lineup, point guard Kyle Lowry, scoring guard Iguodala, small forward Tang Wenlong, power forward Thaddeus Young, and center Dale Porter.

The Warriors started lineup with point guard Stephen Curry, scoring guard Monta Ellis, small forward Wesley Johnson, power forward David Lee, and center Louis Armondson.

Due to Biedrins' injury, the Warriors were pushed to the center position by a forward player who was only 2.06 meters tall, which was too shabby in front of the Haitian striker who was seven feet long.

Jump ball, Dyham Porter wins.

Lowry controlled the ball and steadily advanced through the half, and Tang Wenlong leaned over, half-leaning on Wesley Johnson, and had no intention of running.

"Damn, how do I feel like you're about as tall as me?" As soon as the two stood together, Wesley Johnson said in surprise.

The corners of Tang Wenlong's mouth rose fifteen degrees, and he said proudly, "My growth cycle is relatively long, and the team doctor said that I can grow to about 2.03 meters, which is as tall as you." ”

"Then you're going to play small forward from now on?"

Tang Wenlong said: "Yes, why not, you see me play from point guard to point guard, and then to small forward, it's not a big deal and an incredible thing." ”

"You're such an amazing person!" Wesley Johnson said with a seeming compliment.

The two chatted happily, and the first wave of the 76ers' offense came to an end without Tang Wenlong's participation, and Lowry himself received Iguodala's breakthrough point jumper for three points.

It's just that No. 30 Curry moved fast with small steps, covering Iguodala for a while, and then making up for the defense in place, Lowry was disturbed and threw a real iron.

Tang Wenlong immediately stopped chatting with Wesley Johnson, and ran back with a reflex.

In recent years, the NBA's three-point shooting has a popular trend, and correspondingly, many teams have been increasing their scoring ability between offense and defense, and the importance of offensive rebounding in the tactical proportion of many teams has been decreasing.

Sure enough, the Warriors advanced at an astonishing pace, and in the blink of an eye, the whole team rushed from the backcourt to the frontcourt.

Curry was so skillful on the dribble that Lowry made constant physical contact with him, and the two stopped outside the three-point line, and Curry completed a backdribble around his back, opening up space with Lowry.

He didn't give tactical instructions, and David Lee consciously ran out to block Curry.

Curry changed hands under his crotch, pulled the ball back and forth with his right hand, and easily dribbled to the place where David Lee was blocked, as light as a civet cat.

"Hiss~"

Suddenly, there was a violent grinding sound on the floor, and a white figure rushed in, with a large number 8 printed on the back of the autumn coat.

Curry's eyes lit up, his wrist flicked, and he made a ground-hitting pass in advance.

Monta Ellis, who rushed in, caught the basketball, strode on the floor, his body falling out like a leaf, staggered Bowler's long-arm defensive area, and hit the board for a layup.

The Warriors lead the 76ers 2-0.

"Mine." Iguodala patted his chest and said that he was responsible for the ball, and Monta Ellis's homeopathic explosion was indeed unusual, and this backrun after coming up caught Iguodala off guard.

Although Iguodala took the blame for the ball, no one really blamed him.

Offense and defense rotate, Lowry holds the ball outside the three-point line.

After Lowry arrived with the 76ers, he won the favor of Collins with his solid foundation skills and positive defensive attitude, and he quickly squeezed Louis Williams to the bench and secured the 76ers' starting lineup. And, in many cases, he had the power to organize the offensive autonomously.

In this wave of attack, he chose a double-run cover catch-and-receive tactic.

Iguodala and Tang Wenlong both went around from the baseline to the line at the same time, and the first to go to the line was Iguodala, who cut into the inside, did not catch the ball, and then ran to the weak side, unconsciously tearing the Warriors' lineup apart. Tang Wenlong came out again, and cut in almost the same route as Iguodala.

Tang Wenlong took Lowry's pass, took a small step, grabbed the ball with both hands and crossed the semicircle in the air, and dodged the palm of David Lee, who came to pick up the ball.

This time the inside line was almost empty, Tang Wenlong stepped on three steps standardly, and at the last layup, Tang Wenlong stretched the ball forward with his long arm.

Even Wesley Johnson, who is chasing the hat, couldn't cover Tang Wenlong at all, and watched Tang Wenlong hit a layup.

2-2, both teams scored their first athletic battle with a layup.

As soon as Tang Wenlong hit the basket, there were a lot of cheers at the scene, and he even heard the sound of someone shouting "come on" at him in Chinese, and couldn't help but glance sideways at the place where the sound came from.

The sudden cheering made the Warriors players playing at home a little indignant.

"Damn, is there a little bit of discipline?" Curry shook his head, took Amondson's pass, and dribbled across half court.

As soon as half-time was over, he distributed the ball to Amundsson, who was following him, and Amondson turned to the side and handed it to Ellis.

After Montaelis got the ball, he made a tentative step in the opposite direction.

Iguodala remained unfazed, his eyes firmly on Monta-Ellis' shoulder, and he knew that the next step for the crazy scorer was to break through.

Sure enough, Monta Ellis didn't wait for Iguodala to be shaken off, so he dribbled and took a step, and then changed direction sharply in front of his body and began to make a strong attack!

Without a pick-and-roll, getting past Iguodala is as difficult as completing a mid-circle shot.

Iguodala was like a kraft candy, stuck to Ellis's body, and he couldn't shake it off. After wasting a lot of time, the ball stopped in his hand.

Curry went around to catch the ball again, and after a few steps from the outside, he suddenly pulled out his hand when he saw that time was running out.