Chapter 351: Can't Pull It Away
Near the second timeout in the third quarter, the 76ers finally got a fast-break opportunity. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Lowry stole Duncan, who was holding the ball with his back, and rushed to the front court like a civet, leading the rest of the Spurs at once, Tang Wenlong reacted quickly, turned around at the first time, and double-hit Lowry.
Then Leonard was the only one who kept up with the pace of defense for the Spurs, but he had to protect two people, which was very difficult.
The two men stepped into the three-point line almost at the same time, Lowry burst in from the left side, Tang Wenlong cut to the right side, and Leonard stood in the middle, so he could only harass Lowry who dribbled first.
Tang Wenlong glanced at Lowry, gave him a look, and then stepped into the three-point line and took off early.
During the dribbling process, Lowry grabbed the basketball with one hand and threw it into the sky, just to avoid Leonard's defense, Tang Wenlong was like a gliding bird, easily grabbed the basketball, held it with one hand, and suddenly rolled down his wrist, smashed the ball into the basket with a "clang", swung forward, and landed on the ground.
The 76ers' first aerial connection in this game, like a beast-like slam dunk, made people's hearts fluctuate.
"Good pass!" Tang Wenlong pointed at Lori from afar, and Lori pointed back, and the two encouraged each other.
At the end of the third quarter, the 76ers led the Spurs by 3 points 74-71, and Tang Wenlong scored 10 points in this quarter, but the score was still not completely stretched.
There was a lot of buzz and fans chanting the names of their favorite stars.
Today, there are also a lot of Chinese fans in the entire Wachovia Center Arena, most of them have integrated into American life, and there are many black and white friends around them. They held the 76ers flag high, wore No. 1, No. 9, and No. 33 jerseys, and painted the 76ers logo on their faces, falling into excitement and troughs as the game went up and down.
"Tang Wenlong has 21 points, and he really got 20+ points unconsciously." A teenager of Chinese descent talks about his idol with a friend next to him.
Next to him was a black hipster with glittering ornaments and mysterious tattoos on his neck and arms, which made him think so when he heard his friend say that. "I've never seen such a terrifying scorer as Tang Wenlong, and I feel like he hasn't made any effort in the first three quarters, so I'm looking forward to the fourth quarter."
On the bench, Tang Wenlong wiped his sweat with a white towel, and his physical exertion was not small.
He wasn't as easy as fans thought he was, with three turnovers in the first three quarters, and the Spurs' pigtailed young man was definitely the best defender he'd had in recent years. Compared to Tony Allen, who likes to grapple, and Draymond Green, who is harassing with small moves, Kawhi Leonard's defense is cleaner but sharper.
"It seems like I have a longer arm span than mine." Tang Wenlong had such an illusion.
Fortunately, Leonard's offense is average, Tang Wenlong and the Spurs fought in the third quarter, and found that the Spurs still mainly rely on Parker to drive the offensive end, and Duncan may also play the role of the axis, but it is definitely not Leonard. If Leonard improves his offense a little more and his ability to hold the ball to a higher level, he is estimated to be the new young star in the league.
On the sidelines, Doug Collins nervously instructed the players who were waiting to play in the fourth quarter, and the time was short, and he could say everything in one breath.
The number of fans watching this game around the world has risen dramatically, and in June of this year, there were no other particularly big games in the world, so it caused the NBA to be even more popular.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the 76ers lined up Lowry, Billups, Butler, David West and Hassan Whiteside, while the Spurs also Duncan and Parker were rested and replaced with Gary Neal and Dio to form the lineup of Gary Neil, Corey Joseph, Danny Green, Dio and Split.
The bench lineup is a duel, with experienced veterans on both sides, as well as young and energetic guys. The 76ers play a two-point guard lineup, with Lowry at the heart of the offense and the Spurs in a transitional adjustment period, where every player tries to dominate the ball and move the ball. The two teams exchanged hands again, and a fierce confrontation broke out in an instant.
Tang Wenlong sat on the bench with his teammates, and with the transition of offense and defense on the field, his head also turned back and forth, watching intently.
"Toot ~"
The referee blew the whistle and Split was fouled.
The Brazilian looked innocent and felt like a wronged little daughter-in-law. Then the referee didn't like him at all, and walked to the basket with the ball in his hands, and beckoned the others to come and stand up.
Split committed four fouls, and Popovich took advantage of this wave of dead balls to replace Duncan.
At the same time, Collins also replaced Tang Wenlong on the court, 8 minutes and 22 seconds, a little earlier than the usual rotation time, but this is also normal, after all, it is already the desperate finals.
"Come on!" Billups, who patted Tang Wenlong's palm, went off the break.
Popovich chuckled in his heart, and quickly patted Leonard on the shoulder, "Kehuai, you hurry up and go on the court, replace Joseph, you can't let Tang Wenlong score easily." ”
This substitution is very passive, but Popovich has no way, the Spurs can only defend Tang Wenlong Leonard, maybe Danny Green can too, but Popovich does not dare to try, if others can't prevent Tang Wenlong, it will be a disaster.
Tang Wenlong twitched the corner of his eyes, and sure enough, the pigtails followed him like a shadow, and he stood at 45 degrees, just like him, standing with his hips crossed.
Butler made the second free throw to give the 76ers a two-point lead over the Spurs at 82-80.
Offense and defense transitioned, and the Spurs attacked the position.
Neil played the role of Parker, and on the offensive end, he directly found Duncan to block and dismantle, and then shot after covering with a single block, missed the rebound, and the rebound was protected by Tang Wenlong.
Lowry waved his hand, and Whiteside came out to block the pick-and-roll.
Lowry cut sideways at 45 degrees, and Tang Wenlong shifted from the bottom corner to 45 degrees, both moving on the weak side. Leonard didn't contain Lowry, and Lowry had a chance to attack the basket on his own, making a pull-up throw from two steps inside the free throw line.
This is the usual trick of defenders, and Dior, who complements the defense, can't cover it at all.
It's just that Lowry didn't score this goal either, and the basketball bounced back after hitting the basket, just in time for Dior, who turned around, to snatch the rebound.
The Spurs made an offensive error, and when Dio broke through, he dribbled to his thigh and landed directly on the ball and rolled out of bounds.
Tang Wenlong singled Leonard with his back and split the ball outside Butler. Butler stepped through and returned to Tang Wenlong, who was stepping on the three-point line, Tang Wenlong got rid of Leonard's defense with the help of Whiteside's blocking, attracted two people to wrap and distributed them to Whiteside, Whiteside looked at no one in front of him, raised his long arms with great joy, and prepared to make a violent dunk.
"Smack!"
Before he could react, a black hand suddenly appeared next to him and stabbed the ball off his hand with a slight click.
"What?" Whiteside's face changed instantly, and when he turned his head to look, he only saw the Spurs rushing in the frontcourt, and it was Danny Green who broke the ball.
Tang Wenlong and Butler quickly retreated to their own half, and Danny Green stepped on the three-point line and made a three-point shot directly.
"Fake!" Tang Wenlong's eyes flashed, and he didn't believe that in such a critical game, such a critical moment, a young man like Danny Green would dare to shoot like this.
Sure enough, after Green stood up, just to attract the attention of Tang Wenlong, who was retreating, he handed it to Gary Neal who was rushing on the other side with a flick of his hand.
Neil stepped to the basket, Butler pressed tightly to the defense, and the former hit the board with his left hand.
Hit!
In 7 minutes, the two sides fought to a draw of 82! (To be continued.) )