But either way, there is no doubt that Tang Wenlong has become an icon of Philadelphia.

In the second season of his career, Tang Wenlong became the darling of Philadelphia. The people who like him have nothing to do with his nationality or skin color, but only love him as handsome as splashing ink on the basketball court, and as spiritual as the stars descending into the world. Fashionable streets, crowded shopping malls, billboards with Tang Wenlong erected everywhere, and Philadelphia fans wearing No. 1 jerseys can be seen everywhere.

With 48 points, the home victory over the Thunder is only three games away from the Phillies regaining the championship trophy, and it seems to be within reach.

The poured love turned into a full heart, and the people of Philadelphia themselves couldn't tell whether they fell in love with Tang Wenlong because they fell in love with the Philadelphia 76ers, or fell in love with Tang Wenlong who fell in love with the Philadelphia 76ers.

It's just that the elements related to Tang Wenlong, such as dragons, oriental, and Chinese cuisine, have quickly become popular in this city, and at a constant speed, they continue to spread to the surrounding areas, and when you like a person, you will unconsciously want to know all about him.

The happiest are the merchants who have signed endorsement contracts with Tang Wenlong, the better Tang Wenlong's performance, the more the commercial endorsements they sign will appreciate, especially for brands that are tied to sports, such as Nike. There were still people internally who questioned whether it was worth signing Tang Wenlong with the same contract as Durant, but now it seems that it is not too cost-effective, Tang Wenlong's value is close to that of James, Kobe Bryant and other veteran balloon stars.

On the evening of the 15th, the Philadelphia 76ers played the second game of the Finals at home.

Tickets to the Centro Wagiovia have become a real treasure, with a large number of fans who have no tickets but to stop outside the stadium, and the bars, restaurants, and themed merchandise stores around the stadium gather to support them. When the broadcast camera swept over, it was all black.

Interestingly, the fans inside the stadium were all wearing the uniform white T-shirts of the championship.

Some say that the 76ers are like a spur right now. When executing tactics, he was meticulous, and even the style of the jersey was almost the same, one black and one white, as if it was impermanent.

Before the start of the game, the camera followed Tang Wenlong, and then switched back and forth between Durant, Westbrook, Iguodala and other stars.

After a simple appearance ceremony. Both teams started the game.

Tang Wenlong twisted the joints of his body, and then exchanged clapping with Whiteside on the bench to celebrate, a very simple street cheering method. Then it was Luis, who had just come back, and then ran and jumped up, and collided with Tang Wenlong passionately.

Tang Wenlong rubbed his hands together, ran to the center line and stood up, pressed his left leg, and pressed his right leg.

"Brother Wenlong, come on!" Pingping Huan, his hands made a trumpet shape. It's a pity that the sound on the scene is too noisy, and his decibels are only about five meters in range, and Tang Wenlong on the field can't hear it at all.

In the middle circle, Gasol and Ibaka jump balls!

Both of them are burly, relatively speaking, Ibaka in this period is a little more slender, and the bullet speed is notoriously fast in the NBA, this time the jump ball. He narrowly led Gasol, who had a better height and arm span, and dialed it to Westbrook in the backcourt.

The 76 retreated like a tidal wave. Iguodala led the defense at the top of the arc, and with his hands spread out, the 76ers seemed to be in a bucket formation.

Because of Tang Wenlong's excellent interference with Durant in the last game, as soon as this game came up, Collins simply put Tang Wenlong in the small forward position, anyway, Tang Wenlong has played many small forwards this season. Basically, the No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 positions are all available now.

And Iguodala is naturally another strong point of the defensive Thunder - Westbrook.

At the beginning, the Thunder was still a simple old routine, and Durant ran back at the elbow area to spare it, taking advantage of Ibaka's off-ball cover. The quality of the cover is average, and Tang Wenlong can't be shaken off at all.

Durant's long arm hems, a large dribble breakthrough, Tang Wenlong is in the main position, and the other long arm is around to interfere with his dribbling.

Stop, mid-range jumper.

"It's so easy!" Tang Wenlong shouted, jumped up to interfere, raised a big arm high, and at the same time the two had a physical confrontation, which made Durant very uncomfortable when shooting.

The ball didn't cover it, but it was completely off track, and after a bounce on the basket, it was grabbed by Gasol, who was stuck in position.

The 76ers didn't rush to break fast, and after the Thunder was in a good position, Lowry staggered past half court, Tang Wenlong ran out of the wing to catch the ball, Lowry gave him the ball, and then at the 45-degree position, Tang Wenlong asked David West for a block.

David West hadn't stepped up yet, and the Thunder pounced on it themselves, with Safrosa and Ibaka both wrapping Tang Wenlong.

Tang Wenlong carefully dribbled to the side, and with a flick of his wrist, the basketball passed through the gap between the two people, and David West, who was down there, took two steps forward and made a jumper.

Hit. 2 to 0.

"Good shot!" Tang Wenlong reached out and high-fived David West, West is the offensive point of the 76ers' interior line, and he can quietly score 15 points in almost every game, stable to the extreme firepower output, especially because of his comprehensive offensive skills, which greatly enriches the 76ers' tactical system.

The Thunder attacked, Durant got the ball with his back, Tang Wenlong was close to him, visible confrontation with the naked eye, and the defense was very active.

Perkins blocked, Tang Wenlong was delayed by a second, and Durant got rid of the defense and faced Gasol directly.

After dribbling two steps, Durant made a mid-range jumper, and at this time Tang Wenlong pounced on the side, but it was too late, and Gasol reached out in vain to interfere, with little effect.

Hollow hit, 2 to 2.

"It's a real hassle to shoot with a single cover." Tang Wenlong also feels very tricky, Durant is different from Anthony and James, the latter two have a very strong ability to create opportunities individually, he can turn into scoring when he has a little chance, the power of assistance is comparable to O'Neal, and the efficiency is comparable to the most dominant center in history.

So some people say that the Thunder's Westbrook has the same problem as Kobe Bryant, when it is clear that there is a more efficient scorer on the team than you, how do you choose offense?

And Westbrook and Kobe's choice is also surprisingly consistent, that is, to come by themselves.

The 76ers do not have such a situation, in the regular season, there are Lowry and Iguodala who share Tang Wenlong's ball, and in the playoffs, only Lowry shares Tang Wenlong's ball, Iguodala focuses on defense and rarely organizes offense, Tang Wenlong can play how he wants, and free play is like James.

After attacking more with the ball, Tang Wenlong's score has risen again, but at the same time, the mistakes have also jumped up by one quarter, and in this year's playoffs, he averaged 3.7 turnovers per game.

Even so, the Thunder still have more turnovers than the 76ers, Westbrook, Harden and Durant, the Thunder can contribute nearly 10 turnovers per game on average, and they don't know why they were able to win against the Spurs. (To be continued.) )