The invincible kryptonite of basketball

The Heat and Clippers were originally scheduled for the league's China game last year.

But as the Spurs won the championship and Yi Jianlian renewed his contract with the Mavericks, the opponents naturally changed.

China game, China Derby, these words alone are enough to drive Chinese fans into a frenzy.

You must know that even when Yao Ming was still playing for the Rockets, because of Yi Jianlian's temporary transfer, fans could not see the Chinese Derby in the China game.

This time, they can finally make up for their previous regrets.

When Tang Tian and the others arrived at the Capital International Airport, they received unprecedented enthusiasm from the fans.

"Godfather! Godfather!"

"Duncan! Duncan!"

"Ginobili! Ginobili!"

"Parker! Parker!"

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"It's crazy, even in my country, I have never seen such crazy fans."

After finally getting out of the airport, Ginobili couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Come to China a few more times."

Tang Tian said with a smile.

People all over the world love houses and black houses, especially Chinese people.

Take McGrady as an example, his popularity in the United States is completely incomparable to Kobe's, but in China, McGrady's popularity is not inferior to Kobe's at all, even higher than Kobe's at the peak.

In fact, let alone McGrady, the players of the Rockets, "Boss" Francis, "Diamond" Scola, "Bird" Landry, etc., each have their own nicknames.

Even role players like Novak and Bob Sura are familiar to many fans.

Now that Yao Ming has retired and Yi Jianlian has just regained his foothold in the NBA, the home team with the largest Chinese fans is the Spurs.

And now that mobile phones and computers are popularized, the speed of information dissemination will only be faster than before.

Therefore, the popularity of these Spurs players may be even higher than those of the Rockets.

This can be seen when the Spurs arrive at the hotel where they are staying and the number of fans waiting for autographs and group photos at the door.

"Well, I can only stay in the hotel all night."

Leonard didn't like this noisy environment, so he spoke to Tang Tian after entering the hotel.

Leonard doesn't like to go out, but Dior and Ginobili are just the opposite. They enjoy this environment very much. They directly sign autographs and take photos with the fans queuing up in the hotel lobby, just like a signing party.

"You... have great potential to sell books."

Tang Tian couldn't help complaining after watching it.

But what he said is correct. Selling books is something that many NBA players will do after retiring.

According to Jordan, his book has brought him a very considerable income.

Kobe Bryant's "Mamba Mentality" is also a global bestseller.

There are two games in the China Tournament, the first is at the Wukesong Stadium in Beijing, and the second is at the Mercedes-Benz Cultural Center in Shanghai.

Both are domestic NBA-level arenas, which can accommodate nearly 2 people watching the game on the spot.

There are many positions, but in fact, after the China game was confirmed during the offseason, the tickets for all positions were sold out.

There are even a lot of scalpers selling in private, and the attention of these two games is unprecedented.

That night at the Wukesong Arena, when the Spurs players took the bus to the entrance of the arena, they saw crowds of fans entering the arena holding various signs.

"go.spurs.go!", "We are the champions!" These are relatively normal.

"Don't be bald, Tang Tian" and "BMW (don't touch me)" are particularly clear and refined.

All of these are really talented!

"what does that mean?"

When the car drove by and saw those slogans, Ginobili kept asking the meaning of BMW's back door in Chinese.

Tang Tian could only pretend not to hear.

It seems that this Chinese game, for Chinese fans, is as carnival as the NBA All-Star Game.

"What happened? I'm even a little nervous!"

Into the locker room, Ginobili began to talk nonsense again.

"I have decided to come to China next year."

Dior also had an expression of enjoyment. He found that Chinese fans are really the most enthusiastic fans in the world.

"Guys, it's time to play."

Budenholzer pushed open the locker room door and yelled at them.

The players whistled and got up, and then they all left the locker room one after another.

"Don, this is your home court." Dio said as he walked out.

Tang Tian laughed out loud after hearing this.

Dior's so easy, Wade and James must want to beat him up.

As soon as he came out of the player tunnel, there were extremely warm cheers at the scene.

Both Joseph and Neil looked up unconsciously.

The atmosphere felt even warmer than in last year's finals.

Tang Tian glanced at the auditorium, there were many directors and entertainers sitting in the front row.

He even saw two big stars, Jackie Chan and Gong Li.

For them, this kind of competition is a big stage to show their faces, and they only need to spend one ticket, which is quite a bargain.

The warm-up before the game is over, and the starting lineups of both sides have also been released one after another.

The main force of the Mavericks is out, Darren Collison and OJ Mayo on the outside, Marion and Nowitzki on the striker, and Chris Kaman at the center.

The same goes for the Spurs, with Parker and Tang Tian on the outside, Leonard and Diaw on the front, and Duncan on the center.

When the starting lineups of both sides came out, there was a burst of cheers at the scene.

It is common to rest stars in the preseason, especially when the Spurs are still the repeat offenders.

But when the result came out, Popovich really gave enough face this time!

The shot was given to Popovich.

Feeling the cheers of the fans, Popovich reached out to say hello, but his expression was a little awkward.

In fact, he originally planned to rest Duncan and Ginobili in this game, but yesterday, Stern specially sent a message to the owners of their two teams.

You can fight less, but you must fight.

This is the scene where both sides played their best in the opening game.

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Kaman and Duncan's jump ball.

The cheers at the scene were already deafening.

The definition of the China game is the NBA game played in China.

Except for the fans, all other supporting facilities belong to the NBA.

Take the floor as an example, because this game is the home court of the Spurs, and they are all airlifted from the United States.

Kaman jumped and beat Duncan, giving the Mavericks the chance to take the lead.

Collison dribbles upfield and hits Nowitzki.

"Fight! Fight!"

Fans yelled at the scene.

This atmosphere is really more lively than the NBA playoffs.

Nowitzki also cooperated very well, directly turning around to play Dior in singles, and the "Golden Rooster Independent" who turned around stepped back and shot.

"Shh!"

The old driver's sword is not old, and his iconic shot is a steady hit.

There was an instant burst of cheers.

The Spurs' offense.

Parker held the ball and made tactical gestures, and the Spurs were clearly playing for Tang Tian.

Most of these overseas games are pre-season games, and the outcome is irrelevant. The league has the instructions, and Popovich is also very cooperative.

Not to mention that this tactic itself is one of the regular tactics of the Spurs.

Tang Tiandi took advantage of Duncan's pick-and-roll to catch the ball for a three-pointer, and Ginobili immediately passed the ball.

Tang Tian received the ball.

The cheers of the fans are ready to come out.

At this time, Kaman fought hard to defend himself.

Tang Tian looked at Kaman, grabbed the ball and lifted it up as if he was about to shoot, but when he lifted it to his waist, he suddenly made another push.

Fingertip art, increased passing vision by 10%, before Tang Tian shot, he had caught a glimpse of Duncan cutting towards the basket from the corner of his eye.

"boom!"

Under the astonished eyes of the fans, Tang Tian made a false pass and hit the ball to Duncan.

After receiving the ball, Duncan was unguarded and scored a one-handed dunk.

"Nice pass!"

Xu Jicheng, who was on the sidelines commentary, couldn't help shouting.

The pass was unexpected, cutting into the Mavericks' center with precision like a scalpel.

"Don's passing has improved a lot this summer."

Budenholzer couldn't help saying to Popovich.

The coaching staff of the Spurs will not go to the Olympics, but Tang Tian has shown his passing ability in the training camp.

Now this ability is demonstrated in actual combat.

Popovich nodded.

Many of the Spurs' contracts expired this season, and Holt's consistent principle is not to exceed the luxury tax, so their room for reinforcement is very limited.

The coaching staff and management have worked hard to keep the champion members instead of falling apart like the Mavericks.

Without reinforcements, it can only be developed internally. Tang Tian's improvement will undoubtedly be of great help to the Spurs.

The Mavericks' frontcourt offense was blocked by the Spurs, and Duncan protected the defensive rebound.

The Spurs went to the frontcourt and ran TD.step tactics. Tang Tian received the ball at the top of the arc as a pivot, and the next step was to transfer the request to Parker.

But Parker was still running, Tang Tian suddenly threw the ball straight to the basket.

This pass was caught off guard, but it just happened to be stuck at the moment when Kaman turned to help defend.

Duncan received the ball and it was another easy scoring opportunity.

He turned around and scored directly on the board.

"Stone Buddha" scored 4 points in the opening game.

"This pass reminds me of Vlade Divac in the past. He doesn't have too many gorgeous moves, but he can always pass the ball to the player who needs it most when he needs it most."