“TNT, Joke!”

Fans were hotly discussed on social media, and Durant couldn't stand the loneliness. After TNT's program, he posted this situation directly on his personal Twitter account.

Joke's literal translation is a joke, but in this tweet, it's obvious that it means clown.

Fans were a little confused when they saw this state at first sight. You should know that the Thunder were second only to the Heat in ESPN's list predictions, and were higher than the Spurs!

But soon a careful netizen found out why Durant posted this state.

I don’t know if it was intentional or unintentional, but in the TNT program, many teams such as the Heat, Spurs, Lakers, Clippers, Nuggets and others were mentioned, but the only one who missed the Thunder.

It seems that Durant experienced the playoff experience last season and practiced dribbling hard in the summer. His strength has improved significantly, but his sensitive personality has not changed at all.

Time flies, and it is early October, and the NBA preseason has officially begun.

Two days before the official start of the preseason, the Spurs boarded a plane to China with the Mavericks next door.

Stern is committed to the global promotion of the NBA, and the Chinese Games are a very important part of it.

Since the Rockets and Kings' games were unprecedented in 2004, this has basically become an indispensable part of the NBA every year.

The Chinese matches that the league was originally scheduled last year were the Heat and the Clippers.

But with the Spurs winning the championship and Yi Jianlian renewing the contract with the Mavericks, the matchup between the two sides naturally changed.

China Tournament and China Derby, these words alone are enough to make Chinese fans go crazy.

You should know that even when Yao Ming was still playing for the Rockets, fans were unable to see the Chinese derby in the Chinese game because of Yi Jianlian's temporary transfer.

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

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

"Godfather! Godfather!"

"Duncan! Duncan!"

"Ginobili! Ginobili!"

"Parker! Parker!"

...

"It's so crazy. Even in my country, I have never seen such a crazy fan."

After finally leaving the airport, Ginobili couldn't help but sigh.

"Come to China a few more times."

Tang Tian said with a smile.

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

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

In fact, let alone McGrath, the Rockets players, "Ferb Boss" Francis, "Diamond" Scola, "Divine Bird" Landry, etc., all have exclusive nicknames.

Even players like Novak and Bob Sulla are familiar with many fans.

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

Moreover, after mobile phones and computers become popular, the speed of information spreading will only be faster than before.

So the popularity of these Spurs now may be even higher than those Rockets players at the time.

This can be seen when the Spurs arrive at the hotel and wait for autographs at the door.

"Well, I'll have to 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 going out, but Dior and Ginobili are just the opposite. They enjoy this environment and sign autographs to the fans in the hotel lobby one by one, just like a signing party.

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

Tang Tian couldn't help but complain after watching it.

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

In Jordan's words, his books brought him a very considerable income.

Kobe's "Mamba Spirit" is also a best-seller in the world.

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

Both are NBA-level stadiums in China, and can accommodate up to 20,000 people to watch the game on site.

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

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

That night, when the Spurs players took the bus to the entrance of the stadium, they saw dark fans entering the venue holding various signs.

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

"Tang Tian, ​​don't be bald" and "BMW (Don't touch me)" look particularly clear and unparalleled.

These are really talented people!

"What does that mean?"

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

Tang Tian could only pretend that he didn't hear it.

It seems that this Chinese game is comparable to the NBA All-Star Game for Chinese fans.

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

After entering the locker room, Ginobili started talking again.

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

Dior also looked enjoyable, and he found that Chinese fans are really the most enthusiastic fans in the world.

"It's time for you guys."

Budenholzer pushed open the door of the locker room and shouted at them.

The team members whistled and stood up, and then left the locker room one after another.

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

Tang Tian laughed after hearing this.

Dior is so weird, Wade and James must have wanted to beat him up after hearing this.

As soon as the player passage came out, extremely enthusiastic cheers sounded at the scene.

Joseph and Neil looked up unconsciously.

The atmosphere felt even warmer than in the finals last year.

Tang Tian glanced at the audience seat, and there were many directors and artists sitting in the front row.

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

For them, such a competition is a big stage for showing their faces, and it only costs one ticket, which is quite cost-effective.

After the warm-up before the game, the starting lineups of both sides were also released one after another.

The Mavericks' main players were all out, Darren Collison and OJ Mayo on the outside, Marion and Nowitzki on the front line, and center Chris Kaman.

The Spurs are the same, with Parker and Tang Tian on the outside, Leonard and Dior on the front line, and Duncan on the center.

When the starting lineup of both sides came out, there was a burst of cheers on the spot.

It is common for stars to take off in preseason games, especially when they are still regular offenders to the Spurs.

But after this result, Popovich really gave him enough face this time!

The lens is given to Popovich.

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

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

You can fight less, but you can't stop fighting.
Chapter completed!