On October 9, 2015, U.S. time, all members of the Clippers boarded a plane to Shenzhen, China, along with members of the Hornets who departed on the same day.

This time the China game is very different from the past, due to the increasing contribution of the Chinese market to the NBA, the league has also paid more attention, this time they sent the NBA home court floor and 3D equipment to Shenzhen by air, in an effort to create the most authentic NBA experience journey.

With such a gimmick, the tickets that were already in short supply entered a state of out-of-stock as early as possible, and because Shenzhen is very close to Hong Kong and Taiwan, it is said that many film and television stars will appear at the scene of the Chinese game, which undoubtedly adds another influence to this grand event.

The Charlotte Hornets, formerly known as the Charlotte Bobcats, are the only NBA team in North Carolina and the latest team to join in NBA history.

However, it is not completely famous, and his owner is the famous basketball god Michael Jordan.

Although Jordan's draft vision is not flattering, the team finally started to get on track in 2013 when he handed over the management of the team to general manager Rich Joe, and they signed a strong interior lineman Al Jefferson, and together with the selected Kemba Walker, they formed a duo of inside and outside, and successfully reached the playoffs that season.

Although the team was plagued by injuries last season, the team did not perform well and failed to break into the playoffs in a row, but this season they first traded "French Pippen" Nicolas Batum and potential rising star Jeremy Lamb, and then signed free agent Jeremy Lin from the free market at a very low price, plus the instant force obtained by the draft Frank Kaminski, the strength of the whole team has obviously been qualitatively improved.

In the previous two pre-seasons, the team's new signings have been extremely eye-catching, helping the team to two consecutive wins, and this time in China, their goal is clearly to hit more consecutive wins.

On the afternoon of October 11, the Clippers arrived at the gymnasium early for training.

This time, the venue of the Shenzhen game in China is the Universiade Center Gymnasium, which is one of the few stadiums in China that has reached the NBA level, with more than 20,000 seats, the seats are all high-end style diamond sofas, and the top of the head is the same as the NBA installed LED large display screen surrounded by four sides, the whole stadium is full of three-dimensional sense, it is said that the home of the Shenzhen team (formerly Dongguan, Guangdong) will be located here next season.

When Tang Shuai entered the stadium, he was really shocked, when I used to watch the CBA, most of the stadiums were the same as the gymnasiums of the Institute of Science and Technology, the stadiums of three or four thousand people, there were no LED screens, to say that there were, only Beijing's Wukesong Gymnasium had this level, I didn't expect Shenzhen to have it, it seems that the development of the CBA league is much better than expected.

This training session was added by Reaves, perhaps because he has not yet made the final decision, and he still wants to see the condition of the players through training.

The players only arrived in Shenzhen yesterday, their bodies were somewhat tired, and with jet lag, they were a little tired in training, and Reeves shook his head from the sidelines.

Tang Shuai should be in the best condition, although he joined the NBA, he was originally Chinese, and he adapted much faster, all this Reeves naturally saw in his eyes.

“shit！”

The team was in the middle of a half-court confrontation when suddenly a curse came from the side.

The ongoing confrontation immediately stopped, and Reeves also turned his head to look at the half.

It was Paul who cursed, his thumb clutched, and his expression was a little hideous.

Seeing that it was Paul, Reeves walked over briskly and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Smith opened his mouth and said, "Just now CP3 wanted to steal Austin and accidentally poked his finger. ”

Reeves' face tightened when he heard this, and he quickly asked, "CP3, how do you feel?" ”

Paul's expression was still very hideous, and he said, "Maybe it's a contusion." ”

As soon as Reeves heard this, he immediately turned around and beckoned to the team doctor on the sidelines.

After the team doctor came over to help Paul check the injury, the faces of the others were unconsciously clouded, the team's state was not very good, if Paul was injured and couldn't play, it would be even more difficult for the team to win.

Time passed in anxious waiting, the team doctor had already given Paul a warm compress, and when it was done, he stood up and said: "Fortunately, there are no bones, it's not very serious, but the night game will definitely not be played." ”

“F.U.C.K！” Hearing what the team doctor said, Paul couldn't help but curse again, obviously annoyed that he couldn't play.

Reeves' face was extremely ugly at this time, this training was something he insisted on, and it was injured when he fought against Little Reeves, and there was really no one else to blame.

He continued: "Let's go here for the afternoon training, everyone go back and rest, Pablo, Don, you stay for a while." ”

When Reeves announced the early end of training, he left Prigioni and Tang Shuai alone.

After everyone else was gone, Reeves said, "I know you didn't play much in the last game, but that's because the opponent is stronger, you should be able to understand that, right?" ”

"We know, coach." Prigioni spoke.

Tang Shuai also nodded.

Reeves glanced at Tang Shuai, and then continued: "Now you have also seen it, CP3 was suddenly injured, and he can't play tonight's game, Austin will definitely not be able to cope with it alone, I hope you can stand up, can you do it?" ”

After listening to what Reeves said, Tang Shuai suddenly had mixed feelings in his heart, he was still waiting for Reeves to make a decision, but he didn't expect Paul's accidental injury and skip this directly.

"Yes." Tang Shuai and Prigioni both said in a resolute tone.

"Good." Reeves nodded with satisfaction, "Actually, it's not just this game, you have to be ready to play in the future, what is the purpose of the team's big recruitment this summer, you should also know that the season is very long, I hope that in the playoffs, you can all contribute to the team, okay, you should go back and rest first." ”

After Reeves finished speaking, he followed and left first, with a sad face, and he could see that Paul's injury caught him off guard.

However, Tang Shuai was stunned for a moment, what Reeves said just now, does it mean that he has made a decision? Has he decided to give more minutes to the bench? Did Duffy's stratagem work?

"Hey, Don, let's go too." Prigioni reached out and patted the stunned Tang Shuai.

Tang Shuai came back to his senses and knew that Reeves had made a decision, he was in a good mood all of a sudden, and said with a smile: "Let's go, let's go back." ”

Prigioni also smiled when he saw Tang Shuai's happy appearance, this 38-year-old veteran, who has seen too many rookies, like Tang Shuai, is excited because of the playing time.