Two days after the end of the training camp, the team flew to Beijing, the capital of China, for the first friendly match, Yao Ming did not fly to Beijing with the team, but was left alone for recovery training, and the rest of the main team except for Collison, who had something to do at home, all flew to China with the team.

After getting off the plane, there was someone who came to pick us up, and after arranging the hotel where we stayed, the team rested and prepared for tomorrow's friendly match.

The next day, the team came to the Wukesong Arena, which was also the first time to return to this stadium after the Olympics, but this time it was on behalf of the Thunder team, the fans had already received the news of the friendly match, so they were queuing up to welcome the players early in the morning, watching the team's bus arrive outside the cheers, I first got off the bus and greeted the fans, the enthusiastic cheers of the fans made me feel the best feeling.

Arrived at the locker room, everyone hurriedly changed into jerseys, although I knew that I didn't have much time to play in this game, but it was still difficult to hide the excitement in my heart, so I was ridiculed by my friend Durant, and the locker room was full of laughter and laughter under Durant's tricks, and the nervous rookies also relaxed.

At the beginning of the game, the Chinese team sent a starting lineup: Yi Jianlian, Wang Zhizhi, Zhu Fangyu, Wang Shipeng and Liu Wei. Harden and I, in the face of my former comrades, I did not have a soft hand, I hung the ball to Ibaka at the beginning, Ibaka received the ball and slammed the dunk directly, we went down first, the Chinese team immediately fought back, Wang Shipeng received the ball and hit a three-point shot outside, I have to say that since the end of the Olympic Games, the strength of the Chinese team has also improved a lot, at least every national team member has a confident expression on his face.

After 7 minutes of play, I was replaced by the coach with Durant, and replaced with this year's rookie, this year's rookie is really not too outstanding except for Harden, but it has no impact on the current Thunder, this year's team has gradually matured after the baptism of the playoffs, Westbrook and Ibaka have also become the indispensable main force of the team, Durant's three-point shot is getting sharper and sharper, and Yao Ming joined, this year we are working hard for the championship, so the whole team is very tacit.

The score gradually opened under the joint efforts of Westbrook and Ibaka, and Harden also hit frequently on the outside, and my mood sitting off the court was also very complicated, watching the score widen, I didn't know whether I was happy or disappointed, until the referee's whistle sounded, and the game was over, I stood up and hugged my teammates from the former national team, and the audience also burst into applause, although the Chinese team lost, but it was a wonderful game, and everyone went all out.

After walking back to the dressing room to change clothes, the team did not stop in China, but flew directly to South Korea for the next friendly match.