Chapter 335: Substitute Battle (8/10, Riding Ants and Crushing Elephants 1)
This shows that the ability of this body in that aspect can still be saved.
It seems that you will have to go to Popovich for a drink in the future.
Olsen woke up, and leaned into Tang Tian's arms with a happy face.
looked at Olsen like he was a nobody, and then remembered Olsen who begged for mercy last night.
Sure enough, the fields in this world are not ploughed!
Gassy!
No, plow again.
"What are you doing?"
"Don't ...... Yes. ”
"Uh-huh~~"
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Tang Tian came out of the shower and found that Olsen was finally paralyzed there and couldn't get up, so he nodded with satisfaction.
He pulled out his phone and called Budenholzer and said he might be a little late for afternoon training.
He hung up the phone and asked Fagan to book a plane ticket back to San Antonio in the afternoon.
When Olsen recovered, the two went out for lunch, and then he went back to San Antonio.
Tomorrow the team will travel to Houston to play an away game against the Rockets.
Harden has had a great season, and tomorrow against him will be a great opportunity for him to test his no-fly zone skills.
You know, he was fouled by Martin in a row.
Whether this skill can bring the imaginary help or not, we will know tomorrow night.
When he got to San Antonio, he went straight to the arena.
Although I arrived a little late, it wasn't even a short time since the training started.
And if you say hello in advance, there will be no problems on the coaching staff's side.
When it came to the full-court confrontation, the starting group and the substitute group played a ten-minute training match.
"Manu, watch out for my closure."
Before going on the field, Tang Tian said to Ginobili deliberately.
Ginobili didn't care too much, this kind of small mouth cannon in the team, Tang Tian and him didn't play less.
But when the fight started, he found out that Tang Tian was not talking to him today.
In the ten-minute training match, he was seized by Tang Tian and covered 3 balls.
"What did you do last night?"
After the training match, Ginobili couldn't help but complain.
I a woman last night.
Tang Tian replied in his heart.
"I warned you, be careful."
But he said with a smile on his lips.
Harden's current style of play is very similar to that of Ginobili, the only difference is that he is more capable of making fouls.
If the no-fly zone worked for Ginobili, it would certainly work for Harden.
That gives him more confidence for tomorrow night's game.
At the end of the training session, the players were showering.
Tang Tian is holding a tablet to watch the Rockets' game video, and is observing Harden's current style of play.
Budenholzer walked in at this time and called Tang Tian out of the door alone.
"Greg told me just now that you're late for training and won't start tomorrow night."
"I called you before."
Tang Tian opened his mouth and said, when he said it, he was puzzled, this kind of thing occasionally occurs in the team, and there is usually no such punishment.
"I know, I've told Greg too, but that's the decision of the coaching staff, so I'll say hi to you first."
Budenholzer said with a somewhat helpless expression.
Tang Tian nodded after listening.
Budenholzer was just talking, and while it wasn't clear what Popovich's purpose was, it was true that he was late for training.
He chose to accept this decision.
The next day, the Spurs flew to Houston for the night's game against the Rockets.
The game hasn't started yet, and the fans on the hotline can't wait.
"Don Madness, Battle Ha Madness, 'Crazy Battle'! It's definitely the race I want to see the most this season! ”
"And Harden must really want to beat the Spurs, you know, he was very unwilling to lose the Western Conference finals in the Thunder before."
"Yes, in the Thunder, he is only the sixth man, and he doesn't play the key balls, and now that it's the Rockets, he can finally play with the Spurs with all his strength!"
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Not only abroad, but also domestic fans are chatting enthusiastically in the live broadcast rooms of major live broadcast platforms.
The Rockets are the team that Yao Ming stayed in, the home team in the past, and the Spurs are Tang Tian's team, and the home team is now.
This is definitely a big collision for domestic fans.
With an hour to go before the start of the game, players from both sides were in the dressing rooms making final preparations for the game.
"Danny, you're playing the starting number two tonight."
Popovich finished his tactics in the locker room and said about the team's starters.
"Kehuai, you play the starting number three."
After he finished speaking, he added, and glanced at Tang Tian by the way.
When he saw that Tang Tian's expression had not changed, he left the locker room with a calm face.
It seems that it was right to let Budenholzer greet Tang Tian in advance yesterday.
Out of the locker room, he couldn't help but shake his head, the head coach of this league is really not so easy to be.
Popovich left, and the other players were a little puzzled, Tang Tian's words, it seemed that he didn't do anything, and he performed so well, why did he suddenly play as a substitute?
"Don, what's going on?" Green also took the initiative to come over and ask.
"I was late for training and you forgot?" Tang Tian said with a smile.
Only then did Green suddenly realize and nodded.
The other team members also reacted one after another, especially Dior and Parker, who had also been late for training before, and silently noted it in their hearts.
Half an hour before the start of the game, players from both sides came out of the players' tunnel one after another.
The attendance rate of the Toyota Center is very low, looking at only about sixty percent, and this is still because of the premise of Harden's strong performance.
When it comes to the ball market, the Rockets are even worse than the Spurs.
However, in the on-site commentary seat, the TNT triumvirate of Barkley, Smith and O'Neal are all here.
The small number of fans on the scene does not mean that the attention of this game is low, and the number of viewers on the hotline is still very large.
After the opening ceremony, the starting line-ups of both sides were released.
On the Spurs' side, Parker and Green on the outside, Leonard and Duncan on the front, and Split at center.
On the Rockets' side, Jeremy Lin and Harden on the outside, Parsons and Patterson on the front, and Asik at center.
The Rockets have a regular lineup, but when the Spurs' starting lineup came out, there was a lot of talk on the spot.
Because there was no news before the game, no one knew what Tang Tian's situation would be tonight.
"Do you know what's going on?" Barkley was also puzzled by the Spurs' starters and turned to Smith to ask.
Smith shook his head, he apparently hadn't heard anything from him either.
"Shaq?" Barkley then looked at O'Neill.
"I guess it's Don's performance is so good, the Spurs can't afford to renew his contract, so let him play as a substitute and reduce his value."
O'Neill said solemnly.
When he said this, Barkley and Smith burst into laughter.
O'Neill's joke is now really moving infinitely closer to Barkley.
They couldn't guess why they came in the commentary seat, and it seemed that they could only ask why they came after the game.
While they were talking, the starters from both sides came on one after another.
Harden was also surprised that Tang Tian did not start, and his words had already made sufficient preparations before the game.
However, if Tang Tian didn't start, it would be better for him, he could just warm up his hands before that.