Chapter 161: To San Antonio

On the morning of the 6th, at Gold Arena, the Kings team assembled and set off for San Antonio to challenge the Spurs away.

Although Carter, Hill, and Randolph are three veterans who are resting in turn, they still go with the team, because No. 8 has to go to Las Vegas to play a preseason game with the Lakers, and the whole team has more luggage.

"I think the league has tasted the sweetness, last time in Las Vegas the summer league finals were so hot, this time in Las Vegas, this time it is held in Las Vegas, how much this wants to make money, but it is so hard for us," Justin said as he lay back in his chair and complained.

"You'll know what real suffering is when you come on a road trip to the East," Carter sighed as he folded his head behind his hands.

"Players have no human rights, Zhang Feng often says that he suffers hardship, and he is a superior person, can he be happy in hardship," Justin continued to 'wail' and complain.

"Come on, how good your conditions are now, look at the comfort of this plane, it's not what we used to be able to compare" Randolph patted the leather seats of the plane hard, rarely serious.

"By the way, there's a music festival in Las Vegas 8, so let's have a fun after the game?" Carter, as a musical talent, was very attentive to this information.

"Okay, Zhang Feng, you must go, it's time to show you the charm of black music," Justin said eagerly.

Zhang Feng nodded, "Okay, I didn't have a good tour of the casino last time, and this time I can't miss the opportunity."

The Sacramento to San Antonio is more than 2,000 kilometers long and takes only three hours to get there, but there are still games in the evening, and the Kings players go to bed after a lot of noise.

Zhang Feng does not have the habit of sleeping during the day, his eyes are slightly closed, reflecting on whether he has done anything bad recently, the so-called three times a day and my body, this is the truth that Master Zhang Feng handed him to be a man, thinking about it but only feeling irritable, vaguely feeling that he will encounter trouble recently, and suddenly his thoughts are unsettled, so he gave up thinking and began to sleep.

The sound of the "Didi" alarm clock woke the Kings from their slumber, and they had arrived at San Antonio International Airport.

"Follow me!" George Hill was well acquainted with the airport, and the King followed him out of it. Boarding the bus, the team headed straight to the hotel, where they were to dine at the hotel near the ATT Center, the home of the Spurs, and then take a short break before heading to the ATT Center for regular training until the start of the evening's game.

San Antonio, as a city in south-central Texas, with a part of Native Americans, close to Mexico, and a livestock trading center, with a strong Texas folk style, must be a very interesting city in Zhang Feng's mind. It's a pity that the team will go straight to Las Vegas after the game, and there is not much time left for Zhang Feng.

"Honestly, it's nothing to look at, I've been here for three years, except for BBQ, it's all average" George Hill, who was eating noodles, put down his knife and fork, "I'll ask Duncan to show you around if you want to see it, he's been bored lately".

Carter picked up a plate of beef and cut off a large piece, "What?" Retired and not idle? ”。

"Don't say it, Duncan is going to watch the game tonight, you can talk about retirement life and give you a little mental preparation," George Hill quipped with a knife and fork.

The reason for talking about this is because the whole Kings team read Carter's news in the morning: Carter said in an interview that he had been in the league for too long and it was hard to imagine the days after leaving.

"I'm retiring to be a band conductor, I can't imagine it!" Carter's words were astonishing, but it was no surprise that everyone immediately remembered that he was a high school band conductor and a good saxophone player.

After the meal, the group went back to the hotel room to take a nap, and Zhang Feng was free and ready to send a message to An Jiali.

"Did you go to the guild hall last night?" Zhang Feng sent a message, and soon the status of the message was shown as read, but after about ten minutes, An Jiali replied: "I went." "Is everything alright?" , "It's all fine".

"I made a mistake yesterday, the team won't go to Los Angeles, we will play with the Lakers in Las Vegas" Zhang Feng's purpose in sending a message was to inform An Jiali of this matter, just in case An Jiali prepared something.

"It's good, have fun, don't talk about it, I'm going to get busy" Anjiali replied quickly.

Putting down the phone, Zhang Feng felt that An Jiali was a little weird today, but he couldn't figure out what the fault was.

Due to the tight schedule, the whole team only rested for 2 hours before re-boarding the bus and heading to the ATT center to prepare for training.

The ATT center has never been known for its luxury, but it has a good service, with barbecues, pizzas, sandwiches, hot dogs and other snacks, as well as a variety of professional auxiliary facilities for the disabled, and the most exaggerated is the manual shoe-shine service for fans.

However, these intimate services did not bring a high attendance, perhaps because the Spurs have entered the finals many times in the past 10 years, and Spurs fans are used to seeing big scenes, even if the regular season tickets are sold out, the audience at the end of the scene is far less than 18,000+ seats.

However, the attendance at the ATT center today should be quite high, because Spurs fans hold a grudge, their home team was just defeated by the Kings the day before yesterday, and many fans have expressed their desire to go to the ATT center to support the Spurs.

THE TEAM'S PRE-GAME PRACTICE, WHICH IS GENERALLY OPEN TO THE MEDIA, SOON APPEARED ON THE LOCAL BASKETBALL FORUMS AND REDDIT FORUMS IN SAN ANTONIO, WITH MANY PHOTOS OF THE KING TRAINING. None of these photos are worth discussing, but Duncan keeps appearing in the photos, making fans speculate: What is Duncan doing watching the Kings train?

Spying on the enemy, even after retiring, you have to contribute to the team?

It's just that it's early, and the Spurs haven't arrived yet, so you can only watch the Kings train?

Visiting old friend George Hill early? Sharing your retirement life with Carter?

In the end, the votes of fans showed that most people thought that Duncan had gone early, and the Spurs had not started training yet.

At this time, Duncan, who was sitting on the sidelines, was watching Zhang Feng train intently, Zhang Feng shot and he nodded, Zhang Feng broke through and nodded, Zhang Feng tried to hit him with his back and hesitated for a while before nodding reluctantly.

"What have you been staring at Zhang Feng?" George Hill sat down next to Duncan and asked curiously.

When Duncan heard this, he immediately frowned, "I noticed early on that Zhang Feng was favored by Kobe Bryant and LeBron, and he must have something outstanding, but this kid kawaii said that he wanted to defend Zhang Feng alone, and he still said it in an interview, which is a bit big." I just want to see what Zhang Feng is so powerful, and at the same time find out Zhang Feng's shortcomings, so that this kid won't have too much trouble at that time."

When Hill heard this, he immediately lowered his face and looked very unhappy.