Kupchak's phone call reassured Tang Shuai, and with the support of the home team, he played the national team more freely.

After the European training, the national team will play a series of matches in China, such as the China-Europe Competition, the China-Australia Competition, and the Stankovic Cup.

Tang Shuai's playing time in these games was controlled as Gong Luming said, and the most game was only played for 18 minutes.

Because the opponent is constantly changing, the opponent's understanding of the Chinese team stays in the original impression, and he doesn't care too much about Tang Shuai's performance that broke out in a certain period of time, but even so, it still attracted the attention of many teams.

For example, the Australian team, which played three matches, although it was the name of the professional team, many of the players were members of the Rio national team, because they were in the same group, and they began to study Tang Shuai after the game.

Gong Luming is helpless about these, it is impossible for Tang Shuai not to play, if he does not play, the previous run-in with his teammates cannot be completed, in fact, even if he does not let Tang Shuai play, the opponents of the Olympics will focus on Tang Shuai.

After all, no matter what, Tang Shuai's single-core elimination of the Warriors is obvious to the whole world, and what others really don't know is his previous cooperation with the national team and the tactics specially designed for him by the national team.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is July 22, on this day, Tang Shuai and his national team teammates also embarked on a journey to the United States.

According to the plan of the warm-up game, the Chinese team and the United States team will play two warm-up games in Los Angeles on the 24th and Oakland on the 27th, which is also one of the only few games left for the Chinese men's basketball team this summer.

In the previous warm-up games, the men's basketball team also exposed a lot of problems, such as poor tactical running and poor physical confrontation, which led to a bad record in the warm-up game, and the 5-10 record was indeed not very good.

When the men's basketball team arrived at the airport, they soon saw fans at the ticket gate to see them off, most of them were wearing Tang Shuai's jersey or holding Tang Shuai's big head wrench.

"Brother Tang, your popularity is really high." Zhao Haoyan saw the scene in front of him and couldn't help but say with envy.

"Well, you'll have that later, too." Tang Shuai said with a smile.

Zhao Haoyan's style of play is smart, his three points are accurate, and he is young, although his style is immature now, Tang Shuai is still very optimistic about him.

The group soon reached the door, drawing cheers and screams from the fans.

Tang Shuai was about to go inside with the team members, but was stopped by the staff on the side, it turned out that Tencent was going to do an interview with him before the expedition.

Tencent and the national team seem to have cooperation, and this interview can't be pushed off.

Under the leadership of the staff, he saw from afar that Tencent had set up a small interview shed outside the airport, which seemed to have done a lot of work.

"Tang Shuai, hello." Before he could get to him, an old acquaintance got up to greet him, Liu Yuxi, the basketball commentator who interviewed him in Los Angeles last time.

"Hello, Yuxi." Tang Shuai said hello to Liu Yuxi, and then sat down in the arranged position.

"It's a pleasure for you to be able to speak with us before you go to the United States." Because of the time, after Tang Shuai sat down, the photographer behind him followed and began to shoot, and Liu Yuxi also started the interview non-stop.

"There are a couple of questions that the fans are concerned about right now, the first question, this is your first time playing for the national team, can you tell us about your integration with the team?"

"This is a team with a good atmosphere, maybe the players are not all the top in the country, but the heart is very united, and they are willing to fight, they can play 100% of their strength, I don't have any problems integrating into it, although it is only a little more than a month, but it feels like I have been getting along for a few years." Tang Shuai said with a smile.

"Well, the second question, you have been training with the national team for more than a month, and you have also participated in many warm-up matches of the national team, and you have played very well, but your playing time is limited, is this because of physical fitness, or the tacit understanding with your teammates, or some other reason?" Liu Yuxi then asked.

"It's all there." Tang Shuai thought for a while and said.

"Both?" Liu Yuxi looked at him suspiciously.

"Well, the NBA playoffs are a great drain on physical energy, recovery is not ten days and half a month, and the tactical system of the national team and the NBA is completely different, it takes time to establish a tacit understanding, and the palace director controls my playing time in the hope that I can fit in perfectly and not break the existing atmosphere." Tang Shuai said seriously, knowing Gong Luming's thoughts, he must cooperate with what he said in the interview.

"Well, I think the fans can rest assured now, because of the playing time, some media say that there is a conflict between you and Gong Gui......"

"It's impossible, if there is a real contradiction, I won't come to the national team, when I went to Beijing to report, it was more than 1 o'clock in the morning, and the palace director has been waiting for me in the room, I don't think there is anything to say." Tang Shuai interrupted Liu Yuxi's words, and said in a firm tone, the domestic media just like to report indiscriminately, and there are endless things that don't exist.

"Well, that's the best thing." Liu Yuxi smiled and continued, "The third question, we all know, is that Brazil is now suffering from the Saka virus, and the U.S. team's Curry, Westbrook, James and Anthony have all missed this Rio Olympics for this reason, do you think this problem will bother you?" ”

"Hmm......" Tang Shuai was silent for a while, he didn't know much about the Seka virus, but Duffy had already reminded him when he made his decision that the virus that broke out in Brazil in 2015 has no cure or effective vaccine, and the virus will affect the next generation.

"No, it won't." He followed.

"Why?" Liu Yuxi asked.

"I've already thought about this since I've made the decision to play for the national team, it's a big threat, but it can be avoided as long as you take precautions." Tang Shuai thought for a while and said.

After he finished speaking, he added: "And during the 08 Olympic Games, the smog in Beijing was already quite serious, and at that time, I heard that many players were afraid that the smog would affect people, and in the end, most of them still came?" ”

"Haha, that's exactly what I said." Liu Yuxi said with a smile.

"And more importantly, playing for the country is the ideal of every athlete, Yao Ming has not fully recovered after surgery, and he risked his career reimbursement to participate in the Olympics, just because the Olympics are too rare, once every four years, there are not many four years in an athlete's career, and a Seca virus can't stop me." Tang Shuai said with a firm gaze.

"Bang Bang!" Tang Shuai's words came from the bottom of her heart, which resonated with Liu Yuxi, and she unconsciously stretched out her hand to applaud.

"Is there a fourth question?" Tang Shuai looked at Liu Yuxi with a smile.

Liu Yuxi's face turned red, and then he realized that he was a little out of shape, and then said: "Yes, the fourth question is also the last question, this time in the Olympic Games, where do you have the confidence to lead the team?" ”

"Which step? It's hard to say, if it's good, it's a mouthful of poisonous milk, and if it's not good, it's a morale lower, well......" Tang Shuai paused for a moment, and said with a smile, "The top eight, I have this confidence." ”

Liu Yuxi glanced at Tang Shuai in surprise, you must know that the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games are already the best results of the Chinese team in previous competitions.

"Didn't I wipe my mouth clean?" Tang Shuai wiped his mouth suspiciously.

"No, no~" Liu Yuxi hurriedly waved his hand, and then said, "You are really confident, I believe that the national team will have a successful result." ”

"Well, I think so too." Tang Shuai smiled, and when he saw that the photographer was over, he then stood up.

Liu Yuxi also stood up, stretched out his hand with a smile and said, "Thank you for accepting our interview, I wish you good results in leading the team." ”

"Thank you." Tang Shuai reached out and shook Liu Yuxi's hand, feeling fleshy for a while.

After withdrawing his hand, he went through the security check accompanied by the staff.

The plane roared from Ningbo Airport and pierced through the clouds, and the players of the Chinese men's national basketball team embarked on the journey of the Olympic Games.

Tang Shuai looked at the gradually smaller city, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

After staying in China for more than a month, he has to return to the familiar city of Los Angeles, and the place is still the same place, but after he really goes back, he is left with a completely different new environment.

Because of the NBA, the U.S. men's basketball team did not begin training in the real sense until July, unlike the previous national team, this national team can be described as a bleak star, among the inside players, Anthony Davis, Griffin, Aldridge all withdrew from the national team due to injury, and the outside players are even more exaggerated, Paul, Harden, Curry, Westbrook, these superstars, and also the champions of the last Olympic Games have all withdrawn from the national team for various reasons, even the "old man" of the 08 Olympic Games James and Anthony also withdrew.

The current U.S. team is not an exaggeration to say that it has been the most dismal since '08.

It is precisely because of this relationship that the performance in the previous warm-up games with Argentina was unsatisfactory, especially in point guard, after Wall also announced his retirement from the national team, the entire American team was left with only Irving and Mike Conley.

But even so, before the warm-up match between the two sides, the United States still maintained a 100% optimistic attitude towards the game, and won all ten times in the previous two sides, the least one point difference was in the 08 Olympic Games, when Yao Ming broke out, the Chinese team only trailed the single-digit point difference of the American team in the first quarter, but even the smallest point difference in the game, the Chinese team lost 31 points in the end.

The confrontation between the two sides is by no means an exaggeration to describe the disparity in strength.

ps: Thanks to the 2 588 tips of the blue wind and snow marks! Thanks to the Taoist Sect, even the heavenly wind, sit and watch the great god, the silence of the heart, focus on reading books for 16 years and miss the college entrance examination, book friend 150701095041984, dust in the wind, blood addiction, walked by, Vbf, K tiger, ET Yahweh, EmptySpring, ignore the cold silence, wind man, Chen Xiao, big brother 12112, surprise is not the same as fright, muttering no Oh Buddha Buddha, obscene to do what you want, dolittle, Ling Xieyuan's monthly pass support. (To be continued.) )