After a difficult four-game losing streak on the road, the Shanghai team finally returned to their familiar home stadium and ushered in a rare three-day rest.

However, at this time, the Shanghai team's league ranking has been squeezed to the tenth place, and the initiative is no longer in their hands.

And today, although the weather in Shanghai is good, the hearts of Shanghai fans are a little cold.

Because today's opponent of the Shanghai team is the defending champion - the Guangdong team, and if the Guangdong team defeats the Shanghai team in this battle, it will lock in a playoff place in advance and become the first team to enter the playoffs, so the determination of the Guangdong team to win the Shanghai team cannot be questioned.

Of course, it's not just bad news for the Shanghai team.

After Rennes' injury was diagnosed, Shanghai Oriental Basketball Club launched a plan to replace foreign aid, and after a week of intense communication, there has been a breakthrough.

The new foreign player will join the team today and is likely to play in today's game against Guangdong.

Different from the usual home game days, at 2 o'clock at noon, the players of the Shanghai team have come to the Pudong Shenyuan Stadium for pre-match adaptation training, which can also show that the Shanghai team attaches great importance to this game.

As soon as he entered the gymnasium, he saw a black player talking to Coach Panagio.

"Hey, guys, come over here and introduce you to your new teammate, Marcus. Landry "saw the players coming to the training ground one after another, and the head coach Panagio gathered the players together and said, "From today onwards, Landry will fill Kelly's gap and play side by side with us".

"I love Shanghai, it feels like New York," Landry sent a kind signal.

"Hey, welcome," Gao Dazhuang responded with a smile, and after Liu Wei was sidelined due to injury, Gao Dazhuang gradually became the core of the team.

In fact, as early as a few days ago, Gao Dazhuang learned from team leader Wang Qun that the newly signed "firefighting player" of the Shanghai team was Landry, but he saw him for the first time today.

Marcus. Landry's height of 2.02 meters does not have an advantage in the No. 4 position, but his muscles are very good, and he is tall and strong, and he knows that he is the former Rockets player Carl. Landry's younger brother.

Marcus. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Landry has played for the New York Knicks, Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings and other teams.

Landry averaged 17.6 points and 4.4 rebounds per game during his time in the Development League (NBDL) in 2010-11 and helped the team reach the semifinals, proving that he is still a very capable player.

Sure enough, after a brief pre-game adaptation training, the tall and strong discovered what Landry was good about, especially his terrifying bounce and extremely sharp sense of position under the basket like his older brother.

With a rare combination of power, speed, and bounce, Landry is a little shorter than other power forwards in the league, but he has top-tier strength and guard-like speed, which allows him to jump first by half a beat faster than others in hand-to-hand fights, while his outstanding power helps him dominate opponents in the air against equally strong opponents.

In training, Landry grabbed offensive rebounds on the heads of Zhang Zhaoxu and Zeng Wending several times, and succeeded in the second attack.

"A miniature inside strong man with a beast physique and delicate technique" This is the tall and strong man who is strong after the training. Landry's evaluation.

Landry's joining has filled the vacancy in the Shanghai team's inner line, and coupled with Harris, who is getting better and better, Gao Dazhuang believes that the Shanghai team can give people a surprise tonight.

"Huh?" Gao Dazhuang suddenly found a problem, Harris left in a hurry as soon as the training began, and did not see Harris return to the team until the end of the pre-game run-in training.

At this time, team leader Wang Qun walked up to the head coach of the team, Coach Panagio, and muttered, and a few minutes later, Coach Panagio clapped his hands and signaled everyone to assemble.

"Alas, I have bad news for you here" Wang Qun, the leader of the Shanghai team, sighed and said: "Just now, Harris's younger brother unfortunately passed away due to illness, after communicating with the management and the head coach, according to the player's wishes, Harris will immediately leave for the United States to attend his brother's funeral and deal with follow-up matters, and we also booked a round-trip ticket for him as soon as possible."

"Ahh

"So at least Harris is currently out for today's game against Guangdong and the next round against Dongguan, which requires all of us to work together and bless Harris and his family with our performances on the court," head coach Panagio said to the slightly stunned players.

"Before leaving, Harris also said something to encourage everyone, he wants you to live every day as if it were your last, play every game well, and treat it as if there is no tomorrow. Because, life is short, you don't know what will happen" Team leader Wang Qun's words touched every player present.

"Come on, for Harris" At this time, for the players of the Shanghai team, in the days when Harris is absent, cheering up and playing every game is the best blessing to his teammates.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the Shenyuan Stadium in Pudong, Shanghai was full of people.

Although the Shanghai team has lost consecutive games, at the critical moment of this season, Shanghai fans still gave great support to the team, and today Gao Dazhuang also welcomed a group of special guests.

"Haha, Da Zhuang, taking advantage of the holiday, we are here to cheer you on with the blessings of the brothers of the Lotus Garden Community Basketball Team, tsk, it's really cool to play on such a court" It was Xia Kun, the secretary of the Lotus Garden Community in Changsha City, who spoke, no, now he is the deputy director of the Lotus Garden Street.

Of course, there is also summer with Xia Kun.

At this time, the summer is more mature than last year, but it is still a sports outfit, and there is also a Shanghai team uniform, but the number is still Yao Ming's No. 11.

Short hair, big eyes, and a healthy brown complexion are the hallmarks of summer, and summer patted her tall and strong shoulder and said with a smile: "Comrade Tall and Strong, in your home field, you can't drop the chain."

Coming to Shanghai with Xia Kun and Xia brothers and sisters are Ding Huang and Jiang Feng, two old comrades-in-arms of the Lotus Garden Street basketball team.

"Ha, that's, I must do my best, no matter how I say it, I can't be embarrassed in front of my old teammates, isn't it" In the summer, they just arrived in Shanghai in the afternoon, because it was a critical period of the league, Gao Dazhuang reflected the situation to the team leader Wang Qun.

The club not only quickly arranged a vehicle to pick up the airport, but also arranged the best position on the side of the court for the summer group, which also indirectly shows the status of Gao Dazhuang in the Shanghai Sharks Basketball Club.

"Big brother, it feels good to play in front of thousands of spectators, right?" Jiang Feng, who was still a high school student, looked at Gao Dazhuang with envy and said.

"Yes, that's good"

"Da Zhuang, if our Lotus Garden Community Basketball Team gathers again now, it should be easy to win another championship, haha, today's opponent is Guangdong, Da Zhuang, you have to come on, if you win, I'll invite everyone to dinner" Ding Huang, who gradually had a "big belly", said with a smile.

"Well, I'll treat you to my place" It's always a pleasure to see a few people from my hometown, especially for young people who are struggling in a foreign country.

"Come on, come on"

"Good" Looking at the group of friends on the Lotus Garden Community Basketball Team and the summer that he hasn't seen for a long time, Tall and Strong can feel extra motivation.

But when Gao Dazhuang looked back at the Guangdong team that was warming up on the field, and saw the very "familiar" Zhu Fangyu, Wang Shipeng, Su Wei, Zhou Peng, Chen Jianghua, Liu Xiaoyu, Dong Hanlin and a large number of domestic players, as well as Brooks and Singleton, two well-known foreign aids, an invisible pressure still came to his face.

This is the king -- Guangdong.