The invincible kryptonite of basketball

The Pelicans should have won this game, but back-to-back physical exertion before, and the ups and downs of young players, they lost in the end.

不过唐天的发挥依旧稳定，25投13中砍下了全队最高的32分3助攻2封盖。

The five-game streak is over, and the record of 3 wins and 2 losses is completely acceptable to the team, and they continue to consolidate their eighth position in the Western Conference.

The five-game streak in the Eastern Conference is over, and their next opponent is an away game against the Spurs, but there is a three-day break in between.

Williams gave the players a day off.

Taking advantage of this holiday, Tang Tian took Olson to the streets for a whole day.

In addition to spending time with the two, it is still very important that, returning to San Antonio, he will prepare some gifts for those former teammates.

When he celebrated his birthday, everyone on the team gave him presents, and he had to spend his time preparing something different for everyone.

Time flies, and two days later, the day before the game against the Spurs, the Pelicans are on a plane to San Antonio.

The team members on the plane talked and laughed.

Although Gordon became a substitute, his playing time has not decreased, and his statistics and efficiency have increased.

He is now quite convinced of Williams, and also recognized Tang Tian's status in the team.

Needless to say, Anderson is a good guy. He will obey whatever the coaching staff asks him to do, and he is not bad on the bench.

Davis was also talking and laughing with Artest at this time.

Although his number of shots did not increase much compared to last season, Tang Tian shot more and he grabbed more rebounds.

The field average data is close to 15+15+3, and the mood is also very beautiful.

And under the guidance of Artest, his playing style is much tougher than last season.

Tang Tian was sitting at the back of the plane, chatting with Holiday occasionally, and spent more time looking out the window and thinking.

Now he has both sudden shots and passes. In addition to strengthening his dribbling, he is already relatively comprehensive.

But his hit rate is actually not too high.

After playing so many games, he also understands why the four major shooting guards don't have a high shooting percentage.

In addition to the defensive pressure suffered, another very important issue is physical fitness.

Every score consumes a lot of physical energy, the game is fierce, and it is really torture after a game.

So in many cases, those superstars paddle in the first three quarters, and then charge up and explode in the fourth quarter;

If they can't swim, they will also choose a scoring method with less physical exertion in the first three quarters.

Tang Tian has a masked man, and when he played with the Spurs, he was almost full of energy, but he still couldn't stand the Pelicans' core style of play.

After thinking about it, he has basically made a decision.

In the first three quarters, he had to choose a dry pull with relatively less physical exertion to end, and in the fourth quarter, he would use explosives to make more breakthroughs.

In this way, the distribution of physical strength will be the most reasonable, and his scoring efficiency will be higher.

"Don, this is the first time in your career that you face the old master, right?"

At this time, Mo Luo, who was sitting on Tang Tian's left, asked.

Tang Tian turned his head, then nodded.

I used to play a lot of games as a coach, but it was indeed my first time as a player.

"You have to be prepared that no matter what you've done there, they're probably going to boo you."

Morrow went on to say that he has been to five teams in his 9-year career, and he is considered a relatively wandering player. He has experienced a lot of such things.

Tang Tian smiled.

Moreau was vaccinating him.

However, he is actually quite curious about how the fans will greet him when he returns to his hometown for the first time after winning two championships for the Spurs.

The plane landed at San Antonio International Airport, and everything felt familiar.

It was as if he was still living here.

On the day of the game, both teams arranged daily training in the morning.

After training, Tang Tian asked rookie Jeff Vichy to help him carry his things, and then went to visit the home team's locker room.

After the game, no matter who wins or loses, I will feel a little uncomfortable. It is most appropriate to do things like giving gifts before the game.

The security uncle at the door greeted him with a smile, as if he was still a member of the Spurs.

The locker room door was closed, but Ginobili could be heard chatting inside through the door.

He reached out and knocked on the door.

"The coach is here!"

It was still Ginobili's familiar reminder voice.

The door was opened, and a head with thinning hair came into view.

"Manu."

Tang Tian said with a smile.

Seeing that it was Tang Tian, ​​Ginobili laughed and immediately pulled him in.

"Look who's coming!"

When Tang Tian entered, the Spurs locker room was filled with whistling and booing.

Compared with last season, the Spurs have made very little personnel changes this season. The basic champion members are still on the team, and only a few people from Belinelli have made up for it.

So, it's really an all-old teammate reunion.

"Don, you bastard, I have to tie you to the nightclub tonight!" Dio said with a big laugh.

"Tang, I'm your fan now." Green smiled and hugged Tang Tian.

"It would be great if we were still teammates." Joseph said with some regret.

Others also hugged and talked with Tang Tian one after another.

Leonard hugged Tang Tian without saying anything, but the way he looked at Tang Tian remained the same as before.

Tang Tian finally hugged Duncan.

There was also no words, only a familiar touch of the head.

Tang Tian didn't resist. This was probably the first time in a long time that he felt comfortable being touched on the head.

"Guys, I have a present for you."

After saying hello, Tang Tian signaled Weixi behind him to put down the things, a whole big bag.

"Danny, this is yours."

Tang Tian began to look through the things inside, and the first thing he picked up was Green's.

An egg in a transparent box.

The other teammates looked puzzled for a while, but Green's eyes lit up all of a sudden.

"Is this a python egg?"

Green confirmed to Tang Tian.

Tang Tian nodded.

"I think that guy in your family might need a companion."

He continued.

"Thank you, Don."

Green is really happy.

Because keeping pythons is very unusual in the NBA, he usually doesn't talk about it with his teammates.

But Tang Tian still noticed it, which is really incredible.

"Tim, this is yours."

Tang Tian then turned out a palm-sized car model.

Duncan's expression is generally calm, but when he sees the car model, his eyes rarely shine.

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There is only one reason for this perverse reaction.

Because the car model Tang Tian handed him was the 1969 Dodge Charger he wanted most!

Apart from basketball, Duncan loves cars the most.

Of those cars, the one he wanted most was the Dodge Charger that appeared on the TV series "The Dukes of Hazzard" in the early '80s.

Although, Brother Tang gave him only a car model.

"Thank you."

Duncan didn't get started this time.

In fact, Tang Tian also had a way to get the car, but with Duncan's personality, he definitely wouldn't want a real car.

On the contrary, he would want car models, and it was also something he liked.

When Tang Tian chose the gift, he also put a lot of thought into it.

"Tony, this is yours."

Tang Tian dug it out again, and then it was Parker's.

A gold-plated magic sound earphone.

After chatting with Artest, Tang discovered that Parker is also a rap lover, and he even released an album in 07.

For such people, a good headset is a very nice gift.

"Thank you."

Sure enough, when Parker took the earphones, his face was also full of happy smiles.

Leonard's gift is the Apple 9S mobile phone and Apple computer set that just came out in September this year.

Tang Tian treats him really like a big brother treats a younger brother.

When Tang Tian took out Ginobili's gift, everyone in the locker room burst out laughing.

That turned out to be a whole box of aphrodisiac medicine!

Ginobili himself laughed so hard, when he gave Tang Tian a whole box of byts, he didn't expect Tang Tian to give him a whole box of this when he turned around.

Tang Tian, ​​this is still true, polite and reciprocal.

"Boris, this is yours, I know you like to enjoy life, you have to record them."

Tang Tian's gift to Dior was a Canon SLR camera.

"Okay, for the sake of this gift, I won't tie you up anymore."

Dior was also very happy to get the camera. If he said it, he really likes photography.

The gifts from the teammates were delivered one by one, and Tang Tian then handed a box of conditioner to each of the rookies Ayres, Austin Daye and Belinelli.

"You're going to need it."

What Tang Tian said next made everyone in the Spurs locker room laugh.

After giving gifts to the team members, Tang Tian asked where Popovich was, and after knowing that he was in the office, he went there alone.

"Master, I'm here to see you."

Knocking on the door and entering, Tang Tian held a bottle of 70-year-old red wine and a custom-made suit in his hand.

The wine is for Popovich, the suit is for Budenholzer.