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Chapter 211 What is ESPN?
A reporter from Chao.Ting Sports Station?
Finally found yourself?
In fact, Tang Qian had already expected this day, because Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian both had this kind of "exclusive" treatment before.

Then why didn't they come to find themselves before?

This again involves the "face" issue of the Chinese people. Except for Yao and Yi, Wang Basun's NBA trip does not have such "exclusive" treatment.The reason is simple, they played too badly in the NBA, maybe Wang has some other factors, but Ba and Sun are really a matter of strength.So before this, Chao.Ting Sports Station has been in a wait-and-see state.

It wasn't until Tang Qian won the Best Rookie Award in the Western Region last month that Chao.Ting Sports Station made up its mind and sent people to Chongyang to interview the Zijin No. 29 rookie.

"Of course." Tang Qian nodded and quickly agreed.

"Excuse me, Tang Qian, do you feel comfortable in the NBA?"

"Well, it's okay, I'm getting more and more used to the rhythm of the NBA."

"Then Tang Qian, how do you feel about the Lakers?"

"Great team, I'm proud to play for the Lakers."

"Is Kobe Bryant strict with you?"

"He is very strict with every teammate. You can ask Sun Yue about this."

"Well, Tang Qian, how do you feel about the current status of the team? Are you satisfied?"

"As a rookie, I'm very satisfied. Kobe also played from the bench, didn't he?"

……

Facing the reporter's "long guns and short guns", Tang Qian answered fluently here. He has been in the NBA for nearly 2 months, so he is much calmer and more natural than before when dealing with the camera.

"Then I would like to ask, the London Olympics will be held soon, will you join the national team?"

This question made Tang Qian silent for two seconds. He thought for a while before opening his mouth and answering: "I don't know. I haven't received an invitation notice from the national team yet."

……

Domestically, this interview video caused "a great uproar".

The major basketball post bars and forums are full of "traffic" boiling trend.

"Why hasn't Tang Qian received the invitation from the national team yet? The London Olympics is about to begin, what are the people above thinking?" Someone complained on post bars and forums as soon as they saw the news.

"Shouldn't it be reasonable? The Chinese team is currently short of a center forward. Tang Qian can just take Yao Ming's class when he comes back, right? Why hasn't there been any news of the invitation yet?"

"Strongly urge Tang Qian to join the national team! Strongly urge Tang Qian to join the national team!!!"

"By the way, let's just leave a message under the Weibo of the basketball management and the Basketball Association. This will be more effective!!!" Someone put forward a "constructive" opinion.

"Okay, okay, count me in, let's leave a message now!!!" Many netizens agreed.

In a short while, the official Weibo of the basketball management and the Basketball Association had thousands of comments out of thin air. It can be seen that most people still hope that the national team can strengthen the lineup.

In the evening, Tang Qian received a transoceanic phone call from Li Qiuping in Los Angeles and said, "Little Tang, as the Olympic Games approach, the pressure from the top is getting tighter and tighter. Have you considered it?"

"Coach Li, you know what I mean personally. I am very willing to play for the country. As long as the basketball management and the Basketball Association restore my parents' jobs and don't let me sign that shitty contract in the system, I can do it right away." Fill out the application form and publicly declare to join the national team.” In fact, after seeing his parents safe and sound, Tang Qian’s anger was not so great. He is Chinese after all, and his blood is flowing with yellow blood, so he joined the national team and China. In the men's basketball team, he is actually very happy in his heart.

After hearing Tang Qian's attitude, Li Qiuping was obviously relieved, and he said to Tang Qian on the phone: "I understand, I understand, Xiao Tang, this is all necessary, and athletes should have no worries when they play for the country. I will help you convey this meaning, and then contact the above."

"Little Tang, you don't know the strength of this year's Chinese team... Sigh!" Li Qiuping is from the older generation, and he sincerely hopes that China's basketball can rank among the top in the world. Basket, to be honest, the situation is not optimistic.Since Yao Ming retired, the Chinese men's basketball team has entered a "low period". The 2010th place in the 16 World Championships is just the beginning. The 2011 Asian Championships narrowly beat Jordan by one point. The 2012 Olympic Games lost all five games. After losing consecutively to South Korea, Iran, and the United States, the ranking is only ranked fifth.This all shows that the strength of the Chinese men's basketball team has declined seriously, and even the fig leaf of the top three in Asia has been forcibly torn off.

This period of time can be called the "dark period" of the Chinese men's basketball team.

As for the things in the next few years, Tang Qian is more clear than Li Qiuping, so he knows what the latter is worried about!
"It's okay, Coach Li, if I join the national team, I will definitely help the Chinese men's basketball team qualify!" Tang Qian remembered that the Chinese team was divided into Group B in the London Olympics, and the situation in Group B was better than that in Group A. Not to mention the US team, strong teams such as Argentina and Lithuania will not meet in the group stage.So, there is no game that is guaranteed to lose.

"Well, Xiao Tang, if you join the men's basketball team, then the chances of qualifying will be a little higher! I will help you contact the higher-ups and the national team as soon as possible!" Obviously Tang Qian's words inspired the middle-aged man, and it was obvious , He really loves Chinese basketball.

"Okay, I'll leave the domestic affairs to you, Coach Li." Tang Qian said into the phone.

"No problem, Xiao Tang, it's getting late, let's talk next time." Li Qiuping said: "I hope that when you call next time, you will already be a member of the Chinese men's basketball team."

However, neither Tang Qian nor Li Qiuping expected that a sudden big change was secretly brewing in the country.

After a day of rest, the Lakers ushered in their next opponent, the Houston Rockets.

Although the game was played at the Staples Center, the Lakers felt cold to the touch, as if they had just traveled to the North Pole. Except for Kobe who made 20 of 8 shots and scored 11 points with 28 free throws. The players all scored poorly.Anzhu, who showed his prowess in the last game, was in poor form in this game, with 19 points and 7 rebounds, which is the data he handed over. Under his defense, Luis Scola scored 30 points, Marcus Camby had 18 points and 14 rebounds.The Spaniard only took 8 shots because of the right to shoot, but his performance was still better than Anzhu, scoring 15 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks.

Goran Dragic broke out again, completely suppressing his opponent Ramon Sessions, with 26 points, 11 assists, 4 rebounds and 3 steals, completely destroying his opponent.

As for Tang Qian, they took advantage of a loophole. Since the Rockets insider Dalembert was still recovering from injury, they had to use Patrick Patterson to top him.After all, Marcus Camby is old and cannot last for more than 35 minutes. Therefore, the temporary inside line formed by him and Scola was easily suppressed by Tang Qian. In 19 minutes, he scored 2 points, 13 rebounds and 2 blocks. It was the Lakers. The "report card" handed over on the 29th.

But the Lakers still lost 107-112.

At the post-match press conference, Kobe Bryant was furious, angrily denouncing the entire team for lack of energy, like walking dead.There is also a reason for him to be so angry. The Lakers currently have 35 wins and 21 losses, and have once again fallen to the fourth place in the Western Conference. How can the proud Black Mamba stand it?
Come on, what is Kobe Bryant's goal this season?Scoring champion? MVP?The best lineup? NO~Neither!
This man has only one goal in his heart, and that is to win the championship!
Won the 17th Larry O'Brien Cup in the history of the Lakers!
Won his sixth championship ring!
17 Larry O'Brien Cups means that the number of championships in the history of the Lakers team is tied with the Boston Celtics; 6 championship rings means that the number of championships won is tied with Michael Jordan.

These two honors are what the Black Mamba desires most now.

But the spirit of the Lakers this season made him feel a little bad.

He is a person who has won five championships, so he understands what kind of temperament a winning team should have, but the current "Purple and Gold Army" is too far behind.Far less eager for the O'Brien Cup than the "celtics" this season!

The atmosphere of the Los Angeles Lakers is a little delicate.

On April 4th, it was another back-to-back game. The Lakers moved to Phoenix. Fatigue and pressure were gradually eroding this "senior" team.Before the game, Kobe and Ci Shiping both suffered from influenza. After the diagnosis of the team doctor, it is best for them not to play in this game.

As a result, the main players of the Lakers lost five to two, and their combat ability dropped greatly.

Fortunately, Marcin Gortat of the Suns also missed the game due to a cold and fever, otherwise this game would be almost incomparable.

But it turns out that the Lakers still "overthink", thinking that without Gortat, the Suns will be like themselves, with greatly reduced strength.But it forgot that in Phoenix, there was a man named Steve Nash.

As an excellent No. 1, what is the greatest ability?
It is to improve the ability of teammates.

It is to improve the lower limit of the team.

Among them, Steve Nash is definitely one of the best.

Under the control of "Son of the Wind", the Phoenix Suns lost Marcin Tetat, Shannon Brown who came up on the top, and Michael Reed who "has not been the big brother for many years".Through the tandem connection of Nash, they all broke out amazing energy tonight.The Lakers gave up Shannon. Brown made 8 of 4 three-pointers and gave his old club a bad mouth with 24 points from the game.Although it was Michael Reed's last season, he also scored 23 points and made 4 three-pointers, showing his true qualities as a "sharp shooter".In addition to the two of them breaking out in double figures, 7 members of the Suns team scored in double figures, and the Phoenix people defended their dignity at home with a high score of 125 points.This eclipsed the Lakers Gasol's 30 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists. Tang Qian took advantage of the fact that the Suns had no one inside and slammed 14 rebounds on Robin Lopez's head. It's a bit small, only 1 accounted for.Because one is that Robin Lopez rarely takes shots, and the other is that the Suns are shooting outside the paint tonight, so there are not many opportunities for him to block shots.

The Lakers 105-125, with a big difference of 20 points, won two consecutive losses.

At this time, all kinds of negative comments about the Los Angeles Lakers became rampant again, and ESPN even broadcast an analysis program on Channel [-] called "Los Angeles Lakers, another round trip?"

It once again used the "big data" theory to bombard the entire Lakers, such as the aging of core players, such as internal discord, such as bad transactions, such as the decline of bench strength, and so on.Anyway, in their eyes, the Los Angeles Lakers are a "pathetic second-rate team" and it's already sunset.

In this program, Tang Qian was also mentioned in it. Several analysts sneered at the number 29 of the Lakers. What is the "luck theory", what is the "leakage theory", what is the "bullying the soft and fearing the hard", what is the "yellow race's physical fitness" "On" and so on, there are not many nice words.After the show was broadcast, several women were "angry".

The first to bear the brunt was Tang's mother. Under the guidance of Johns, he went to a Los Angeles TV station to run a "language translation" business.This business, as the name suggests, is to add a line of subtitles to your TV screen.There are eight languages ​​to choose from around the world, including Chinese.Although the price is a bit expensive, but in order to understand "American TV", Tang's mother still gritted her teeth and paid the fee for three months.

Of course, this money was given to her by Tang Qian. Tang Qian issued two sub-cards for his bank card, one for Tang's father and one for Tang's mother.

So, there is the following scene.

"What kind of bullshit theory is this?" Tang's mother furiously said to the TV screen, "What does it mean to be lucky enough to enter the NBA? What does it mean to only bully marginalized people? What does it mean that the upper limit is not high? What is the disharmony factor in the locker room? Don, tell me, what is this???"

Tang's father was not as excited as Tang's mother, but his face was also a little unsightly: "It seems that the pressure is not small for Xiao Qian in the United States."

"Also, what is a fighting incident? My son has been excellent in character and learning since he was a child, and he has never fought, okay?" After Tang's mother finished speaking, she asked Johns, who was "standing guard" beside him: "Big man, what do you say?" Say, is that the reason?"

Johns said solemnly as always: "Mrs. Tang, this matter is true. Tang Qian did have a fight in the team."

Although Johns has a good level of Chinese, his Chinese is inexplicably crappy, with some European and American accents that cannot be erased.

"Big man? What do you mean?" Mother Tang thought Johns' name was a mouthful, so she kept using "big man" instead of him.

"Mrs. Tang, I will show you a video and you will understand." Johns connected his mobile phone to the TV in the lobby, then entered the video page, found a popular video, and said, "Mrs. Tang, Mr. Tang, please watch TV." Screen."

Johns pressed the play button, and then a video of "popular" in Los Angeles appeared on the TV screen.

Ten minutes later, the video ended, but Tang's mother's answer made Johns a little "astonished" and said: "Isn't it just a fight? Is it worth making such a fuss? I think that big black guy is more capable than our little one." He is much stronger, so he must be the one who provoked him first, and my Xiaoqian passively fights back, which can only be regarded as self-protection and self-defense." After finishing speaking, Tang's mother added something "unfinished", saying: "Use the strong to bully the weak. I can't even beat him, that big black guy is really as big as Bai..."

This... It seems that I still need to study the Chinese thinking more diligently! ! !

Johns murmured silently in his heart.

At the same time, in a mansion in Los Angeles, Sophia and Sestin were also very dissatisfied with the ESPN program. The two sisters complained: "This ESPN executive must have been scalded. What about targeting Hot? There is also the 'discordant factor in the locker room', which is simply too ridiculous. Have they ever seen Hot fight? Hot hot, let alone Andrew Bynum, just three, four, five, six Seven or eight are not hot enough to be beaten, are they, Sophia?"

Sophia blinked her eyes, agreed with her sister once in a while, and said, "Well, that's right, that's what it looks like."

PS: The number of recommended tickets has been added, so there are two updates today, this is the first update, and the second update is around 1-2 o'clock in the morning~~~
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