Chapter 7 The Polish Team

The Polish team members turned their heads and saw Tang Tian as well.

Their expressions changed naturally.

Confidence turned into worry.

They all knew very well that the Chinese team with and without Tang Tian were two completely different teams.

Taylor's expression also froze for a moment, but he didn't reveal any negative emotions.

Whether Tang Tian played or not, they had to win tonight's game.

Tang Tian's appearance now just meant that he had more work to do before the game than usual.

Tang Tian entered the training hall amidst the cheers of the reporters at the door, and he also greeted the reporters with a smile.

The reporters breathed a sigh of relief after seeing this, as if the stone in their hearts had finally fallen to the ground.

It seemed that Tang Tian could really play tonight!

Not long after Tang Tian arrived at the arena, the Chinese team's bus also arrived and started training.

The team members already knew on the way that Tang Tian would play in the evening's game, and their low mood had recovered a lot.

When they saw Tang Tian arriving at the training hall before them, they had swept away the depressed mood of the past two days, and even showed a burst of smiles on their faces.

Tang Tian was their stabilizing force, and his appearance made the game they lost in the past seem less important.

They all went up to check on the situation of Tang Tian's son.

Tang Tian also responded positively and told them that he would stay and finish the World Cup.

This was undoubtedly another shot in the arm.

You could even see the long-lost confident expressions on their faces.

Before the training started, Tang Tian asked Li Chunjiang to gather the team members together, and then he said something.

"Losing the last game is nothing, really nothing.

This Argentine team has been misunderstood by many people. Their transition from old to new is real, but it is not a lack of successors.

Their point guard Campazzo was the finals MVP of the Spanish League last season, Laprovittola was the regular season MVP of the Spanish League, and there is also Scola, who you all know.

This team is listed as the eighth seed in the tournament by FIBA, not because of their past glory, but because they really have this strength now.

But we should also realize a problem through the last game, we are not a strong team either.

If we want to win the game, we need to go all out to fight every game.

Starting from tonight's game, let them see in front of our own people that we can win."

After Tang Tian's speech, most of the confidence the players had before the start of the World Cup had returned.

It has to be said that he is really experienced in instilling chicken soup, and every sentence hits the nail on the head.

In the subsequent training, the team members also swept away their sluggish state yesterday, and everyone was very excited.

Li Chunjiang couldn't help but shake his head and smile as he watched the drastically different changes in the team members.

He suddenly felt that if Tang Tian were to be the head coach of the national team, he would do a much better job than him.

After the training, Tang Tian also accepted an interview with reporters.

He told the media what he had said to the team members before, which was also to give confidence to the Chinese fans who supported them.

Sure enough, after the media added fuel to the fire and released these words.

The voices that had been singing down on them on Weibo and forums all disappeared, replaced by full-screen confidence.

"Tang Tian is back! I want to see how a small Poland can defend against what France and Canada can't defend!"

"Ponitka, right? He's nothing in front of Tang Tian! Poland underestimates us, let them pay the price!"

"As long as Tang Tian can play, I dare say we have a 50-50 chance of beating the United States, Poland? Who is Poland?!"

"Trash Poland, wash your necks and wait for death!"

"The Chinese team will win!"

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That night, Beijing Wukesong Arena, a full hour before the start of the game, the attendance rate was already full.

The fans at the scene were enthusiastic.

Tang Tian's return brought the fans' support for the national team to a new climax.

Especially after experiencing the first defeat, they eagerly hoped to see the national team's first victory.

And Tang Tian was the source of their confidence.

The two teams were making final preparations before the game in the locker room.

On the Polish team's side, coach Taylor saw that the worried look on the players' faces was still there, and gathered them together to make the final pre-match mobilization.

"They are ranked third in the world, they have the best basketball player in the world, they don't even care who is in our team.

But that's why we're here, what we're going to do tonight.

We're going to use 24 people, including the team photographer, players, coaches, and staff.

We 24 people are a team, we are against them, and the 1.4 billion people behind them.

Fight them, defeat them, and I guarantee you here, after tonight.

They will care, they will know who Ponitka is, who Slaughter is, who Kulig is!

They will know who each of you is!

Every Chinese person who watches TV and watches the live broadcast will know!

They will know what Polish basketball is.

They will know!"

It has to be said that Taylor's ability in speech is very strong.

This may also be an important reason why Poland was able to break through the European Cup in the World Cup qualifiers and return to the World Cup after 52 years.

Half an hour before the start of the game, the players from both teams began to enter the field one after another.

When Tang Tian came out of the player tunnel, the fans at the scene instantly boiled.

They were really looking forward to Tang Tian's appearance, and they were also looking forward to the Chinese team's victory.

The players from both teams began to warm up, and after the warm-up, they entered the opening ceremony.

When it was the Chinese team's turn, the players stood in two rows on both sides with their heads down, and Tang Tian touched them from the front to the back.

It was still the iconic head-touching ceremony.

This also pushed the emotions of the fans at the scene to a higher climax.

After the appearance ceremony, the starting lineups of the two teams were also released one after another.

On the Polish team's side, the outside line was the same as in the first game, with Slaughter and Ponitka, the forwards were Waczynski and Aaron Cel, and the center was Kulig.

On the Chinese team's side, Tang Tian returned and served as the team's starting point guard as in the warm-up game.

The other four positions were Ding Yanyuhang at shooting guard, Abudushalamu at small forward, Zhai Xiaochuan at power forward, and Yi Jianlian at center.

This starting lineup was the same as during the Wuhan Four Nations Tournament, and Li Chunjiang still used a lineup with one big and four small players.

The game was about to begin, and the starting lineups of both sides took the stage one after another.

Tang Tian was the last to go to the technical table and threw a handful of magnesium powder, pushing the emotions of the scene up again.

In the explosive cheers of the fans, Yi Jianlian jumped high and pushed the ball back to the Chinese team's half, officially kicking off the Sino-Polish war!