After the game, the women's volleyball team hugged each other, their emotions running high.

Sweeping their powerful rival, Team USA, and securing the championship ahead of schedule, their hearts were undoubtedly filled with pride and joy in this moment.

Tang Tian and the others also applauded the women's volleyball team.

This sense of pride and joy also belonged to them.

And shortly after the game, the women's volleyball team received good news.

They would be participating in the 70th-anniversary celebration along with the men's basketball team and would appear in the review formation.

This was the highest honor for athletes.

The next day, Tang Tian and the others returned home with the women's volleyball team.

They received an unprecedented welcome from fans at the airport.

Especially when the fans at the airport saw Tang Tian and the others, it was an unexpected surprise.

Whether it was the women's volleyball team or Tang Tian and the others, they were actively cooperating with the fans.

Fans are the foundation of everything, which Tang Tian has always insisted on, and the fact also proves that China has the best fans in the world.

Two days later, the nation focused its attention on the capital for the 70th-anniversary celebration.

All eyes were on the capital, and the 70th anniversary was the proudest moment for the Chinese people.

At 10 a.m., the celebration officially began.

The neat and uniform infantry phalanx made people's blood boil; it was the best phalanx in the world.

Of course, the heroic female soldier phalanx also instantly exploded on social media.

The subsequent mechanized weapons, warplanes, and missiles further demonstrated the country's strength.

The parade lasted a long time, and many people waited in front of the television.

Because according to previous news, the women's volleyball team and the men's basketball team would appear last.

After more than an hour of waiting, they finally arrived.

The women's volleyball team was the final float, and the men's basketball team was on the last float, both floats decorated with "Long Live the Motherland" slogans and blooming flowers.

Not only the audience at the scene, but also many viewers waiting in front of the television, including forums and Weibo, instantly fell into a climax.

In the past two months, the men's basketball and women's volleyball teams had really lived up to expectations, and they were truly proud from the bottom of their hearts.

Tang Tian looked at the crowded scene around him, at the joyous faces.

Compared with the NBA court, that feeling was really different.

The atmosphere in front of him made him truly proud and truly feel at home.

You know, as an NBA champion, he had mostly met with the President of the United States.

After receiving the awards, they stayed at the scene as guests and prepared to participate in the evening party in the square.

More than ten thousand people would perform in the square at that time, and the momentum and scene would be no less than during the day.

After the party started, Tang Tian and Ding Yanyuhang watched and chatted, which was quite interesting.

When the party was halfway through, and the song "My Motherland and I" was sung loudly below, they couldn't help but put away their smiles, and a sense of pride rose spontaneously in their hearts.

Before this year, "Ode to the Motherland" was the song they were most familiar with, because whether in London or Rio, fans sang this song loudly on the road.

But this year, it was replaced by the song "My Motherland and I."

This song, sung by Li Guyi, had very vivid lyrics.

My motherland and I can never be separated

Wherever I go, a hymn flows out

I sing of every high mountain, I sing of every river

Wisp of smoke, small village, a rut on the road

You use your mother's pulse to tell me

My motherland and I, like the sea and a wave

The wave is the son of the sea, and the sea is the support of the wave

Whenever the sea is smiling, I am the vortex of laughter

I share the sorrows of the sea and share the joy of the sea

Forever give me the song in my heart

……

You could hear the vivid picture of the motherland's prosperity from the song, and you could also feel its vigorous development.

Chinese sports is like this, and Chinese basketball has been like this in recent years.

Perhaps this is the so-called commonality.

After the party, Tang Tian and all of them did not return to the United States.

It was not because they did not have to play the upcoming preseason games, but because their team's preseason games all started with the China game.

This year's China game was different from the past few years.

Tatum continued Stern's overseas plan, changed Xiao Hua's conservative strategy, and fully expanded overseas markets, especially the Chinese market.

This year's China game had a total of six teams participating, and it was divided into three times.

The first to play were the Pelicans and the Warriors, followed by the Nets and the Bucks, and finally the Rockets and the Mavericks.

Of course, the teams that did not come were not waiting. For example, when the Pelicans and the Warriors were playing, the Nets and the Bucks were playing in the Philippines at the same time, and the Rockets and the Mavericks' games were held in Japan.

In short, the task of these six teams in the preseason was to further expand the NBA's market in Asia.

So, the next day, Yi Jianlian flew to the Philippines to join the Nets, while Tang Tian and the other two flew to Guangzhou, waiting for the Pelicans to come over.

Among these three games, the Pelicans and Warriors group was undoubtedly the most watched.

The two teams were already rivals, and Durant had previously played for the Warriors and now had arrived at the Pelicans, full of highlights.

In addition, with Curry and Thompson as high-quality idols, the tickets for this game had already been sold out long ago without much publicity.

On the night of the game, the Guangzhou International Sports Performing Arts Center Gymnasium was packed.

The Basketball World Cup had just ended not long ago, and the fans' enthusiasm was still extremely high.

Moreover, as the Pelicans' minority owner, Tang Tian also appeared in the front row of the audience with Olsen and his sons to watch the game.

Their appearance made the enthusiasm of the fans even greater.

And interestingly, many players from both teams ran over to say hello to Tang Tian during the warm-up.

Including those who knew him, and those who didn't.

Some players even found a signature pen from somewhere and directly asked Tang Tian for an autograph.

For those rookies, it was a great honor to be able to say hello to Tang Tian, the number one basketball player.

After the warm-up session, the starting lineups of the two teams came on the stage one after another.

On the Warriors' side, Curry and Thompson in the backcourt, Iguodala and Green on the front line, and Looney at center.

This was basically the Warriors' starting lineup for the new season.

It could be seen that although it was a preseason game, Kerr attached great importance to this game.

The same was true for the Pelicans.

Alexander and Brogdon in the backcourt, Durant and Davis on the front line, and Marc Gasol at center.

Seeing the starting lineups of both sides, the most excited were the fans at the scene. They would be able to see an absolutely wonderful preseason game.

Tang Tian also looked at the court. What would Durant's first show in the Pelicans be like? The answer would be revealed soon.