The Curtain Rises

Friday afternoon.

By the time Wu Yufei arrived at Tokyo Thunder Club, it was already 6:30.

The team's scheduled training for the day had already ended, and Wu Yufei had missed it. Still, there was no problem joining Sugiyama Shota and several other teammates who had voluntarily stayed behind for extra practice.

He kept practicing until 9:30 that night. Only after completing his training quota for the day did Wu Yufei finally return to his apartment to rest in satisfaction.

The next morning.

After finishing his morning workout, Wu Yufei immediately headed to the training facility.

Since they had a game that night, Coach Oyama naturally did not arrange any high-intensity training.

Everyone first gathered in the training facility's meeting room for a short meeting about that night's preseason game. Coach Oyama once again briefly introduced their opponent.

That night, Tokyo Thunder would host the Nagoya Hummingbirds from Aichi Prefecture.

Ever since he had decided to enter the Japan Professional Basketball League directly after graduating high school, Wu Yufei had taken the time to thoroughly study the league and the basic circumstances of every team.

The Nagoya Hummingbirds had always been a very ordinary team in the Japan Professional Basketball League, both historically and currently. They were not particularly strong, but they certainly were not weak either.

Last season, the Nagoya Hummingbirds finished tenth with an unremarkable 23-27 regular-season record, missing the playoffs.

During this year's transfer window, the Nagoya Hummingbirds had not made any major signings either. It was foreseeable that in the new season, they would continue serving as a litmus test for strong teams.

In the four preseason games that had already been played, the Nagoya Hummingbirds had also fully displayed their team's characteristics, going 2-2 for a 50 percent win rate.

Incidentally, Tokyo Thunder had gone