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China men's national basketball team taking high-speed rail causeflurry of fans

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According to Jinghua Times on June 14, after the game in Tianjin, China men's national basketball team and Australia men's national basketball team took the G33 high-speed rail to Yongcheng, Henan Province.The gathering of these big men caused great attentions among basketball fans in the railway station.
9:30 am in the morning, China men's national basketball team and Australia men's national basketball team appeared at the security checkpoint of Tianjin South Railway Station. It caused a flurry of fans near the railway station.A crowd of onlookers surrounded these basketball players;some fans recognized Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi. Many fans stepped forward to ask for autographs from these national team players.
G33 high-speed railstarts from Tianjin South Railway Station at 10:09. As the first-class seatsare limited, some of the players had to take the second-class seats, which is a bit narrow. Among them was Australian team's assistant Luc Longley, who used to play basketball at Chicago Bulls Team. Although there's not much room for Luc Longley's leg, he still thought the experience was very interesting.
12:30 at noon, the train arrived in Xuzhou. Then the players took a bus, which was arranged by organizers to Yongcheng, Henan Province. About two hours later, the basketball teams arrived in Yongcheng, checked into the local hotel. In order to relieve the fatigue from the journey,Australia men's national basketball team cancelled the training at night.However, China men's national basketball team still trained from 7 pm to 21 pm that night. 

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