The Raptors won the home game, the fans were cheering wildly and celebrating, and the Clippers players walked to the players' tunnel with gloomy expressions in the streamers in the sky.

“F.U.C.K！”

As soon as he returned to the locker room, Smith was so angry that he punched the closet, and he felt so good in the last quarter, but he couldn't catch the ball, which made him extremely depressed, obviously he could contribute to the team, but he just didn't have a chance.

"Josh, don't get too excited, it's just a preseason game." Tang Shuai went up and comforted that in the Clippers team, he was the only one who was a little calmer, he didn't play for a long time, but he contributed a wonderful goal, which can be regarded as one of the few highlights of the Clippers game.

Smith glanced at Tang Shuai, and then at Little Reeves, who was changing clothes not far away, and said, "Don, you should get more playing time." ”

Little Reeves, who was changing clothes not far away, paused, and then continued the movements in his hands.

Tang Shuai knew that such a sensitive issue should not be mentioned in the locker room, and he was about to say to Smith.

"Coach."

At this moment, Paul deliberately shouted in a louder voice.

Reeves walked into the locker room through the door, nodded at Paul, and then glanced at Smith meaningfully, and it was clear that he must have heard what Smith had just said.

Smith didn't care at all, he was already in the category of disobedience, let alone the unhappiness of the night.

Reeves retracted his gaze, coughed, and then said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Everyone did a great job today, and the responsibility for the loss is mine." ”

Reeves took the initiative to take responsibility, and the players were somewhat surprised in their eyes.

"Coach, it's my fault, it's that I don't have the desire to attack." Paul was the first to stand up and say that in reality, his performance today was really bad, and as the core of the team, the courage to take responsibility is one of the things that must be done as a core.

"Coach, it's me who is not good, I didn't shoot that damn three-pointer." Reddick also stood up and said.

"No, the coach is me, I was too focused on rebounding today, and the responsibility is mainly on me." Griffin also got up from the stool, he averaged nearly 10 rebounds per game last season, and his 4 in this game is obviously a little unreasonable.

"Coach, it's my ......"

The players stood up one by one to take responsibility, of course, Tang Shuai is a player who has little playing time, or who has not played, obviously has no responsibility to bear, just gathered around the main players.

It was Reeves Jr., who played the longest time in the whole game, and after changing his clothes, he also stood silently in the back row, without any intention of speaking.

Reeves was somewhat relieved to see that the players had the courage to admit responsibility, and said: "You played hard, I know, but losing doesn't mean anything, it's just a pre-season, the season is still long, regain your confidence, we will definitely do better." ”

After speaking, he stretched out his hand, palmed down, and shouted loudly: "Come, guys! ”

This was the most customary form of encouragement, and the players folded their hands on Reeves' hands in turn and shouted in unison: "Come on!" ”

After the ceremony, Reeves left the locker room.

Reeves' encouragement played a role, but it was clearly not enough to bring the players back to their frustration from the loss, and it took time to wear off.

The players left the stadium one after another, although there are also player bathrooms here, but the away things are obviously not as good as the home ones, and they would rather go to the hotel where they stay to solve their personal problems.

To say that the only gain of this trip to Vancouver is that among the top five balls of the day, Tang Shuai's Maddie-style dry pull was successfully selected, and it was the first of the day.

Because it was a preseason, the American media basically didn't react, but the major media in China blew up, and the headline of almost all sports channel news must be Tang Shuai, coupled with Maddie's super popularity in China, this news became popular all of a sudden.

Tang Shuai's popularity in China has also increased exponentially.

However, Tang Shuai himself did not pay much attention to this, after the end of the Vancouver journey, he and his teammates of the Clippers, returned to Los Angeles the next day, the next preseason game is on October 10, after four days and two games, they finally have a period of rest.

The Clippers' next game against the Charlotte Hornets is similar to the Raptors in that it is also an overseas game in Shenzhen, China, which is also known as the China game.

China game, the fans present are basically Chinese, it can be said that this is his absolute home field, but also the NBA regular season after the start of the absolutely impossible game, such a game for him is absolutely extraordinary, to know that the last Chinese player who played in the Chinese game, back to 2010 Yao Ming.

But playing at home, Tang Shuai's mood is not good at all, two preseason games, head coach Reaves gave him too little playing time, the first game against the weak Nuggets, he finally got more than 5 minutes of playing time in the second quarter, but just over 5 minutes, and when it came to the second game against the Raptors, he even played only 2 minutes, such playing time, even if he was a top superstar, it was impossible to contribute, but in fact, his performance was very efficient.

Thinking about his next game against the rising Hornets, he really doesn't have enough reason to believe that Reaves will give him much playing time.

Speaking of which, I don't know if it was too indulgent in the offseason, Reaves Jr., who performed remarkably last season, is in a terrible state this season, with an ultra-low shooting percentage, poor shot selection, and continuous mistakes, if it were placed in an ordinary team, he would have been on the bench a long time ago, but he is the head coach's own son.

What is clear from these two games is that even at the expense of the team's preseason record, Reaves has to give his own son enough playing time to get his own son back into shape.

Although from a certain point of view, the preseason record is irrelevant, and it is understandable to let the team's main bench last season find form, but this is too unfair to Tang Shuai, the first-round pick, and the team has brought in a lot of reinforcements in the offseason, and the focus of the preseason should obviously be on the run-in lineup, rather than finding the state for individual players, in this regard, Reaves showed selfishness, almost all Clippers players can see.

Tang Shuai stayed in the villa depressed, didn't go out for a day, even if Duffy called him, he didn't answer, just locked himself in the room and fell asleep.

"Bang bang!"

A sharp knock at the door woke him from his sleep, and he said impatiently, "Who! I'm sleeping! ”

"Don! It's me, Jaime! What are you doing! If you don't answer the phone, you don't go to training, you just sleep here alone, do you want to stay in the NBA anymore? Duffy's angry voice came from outside the door, and it could be seen that Tang Shuai didn't answer his call, which made him feel very unhappy.

"O Jaime!" Tang Shuai rubbed his eyes, got up from the bed, and then went to open the door.