After the Clippers won Tianwang Mountain, the games of the eastern and western teams were also carried out.

In the West, the round between the Warriors and the Mavericks has ended, although Nowitzki is still young, although Curry missed the game after the first game, but the difference in strength between the two sides is still quite obvious, and the Warriors swept the Mavericks early.

For the Warriors, this was an expected game, and for the Mavericks, who have been in the first round for the third year in a row, where to go in the future is a big question they will have to rethink this offseason.

The series between the Spurs and the Grizzlies was the least suspenseful, and the Spurs won easily against an opponent who was short of major generals, but the Grizzlies showed a fighting spirit in the game that moved Memphis fans, and regardless of the outcome, they have earned respect.

The matchup between the Thunder and the Trail Blazers stunned everyone, the Trail Blazers entered the playoffs as dark horses, because of lineup problems, they are the least favored team, in the eyes of most experts, they are destined to be swept by the team, but the reality is that under the leadership of Lillard and McCollum, they are also on par with the Thunder, and they have just lost by 5 points in the battle with the Thunder team on Tianwang Mountain.

For the Portlanders, as with Stotts' soaring popularity, they have impressed everyone regardless of the final outcome.

This is the situation in the west, there are still two groups of opponents left to fight.

The west is playing brilliantly, and the east is not inferior.

Except for the Cavaliers, who swept the Pistons, the other three pairs of games are all still ongoing, and all of them played Tianwang Mountain. The Raptors, Hawks, and Heat are all winners of Tianwang Mountain, but they all win quite thrillingly. Fans have every reason to believe that there will definitely be a tie-break among these teams.

And as the playoffs continue to deepen. Other awards from the league were also released one by one.

In addition to the previously announced Most Improved Award and Best Defensive Player, the Best Sixth Man was also released.

Jamal Crawford, who was traded to the Hawks, was named Sixth Man of the 15-16 season, making him the oldest Sixth Man of the Year in history at the age of 36 and the only player in history to win the award three times.

When the award was announced, many celebrities and commentators even suggested that the "Best Sixth Man Award" be renamed the "Crawford Award", of course, this was just a joke proposal, but for Crawford, enjoying such a high evaluation proves that his achievements have not been lost to some stars.

Many of the Clippers sent a message of blessing to Crawford as soon as possible. Crawford previously played for the Clippers for more than three seasons, and most of the players had a good relationship with him.

Tang Shuai also sent one, as a "bargaining chip" to trade himself, Crawford had an inexplicable relationship with Tang Shuai.

Crawford also sent a text message back to Tang Shuai, which was not much, but the words were full of words of encouragement, which made him feel extremely encouraged.

In addition to the best sixth man, the best head coach was also announced not long ago, and Steve Kerr, who led the team to break the best record in the history of the Bulls, was elected the best coach of the 2015~16 season without any suspense. In fact, this honor should have been awarded to him last year, and now it can only be regarded as a long time coming.

These are the episodes that happened between the games, watching the awards being awarded before the game, Tang Shuai couldn't help but feel ready to move. Each of these honors represents a heavy weight.

And he could now reach his first trophy with his career.

Rookie of the Year, if awarded the moment the regular season ends, Downs would have a big advantage. But the difference is that the Timberwolves have long been eliminated, and he is still competing in the playoffs. And his performance is getting better and better, which makes him look forward to it.

April 27, U.S. time. The day before the Clippers and Rockets game, Cassel had his final pregame practice at the Staples Center.

The intensity of this training session was carried out at the suggestion of Billups, the intensity was not large, but it was very targeted, but there were two people who did not show up on the training ground, one was Griffin, and the other was Tang Shuai.

In the playoffs, he still played steadily, and almost single-handedly won the game in the last game, as a rookie, Tang Shuai has achieved the limit of what fans can ask of a rookie, which naturally makes the domestic media ready to move.

At Duffy's suggestion, Tang Shuai finally accepted an exclusive interview with Tencent Sports.

Since 15 years, Tencent Sports has contracted the network broadcast rights for the next ten years of the NBA, which means that it has monopolized the live broadcast of NBA events.

Accepting an exclusive interview with Tencent Sports, this has greatly helped Tang Shuai's popularity in China, which is also the main reason why Duffy persuaded Tang Shuai to agree.

The interview with him was Tencent's well-known women's basketball commentator "Squid" Liu Yuxi.

Liu Yuxi is handsome and beautiful, and is known by netizens as the most beautiful female anchor of CCTV, which is also the first time he has interviewed a public figure after he switched to Tencent.

This is the first time Tang Shuai has seen Liu Yuxi in reality, different from the delicate and sweet that others think, the first time he saw it, he had the demeanor of a leading sister, the interview has not started yet, and the person who is preparing for the interview here and there to guide him doesn't look like a narrator, but more like a director.

When everything was ready, the interview with Tang Shuai began.

"Hello, Tang Shuai, I'm Liu Yuxi, the commentator of Tencent Sports, and I'm glad you accepted our interview." As soon as Liu Yuxi opened his mouth, his trademark dimples were revealed.

"Me too, it's an honor to be interviewed by you." Tang Shuai said with a smile.

"Say hello to your fans and friends first, I believe that many fans and friends are watching our live broadcast online." Liu Yuxi turned his head to look at the live broadcast camera.

Tang Shuai has been in the NBA for more than half a year, and he is no longer the hairy guy who will be nervous in the face of the interview, so he smiled and beckoned, and then said: "Hey, hello everyone, I'm Tang Shuai, a basketball player from China, I'm glad that you watched my interview in front of the TV, stayed up late and injured yourself, remember to rest early." ”

Tang Shuai's carefulness made Liu Yuxi's heart warm, and the eyes that looked at Tang Shuai were a little different from before.

"Okay, Tang Shuai, in fact, there is one thing I am curious about, after the Chinese players arrive in the United States, because of the difference in language, it will be a big problem in communication, like the previous UAE will have greater difficulties in this regard, but you have never had this problem, and you can often see you and your teammates talking happily in the game, is there any secret in this?"

After speaking, Liu Yuxi seemed to remember something, and then added: "We all know that Zhou Qi just announced his participation in this year's NBA draft not long ago, do you have any experience to share with him in this regard?" ”

In order to make the interview seem more real, Tang Shuai had not seen the questions before, and when Liu Yuxi finished asking, he thought for a while and then said: "These are two questions, right?" ”

"Sort of."

"Well, the first question, from my personal experience, I am an English major, there is no barrier in terms of language communication, of course this is not the main thing, it is mainly related to the personality of the players, the NBA is a place that pays attention to the locker room atmosphere, where you mainly learn to take the initiative to communicate with others, not as a job, I believe there will be no big problem in this regard."

"As for the second one, it's actually similar to the first question, Zhou Qi I haven't had a private communication with him, but judging from his current performance in front of the media, he is a person who knows how to face the media, and he is also a good communicator, so the advice I can give is to hope that he can lower his posture as much as possible, for rookies, what he learns is his own, which is similar to learning, you put what you have learned together, choose the useful ones to dig deeper, then the progress must be obvious."

After listening to Tang Shuai's speech, although it was only the first question, Liu Yuxi's gaze at Tang Shuai was completely different, in addition to appreciation, there was even a trace of admiration.

Most professional players in China have neglected quality education, and as the first college player to be selected for the NBA, Tang Shuai obviously has a unique advantage in this regard.

"I'm sure Zhou Qi will listen to your advice, so then follow up with my question, we all know that when Doug Reaves was still the head coach of the Clippers, you mostly sat on the bench, and even had the experience of being dropped, can you share that experience with the fans during that time? Or to put it another way, did that experience make you who you are today? ”

"Well, the achievement can't be said, but there must be promotion, I have also complained and been indignant, but you know, the NBA is a big stage, you don't want to stay, there are a lot of people behind, this is actually very similar to the workplace, suffer this hardship, can stand this anger, maybe there is a completely different experience of people themselves, we in China don't have a saying called eat a trench to grow a wisdom, setbacks and difficulties will always speed up people's growth."

Liu Yuxi nodded again and again, Tang Shuai was different from all the basketball players he had come into contact with before, his language was full of wisdom, and it felt as if he was not sitting in front of him, but a thinker who had experienced a lot of things.

"As for this experience, in fact, looking back is nothing, here I can share some with Zhou Qi, after all, we are not talented players compared to other players, so even if we encounter difficulties and setbacks, what we can do, or what we have to do, is to persevere, keep training, stay patient, and strive to improve ourselves, and opportunities will always be left to those who are prepared."

"Bang Bang!"

After Tang Shuai finished speaking, Liu Yuxi couldn't help but applaud gently.

Tang Shuai smiled a little embarrassedly.

"Your answer is quite wonderful, move on to the next question, the Clippers are now playing the playoffs with the Rockets, we all know that the Rockets are the team that Yao Ming played for eight years before, and there are quite a lot of fans in China, will playing against the Rockets make you feel special, compared to other teams?"

ps: Thank you, the blank 22 classmates left, the flying kite, the Nuoyu, like the same classmates, and Surfe's monthly pass support! (To be continued.) )