Chapter Eighty-Six: Shine Orlando
Williams was extremely depressed, he never thought that he would be so pressed by Cassel to play the whole game, he tried his best, but Cassell, who seemed to know everything about the Thunder team, was stunned and beat him out of temper.
The Clippers had a big win and took over the game in a game of weakness.
At 90:68, the margin was finally fixed at 22 points, and Williams left the court with their players in embarrassment after the game.
The Clippers swept away yesterday's fatigue in this campaign, and the whole team scored double-doubles, Tang Shuai ushered in the first double-double of his career, 13 points, 14 assists, plus 2 steals, in addition to him, Hamilton, Griffin, Moreira, Wilcox scored double digits, and even Dawson, who came off the bench, also scored the team's second-highest score of 14 points.
After the game, Cassel couldn't hold back his curiosity, grabbed Tang Shuai and asked, "What the hell is going on?" ”
Tang Shuai had long expected that this would arouse Cassel's suspicions, and he had already thought of a rhetoric in his heart, and said very calmly at this time: "Coach, you don't know, when I came to the arena with Brandon to train yesterday, it happened to be just in time for the Thunder team to train. ”
So that's it...... No wonder, Cassel nodded knowingly, but he quickly said with a surprised expression: "You came to practice yesterday?" ”
Tang Shuai nodded.
"Fight hard, you will be worth it one day." Cassel patted Tang Shuai's shoulder and said with a firm gaze.
After he finished speaking, he turned around and left the stadium, in his long career from player to coach, he has seen too many talented players eliminated by the league because they didn't work hard enough, although the contact time with Tang Shuai is not long, but Tang Shuai's attitude of hard work makes him believe that Tang Shuai will definitely not be one of them.
The summer league in Orlando continued, and Tang Shuai and his teammates still insisted on practicing in the evening, but in addition to the normal training, there was one more task, which was to observe the training of the opponent.
In order to avoid being suspected by Kassel, Tang Shuai had to find such a way to cover, but fortunately, he did not mind the observation of other teams when the team trained in the summer league.
As a result of this, the Clippers embarked on their summer league winning streak.
On July 7, the Clippers beat the opponent again in the game against the Pistons, 90:70, a full 20-point difference, the Clippers still bloomed more, Tang Shuai cut his summer league high in this game, and it was also the first 20+ in his career, 25 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals.
On July 8, the Clippers played against the Heat, who also won 2-1, and Winslow, the No. 10 rookie of the Heat, scored 28 points, but the rest of the team was choked by the Clippers, and the Clippers narrowly won 98-94, 4 points. Tang Shuai recorded another double-double with 12 points and 11 assists, and the team's top scorer was Brandon Dawson, who came off the bench with 18 points.
On July 10, after a day of rest, the Orlando Summer League ushered in the final day of competition, and they finished second with 3 wins and 1 loss in the previous game, and they welcomed the Magic Blue team in the finals, which had previously suffered a heavy defeat, 4-0, and undefeated Magic Blues.
In this strong dialogue, the two sides can be said to be inseparable until the last minute of the game.
Tang Shuai struggled under Payton's defense in the first three quarters, but in the last minute, he first hit an open three-pointer to tie the score, then completed a steal, assisted teammate Hamilton to complete a tough layup to complete the overtake, and after the Magic's Payton hit a three-pointer with a big heart at the second time to overtake the game again, he used his teammates' double cover before the end of the game, ran out of the open space, and shot a three-pointer before the whistle.
Although the action of the shot was a little slow, the angle of the ball was extremely accurate, and a big heart three-pointer successfully killed the opponent.
The moment the lore ball was scored, Tang Shuai stretched out his hand and held it in the air, and his teammates rushed up to surround him, although there was no ribbon to celebrate after the victory, although there was no cheering from the audience, but the feeling of lore still made his adrenaline soar, and this pleasure could not be described in words.
With Tang Shuai's heroic play in the last moments, the Clippers successfully took revenge on the Magic team in the finals and won the Orlando Summer League championship.
The MVP trophy of the championship was awarded to Tang Shuai without any suspense, averaging 14.6 points, 11 assists and 1.5 steals per game, and an average of two doubles per game, which is already very qualified data for a point guard.
After the end of the Orlando Summer League, the Clippers' improvised team was also disbanded, except for Jordan Hamilton and Brandon Dawson, who performed well, and CJ Wilcox, who was already under contract, most of the other players did not get the favor of the team, and they will rush to Las Vegas to look for opportunities in the summer league there.
Although it was only half a month, the competition in the past few days still allowed Tang Shuai to establish a good friendship with these players, and almost everyone went to see them off.
Because they were not paid, the players could not buy a flight ticket and had to take the train to Las Vegas at their own expense.
Tang Shuai didn't sign a contract now, and he couldn't help much, but when the players left, he still went to the train station to give them a ride.
After seeing off the rest of his teammates, he boarded a plane to Los Angeles with Hamilton and Dawson.
After the end of the summer league, he finally got empty, because the preseason was in October, and the team's training camp was not until September at the earliest, and there was a vacuum of more than a month, which was his rare free time.
Coming out of the airport in Los Angeles, he immediately called Duffy, according to the itinerary, he needs to return to China first, although he has represented the Clippers in the campaign, but the contract has not yet been signed, whether the regular season can be played, it depends on whether there will be any restrictions in China, you must know that Wang Zhizhi's non-return was caused by not negotiating.
The phone answered, but it wasn't Duffy, but Lawrence, and the Oscar-winning actress roared so angrily that he almost didn't deaf his ears.
He was also quite speechless, just because of Duffy's relationship, Lawrence didn't leave any image in front of him, and after finally appeasing Lawrence and understanding the ins and outs, he finally understood what made Lawrence so out of shape.
It turns out that the daughter of the Kings who met last time, Ranadave has been looking for him.