110-115, the Lakers fought for four quarters and lost regrettably, Tang Shuai scored 36 points and 9 assists, but at the last moment was strictly guarded by the Timberwolves, and it became extremely difficult to catch the ball, and Barnes, who performed well in the first three quarters, failed to stand up in the end, and there was a fatal defensive misposition 30 seconds before the end, which directly buried the last chance to win.

After losing this game, the Lakers' victory was overtaken by the Trail Blazers and dropped to ninth in the West.

After the game, after Tang Shuai took a shower, he closed his wardrobe and turned around and left the locker room directly.

Back at the villa, Su Mei was with her parents.

He endured the unhappiness in his heart, went in to chat with them, and then took them out for a late-night snack.

When he returned to the villa, Su Mei saw that he was not in a good mood, and said: "I saw that you were in a very bad mood yesterday, and today too, is my parents putting too much pressure on you?" ”

"No, your parents' attitude is about to catch up with my mother, not because of this, it's because of the team." Tang Shuai shook his head directly and said.

"The team thing? Tell me about it, maybe I can give you some advice. Su Mei looked at Tang Shuai and said.

"Let's go in and talk." Tang Shuai nodded.

After entering the room, Tang Shuai then told her about the team's recent situation and what happened today.

Su Mei is a basketball coach, and she looks at problems from a different angle than Tang Shuai, and some of the things she said are very helpful to Tang Shuai.

"You went to Kupchak with Gasol before, which was not a very wise choice." After Tang Shuai finished speaking, Su Mei spoke.

"Huh?" Tang Shuai looked at her suspiciously.

"You put pressure on Wharton through Kupchak and it worked, but if you put yourself in the shoes of the team, would you feel comfortable if you were the one who is in the team coach position right now?"

Su Mei's words made Tang Shuai not know how to answer for a while, which he had already considered at the beginning, but the situation at that time could be said to be ready to be sent.

"In fact, your wisest choice is to go with the flow, the small-ball tactics are indeed not suitable for the current Lakers, the team's record will definitely be bad, Kupchak and Bass Jr. are impossible to sit still, with the degree of importance they value you, when the time comes, either change the tactics, or adjust the lineup, or Wharton leaves, this is possible."

Without waiting for Tang Shuai to answer, Su Mei immediately said: "But I know that you are in a hurry, and you will definitely not be able to bear it in this process, but you should really learn to be patient, your career has just begun, there is no need to be in such a hurry." ”

Tang Shuai nodded after hearing this, thinking about it now that he was indeed a little anxious, this may also be the reason why the gap between him and Wharton has always been.

"But it's already happened, so you can't change it, the only thing you have to do at this time is to calm down, it's the trading deadline soon, and if it really changes, it shouldn't take a few days." Su Mei said.

Tang Shuai nodded seriously after thinking about it, Gasol's injury will not get better for a while, the team will definitely need to trade a big forward with enough strength, and then the team's chips, Barnes, who is not performing well but still has potential, is not the best chip?

There are still more than ten days before the start of the All-Star Game, and fans in various cities are already preparing for the All-Star Game, but the mood of Los Angeles fans before the All-Star Game is not very good.

The Clippers' star Ingram is struggling on the court because of his physical emaciation, and he has completely failed to meet the requirements of the NBA, and even with the Clippers' record, he is now in sixth place in the West, aiming for the championship, and their record is not even as good as last season.

The Lakers were even worse, with Gasol's results plummeting after his injury, and Wharton's intention to increase Barnes' offensive weight, the team's offensive efficiency was affected a lot, and before entering the All-Star break, the record continued to decline, and it had fallen to the tenth place in the West.

With the trade deadline approaching, Bass Jr. and Kupchak are a little unable to sit still, and rumors about the trade are endless.

Tang Shuai is also sad, he waited with Duffy on the Clippers all night last year, and it seems that he has to come again this year, the only difference is that last year he was waiting for his own trade rumors, and this year it was someone else's.

However, although there are many trade rumors, before the trade deadline, these rumors will only stay at the level of rumors.

On February 13, U.S. time, the 2017 All-Star Game kicked off in New Orleans.

The '17 All-Stars were originally chosen to be held in Charlotte, but due to an inexplicable gay law, the league finally decided to move the venue to New Orland.

On the 13th, the Masters and Rookie Challenge were held.

Tang Shuai, as a spectator, watched the game from the sidelines with Harden, Curry, Paul and others.

From last year's three-point match to the Olympic Games, the relationship between Tang Shuai and these star guards has also become better and better.

It is particularly worth mentioning that with the repeated efforts of the organizers, Kobe Bryant also joined the Masters this time and is the absolute star of the Western team.

It is precisely because of Kobe's participation that this Masters has attracted unprecedented attention, and the fans present are no less than during the main game, and even the aisles are crowded.

After the player retires, there are many fewer opportunities to appear in the eyes of fans, and it is not easy for a person with a character like Kobe Bryant to adapt, which is probably the most important reason for accepting the invitation of the organizer.

Kobe's wife Vanessa also came to the scene, and in her cheering, Kobe Bryant performed quite bravely, in fact, Kobe Bryant has only been retired for a year, and the decline in state is not obvious, playing this kind of game is really the same as playing.

In the end, Kobe Bryant's leading Western Army won the game 76-51 without suspense, Kobe Bryant scored 30 points and 9 assists, and was undisputed as the MVP of the Masters.

Tang Shuai and Paul sat in the front row, during the game, Kobe Bryant turned his head from time to time to communicate with them, and when the award was over, he sat directly next to Tang Shuai, chatting and chatting about it couldn't stop.

In fact, after Tang Shuai joined the Lakers, Kobe Bryant contacted him a lot, this man who has been a member of the Lakers team for half his life and is destined to never leave basketball for the rest of his life, is ready to entrust all the balls he didn't play to Tang Shuai.

Tang Shuai was also bored sitting on the sidelines, and the two of them chatted quite happily.

From the perspective of use, Tang Shuai now has 2 exclusive skill packs, as well as a bunch of purple skill packs, which are basically enough, but the more good things such as skill packs, the better, and Kobe's Peter Pan single package is different from the skill pack he has, it is a rare skill pack with buff bonuses, this alliance, the current team is only Curry and James.

So when the time comes, he will definitely look for him to pack, and now, he naturally wants to have a good relationship with Kobe.

Just as the two were chatting, the rookie game had already kicked off, and after the game began, they then turned their eyes to the court.

Unlike Tang Shuai, he performed well this season, and Downs, who was also selected as the starter, finally chose to play.

Downs, a dual U.S.-Dominican citizen, chose to play for the U.S. team last year as a rookie, and this year, he chose to play for the international team.

After the start of the game, Downs soon became the absolute focus on the court, in fact, he has improved significantly this season, and his strength has long exceeded these first-year and second-year students too much, which gives people the feeling that they are completely out of the crowd, which is actually the reason why Tang Shuai chose not to participate in the rookie game, and playing with people who are obviously lower than his own strength, that does not raise the fighting spirit at all.

Of course, Tang Shuai is Tang Shuai, Downs is Downs, Downs is still quite active on the court, dunks and blocks, and even wonderful assists, under his leadership, the international team is leading all the way.

However, the U.S. team's Booker also showed great scoring ability.

Except last year because of the relationship between the head coach of the American team, Hamon, the game was real, and usually, the rookie game is not very defensive, and a first-class three-point shooter like Booker is quite popular.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Booker hit four three-pointers in a row, bringing the emotions of the fans to an absolute ignition.

Tang Shuai couldn't help laughing when he saw it, Booker, as his former "little brother", was of course very happy to be able to have this kind of performance.

At the end of the game, Towns still showed superhuman strength, and finally led the international team to win the game 146-141, and he scored 32 points and 15 rebounds in the game, and was naturally elected MVP of the rookie game.

"Don, Carl is one step ahead of you." At the end of the game, Kobe Bryant said to Tang Shuai with a smile.

Although he did not participate in all the events like Tang Shuai, there were 3 games in the main game, and Kobe Bryant was extremely competitive, which also showed that he was already behind.

"Isn't it more meaningful to fall behind and overtake?" Tang Shuai said with a smile.

Bryant was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but put his arm on his shoulder and laughed.

The first day of the NBA All-Star Game is only held in the Masters and Rookie Game, and when the Rookie Game is over, the day's events are over.

Kobe Bryant originally wanted to ask Tang Shuai to go out for dinner together, but because Vasani's two children also came, he had to change it to another time.

However, Tang Shuai obviously has no shortage of people to make appointments for dinner, and as soon as the rookie game was over, Booker came over to find him.

Although they are both in Los Angeles, because the games alternate, he and Booker usually don't communicate much, so this is finally an opportunity, and Booker naturally won't miss it.

Also going out to dinner with Paul, two former teammates, was a rare party.

"Devon, you're doing well today." As soon as he got out of the arena, Tang Shuai praised that although he failed to win the MVP of the rookie game because of the defeat, Booker scored 8 three-pointers and scored 31 points, and he was the absolute offensive core of the American team.

"Devon is noticeably more mature now." Paul said with a smile on the side.

"That makes me feel much more comfortable." Tang Shuai smiled and stretched out his hand and said.

The three of them were walking around the corner of an aisle at this time, and as soon as Tang Shuai unconsciously stretched out his hand, he felt an incomparably soft feeling coming from his fingertips.

As soon as he looked up, he saw that his hand was impartially pressed against a woman's chest. (To be continued.) )