The Rockets are not a Spurs, they don't have much defensive formation, when Tang Shuai's offensive ability has exceeded Beverley's defensive ability, they immediately fell into trouble on the defensive end, and under Tang Shuai's sudden pass, the score on the court was quickly widened a little bit.

56-41, by halftime, the Clippers had stretched the margin to 15 points.

With so many halftime leads, those media and commentators have chosen to remain silent, and the Clippers' performance has slapped them in the face, what Paul is absent, what two consecutive defeats, no matter how realistic it is, it can no longer be a reason at all.

The most embarrassing thing is the old Barry, other people are fine, after all, the comments are all on the Internet, or sent out by the media, at this time it is okay to choose to be silent and not to speak, but he is on the spot, and at the beginning he also said that Tang Shuai is too young and does not know how to control the rhythm, Tang Shuai has a performance of scoring and assists switching at will in a blink of an eye, and the Clippers' lead is all thanks to him, which not only does he not say anything on his face, but also can't leave the scene, it really feels like sitting on pins and needles.

However, Kassel was never calm, and he kept telling the players at halftime, and he pulled Tang Shuai to tell him to lower the pace of the game, which seemed very cautious.

Tang Shuai listened carefully, the battle of Tianwang Mountain was too critical, although the Rocket Team was behind, it was impossible to give up so easily.

Coming back in the second half, Bickerstaff made another change to the lineup, replacing Ariza with Beasley, with the obvious intention of playing against you.

For this change in Bickerstaff, both Kassel and Billups were dignified, and they made such a start. Naturally, we know what the weaknesses of the lineup are, and this lineup is balanced offensively and defensively. Although Pierce is a little older, it is not a problem to hold up for a few minutes. But Paul wasn't there, and Brewer mentioned that the role of a shooting guard is actually to defend and block, and if it's an offense, it's hard to take advantage of anything.

The worries of the two people are not unfounded, coming back in the second half, in the cheers of the audience, Tang Shuai is still unstoppable, or scoring a wonderful score inside, or passing his teammates to score in seconds. But the Rockets are also not showing weakness at all, with Harden and Beasley both firing on fire.

After two or three minutes of play, the score difference was unconsciously narrowed to ten, and even Tang Shuai didn't feel it until Cassel called a timeout, and he didn't realize the problem until he saw the score of 66-56 on the court.

After all, he didn't play a lot of games, and he was brought over by playing rhythm.

'We need to keep the pace steady and not rush. It's okay for them to get the points they deserve, but we have to keep the rhythm down, keep the rhythm steady and stay ahead. We're going to win the game! The noise was deafening, and Kassel raised his voice and shouted at the players.

"Keep that rhythm and run. More runs, faster transitions. Work harder and we're about to catch up! "The Rockets' bench. Bickerstaff was screaming loudly, too.

After the pause, the competition between the two teams became more and more intense, one wanted to be fast, the other wanted to be slow, both sides wanted to bring each other into their own rhythm, and the defensive confrontation was becoming more and more intense.

The physical strength of the players was rapidly depleted in this almost naked hand-to-hand combat, and the hit rate also dropped rapidly.

From the beginning of the third quarter to the time when the main players of both sides were replaced, the scores of both sides were still in single digits.

Tang Shuai wiped the sweat from his forehead, and when he got off the field, he turned his head to look at the scoreboard on the sidelines.

72-62, the difference between the two sides is still 10 points, although neither side scored much, but as Cassel envisioned, it is the best situation for the Clippers to keep the pace of the game down and maintain the lead.

"Ahem......"

When he was about to walk to the sideline, he coughed involuntarily, and took a few breaths before he eased up.

His physical strength was almost exhausted in just half a quarter, and although he now has Iverson's AI-exclusive corssover pack, his physical strength is completely incomparable to Iverson, who averages more than 40 minutes per game.

The physical consumption of players on the field is directly related to the status of the team, he goes from role player to rotation, and then from the sixth man to one of the cores, the physical consumption on the field is more and more, and the previous games will have physical strength from time to time, but he can barely support it, but once he encounters a particularly fierce competition, the physical consumption in a short period of time makes him seem inadequate.

It seems that this offseason he has to find a way to work on this piece, which is the most basic and important requirement as a core player.

The good news is that Procopio has agreed to be his personal trainer in the offseason, and that issue should be resolved by then.

"Are you alright?" Billups, seeing that his face was not very good, came up and asked.

"It's okay, it's just that it didn't come up in one breath." Tang Shuai took a deep breath and said with a smile reluctantly.

"Well, sit down and rest for a while." Billups nodded.

When Tang Shuai sat down, he turned his head and talked to Kassel about physical fitness.

Cassel nodded from time to time, apparently revising Paul after his injury, and listening more to Billups's advice in this regard.

The Clippers have been playing at a tight pace, and the Rockets have struggled to score like squeezing toothpaste, and they can't hit the climax of the counterattack at all, and the point difference is sometimes close, but it is really limited.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Kassel replaced all the main players, and the Rockets seemed a little powerless.

Tang Shuai held the ball to the frontcourt, received Green's blocking, and a hit passed through Capela's crotch, and passed to Little Jordan under the basket in seconds, and Little Jordan pulled up a beastly violent abuse frame.

That's not all, the Rockets quickly counterattacked, Harden, who had shot a whole game, was finally a little tired, and the step-back jump shot was obviously short, here little Jordan grabbed the rebound and handed it to Tang Shuai to advance, Tang Shuai directly made a pass across the whole court to Griffin, who had not yet returned, Griffin was unguarded, and it was directly a one-handed dunk, which pushed the atmosphere of the entire arena to the highest point.

By the time Griffin scored the ball, with five minutes left in the game, the Clippers had extended their lead to 18 points, and the Rockets were powerless.

At this time, Kassel was replaced in advance.

The Rockets still didn't give up, and the main players scored a few goals in a row to recover some games, but they fought too hard in this game, and the Clippers' benches pressed the rhythm to play one by one, and they didn't have a chance to be fast.

98-86, after a vicious battle, the Clippers pressed the Rockets almost all of the time and won the crucial battle of Tianwang Mountain after being generally looked down upon by the media and the outside world.

The Rockets can't say that they didn't play well in this game, Harden scored 30 points and 6 assists on 11-of-22 shooting and played efficiently, and even the odd soldier Beasley scored 17 points on 7 of 15 shots, but Tang Shuai's sudden rampage was the biggest winner and loser in this game, he relied on his own strength to directly break through the defensive formation formed by the Rockets' hard work, and the defense lost its previous power, and it was reasonable for the Rockets to lose.

In fact, Tang Shuai's data in this game is not outstanding, the score of 26 points is almost the same as the first two games, but the biggest difference is his number of assists, 9 assists do not fully explain his role, many sports goals are from his point of inclusion after the ball out, and then the ball is reversed to score, which has a lot of indirect relationship with him.

Driven by him, Griffin, Booker and Smith all scored double-doubles, and Griffin shot 12 of 20 from the field, including 6 jumpers from the free throw line alone, scoring a team-high 30 points plus 6 rebounds.

When the final whistle blew, Tang Shuai raised his hands and looked up at the ribbons in the sky, feeling a little uncontrollable excitement.

It was a game that meant a lot to him, and in Paul's absence, he did the perfect thing and proved that he has what it takes to be one of the core of the team.

I believe that after this game, some teams will definitely be unable to resist the excitement of the offseason.

The playoffs are a big stage, and after a lot of players have proven themselves here, the future will be completely different.

In the dressing room after the game, the players frolicked loudly in the shower, and it was clear that winning this game at home meant a lot to everyone, especially in such an underdog's situation.

Paul smiled and entered the locker room.

Tang Shuai had already finished taking a shower, and was getting dressed at this time, when he saw Paul, he put on a casual set of clothes, smiled and greeted him and gave him a hug.

"Good job." As his shoulders staggered, Paul spoke.

Tang Shuai smiled and nodded, and then pulled Paul to sit down, caring about the injury on his hand.

After a while, the other players of the Clippers team had already come out of the shower, and they looked extremely happy to see Paul shouting loudly and hugging him.

"Hey, guys." When he was done hugging everyone else, Paul suddenly raised his voice and shouted.

All eyes were on Paul.

Paul's eyes were a little moist at this time.

"Guys, you're all the best athletes on the planet, and I really don't know how to put into words what emotions are going on right now." Paul was a little emotional.

"CP3, you're one of us, too." Griffin spoke at this point.

"Yes, I am." Paul's tone was a little choked, and he nodded vigorously as he spoke, "It's a bad feeling off the field, but looking at your hard work and hard work, I think no matter what the result is, you are the best." ”

"We are." Griffin said and came up and gave Paul a hug.

"For CP3, for LAS." Tang Shuai stretched out his hand and put it in front of him at this time and said.

The team members followed and put their hands on top of his.

"Next game, victory!" Tang Shuai shouted.

"Victory!" The team members shouted in unison.

Paul's eyes were red, and he pressed his fist hard, and nodded firmly.

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