Chapter 398: Challenge Pierce
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Tang Shuai is another Maddie pull, this time Green pounced very fiercely, but he was also shaken very badly, and he wanted to forcibly return to defense, but he was directly shaken out.
The moment the ball was scored, Tang Shuai successfully defeated Green, and easily knocked down the blue turnaround back bag on Green's body.
Coming out of another dimensional space, Tang Shuai stepped forward to help the fallen Green up from the ground.
"Don, you're really strong, much stronger than I thought." Green came together, without a frustrated look, but praised Tang Shuai, it seemed that this one-on-one confrontation had completely convinced him.
"I'm just using speed, you don't have to worry too much, and you've just started training, and when you practice one day, I'm no match for you." Tang Shuai said with a smile.
"Haha, you're really humble, but I'm looking forward to that day." Green laughed heartily.
After obtaining the blue turn-back bag, Tang Shuai also obtained the basic conditions for packing Pierce.
Coming out of the training hall, Tang Shuai and Green were talking and laughing, and when they passed by the equipment room, they unexpectedly saw Pierce carrying a satchel.
"Paul, why are you here?" Tang Shuai didn't expect to see Pierce here, and looked at him with a puzzled expression.
"I'll get a ball, what's the matter, you're practicing again today?" Pierce was equally surprised by Tang Shuai's appearance in the arena.
"Well, I've been playing badly lately, so I've come over to practice." Tang Shuai explained.
"Well, then you guys go back to rest early, and I'll warm up." Pierce followed.
"You're almost recovering from your injuries?" Tang Shuai looked at Pierce in surprise.
"Well, that's long enough to rest. The team doctor has already allowed me to do non-confrontation training and am almost ready to play. Pierce said with a smile, and it was clear that he was in a good mood after recovering from the injury.
"Great!" Tang Shuai shouted excitedly, if Pierce recovers from the injury, it means that he can pack!
"Haha, thank you!" Pierce looked at Tang Shuai with a smile. He also thought it was Tang Shuai who was excited because he could recover from the injury.
Tang Shuai also realized that Pierce had misunderstood him, and was a little embarrassed, so he smiled awkwardly and said, "Then you go to training quickly, it's not too early." ”
Pierce nodded, smiled at them, and walked off to the training gym with the ball.
"Don, you have a good relationship with Paul, huh?" When Pierce entered the training hall, Green couldn't help but ask.
"Okay? All right! Don't talk about that, I'll invite you to have a supper. Tang Shuai skipped the topic directly. Pulling Green and Booker away.
The Clippers' next opponent is the Bulls.
The Bulls' season can be said to be full of ups and downs, first before the draft, the management fired the meritorious coach Thibodeau, who had coached the team for five years, and then after a good record at the beginning of the season, Butler was absent due to injury, causing the team's record to plummet, and when Butler returned from injury, he now fell directly to the eighth place in the East. And the Pistons and Hornets behind him are only one win behind, and the situation in the playoffs can be said to be precarious.
Now against the Clippers. And with the Clippers missing Griffin, winning is clearly their only goal.
The Bulls are the team that Jordan played for in his prime, and it is also a veteran team in the league, and the crazy appearance of the fans at the opening ceremony reflects the team's super popularity in Chicago.
The current head coach of the Bulls is former Iowa State University coach Hojborg, and the tame coach and Thibodeau are completely different styles. And directly used All-Star center Noah, which is one of the reasons why the Bulls have struggled this season.
But the Bulls are still the same team, the resilience shown on the offensive and defensive ends is unmatched, and Butler is back from injury with a 12 percent commitment.
After Griffin's absence. The team's offensive focus naturally shifted to the backcourt, Tang Shuai and Paul almost had to bear 80% of the team's offensive proportion, Paul also said something, after all, facing Rose, who had a sharp decline in form after the injury, but Tang Shuai was not so lucky, facing the super defender Butler.
Although Butler is not as strong as Leonard's defensive judgment, he is full of defensive aggression, even when he is off the ball, he will constantly consume your physical strength, and more importantly, Butler's speed is not slow, which also makes it difficult for Tang Shuai to get open shots.
At halftime, Tang Shuai made 9 shots, but only hit 3 shots, and he didn't have many free throws, and he only scored 7 points at the end of the half, because his performance was average, and the Clippers also fell behind the Bulls with a score of 40-53 at halftime.
The team failed to take advantage, and Kassel naturally made adjustments, and after Butler went down, he let Don Shuai start playing in the low post.
Replaced by Butler is a sophomore Snell, Snell is also a defensive giant, but the ability is still a lot worse, Tang Shuai made several beautiful turns to press the inside line to score continuously, thanks to his play, the Clippers caught up with the score little by little.
In the offensive round of the Clippers, Tang Shuai once again asked for a low position, continuous back play, and after perceiving that the Bulls did not help defense, a beautiful footstep shook, and after completely shaking Snell to lose his center of gravity, he turned around and dunked with one hand.
After scoring, Tang Shuai yelled at the audience, causing the fans to boo.
The Bulls were beaten and called a timeout.
With Kassel's strategic adjustment and Tang Shuai's low-post singles, the Clippers have chased the score to 62-68 at this time, and the difference is only 6 points.
The on-site commentator was also a little embarrassed by Tang Shuai's performance, and didn't know what to say.
However, the good times did not last long, and when he came back from the pause, Hojberg replaced Butler on the court, and Tang Shuai continued to try low-post singles under Kassel's tactical arrangement, but Butler was not Snell, and seemed to know that Tang Shuai would not turn around and lean back, and the center of gravity of the defense was all about preventing him from going inside, and as a result, twice in a row, Tang Shuai was forced to turn around and lean back and jump out of the basket under interference.
This time. The commentator on the sidelines seized the opportunity and said in an unkind tone: "Oh, this is our All-Star starter, look at his poor performance under Jimmy's defense, he really proved that the All-Star Game is just an exhibition game." ”
Tang Shuai heard it, but he couldn't help it. Blue's ability to turn around and lean back is really limited.
92-96, the Clippers played hard, but the limitations on the offensive end still made them lose to their opponents in the end.
Tang Shuai played mediocre under Butler's defense in this game, hitting only 6 goals from 16 shots and scoring only 14 points.
After this match, his packing heart became more and more urgent.
Griffin's absence has greatly reduced the strength of the Clippers, which is very bad news for the Clippers, but it is a good thing for Tang Shuai.
Although Tang Shuai already has an exclusive skill set, he still has obvious shortcomings in the area of independent attack. This became more and more evident as his offensive weight on the Clippers increased, which actually gave him a sense of what it would be like to be at the heart of a team's offense.
This is also the stage where you have to transition from a rotation player to a core player, and the defensive pressure is completely different.
The more games played, the clearer Tang Shuai's awareness of this became, so in addition to the game and training, another thing he cared about was Pierce's injury.
The good news was that the day after the game against the Bulls, the team returned to Los Angeles for their daily practice. Pierce has already been seen on the field of the full-court confrontation.
There are several phases of recovery from injury, starting with training without the ball. After that, there is non-confrontation without the ball, then half-court confrontation with the ball, and finally full-court confrontation training.
Pierce was allowed to play full-court at this point, which means that his injury has largely recovered.
Cassel stood on the sidelines with a smile on his face, in a very good mood, although Pierce was old. But the firepower is still strong on offense, and offense is clearly what the Clippers need most right now.
The bench team's attack, Pierce pressed Brewer to turn and hit back, leaned on a few hits and then turned inward half-turned, followed by a sudden turn out. Then there's a turn and a back.
The movements were elegant and perfect, and when Brewer reacted, he couldn't interfere at all, and could only watch Pierce make a move.
The basketball crossed a perfect arc in the air, and the hollow "swish" entered the net.
Tang Shuai was also drooling at this time, the truth is the truth, although the skill pack has degenerated into a purple skill pack, but the strength is still there.
After finishing the training, Pierce immediately went to the medical room for maintenance, and it was clear that it would take a little time to fully recover.
Tang Shuai could only wait a little longer, after coming out of the training hall, he drove directly back to the villa, of course, it was not Anna's house, but his and Su Mei's little love nest.
Su Mei hasn't come back yet.
UCLA's strength is not as strong as before, and the divisional competitions are extremely intense, because of her excellent ability, Su Mei's status in the team is becoming more and more important, and her working hours are also increasing.
After calling Su Mei and indeed coming back later, Tang Shuai took a shower and lay down directly to rest.
Xiang, who was sleeping, was suddenly woken up by the ringtone of his mobile phone.
People are woken up when they are sleeping, their temper will become very irritable, he is very unhappy to pick up the phone, originally wanted to press it directly, but after seeing the caller ID is "mother", he felt sleepy at all, and he picked it up directly after sitting up.
"Mom, did you wake up so early?" Tang Shuai looked at the time on his watch, it was only less than 7 o'clock in the evening, although the time difference was adjusted to 12 hours in winter time, but he was still very puzzled by bringing the phone early in the morning.
"Shuai'er, are you sleeping? Woke you up, right? Mother immediately heard Tang Shuai's tone that she had just woken up, and said with some self-reproach.
"It's okay, Mom, I'm already awake, what's wrong, is there something going on at home?" Because of the All-Star relationship, he hasn't called home in a while.
"It's not a thing, yesterday your brother-in-law came to the house, and happened to see the TV broadcast, saying that now you are playing in the United States and playing better and better, and I want to go to the scene to watch you play, will this matter be troublesome? Forget it if it's troublesome. The mother spoke very carefully, and it was clear that he must have hesitated for a long time before calling.
"Come to watch the game?" Tang Shuai didn't expect his mother to say this, but this is not too surprising, his brother-in-law has always been an NBA fan, and his nephew has been playing in the NBA, so it is normal to go to the scene to watch the game.
"Hmm. He said it several times, and I never agreed, for fear of bothering you, but he seemed to really want to go, so I asked. Mother explained.
"Yes, no problem. I'll ask my agent to arrange it, but ......" Tang Shuai quickly agreed, but after saying that, he thought of another thing, and said, "Mom, you don't have anything to do now, do you want to come and play too?" ”
"Me?" The mother's voice paused for a moment, then she smiled and said, "I'm still not coming." I can't read it, and when I do, I'll only cause you trouble. ”
"What do you mean by causing trouble, Mom, you have been suffering for half your life, and now that your son has a chance, of course you have to enjoy it." Tang Shuai knew that his mother must be afraid of affecting him, so he said, "As for whether it is troublesome or not." I'm your son, and there's no such thing. And if you really get here, I'll find a nanny to take care of you, what are you afraid of? Don't you want to see your son? ”
"No, it's not......" When my mother heard Tang Shuai's words, she immediately panicked.
"Alright, Mom. I'm kidding you, I mean if you want to come, you won't be in trouble. Tang Shuai said with a smile.
"I ......" The mother didn't speak for a while, she should have been moved, but she was still hesitating.
"That's right. I have a girlfriend now, and I was going to take it to see you when I returned to China, but if you came, you would have seen it in advance. Tang Shuai used a killer weapon, he is playing now, and it is impossible to return to China before the end of the season, so he can only let his mother come over, and by the way, he can also let his mother, who basically does not go out, go abroad, this kind of best of both worlds He is naturally very concerned.
"Do you have a girlfriend?" Sure enough, as soon as the mother heard the news, her tone changed.
"Well, it's absolutely beautiful and virtuous, your son has bumped into **** luck." Tang Shuai said with a smile.
"Okay, then I'll come with your sister-in-law, no, I'm going to call your sister and your brother-in-law, yes, and Xiaojie......"
Mother's next words made Tang Shuai cry and laugh for a while: "Yes, it's okay, it's a big deal, I'll charter a plane for you." ”
Tang Shuai is also a multimillionaire now, and he will not feel distressed at all when he spends this money on his mother.
"A charter flight? Then it's better for me and my sister-in-law. As soon as my mother heard the feeling that it would cost a lot of money, she immediately stopped nagging.
"It's okay if you don't charter a plane, it's no problem, when I go back and let the agent get the visa, you just move the seven aunts and eight aunts here." Tang Shuai hurriedly said.
"Oh, that's not necessary, when I discuss it with your sister and brother-in-law, they still have to go to work, I don't know if I can ask for leave to come out......" Mother has already begun to calculate.
Tang Shuai was naturally happy in his heart, he hadn't seen his little nephew for a long time, and then said jokingly: "Mom, you just let my sister and brother-in-law say that they are going to the United States to watch your son play, and report my name directly, your son is very famous now, Baoding is accurate." ”
"Uh-huh, okay." Mother didn't hear that Tang Shuai was joking, and said very seriously.
Tang Shuai couldn't help laughing for a while, but didn't say anything, waited for this matter, and hung up the phone after chatting a few more words.
My mother came to the United States, it was a big thing, and if possible, let her adapt to life here and stay forever.
After thinking about it for a long time, he then called Duffy and asked him to prepare some details.
After the arrangement, Su Mei also came back.
"Why didn't you sleep? Are you hungry? As soon as Su Mei came back, she saw that Tang Shuai hadn't slept, and asked suspiciously.
"Mom called me just now and said......" Tang Shuai got up from the bed and told him what happened, he didn't think too much about it when he talked to his mother before, and when he saw Su Mei, he found that he didn't seem to have discussed it with her, after all, his mother would definitely see her after she came.
"This is a good thing, if you can, let your mother live here in the future, this old man is old, sick or something, you can't take care of it from so far away." Su Mei said while changing her clothes.
Su Mei's attitude moved Tang Shuai for a while, and said that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was the most headache for men, but now it seems that there is no problem with him at all, and then looking at Su Mei's sexy figure, a nameless fire jumped up, walked down from the bed, walked to her, and hugged her.
"Ah...... What are you going to do......" Su Mei felt her whole person pick up. There was an exclamation.
"Didn't do anything,. You. Tang Shuai hugged Su Mei and went to bed.
"Wait, I haven't taken a shower yet!" Su Mei broke free and wanted to get out of Tang Shuai's arms.
Su Mei moved, her chest hit her chest, Tang Shuai couldn't bear it, and threw her directly on the bed. After a "I don't care", he pounced.
After a while, the room was filled with the sound of ecstatic gasps.
……
Pierce's injury is finally healed, and after normal daily maintenance, playing time has been completely released.
Tang Shuai was finally able to release his impulsive heart, and after the training session, he directly pulled Pierce to ask for advice about turning around and leaning back.
Pierce has a very good impression of Tang Shuai, which can be seen whether it is the usual care for him as the boss of the locker room, or helping him speak at the players' meeting, so he will naturally not ignore his advice.
Wait until the end of the training and coaching. Tang Shuai naturally wanted to test his level through "actual combat".
Pierce didn't refuse, he shook his arm and came up to test Tang Shuai's quality.
Tang Shuai attacked first, although Pierce was old and had just recovered from injury, but he didn't dare to take it lightly at all.
A player's heads-up ability and on-court performance are two completely different concepts, and there are functional players such as Redick and Jordan Jr. who have poor heads-up ability but good on-court performance. There are also those who have strong heads-up ability, but do not perform well on the field. For example, Beasley, Thorton, etc., both are good, but relatively few of them, and Pierce was one of them when he was at his peak.
When you get older, your performance on the field may drop a lot because of fitness issues. However, in many cases, the ability to go heads-up will not be reduced because of this, and may even become better with the accumulation of playing experience.
Therefore, Tang Shuai has no intention of giving priority to the opportunity to attack, and the only thing he is sure of now is that Pierce is inferior to himself in confrontation, and if he can end the game in one go, it will definitely be the best result.
"Come on. Let me see how much you really have in your hands. Pierce beckoned to Tang Shuai, and as soon as he entered the bullfighting mode, his expression naturally became serious.
Tang Shuai took the ball and dribbled forward two steps, and then leaned on Pierce's body, because it was to test the results of training, he naturally had to end the battle with his back.
The first time he leaned up, he used all his strength, and Pierce was pushed back by his strength.
Tang Shuai wanted to take a second shot, but Pierce suddenly stepped back to "withdraw the bench", he felt that the center of gravity suddenly lost his support, and the center of gravity foot stepped back to stabilize the center of gravity.
But at that moment, Pierce suddenly jerked forward.
Tang Shuai stopped his body just now and didn't let himself fall back, but his center of gravity had already been lost, and he was pushed back by Pierce.
This came and went, and the pressure he had just made was in vain.
"The response was good." Pierce said with praise after regaining his defensive position.
Tang Shuai was speechless at this time, Pierce is a master of back fighting, he has been fighting back for more than ten years, and his experience is too rich, even if he has the advantage of strength, it is difficult to hit inside.
He can't eat hard, he can only find another way.
The only thing he has the most advantage now is the exclusive breakthrough pack, so after calming down and leaning on the fight again, he turned around and was about to rush in.
Pierce's reaction was also fast enough, he took a step back, and suddenly pushed into Tang Shuai's route to break in.
Tang Shuai's balls were almost taken away by Pierce.
"Your intentions are so obvious that it will be easy for more experienced people to tell." After Pierce guarded Tang Shuai, he followed.
Tang Shuai leaned on Pierce and then dribbled, showing that he was very helpless, and what Pierce said was also the reason why his back play effect was limited now.
"Observe the opponent's defensive position more, the defense is focused, as long as you grasp the opponent's weak side of the defense will have an effect." Pierce continued to instruct.
Defending the weak side?
Tang Shuai heard what Pierce said, glanced back, and immediately understood that every player will use the center of gravity foot when defending, if the side of the center of gravity foot is protruded, the defender will change the center of gravity foot, and the opportunity will naturally come out.
Realizing this, he suddenly turned around and rushed straight to the left.
Pierce stepped back, and instead of changing his center of gravity, he gave up some positions.
Very smart choice, not enough is enough!
Pierce stepped back, and Tang Shuai was already one step inside the free throw line, he stepped on two steps, followed by a moving backing Bryant hook.
The basketball came out of his hands and pressed Pierce, who had no chance to interfere. (To be continued.) )