Chapter 694: Actually, we are all top students

This goal, simple and direct violence, directly suppressed the momentum that the Warriors had just set off. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Kerr hurriedly ran to the sideline and shouted, the team's performance in this game did not meet his expectations at all, which finally launched a wave of counterattack in the fourth quarter, but he didn't expect to be pressed back so soon, how could he not be in a hurry.

The Warriors' offense, Curry and Thompson played a perfect match, the latter took advantage of Durant's defense to run to the outside of the three-point line to catch the ball, and the three-point shot fell into the pocket.

This was the Warriors' 12th three-pointer of the game, with a total of 12 of 27 shots, which is indeed the most accurate team in the league to shoot three-pointers.

However, the momentum of the Lakers is not weak, and Tang Shuai received Batum's outside shot and hit a dry shot.

Waiting for Westbrook to steal Thompson's pass on the defensive end, Tang Shuai hit the front court with a false sway, deceived Durant, and hit a three-point shot from outside the three-point line.

That's not all, here the Warriors shot iron, and Tang Shuai rushed to the front court and hit a back-to-back shot.

When the Warriors finally won a shot by Curry's strong basket, Tang Shuai turned around and hit another dry shot.

After Westbrook scored 7 points in a row before the timeout, Tang Shuai began to dominate the game after the timeout, scoring 9 points in a row to pull the score away.

In the Western Conference finals last year, it was Tang Shuai's continued play that gave the Warriors enough defensive pressure, which created the classic scene of the tie-break, and now Westbrook has joined, his strength is obviously stronger than Tang Shuai, who is not physically strong.

Coupled with the weakness of the bench, the main team had to play more time, and the Warriors were obviously under-physical in the second half of the final quarter, and Kerr was afraid that the main team would be injured, so when there were 3 minutes left in the game and the team was still 12 points behind, he withdrew the full main team.

This is the end of the game.

The Lakers beat the Warriors 127-112 at home to get the season off to a flying start.

Tang Shuai scored 38 points and 10 assists, Westbrook scored 42 points and 5 assists, and the two combined for 80 points and 15 assists, almost winning the game by the strength of the two.

In the locker room after the game, the Lakers players were in a good mood, except for the first half of the fourth quarter, the whole game can be said to be complete, and even they didn't expect the Warriors to look like this.

"Now, we can think about how to play the Cavaliers!" Stephenson even shouted in the locker room.

The teammates laughed for a while, but they didn't take it to heart.

Tang Shuai is the most calm one among the players, this game is like this, and it does not fully reflect the strength of both sides, on the one hand, because Green was banned and did not play, on the other hand, although the Warriors have an excellent three-point shooting rate, but the shooting rate of the middle distance and interior is only more than 30%, which is obviously not their normal level.

Having played in the league for 2 years, he also knows that the NBA is full of variability, especially between strong teams, maybe you can win this game lightly, and the next game will be tyrannical.

"Russell, your dunk is really cool, when will you teach me to dunk too?" Over there, Knoll was still pulling Westbrook around.

Tang Shuai smiled wryly and shook his head, but at this moment, he noticed that the team's rookie Jeff Stein looked worried, which was a little out of place with the lively atmosphere around him.

He walked over, sat down next to him, and asked with concern, "Jeff, what's wrong?" Everyone is happy, how do you see your sad face? ”

"Huh? Don, it's nothing, I'm just ......" Stein said and stopped.

At this time, several people around him, including Batum, Mike Demott and others, noticed the movement here, and they all turned their heads unconsciously.

"Say, you're afraid we'll eat you?" Tang Shuai said jokingly.

"It's a rookie training exam." Stein spoke.

Hearing what Stein said, Tang Shuai immediately understood.

After entering the league, NBA rookies will conduct a rookie training, including financial management, allocation of life and training time, anti-addiction, etc., the purpose is very simple, that is, to increase the player's self-discipline ability, as well as the ability to distribute property.

Because many NBA players are scumbags in school, training in this area is very necessary.

Stein's situation he knows, both freshmen and sophomores have failed courses, and if it weren't for his basketball talent, he probably wouldn't have graduated from college.

"Tang, I know that Chinese education is very good, why don't you teach Jeff, I see how he is suffering." Mike Dermott spoke.

"Me?" Tang Shuai asked rhetorically, he can, but there must be differences between Chinese and Western education, and whether he can do it well is a big question.

"Russell, why don't you teach him?" Batum called out to Westbrook at this time.

"I can't......" Westbrook waved his hand.

"Don't be modest, I know you, the high school GPA is a pervert of 3.9, if you weren't playing basketball, I guess you'd be a Stanford graduate by now, right?" Batum followed.

After Batum finished speaking, the other players were stunned, and even Tang Shuai showed a surprised gaze, this Westbrook looked at the five big and three rough, and he turned out to be a top student in high school?

"Nicholas, it's easy to be abused if you expose my old bottom like this." Westbrook said with a smile.

This tone, not negated, is acquiesced.

"My good girl, it can't be true, Russell, you are really a scholar, I knew that I knew you earlier!" Stephenson said with a look of amusement.

"Haha......" Knoll and Mike Dermott next to him burst into laughter.

"Don, Russell, the coach told you to go to the press conference." At this moment, a staff member came to the door and shouted.

"Well, we'll talk about it when we get back." Tang Shuai pulled La Westbrook, and the two of them followed out of the locker room.

After walking a little further, Tang Shuai couldn't help but say, "Russell, did you really almost get into Stanford?" ”

Westbrook smiled heartily, nodded and said, "If the coach hadn't discovered me at that time, I would have been preparing to apply for Stanford's university, and my grades at that time were enough to enter Stanford." ”

"It was a real surprise." Tang Shuai said bluntly.

"No surprises." Westbrook suddenly put away his smile and said with a hint of memory, "Education is a very useful thing, and even if I start practicing basketball in high school, I will put myself into studying for the rest of the time." ”

Tang Shuai couldn't help but smile at this time.

"What's wrong?" Westbrook looked at him quizzically.

"I found that our high school life was pretty much the same." Tang Shuai said with a little emotion.

"Really?" Westbrook looked at Tang Shuai suspiciously.

"Yes." Tang Shuai nodded, and then said jokingly, "We are all top students." ”

Westbrook was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh.

Because it was the first press conference of the season, and the team had just won over arch-rivals the Warriors, it attracted an unusually large number of reporters.

"Russell, this is your first time playing for the Lakers, and you scored 42 points in the first game, the highest on the team, which is quite a good performance, are you ready to lead this team to a championship?" As soon as the reporter came up, he asked Westbrook.

"Well, you're half right, we're aiming for the championship, but you're wrong, it's me and Don, and he's one of the big reasons why I chose to join Los Angeles." Westbrook said directly.

"You're saying that Don is why you chose to join the Lakers?" The reporter asked.

Westbrook has not mentioned the reason for joining the Lakers before, and the outside world speculates that it may be because he played at UCLA, and some people say that because Los Angeles is a big city much larger than Oklahoma City, it has more exposure, and there are other theories, but these are only the interface of speculation.

Westbrook smiled bitterly, he found that he was accidentally tricked in, but he didn't deny it, and then said: "When there is a chance to be on the same team as a historical player, no player will refuse, although he has only played in the league for two years, he has proven how far he can lead the team alone, I came here, in fact, just to act as his helper." ”

As soon as he finished saying this, the scene was in an uproar.

Westbrook directly admitted that Tang Shuai was the boss of the team!

Tang Shuai also looked extra surprised, although purely from the perspective of strength, he may be stronger, but Westbrook has been in the league for nine years, and he has already been a superstar, this kind of statement in public is absolutely unprecedented, you must know that even when he was in the Thunder, he never said that Durant was the boss of the team!

The next questions were basically focused on the problem of the game, and compared to the later questions, most people still stayed on Westbrook's sudden statement, and did not relax for a long time.

After the press conference was over, the two of them walked out of the office, and Tang Shuai finally couldn't help but say: "Russell, the thing you said at the press conference earlier is actually ......."

"Actually, what?" Westbrook didn't wait for him to finish, then said, "Actually, there is no need to say that, the team is two of us?" ”

Tang Shuai nodded.

"But am I wrong? I'm here to help you, isn't it? Westbrook said with a smile, and after speaking, Tang Shuai, who was stunned, walked straight back towards the locker room.

Tang Shuai looked at Westbrook's back, came back to his senses after a while, and then couldn't help but shake his head.

This Wei Shao, he thought he already knew a lot, but he found that sometimes he really couldn't understand it.

"Don't think about it." At this moment, Billups also came out of the press conference, he should have heard the conversation between the two, and then said directly, "I think Kevin's matter hit him too hard, next year, it should also be your contract year, right?" ”

Tang Shuai glanced back at Billups in surprise, and then knew the meaning of his words. (To be continued.) )