3 points and 2 assists, which was the statistical contribution of Tang Shuai in less than 5 minutes of play, but his performance was not able to continue, and in the second quarter or so, the Clippers entered the team's roster rotation, and he was replaced by Reaves Jr.

Tang Shuai was a little depressed, but Reeves was the coach, and he could only get off the court.

Somewhat annoyed, he walked to the bench, and Paul stood up from the back row and patted him on the shoulder.

Tang Shuai turned around and saw Paul smile and said: "Don, you performed great, don't be frustrated, don't worry, there will definitely be a chance to play in the second half." ”

Tang Shuai smiled bitterly and nodded, if it was Paul who replaced him now, he would have no complaints at all, but Little Reeves's words, how could he be happy in his heart.

Paul comforted him a few more times, and then sat back.

He turned his head and looked at the court, where the Clippers were five points behind when he came off the court, and the margin was still within the playable range.

After Reeves Jr. came on the court, he successfully scored 2 points with a breakthrough, which was considered to save some face for his previous performance, but then he ate a foul in the defensive round, and he chased the referee and chattered, and soon ate a technical foul.

The Clippers were in a rhythm, but were interrupted by this technical foul, and the Hornets took advantage of the momentum to play a wave of 12:2 offensive climax, expanding the difference to 15 points in one fell swoop.

At halftime, a simple guest visit was held on the spot to alleviate the situation, Yu Jia and Yang Yi both went down to the court from the studio, and conducted a short interview with Jordan and Yi Jianlian who were present, and then invited two people to participate in the game of long-distance shooting in the middle of the field.

Returning in the second half, the Clippers' offense improved slightly, Griffin changed the offensive method, using more mid-range shots, the Hornets were a little caught off guard, led by Griffin's 8 points and 4 assists in this quarter, the Clippers slowly caught up with the point difference, and when they entered the rotation, the difference between the two sides was narrowed to 6 points.

As Paul expected, Don Shuai, who performed well in the first half, finally replaced Prigioni and got the chance to play first.

However, after playing this time, he was targeted by Jeremy Lin, and it can be clearly seen that the Hornets made targeted defensive deployment for him in the middle of the court, and waited until he was replaced in the fourth quarter, and the playing time of nearly ten minutes, 3 points and 1 assist can only be regarded as unsatisfactory.

The game on the field is still going on, but Tang Shuai is already reflecting on his previous performance on the field at this time.

In the league, there is a well-known name called the "rookie wall", which refers to the rookies who are very good at performing after a bad performance, and then they slump and perform poorly, some rookies can come out of the league through adjustments, and some people fade out of the league, from hoping that the new star will become the object of people's sighs.

Tang Shuai's previous understanding of the rookie wall only existed in theory, and he didn't have a deep understanding, but in the first and second halves just now, he suddenly had a further understanding of the word.

Before a potential rookie enters the league, although he has been studied by many scouts, but when he really plays, the players opposite him basically don't know anything about him, which also leads to his ability to fully play his technical characteristics at the beginning, so as to achieve an excellent appearance, but after a continuous excellent performance, the teams will naturally study him, and the defensive pressure and defensive pertinence he is subjected to will naturally increase geometrically, and hitting the rookie wall has almost become an inevitable fact.

Tang Shuai's performance just now is certainly not a rookie wall, but the essence is actually similar, and the Hornets' targeted defense is the best proof of this.

Although he has not used Maddy's dry bag in this game, he has realized that the NBA is much more difficult than he expected, and as a guard, if you want to get a foothold, you must constantly enrich your offensive tools, and the skill pack he has now is far from enough for him to get a foothold.

His sense of urgency grew stronger.

The game on the court continued, the competition between the Clippers and the Hornets has entered the white heat, Griffin just hit a mid-range shot, chasing the difference to only 2 points, Jefferson turned back to face Jordan Jr. is a light hook hand, once again stabilize the situation, here Pierce big heart three-point shot killed, there Walker in the face of Reaves Jr. is a light breakthrough, the layup is also caused by the latter's foul.

Tang Shuai looked at the fierce game on the field, nervous and annoyed in his heart, the moment he saw Walker's goal, the whole person couldn't stop trembling, he looked up at the score on the field, 4 points, there is less than one minute left in the game, if this penalty is also scored, the game is basically announced to end early, but he can't help much, so he can only sit on the field and do it in a hurry.

"Toot!"

At this moment, the prompt on the technical desk sounded, and Reaves Jr., who was originally annoyed and walked outside the three-point line, was stunned, and then found that the technical staff signaled to him that he had committed 6 fouls.

Reeves Jr. was stunned for a moment, but seeing the technician's affirmative expression, he could only shake his head and walk away.

Reeves obviously didn't expect Reeves Jr. to graduate so quickly, and it wasn't until Reeves Jr. was off the field that he got up from the coach's bench and shouted at the bench on the right: "Don! ”

Tang Shuai was watching, and he didn't react when he saw Little Reeves coming down, and when he saw Reeves calling him, he understood what was going on when he came back, quickly took off his clothes, and then walked on the field.

The audience on the sidelines saw Tang Shuai appear again, and suddenly burst into a burst of enthusiastic cheers.

Tang Shuai took a deep breath, and then patted his chest violently, originally he didn't expect that he would be able to play after being replaced, this sudden opportunity caught him a little off guard, but when he really walked on the court, he heard the cheers from the fans around him, and he suddenly became excited again.

With Paul injured and Reaves Jr. fouled six, it's really hard to have a second chance like this.

Walker then walked back to the free throw line, and the referee made a "1" gesture to him to signal a free throw.

Tang Shuai saw that Walker was about to make a free throw, and kept silently thinking in his heart not to score.

"Boom!"

Maybe it was Tang Shuai's prayer that worked, Walker in the previous 6 free throws, this time the free throws jumped out of the basket, the basketball was jumped high by Griffin, grabbed it into his hand, and after observing for a while, he found Tang Shuai who was standing one step inside the three-point line, and then handed the ball over.

The moment Tang Shuai received the ball, Jeremy Lin instinctively posted it, and the position he stood was between Tang Shuai and Redick, cutting off the passing route at once, and it could be seen that not only the Hornets had a special deployment, but even he himself had studied Tang Shuai carefully.