This was Kassel's first season in charge of the Clippers, and in the absence of Greenfin and Paul, he not only led the team to win the first round against the Rockets, but also bloodied the defending champions in the first game of the semifinals, which was definitely a strong stroke in his coaching career.

And the person who is more brilliant than Kassel is naturally Tang Shuai, as a rookie who was selected with the fifteenth pick, his playoff journey can be described as fantastic, and his score remained around 20 points in the first two games of the first round when Paul and Griffin were both on the floor, which is good but can only be regarded as decent compared to his regular season performance.

And after Paul and Griffin were injured one after another, Tang Shuai completely went berserk, relying on his own strength to carry the team forward, 26 points and 9 assists in the battle of Tianwang Mountain, 39 points and 5 assists in the sixth game, to 43 points and 7 assists against the Warriors, his performance is constantly rising, and this increase is gradual, it can be clearly seen that he is becoming more and more adaptable to the core role.

Especially in the just-concluded battle, the opponent is the Warriors team who have just broken the best record in history, although Curry is absent, but the strength is definitely above this Clippers team, but Tang Shuai was stunned to decide the trend of the game in one quarter of the game, and he became famous in this game.

"It's really a historic moment, and if you ask me when I've seen such a phenomenal performance, then I'd say it's the AI of 2001, although it was an opponent, but I have to praise that fighter, and now it's clear that a new fighter has appeared before our eyes." O'Neill said bluntly on the T.N.T. show.

"Maybe I'm one of the luckiest players because I'm still on the scene after I retire and I'm here to watch a great game like this, the Warriors are great. They were able to play flawlessly attacking and cohesive without their star in the game, and they should have won the game if nothing else. But in fact, there was an accident in this game, and Don changed the game by relying on the ability of one person. Oh my God, a rookie scored 43 points against the defending champions, and even 28 points in the first quarter, which is really not a dream! Miller has shown some loss of composure on ESPN's daily show, knowing that he's the only one who thinks the Clippers might win the game.

"My players played great, but the form of the players is not something I can decide, I can only say that the Clippers' Don tonight was historic, and I expect him to play like this in the next game, so maybe we can play more well." Cole at a press conference. commented on Tang Shuai.

This is the reaction of the media and celebrities, Tang Shuai and the Clippers proved themselves with practical actions, and also made their attitude change 180 degrees.

This verifies that the world is never without doubts, and doubts can always be eliminated by facts.

After the end of the game, there was chaos in the visiting dressing room, with the players celebrating wildly and venting wantonly, most of them. Before the game, they didn't think it was possible to win, and even if it weren't for Tang Shuai's pre-game mobilization, they might have given up the game, but it turned out that there was nothing impossible in this world. And when people accomplish things that they thought were impossible, it is impossible to remain calm.

Tang Shuai was obviously the focus of celebration, and all kinds of champagne sprayed directly on him. It felt like winning the championship.

He was drenched all over, but he was also very excited. Without Green and Griffin, the current Clippers team is only Jordan Jr. To be able to defeat the defending champion in such a full-court manner is not much different from the meaning of winning the championship.

After the celebration, he took Su Mei to the hotel where he stayed, and at this time, he had time to pick up his mobile phone, and there were forty or fifty text messages as soon as he prompted, which directly startled him, and opened it to see, there were all kinds of people, including Iverson and Kobe Bryant, who he knew about retiring stars not long ago, as well as Miller, Olajuwon, who had been retired for a long time, and even team general managers like Anji and Kupchak, and what surprised him the most was that Jordan, the "God of Basketball", also sent him a message.

You'll grow into a star in the league and stay motivated.

The content of the message was short, but Jordan's encouragement and appreciation could be felt through the words.

Putting down the phone, Tang Shuai turned his head to look at Su Mei, who was already asleep beside him, kissed her lightly on the forehead, and then lay down and fell asleep.

The Clippers' win over the Warriors was an absolute shock, and for the Warriors, a complete defeat cast a shadow over their title defense, and there are even rumors that Curry is ready to return in the next game.

The Warriors with and without Curry are two very different teams, and the real challenge is coming soon for Tang Shuai and the Clippers.

And just when the NBA playoffs were in full swing, the Chinese men's national basketball team also announced the training list for the Olympic Games, and the names of Tang Shuai and Zhou Qi were impressively listed.

The men's basketball training list is reported in batches, the first batch of personnel has been reported, and the second batch will also be reported before May 4, Tang Shuai and Zhou Qi are in the third batch, and the reporting time is May 10.

Tang Shuai is playing in the playoffs, and it is obviously unrealistic to report it, and the actual meaning of this list announcement is actually to tell fans that Tang Shuai will participate in the Olympics in Rio, Brazil.

When this news broke out, it immediately caused a great sensation in China.

After Tang Shuai played such a shocking performance in the NBA, fans' expectations for the national team's performance in the Olympics have skyrocketed, and many fans have even begun to look forward to the moment when Tang Shuai led the Chinese team to create the best record in history.

In the 2008 Olympic Games, the Chinese men's basketball team led by Yao Ming played well and finally reached the quarterfinals, tying the best result in history, but unfortunately failed to take the latest step in the end.

For domestic public opinion, Tang Shuai seems very calm, the national team is not as good as the NBA, the level of his teammates is not at the same level, and if he wants to perform well, it is not useful for him to play alone. In the NBA, he has teammates to help him wipe his ass on the defensive end, but the national team is not so good. So compared to the optimism of the fans, he still has a calm heart.

In fact, he has paid limited attention to this aspect. I just talked to Duffy once, and then I was back focused on the series.

The Warriors have the league's best regular season record, so they will have home-court advantage in all series, and the same is true for the series against the Clippers, who have been in Golden State for two games over three days.

Su Mei originally wanted to accompany Tang Shuai, but she received a call from UCLA early the next morning and had to rush back to school early.

Although I am reluctant, I can't help it. After Tang Shuai sent Su Mei away, he then turned around and went to train with the team.

With the big win in the first game, the morale of the team was greatly boosted, but the momentum of the players in training was completely different, and in the words of Billups, this is the qualitative change of the team.

Tang Shuai saw it in his eyes, and he was also overjoyed in his heart, when the Asian Championships were held, China played the South Korean team. After coming from a nearly 20-point deficit to win the Chinese team, the whole team changed qualitatively and won the championship in one fell swoop, and now the Clippers team has obviously undergone similar changes.

And just before the second match between the two sides. The first round of the playoffs in the East had all ended the day before, with the Raptors and Heat beating their opponents at home to advance to the semifinals. In this way, the teams in the top half of the East and West all won the series. It is a very rare scene in recent years.

At the same time, the semifinals between the Thunder and the Spurs were also played, and the Spurs' new signing, Aldridge, went on a complete rampage. Knocking out Serge Ibaka completely dominated the game and helped the Spurs win their first win of the series.

If nothing else, the Spurs, who have the best record in franchise history, will have a spot in the Western Conference Finals.

And the day after the Spurs-Thunder game, the second game between the Clippers and Warriors was soon played at Oracle Center.

Contrary to the pre-game rumors, Curry did not start the game, and he did not even make it to the team's activation list, still sitting on the sidelines in a suit.

Kerr is also bold enough, even if the big score is a fiasco, even in such a critical game, Curry has not fully recovered, he still will not let him play.

As in the previous game, Tang Shuai used a single activation package at the beginning, and he was on the offensive end, scoring 27 points in a single quarter again, helping the team lead by as many as 19 points in the first quarter.

Everything seems to be going according to the script of the first game, but the only difference is that Kerr has made adjustments in tactical defense, he removed Barnes and replaced Iguodala as a starter, in order to protect Thompson, he let Iguodala directly opposite Tang Shuai, although he also failed to limit the rampaging Tang Shuai, but he controlled Thompson's foul very well.

After the first quarter, Thompson was stunned that there was not a single foul, but the difference between these two fouls made the game between the two sides in the next three quarters fundamentally change from before.

Tang Shuai's breakthrough is still sharp, but it is obviously weaker than when using a single consumption pack, which was observed by Kerr at a glance, so he began to resolutely use Iguodala's single-defense defense mode against Tang Shuai, and focused his defensive efforts on the other four offensive points of the Clippers.

At the same time, after Thompson controlled the number of fouls, he was able to stay on the court all the time, so that the Warriors' offensive firepower was much better than the first game, so the second three quarters of the game completely became the Warriors' chasing point show.

Tang Shuai broke through sharply and kept scoring, but the other four points were limited to death, while the Warriors were full of firepower, and the points were almost forced to get closer.

It is difficult for a team to win with just one scoring point, which can be seen from the original game in which Kobe Bryant scored 81 points in a single game and finally lost, and Kerr obviously knew this, so his decision was quite decisive and quite correct.

In the fourth quarter of the game, the Clippers' lead had been completely erased, and in the second half of the fourth quarter, when Tang Shuai's physical strength had begun to gradually become a little exhausted, the Warriors began to pull away little by little.

110-104, the Warriors finally defeated the Clippers without danger, won the second round of the series between the two sides, and tied the overall score at 1-1.

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