In this atmosphere of discussion, on December 23, US time, the Clippers welcomed their last opponent before Christmas, the Phoenix Suns.

Because of the public opinion, coupled with the approaching Christmas, most people have already taken the holiday, the attendance rate of the Staples Center is surprisingly high, for basketball fans who are about to celebrate the holidays, every game at this time will be a time to enjoy with the family, just like watching a movie during the Spring Festival in China, not to mention that this game is full of highlights because of the pre-game turmoil.

Fighting at home, Tang Shuai and Booker came to the stadium early to warm up.

NBA pre-game training always attracts a lot of media attention, most of the time they will interview the team's head coach, hoping to get some game-related news before the game, but this time, because of the pre-game video, many reporters immediately surrounded Tang Shuai after seeing him enter the arena.

"Don, what do you think of Suns head coach Hornacek's recent remarks in an interview video?"

"Don, Coach Hornacek said there is a lack of communication between you and your teammates, will you increase the number of passes this game?"

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Several reporters came up and asked questions about a Hornacek video.

Tang Shuai has also seen Hornacek's video, but even if there are a bunch of people @ him on Twitter, he has not expressed any opinion, he has always been bad at and does not like this kind of thing, and positive court response is his usual style.

"Coach Hornacek's advice is very pertinent, but I don't think I'll know until I get to the game." Tang Shuai didn't mean to say much, and walked directly towards the training ground after saying this.

The reporters wanted to ask questions, but were quickly stopped by the staff.

Pre-match interviews are all voluntary, if the players don't want to. Naturally, there will be staff members who stop reporters.

"Booker, let's practice three-pointers." Tang Shuai said a little unpleasantly.

Booker heard this and immediately ran over.

Although Tang Shuai didn't say it on the surface, he was still holding his breath in his heart, so when he shot three points, he worked hard, and the sound of "swish" continued to echo in the empty arena for a while.

Most of the players' training will not be open to the public, and this is the first time that Tang Shuai has thrown three points in front of the media. All of a sudden, the reporters were dumbfounded.

Someone wanted to take out his mobile phone to record it, but he was quickly organized by the staff next to him, so in the end, he could only watch, but he could only watch and do nothing.

Even Booker was stupid, he had never seen Tang Shuai throw three points like this before, and it was continuous, to say that he was also a master of shooting three points, but it was really the first time he had seen such an accurate one.

After throwing a lap, I felt that my arm was a little hot. Tang Shuai stopped, and then beckoned Booker to break through.

Booker was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses, and then ran over immediately, this unexpected scene made him unconsciously feel a little more awe of Tang Shuai in his heart.

As time went by, players and spectators came to the stadium one after another, and many people arrived at the stadium wearing new clothes bought for Christmas, and the whole stadium was crowded with people, and there was a little more festive atmosphere.

However, what is a little different from this festive atmosphere is the look of both teams. From the coach to the players, all of them have a lot of energy on their faces. It can be guessed that because of the pre-game video, the coaches of both sides must have mobilized the players before the game, and they all wanted to win the game to prove themselves.

When Tang Shuai first stepped into the NBA, the domestic TV media had already started broadcasting all the games related to Tang Shuai, even if some CCTV did not broadcast them, Tencent Sports also arranged the live broadcast early.

This game. Because of the time conflict of the game, CCTV wanted to broadcast the game between the Cavaliers and the Warriors, so this game was not transferred, but was broadcast by Tencent Sports.

Tencent's commentators are Ke Fan, a former famous Sina commentator, and Yang Yi, a guest.

"Mr. Yang Yi, the highlights of this game can be said to be a bit much. The two teams just made a deal not long ago, this deal is still three-way, the Clippers' Redick went to the Suns, and the Suns' Booker went to the Clippers. Ke Fan's commentary style is humorous and undisciplined, which is very popular with the audience, and he turned his head to look at Yang Yi with his trademark smile at this time.

"Well, we all know that Tang Shuai is getting better and better in the NBA, and the progress is also very obvious, what Redick can do, Tang Shuai is just as capable, and he can do it better." Yang Yi explained.

"Well, so Tang Shuai and Redick can be regarded as teammates and opponents, and their matchup will definitely have a lot of cremation, and many of our audience friends also know that not long ago, the head coach of the Suns, Hornacek, is the head coach who has a very beautiful daughter."

Yang Yi couldn't help but laugh.

"Huh? I'm not wrong, right? Ke Fan turned his head and asked.

"That's right, that's right." Yang Yi said with a smile.

Ke Fan couldn't help but laugh and continued: "I said this daughter, mainly to increase everyone's association, we all know that this Chinese fan friend likes beautiful women, and they all say that my fair lady is a gentleman, and the gentleman is easy to beg, that is, the father of this beauty, the head coach of the Suns, Hornacek, said in an interview with the media that Tang Shuai is not worth defending, and also said that Tang Shuai has not learned how to be a starter, what do you think about this matter, Mr. Yang Yi?" ”

"I think Hornacek is right." Yang Yi smashed his mouth and said meaningfully.

"Huh? What did Mr. Yang Yi say? Ke Fan looked at Yang Yi with some surprise, you must know that the current domestic public opinion is all condemnation of Hornacek.

"Actually, it's two questions." Yang Yi stroked his eyes and continued, "First of all, we have to see clearly, the Clippers are better than the Suns in terms of strength on the books and actual records, so when Hornacek said this, he was actually cheering up the team. ”

"I agree with what Mr. Yang Yi said." Ke Fan echoed and said.

"That's right, that's it, you said if you were to change to me, or you would be the head coach......"

"I can't do this, I can't be a head coach with a fat body......" Ke Fan immediately said with a smile.

"I mean what if......"

"Well, what if." Ke Fan nodded and said.

"If you are the head coach and your team is not as strong as others, when the reporter interviews you, you can't say, no, I can't beat this team, we will definitely lose, this is obviously not appropriate, right?" Yang Yi asked rhetorically.

"Eh, Mr. Yang Yi is right, we usually play like this, no matter if we play or not, we must not lose in this momentum."

"That's right, it's the momentum, especially the head coach, you can't lose in terms of momentum." Yang Yi said with great satisfaction.

"Well, what about the second question? What does Mr. Yang Yi think? Hornacek is right, too? Ke Fan said and looked at Yang Yi, this second question is, of course, related to Tang Shuai. (To be continued.) )