Chapter 255: First Appearance!
Before the start of the game, the news of Tang Shuai's start had been rumored early, for Clippers fans, Tang Shuai, a rookie, seemed to have become their baby, plus the opponent was a strong Grizzlies, the attendance rate of this game was only high.
During the warm-up before the game, Tang Shuai saw the Chinese fans who supported him again, and the scale was even much larger than before, with one or twenty people, and the big-headed KT board was still the same, but the size was twice as large as before, and it took several people to lift it, and I don't know how they brought it into the hall.
After a brief warm-up, the Clippers' home introduction ceremony officially began.
When the lights went out, Tang Shuai, who was sitting on the bench, looked nervous, and his heart was already pounding.
"Relax, don't be nervous." Seeing Tang Shuai's nervous expression, Paul reached out and patted him.
Tang Shuai smiled, and then took a deep breath, NBA starter, this once unattainable thing is now close at hand, he didn't feel anything when he warmed up just now, but when it really came to this moment, how could he not be excited and nervous in his heart.
“amazing! it’s。 amazing……”
"Los Angeles~~ Clippers!"
Accompanied by a familiar "amazing" melody, the live DJ shouted out the name of the Clippers.
Tang Shuai's heart suddenly jumped to his throat with the shout, and his head was blank when he "buzzed".
"Tang Shuai~~"
The first name shouted by the DJ on the scene was Tang Shuai's.
Tang Shuai instinctively jumped up from the bench, and then ran towards the field quickly.
At this moment, the 3D projection is onto the floor. It shows Tang Shuai's wonderful performance in the previous games, with accurate three points. Nice foot moves, explosive dunks. The messy picture is a little dizzy.
The fans at the scene suddenly let out a burst of excited cheers, and the deafening decibels were almost catching up with the previous time when Paul was introduced to the game, especially those Chinese who were holding Tang Shuai's KT board, and they were writhing wildly, and they used all their strength to eat.
Although Tang Shuai is only a rookie, the level of love for him from these fans in Los Angeles can be reflected in this cheer, just like they treated Griffin at the beginning.
The live DJ paused. It seems that the reaction of the fans at the scene was beyond his imagination.
Tang Shuai was also a little stunned, he didn't expect the audience to be so enthusiastic.
But in the next second, he stretched out his hand to make a flying kiss to the audience, and then his teammates high-fived, jumping around like a child.
The cheers of the fans at the stadium were even louder.
"Don seems to be very popular." Paul turned to Griffin.
"You see, I'm so happy with him." Griffin said with the same smile.
ran until the end, and Tang Shuai's excited mood stabilized a little.
That's when the DJ came to his senses and started introducing his next player.
Brewer, Jordan Jr., Griffin and Paul were introduced one after another, and by the time Paul was introduced. The cheers of the fans at the scene surpassed Tang Shuai.
Tang Shuai clenched his fists, and the whole person was extremely excited, although this cheer does not represent the strength of the players, but at least it proves that after more than half a year's efforts. He's already established himself in the NBA.
After the introduction, the starters of both sides stood on the field, and the game was about to officially start.
Tang Shuai took a deep breath. Watch the referee walk from the sideline to the center of the field with the ball.
It wasn't his first start, in the final game of pre-season. He also started the game, but at that time it was obviously not comparable to now. After all, there is still an essential difference between the regular season and the preseason, and nearly 20,000 pairs of eyes were staring at the field, and he felt that his whole breathing became short.
The referee reached out to Jordan Jr. and Marc Gasol for a gesture, then doubled the ball and threw it into the air.
With a burst of excited cheers from the fans, Jordan Jr. and Gasol jumped up, and the game between the two sides officially began!
Tang Shuai took a deep breath, glanced at the basketball in the air, and then took a long breath.
"Smack!"
Gasol Jr. is tall and has long arms, and he pressed Jordan Jr. to pull the ball back into the Grizzlies half.
For the first time, Tang Shuai saw Little Jordan fail to jump the ball.
The Grizzlies got their first offense.
"Get moving! Move it! Paul used his shouts to keep the players focused on the field.
Tang Shuai glanced at Tony Allen who ran over, slapped his chest, and then quickly stepped back.
The Grizzlies have maintained the starting lineup for the last few games, putting last season's starter, the "Black Bear" Randolph who has just returned from injury, on the bench, and Jeff Green on the starting four, and the other positions have remained the same as before, Conley, Allen, Lee, and Gasol Jr. are the Grizzlies' regular starters.
Basketball has entered the 21st century, especially in recent years, it can be said that small ball is prevalent, all teams emphasize playing fast, relying on fast offense to solve problems, the past complex tactics such as triangle offense, Princeton offense gradually do not adapt, the Warriors won the championship is accelerated this trend.
But the Grizzlies are doing the opposite, their autumn style of play is even the kind of play in the 90s of the last century, playing positions one by one, and then constantly fighting with you on the defensive end, even if you can't win, you will definitely take off a layer of skin.
With the ball in front of the court, Gasol Jr. stopped at the free-throw line, and after Conley handed the ball in, the others began to cut back and forth.
Several members of the Grizzlies team kept cutting back and forth frequently, and from time to time they blocked and dismantled without the ball, accompanied by bursts of muscle collisions.
Tang Shuai was hit twice by Green and Li in succession, although he had a purple power pack, he also felt very uncomfortable.
Fortunately, Cassel pulled the players to remind the Grizzlies of their style of play after the morning practice, and the Clippers players were not messed up.
Gasol Jr. saw that his teammates had no chance, so he directly turned around and hit his back, followed by a floating toss, and did not manage how far the basket was.
The result can be imagined, when Jordan Jr. reached out to interfere, the rebound was grabbed by Griffin.
The Clippers defended the Grizzlies' first offense, and the crowd erupted in cheers.
"The Clippers are very well prepared for this game, and it looks like they are going to have to play the game." Don McClean, a commentator from ESPN, couldn't help but sigh when he saw the Clippers' first-round performance.
"Don, don't say it too soon, the Grizzlies aren't the kind of team that relies on offense to win." McLean's partner, Ralph Lawler, the commentator who once commented on the Spurs-Grizzlies game in '13, said that he had witnessed firsthand how the Grizzlies nearly pulled the Spurs down.
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