The Rockets are not the Spurs and do not have too many defensive formations. When Tang Shuai's attacking ability has exceeded Beverly's defensive ability, they immediately fell into trouble on the defensive end. With Tang Shuai's sudden pass combined, the score on the court was quickly widened a little bit.

56 to 41, by halftime, the Clippers had already widened the gap to 15 points.

With so many leads in the first half, the media and commentators chose to remain silent. The Clippers' performance slapped them in the face. Paul was absent or two consecutive losses, and no matter how realistic it is, it is no longer a reason.

The most embarrassing thing is Lao Bali. Others are fine. After all, the comments are posted online or by the media. At this time, he chose to remain silent and not speak. But he was on the scene, and at the beginning, he also said that Tang Shuai was too young and did not know how to control the rhythm. Tang Shuai was able to switch points and assists at random in a blink of an eye. The Clippers' lead was all due to him. Not only did he not say anything on his face, but he could not leave on the scene, which really felt like he was feeling uncomfortable.

However, Kassel had never been calm before. He kept reminding the players at halftime, and after that, he pulled Tang Shuai and asked him to lower the pace of the game, which seemed very cautious.

Tang Shuai listened carefully. The Battle of Tianwang Mountain was too critical. Although the Rockets were behind, it was impossible for them to give up so easily.

When he came back in the second half, Bickstaff once again made adjustments to the lineup. He replaced Ariza and replaced Beasley. His intention was quite obvious, and he wanted to play against you.

Cassel and Billups both looked solemn about this change in Bickstaff. They naturally knew what the weakness of the lineup was. The offensive and defensive balance of this lineup. Although Pierce is a little older, it is not a problem to support for a few minutes, but Paul is not there. Brewer mentioned that the actual function of the shooting guard is defense and pick-and-roll. If it is an attack, it is difficult to gain any advantage.

The two people's worries were not unreasonable. When they came back in the second half, amid the cheers of the audience, Tang Shuai was still unstoppable. They either entered the inside and scored wonderfully, or passed their teammates to score in seconds, but the Rockets were not showing any weakness at all. Harden and Beasley were all firepower.

After two or three minutes of the game, the score difference was narrowed to ten. Even Tang Shuai himself didn't feel it. It was not until Kassel called a timeout that he realized the problem when he saw the score of 66 to 56 on the court.

After all, he didn't play many games, so he was taken over at the rhythm.

"We need to stabilize the rhythm, don't worry, it doesn't matter if they have the points they deserve, but we must stabilize the rhythm, stabilize the rhythm, and maintain the lead. We will win the game!" The noise at the scene was deafening, and Kassel raised his voice and shouted loudly to the players.

"Keep this rhythm, run, run more, and change faster offense and defense, and work harder, we will catch up with the score soon!" Bixtaff, the Rockets' bench, was also roaring loudly.

After the timeout, the competition between the two teams became more and more intense. One wanted to be fast and the other wanted to be slow. Both sides wanted to bring the other into their own rhythm. The defensive confrontation became more and more intense. All the fights were hand-to-hand combat.

The team members' physical strength was consumed rapidly in this almost naked fight, and their hit rate also dropped rapidly.

From the third quarter, until the main players of both sides were replaced, the scores of both sides were still single digits.

Tang Shuai wiped the sweat from his forehead. When he was about to leave, he turned to look at the scoreboard on the sidelines.

72 to 62, the difference between the two sides is still 10 points. Although both sides don’t score much, as Kassel imagined, lowering the pace of the game and maintaining the lead is the best situation for the Clippers.

"Ahem..."

When he was about to reach the sidelines, he couldn't help but cough and took a few breaths before he recovered.

His physical strength was almost exhausted in just half a quarter. Although he now has Iverson's exclusive Ai Osover package, his physical fitness is completely incomparable to Iverson who averaged more than 40 minutes per game.

The physical energy consumption of a player on the court is directly related to the team's status. He goes from role players to rotation, and then from the sixth man to one of the cores. He consumes more and more physical energy on the court. In previous games, there were times when there were times when there were physical weakness, but he could barely support it. However, once he encountered a particularly fierce game, the physical energy consumption in a short period of time made him seem unable to do so.

It seems that he must find a way to practice this offseason, which is also the most basic and important requirement for a core player.

The good news is that Procopio has agreed to be his personal trainer during the offseason, and this problem should be solved at that time.

"Are you okay?" Billups asked when he saw that his face was not very good.

"It's okay, I just didn't get it right in one breath." Tang Shuai took a deep breath and barely squeezed out a smile and said.

"Well, sit and rest for a while." Billups nodded.

When Tang Shuai sat down, he turned around and talked about physical fitness with Kassel.

Kassel nodded from time to time. Obviously, after experiencing Paul's injury, he had a new understanding of this aspect and listened to Bilups' suggestions in this aspect more.

The Clippers have been playing with the rhythm. The Rockets scored as hard as squeezing toothpaste, and they couldn't beat the counterattack at all. Although the score difference is sometimes close, it is really limited.

By the beginning of the fourth quarter, Kassel replaced all the main players, and the Rockets seemed a little overwhelmed.

Tang Shuai took the ball to the frontcourt and took over Green's pick-and-roll. He hit the earth and passed through Capela's crotch and passed it to Jordan Jordan at the basket in seconds. Jordan Jordan pulled it out into a beast-like violent frame.

That's not all. The Rockets counterattacked quickly. Harden, who had made a whole game, was finally a little tired. The jump shot with a step back was obviously shorter. Jordan Jr. grabbed the rebound and handed it to Tang Shuai for advancement. Tang Shuai directly passed the ball across the game to Griffin who had not come back. Griffin had no defense and directly dunked with a one-handed dunk, pushing the atmosphere of the entire arena to the highest point.

By the time Griffin dunked the ball, with 5 minutes left in the game, the Clippers had already expanded their lead to 18 points, and the Rockets were unable to make it happen.

At this time, Kassel replaced the substitute in advance.

The Rockets still did not give up. The main players scored several goals in a row to recover some games, but they fought too fiercely in this game, and the Clippers' substitutes played one by one with a rhythm, and they didn't even have a chance.

98 to 86, after a fierce battle, the Clippers were generally regarded by the media and the outside world, almost defeated the Rockets in the whole game, winning this critical battle of the King of Heaven.

The Rockets cannot be said to have played badly in this game. Harden made 11 of 22 shots and scored 30 points and 6 assists, and even the surprise Beasley made 7 of 15 shots and scored 17 points. However, Tang Shuai's sudden outrage was the biggest winner of the game. He relied on his own to directly break through the Rockets' defensive formation formed by fighting spirit. The defense lost its previous power, and it was reasonable for the Rockets to lose.

In fact, Tang Shuai's data in this game is not outstanding. His 26-point score is almost the same as the first two games, but the biggest difference is his assists. 9 assists do not fully explain his role. Many goals in sports games are divided from him and then scored in the ball. This has a lot of indirect relationship with him.

Under his leadership, Griffin, Booker and Smith all scored in double digits. Griffin even made 12 of 20 shots in the game, including 6 jump shots from the free throw line alone, scoring the team's highest 30 points and 6 rebounds. It was impossible to tell that he was playing with injuries.

When the final whistle sounded, Tang Shuai held his hands high and looked up at the ribbons in the sky, feeling a little uncontrollable and excited.

This game was of great significance to him. With Paul absent, he perfectly completed the character and proved that he was capable of becoming one of the core team.

I believe that after this game, some teams will definitely be ready to move during the offseason.

The playoffs are a big stage, and after many players have proved themselves here, their future will become completely different.

In the locker room after the game, the players were playing loudly in the shower room. It was obvious that winning the game at home was of great significance to everyone, especially in this situation where they were not favored.

Paul smiled and entered the locker room.

Tang Shuai had already taken a shower and was wearing clothes at this moment. When he saw Paul, he put on his clothes casually, and smiled and came with a hug.

"Good job." Paul said as his shoulders staggered.

Tang Shuai nodded with a smile, then pulled Paul down and took care of his hand injuries.

After a while, the other players of the Clippers had already taken a shower and looked extremely happy when they saw Paul shouting and hugging him.

"Hey, guys." After all the hugs with the others, Paul suddenly raised his voice and shouted.

Everyone looked at Paul.

Paul's eyes were a little wet at this time.

"Guys, you are all the best athletes on this planet. I really don't know how to use words to describe my inner emotions." Paul was a little excited.

"cp3, you are one of us." Griffin said at this time.

"Yes, I am." Paul choked and said, nodding hard, "It feels very uncomfortable to be on the court, but looking at your hard work and hard work, I think no matter what the result is, you are the best."

"We are." Griffin said as he came up and gave Paul a hug.

"For CP3, for Los Angeles." Tang Shuai said at this time, put his hand in front of him.

The team members then put their hands on his hands.

"Next game, victory!" Tang Shuai shouted.

"Victory!" the team members shouted in unison.

Paul's eyes were red, he pressed his fist hard, and nodded firmly.
Chapter completed!