After hearing this, Tang Shuai felt relieved. It was obviously impossible to recover after losing his close relative. This took time to slowly dilute it, but if you know how to eat, there would be no major problems.●⌒,.

When he arrived at the training hall of Toyota Center, he did not go to train immediately, but instead pulled Pierce to talk about the team's morale alone.

Paul and Griffin are not on the team, and at this time the only one who can speak is Pierce.

The two of them chatted for a while, and they both felt it was necessary to hold a player meeting in response to the current low morale.

After a simple warm-up training, Pierce quickly summoned the team members to the video conference room next door.

Unlike before, the players participating in the player meeting this time are not just the core, but everyone.

In fact, after Mobamot, Paul and Griffin were injured one after another, the remaining 11 people were all activated. At this time, there was no question of who could not play.

Fringe people like Brandon Dawson and CJ Wilcox have been participating in a player meeting for the first time, and the excitement on their faces is uncontrollable.

However, due to the absence of Paul and Griffin, most people had a hint of frustration and worry in their faces.

"Today, we're bringing everyone together for the evening game." Pierce sat in the queue and said the first to speak.

Pierce said the first sentence, but did not continue. Instead, he pointed at Tang Shuai and said, "Tang."

Player meetings are different from locker rooms. In the locker room, the person who speaks the most is the locker room leader, but during the player meetings, the person who speaks the most is the person with the highest status in the team.

After Paul and Griffin were absent, Shuai Tang and Jordan Jr. are the second most current team. Jordan Jordan is not the kind of person who is good at speaking. Shuai Tang showed his ability in this area at the previous player meeting, so this time it naturally fell on him.

The teammates had no objection to this. Not to mention anything else, it was just the performance in the last game. Tang Shuai had won everyone's respect.

"Now, almost everyone thinks we will be out, including well-known commentators like Reggie Miller, Rick Barry, Charles Barkley, as well as large magazines like Sports Illustrated, and even ourselves." As soon as Tang Shuai spoke, he said naked and naked, which immediately attracted the attention of other teammates.

"A team lacks the core of the outside and the core of the inside. Yes, such a team. What else does he hope to continue playing in the playoffs? Even if they still have faith and courage, they can only play the battle of honor, battle of dignity, and the word victory will no longer have anything to do with them." Tang Shuai said.

The team members didn't say anything, what Tang Shuai said was the inner thoughts of most of them. Without Paul and Griffin, what's the use of their efforts?

"But is this really the case?" Tang Shuai suddenly asked.

"Look at the Warriors. After they were missing Stephen, they still swept the Mavericks. They were arrogant and Stephen could not play. Draymond, Clay, and Harrison all stood up to share the pressure. They did not stop moving forward because of anyone's fall."

"They are the defending champions." Wilcox murmured in a low voice at this time.

Tang Shuai heard it, but did not refute it immediately, and continued: "Perhaps some people would say that it is because they are the defending champions and they are the team that made history."

When Tang Shuai said this, the team members looked at him with their eyes fixed on him. Wilcox nodded unconsciously.

"Yes, they are, they are the Warriors, but guys. Have you forgotten that we are the only team in the league that defeated them twice!" Tang Shuai's next sentence was full of lethality, and immediately woke the players up.

Yes! The Warriors lost 9 games this season, 2 of which were lost to the Clippers, one game at the beginning of the season and one at the end of the season.

"Yes. We lost CP3, but we won the last game, we lost Blake, but in the regular season, we had nearly fifteen games that we won in the absence of Griffin. Are we weak? Are we really having them, or are we as weak as we think?"

The team members were silent. All Tang Shuai said was true. Many people couldn't help asking themselves, are they really unable to win?

"Are we really not able to win? Why can't we win?" Tang Shuai asked two more questions.

"Don't think about the next round, don't worry about the Jinzhou people, let's focus all our attention on tonight's game! Guys!" Tang Shuai said.

"For the CP3 who has been sitting on the sidelines for two games, for Blake who will sit with us at night, for those who dislike us, and for ourselves, I will do my best to win this game." Tang Shuai swept his teammates around and said firmly.

"Bang!"

Smith slammed the table suddenly and then said angrily: "Damn it, isn't it just winning a game? It's not that difficult. I'm just exhausted today. I will fight with all my might and never admit defeat."

Smith's sudden actions shocked everyone else, but also made their emotions restless. People are emotional animals, and emotions are contagious.

"Damn it, that's right, these guys in Houston lost to us more than 30 times the first two times. What can we not win?" Brewer also shouted.

"That's right, let's beat these guys in Houston!" Jordan said angrily.

The conference room became a little messy for a while.

However, it was messy and the team members were full of excitement, and they no longer had the same frustration as before.

Obviously, the morale of the team is back.

The players' meeting lasted very short. After making up their minds to defeat the Rockets, the players all tried their best, obviously wanting to do a big game in the evening game.

On the evening of April 28, US time, the Clippers and Rockets ushered in their sixth game of the playoffs at the Toyota Center in Houston, which is also a match point for the Clippers to end the series.

The Toyota Center is full, and for Houstonians, this may be their last game of the season. In fact, in most people, they firmly believe that the Rockets will win this game and then enter the tiebreak battle, so most people come with the mentality of watching the home team win.

The commentators of this game are t.n.t's ace Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith.

"Kenny, everything is so interesting. I remember that at the beginning of the season, the first time we partnered with the Clippers was with the Clippers. I didn't expect that in such a critical game in the playoffs, we appeared on the commentary again." Barkley said with a smile as he looked at the players who were warming up on the court.

"Yeah, Charles, I still remember your dunk in that sexy bikini," Smith said with a big laugh.

"Don't do this, Kenny, let's focus on the discussion!" Barkley quickly changed the topic.

"Haha, okay, let's talk about tonight's game, Charles, who do you think will be the winner of this game in the end?"

"Rockets, although I could have expected the Clippers to play very hard in this game, Blake's season reimbursement is too fatal for them." Barkley said with a hint of regret. He was originally optimistic that the Clippers would advance to the second round, but reality forced him to surrender.

"I think so, but I believe the Clippers will play a battle of honor. They are not the kind of team that easily admits defeat." Smith echoed.

At this time, the players on both sides had already started the last warm-up before the game. Tang Shuai contacted the three-pointer from the outside and made a perfect shot, looking like an open version of Stephen Curry.

"Well..." Barkley glanced at the field and said, "The Clippers are not unlucky. Although they lack CP3 and Blake, they still have Don. He had already shown us some possibility in the last game."

As the season continues to deepen, Barkley, who once also questioned Tang Shuai, is changing his views bit by bit.

"Charles, your comments are interesting. Are you saying that a rookie will lead the Clippers to victory? Don't do that, that's not LeBron." Smith said with a shaking head.

"You have to believe in the vision of a football emperor, and Tang has been breaking the doubts from the outside world. This is a guy with amazing progress." Barkley said with a smile.

"Okay, then let's see what we understand the qualifiers' vision tonight." Smith said.

"Dou!" At this time, the whistle sounded on the sidelines, and the warm-up between both sides ended, and the players all appeared on the court.

The Rockets once again adjusted the lineup. Morris returned to the lineup after two substitutes. This adjustment was obviously closely related to Griffin's absence.

On the Clippers, Green replaced Griffin as the team, and other positions were still the same as last game.

When he was on the court, Tang Shuai noticed a touching scene.

The main color of the Rockets' home court is red, almost all the audiences wear red t-shirts, and there is a sea of ​​red.

But in the middle of this red, there is a small blue ocean that is particularly eye-catching.

It was a group of fans wearing blue T-shirts of the Clippers away.

Most of these people are Chinese with white and yellow skin.

Shuai Tang recognized them. These guys were his fans and often held his big heads at home. He met him in Chinatown during the last time he was in Swift's Los Angeles concert.

When he was on the court, he reached out and waved to them, which immediately caused them to cheer.

When he took back his hand, he tapped his chest with his hand, and now he has another responsibility to win this game.

In the audience cheered, Howard pressed Jordan Jr. to push the ball back to the Rockets' half.

The Rockets attack first.

“let’s.go!rokets!”

The cheers of the fans at the scene were deafening, and the Toyota Center was full of momentum.
Chapter completed!