Chapter 459: The Splash of Counterattack (1/10)
After the interview, Tang Shuai followed him back to the locker room with his teammates. For him and his teammates, the real challenge came from the second half.●⌒,.
When Tang Shuai returned to the locker room, his teammates were sitting in chairs to rest. Even though he was ahead of the score, no one was celebrating, or they had no strength to celebrate.
The physical confrontation in the first half consumed most people's physical fitness, especially the main players, completely exceeding their physical fitness limits.
"Are you all okay?" Tang Shuai saw the team members exhausted, and said with a smile after going in.
"Fortunately, I can hold on." Brewer said gasping. He was thin and his physical energy storage was correspondingly less.
"This is really not an easy game." Booker sighed at this time. Although he was a substitute, because Pierce was old, he could not play for too long, so he played no less than them.
In fact, because of the lineup, Kassel played almost 8 players in rotation. Such a high-intensity physical confrontation game is a big test for everyone. In fact, he dared not play other people. The best example is that Cole almost got beaten up after playing Barbosa and Sbetz for a while.
"I hope we can still walk out of the arena alive after the second half." Tang Shuai said jokingly, which caused others to smile bitterly.
He then sat in a chair and rested.
"Guys." Not long after he sat down, Cassel and Billups entered the locker room.
"Coach." Everyone sitting was about to stand up, and Tang Shuai was also about to get up. Unfortunately, his butt had just hit the stool.
"Sit, sit." Kassel reached out to stop the players' movements, and it was obvious that he also knew that the game consumed a lot of physical energy.
"Everyone played very well in the first half, and the second half will be more difficult, but I hope you can persist. It will be a long offseason when the playoffs are over, and there is some rest time, so, guys, we can do what we can do when we keep the current situation." Kassel encouraged the players. Judging from the helpless expression of Billups behind him, this is really a helpless move.
"We will, believe us." Tang Shuai stood up and said.
"Yes, I'm not that old yet. We've stuck in 82 games. We will definitely hold on in this half." Pierce said half-jokingly.
"Yes, we will." The others agreed one after another.
"Very good, you are all the best players. I believe you, I believe that more than 20,000 fans on the scene will not be in vain. I will have a persistent heart to you." Kassel nodded to the players and encouraged them.
The team members stood up one by one and shook hands.
After the half-time break, the players from both sides returned to the court.
52 to 44, the Clippers still have an 8-point lead.
When he came back in the second half, the Clippers attacked first.
Tang Shuai pushed the ball to the frontcourt, gave the ball to Brewer, and then began to go around the three-point line.
Iguodala chased him reluctantly, spreading her slender arms, and was completely unprepared to give him a chance to catch the ball.
During the run, Green came over to make a pick-and-roll, and he finally got a little chance to catch the ball. After seeing it, Brewer immediately chose to pass the ball.
However, just as Brewer was about to pass the ball, with a "bang", Thompson in front of him suddenly slapped the ball in his hand away.
Brewer can attack and defend, but his passing ability is really average. He does not judge the timing of passing enough, so he was directly cut off.
The fans at the scene were in an uproar.
After Thompson slapped the ball, he took a big step forward, reached out and grabbed the ball and ran forward. Curry rushed out as well.
Pierce quickly stepped back, but he seemed a little helpless in the face of the Splash Brothers' fast attack.
Curry dribbled the ball at the last moment and pretended to lay down. After tricking Pierce away, he swung his hand and passed the ball to Thompson. Thompson took the ball and made a light layup.
The Warriors chased the gap to 6 points.
Tang Shuai pushed the ball to the frontcourt again. This time he did not choose to pass the ball, but directly called Jordan Jr. for a pick-and-roll. After the breakup, he passed the ball inwardly. After tricking Iguodala turned around, he followed him and pulled out his hand. The basketball hit a steady hit and opened the score again.
However, as soon as he hit the ball, the Warriors quickly advanced to the frontcourt. Curry was so handsome that he shot a three-pointer, and the goal was completely unreasonable.
"Swish!"
With a crisp sound, three-pointer went in!
Although it doesn't feel as hot as Thompson, this is also Curry's fourth three-pointer in this game. Including Thompson's 6 three-pointers, the two of them have already made 10 three-pointers, which is more than the Clippers' three-pointers!
Tang Shuai turned around and made another beautiful layup to win a foul, and he continued to score a point difference by both free throws.
But the Warriors turned around and Curry made a three-pointer, but the rebound was directly shot by Bogut in Thompson's hand on the other side. Thompson took a three-pointer without any hesitation.
"Swish!"
Three-pointers are also Thompson's seventh three-pointer!
54 to 59, the score difference once again reached 5 points!
The Oracle Center Arena, which is thousands of miles away, is completely crazy. The third quarter has just started, and Thompson has already hit 7 three-pointers. You should know that there are only 9 single-game hits in the playoffs!
Kassel shook his head helplessly when he saw this, turned around and pointed to Booker behind him as he was preparing to let him play. It was too difficult for Pierce to follow Thompson on the defensive end.
In the Clippers' offense, Tang Shuai was double-teamed after holding the ball. After passing the ball to Pierce, Pierce's three-pointer jumped out of the basket, and the rebound was taken by Bogut. The Warriors turned around and prepared to launch a fast attack, but Pierce directly pulled Curry, who was receiving the ball and fouled in advance.
After the foul, he walked straight to the sidelines. After playing for so many years, he knew very well that he could not defend Thompson now.
Booker jumped twice on the spot, clapped Pierce and then ran onto the field. From his expression, he could see that he was very excited at the moment.
The Warriors' offense, Curry broke through with the ball and passed the ball to Thompson. Thompson then hit another point and returned to Iguodala who returned to the top of the arc. Iguodala swung his hand and made a three-pointer.
Three points left!
The Warriors made three consecutive three-pointers!
The difference was narrowed to 2 points!
The Clippers' players' pace was significantly slower than in the first half. It can be seen that physical fitness is not something that can be completely returned in the twenty minutes of rest.
Kassel couldn't help rub his face with his hands on the sidelines. The Warriors' three-pointer chase was too fast. Not to mention 10 points, he could smooth out even 30 points at halftime.
After rubbing his face, he then looked at Tang Shuai. The Clippers' lead in the first half was a collective outbreak, but at this critical moment, it was to look at the ability of the stars. Whether they could maintain the lead depends entirely on Tang Shuai.
Tang Shuai felt the gaze from the sidelines and turned to see the gaze that Kassel shot at him. He nodded vigorously. After the silent communication, he held the ball and continued to advance to the frontcourt.
When he advanced to the frontcourt, he looked up at the score difference. 2 points, the score difference that was too small to negligible. The Warriors chased the score too quickly.
He directly reached out and signaled his opponent to pull it away. Compared to scoring, he now responded in a more powerful way to improve the morale of the home team.
Seeing Tang Shuai's actions, everyone else quickly pulled away. After seeing Tang Shuai's outstanding performance in the previous few games, the players trusted him extremely.
"let’go.lippe!" Seeing this scene, the audience also cheered Tang Shuai in unison.
Iguodala lowered her center of gravity and looked straight at Tang Shuai's shoulders.
When players break through, they will make a speed-up move through their shoulders. Iguodala, as the top defender, knows this very well.
Tang Shuai sank his left shoulder and moved the ball forward with his right hand, and accelerated directly forward.
Judging from the posture, you are preparing to break through on the left.
Iguodala realized this and retreated to the left, but the speed was not fast and she adjusted the center of gravity at any time.
After defending Tang Shuai for so many games, he obviously knew that Tang Shuai's breakthrough would not be that simple.
Sure enough, after Tang Shuai broke through one step on the left, he changed direction to the right with an extreme limit. With the activation of Ai's exclusive OSover package, his speed and ability exploded instantly.
Iguodala turned to the right, and his slender arm span helped him hold the defensive position again.
However, just as he did this, Tang Shuai actually accelerated again, and it was too late for Iguodala, who had misjudged the speed, to defend again.
Shuai Tang was like a flash of lightning, flashing directly by Iguodala.
There was a lot of cheers at the scene, and the familiar person in the previous few games was back!
This time, Tang Shuai used all his speed without reservation, and even he could not control his body. Without a single consumption pack, he could only fight with all his strength now.
After passing Iguodala, he had reached the position within the free throw line. Without any hesitation, he jumped up and pulled the ball high with his right hand. It seemed that he was preparing to make a powerful and heavy slash.
The cheers of the fans at the scene suddenly rose higher again.
Morale, if Tang Shuai gets in, the morale of this team will soar in a great way.
But soon, the cheer turned into an uproar, because just as Tang Shuai was about to dunk, Green, who was on the right side of the basket, took a big step and blocked Tang Shuai without hesitation.
What comes out from the oblique side is probably a cover.
Tang Shuai also saw that Green was very fierce in his pounce. Judging from his posture, he knew that even if he was fouled, he would not let him dunk.
This is the situation where the brave ones win when they meet in a narrow road, and neither side has any choice.
Tang Shuai gritted his teeth, lowered the height of the air, and quickly pressed the ball down the basket.
This adjustment had a very big effect. Because Green was too fierce to play, he had no time to adjust his position in the air, so he could only watch his arm swipe over the basketball.
Tang Shuai looked happy and pressed the ball towards the basket.
"Bang!"
At this moment, something unexpected happened to everyone. Green wanted to use his elbow to interfere with his elbow when he could not block it. As a result, Tang Shuai's head was under his elbow, and this time it hit Tang Shuai's forehead.
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