Tang Shuai's performance in this game is still eye-catching. Even because of the adjustment of the Warriors' defensive focus, his score was even more than the previous game. He made 18 of 31 shots and contributed 45 points, directly breaking the team's playoff rookie scoring record he just created, which also allowed him to obtain a new single-time consumption package.

But all this is no longer important to him. No matter how many points you score, it is meaningless if you cannot lead the team to win the game.

At the end of the second game between the two sides, the media's focus was no longer that Tang Shuai broke the scoring record again, but became a compliment to Cole. After losing the first game, he was able to quickly respond in the second game and finally win the game. He was well deserved to be named the best coach of the season.

The careful person also discovered the life of the Clippers, that is, Tang Shuai can only play in one quarter, and it was in the first quarter. Although the performance in the next three quarters was excellent, it was obviously not the same level compared to the madness in the first quarter.

The title of "Mr. One Section" appeared in a media report and quickly spread online. This obviously has more ridiculous meaning, a bit similar to the meaning of a man who can only hold on for three minutes.

Moreover, after this loss, the outside world's view of the match between the two sides changed fundamentally. Originally, Tang Shuai changed everyone's view in a way that shocked the world. Many people even thought that Tang Shuai would perform the same way that Iverson played against the Raptors in the Eastern Conference semi-finals, and led the team to advance with his own strength (Iverson scored 50+ points in the second and fifth games when he played against the Raptors in 2001), but Cole's coaching level instantly changed this view.

To put it bluntly, in the eyes of most people, Iverson and Shuai Tang are still very different, and the Warriors are far from comparable to the Raptors. The most important point is that without Paul and Griffin, they can make too few changes. After Shuai Tang was touched or even targeted, there were almost no points that the Clippers could win.

And shortly after the second game between the two sides ended, news of Curry resuming training broke out. It seems that Cole's intention is very obvious, which is to further expand the advantage when he gains the advantage and eliminate the Clippers in one go.

Curry's efforts are absolutely bad news for the Clippers, but this time the Clippers are still confident. After winning the first game of the series, they had already snatched the home advantage from the Warriors. Although they lost the game in the last game, they lost in a single digit way. At this time, they didn't need to talk about giving up.

Tang Shuai did not give up. After getting another single consumption pack in the last game, he made full sense to believe that he was able to win the next game. Even if Curry returns, this opportunity is very high, not to mention that Curry's comeback is only at the level of rumors.

On May 4, US time, the Clippers will usher in their first home game in the Staples Center.

Staples Center is full. For Los Angeles people, they have seen such a tough team here, let alone the home team's chance to defeat the arrogant Warriors.

It was before the two sides' matches that Tang Shuai privately looked for Kassel.

At this time, Kassel dared to communicate with Billups about the game tactics and was about to come over to speak to the players with a tactical board, but was stopped by Tang Shuai.

"Tang, what's the matter?" Kassel looked at Tang Shuai in confusion, wondering what Tang Shuai had to do with him at this time.

"Coach, I have a request to you and hope you will be allowed." Tang Shuai said.

"Request? Just say it." Kassel said without thinking. Tang Shuai is now the absolute core of the team, and he has no reason not to agree to the request.

"Coach, let me be on the bench for this game." Tang Shuai said bluntly.

"What? Substitute?!" Kassel was obviously stunned. He never expected that Shuai Tang would make such an incredible request.

Tang Shuai nodded.

"Why?" Kassel couldn't understand it.

"Stephen is likely to make a comeback in this game. I think if I played with him at the same time, it would be of greater help to the team." Tang Shuai said. When Curry made a comeback, he had to make use of both single consumption packages, but if he wanted to do so, he had to play on the bench, and this is the only reasonable explanation he could find.

"There is no need to do that. I will solve Stephen's problem through other methods." Kassel thought for a while and shook his head and said. Tang Shuai's reason was too far-fetched. He could not arrange the team's core to the bench just because of this.

"Sam, this is the best way to deal with the team. If the team plays poorly at the beginning, you can just replace me with it." Tang Shuai continued.

Seeing that Tang Shuai was so determined, Kassel's eyes flashed with deep doubts.

"And I think this will catch Cole off guard," Tang Shuai added.

"Are you really sure you want to do this?" Kassel said after hesitating for a while. If Tang Shuai insisted repeatedly, his refusal was a bit inappropriate.

"I'm sure, coach, I'm pretty sure." Tang Shuai did not hesitate at all.

"Okay." Although Kassel was puzzled, he did not ask any further. After saying that, he signaled Tang Shuai to go to the locker room with him.

When he arrived at the locker room, after he made some explanations to the players, he announced that Tang Shuai would play on the bench, which immediately caused an uproar among the players. They thought what was wrong with Tang Shuai. Fortunately, Tang Shuai quickly explained, which made the players understand.

After the announcement of this news, the game time was almost up. The players put on their own uniforms and shoes and followed them toward the field.

Walking out of the player channel, a burst of shouts of tsunami suddenly broke out on the scene. The Clippers' previous two games had already made Los Angeles fans crazy.

After Tang Shuai came out, he soon noticed that an acquaintance was sitting on the sidelines. Taylor Swift actually came to watch him play again. When he looked over, Swift smiled at him and waved like a little girl.

Tang Shuai's face turned slightly red, and he waved his hand to signal.

This is the third time Swift has come to watch Tang Shuai's ball on site.

After saying hello to Swift, he turned his head to turn his eyes to the Warriors bench. As expected before the game, Curry did not wear a suit, but sat on the bench in a training suit. His eyes were dumbfounded and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The players from both sides made a brief warm-up on the spot, and then the players appeared on the LED screen on the scene.

As soon as the lineup was announced, the scene was in an uproar.

On the Warriors, although Curry was wearing training suits, he still did not appear in the lineup. This was enough to surprise the fans. What was even more surprising was that Tang Shuai did not appear in the Clippers' lineup. This is what really surprised and puzzled. Many fans even looked at the Clippers' bench, wanting to see if Tang Shuai was injured or what was wrong.

When they saw that there was no change in Tang Shuai as usual, the doubt in their eyes became even stronger.

In fact, let alone the fans on the scene, even Cole was staring at the LED screen on the scene at this moment, and turned around from time to time and said something to Walton, as if he was wondering if the staff on the scene had made a mistake.

It was not until the roster disappeared and the content above was not changed that he realized that the Clippers had indeed made adjustments to the lineup.

In the introduction before the game, without Tang Shuai, the cheers from fans were obviously much less than before.

After the introduction and a simple warm-up, the third round of the two sides will be officially staged.

Both sides tied 1-1 in the first two rounds, which made the third game extremely critical for both sides. Whoever won it will take the initiative. The game has not started yet, but the intensity can be imagined.

"beep!"

Amid the cheers of the audience, Jordan and Bogut jumped and the game between the two sides officially started.

With the experience of the first two games, Jordan Jr. was obviously prepared this time. When Bogut was about to move him, he blocked it with his hands in advance. As a result, he had obviously advantage in bounce, and then he directly transferred the ball back to the half of the Clippers.

The Clippers attack first!

The cheers at the scene were deafening.

"Come on!" Tang Shuai was sitting off the court at this time, and cheered for the people on the court with his teammates around him.

After Tang Shuai was adjusted to a substitute, Brewer was also adjusted. Kassel obviously knew that Tang Shuai's defensive ability was a weakness. Brewer must play with him. Ismail Smith and Booker were the ones who replaced them.

During the Clippers' offense, Smith advanced to the frontcourt and directly reached out to make a "3" tactical gesture.

As soon as this tactical gesture came out, Booker and Pierce began to run around the three-point line to the opposite side.

Cole was obviously prepared and stood on the sidelines and greeted the players immediately. With this greeting, the Clippers' pick-and-roll and switched defense were obviously stronger than a pick-and-roll. After running with a set of tactics, they didn't get any good offensive opportunities.

This time, the Clippers' offense was a little stagnant. Smith was not Tang Shuai, so he couldn't say that he would just jump in with the ball at this time.

However, Smith also has his own characteristics. When he saw that there was no chance to attack, he directly threw his hands and made a tactical gesture to Booker.

When outside players call pick-and-roll, they basically call it to the inside, because it is easy to create a breakthrough opportunity, but Smith is very creative and called an outside pick-and-roll.

Booker's pick-and-roll came out, and he suddenly accelerated a breakthrough, but instead of going in, he broke through to the right.

Green is standing there, and if he wants another pick-and-roll, it might be a good offensive opportunity.

The Warriors' defensive formation was immediately restrained.

And at this moment, Smith showed everyone his passing talent, and without turning his head back, he ran and rolled the ball backwards.
Chapter completed!