After the timeout, the Rockets played a beautiful cooperation. Anderson helped Harden block Stephenson who was defending him, and Motiejunas then blocked Batum, who assisted in defense. Harden reached a deliberately forty-five-degree angle, and Gordon's pass immediately passed.

The ball's tactics are almost perfect, and it can be seen that D'Antoni has ink in his belly.

But God seemed to have played a small joke with them. Gordon's pass actually slid, and it was directly passed to Stephenson, who was blocked and turned around.

In the midst of surprise between the fans on the scene and Stephenson himself, he just lay down and took a key steal.

Until Harden wanted to fight the strong, Stephenson reacted and hugged the basketball.

"beep!"

The referee's whistle sounded because the Rockets accumulated fouls four times before this quarter, and this foul directly sent Stephenson to the free throw line.

Stephenson was a little confused, but when he saw the referee asking him to make a free throw, he started to laugh shamelessly.

Harden kept shaking his head, Gordon explained something beside him, he didn't hear it.

Stephenson's free throw was still very stable. After going up, he made two free throws steadily, and overturned the score.

At this time, there were only more than 40 seconds left before the game, and the Rockets then stopped again.

"Lance, you should go and buy a lottery ticket." When the show ended, Tang Shuai pulled Stephenson and said jokingly.

"I should go." Stephenson said seriously.

Both of them then burst into laughter.

After the timeout, the tactics were still similar to the previous round, except that this time the passer was replaced by Harden, and the shot was replaced by Gordon.

Facts proved that D'Antoni was thinking too much, and used the same tactic twice. At this critical moment, the Lakers obviously became more cautious. Gordon was unable to run out of the position like Harden before. Harden finally chose to make a foul, but no one was taken to it at this moment. He threw the ball into the air with a little embarrassment, and the referee didn't whistle.

Noel grabbed the rebound and threw it to Tang Shuai. Tang Shuai wanted to get a fast break and was pulled down by Anderson.

Shuai Tang went to the free throw line.

“!!”

At this time, the Lakers were leading by 1 point, and these two free throws were very critical.

The fans cheered loudly at the scene.

He took two deep breaths to stabilize his emotions, and then took action steadily.

One penalty was won.

Two penalty shots were returned.

The difference widens to 3 points.

The Rockets called their last timeout.

After the game, Tang Shuai breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that it was time to find a suitable free throw bag, otherwise he would be worried by the free throw all night and would be really uncomfortable.

After the timeout, the Rockets finally played a successful cooperation. Harden broke away from Stephenson's defense in reverse and sent the ball into the basket under Batum's strong interference.

A big heart goal.

With less than 10 seconds left in the game, the Lakers sent the ball, and Tang Shuai suffered a foul by the Rockets again after receiving the ball.

He took a deep breath, rubbed his hands, and made the first penalty.

Enter.

He let out a long sigh and continued the second penalty.

The second penalty.

"Bang!"

The basketball hit the basket and bounced up.

The scene was restless, and Tang Shuai and all the fans were in a state of hiatus.

"Swish!"

Fortunately, it fell into the mesh bag when it fell again after it bounced up.

There is no danger.

The Rockets have no timeouts, and the Lakers players quickly sent out the backcourt ball, and Harden snatched the ball after getting rid of Stephenson's pursuit.

"Bang!"

Harden is not Curry, and he is far from that high long shot percentage.

91 to 93, the Rockets finally lost two points.

And just as the final whistle sounded, the cheers and ribbons of the scene were sprayed out.

Tang Shuai sat on the ground.

In this game, he played for 43 minutes, made 25 of 38 shots, contributing the highest team, and it was also a career high. The team scored almost two-thirds of the team's 60 points!

Tang Shuai stood up with Stephenson's help and waved to the audience.

The fans on the scene were moved to see it, and there was a burst of endless applause like thunder.

In Chinese textbooks, there is a lesson called the Five Heroes of Langya Mountain. Now, the Lakers have won the strong rival Rockets with nine people, which is a feat.

At the press conference after the game, when facing reporters' questions, D'Antoni looked gloomy and tried to answer with short sentences such as "Yeah", "We will summarize" and so on. For him, he led the team to achieve good results this season, but lost both times. This time, there were only 9 people in the Lakers, and he made bold statements before the game. This press conference was like a trial meeting for him.

However, Harden, in addition to expressing regret for the team's defeat, highly praised the Lakers' performance.

"We knew before the game that we had only nine opponents tonight, but their performance far exceeded our expectations. I have to admit that Don played the most classic game of his career, and I have to admit that every player on the Lakers is worthy of respect and they deserve this victory. I will not use Rudy's absence to point out Guy's absence. I look forward to our next fight and we will try to win the next game."

Harden's praise for Tang Shuai is obvious. In fact, when someone in your opponent scores 60 points with a super high shooting percentage, it is difficult for you to turn a blind eye.

However, Tang Shuai was quite low-key at the press conference next door.

Scoring 60 points, setting a new career record, and helping the team win, is certainly gratifying, but his physical fitness is not enough to support him in playing like this every night. At the press conference, he humbly attributed the victory of the game to his teammates' performance, praising them as the most powerful teammates on the planet.

This description made the teammates in the locker room extremely moved after hearing it. For the media, they are used to Tang Shuai's low-key, but they have to be excited. You have to get 20 or 30 points. It is normal to be low-key, but if you get 60 points and still keep it low-key, it really means that you are one of the few "humble gentlemen" in the league.

But in fact, if Tang Shuai wants to be low-key, the media will not let him be really low-key.

On most basketball-related pages around the world, Tang Shuai almost logs into the newspaper.

Not only China, the United States, including South Korea, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom and other countries, almost all people who come into contact with sports wake up early in the morning and they see a new superstar that has risen.

The day after the game, Tang Shuai and his eight hero teammates finally met their new teammates.

While the players were changing shoes in the locker room to prepare for training, Xiao brought the new players into the locker room.

After playing in the league for more than a year, Tang Shuai still has an impression of these players. Except for Grant who didn't pay much attention, the other few people still have some basic understanding.

Mozgov, a Russian big center of 2.16 meters, started his career with the Nuggets and then played an excellent season with the Cavaliers. He happened to catch up with the offseason salary cap soared and signed a big contract with the Mavericks. This time he traded to the Lakers. The main reason is that Gasol has more than a month left to return from injury.

Ruerden, the team's biggest gain on this trade deadline, is a small forward who focuses on the third position, and can swing to the fourth position. He can beat James at his peak. Although he is old now, he has experience and strength. Compared with Barnes, he is definitely an upgraded version of his combat power.

Morris Hackles, about the same as Rulden, is a swingman in the third and fourth positions, can shoot three-pointers, has good defensive ability, and is a good substitute.

Doug McDermott, a two-meter-03-meter swinger, plays small forwards and can also swing to the shooting guard. He is a bit like Batum and is a very outstanding three-pointer pitcher.

Jerry Ann Grant, a 1.93-meter double-season guard and a rookie of the Knicks, was traded to the Bulls in a trade last season. His ability is not particularly outstanding, but he can still play the third open position in a team.

There are 5 new players in total. Overall, they are not very famous, but they are all relatively practical players and may not be the best. However, compared to Barnes who was traded, this is undoubtedly a better choice. After all, it is enough to build a team core, having Tang Shuai and Noel, one inside and one outside.

After Xiao introduced all the players, he left the locker room.

"Ruer." As soon as Xiao left, Batum stood up and greeted Deng. They played in the league for the first season, and it was normal for them to know each other.

Tang Shuai also stood up at this time and guided the newcomers to find their wardrobe. Gasol was still lying in the hospital, and the boss of his team also had to serve as the boss of the locker room.

"Jeremy, that's Corey's wardrobe before. See if that guy has fallen behind?" Tang Shuai turned around and said to Grant.

Grant opened the wardrobe with curiosity, and the result was the next second.

"ah!"

A scream rang out.

The teammates burst into laughter, and the newcomers turned to look, and then they all laughed.

There was a spring-loaded grimace inside. As soon as the wardrobe came, he rushed over to the faces of the person who opened the wardrobe.

This kind of thing looks funny to others, but it is quite exciting to those who open it.

Shuai Tang also made a small joke with Grant.

A little surprised. After seeing that it was just a toy, Grant's pale face also eased a lot. He turned around and smiled and handed it to Tang Shuai.

As a student of the same grade with Tang Shuai, he had already encountered a prank when he was in the Knicks, so he didn't have that big reaction.

Tang Shuai took the toy and patted him on the shoulder.

To be honest, the rankings of the two of them are quite similar, one is 15 and the other is 19. Although their status in the league is very different now, just like the same graduates, that kind of subtle relationship is still very beneficial.

The rest, like Harix, Mozgoff, and Mike Dermot, quickly became a gang with the players. The newly joined players seemed very excited about joining the Purple and Gold Legion.
Chapter completed!