This goal was simple and violent, and directly suppressed the momentum that the Warriors had just set off.

Cole ran to the sidelines in a hurry and shouted. The team's performance in this game did not meet his expectations at all. He finally launched a counterattack in the fourth quarter, but he didn't expect to be pushed back so soon. How could he not be in a hurry?

In the Warriors' offense, Curry and Thompson played perfectly. The latter used Durant's defense to run to the outside of the three-point line to receive the ball, and took a three-pointer and fell into the pocket.

This is the Warriors' 12th three-pointer in this game, with a total of 12 of 27 shots. It is indeed the team with the most accurate three-pointers in the league.

However, the Lakers' momentum is not weak. When they come back, Tang Shuai took Batum's pass and scored another goal from the outside.

After Westbrook stole Thompson's pass on the defensive end, Tang Shuai went to the frontcourt and made a fake move, and after tricking Durant, he took a knife from outside the three-point line and also made a three-pointer.

That's not counting. The Warriors made a shot here, and Tang Shuai rushed to the frontcourt and made another backward hit.

After the Warriors finally managed to get a goal from Curry to pull the basket, Tang Shuai turned around and hit another kick.

After Westbrook scored 7 points in a row before the timeout, Tang Shuai started to dominate the game after the timeout, and scored another 9 points in a row, widening the score.

In the Western Conference Finals last year, it was Tang Shuai's continued appearance that gave the Warriors enough defensive pressure, which created the classic scene of the tiebreaker. Now that Westbrook joins, his strength is obviously stronger than Tang Shuai who is not physically strong. Now that the bombing takes turns, the Warriors' defense feels a bit disintegrating.

In addition to the weak substitute, the main player had to play more time. The Warriors obviously had insufficient physical fitness in the second half of the final quarter. Cole was afraid that the main player would be injured. When the team was still 12 points behind, the team withdrew all the main players.

The game is finalized.

The Lakers beat the Warriors 127-112 at home, achieving a good start to the season.

Tang Shuai scored 38 points and 10 assists, while Westbrook scored 42 points and 5 assists. The two scored 80 points and 15 assists together, and almost won the game with the strength of the two.

In the locker room after the game, the Lakers players were in a good mood. Except for the first half of the fourth quarter, the whole game was completely abused. Even they themselves did not expect it to have the Warriors in this way.

"Now, we can consider how to play the Cavaliers!" Stephenson even shouted in the locker room.

The teammates burst into laughter and didn't take it to heart.

Tang Shuai is the calmest among the players. This game cannot fully reflect the strength of both sides. On the one hand, it is because Green did not play in the suspension. On the other hand, although the Warriors have excellent three-point shooting percentage, the mid-range and inside shooting percentage are only more than 30%, which is obviously not their normal level.

After playing in the league for two years, he also knew that the NBA was full of variability, especially among strong teams. You might be able to easily defeat this game, but you will be tyrannical in the next game.

"Russell, your dunk is really cool. When will I teach me to depress one?" Noel was still pulling Westbrook over there.

Tang Shuai shook his head with a wry smile, but at this moment, he noticed that the team's rookie Jeff Stein looked worried, and it was a bit out of place with the lively atmosphere around him.

He walked over, sat down next to him, and asked with concern: "Jeff, what's wrong? Everyone is happy. Why do you think of you frowning?"

"Ah? Don, nothing, I just..." Stein wanted to speak but stopped.

At this time, several people around him, including Batum, Mike Dermott, and others, noticed the movement here and turned their heads unconsciously.

"Tell me, are you afraid that we will eat you?" Tang Shuai said jokingly.

"It's a rookie's training exam," Stein said.

When Tang Shuai heard what Stein said, he immediately understood.

After entering the league, NBA rookies will conduct rookie training. The training content includes financial management, allocation of life and training time, prevention of addiction, etc. The purpose is very simple, which is to increase the players' self-discipline ability and property distribution ability.

Because many NBA players are poor students in school, training in this area is very necessary.

He knew about Stein's situation. He failed in freshman year and sophomore year. If he hadn't had a good basketball talent, he would probably not have graduated from college.

"Tang, I know that education in China is very awesome. Why don't you teach Jeff a little bit? I see how he is suffering." Mike Dermott said.

"Me?" Tang Shuai asked back. He could do it, but there must be differences between Chinese and Western education. Whether he can do it well is a big question.

"Russell, why don't you teach him?" Batum said, calling Westbrook at this time.

"I can't..." Westbrook waved his hand.

"Don't be modest. I know you, high school gpa is a pervert with 3.9. If you weren't playing basketball, you would probably be a Stanford graduate now, right?" Batum said.

After Batum said that, the other players were stunned. Even Tang Shuai showed a surprised look. Westbrook looked at the big and thick-sized ones. He was actually a top student in high school?

"Nicholas, if you reveal my old truth like this, it is easy to be abused." Westbrook said with a smile.

If you don’t deny this tone, you will be a default.

"My goodness, it's not true, Russell, you are really a top student. I'd known I'd known you earlier!" Stephenson said with a funny look on his face.

"Haha..." Noel and Mike Dermott next to him burst into laughter.

"Don, Russell, the coach asked you to attend the press conference." At this moment, a staff member came over and shouted at the door.

"Okay, let's talk about this when I come back." Tang Shuai pulled Rawestbrook, and the two of them followed him out of the locker room.

After walking a while, Tang Shuai couldn't help but say, "Russell, did you really almost enter Stanford?"

Westbrook smiled heartily and nodded and said, "If the coach hadn't discovered me at that time, I would have been preparing to apply for Stanford University, and my grades at that time were enough to enter Stanford."

"This is really surprising." Tang Shuai said bluntly.

"Nothing unexpected." Westbrook suddenly put away his smile and said with a hint of memory. "Education is a very useful thing. Even when I started practicing basketball in high school, I will put myself in my studies for the rest of my time."

Tang Shuai couldn't help but smile at this time.

"What's wrong?" Westbrook looked at him in confusion.

"I found that our high school life is similar." Tang Shuai said with a little emotion.

"Really?" Westbrook looked at Tang Shuai in confusion.

"Yes." Tang Shuai nodded, and then joked, "We are all academic masters."

Westbrook was stunned, and then couldn't help laughing.

Because it was the first press conference of the season and the team had just won the old rival Warriors, this press conference attracted a lot of reporters.

"Russell, this is your first time playing for the Lakers. He scored 42 points in the first game, with the highest score in the team. This performance is quite outstanding. Are you planning to lead this team to win the championship?" The reporter asked Westbrook as soon as he came up.

"Well, half of what you said is right. Our goal is to win the championship, but your other thing is wrong. It is me and Don. He is one of the important reasons why I chose to join Los Angeles." Westbrook said directly.

"You mean, Tang was the reason why you chose to join the Lakers?" the reporter asked.

Westbrook has never mentioned the reason for joining the Lakers before. The outside world speculated that it might be because he played in ULA in college. Some people also said that Los Angeles is a much larger city than Oklahoma City, with a higher exposure rate, and there are other statements, but these are only at the speculation interface.

Westbrook smiled bitterly, and found that he was accidentally tricked into it, but he did not deny it, and then said: "When he had the opportunity to be on the same team as the historical-level players, no player would refuse. Although he had only played in the league for two years, he had proved how far he could lead the team alone. I came here and was actually just acting as his helper."

As soon as he finished speaking, the scene suddenly became an uproar.

Westbrook actually directly admitted that Shuai Tang is the boss of the team!

Tang Shuai also seemed extra surprised. Although he might be stronger from the perspective of strength, Westbrook has been fighting in the league for nine years and has long been a successful superstar. This kind of statement in public is definitely unprecedented. You must know that even in the Thunder, he never said that Durant was the boss of the team!

The next problems were basically focused on the game. Compared with the subsequent problems, most people were still stuck in Westbrook's sudden statement and did not recover for a long time.

After the press conference was over, the two walked out of the office, and Tang Shuai finally couldn't help but say, "Russell, what you said at the press conference was actually..."

"What actually?" Westbrook said before he finished speaking, "Actually there is no need to say that. The team belongs to both of us?"

Tang Shuai nodded.

"But, is I wrong? I'm here to help you, right?" Westbrook said with a smile. After saying that, Tang Shuai, who was standing there, walked straight back to the locker room.

Tang Shuai looked at Westbrook's back, and after a while he came to his senses, he couldn't help but shake his head.

He thought he had already understood this Westbrook very well, but he found that sometimes he really couldn't understand it.

"Don't think too much." Just then, Billups also came out of the press conference. He probably heard the conversation between the two, and then said directly, "I think it was Kevin's incident that hit him too much. Next year, it should be your contract year, right?"

Tang Shuai turned around and looked at Bilups in surprise, and then knew what he meant. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!