Perhaps because he is really old, Barry's stubbornness is beyond the imagination of others.

In fact, his comment was also wrong. Tang Shuai had already created a new 6o-point scoring record when the Lakers "Wolf Yashan Nine Warriors" last season. Including previous games, he actually had 5o+ games three times. For a person who has only played for three years, there is no reason to demand better.

However, Barry's remarks that were completely different from the mainstream caused an uproar. After all, as a famous commentator in the past, no one expected that he would be so stubborn.

The media naturally would not let Tang Shuai go to such remarks.

Before the match against the Knicks, Tang Shuai was caught by reporters and asked this question after finishing his pre-match training.

"Dang, Rick's remarks have recently aroused heated discussions among fans. He publicly claimed that you are not an excellent scorer. Do you have any opinions on such remarks?" The reporter had a rare opportunity and asked a question quite directly.

"Rick's comment is very interesting, but I don't care much about this. In fact, compared to these remarks outside the court, I prefer to focus on the court." Tang Shuai did not give a positive answer.

"In fact, we all know that his comments on you are wrong, right?" The reporter was obviously unwilling to be fooled by this, and then asked again.

"Actually, like I said just now, I don't pay much attention to these, regardless of whether there is any error in the comment itself." Tang Shuai emphasized.

"So do you agree with this statement?" the reporter continued to ask.

Tang Shuai reached out and touched his forehead. It was obvious that the reporter's endurance was beyond his imagination. His teammates were all in the stadium at this time, and he didn't want to have too bad effects. He then spoke, "Okay, if you insist on it again and again."

After hearing this, the reporter's face was immediately delighted.

"Actually, Rick's statement is wrong. Of course, I'm not referring to the mistake you said, but we all know that Allen Iverson is the top scorer in the league, but there is only one game in his career that scored 6o points. Isn't he an excellent scorer? Even Michael (Jordan) has 5 games in his career 6o+ games. Isn't he the best scorer in history?"

"So this statement itself is incorrect, and I know that a team leader, a truly outstanding team leader, is doing his best to help the team win. As for personal data, I don't think it's that important in comparison, and I don't care whether it's the so-called first person in the league."

Tang Shuai's answer was very straightforward, and the reporter nodded frequently. These two sentences also fully explained his thoughts.

In the locker room before the game, Shuai Tang was called to the coach's office by Billups and talked about some ideas about the Knicks.

The Knicks had a good chemistry last season with Ross and Anthony, and eventually reached the Eastern Conference semi-finals. Although they lost to the Cavaliers, their 2-4 score was within an acceptable range. This season, they upgraded the shooting guards, exchanged Tyrek Evans from the Pelicans by switching them before and after, and then signed ** Redick from the free agent market, and their strength was significantly improved.

With a record of 8 wins and 5 losses at the beginning of the game, ranking fourth in the Eastern Conference.

The game against the Knicks is bound to be a tough battle. This is the reason why Billups chatted with Tang Shuai before the game.

When he came out of the coach's office and returned to the locker room to go in, he heard someone talking about what Barry was commenting on. It seemed that this matter had indeed reached the point of discussion.

He pushed the door and his teammates were eager to try it when they saw it was him. Stephenson even came over and said, "Dang, that old stubborn Rick is really too much. I didn't think it was like a clown now."

"Lance, although Rick's words are not nice, it is wrong for you to slander others in private like this." Tang Shuai reminded.

"Hehe." Lance smiled, and then immediately said, "Dang, why don't you give 6 in this game and let that old guy shut up?"

"Lance." Tang Shuai turned his head to look at him, and also raised the volume a little, so that others could hear that the first task was to win. These remarks had no effect on me. If I really had to care so much, I should have withdrawn from the league in the draft more than two years ago."

"But, you can have both. Anyway, if you take action, you will have a much higher success rate than ours." Stephenson said as if he hadn't heard at all.

"Lance!" Tang Shuai called him, but now he seemed to be right, so he couldn't refute it for a while.

"Don't ask this question anymore. Let's talk about the game against the Knicks. The Knicks have strong offensive firepower this season. I went there just now..." He didn't know how to say it, so he finally changed the topic and said.

A group of people chatted in the locker room for most of the day. Tang Shuai knew that his teammates were still struggling with what Barry said, and he would definitely pull him and say it when he left, so his movements were obviously slower than usual.

When he changed his clothes, Mike Dermot finally greeted him, and he was the last one.

After coming out of the locker room, he was carrying his bag and preparing to go back to the villa directly. Unexpectedly, as soon as he went out, he saw Westbrook standing against the wall with a sexy purple backpack slung on his shoulder.

Seeing him come out, Westbrook then left the wall, smiled and greeted him, and seemed to have stood at the door for a while.

"Are you waiting for me?" Tang Shuai was stunned for a moment.

"Yes." Westbrook nodded without explaining too much, and then signaled to go together.

"Actually, I think what Lance said today is OK. The New Yorker is not very good at defense. This is a chance for you to get high scores." After walking a while, Westbrook suddenly spoke.

"Russell, you also suggest me to do this? It's actually very irrational to do this. I'll play basketball for anger." Tang Shuai stopped and spoke.

"Don, sometimes rationality can die." Westbrook also stood still, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he seemed full of aura.

Tang Shuai was stunned.

"I think that guy Lance is right. Your shooting stability is higher than everyone else, including me, and this is just a regular season game. Even if we have won 13 consecutive games now, this is really not that important." Westbrook said.

Shuai Tang didn't speak.

"And what is the picture of playing basketball? Isn't it just a pleasure? If basketball can't bring us happiness and excitement, why don't we choose other sports?" Westbrook looked as if he was taken for granted.

"Russell, I suddenly feel that what you said last time is absolutely true. You can actually be a philosopher." After hearing Westbrook's words, Tang Shuai couldn't help but speak.

"I am not a philosopher. I just have been in this alliance longer than you, and I believe in you, and you believe in me. As long as you make up your mind, I will try my best to help you complete his." Westbrook said firmly.

"Then... let Reason die!" Tang Shuai nodded and said.

"Haha, that's right! Let's be happy today, let's continue practicing more tonight!"

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On November 28, US time, at the Madison Square Garden Arena in New York, the Knicks met the challenge of the Lakers, who had already won fourteen consecutive games at home.

The Knicks have come back to life after trading last year. Now the market has returned to its hottest era. And because the opponent is the hottest team in the league today, the attention will naturally be very low. The stadium was completely full on this day, and there were many celebrities on the scene.

Another point is that because of Old Barry's comments, whether Tang Shuai will score crazy points in this game is particularly eye-catching.

Because today's game is at the Madison Square Garden Arena, it has always been the NBA's big stage (most of the drafts before 2O15 were held here), and players have always regarded scoring high scores here as a kind of glory.

The Lakers players arrived at the stadium a little early, and Tang Shuai's appearance also attracted cheers from fans on the scene.

Although it was away, I still saw many fans holding kt boards with obvious signs such as "breaking 6o points" and "new scoring record night".

When Tang Shuai saw the slogan here, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head.

Westbrook came over and patted him on the shoulder. The two of them looked at each other and nodded intently.

At the last moment before the game, the lineups of both sides were released. The Lakers were the same as their previous lineup, but in terms of position, the point guard in this game was Westbrook.

The Knicks also adjusted the lineup. Head coach Hornersek removed Redick who had been the past and allowed Evans to serve as the team's first shooting guard, which was obviously afraid of the Lakers' double-gun in the backcourt.

The other four Knicks are still the same as last season, with Noah and Porzingis in the interior, while the remaining two are Ross and Anthony in the interior.

After the referee's whistle sounded, the game between the two sides officially started.

Noel jumped to win Noah, winning the visiting team's first offensive opportunity.

Westbrook pushed forward with the ball. When he arrived at the frontcourt, he turned to look at Tang Shuai, then reached out to signal Noel to mention the pick-and-roll position outside the free throw line.

One gear, one disassemble.

Westbrook rushed in with the ball like carrying an explosive bag.

Hornersek realized that the Lakers were preparing to play Westbrook at the opening game, and kept shouting reminders on the sidelines.

Noah and Anthony quickly shrank over.

Westbrook burst out like a tank, pressing directly to the inside, but what Hornersek and the Knicks did not expect was that he, who was about to break into the basket, did not choose to be as hard as before, but did not look at his head and threw it to the right without looking at it.

Shuai Tang appeared at the end of Westbrook's pass. After receiving the ball, he took advantage of Anthony's failure to come back to his senses and passed Porzingis, who was assisting in defense, and started with a pull-out jump shot. (To be continued.)8

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