"Yes, there must be. Actually, I've been to Toyota Center before the playoffs. You should know that we will play there in two games in the regular season. When we see the familiar buildings outside the stadium, and even the Rockets Bears who have been standing on the sidelines, the memories I saw before will emerge uncontrollably. ←,." Tang Shuai said empathically.

"Will this affect your performance?" Liu Yuxi asked.

"The impact will not be." Tang Shuai shook his head, "This kind of emotion is different from the game. If you say Yao Ming is still in the Rockets now, then I will definitely have some, but now let alone Yao Ming, even Yao Ming's teammates are gone, so there is no impact."

"Yes, it makes people feel moved when they are touched by the scenery, because they see the scenery." Liu Yuxi said in agreement.

Tang Shuai nodded with a smile.

"Tell us about your life in the United States. You are alone in a foreign land and can't meet your family for half a year or even a year. Will you feel like you miss your family more during the holidays?" Liu Yuxi continued her question.

"There will definitely be some of this, just like we have a bottle of water in the middle, but the one between me and my house is a Pacific Ocean, far away, so far that we see not even the same moon..." Tang Shuai said in a choking tone. When he was in college, he was only a few hundred kilometers away from home at the farthest, but now he is so far away, he has also felt the feeling of being a wanderer.

"Of course, these are not problems." He said some true feelings, but soon realized that this was a live broadcast, and then said, "The technology is so advanced now that the plane can arrive in a day without using it. Not long ago, I asked my mother to come to the United States."

"Have your mother been to the United States?" Liu Yuxi asked in surprise. Obviously, this was a very exciting news material for her.

"Well, I've seen a game for me." Tang Shuai nodded. There was no need to hide such things.

"That's right, the transportation is convenient now, why didn't you let your mother stay?" Liu Yuxi asked curiously.

"She? She is not very adaptable to life here, and you also know the thoughts of their generation." Tang Shuai didn't say much, these are not what he was willing to share.

Liu Yuxi was still very good at observing the words and expressions. Seeing that Tang Shuai didn't say much, he didn't go into it. Moreover, the interview time was almost done. She followed: "The last question is that you will fly to Houston with the team to play the sixth game tomorrow. If you win, you will advance to the Western Conference semi-finals directly. If you lose, you will usher in a tiebreak battle. Do you have any expectations for this game?"

Tang Shuai paused for a moment and did not answer immediately. After a while, he smiled and said, "Do you want me to have a bite of poisonous milk by myself?"

Liu Yuxi was stunned, and then laughed at Tang Shuai's cold humor.

"I can't say that expectation, but I will do my best to help the team win. Although it is the Rockets' home court, I believe that if I can win away, it will be more helpful to the team's subsequent games, and you also know that Paul's injury means a lot to us. We now have a belief that winning the game is not only for the team, but also to fulfill Paul's dream of entering the Western Conference Finals." Tang Shuai said with firm eyes.

"I believe you can do it. Thank you for accepting our interview." Liu Yuxi said with a smile.

"Thank you." Tang Shuai said with a smile.

At this point, this exclusive interview with Tencent Sports ended. It didn’t take long, but it was very meaningful.

"Ship Tang, you are really different." When the camera and other things were turned off, Liu Yuxi said directly with appreciation.

"You are also very different." Tang Shuai said with a smile. Liu Yuxi's direct personality is completely different from other women. Just like what she said just now, ordinary women probably wouldn't say that.

Liu Yuxi blushed when Tang Shuai said it a little, and reached out and said, "I still have to thank you for accepting our exclusive interview, especially at such a critical moment."

"No need to thank you." Tang Shuai shook hands with Liu Yuxi with a smile, and then said, "Then I will go back to train first."

Liu Yuxi nodded and thoughtfully looked at the direction of Tang Shuai's disappearance.

The morning training ended, the team's preparations were almost over, and the players were in a very good mood.

"Dang. The female reporter who came to do your exclusive interview today is not bad?" As soon as the training was over, Smith teased.

"It's good. She is called the most beautiful basketball commentator in our country. The key is that her personality is also good." Tang Shuai nodded. Liu Yuxi gave him a good impression.

"Then you didn't think about having an in-depth exchange?" Smith said with a wicked smile.

"In-depth communication?" Tang Shuai was stunned for a moment, smiled and shook his head, "Josh, I don't want to make any seeder."

"Haha, what are you afraid of? At worst, you can raise more children, which is nothing." Smith said with a big laugh.

Tang Shuai shook his head and said nothing, and then went into the locker room.

He is still very principled when dealing with women. If a man thinks with his lower body, he will be destined to fail.

After entering the locker room, the players were chatting with laughter. Obviously, after winning yesterday's game, the players' mentality was much more optimistic than before.

Tang Shuai originally wanted to talk to Griffin for a few words, but found that others were not there, so he remembered that he had never seen him during training.

Although he was puzzled, he didn't think much about it and went into the shower room with a bath towel.

After taking a shower, he glanced at Griffin and couldn't help asking Smith: "Josh, did you see Blake today?"

"Blake?" Smith's eyes flashed with doubt. He glanced at the locker room, shook his head and said, "Strange, it seems that he was gone when he was training before."

"You haven't seen each other either?" Tang Shuai turned his head and looked at Brewer, "Cory, have you seen Blake?"

"Blake? He didn't come today. I don't know if something is wrong." Brewer shook his head and said.

"Is there something wrong? It's impossible. The sixth game will be played tomorrow. How could he not come when such an important time?" Tang Shuai said and shook his head.

"I don't know, maybe I'm going to have a massage in the next room?" Ismail Smith said suddenly.

"Next door? I'll go and have a look." Tang Shuai thought that Griffin's injury was not cured, and there was indeed such a possibility, but then he thought that it would not take so long for the massage, so he got up and walked out.

As soon as he walked to the door, he saw Cassel and Billups coming out of the coach's office with a serious expression. He thought about it and did not go to the next door, but stood directly at the door.

The direction Cassel and Billups went after they came out was exactly the direction of the team's locker room.

When they were about to get closer, Tang Shuai asked, "Coach, I didn't see Blake in the morning. Do you know where he went?"

Both of them looked at Tang Shuai, but neither answered.

The abnormal reactions of the two people made Tang Shuai even more confused. He was about to ask, but Kassel said, "Go back to the locker room first, I have news to announce."

Tang Shuai was stunned for a moment, nodded and turned back to the locker room. Somehow, he felt a vague premonition in his heart.

"Hey, guys, come here, I have some news." Kassel said as soon as he entered the locker room.

Kassel's voice quickly attracted the attention of all the players.

"Coach, are you going to invite us to drink something before the game?" Smith said jokingly.

Smith's words caused a burst of laughter from other players, and everyone was in a very good mood to win the game.

"This is not good news." Kassel was not angry at Smith's words, but his expression became a little depressed.

When I heard what Kassel said and saw his expression, the smiles of the team members slowly closed.

"This is not good news. Before this news is announced, I hope everyone is mentally prepared." Kassel's words made the team members hang their hearts in the air.

"Blake can't play in the next game." Kassel's words made the players feel a lot colder.

"What?!" Smith exclaimed unconsciously.

"It's not just the next game, he can't participate in the next game." Kassel's next words were like a bolt from the blue, completely stunned the players.

Tang Shuai was also stunned. Although he had a vague guess in his heart, when Kassel announced the news, he was still a little unbelievable.

Paul is injured, Griffin is now reimbursed for the season. How can I play this game?

"Blake's knee is in a serious condition. It is best to have surgery in the regular season, but he chose conservative treatment to play. He is a fighter and has been persisting. But sometimes you can't defeat injuries by just persisting. This time, you can no longer play again." Billups added at this time.

"It's my fault." Kassel said blamingly.

At this time, the players did not go to comfort Kassel. The news was too great. The joy of winning was completely dispersed.

In fact, the moment when Griffin chose conservative treatment, it was like burying a time-based explosive for himself. Although what happened now was very sudden, it was expected.

"As later, the team will announce this news to the public. Even if Blake can't play, I hope you can keep your confidence and we still have a chance." After Kassel said that, he didn't seem to want to say anything more, so he turned around and left the locker room.

His mood was obviously extremely bad. Paul's injury had already made him blame himself enough. Now Griffin can't play, and the two core players are reimbursed. For him, who led the team to play in the playoffs for the first time, this is really beyond his psychological endurance.

"Dang, come out." Billups did not go out with Kassel immediately, but suddenly called Tang Shuai.

Shuai Tang was still stunned. When he heard Bilups calling him, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, but when he saw Bilups had already walked out, he got up and followed him.
Chapter completed!