"Coach, you call me?" As soon as he left the locker room, he saw Billups standing outside the door, he asked.●⌒,

Billups nodded, with a worried look on his face, obviously Griffin's injury made him very worried: "You should have heard what Sam said."

Tang Shuai nodded.

"Cp3 was injured and Blake was reimbursed for the season. This is definitely bad news for the team, but it is also a chance for you." Billups said.

Tang Shuai was stunned and looked at Billups with a puzzled look.

"I was surprised by your performance in the last game, but it also means that you have the ability to control the team. If you can't play CP3 and Blake now, you will definitely become the team's only offensive core. I hope you have this preparation in advance, after all, we still have games to play."

Billups's words made Tang Shuai understand immediately. Paul and Griffin can't play. You can't expect 38-year-old Pierce to dream of returning to the peak and scoring high scores. You can't let a character player like Green and Smith suddenly break through Ren and Du's meridians. You can't expect Booker to win all the points Griffin got before. What Billups said was the only situation that might happen next game.

"The competition will become very difficult, and it may be more difficult than you imagined, but if you can persevere, I believe you will have a qualitative change." Billups said earnestly.

"I will do my best, coach." Tang Shuai said firmly. After so much time, he had come back to his senses from the depression of Griffin's injury and being unable to beat. In fact, he should have been mentally prepared. After all, he saw Griffin limp a long time ago. Now, as Billups said, this is bad news, but it is also an opportunity for him.

If he seizes this opportunity, from an ordinary player to a star, this is a shortcut.

"Come on." Billups said and patted his shoulder, then walked back to the coach's office.

Tang Shuai looked at the direction where Billups disappeared and pressed his fist secretly.

On the evening of April 27, US time, the Clippers officially announced the news that Griffin was reimbursed for the season due to injury.

A stone caused a thousand waves, and the news completely shocked the entire league.

If Paul's injury makes the outside world think that the Clippers' hope of advancing to the semi-finals is slim, then Griffin's injury is like a slash of a seriously ill patient's heart, and the Clippers' hope of advancing has almost become zero.

You can't expect the Cavaliers who lack James and Irving to go far in the playoffs. You can't expect the Warriors who lack Curry and Thompson to still be able to kill all sides, so all that's left for the Clippers is endless regret.

If the Clippers lead 3-0 at this time, it may be very promising for the team, but now it is only 3-2. And the next game is still playing in Houston, which is directly equivalent to a judgment on the Clippers' elimination in advance.

"This is really a frustrating news. The Clippers had a great hope of advancing, but this news directly ruined this possibility. I think the next two games will be the Los Angeles battle of honor. They have always been tough teams. Even if they can't win the ball, I believe they will do their best." This is Reggie Miller's answer when talking about the news while doing the show.

"There is nothing worse than this. The only possibility for the Clippers to play in the next game is to play Don. But this basically announced the result. Yes, Don performed well in the last game, but I think he is far from the strength to lead a team. Houstonians can celebrate in advance. They will meet the defending champion in the semi-finals." Compared to Miller's tactfulness, Old Barry's comments seem much more direct. It can be seen that the live commentary on the last game still made him feel a lot of resentment.

Miller and Barry's comments are just the tip of the iceberg among many remarks. In fact, by this time, there is no longer any saying that they will not be bad. No one thinks that the Clippers can advance to the semi-finals, even if they have 2 match points in hand.

Not to mention the outside world, even within the Clippers, the players' emotions were extremely frustrated. The two core core injuries were injured, which is unacceptable to any team.

On this day, Duffy sent a text message to Tang Shuai. The content of the text message was very simple, but it was even more dazzling than Griffin's absence.

Anna's father passed away.

Brain cancer is an incurable disease that humans cannot overcome after all.

"I know I shouldn't tell you this news at this time, but Anna's mood was a little out of control. She kept not talking after she came back and had been sitting in the room for a day." Duffy said at the end.

Tang Shuai hung up the phone, said hello to Su Mei, and then drove to the villa. As a friend, he had to do something now.

When I arrived at the villa, I met Duffy.

"She is upstairs, and her emotions are not very stable. I'm afraid she will do something stupid." Duffy said worriedly.

"Well, I understand." After Tang Shuai finished speaking, he walked upstairs.

When he went upstairs, he unconsciously looked down at the chain in his hand. This thing was given to him by Anna on Christmas. After establishing a relationship with Su Mei, he stopped wearing it. This time, in order to comfort Anna, he turned it out and put it on again.

The door of the room upstairs was not closed, and Anna sat on the bed with her head down.

Tang Shuai did not go in directly, but reached out and knocked on the door.

When Anna heard the voice, she turned around and saw that it was Tang Shuai. A flash of light flashed in her eyes, but it soon faded, and she lowered her head with a frustrated expression.

At the moment when she looked up, Tang Shuai saw her look lost. She hadn't seen her for a few months, which was much thinner than before.

"Anna, I heard from James that you are back." Tang Shuai said and entered the room.

Anna said "yes" and stopped talking.

"It's spring now, and the scenery outside is much more beautiful than before. Let's go out for a walk?" Tang Shuai said.

Anna shook her head, but still didn't say anything.

Tang Shuai felt Anna was feeling emotional. After thinking about it, she sat next to her and said, "Let me tell you a little story, it is a real story that the teacher told me when she was a child."

Anna still didn't respond.

"There was a beggar in the past. He was a mute and a little stupid. He looked about thirty years old and could not find a clean place on him. Every day he would squat in that inconspicuous corner, looking at the crowd coming and going, sometimes smirking and sometimes crying. Seeing his kind-hearted people would look at him with sympathy and throw him some broken money or some leftover food, he would smile foolishly, and should be expressing his gratitude-" Tang Shuai said to himself.

"One day, a little girl passed by with her mother and saw him across the street. The little girl said to her mother, 'Mom, that beggar is so pitiful, can I give him my breakfast?', the little girl's mother agreed, the little girl ran to him with bread and said, 'Now this steamed bun is yours, don't be afraid, eat it.' His hands were very dirty, and he quickly got dirty when he held his head. The white steamed bun turned into a black steamed bun. The little girl repeated it again, and then he picked up the steamed bun and smiled foolishly as usual."

Tang Shuai continued his story, but Anna still lowered her head and did not respond.

"At this time, the mother across the road shouted to the little girl, and the little girl said to him, 'We are leaving, I will see you next time'. After that, the little girl left. Just as the little girl was walking in the middle of the road, suddenly, a white car rushed over from the left. At this moment of Qianyun, he didn't know where the courage and wisdom came from, and quickly ran towards the little girl, pushing away the little girl, who was only 1 meter away from the car, and only heard a scream, he fell into a pool of blood-"

Anna's body suddenly trembled uncontrollably.

"People on the road were stunned by this scene and surrounded him. The little girl and her mother rushed towards him. His body was covered in blood, and he was still holding the steamed bun that he had no time to eat. The little girl cried and said, "I don't want you to die. Get up and eat steamed buns. I will buy a lot of steamed buns in the future. You get up. I don't like you lying on the ground. I don't like you to shed so much blood."--The little girl's mother hugged the little girl and cried. He looked at the little girl weakly, smiling like that again..."

"Woo woo..." At this moment, Anna started crying slowly, starting to cry in a low voice, slowly getting louder and louder, and finally her whole body trembled and she cried completely.

Tang Shuai reached out and hugged her into his arms and gently patted her back.

Losing a close relative is a heart-wrenching pain for anyone. Anna has never recovered from this pain. Now she needs to cry like she is now, otherwise something will really happen if she holds it in for a long time.

Anna cried very thoroughly, and Tang Shuai's whole clothes became wet in a short while.

More than half an hour later, Anna's crying gradually lowered, slowly disappeared, and a gentle snoring sound came.

Tang Shuai looked down and saw that Anna was already asleep. He carefully put her on the bed, covered her with a quilt, and then quietly went downstairs.

"What happened?" Duffy didn't go upstairs. When he saw Tang Shuai coming down, he asked in confusion.

Tang Shuai made a move to silence, and then whispered: "She fell asleep and cried for a while. If you have time, help her buy some food. She hasn't eaten for a day and she should be hungry soon when she wakes up."

"Okay." Duffy nodded.

"I'll go out with you, I'm going back too." Tang Shuai followed him out with Duffy.

On the morning of April 28, US time, Shuai Tang and his teammates boarded the plane to Houston. Unlike the previous game, the teammates on the plane were all depressed this time. Griffin and Paul's absence made everyone feel uncomfortable.

Tang Shuai looked at his teammates' condition and was thinking about what to do, otherwise he would have known the result without having to play this game.

After getting off the plane and just putting down his luggage, he received a call from Duffy.

It's about Anna. After crying, Anna was in a bad mood, but she had already eaten.

ps: Thanks to Cao Nima group, Spectator 109, Feng Xuanwu's monthly ticket support. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!