Chapter Ninety-Six: Little People Flash
Cousins' ejection was already a fact, and the Kings had to face such a situation at the moment, with Westafal coach sending Hassan Brown. Whiteside comes on in place of Cousins.
Cousins is another offensive core of the Kings in addition to Tyreck, and this season has unexpectedly developed a three-point ability, in the team's five consecutive wins at the beginning of the season, Cousins has scored three-pointers in every game, and everyone is convinced that he has a range beyond the three-point line, and the tactics around Cousins' three-point shooting have also become a regular tactic for the Kings.
Although this season there is David. A star player with all-round strength like West joined, but the perfect interior physical talent, solid low-post skills, soft shooting touch and unlimited potential still make Cousins the cornerstone of the Kings' interior, and West, who is experienced but already a veteran, can only be regarded as Cousins' deputy.
Cousins' departure can be said to have cut off an arm of the Kings, and his all-round ability can greatly enrich the team's offensive options and tactical setup. Whiteside, who replaced him, has a much simpler offensive approach in comparison, although Whiteside is athletic and a good blocker on the defensive end, but now he is still relatively thin, with average top defense ability, and his defensive deterrence on the inside is no better than Cousins.
Without Cousins, although the Kings will not collapse, but their strength is indeed damaged, the overall offensive ability and interior singles ability have declined, and the punishment of Cousins has also affected the team's morale to a certain extent, the Clippers seized this wave of opportunity, and soon played a wave of 15-3 attack wave to pull the score away, and the Clippers ended the first half of the game with a 62-49 lead over the Kings by 13 points.
Back in the locker room, Cousins was found naked, with a towel hanging on his body, drenched, apparently just showering. Seeing Tyrek and the others, Cousins hurriedly stepped forward and frowned and said, "Brothers, I'm so aggrieved, I'm really pitted to death, I'll go!" Bad luck! ”
Tyrek patted Cousins on the shoulder, walked past him to his locker, took out a bottle of trainer-made energy drink and took a big sip, and said: "Forget it, what can you do if you encounter this kind of thing on the court, it's not the referee who has the final say, you can only suffer a dumb loss, just scold a few words, you kid still do it?!" It's okay now, impulsive! ”
West also nodded and said: "DeMarcus, I will definitely punish you when I see your revenge, I have been teammates with Chris for 6 years, he can become a defensive leader with a height of 1.83 meters, there is a lot of resourcefulness on the court, your impulse is indeed worth the loss......"
When Cousins heard everyone say this, he blushed and said, "Damn, it's bad for me, I can't bear it!" ...... Hey, that's it, that's it......" Cousins sat down in front of his locker with his head down, and although he said so, he was still annoyed that he was sent off.
"It's okay, restrain yourself in the future, it's only half the game now, and it's ......not certain who wins and who loses this game," Tyrek stood beside Cousins and comforted him with one hand on his shoulder.
As Tyrek said, everything is not a foregone conclusion in the NBA until the end of the game.
At the beginning of the second half of the game, the Clippers still took the initiative on the court, and under the leadership of Paul, the Clippers blossomed more, while the Kings only relied on the scoring of Tyrick and West.
Halfway through the third quarter, the gap between the two teams had widened to a full 20 points, and at this time, the Clippers made personnel adjustments, Paul and other main players all went to rest, and only Griffin remained on the court in the starting lineup.
The Kings have a lineup of Tyrek and Benno. Yudri, Omi. Cosby, Kenneth. Farid, Jason. Thompson.
Tyrek knew in his heart that this game was so far behind, and if no one could respond and pull the score, this game would be explained like this......
Tyrek dribbles in the front court and faces Randy. Foye's defense, the body changed direction to break through, and Cosby, who aimed at the bottom line, had a gap, and then passed the ball to Cosby, who made a three-point shot and hollowed it into the net!
A clean goal, but at this moment, the disparity between the two teams is not a three-point shot that can be flattened, no one cares about this offense, but everyone doesn't know that this three-point shot sounded the horn of the Kings' counterattack!
After the Clippers hit a layup in the next round, Cosby asked for the ball again and faced Ryan. Gomez's close-to-face defense, three-point shot! Again!
Then the Clippers' Foye's shot was missed, Farid confiscated the rebound, and gave Tyrek a fast break, and Cosby, who was running with Tyrek, had already run outside the three-point line to beckon, and Tyrek immediately gave the point to Cosby, Cosby's eyes were firm, and he raised his hand again! Ball out! Hit!
In less than two minutes, Cosby hit three three-pointers in a row, narrowing the gap between the two teams to 13 points in an instant!
This season with Caron. Butler's joining, Cuarón. Butler was firmly in the starting position at the No. 3 position, and Francisco was the No. 3 choice last season. Garcia, too, can only sit on the bench this season. Cosby, who was able to get a few starts last season and has a steady playing time, has been squeezed this season.
However, everyone has the quality of professional players, after all, the number of people on the field at the same time in each team is only five, even if for various reasons, not enough playing time, you still have to polish yourself in training in order to play at any time, and seize any possible opportunity!
And Cosby seized such an opportunity, and when the team was in danger, he gave the team a chance to fight back with his best three-point shot!
A player like Cosby, while not having the absolute talent to become a superstar, has his own strengths and consistency, and he can always find his place in any team.
Cosby's back-to-back three-pointers instantly ignited the fighting spirit of the Kings players, everyone is an NBA-level player, although the ability is high, but the morale on the court is also quite important.
The Kings became more and more courageous, chasing after the victory, and doing their best every offense and defense, in addition to Cosby, several rotation players such as Farid and Thompson also burst out their strength under his encouragement, and the Clippers were gradually suppressed, accompanied by mistakes. Even if the Clippers' main team returned to the court, it still did not change the decline on the court.
Casby's three three-pointers became the turning point of the game, and by the first three minutes of the fourth quarter, the Kings had erased the 20-point gap between the two teams!