Chapter 70: The Iron Elbow

Watching Kobe Bryant teach Sun Xiaotian one after another, Coach Thibodeau couldn't sit still any longer, and he decisively returned Sun Xiaotian.

However, everyone saw Sun Xiaotian's unhappy face, he seemed to be fighting with Kobe, or it can be said that he was helpless after being beaten by Kobe!

By the time Sun Xiaotian played again, it was already the second half of the second quarter. During the entire break, Sun Xiaotian buried his head deep in the towel, and he was not at all interested in the rapid changes on the court. Maybe I'm thinking! Think about how you're going to respond to Kobe Bryant next?

By the time Sun Xiaotian came on the court again, the score on the court had been stretched, and the Bulls temporarily trailed the Lakers by as many as 15 points at 31-46. Not only that, the Bulls have fallen into passivity on the court, and on the inside, Howard + Gasol have combined to contribute 19 points, 12 rebounds and 6 blocks, while the Noah + Boozer combination on the Bulls' side only has 8 points and 9 rebounds.

Due to the Lakers' lead, many of their main players have also been replaced by the coach and rested, and now they have Blake, Meeks, Clark, Jamison and Howard on the court. The players on the Bulls court are Nate, Sun Xiaotian, and Jimmy. Butler, Gibson and Noah.

Sun Xiaotian has been sitting on the court for more than 8 minutes, and it is unknown whether the feeling can continue at the beginning of the game. But what is certain is that in these 8 minutes or so, Sun Xiaotian has already thought about it thoroughly, and he can't be slumped just because he has been taught a lesson. He should react quickly, find a way to deal with it, and respond if necessary, after all, there is still someone in his body, and if he is there, he will do it.

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Sun Xiaotian has a clear advantage in the face of Meeks' defense, Meeks is only a three-point shooter, and he has not had any outstanding performance on the defensive end, Sun Xiaotian seems to want to sacrifice him.

Facing Meeks' crab-style defense, Sun Xiaotian immediately remembered what Sakuragi did in the slam dunk, which was very funny.

Sun Xiaotian didn't care about him at all, just a cross step and then a breakthrough on the left, and the one that Meeks was called clean. When he wanted to turn around and chase again, Sun Xiaotian had already reached the free throw line.

When he arrived at the free throw line, there was already a high mountain in front of Sun Xiaotian, and that was Howard. Sun Xiaotian was not in a hurry, he suddenly raised the ball with one hand, and Howard jumped up with a "poof", he thought that Sun Xiaotian was going to choose to shoot.

At this time, Sun Xiaotian gave Noah, who was unguarded under the basket, to the basket with a hit, and Noah got up when he received the ball, and a violent dunk basket "clanged" only sounded.

The Lakers' lineup doesn't actually have much to do on the defensive end, although they put Howard on the court, but those four brothers are the colanders on the defensive end.

However, D'Antoni is not using them defensively, but on their offense. The style of play is very similar to that of the Magic team in the Howard era.

Blake dribbled the ball to the front court and passed it to Meeks, who came up to pick it up. By this time, Howard was already in position at 45 degrees diagonally, and Meeks passed the ball to him as soon as possible.

The Bulls' strategy is clear, as long as Howard has the ball, they will wrap it up. First, it can alleviate Noah's potential foul problem, and secondly, what about it? And most importantly, single defense is really not good against Howard.

As soon as Howard got the ball, Nate, who was near him, was ready to wrap the ball as soon as Howard dribbled.

Howard had just dribbled the ball when Nate appeared beside him like a little bouncing monkey. However, Howard was also prepared. Because in this lineup, Howard is just an offensive starting point, all he has to do is to see if the Bulls can wrap up on him, and if he doesn't, he won't hesitate to play alone. If he is trapped, all he has to do is pass the ball to his teammates on the outside as soon as possible.

Howard immediately passed the ball to the unguarded Blake, but Sun Xiaotian saw the opportunity and hurriedly went to make up for it. Blake passed to Meeks unhurriedly, and Meeks made a decisive move.

"Boom"

The ball smashes into the front of the basket.

At this time, Howard, Noah and Gibson all jumped up and scrambled for the rebound. However, Howard's body is really too good. I saw him slap the ball to Jamison in the bottom corner, and Gibson, who was defending Jamison, was still under the basket at the moment.

Jamison also opened his hands to shoot, and surprisingly, he actually shot a bridge. However, the Lakers still had a chance, because the ball happened to be in the hands of Howard again, and Howard passed the ball to the perimeter again, and it was Blake who received the ball at this time.

"It's always improved this time, right?" Howard muttered to himself.

"Boom!"

The ball slammed out of the basket again, and at this time, Sun Xiaotian jumped high and took the ball into his arms.

With three open positions and two offensive rebounds in a row, the Lakers didn't even score a single point. The Lakers fans at the scene let out bursts of boos, and then looked at Howard, disappointment was written all over their faces.

Sun Xiaotian got the rebound and stabilized the rhythm. He stretched out his hand to direct everyone to take their positions, like the leader of the team.

At this moment, due to the difference in tonnage, Gibson has pushed Jamison to the vicinity of the reasonable collision zone. Sun Xiaotian threw a pass and handed the ball to Gibson. Almost everyone thinks that Gibson will eat Jimson, and Meeks, who is defending Sun Xiaotian, is also ready to help.

Suddenly, Sun Xiaotian gave Gibson a look, and he cut into the middle line while Meeks hadn't reacted yet. At this time, look at Gibson, he threw the ball high to the basket, Sun Xiaotian jumped up directly, and then the ball was a two-handed dunk.

Howard next to him didn't do anything, just looked at it like that, but he didn't react either.

Sun Xiaotian's air catch won a full house, and not only the Bulls players, but even the Lakers fans on the scene also let out bursts of exclamations.

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The lineups of the two teams on the court, the Bulls slowly gained the upper hand. The reason why the Bulls were able to take the initiative was mainly because they had Sun Xiaotian's ability to attack and pass. While he revitalized the whole team, he also brought energy to the whole team, and the Bulls took advantage of this momentum to play a wave of 11-2 small climax.

D'Antoni couldn't sit still, he called a timeout and sent the team's main man. But Thibodeau showed a lot of faith in the players this time, and he kept the squad on the pitch anyway. While D'Antoni told Bryant to step up his offense, he also told Ci Shiping.

"The other party's No. 35 is handed over to you!"

Ci Shiping looked at Sun Xiaotian in the distance, and couldn't help but show a wicked smile.

Back on the court, Bryant quickly took advantage of his excellent back-to-back singles and hit a mid-range shot.

Looking back, to Sun Xiaotian's surprise, it turned out to be Ci Shiping, the former Artest, who defended him.

This beast has a lot of stories about him in the community, and if he can defend himself personally this time, it can be regarded that the Lakers are beginning to pay attention to themselves!

And in the first round of Ci Shiping's defense of Sun Xiaotian, Sun Xiaotian tasted the power of the beast.

It was when Sun Xiaotian came out to catch the ball from the bottom line, and Ci Shiping followed with crab steps. Maybe it's because he's old and can't compare with the Pacers period, and when Sun Xiaotian received the ball and broke through, it was easy to pass him.

Just as Sun Xiaotian happily went to the basket, suddenly Sun Xiaotian only felt that the black clouds covered the sun. A man covered his ball straight from behind, and as the man's arm fell.

“bang!”

His elbow slammed into his face, and the referee didn't blow him for a foul. Sun Xiaotian covered his face and fell heavily to the ground, and then saw that the person had already run forward with crab steps.