At the end of the third quarter, after Li Tian came to the sidelines, nearby Mavericks fans turned their eyes over.

83:72, before entering the fourth quarter, the difference between the two teams was fixed at 11 points, and this result, Li Tian can be said to have contributed a lot, playing more than five minutes, Li Tian got 12 of the team's 14 points, and was very successful in Carter and Mayo's defense, which was the most critical factor in the difference from 4 points to 11 points.

"Move the ball, don't let that damn ball stay in one person's hand......" and Li Tian's performance made Carlisle on the other side shout again, obviously, the Mavericks head coach was extremely dissatisfied with the team's performance in the second half of the third quarter.

Relatively speaking, the head coach of the Kings, Smart, seemed to be in a good mood because of the team's double-digit lead, praising the players from time to time, and then concentrating on the tactics.

In addition to arranging tactics, the head coaches of both teams also adjusted the lineups, and Li Tian was also replaced for a break. Li Tian didn't have too many thoughts about this, and it was not bad to be able to play half a quarter, and he only played half a quarter in the fourth quarter.

In addition to Li Tian, Evans also made a substitution, and the team's perimeter core played a full quarter in the third quarter.

Evans went off the court, and Isiah Thomas, who returned to the court, became the ball in control of the court, but the offensive focus was on Cousins on the inside.

After two years of growth after entering the league, Cousins' lethality is indeed very good, although his temper has always been criticized, whether it is off the court or on the court, emotional control is very bad, but in terms of ability, he has approached the first-class interior player.

On the court, at this time, Cousins was receiving Thomas's pass and attacking the basket, and behind him was Carman, but it was obvious that Carman was not the opponent of the young and strong Cousins in terms of physical confrontation.

Seeing that Kaman was struggling defensively, Nowitzki immediately stepped forward to help, and at this time, Cousins suddenly turned around and stuck Carman behind him.

Nowitzki's help defense was completely ineffective at this point, and Cousins, who turned around, jumped to his feet and smashed into the basket with the ball in both hands.

"Tick!" At the same time, the referee's whistle sounded, and Carman fouled, 2+1.

After Cousins' free throw, the margin between the two teams, which had just turned into a single-digit margin after the Mavericks hit a three-pointer, was back to double digits.

The players on the court played well, and Smart didn't make any changes to the lineup, and it wasn't until five minutes into the fourth quarter that Smart brought Evans back on the court, but Robinson was also replaced at this point.

"I hate that guy!" Robinson sat down next to Li Tian, and then said with an unhappy face.

Of course, Li Tian knew that Robinson was talking about Isiah Thomas, and he didn't know if it was because Robinson and Li Tian were close, and Thomas didn't have a good impression of Robinson, so he basically didn't have any cooperation with Thomas, plus Cousins's offense was good just now, and Robinson didn't get any good opportunities, but only scored 2 points through the basket.

"Alright, buddy, today's performance was good." Li Tian could only say comfortingly at this time.

Robinson also complained, and his mood was not really bad, and he performed well today, and now he has 12 points and 8 rebounds.

Li Tian also knew that at this time in the game, he should not get another chance to play, so he was very relaxed on the sidelines, he and Robinson also scored 12 points in this game, but combined with his only more than five minutes of playing time, even if he did not contribute in other aspects, the effect was very high.

The game continued, and after another two minutes, Li Tian suddenly said to Robinson, "Thomas, it doesn't look good. ”

Robinson also nodded at this point and said, "Yes, it looks like the coach is going to call a timeout." ”

As soon as the two of them said this, Smart had already stood up and called a timeout.

In this segment, the Mavericks strengthened the bag on Cousins, making the Kings' offense blocked, and on the other end, the Mavericks suddenly found a sense of offense by strengthening the transmission of the ball, and Nowitzki and Mayo hit shots from outside the three-point line.

"DeMarcus, block and dismantle with Isiah, pay attention to distributing the ball to teammates......" Standing on the periphery of the player, Li Tian listened to Smart's tactics, but because Cousins was too tightly packed on the inside, he arranged for him and Thomas to play more blocking and dismantling.

After the timeout, the Kings began a new tactic, with Thomas and Cousins playing pick-and-rolls.

However, the Kings' tactic was not too successful, and the Mavericks are now clearly shrinking their defense, and it is not easy for Thomas and Cousins to attack the interior.

With Nowitzki's turnaround jumper, the difference between the two teams came straight to 2 points. Fortunately, Evans finally stepped up and hit a shot from close range to stabilize the situation.

There was a brief stalemate in the court, and two minutes later, Nowitzki split the ball, and Collison hit a three-pointer against Thomas's defense to narrow the gap to just one point, forcing Smart to call a timeout again.

Obviously, there is a problem with the current Kings offense, and the key is the lack of outside firepower, which allows the Mavericks to boldly shrink the defense.

"Tyrek, you come to possess the ball and break through the defense that attracts the opposing team, Isaiah, go around this position to catch the ball......" Smart also realized the problem, so he gave possession to Evans, so that Thomas, who has a longer range, can pull the outside attack.

Seeing this, Li Tian also shook his head secretly, Smart's offensive point is still in Thomas, but it is just that Thomas's offense with the ball has been converted to receiving the ball on the outside, in his opinion, Evans has more potential than Thomas in any case, but the Kings coaches will not make good use of this two-way guard.

At the end of the timeout, the Kings players implemented Smart's tactics on the court, Evans and Cousins blocked and the ball was distributed to Thomas on the outside, the Mavericks rotated quickly at this time, and Collison made Thomas's shot bounce out of the basket after Thomas received the ball, which also meant the failure of Smart's tactical arrangement.

A few minutes later, looking at the score on the record table, Li Tian secretly regretted that 103:106, the game was over, and in the end, the King still lost the game with an 11-point lead into the fourth quarter.

At the end of the day, Smart still chose to give Thomas and Cousins the shot, but it was clear that the two were not able to take on such a heavy responsibility, and although Thomas hit a three-pointer before the end of the game, it was too late, and the game was decided.

Sitting on the sidelines, seeing that the advantages he had fought for were wasted by his teammates, Li Tian naturally felt extremely regretful in his heart.

Li Tian can also see that Evans seems to be very unhappy after the final loss, and it is normal to think about it, Evans led the team alone on the court for several stages, whether it was with Robinson or with Li Tian, it was very good, and it also helped the team take the lead.

But in the fourth quarter, although Evans won possession at the last moment, the offensive focus was not on him, and it is no wonder that Evans had an idea.

It is clear that it is not easy for the current Kings to win a game, and this game was lost when the situation was good, and it ended in defeat undoubtedly made it very difficult for fans to accept.

Smart seemed to be more dissatisfied with the fans and media than with the players, and after the game, Smart's personnel strategy in the fourth quarter immediately became the target of attacks from fans and the media, including the arrangement of pressing Li Tian on the bench.