Chapter 53: A new high
Lee's three-pointer gave the Kings a seven-point advantage heading into the fourth quarter, and they maintained that advantage until the end of the game.
At 99:106, full-time was over, Jim Ain's first game in charge of the Kings, and they won the game by 7 points.
Evans had 21 points and 10 assists, Cousins had 20 points and 13 rebounds, and the team's two core players both got 20+10 data, and the team's highest scorer was Li Tian!
In the fourth quarter of the game, Li Tian got nearly 7 minutes of playing time, but in the fourth quarter, he was obviously listed as a key target by the Trail Blazers, so he got fewer shots, and the success rate also decreased, and he scored 2 points on 1-of-3 shooting in this quarter.
After the whole game, Li Tian played a total of 22 minutes, 10 of 15 shots, 2 of 2 free throws, 3 of 5 three-point shots, 25 points, 2 assists, 2 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block.
Both the shooting percentage and the final data are quite good, which makes the fans who watch the live broadcast in China excited.
It can be expected that after this game, Li Tian's popularity in China will be improved, and his fan lineup will also expand.
So at this time, ** Net will not miss the opportunity to get first-hand news, and after the game, Li Tian met Su Yan who was waiting there in the player tunnel.
This time, Su Yan didn't even ask Li Tian if he was willing, and when he saw Li Tian appear, he immediately took the microphone and greeted him with bright eyes: "Li Tian, you performed very well in this game, got the highest score in the team, and helped the team win, what is your evaluation of your game tonight?" ”
"It's alright!" Li Tian said with a smile, he was quite satisfied with this game, after all, he almost seized the opportunity to seize, "In the game, the coach gave me more playing time than usual, and my own offensive state today was not bad, so I was able to grasp the shooting opportunity after it appeared." ”
"Does that mean you're going to improve your playing time in the next games like you did in this game?" Su Yan immediately asked.
Spreading his hands, Li Tian replied: "Of course I hope so, but the final decision is up to the coach." ”
Su Yan bowed slightly, and then a pair of beautiful eyes suddenly looked at Li Tian with questions and said, "Let's talk about a question that you can answer, we saw that you often communicate with Lillard in the game, what are you talking about?" ”
"And Lillard? I'm just introducing myself. ”
"That's it?" Su Yan obviously didn't react immediately after hearing Li Tian's words, and suddenly said a little strangely.
Li Tian nodded and continued: "Didn't you interview him before the game, he said he didn't know me, so I kept introducing myself to him, I said, hello, my name is Li Tian, well, I said it many times." ”
Seeing Li Tian's solemn expression, Su Yan couldn't help but laugh, his beautiful eyes flashed, and he asked with a smile, "Then, does he remember your name?" ”
"You should have remembered!" Li Tian turned his head and thought about it, and replied.
"Don't worry, Li Tian, Lillard must remember your name."
"With the performance of the two clashes today, it's hard for Lillard not to remember it!"
At the same time, the fans who were watching Li Tian's interview in China laughed and shouted.
Li Tian continued to be interviewed, Su Yan asked a few more questions, and Li Tian answered them one by one.
Putting the microphone down, Su Yan stretched out his hand to Li Tian and said: "Li Tian, thank you for accepting my interview, my main job in the future is to talk to the whole team of the king and your news, I hope you will support me more!" ”
"Good!" Su Yan's down-to-earth and generous appearance made Li Tiandun feel good, and while shaking hands with the other party, he agreed.
After Li Tian agreed, Su Yan immediately had a happy look on his face, and said with a little joy: "That's really good." ”
"However, I don't want to expose all the negative news every day." Letting go of Su Yan's hand, Li Tian said jokingly.
Su Yan replied with a straight face: "As a reporter, I only report the facts, as for whether it is positive or negative, it is up to the reader to judge, but if you invite me to dinner, I will consider writing better." ”
Speaking of this, Su Yan chuckled.
At this time, Li Tian groaned, and then said: "That's it, but someone wants to ask me for news and doesn't seem to have invited him to dinner." ”
Saying that, Li Tian was about to walk away, and Su Yan hurriedly shouted: "I'm joking with you, Li Tian, I invite you to supper, thank you for accepting my interview today." ”
"I'm kidding you, too, I won't eat for supper, you want to treat me to dinner, next time. I'm an athlete, you're a woman, and you need to be in shape. Li Tian smiled, finished speaking to Su Yan, and then walked to the dressing room
"I didn't expect this Li Tian to be quite interesting, it seems that I don't have to worry about my news." Looking at Li Tian's back, Su Yan said with a chuckle, then turned his head to the person holding the camera and said, "Da Liu, let's go, our task today is complete, let's have supper, I'll have a treat." ”
"Hey, the hero who won the game is back." As soon as Li Tian entered the locker room, he heard Isiah Thomas shouting there.
After Thomas's shout, the Kings players in the locker room suddenly looked at Li Tian, but the expressions on everyone's faces were very different.
There are well-intentioned, surprised, questioning, and unhappy......
These expressions naturally fell in Li Tian's eyes, which made Li Tian secretly scold Isaiah Thomas in his heart, he did get the highest score of the team in this game, but it was too much to say that he was a hero, Isaiah Thomas shouted like this obviously not well, and other teammates would naturally have thoughts in their hearts after hearing such words, because winning is everyone's credit, if Li Tian is the absolute core of the team, then others will not think much about it, but Li Tian is only a substitute now, and he just performed better in this game, once Li Tian shows too proudness at this time, it is very easy to cause dissatisfaction among people such as Evans and Cousins, which is absolutely not beneficial to himself.
Thinking of this, Li Tian immediately said: "No, I'm just the lucky one today, Tyrek, thank you for the pass, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to score like this even if I felt good today, LaMarcus, thank you for helping me cover again and again, helping me defend ......"
Li Tian said that in the past, he thanked his teammates who had cooperated with him on the field today, and Li Tian's gesture obviously made the rest of the king's players feel very comfortable, and almost everyone smiled and said a few words to Li Tian.
"This kid is really cunning." Seeing this, Isiah Thomas muttered to himself in his heart, he does have the intention of sowing discord, in his mind, Li Tian's good performance in this game must be a little fluttering, so that as long as he provokes, the Kings players will be dissatisfied with him, and Li Tian can be isolated.
But what Thomas didn't expect was that Li Tian was not fooled at all, but took this opportunity to get closer to his teammates.
"It's good that I didn't fall for that kid." At this time, Li Tian was thinking differently, and after seeing the performance of his teammates, he was glad that his mind was clear.
If you really want to make those teammates dissatisfied with you, your previous efforts are in vain, Li Tian knows very well that on the court, basketball is a five-person sport, without the cooperation of teammates, without teammates' cover, passing, assisting defense, and making up defense, it is absolutely impossible for him to have a good performance.
Jim Ain then took to the dressing room to praise his team's performance today, and it was clear that he was extremely happy to have won the first game.
After all this was over, Li Tian took a shower, and then rushed to his residence, in fact, as soon as the game was over, his mind had completely flown to the iron book.