"Come back from the pause, let's see, Li Tian seems to be resting."

When the commentator said this, the fans in front of the screen also found out, which made them feel a little disappointed, Li Tian's performance in the past half of the quarter was very good, and they also expected Li Tian to continue to score points on the field.

Sitting on the sidelines to rest, wiping his sweat with a towel, Li Tian was not surprised that Adelman replaced him. With his current C-level physical strength, he can support himself to complete about 20 to 25 minutes of play in the field every night under normal circumstances, and if the confrontation is fierce, this time may be slightly reduced. On average, each quarter can be played for about half a quarter.

After the start of this game, because it was the main point of attack, coupled with the extreme excitement in the field, and the full commitment at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, Li Tian felt that his physical strength was passing faster than usual.

As the head coach, Adelman has long mastered Li Tian's physical condition through the information provided by physical trainers and others, so although Li Tian's offensive state on the field is very good, Adelman still chose to replace Li Tian for rest.

"Dude, you're doing great!"

Sitting on the sidelines, Li Tian heard the voice of his good brother Thomas Robinson, and in his voice, in addition to feeling excited for Li Tian, he was also envious.

Li Tian's performance after coming on the court, even Robinson, who has been training with Li Tian often this summer, was slightly surprised and envious at the same time.

Robinson is undoubtedly the leader of the team at the end of the offensive and defensive ends, and he is also the biggest contributor to the University of Kansas winning the championship.

Although Li Tian was also an excellent team player in the team at that time and was an indispensable member of the championship, there was still a gap between him and Robinson's role.

But after entering the NBA, Robinson saw that this brother who had been by his side to help him get better and better, and even became a starter in the new season, and had such an outstanding performance after playing, which undoubtedly made Robinson have a lot of thoughts in his heart, although it is not to say jealousy, but envy and surprise and a little bit of loss in his heart are inevitable.

Turning his head, Li Tian saw the expression on Robinson's face, and he could guess some thoughts from the bottom of his good friend's heart.

After a season's test, as Robinson's friend, Li Tian had to admit that Robinson did not meet the expectations of fans or Robinson himself.

Li Tian also knew very well that his getting better and better was also stimulating Robinson, but Li Tian couldn't tell the other party that he had the help of the Iron Book in addition to hard practice.

"It's my turn!"

Just when Li Tian was about to have a good talk with Robinson, Robinson suddenly stood up, Li Tian turned his head sideways, only to find that Adelman was signaling Robinson to play, so he took back what he was going to say, cheered for Robinson and said, "Brother, come on!" ”

"Of course, I will!" With a smile on his face, Robinson trotted into the court and replaced starting power forward Thompson.

After Robinson came on the court, Li Tian didn't chat with anyone anymore, and his eyes were fixed on the court.

Just over a minute after Lee went off the court, the Kings were still in control, but the offense was on the Hawks' side.

The ball was passed around the court and into the hands of Millsap, who fell to the low post, and it was Robinson, who had just come on the court, who defended him.

Millsap backstruck, Robinson stuck behind Millsap, and this summer, Robinson increased his weight and strengthened his strength training, which made him look bigger and stronger.

In the NCAA period, Robinson's body was an important part of his strong basket, but after entering the NBA, Robinson's body no longer has an advantage, which is why Robinson struggled very much last season.

After gaining weight and strength this summer, Robinson can't say that he used his body to run amok like he did in the NCAA, but it is clear that he has improved a lot in terms of confrontation, and he is stuck behind Millsap, Robinson is not completely pushed by Millsap, and obviously does not suffer too much in the confrontation.

Seeing that Robinson had no chance to eat Robinson completely, Millsap turned slightly to the left, and then quickly turned back to the right side and killed the basket.

Robinson was apparently deceived by Millsap's fake operation of turning to the left, and when Millsap turned to the right, Robinson was not able to get stuck. But Robinson was also very quick to react, quickly turning sideways, and Robinson clinging to Millsap's side and moving towards the basket.

Millsap, who was stuck by Robinson and rushed into the basket, failed to get a direct jump attack, and stood still in the three-second zone, Millsap picked up the ball and suddenly rose his body to make a shooting motion.

Robinson jumped almost without any hesitation, which made Li Tian on the sidelines frown slightly, because in his opinion, Millsap's move was more like a feint.

"Tick!" The next scene on the court confirmed what Li Tian thought, Millsap's shot was just a feint, and after Robinson jumped, Millsap jumped up and leaned towards Robinson, and the referee's whistle sounded immediately.

Millsap hit both free throws and the ball went to the Kings, and after Evans dribbled to halftime, Robinson made a very positive mention of blocking Evans from beyond the three-point line.

With Robinson's pick-and-roll, Evans dribbled to the basket, and the Hawks opted for a bag at this time, with Teague and Millsap attacking at the same time to block Evans from hitting the basket.

Dribbling the ball and taking a step forward, completely engaging the defense of Teague and Millsap, Evans immediately passed the ball into Robinson's hands.

Half a step inside the three-point line, he received a pass from Evans, which was not Robinson's range of attack, and smashed the ball to the floor, Robinson dribbled the ball towards the basket.

Robinson has no defenders next to him, which makes him rush forward without hesitation, rushing across the free throw line, Robinson is about to adjust his pace to attack the basket, but he finds that there is already a figure standing not far in front of him, Al Horford, the Hawks center has taken the first step to stand outside the reasonable collision zone.

"Porphyry!" Robinson, who had fully rushed up, was unable to control his body in time and crashed straight into Horford's body.

"Tick!"

At the same time, the referee's whistle sounded, and the offense was fouled.

Robinson tried to explain to the referee, but the referee ignored it, and there was not much controversy about the ball, and Horford had already taken a step forward and was outside the reasonable collision zone.

Robinson could only helplessly walk to the sidelines at this time, and in less than a minute on the court, he had already received two fouls, and was replaced by Hayes at this time.

"Hell!" Robinson, who walked to the sideline, sat heavily on the chair in frustration, and did not answer the towel handed by the staff next to him, in fact, he didn't even sweat yet.

"Alas!" Seeing his good brother so annoyed, Li Tian sighed slightly, patted his arm gently, and said comfortingly: "Man, don't be depressed! ”

"Li, don't persuade me, I know that I fight very badly, and I can't compare with you at all." Robinson, who was annoyed, said angrily.

Robinson's tone was angry, but Li Tian was not angry, nor did he take it to heart, he and Robinson are brothers, he understands Robinson's mood at this moment, because he also experienced such moments last season.

At this time, Robinson also realized that his tone might be too impulsive, and let out a long breath, he turned his head to Li Tian and said, "Li, I'm sorry, I ......"

"Thomas, I know how you're feeling, but I think you'll have to calm down and hear some of my thoughts." Li Tian put his arm around Robinson's shoulder, and he felt he had to talk to his current friend who had partnered with college.

Li Tian is undoubtedly very clear about Robinson's current situation, among the top six drafts last season, Robinson's data and performance were the worst, which is a great contrast to the expectations before the draft.

So this summer, Robinson is also working his body and strength, in order to better adapt to the physical confrontation in the NBA.

However, in the training camp, Robinson was not too much appreciated by Adelman, although the team did not have many interior players, but Robinson did not get many opportunities, and on the bench inside, Hayes, who had played under Adelman, had more opportunities.

"Thomas, I have no doubt about your talent, but we have to admit that this is a league of talented players, and even if you get stronger this summer, it's obviously not enough to get you in the league on your feet."

Seeing Robinson calm down a little, Li Tian said to Robinson, these words are not only seen by him as a bystander, Pete Smith also made a lot of analysis after watching Robinson's performance in training camp, and he thinks that Robinson may be more acceptable to Li Tian, so the two also talked about this issue before the start of the regular season.

Li Tian originally planned to look at Robinson's performance on the court after the start of the regular season and then find a chance to talk, but he didn't expect this opportunity to come so quickly.

"Thomas, I think you need to adjust your mentality first, we need to improve a little bit to win chances. I guess you can learn from two players, the Heat's Udonis Haslem and our teammate Chuck Hayes. ”

"They don't have the height or talent to be better than you, but Udonis is the captain of the Heat, and even if Dwyane Wade is seen as the soul of the Heat, he respects Udonis as much. And Chuck, you've seen the coach's trust in him. ”

"Man, I think the coach would like a hard-blooded, fierce interior player rather than a reckless player who only knows how to use his body and has rough skills."

Speaking of this, Li Tian stopped, Robinson lowered his head expressionlessly at the moment, but Li Tian knew that the other party was listening to his words carefully.

Seeing this, Li Tian reached out and hugged Robinson's shoulder, and then let go of his hand and stopped talking, in the final analysis, the performance on the court still depends on himself after all, and whether Robinson can really calm down and find his position, it still depends on himself, Li Tian can only hope that Robinson can figure this out and get out of the predicament as soon as possible.