Chapter 50: One Attack and Two Defenses
The referee blew the whistle to restart the game, Batum served from outside the sideline, and Meno received the ball, but Li Tian ignored these as he introduced himself to Lillard.
"Damian, my name is Li Tian!"
Since the other party doesn't know him, of course Li Tian needs to introduce himself, Li Tian thinks so. But Lillard clearly didn't think so, and glancing at Li Tian, the rookie who was the best rookie of the tournament was indifferent.
After seeing Lillard's performance like this, Li Tian did not speak again, but he believed that soon the other party would know him.
Although Mayno played point guard, Lillard was still on the court, so the ball was in Lillard's hands after a short transition.
Seeing Lillard receiving the ball, Li Tian slowly bent down, ready to meet the first meeting between the two.
Lillard didn't force a break through Li Tian's defense, but motioned for Hickson to step forward to block and look for misplaced opportunities.
Hickson put up the screen, and Lillard entered the three-point line from one side, but at this time, he found that he did not find a misplaced opportunity, and Li Tian actually stopped in front of him again.
Slightly surprised, Lillard's right hand in possession sent the ball to his left hand, and the man slammed towards the left.
"Porphyry!" Li Tian's accurate judgment once again made the bodies of the two collide together, and also made Lillard, who had just started, stop rushing forward, and Li Tian, who had just been pushed back, quickly topped up and stuck directly to his side.
The two consecutive attacks were blocked, making Lillard's brows furrow slightly, and he retreated slightly, he and Li Tian opened a little distance, and then rushed forward again.
This time, Lillard fully displayed his explosiveness, even if Li Tian's judgment was accurate, but he could not stop Lillard's front, thus giving Lillard room to break through.
However, Li Tian also did not lose his position, half of his body resisted Lillard, constantly moving sideways, and Li Tian began to entangle the other party with his body.
Li Tian's entanglement made Lillard unable to fully rush up, but he was still able to rush to the basket, so he didn't stop.
Outside the three-second zone, Lillard suddenly jumped up, leaning completely on Li Tian's body, and at the same time holding the ball with both hands and leaning towards Li Tian.
As soon as he saw Lillard's appearance, Li Tian understood that the other party wanted to make a foul, his feet stood tightly, Li Tian's hands were raised high, and at this time he had to control his movements to avoid being fouled by the referee.
Lillard obviously didn't expect that his sudden attack didn't make Li Tian panic, but the heart of causing Li Tian's foul did not die, and the hand that grabbed the ball was slightly lowered, and he put the ball in a place where Li Tian's hand seemed to be easy to reach.
Suppressing the urge to press down with both hands, Li Tian still maintained his inherent movements, and he knew that at this time, as long as there was a little movement in his hands, the referee's whistle would sound without hesitation.
Until Lillard made a shot, the referee did not blow the whistle, and Lillard did not grasp the point of foul shooting because he wanted to lure Li Tian to the basket, and the basketball hit the basket and fell on the other side.
Li Tian's defense is successful!
"It's my turn to attack!" Seeing Robinson pick up the rebound at the other end of the basket, Li Tian immediately ran to the other half of the court, and at the same time, he didn't forget to say provocatively to Lillard.
Lillard really didn't know Li Tian before, but he couldn't completely ignore Li Tian's performance in the first half, and after hearing Li Tian's words, Lillard immediately followed Li Tian and rushed to the other half.
After a slight pause outside the three-point line, his eyes swept over the position of the halfcourt personnel, and after Evans dribbled to the halfcourt, Li Tian suddenly started again.
Taking a step to the right, Li Tian made a move to run to the right, which naturally caused Lillard to move his steps to the right, but at this time, Li Tian's steps were staggered, and the person suddenly flashed to the left.
Cutting in front of the left, Li Tian not only entered the three-point line, but also blocked Lillard, who was about to run forward to follow.
Robinson, who skillfully bypassed the cover, Li Tian did not run far, and received Evans's pass at a distance of half a step next to Robinson.
Lillard was still bypassing Robinson at this time, and even if he appeared around him, he was behind Li Tian's side, unable to defend at all, and Batum, who was originally opposite Robinson, was guarding against Li Tian and taking a step back, and when he saw Li Tian receiving the ball, he hurriedly went up to defense, but to no avail.
"Huh!"
The mastery of the timing made Li Tian's ball seem to be in the crowd, but the defensive pressure was very small, and it also made the second ball he threw in the second half fall into the basket steadily, increasing his personal score to 18 points!
"Your defense is so inferior!" After completing the goal and seeing Lillard coming to his side, Li Tian coldly threw out this sentence.
"You're too arrogant!" Lillard was finally angered by Li Tian's words, and said coldly.
Li Tian ignored the other party's anger, and just said to himself: "My name is Li Tian, it doesn't matter if you don't know me, from now on, you will know me." ”
"Li Tian?" Lillard finally remembered the pre-game interview, but soon he secretly sneered, "A guy who doesn't know where to run out, let you see the strength of the best rookie." ”
Lillard took the initiative to pass the ball from the backcourt, and after coming to the halfcourt, Lillard made another gesture, signaling that he wanted to single Li Tian, and the rest of the Trail Blazers players naturally pulled away.
"The best rookie of this class? Come on! Seeing Lillard's appearance, Li Tian also became excited, bent down, and stared at Lillard's shoulders tightly, while his hands kept shaking in front of the other party's eyes.
Dangling left and right, without too many fancy moves, Lillard began to break through after one of the simplest and most practical dribble feints.
"Porphyry!" What greeted him was not the space for breakthrough, but Li Tian's body that was not very strong but was very resolute.
With the help of momentum, Li Tianding took half a step away, Lillard dribbled the ball back to his left hand, and the man also changed direction and rushed to the left.
Lillard decided that Li Tian was unable to quickly adjust his footsteps to move and block at this time, however, what Lillard didn't expect was that when he turned forward and rushed forward, it was Li Tian's body that greeted him.
"Porphyry!" Li Tian forced Lillard to stop again.
"Well done, China Lee!" Li Tian successfully stopped Lillard twice in a row, which also made the Kings fans on the scene start shouting in support.
Of course, at this time, such a shout is completely inaudible to Li Tian and Lillard on the court.
was forced to stop by Li Tian twice in a row, Lillard was obviously very annoyed, of course he refused to give up, his body turned to the side, and Lillard tried to pass Li Tian directly by turning around.
Spotting Lillard's move, Li Tian immediately took a step sideways, and when Lillard was about to turn past him, Li Tian re-attached himself to Lillard's side.
At the same time, Li Tian's hand suddenly poked out.
Lillard felt that after turning around, he had flashed out of Li Tian's defense, so his vigilance had relaxed a little at this time, and there would still be a little sluggishness after turning around with the ball, which was not as smooth as dribbling directly, and this gave Li Tian a chance.
Fingers lightly tapped on the basketball, Li Tian was not able to snatch the ball directly, but this was enough, touched by Li Tian's fingers, the basketball was out of Lillard's control, but Lillard rushed forward with inertia.
"Damn it!" After rushing half a step and feeling that there was no ball in his hand, Lillard suddenly came to his senses and wanted to get the ball back.
However, how could Li Tian give the other party a chance and take a big step, Li Tian leaned on Lillard, and at the same time grabbed the basketball in his hand.
Successful steal!
"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! At the scene, after Li Tian completed the defense with a steal, cheers and applause instantly rang out from all corners of the stadium.
And in front of the screen, domestic fans are also excited.
"Beautiful! Li Tian steals Lillard! ”
"Defending Lillard two balls in a row, do you have to look at the opponent now?"
(PS: Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!) )