Chapter Forty-Eight: You've Been Fooled!
At 15:16, the Kings scored six points in a row to make the lead the King, which made Jim Ain very satisfied on the court, and at the same time made Isiah Thomas secretly annoyed on the court.
In the game, because the timeout had just been called, the Trail Blazers did not call a timeout after being overtaken, but Trail Blazers coach Stottes stood on the sidelines and kept gesturing to the court.
After Lillard dribbled past halfcourt, the Trail Blazers' offense was no longer organized by him, and he handed the ball to Batum.
French forward Batum is well-rounded, and he also has a set of playmaking offense, and the Trail Blazers' offense this time, Aldridge and Lillard attracted the attention of the defense, and Hickson got the opportunity to score.
"Rookie, do you think I'll give you a chance?"
Came to the other end of the court, at this time, Li Tianzheng began to move again, and at this time, Matthews followed him, in Matthews's opinion, just now Li Tian scored a goal just because he paid too much attention to the defense of the inside, but now, Evans is still dribbling outside the three-point line and obviously has no offensive intentions, Li Tian still wants to get a chance by running, it is simply delusional.
"Of course you don't want to, but you have to give!"
After Li Tian said this sentence that Matthews felt was a stinky fart, there was a trace of ridicule in Matthews' eyes, he felt that the rookie in front of him was crazy, and he started by defense.
Li Tian quickly told Matthews whether he was talking big or not, and after his teammates basically finished locating, Li Tian, who was moving slowly, began to accelerate, starting from the left side outside the line, and running towards the right side of the court.
Matthews kept following Li Tian's side until he entered the crowded area of the three-second zone.
In the area near the three-second zone, because of the large number of people, for Li Tian, this is simply a heavenly existence, at this time he is the active side, and those teammates or opponents' bodies have become his best coverers, blocking Matthews behind him.
Following Li Tian, after Matthews avoided a screener again, he finally spotted Li Tian's figure, but Li Tian had already run out to the right middle distance at this time, and the ball in Evans' hand was also flying towards Li Tian.
Matthews saw all this, and was powerless to stop it except to rush over with his hands held high.
"Huh!" Throwing the ball into the basket again easily, Li Tian glanced at Matthews who rushed to front him with a prophetic eye, as if telling the other party that he had to give.
"Wesley, watch his shot!" On the sidelines, Trail Blazers head coach Stotters reminded Matthews as he ran by.
Matthews nodded, in fact, Stouts didn't say that he was going to do it too, looking at Li Tian's back, the expression on Matthews's face became serious.
In the next round, Li Tian didn't run too aggressively, because Cousins had already fallen to the low post to attack the ball.
Li Tian certainly likes to score, and he is confident in his off-ball runs and shots, but he is not so arrogant that every offense has to be done by himself.
Cousins' shot missed, and on the Trail Blazers' side, Lillard tried to attack and was also defended by Evans. Evans, who grabbed the rebound, tried to launch a defensive counterattack and quickly advanced to the halfcourt. Lillard wasn't slow to step back, and Evans was stopped from beyond the three-point line.
Without forcing an attack of his own, Evans put the ball in the hands of Thorton on the other flank.
Thorton, who got the ball, leaned forward and seemed to break through directly, but when Batum retreated slightly, Thorton directly pulled up and threw the ball.
"Rebound!"
Thornton's shot bounced off the basket, the basketball bounced far away, and the two teams arrived in a hand-to-hand fight in the middle range, but the ball was shot out to the outside.
Stepping back and leaping back, Li Tian grabbed the basketball that was about to fly over his head, and then sent it to Evans to organize the team's second attack.
"Lee, run!" After receiving Li Tian's pass, Evans made a gesture towards Li Tian and signaled Li Tian to run.
After seeing Evans' gesture, Li Tian staggered out from Matthews' side and began to run. Beside Li Tian, Matthews did not relax his vigilance because Li Tian did not participate in the attack the previous time, and after seeing Li Tian running, he immediately followed closely.
After knowing that Li Tian's running was good, Matthews naturally had a targeted defense, but Li Tian also showed his running skills at this time, and before he came to the three-second zone, Li Tian used a running feint to fool Matthews.
Coming to the three-second zone, when Matthews was trying his best to keep up with Li Tian's footsteps, Li Tian suddenly reversed and returned to the left side.
"Stop him!" Startled, as he rushed out of the three-second zone, Matthews shouted at Aldridge on that side.
Aldridge, who was standing in the middle distance on the left, took a step sideways to block Li Tian's running route, but such a block was ineffective.
With a wrong step, Li Tian suddenly changed the direction of his running with a strange sideways move and rushed past Aldridge.
Li Tian rushed over, but Matthews was not so lucky, Aldridge, who originally blocked Li Tian, became an obstacle for him to chase and defend at this time, which also made him completely lose the opportunity to follow Li Tian.
"Nice run! Li Tian shook off the defense and caught the ball, this is a three-point shot......"
Outside the three-point line, Li Tian was completely empty at this time after receiving the ball, and after receiving the ball, he adjusted slightly, and Li Tian threw the ball.
"Huh!" The next moment, the sound of the ball piercing through the Nets resounded throughout the arena, three points, medium!
"Hell!" Rushing out from Aldridge's side, Matthews happened to see the scene of Li Tian's goal, which made him can't help but curse secretly, Li Tian's running skills are obviously beyond his expectations.
"Watch out for the rookie's off-ball runs, and if Wesley gets thrown off, watch out for a switch." The Trail Blazers called a timeout again, this time because of Li Tian, Li Tian's three consecutive goals forced Stotters to deliberately tell the defense, and after realizing that Li Tian's off-ball running was excellent, he began to adjust the team's defensive strategy.
After the whole Trail Blazers team paid attention to changing defenses, Li Tian really didn't have such a good chance to shoot, he couldn't catch the ball in the next few rounds, and his only shot was also interfered with.
However, the Trail Blazers' change of defense also gave the Kings a chance to attack in a misplaced position, so in the 10th minute of the game, the score of the two teams became 21:25, and the Kings already had a four-point lead, and the ball was still in the hands of the Kings.
After running a lap and not getting an offensive opportunity, Li Tian stood outside the three-point line on the right side at this time, and at this time, the whole team of the Kings had completely pulled away, and Evans was holding the ball and playing Lillard alone.
One is the best rookie in the past, the other is the player who is most likely to win the best rookie this season, plus the two have had many conversations before, at this time, no one dares to be careless.
Evans dribbled the ball, stepped forward in small steps, and kept shaking in his hands, Lillard couldn't see the direction of Evans' breakthrough, and he didn't dare to paste it rashly, so he could only keep stepping back.
Between the two of them advancing and retreating, although they took small steps, they were unconsciously close to the free throw line.
As soon as Lillard saw that he was already so far inside, he no longer stepped back, but stepped up to stick to Evans. Seizing this moment, Evans suddenly started to rush forward and kill the basket.
It was too difficult for Lillard to adjust to block at this moment, and the Trail Blazers' defense immediately shrank to intercept Evans, who broke through.
Matthews moved his feet slightly, but he didn't dare to completely shrink to the basket to defend, and his eyes still looked at Li Tian from time to time, worried that Li Tian would run away to get a vacant spot.
It wasn't until Evans plunged headlong into the bag between Lillard and Aldridge that Matthews realized that he didn't need to be involved in the defense, so he subconsciously glanced at Li Tian.
"Huh?" Sweeping his gaze, Matthews suddenly found that in the blink of an eye, Li Tian was no longer in his original position, and then he secretly shouted: "Oops! ”
Turning his head, Matthews saw Li Tian in the bottom corner, and at the same time, he also saw that the basketball was flying in front of Li Tian.
When Evans was about to fall into the bag, Li Tian was keenly aware that Matthews's attention had shifted for a moment, and seizing this fleeting opportunity, Li Tian ran to the bottom corner.
To Li Tian's delight, Evans, who was caught in the bag, actually noticed his run, and the man plunged into the bag, and the ball was pushed quickly.
After receiving the ball in the bottom corner, Li Tian raised his hand to shoot, and at this time, Matthews, who reacted, rushed towards Li Tian quickly, and saw Li Tian lift the ball, and he immediately jumped up with the help of the momentum and pounced.
"You've been fooled!"
Watching Matthews jump, a smile appeared on the corner of Li Tian's mouth, and the ball that was originally raised was abruptly withdrawn, and after smashing on the floor, the person moved a step to the side.
Shoot feints!
"Cake!" Li Tian's original shooting action was just a feint, and when he understood this, Matthews was still in the air, and he didn't have time to adjust at all, which made his face change greatly.
Shaking Matthews away, Li Tian took the ball outside the three-point line and shot easily.
"Huh!" The basketball goes into the net and hits!
As the basketball fell into the hoop, the DJ's shouts rang out in the stadium along with the cheers of the fans at the scene.
Li ...... Sky! ”
"Beautiful! Li Tian shook Matthews and hit a shot, and it was a three-pointer! Li Tian's performance today is fantastic, the first quarter is not over yet, and he has already scored his 10th point! ”
At the same time, the commentators in the domestic live broadcast room were also shouting excitedly.