Li Tian played, but Adelman did not replace Thorton, but Middleton. Obviously, Adelman took a fancy to Middleton's and Lee's similar style of play, trying to maintain the set tactics at the beginning of the game.

4:4, with Paul's two free throws, the score of the two teams was tied again.

When Li Tian was on the court before, the king's tactics were initiated by Li Tian's running, and Middleton replaced Li Tian on the court, because Middleton's style is similar to Li Tian, and he also has a fairly good ability to run without the ball, so after coming to the court at this time, Middleton also began to run.

In the left midfield, Middleton took Evans' pass and took a shot.

Perhaps Middleton didn't get used to it so early, and although the opportunity was not bad, his shot was still a little off, and the basketball popped off the basket and was caught in the hands of Jordan Jr. under the basket.

After failing to score under Li Tian's defense, and seeing that it was Middleton who was getting more and more faced, Redick began to run aggressively again.

Middleton's defense is also not bad, and he often plays against Li Tian in the team's training, and has been very experienced in the defense of this kind of off-ball running player.

When Redick found that he still couldn't get rid of the defender, he was immediately extremely annoyed, rushed out to the three-point line and reached out to receive Paul's pass, and shot at Middleton's defense.

"Bang!" Middleton's height and very good reach gave Redick interference, and the ball bounced off the basket.

Middleton's appearance seems to make up for the impact of Li Tianxia's play, at least from the first two rounds on the court, but he is not Li Tian after all, and he has not been recognized by several Kings starters in terms of offensive power, and after failing to hit the previous shot, Evans immediately gave up the tactic of focusing on Middleton, and after halftime, he handed the ball to Cousins in the high post and switched to Princeton tactics.

With Thompson's cover on the baseline, Evans ran back to receive a pass from Cousins and made a layup to give the Kings the lead again.

6：4、6：6、8：6、8：8…… The scores of the two teams alternated upwards, and after the Kings played under the court, Evans and Cousins became the offensive points on the court.

As for the Clippers, although Redick didn't open up this point today, Paul and Griffin's blocking and pick-and-roll tactics were very successful, and Jordan Jr. also got an offensive opportunity.

When the score came to 12:13, the Clippers took the initiative to make adjustments, and Rivers replaced Redick, who didn't find his groove after the start of the game, and replaced it with Jamal Crawford, the former Hawks All-Sixth Man who came to the Clippers last season after spending a season with the Trail Blazers, and became the Clippers' leading scorer on the bench.

Crawford's arrival did make a difference for the Clippers, as he scored two points on a one-on-one run under Middleton's defense, followed by a three-point shot from Paul's pass.

In both rounds, the Kings were unable to score, with Iguodala's three-pointer and Esins' frontal ball-handling breakaway unable to score.

At 12:18, the difference between the two teams was widened to 6 points. Seeing that the situation was not good, Adelman immediately called a timeout.

After the timeout, Adelman brought Hayes on the court and replaced Thompson, leaving Hayes in the high post to play the game, freeing up Cousins to be more involved in the offense.

Adelman's adjustment also achieved very good results, after Hayes took Griffin out of the box, Cousins only needed to face Jordan Jr. under the basket, although the Clippers' starting center defense is good, but in a one-on-one situation, Cousins as an offensive side is undoubtedly more dominant.

After Cousins scored two consecutive attacks, the Kings regained stability.

As the game progressed, the two sides began to make more personnel changes, with Evans and Cousins on the Kings' side going off the floor at the end of the first quarter, and Middleton, who had been on the court for the entire quarter, also returning to the court, and Thomas and Thorton were sent on the court.

With both Thomas and Thornton on the bench, the Kings have had an excellent bench this season, often helping to stabilize the team during the transition time between the main lineup and even helping the team gain an advantage in some games.

Relatively speaking, the Clippers' bench roster is a little worse, and they don't have many people available on the bench, especially after Paul's backup Eric Bledsoe left last season this summer, and the only two people left on the bench who can score are Crawford and backup point guard Darren Collison.

If you look at the average performance of the season, the bench on the Kings' side will undoubtedly have an advantage, but that is clearly not the case on the court.

I don't know if it's because he wants to leave the team, Thomas is obviously out of shape in this game, not to mention that his personal desire to attack is not high, and he is also very inactive on the defensive end, and he makes mistakes repeatedly.

On the other end, Crawford was clearly in good form today, especially after Paul went off the court, and he went straight into scoring mode with the ball in his hands.

The Clippers attacked, Crawford controlled the ball in his hands, and the Clippers players pulled away completely, giving Crawford enough space to play alone.

At this time, it was Thorton who stopped in front of Crawford, and the previous one was complete, and Crawford had just hit a throw-off after a breakthrough, so Thorton didn't dare to be careless at the moment.

With a slight flick of the dribble with his left hand, Crawford made a move to break through, and Thorton immediately prepared to step back, and at this time, Crawford pulled up his shot directly from outside the three-point line.

Thorton quickly rushed forward, raising his hand in the air to interfere, but that didn't stop Crawford.

"Huh!" "Tick!"

The two voices sounded almost simultaneously, causing the Clippers fans to cheer again, while Thorton stood in front of Crawford with a depressed face.

Thorton raised his hand to interfere with the body has a forward movement, not to lose the league's famous four-point player, Crawford found out and took the initiative to lean on when the body fell when the ball was throwing, and then fell to the ground, three plus one.

Crawford's free throw hit the two teams, and the difference between the two teams was directly widened to 12 points.

Although Thorton then closed the gap to just 10 points with a solo win, the Kings were unable to continue to close the margin for the rest of the first quarter.

At 24:34, after the first quarter of the game, the difference between the two teams was still 10 points.

With the whistle blowing at the end of the first quarter, Li Tian quickly got up from his seat, because of two fouls, he had been sitting off the court for a whole quarter, thinking that at the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Adelman should have sent himself on the court.

"Lee, Jimmer, play!"

Li Tian thought well, after several players who had just played on the court came to the sidelines, Adelman immediately made adjustments to the lineup, replacing Iguodala, who had been on the court for a full quarter, with Li Tian, and replacing Thomas with Fredette.

Thomas played very badly in this game, and the discord between him and Li Tian Adelman was already well known, so he simply replaced Thomas.

Three minutes later......

Li Tian tried to shoot again...... Oops, almost, it looks like Li Tian's hand has also cooled after a quarter of rest off the court, and after he came on the court in the second quarter, he has missed three shots. ”

While the domestic commentator was shouting, Li Tian on the court took the rebound ball from Robinson and handed it to Cousins on the inside.

Cousins was sent on the court a minute ago, and after a period of rest off the court, Li Tian's shooting touch was not as hot as when he first came on the court in the first quarter, plus the rest of the players in this lineup were not enough to attack, the Clippers paid attention to his defense, and Li Tian's first two shots after coming on the court did not hit.

Seeing that the offense on the court could not be opened, Adelman sent Cousins' gift to the court.

Just now, Li Tian ran again and tried to shoot the ball, but he still couldn't hit it, but fortunately, Robinson slapped the rebound in the front court for Li Tian to pick up.

The Kings, who got back on the offense, seized the opportunity, and Cousins scored two points on a jumper after turning inside.

Obviously, the first half of the game was not smooth for Li Tian, who received two fouls early in the first quarter, and his shooting touch was not good in the second quarter. Realizing this, Li Tian then cut back on his shots, scoring only 2 points on a layup at the end of the second quarter and only 6 points at halftime.

For the entire Kings team, the first half was also not very smooth, with trailing by 10 points in the first quarter, and in the second quarter, they were not able to complete the chase and allowed the Clippers to widen the gap to 13 points.

With Lee not being able to help from the outside and Thomas out of shape today, the Kings scored just 47 points after halftime.

Fortunately, Cousins was in very good shape today, scoring 16 points at halftime, otherwise the Kings would have fallen behind.

At the end of the first half, the Kings trailed by 13 points away, and Li Tian's performance in the first half was not very ideal, only scoring 6 points. Hopefully, in this halftime period, both Kings and Li Tian can make more adjustments and play a more exciting game in the second half. ”

The figures of the players on both sides disappeared from the screen, and the commentators began to comment, but many fans chose to ignore it and started the discussion on their own.

"This game is not good to watch, I don't know if Li Tian and the king have a chance to turn the tables in the second half."

"It was a good half...... Alas, forget it, wait for the second half, I hope the whole team of the Kings and Li Tian will play well. “

……

Obviously, for many Kings fans, both Li Tian and the King's overall performance in the first half of the game made them feel unhappy, and they had to look forward to the recovery of Li Tian and the whole Kings team in the second half.

(PS: I'm sorry, I've been very unwell for the past two days, so I've delayed the update.) Back to normal on Monday. ）