Chapter 148: Rush! Rush! Rush!
After entering the fourth quarter, with the improvement of the defensive intensity of the two teams, the scoring efficiency of both sides decreased significantly, and the scores of both teams were not high in 10 minutes.
At 96:97, just two minutes before the end of the fourth quarter, the Kings trailed by one point, but still had the ball, just now, after the Clippers took the lead, the Kings called a timeout, and Adelman rearranged the team's tactics, after all, every offense is crucial now.
Evans controlled the ball outside the three-point line on the right side, and Paul still used the strategy of putting the shot and not letting it out, and directly released Evans with a distance of nearly one meter.
Evans' shot is really not very sure, especially at such a critical moment, and he will not choose to shoot easily.
After a slight flick and a sharp forward lunge, Evans chose to break to the left, which was the direction of the middle.
Paul immediately moved sideways to defend, but Evans did not choose to force a breakthrough, rushed further and leaned on Paul, and the ball in Evans' hand was thrown outside the three-point line behind him.
Li Tian!
At the same time as Evans broke through, Li Tian, who was originally staying outside the three-point line on the left side, ran to the middle, and just took Evans' pass at this time.
Redick, who followed closely, rushed forward, for fear that Li Tian would shoot directly after receiving the ball.
However, Li Tian did not stop after receiving the ball, and rushed forward, Li Tian dribbled and rushed towards the basket!
Redick also moved his feet to keep up, but Evans, who had just passed the ball, stood still at this time and formed a cover for Li Tian, so that Redick had to slow down.
Li Tian dribbled the ball and almost passed Evans, which made Redick unable to cling to the side at all, and could only watch Li Tian dribble and rush to the basket.
Paul, who was standing in front of Evans, saw this scene in his eyes, quickly flashed out from Evans' side to change defenses, stuck to Li Tian's side, and then handed over the task of defending Evans to Redick.
However, even defending Evans, Redick's position is not good, and he is completely squeezed behind Evans at the moment.
And after Paul left to keep up with Lee, Evans immediately started to cut to the basket.
Rushing past Evans, taking Paul to the side and rushing forward, Li Tian dribbled with a hook of his right hand, and sent the ball to Evans, who had already cut into the basket at the moment.
"Defense!" Redick shouted heavily, and by this time he had been completely left behind by Evans.
The Clippers' defensive gate on the inside Jordan Jr. moved his feet to block Evans' cut at the first time, but in this way, Cousins was completely empty.
Pass! As Jordan Jr. was about to get to his side, Evans sent the ball to Cousins inside with a ground-and-hitting pass.
"Bang!"
Although the other players of the Clippers also recovered the basket at this time, they could no longer stop Cousins' goal, and the basket jumped directly after the hands dunked, and Cousins smashed the ball into the basket!
98:97, the king is 1 point ahead!
"The king played a beautiful tactical match, and once again overtook the score, and the next key is to look at defense!"
"Retreat! Retreat! While the domestic commentators were shouting, Adelman on the sidelines kept shouting into the stadium.
After Cousins completed the dunk, Griffin under the basket quickly sent the ball out, and Paul received the ball and quickly dribbled forward, and at this time, Cousins was still standing there yelling excitedly, which made Adelman yell.
Using his body, Evans constantly interfered with Paul's forward rush, and finally slowed down the speed of the Clippers' counterattack, allowing Cousins to finally be able to keep up with the defense, but even so, Adelman's expression was very dissatisfied, if it wasn't for the critical moment at this time, he would have called Cousins to the sidelines without hesitation and criticized him.
In the middle of the field, finding that there was no chance of a direct counterattack, Paul also began to press down the rhythm, and then directed the players to run in position.
Li Tian followed Redick's side closely, and the Clippers' starting point guard kept drilling around in the half, trying to find opportunities to catch the ball and shoot, but Li Tian would not let the other party get his wish at the moment, and followed Redick's side closely, Li Tian perfectly combined his pace of running without the ball on the offensive end with defense, and did not give Redick a chance to catch the ball.
With the help of cover, Redick appeared on the right side of the middle distance, and then he found Li Tian still following him.
Running back, Redick pretended to rush back to the basket, then rushed back to the outside again, and then he found ...... Li Tian is still with him!
"Li Tianfang is beautiful!"
When Redick's continuous counter-runs failed to shake off Li Tian to catch the ball, the domestic commentators couldn't help shouting at this moment!
"Damn it, it's so tight!" In front of Li Tian, Redick's depression can be imagined, this time he ran with the help of the cover of two teammates, and then had three counter-runs, but he still could not get rid of Li Tian's defense.
At the top of the arc, Paul saw that Redick had been completely prevented, and had to change his strategy, choosing to call Griffin again to block and dismantle, and then dribbling through and rushing into the three-point line.
Griffin's pick-and-roll was solid, but Evans still forced his way past Griffin's side, and while Thompson was following Paul, Evans rushed forward to flank him.
At this time, Griffin was completely empty, and he quickly moved to the left mid-distance, and Thompson was obviously unable to keep up with Griffin's footsteps in time, so Li Tian, who was standing two meters on the left side of the arc to defend Redick, and Iguodala, who was standing in the bottom left corner to defend Crawford, were all moving towards Griffin quickly at this time.
Paul, who was caught between Thompson and Evans, swept his eyes to the left side of the half, and then flicked his right hand on the dribble and quickly threw the ball out.
While moving towards Griffin, Li Tian's eyes were constantly scanning Redick and Paul, seeing that the former was worried that the opponent would run to other places to catch the ball, and staring at Paul in the hope of being able to see his pass clearly for the first time.
At this moment, seeing Paul's throwing action, Li Tian reacted immediately and made a judgment.
"It's ...... Outside! ”
At the same time as making a judgment, Li Tian's slow-moving footsteps towards Griffin quickly stopped, stopped and ran back, and Li Tian rushed to the outside line.
"Sure enough, it was passed to the outside line!"
At the same time as the body started, Li Tian finally saw the flight path of the ball, and his judgment was completely accurate, the basketball flew to Redick on the outside.
Rushing out of a quick step, seeing that the basketball was about to fall into the hands of Reddick, who was waiting on the outside, Li Tian kicked the soles of his feet heavily on the floor, like an arrow from the string, and bounced into the air.
"Smack!" The long arm reached out, and in Redick's stunned gaze, Li Tian's hands tightly hugged the ball and stealed!
At the same time, Li Tian's body continued to fly forward by inertia, rushing past Redick's side, the rapidly gliding body stirred the air and made a subtle sound, at this moment, it seemed to trigger the roar of the wind, so that Redick's pupils couldn't help but shrink sharply!
"Steal! Li Tian intercepted the ball in the air and completed a beautiful steal! ”
"Wow!" Domestic fans were yelling with excitement, and at Staples Arena, there was an uproar, and with just over a minute left in the game and the team was still behind, the Clippers' mistake made them smell danger.
Especially at this time, after landing, Li Tian seems to be going to attack quickly.
"Hold him!"
Many Clippers fans on the sidelines yelled at the court at this time, although pulling Li Tian would take a foul, but Li Tian at this time was only next to Redick after all, which could only be regarded as an ordinary foul, and once Li Tian rushed up and fouled again, because there was no defender in front of him, he would be sentenced to a physical foul, and he would have to make two free throws.
Redick was obviously aware of this, so he quickly turned sideways and was about to grab Li Tian.
At this moment, Li Tian, who had just landed, seemed to have eyes on the side, and suddenly rushed forward, directly avoiding Redick's pull, making Redick's hand helplessly grasp the air.
"Li Tian made a steal and went to a fast attack, and no one could keep up with him......"
Li Tian's sharp move not only dodged Redick's pull, but also completely lost the opportunity for Redick to catch up with him.
Rush! Rush! Rush!
The speed was fully displayed at this moment without the slightest reservation, Li Tian rushed forward quickly, and the sound of the wind from his ears made his blood begin to boil!
Whistling past the midfield, Li Tian had already crossed the three-point line in the blink of an eye, and then rushed across the free throw line.
"Whoosh!" Two steps inside the free throw line, with the help of momentum, Li Tian soared into the air!
At this moment, Li Tian seemed to be like a king soaring in the sky, and suddenly descended to Staples Arena!
"Bang!" With this sound of reprimanding the audience, Li Tian's dunk was like a hammer, hitting the heart of every Clippers fan!
"Wow!" There was a moment of silence for the fans at the scene, and then there was an uproar again, and they had to make some noise to let Li Tian on the court know that the proud Los Angeles fans were not shocked by this dunk.
At the same time, the Kings fans in front of the screen jumped one after another.
"It's so beautiful, steals and dunks! The Kings are 3 points ahead! ”
"A crucial defensive counter-attack! Li Tian is amazing! ”
"Steals, dunks, Li Tian did so beautifully, and more importantly, the king widened the difference!"
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At 100:97, the Kings led by three points, and at this time, there was 1 minute and 12 seconds left in the game time.