Chapter 185: Weakness
"Lee, you've thrown in!"
"You've done a great job, Lee, I knew you could get in!"
was pulled up from the ground by his teammates, and various shouts sounded in Li Tian's ears, and the players excitedly surrounded him, reaching out and pulling him one by one, eager to pull his whole person apart.
Among them, the most exciting is undoubtedly Iguodala, as the last offensive executor arranged by the coach, his task is to find an opportunity to shoot after Li Tian attracts defensive pressure.
Iguodala did find an opportunity to shoot, but unfortunately he couldn't hit it, but fortunately, Li Tian finally grabbed the rebound in the front court and hit the whistle shot, dragging the game into overtime, otherwise, he would have become a sinner in the loss.
"Thank you! Lee, thank you! ”
So when other teammates were shouting and praising Li Tian for the goal, Iguodala was shouting "thank you" excitedly.
"Lee, thank you!" Until everyone walked towards the sidelines together, Iguodala still found Li Tian alone and said gratefully.
"Andrey, it doesn't need to be like this, we didn't lose, did we?" Li Tian knew that Iguodala was angry about the key ball he had just missed, and immediately comforted: "Come on, let's kill them in overtime!" ”
As he spoke, Li Tian stretched out his palm, Iguodala immediately grinned after hearing this, and then stretched out his hand and slapped it heavily on Li Tian's palm, shouting: "OK, kill them!" ”
"Lee, well done!" Walking to the sidelines, Li Tian received a separate compliment from head coach Adelman.
At this time, Adelman also felt lucky, when arranging the last attack, considering that the Trail Blazers were very likely to focus on Li Tian's defense, so he chose Iguodala to be responsible for the last attack, Iguodala shot 2 of 4 three-pointers today, which was not bad. And Iguodala has a big enough heart to have no big problem throwing the last shot.
However, what Adelman didn't expect was that Iguodala's goal was missed. Of course he doesn't blame Iguodala, it's so normal for a player to throw a ball away, especially at a time like this. Fortunately, in the end, Li Tian cleverly grabbed the rebound in the front court. and hit a key shot to tie the score and drag the game into overtime.
"Alright, boys, we have the opportunity to start from scratch, show our fighting spirit of a big reversal, and kill them for victory!"
Adelman knew that this was not the time to sigh, and as soon as all the players had come to the bench, he shouted and said a few words to stir up emotions. He began to lay out the tactics for overtime.
Extra-time means that both teams are at the same starting point, and given the close quality of the game, the tactical arrangement is extremely crucial at this time, which Adelman is well aware of.
After a short break, players from both sides returned to the field, and overtime restarted with Cousins and Lopes jumping the ball.
At the beginning of the game. Cousins lost the jump ball to Lopez, but this time it was Cousins who won the jump ball. Helped the Kings get the first offense in overtime.
Cousins' win on the jump ball caused the Kings fans to burst into cheers, and unlike the jump ball in the regular period, the overtime game was the first to attack, which meant that the Kings had a chance to take the lead.
“KINGSGO! GO! GO! ”
Led by a live DJ, fans chanted slogans rhythmically and cheered on the home team.
In the midst of such shouts and cheers. The Kings pressed into the half court with high momentum and began to attack. This time, the Kings' offense didn't start with Cousins' high post strategy, but instead played the pick-and-roll tactics that the Trail Blazers loved so much.
Cousins blocked outside the three-point line, and Evans, who found the opportunity, dribbled directly to the basket to force the Trail Blazers' defense to recover. Evans distributed the ball to Li Tian, who was running from the outside.
After receiving a pass outside the three-point line at the top of the arc, Li Tian did not choose to shoot by himself, pushed right with both hands, and he quickly passed the ball to Iguodala outside the three-point line on the right side.
After receiving the ball, he started to rush forward, and Iguodala's resolute breakthrough caught Batum off guard, and his reaction was slightly slower by half a beat, and his slowness allowed Iguodala to rush directly into the three-point line.
found that his breakthrough was not hindered too much, and Iguodala, who was originally just going to break through the Trail Blazers' defense, did not choose to pass the ball out, suddenly accelerated forward, and jumped high into the three-second zone directly......
"Bang!" Taking advantage of Robinson's failure to make up the defense, Iguodala smashed the ball into the basket with a one-handed slam!
Andrey ...... Eagle ...... Darla! ”
The atmosphere at the scene became hot again, and the Kings fans were still immersed in Li Tian's whistle and were already excited, and Iguodala's dunk ignited their passion again!
The atmosphere was hot, but the Kings didn't celebrate much, and they knew exactly what they needed to do at this point, which was to retreat.
Following Matthews's side, Li Tian's eyes kept scanning the half court, judging what offensive tactics the Trail Blazers would use, and then he found that the Trail Blazers' offensive tactics were extremely similar to their initial opening.
Batum pocketed the ball outside the three-point line, and Matthews came to the low post on the right side to jam Li Tianyao, which was almost exactly the same as the opponent's first two rounds of attack.
Behind Matthews, Li Tian didn't have much time to think about the tactics of the Trailblazers, for him, the physical consumption of the fourth quarter was almost the same, plus this game was not easy, Matthews gave him a lot of confrontations, so his physical strength had reached the critical point of the limit at this time.
In the case of declining physical strength, Li Tian's defense at this time could not be compared with the first quarter, Matthews was back-to-back, and Li Tian took a heavy step back. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Matthews turned directly to make a layup, and at this time, the Kings' players had not had time to help defend at all.
"Tick!" When Li Tian was on top again, the referee's whistle had already sounded.
Since he was whistled for a defensive foul, Li Tian was no longer polite, and quickly stretched out his hand and slapped the basketball in Matthews' hand fiercely.
"Lee!"
Matthews made free throws, Li Tian walked outside the three-point line, and at this time he saw Middleton on the sidelines calling for him to signal for substitutions, and he immediately walked down to the sidelines.
"Lee, rest well and get ready to play at the last minute." After Li Tian came to the sidelines, Adelman immediately said to Li Tian.
Li Tian didn't have time to think about the Trail Blazers' tactics on the court, but Adelman did, and after seeing Matthews single-handedly play Li Tian, he immediately understood that he had made a mistake, and after seeing Li Tian's defensive effect against Matthews, he was even more convinced of this.
Obviously, the Trail Blazers also knew that Li Tian's physical condition was not good, and regarded Li Tian as a major threat, so they arranged for Matthews to play hard at the beginning of overtime to drain Li Tian's physical strength.
Adelman naturally also knew Li Tian's physical condition, originally he was going to let Li Tian play on the court for a minute and then rest, it was best if Li Tian could play a role in this minute, but after seeing the tactics of the Trailblazers, Adelman immediately chose to replace Li Tian.
And Adelman's substitution also made the head coach of the Trail Blazers Sterts secretly say that it is a pity that if Li Tian's weak physical fitness can be consumed as much as possible at the beginning of overtime, it will be a huge threat to the Trail Blazers, but unfortunately his strategy was seen through by Adelman.
Sitting on the court, Li Tian also roughly understood the intention of the Trail Blazers' tactics at this time, and Adelman's decisive substitution of himself to rest also made Li Tian realize the coach's trust in his ability to score at critical times, although he was annoyed that his physical condition had not improved, but Li Tian quickly calmed down, and now what he has to do and can do is to recover and accumulate physical strength, waiting for the last moment to play. (To be continued......)