CHAPTER XXVIII.
"OJ, watch your opposing player's run!" After arranging the tactics, Carlisle deliberately emphasized to Mayo.
Mayo walked towards the court, and scolded Li Tian a hundred times in his heart, Carlisle just reminded him before he went on the court, but Carlisle was not in such a tone when he called a timeout just now, and that stormy scolding really made Mayo's face a little darker.
As the 08 session of the Tanhua, a talented player who once lived in the spotlight, left the Grizzlies to join the Mavericks, Mayo wanted to play famous and find himself, but after coming to the Mavericks, it seemed to be different from what he expected, the team was in dire straits, and his own performance was not so ideal, and now, even a rookie can do whatever he wants when facing himself, which undoubtedly made Mayo very angry.
Although Carlisle set up tactics during the timeout to ask the players to move more players, when he got the basketball in the half, Mayo couldn't help but dribble and wanted to single Li Tian.
On the sidelines, Carlisle saw that Mayo was going to single Li Tian, and his face obviously became not very good-looking, but fortunately, at this time, Carman mentioned the block, allowing Mayo to get rid of Li Tian and complete a pull-up jump shot in the middle distance, which also made Carlisle not scold again.
Coming to the other half, in the face of Mayo's provocation, although Li Tian ran around, he did not ask for the ball to attack, which made Mayo wonder, and he also thought about defending Li Tian's goal after completing an attack.
Although he is sometimes impulsive off the court, Li Tian always keeps his calm on the court, which makes him win the respect of his teammates in the university locker room. At this time, Li Tian's mind was extremely clear, and he was not carried away by the consecutive goals just now.
Li Tian can clearly feel that the Mavericks players pay attention to their defense, although they got rid of Mayo a little bit just now, but after receiving the ball, the Mavericks have two players who can make up for the defense at the first time, such a seemingly good opportunity is obviously not the best time to attack.
The Kings' offense didn't work in the end, and Evans also failed to hit a mid-range shot with the help of a pick-and-roll, and the ball returned to the Mavericks again.
The Mavericks' offense was another one, and Collison hit a three-pointer after receiving a ball from Carman to help the Mavericks stabilize the situation.
Then the Kings' offense was completed, and Evans once again took advantage of Robinson's block to get to the basket, and hit a layup after a fake pass deceived the defender.
In the three rounds in a row, Li Tian just ran and drove the Mavericks' defense, but he did not participate in the offense, and when the king attacked again, Li Tian simply stayed outside the three-point line and stopped running, which made Mayo proud.
"Rookie, is this soft-footed?" Standing in front of Li Tian, Mayo said sarcastically.
Li Tian glanced at Mayo, and suddenly took a step to the left, which made Mayo feel shocked, and he couldn't help but take a step back to follow.
But then, Mayo's heart was completely occupied by anger, and he roared, "FU*CK."
YOU! ”
Taking a step to the left, Li Tian didn't run, and when Mayo took a step back, Li Tian stood still again, looking at Mayo casually, but the slightly raised corners of his mouth were mercilessly mocking Mayo's excessive nervousness.
And this, obviously, made Mayo angry more than Li Tian said some trash words, and it also made him can't help but burst into foul language.
When Mayo yelled and scolded Li Tian, Li Tian really started running, suddenly started, rushed out to the right front, and then deliberately leaned to the left to suppress Mayo's start, and then, the person quickly cut into the basket.
Worried about being in Li Tian's hands again, Mayo didn't retreat at the first time to prepare to follow, and when he found out that Li Tian was really running, he wanted to start again but found that his body had been blocked by Li Tian, and his steps were paused again, and the two delays in a row also made him completely out of position, and he couldn't stop Li Tian's running at all.
In addition to Mayo, Li Tian's running did not attract the attention of other Mavericks players, and on the right side of the half, Evans was rushing to the basket with Robinson's pick-and-roll, Collison following him, and Bland, who was moving towards the basket in the middle, was also close behind.
Half a body ahead of Robinson, Brand is also paying attention to Evans' impact at any time, ready for Evans to return to the basket as soon as Evans breaks through Collison's defense.
At this time, Brand suddenly saw Evans' right hand on the dribble, and a ground pass sent the basketball to the left basket.
Startled, Brand subconsciously leaned to the left to block Robinson beside him, feeling his body sticking to Robinson, Brand suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time sneered in his heart.
"Do you think this guy can still run away from him?" Brand has already given the ball a death sentence, deeming Evans a mistake.
And when Brand looked along the basketball, his eyes were dumbfounded, why was there suddenly a guy wearing a No. 3 jersey under the basket, wasn't he outside the three-point line with OJ Mayo just now.
Thinking like this in his heart, Brand hurriedly rushed to the basket, and at this time he couldn't care about Robinson, but not to mention that Brand was already getting older and his pace was slowing down, even if he was at his peak, he could no longer stop Li Tian's attack.
Throwing off Mayo and cutting into the basket, receiving Evans' pass, Li Tian took a step forward, grabbed the ball with his right hand and picked it up lightly, and made a layup!
"Well done man!" Robinson, who also thought that Evans had made a mistake in passing the ball, also saw Li Tian's goal at this moment, and immediately slapped Li Tian's ass excitedly.
"Thomas, get away with your groping!" While laughing and scolding Robinson, Li Tian retreated towards the backcourt, completely unaware of how ugly Mayo's face had become not far from him.
"Darren!" After half-time, Mayo once again beckoned to Collison to get the ball, and Li Tian's performance in the previous round completely angered him, especially the running feint that Li Tian had started at the beginning, which embarrassed Mayo.
"Want to break through my defense? That's not your specialty, you're not Derrick Rose or Russell Westbrook. ”
Seeing that Mayo was obviously a little angry, Li Tian unceremoniously stabbed Mayo in the heart again, the lack of physical fitness, especially the lack of explosiveness, is the biggest factor restricting Mayo's growth in recent years, and the two in Li Tian's mouth have become the first-class stars of the new generation of the league.
"Boy, shut your stinky mouth." Mayo, who had a good temper, was also excited by Li Tian at this time, and without waiting for his teammates to come forward to block and dismantle, Mayo smashed the ball on the floor and rushed to the three-point line.
"Porphyry!" However, Li Tian was obviously prepared, and after judging the position early, Li Tian blocked Mayo's way with his body, and the two had a direct collision.
Mayo's lack of explosiveness was shown at this moment, and if it was the same Rose or Westbrook, it would be difficult for Li Tian to stop the first step even if he had already judged it.
Li Tian's strength is not strong, but Mayo is obviously not good at strength, under the collision between the two, Li Tian was pushed back slightly, and Mayo's footsteps were also slowed down. But soon, Mayo restarted, leaning on Li Tian's body and rushing to the basket.
It's just that under Li Tian's conscious interference, Mayo's impact seemed quite difficult.
Seeing that he was about to rush outside the three-second zone, Mayo gathered the strongest strength of his body and prepared to directly push Li Tian into the basket. At this time, Li Tian seemed to be struggling to move as if he was suppressed, his footsteps suddenly stopped, and the body in contact with Mayo was also relieved at this time.
Mayo's body leaned to the side, but suddenly there was no support on the side, which made Mayo's body suddenly lose balance.
"Not good!"
Frightened, Mayo tried to control his body, but with the loss of his center of gravity, this was obviously impossible.
"Bang!" Mayo's body slipped directly to the ground, and the ball in his hand was released at this moment.
“BYE!” Vaguely, Mayo heard Li Tian's voice beside him, and he raised his head while lying on the ground, and found that the figure wearing the No. 3 player had rushed to the half court at this time.
Mayo's flying ball was picked up by Robinson on the inside, Li Tian saw it and immediately rushed to the front court, and the Kings' players also rushed to the other half court at this moment, so a good opportunity to play four, of course they will not give up, and the basketball was delivered to Evans as soon as Robinson got it.
In the frontcourt, with Mayo struggling to get up from the ground and only defend with his eyes, even if the other players of the Mavericks retreat fast enough, the defense line is full of holes.
Evans and Robinson went to the basket, and Li Tian also rushed to the outside of the three-point line to continue to move forward, but instead of rushing to the inside, he ran to the corner he was most familiar with.
"Defend the bottom corner!" On the sidelines, Carlisle couldn't help but wave his hand and shout when he saw Li Tian running to the bottom left corner and the players on his side didn't see it.
But, regardless of the fact that his voice was muffled by the noise on the court, it didn't take enough time for the Mavericks players to react, because by this time, Robinson, who had just received the basketball in the high post and moved to the basket, had already pushed the ball into the bottom corner.
Marion was the first player to react, and he desperately rushed to the bottom left corner, and the result was that he was able to admire Li Tian's handsome shooting posture a little closer.
In the bottom corner of the left side, Li Tian, who received the basketball, opened his hand to throw, his body stretched in the air, and his confident and excited eyes......
"Huh!"
and that beautiful voice, which deeply stimulated Mayo, who was running outside the three-point line at the moment.