For the Kings' players, they are used to Li Tian only playing about half a quarter of each quarter, so after Li Tian played, it didn't seem to have much impact on the Kings, at least from the first few minutes.

At 72:83, with two minutes left in the third quarter, the difference between the two sides remained at 11 points.

At this time, the two sides also began to use a rotation lineup, the Kings only left Evans as a starter on the court, while the Heat James and Bosh on the other side also went off the court, Wade and Battier stayed on the court, with Ray Allen and other substitutes.

The King's offense, Evans did not hand the ball to his teammates in the half, but signaled Robinson to step forward to block and dismantle, and then rushed directly to the basket.

Evans' breakaway drew the Heat's defense, and their defense began to shrink, seizing the opportunity, and Evans quickly split the ball and sent it to Jason Terry from beyond the three-point line.

Terry fired from beyond the three-point line, but the Heat's return defense was also very fast, and with the interference of the defenders, Terry's shot bounced off the basket.

Wade, who rushed into the basket, grabbed the rebound and advanced quickly with the ball, and the Heat also fought back at this time.

In fact, in recent seasons, the Heat have been one of the best teams in the league to play defensive counterattacks, and this has relied on Wade and James' excellent impact ability.

In the face of Wade's impact, even Evans, who is also known for his impact, was very difficult to defend, and the players who were retreating from the Kings immediately moved quickly to the basket, ready to block Wade's impact.

At this time, Wade chose to pass, outside the left three-point line, and while the Kings were paying attention to Wade's breakthrough, Ray Allen keenly found an open spot.

"Huh!"

Catch the ball and shoot. Ray Allen's shot is solid.

In terms of the ability to find open spots and catch and shoot, Ray Allen is definitely the top presence in the league, even compared to Li Tian with the help of the iron book.

Just one round later, Ray Allen once again used his excellent off-ball run to shake off Ben McLemer and hit another three-pointer.

In the previous attack, Evans' breakthrough was fouled by Battier.

"Tick!"

I saw that the score difference had narrowed to only 5 points. Adelman called a timeout urgently.

Li Tian, who was sitting on the bench, also stood up when his teammates walked to the sidelines, and when Adelman called a timeout just now, he keenly felt that Adelman seemed to look at him, obviously with the idea of changing himself to the court, but in the end he did not speak.

"Looks like I've really got to talk to the coach." Looking at Adelman, who was arranging tactics for his teammates, Li Tian thought to himself.

In Li Tian's view, now is the time when the team needs itself, as soon as the score is approaching, the team urgently needs firepower support. Second, Ray Allen is hot in this period, and he is definitely the best choice to defend a player like Ray Allen in the team.

Li Tian thinks so, but the scruples of Adelman did not choose to replace Li Tian on the court, it is obvious that Adelman has realized that this game will not go so smoothly in the future, so he wants Li Tian to get more rest to prepare for the last crucial minutes of the game.

Li Tian was not substituted, but Adelman was also keenly aware that the Heat were about to take off. So he put Cousins, who had just been off the court for two minutes, back on the court.

Cousins' presence has helped the Kings and has just returned to the court. He scored under the basket to widen the gap to seven points, and also helped the Kings stabilize the situation on the court.

In addition to the help Cousins brought to the Kings on the offensive end, on the defensive end, the Kings, who returned to the court, also strengthened their defense against Ray Allen.

At 78:85, the third quarter ended. The difference between the two teams is fixed at 7 points. Although the Kings were unable to score in the final minute of the third quarter, they also kept the Heat at bay.

At the start of the fourth quarter, Adelman opted to keep Cousins on the court, while Evans was replaced and replaced with Iguodala.

After 2 minutes. Standing on the sidelines, the expression on Adelman's face, although it didn't change much, frowned secretly.

Heading into the fourth quarter, the Kings' offense went awry.

Knowing that Cousins on the Kings' side was lethal on the court, the Heat adopted a defensive strategy of completely shrinking the defense line at the beginning of the fourth quarter, sticking to the restricted area, and for the outside defense, it was to save and interfere when possible.

For the Kings, such a defense can still find some offensive opportunities from the outside, and the Kings players did shoot three three-pointers in two minutes, but none of the three-pointers from Iguodala, Middleton and Terry could be hit.

As the Heat's defense improved, the Kings' shooting percentage began to decline, and seizing these opportunities, the Heat counterattacked and took the opportunity to narrow the gap again, and the difference between the two teams was only 3 points at this time.

Now the offensive power on the court still belongs to the Kings, but seeing what happened on the court, Adelman suddenly felt bad.

The Kings' offense started from the most threatening Cousins, and after Cousins picked up the ball near the free throw line, the rest of the team began to run aggressively, but with the Heat paying close attention to defending the restricted area, they couldn't get a chance to cut to the basket and attack.

When Iguodala came to the three-point line, Cousins sent the ball to Iguodala's hands, because the king missed three three-pointers before, and Battier directly let Iguodala take a step at this time.

At this time, Iguodala was obviously also affected by the previous miss, and did not dare to shoot directly after receiving the ball, but chose to break through.

The Heat's players are all shrinking around the three-second zone at the moment, and they are not afraid of the king's breakthrough, and Iguodala rushed to the three-second zone and immediately fell into a pinch shot, and could only pass the ball out again.

The rest of the Kings players were obviously similar to Iguodala, because they didn't dare to shoot at will because of consecutive three-point misses, which also made the Kings miss opportunities again and again.

Until there were 3 seconds left on the offensive time, the Kings still couldn't find a good shot, and in the end Cousins could only force a shot, and the ball could not be hit.

Looking at the Heat players on the court who grabbed the rebounds and rushed to the front court, Adelman also took down his hands that were crossed in front of his chest, preparing for the Heat to call a timeout after the round, whether they hit or missed.

"Coach!" At this time, Adelman suddenly heard a voice behind him, turned his head, and found that it was Li Tianhou, he couldn't help but ask with some surprise: "Li, is there something wrong?" ”

"Coach, let me go!"

Li Tian, who wanted to find Adelman at the end of the third quarter, took the initiative to ask for help, and said at this time.

Li Tian, who was sitting on the sidelines, saw the situation of the game very clearly, and it was clear that there was a problem with the Kings' outside offense, which had been exposed since the end of the third quarter, but at that time Cousins completed a strong attack to help the team stabilize the situation.

However, on the other side, Heat head coach Spoelstra obviously found this, and they tried to directly shrink the defense to protect the restricted area in the fourth quarter, which directly exposed the problem of the Kings' poor shooting from the outside.

In such a situation, the king could not attack on the inside, and he did not dare to shoot on the outside, and the offense directly stalled. And to solve this, it will take someone on the Kings team to step up and score from the outside.

Li Tian knows very well that he is the most reliable outside scorer in the team, and he is also very confident in his offensive state today, confident that he can help the team after playing, so he will take the initiative to find Adelman.

"You're playing?" Adelman glanced at Li Tian and asked rhetorically.

"Yes, coach, let me play, I know my fitness right now, I can play until the end of the game."

Li Tian said in a firm tone, before he and Adelman half-jokingly said that he was physically strong and could stay on the field, Adelman didn't take it seriously, and he didn't insist anymore, but now when the team needs him, Li Tian feels that he needs to make Adelman believe this.

Adelman was silent for a moment after listening to Li Tian's words, of course he also thought about sending Li Tian on the court, and he thought about it at the end of the third quarter, but in the end he held back because he was worried about Li Tian's physical condition.

Adelman trusts his judgment that the Heat will not accept defeat easily, and it is very likely that the final two or three minutes of this game will be decided, and Li Tian, as an important part of the team's offensive system, is very important to be able to stay on the court with sufficient energy in the final half of the game.

However, the situation on the court was somewhat unexpected by Adelman, and the rest of the Kings' outside players suddenly lost their shooting touch, which also made the situation very unfavorable to the Kings, and if the situation on the court was allowed to develop, in the final minutes, their team was very likely to fall into passivity.

So just now, Adelman thought about letting Li Tian play, but not now, but two minutes later, when there were about seven and a half minutes left in the game.

Now Li Tian took the initiative to find the game to play, so that Adelman began to weigh the pros and cons in his heart, and now there are 9 minutes left in the game, for Li Tian, he stayed on the court for 9 minutes in a row, and it was in the fourth quarter......

"Coach, believe me, I have a lot of energy and can last nine minutes." Speaking of this, for fear that Adelman would not agree, Li Tian continued:

"The team needs my shot now!"

"Let Lee play for a few minutes to stabilize the situation, and when the time comes, let him rest until the last two minutes and then return to the court."

Adelman, who was still unclear about Li Tian's physical fitness, flashed this thought in his mind at this time, and then turned his head to Li Tian and said:

"Alright, Lee, get ready to play!"

As he finished speaking, Adelman made a gesture to the referee on the court to pause, and just now, the Heat had completed the offense again, which rewrote the score of the two sides to 84:85, and the difference was only 1 point. (To be continued.) )