Chapter Seventy-Six: Fight Smarter

The Lakers, who got the ball, fought back, and at 26:28, the Lakers led by 2 points.

With less than a minute left in the first quarter, Jim Ain didn't call a timeout.

In the final offensive and defensive rounds, both teams scored 2 points each, and the score was fixed at 28:30 after the end of the first quarter. The difference between the two teams is not large, but Li Tian, who walked to the sidelines, was in a bad mood, and when he first came on the court, with his offense, the king once took a 5-point lead, but then he messed it up by himself.

"Lee, Tyrek, down. Isaiah, Francisco on the pitch. ”

Li Tian came to the sidelines, Jim Ain announced the roster after the start of the second quarter, and Li Tian was also replaced. Except for Isiah Thomas, who had some schadenfreude in his eyes, the rest of the Kings players didn't show much of an anomaly.

Li Tian sat down in his seat, although Jim Ain did not scold himself, but Li Tian knew that the coach should be dissatisfied with his performance in the next two or three minutes, not just because he was suppressed by Kobe Bryant at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, which is not too surprising, but because of the attitude and emotions he showed.

"I was too proud at first, and then I was too impatient." Thinking back to his performance on the field just now, Li Tian muttered to himself in his heart.

When Li Tian calmed down at this time, it was easier for him to see the psychological changes in his part, and after completing the offense in Kobe's defense in a row, he was a little proud, after all, he was one of the top powerhouses in the league, and Kobe Bryant was not only attacking, but also first-class in defense, so after the continuous offense, it was inevitable that he would be a little proud in his heart.

And the result of this is to despise Kobe's defense, resulting in limited offense, Li Tian thought carefully, but realized that after that, his mood became a little impatient, not only on the defensive end was repeatedly caught by Kobe Bryant, but on the offensive end, he was more impatient, which will have a scene of ignoring Kobe's defense in place and being blocked.

"Whew!" Exhaled softly, knowing that his problem was there, Li Tian's originally bad mood was much better.

"Kobe, don't think you can really lock me up!"

Li Tian looked at Kobe Bryant on the other end and secretly clenched his fist, the game was only in the first quarter, and there was still a lot of time left for him.

"Li Tian was rested, and his performance in the first quarter was not bad, scoring 7 points on 3-of-5 shooting in 5 minutes, but after Kobe Bryant began to get serious later, Li Tian's performance was somewhat limited."

While Li Tian was thinking about this, the domestic commentators were also discussing Li Tian.

"I hope Li Tian can adjust when he is off the field and have a good performance after he returns to the court."

In the middle of the court, the game continued, and at the beginning of the second quarter, Kobe Bryant also came to the off-court rest, but the Lakers' offense played well.

The Lakers put Howard and Gasol in the middle of the court, although the Kings have Cousins, but in the interior position, the Lakers obviously still have an advantage.

On the Kings' side, Cousins and Isiah Thomas are responsible for the team's offensive injuries, Jim Ain has two point guards on the court, Thomas and Fredette, and the task of organizing will be given to Fredette, while Thomas is mainly responsible for the offense.

At 36:39, five minutes into the second quarter, the difference between the two teams was 3 points, and Jim Ain, who was standing on the sidelines, turned his head to Li Tian and said, "Lee, get ready to play!" ”

Jim Ain was ready to replace Fredette with Li Tian, and the Kings didn't have much of a problem with two point guards when the Lakers were playing the interior before, but the Lakers replaced Kobe Bryant a minute ago, and the guard line consisting of Thomas and Fredette was obviously too passive defensively.

Li Tiancai had just come to the midcourt to get ready to play, and at this time, there was a sudden change in the court, Kobe Bryant beat Thomas, not only completing the score but also causing Thomas's foul.

"Damn it." Seeing the scene on the court, Jim Ain suddenly cursed in his heart, he was only half a beat slower to adjust and was seized by Kobe Bryant.

Taking advantage of Kobe Bryant's free throws, Li Tian immediately came on the court to replace Fredette.

"Li Tian is on the court again, but now that Evans and Thomas are on the court, I don't know if Li Tian is going to play against Kobe Bryant or against Artay." With the successive appearance of Kobe and Li Tian, the chat rooms of China's domestic live broadcast websites have also become lively again.

At Staples Arena, Lakers fans began a new round of ridicule at this time.

"The rookie who was kicked in the ass by Kobe Bryant is here again."

"I admire his courage, but ...... Well, let me mourn for him first! ”

Kobe Bryant hit a free throw, 36:42, the difference between the two teams has been widened to 6 points at this time, and Kobe, who completed the free throw, walked straight towards Li Tian after retreating to the halfcourt.

"Poor rookie, it looks like he's been targeted by the Black Mamba!" On the sidelines, Lakers fans laughed when they saw this scene, and on the court, Li Tian was also listening to Kobe's taunts at this time: "Little guy, do you dare to come back to the court, are you coming up to see my show?" ”

"Oh my God, why do you have a stinky mouth, it's really unbearable." glanced at Kobe Bryant with disgust, and Li Tian suddenly ran away.

After Li Tian ran, Kobe Bryant chose to follow closely, he didn't think that Li Tian was running because he had bad breath, in his opinion, Li Tian was ready to attack after running. For Li Tian's running, Kobe Bryant now has a certain understanding, even he can't pay attention to it.

"Li Tian started to run, it is very likely that he is going to attack...... "The domestic commentator was also guessing at this time.

In the middle of the game, Li Tian ran a lap and mentioned covering Evans outside the three-point line.

The blocking and dismantling of the two outside players, the defenders generally pay attention to the outside defense, whether it is Kobe Bryant or Blake at this time, they are watching out for Li Tian's fake cover.

Standing next to Evans as a cover, and then Li Tian flashed to the side, it was the fake blocking that Kobe and others thought, seeing that Kobe and Blake were moving their feet to prepare to defend Li Tian.

Just after the two moved their feet, Evans, who was dribbling, suddenly started to kill the basket, Blake and Kobe Bryant reacted to chase the defense, but they couldn't catch up at all, one step behind.

Rushing inside, Evans made a layup before Howard, who was on guard.

"Lee, pretty!" Evans, who completed the offense, retreated to the backcourt to high-five Li Tian, and did not forget to praise Li Tian for successfully attracting the player's defense, if it wasn't for the hint he got from Li Tian just now, he almost really thought that Li Tian was going to run and ask for the ball.

Li Tian had already retreated into the half court with a calm face at this time, and he had to play smarter against Kobe.

(PS: Today's three watches, this is the first shift.) )