Chapter 20: Only 3 points away!
'The boys, did a good job just now, the margin has been reduced to 10 points, and the game is not over yet, which means we still have a chance to win this game.' Jim Ain finished shouting and continued: "Next we need to adjust the lineup, DeMarcus, Tyrek, play. ”
Speaking of this, Aine paused for a moment, and his eyes began to sweep over Li Tian, the players who had just come on the field.
Feeling Ain's gaze sweeping over him, Li Tian was a little nervous, and it was obvious that Ain was ready to fight for this game, which meant that their substitutes would likely be replaced.
Although he just got 8 points, Li Tian is not sure whether he can continue to stay on the court, he has not forgotten his identity, before this, he was just a fringe player, a fringe player who was not treated by the head coach.
"Li ......" Ain suddenly called out Li Tian's name, which made Li Tian's heart lift.
"You did a very good job, you stay on the pitch, Hassan, Chris, get off the field." As Jim Ain's words fell, Li Tian's hanging heart finally let go and he could continue to stay on the court, which was what he was looking forward to, and Ain's next words made Li Tian's heart more and more stable.
"DeMarcus, Tyrek, hit the opponent's penalty area to attract the defense, Lee, continue to run as before to find an open space, and your teammates will pass the ball to you."
The Kings' players did not dispute Ain's arrangement, and they all saw Li Tian's performance on the court just now, handing the ball to teammates who felt good, which is also a common practice in the game, because it means that the team is more sure of scoring.
Of course, Isiah Thomas was a little unhappy with Ain's arrangement, Aine not only did not substitute him, but also made Li Tian the focus of the offense, apparently at this time he didn't remember how bad his shooting felt tonight.
"Boys, take out your energy and let those guys on the other side know that even if we are the first in the West, we can also take it out! Let's make a big comeback! ”
Jim Ain raised his voice, his words undoubtedly stirring up the fighting spirit of the Kings players, and one shout after another rang out from the Kings' bench.
"Oh, I love the big reversal!"
"Kill the number one in the west, it sounds cool!"
Compared with the atmosphere on the King's side, the atmosphere on the Thunder bench on the other side is obviously not so good.
"8 points! You guys actually let the guy on the opposite side score 8 points in 2 minutes, and it's a guy who doesn't even know where to come from! ”
"Don't tell me how good that number 3 is, he's just a bench player. One lost the draft, but now he looks like an All-Star, all because of your shit-stinky defense! ”
After yelling continuously, Scott Brooke began to slow down his tone after determining that he should wake up the team.
"Russell, Sergi, play, Saab, I don't want to see him shoot again, if you can't get him, just sit on the bench." Bringing Russell Brooks and Serge Ibaka on the field, Scott Brooks shouted at Sefrosa again.
"Coach, I'm going to get that rookie!" Sephorosa's face was a little ugly.
At the end of the timeout, the two teams returned to the court, with a difference of 10 points in four minutes, and the Kings faced the Thunder, who was the first in the West, on the surface, the Kings had little hope of winning this game, but because Li Tian had just scored 8 points in a row, the fans in the Sleep Train Arena did not decrease, and some fans who were originally going to leave sat down again.
The Thunder's offense, probably because of being scolded by Scott Brooks, the Thunder's offense played more patiently this time, and finally Ibaka received a pass from Westbrook and rushed to the inside to score a layup, and the score became 107:95, a 12-point difference.
When he came to the other end of the court, Li Tian found that Sefolosa beside him had a fierce glint in his eyes, as if he was about to eat himself.
Seeing Li Tian looking over, Sephorosa immediately said viciously: "Boy, your good luck has come to an end, you don't want to get another 1 point tonight." ”
"Let's talk about catching up with me!" Li Tianke didn't care whether Sefolosa was more serious about defending on the other side, and he had already played confidently, and after he finished saying this, his footsteps began to move.
"Hell!" Although Sephorosa had been prepared, he was still surprised when Li Tian ran around.
Li Tian's running skills were far beyond his imagination, starting from outside the three-point line, changing directions, using cover, and when Li Tian appeared on the other side, Sefrosa had already been thrown away by him.
After receiving Fredette's pass, Li Tianqi jumped and shot, but after the ball was shot, he secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good, and he did not control the force of the ball well, it was a little bigger.
"Rebound!" While landing on the ground, Li Tian shouted to remind his teammates.
The ball bounced off the back edge of the basketball, and under the basket, Cousins and Ibaka engaged in a hand-to-hand battle.
Sephorosa, who had just come to Li Tian's side, breathed a sigh of relief, and his eyes became solemn when he looked at Li Tian, he didn't expect the little rookie in front of him to throw himself away again.
At this time, the battle for the inside line has also been divided, and Cousins, who is in a more favorable position, won the rebound, not only that, but after the inside line strong attack, Cousins not only hit the ball, but also caused Ibaka's foul, and had a 2+1 opportunity.
With Cousins hitting a free throw, the score became 107-98, and the margin finally became single digits.
The further narrowing of the margin undoubtedly made the Kings players feel excited, so that the defense was not too good, they showed very tough back on the defensive end, the Thunder did not get an offensive opportunity for three consecutive guides, Westbrook attacked again, this time his offense was defended by Evans.
The king attacked, and after coming to half-time, Sefrosa stared at Li Tian with a wary face, and trash talk was spewing out of his mouth.
"Rookie, your shooting is so stinky, you're going to see what top defense is, and you're worried about not smashing the basket."
"I don't have your bad mouth that looks like you've eaten poop."
Li Tian replied with a disgusted face, he had also played in the NCAA, although trash talk there was not as popular as the NBA, but it did not mean that he would be affected by such trash talk, while responding to the other party's trash talk, he was preparing to run.
Li Tian moved, first a feint to run left, only to flash to the right, shuttle through the half-court human wall, he skillfully used the cover of others, and once again threw Severosa away, and this time, he came to the bottom corner outside the three-point line on the left side.
stared at Li Tian's running position early, and after seeing Li Tian's vacancy, Fredette almost immediately sent the ball over.
"Fack!" Seeing Li Tian jump and shoot after receiving the pass from a distance, Seflosa cursed secretly, although he had rushed over as fast as he could, but when Li Tian shot, he was still a meter away.
The bottom corner is Li Tian's most familiar shooting point outside the three-point line, so he quickly shoots after receiving the ball. Didn't score the previous goal? Now Li Tian has forgotten about it.
"Huh!" The basketball passed through the net, bringing up a white net, announcing the result of the ball, a three-point shot!
Li Tian's raised hand was lowered at this moment, and his eyes swept over Seflosa in front of him, as if to tell the other party, "Yes, I can't hit a point, but I can hit a three." ”
"Shit!" Li Tian's eyes made Sephorosa can't help but burst into foul language again.
"Three points! Oh, and the difference has narrowed to just 6 points! The Chinese boy Li hit the shot again, which should surprise all Sacramento fans, and perhaps he should have appeared in the arena earlier. ”
Jerry Reynolds's tone was excited, and the Kings fans were equally excited, cheering from the surrounding audience.
"Lee, well done!" Li Tian stepped back to prepare for defense, but Tyrek Evans rushed up from behind.
Throwing a disgusted look at Evans, Li Tian said seriously: "Tyrek, don't touch my ass, I don't like men." ”
"Haha!" Hearing Li Tian's words, Evans immediately burst out laughing, "Don't worry, man, I won't like your hard ass either." ”
Li Tian also laughed at this time, he has no reason to be unhappy, he can help the team with a good performance on the field, this is his wish.
Because the difference came to 6 points, the atmosphere on the court began to become a little tense, and the Thunder's offense was initiated by Westbrook and Ibaka, and Ibaka received a pass from Westbrook and went inside to cause Cousins to foul.
While Ibaka was on the free-throw line, Thunder head coach Brooks made another change to the lineup, and the team's star Kevin Durant was sent back to the court, and it was clear that Brooks was not entirely optimistic about the situation on the court.
Luck didn't seem to be on the Thunder's side at this time, Ibaka missed the first free throw, but the second free throw after the adjustment still bounced out of the basket, and Cousins inside protected the rebound and passed the ball to Tyrek Evans.
After receiving the ball, Evans rushed to the frontcourt, Evans' impact was undoubtedly very good, which has been fully demonstrated since his rookie season, Durant tried to stop Evans in the midfield, but Evans was completely thrown away.
Seeing Evans attack the basket, Sefrosa chose to make up for it after a little hesitation, and he and Westbrook rushed to the inside at the same time to contain Evans.
The next moment, the Sleep Train Arena was completely overwhelmed by cheers, Evans made a feint to pass to Li Tian, and Sefrosa stopped after being deceived, but Evans's final choice was to attack on his own, Westbrook could not stop Evans' onslaught, and not only that, he also took a foul.
2+1! Evans hit a free throw, and the score came to 107-104, with 2 minutes and 12 seconds left, the margin had narrowed to just 3 points, and the Kings fans at the Sleep Train Arena had plenty of reasons to cheer, especially at this time, when Durant missed a shot from the middle of the game.
"Hell!" On the sidelines of the court, Thunder coach Brooks cursed secretly, and the hand of his players seemed to be suddenly frozen. Seeing Li Tian who entered the half of the field and began to run, he suddenly had a bad premonition.