Chapter 213: Encounter with the Nemesis

"Li Tian made a perfect comeback, and the Heat led the team to win", "Li Tian made a strong comeback to fight the Heat, and James announced his return with a lore", "Li Tian fought bloodily to send a lore, and the king narrowly beat the Heat by 3 points......

The game between the Kings and the Heat has caused heated discussions both in China and in the United States, in China, Li Tian's comeback is naturally the most popular topic among fans, and in the United States, because the Heat was killed, it also attracted the attention of fans.

Among them, Li Tian successfully caused James's offensive foul at the last moment, and at the end of the battle against James's defense to complete the stunt, which naturally became the most discussed topic among fans.

For domestic fans, Li Tian's performance in this game made them feel excited, Li Tian not only performed well in the whole game, but also stepped forward at the last moment to help the team defeat the strong opponent, such a performance made the fans feel that their expectations had come to fruition, and also made them completely let go of Li Tian's injury worries.

Of course, Li Tian's 32 points also sealed the pre-game discussion about whether he scored more than 30 points in the first game of his comeback, and the sneakers he wore will also be given to a lucky fan as a souvenir.

As for those Heat fans in the United States or other countries, while they questioned the fact that the Heat did not ask for a timeout after the game against the Kings, Li Tian's performance had to be mentioned.

"LeBron's choice is very wrong, if you can press down the rhythm and play until the last moment, even if you can't make a successful kill, there is still a chance to play overtime."

"Coach Eric has said it was his idea, so it shouldn't be LeBron's mistake, it's Eric's tactical mistake."

"No, I don't actually think there's anything wrong with the Heat's tactics, because they're almost going to succeed, and if they do. The ending will be completely different. Of course, I have to admit that the defender from China performed well, and his accurate judgment caused LeBron to foul the offense, and then hit the killer shot afterwards. ”

"Yes, the Kings' guards were perfect in those two rounds, both offensively and defensively, LeBron did a very good job. However, Li Tian performed better. ”

"Yes, Li Tian's excellent play is the most important reason why this game was finally won by the Kings, if it weren't for him, maybe the Heat would have completed the reversal in the early part of the fourth quarter."

Although Li Tian is still not liked by many American fans, it must be admitted that some fans who really like and understand basketball have begun to realize that Li Tian's performance is excellent, and the post-game discussion of this game is just a microcosm.

As for the fans of the Kings, it doesn't matter which country they are. Li Tian has long been loved by them, and they now look forward to the return of Li Tian, and the Kings can continue to sprint for the playoffs.

Of course, the Kings' journey to the playoffs hasn't been easy, as after the win over the Heat, they immediately face another strong opponent, the San Donio Spurs, in March.

Two games in a row against last season's Eastern and Western champions. It's definitely not going to be a good schedule for the Kings.

Although it has just won against the Heat, but. Neither the Kings' players nor the outside world think the Spurs will be easier to deal with than the Heat.

In fact, in the previous season's Finals, the two teams battled until Game 7, and the Heat were almost eliminated by the Spurs in Game 6.

Even for many teams in the league, they may prefer to play against the Heat rather than the Spurs. Among them is the king.

The Kings don't like to meet the Spurs, which can be reflected in a statistic, since Li Tian entered the Kings last season, the Kings and the Spurs have played each other a total of five times. And all five of these times, without exception, ended in defeat.

The two teams met once in January, when the Kings played well and they and the Spurs were exhausted to the end, but they still couldn't win the game.

For many of the Kings' players, they have never tried what it is like to beat the Spurs, so for the next game, although there are still some apprehensions, the players have not tasted some expectations, and the Kings hope to continue the morale of the victory over the Heat and win the Spurs in one fell swoop.

AT&T Center Arena, a black and white arena with a black and white color palette, is the home of the Spurs, and this color scheme is also the same as the Spurs' style - low-key.

But those four championship flags flying over the court prove that this team is more successful than many teams in the league.

At this time, Li Tianzheng looked up at the four championship flags floating above the arena, and a championship flag was also hung over the King's home court, but it was obtained more than 50 years ago, and the Spurs' four championship flags were all won in the past fifteen years, during this time, the Spurs won the championship second only to the Lakers, and the Purple and Gold Army won five times.

That's the opponent the Kings will have to face in this game, the San Donio Spurs.

The Spurs continued their starting lineup for the past two seasons, with Thiago Split at center, Tim Duncan at power forward, Kawhi Leonard at small forward, Danny Green at scoring guard opposite Li Tian, and French sports car Tony Parker at point guard.

On the Kings' side, Li Tian's return has stabilized their starting lineup, with Cousins and Thompson on the inside, and Iguodala, Li Tian and Evans on the outside.

After the referee's whistle, Cousins and Split jumped the ball, and Cousins grabbed the ball for the Kings.

After Evans controlled the ball to the half, Li Tian had already begun to run actively, and next to him was Danny Green, a player who ran without the ball and made excellent three-point points, and the defense was also excellent, which was somewhat similar to the previous Li Tian's style, of course, now Li Tian's ability to hold the ball is even better.

Li Tian's off-ball run did not completely shake off Green to get the open spot, but he still chose to pick up the ball outside the three-point line.

And after Li Tian received the ball, Cousins, who had not yet fallen to the low post, also quickly mentioned Li Tian's side blocking.

With the help of Cousins' blocking, Li Tian dribbled forward and rushed into the three-point line, but did not choose to attack by himself, but sent the ball to Cousins, who had already cut into the basket at this time.

Cousins, who got the ball, went straight to the basket and scored the ball under Duncan's defense.

After the start of the game, the Kings did not habitually let Li Tian run without the ball to find the shooting touch, nor did they let Cousins fall to the low post as in the previous game, but chose to let Li Tian and Cousins play blocking and dismantling.

Of course, this tactic may have surprised the Spurs players, but it obviously didn't affect them too much.

After Duncan served from the baseline, Parker dribbled the ball into the halfcourt, and they also opted for a pick-and-roll.

Parker and Duncan block, this is a common tactic of the Spurs, Cousins, who defends Duncan, is worried that Evans will not be able to stop Parker and chooses to help defend, Parker quickly sends the ball to Duncan with a hit pass.

Cousins is very quick to defend back, and Duncan, who is getting older, is obviously not as flexible as he used to be, and when Duncan receives the ball and comes to the basket, Cousins has already rushed to the basket.

Knowing that it would not be easy to force Cousins hard, Duncan showed his rich experience at this time, holding the ball up and shaking it slightly, making a feint to attack.

Cousins, who was beside Duncan, jumped up almost without hesitation after seeing this action, and when he jumped into the air, he realized that Duncan was just a feint, and he was already a step slow to make another change.

"Tick!" After Duncan took the initiative to move towards Cousins, the referee immediately blew the whistle to signal Cousins to defend the foul.

Fooling Cousins' foul was obviously not Duncan's only purpose, and the slight physical contact with Cousins did not affect his shot, and the ball was shot after a slight shake of his body, and the basketball hit the rebound and fell into the basket, 2+1.

"These old guys have a lot of experience!"

Li Tian, who watched this scene from the outside, couldn't help but secretly sigh in his heart, Duncan's mastery of rhythm and time difference was incomparably exquisite, which not only made Cousins pay the price of fouls, but also did not have much physical contact, which would not affect the shot at all.

"Tick!" After sighing, Li Tianzheng was about to wait for Ken's free throw, when he heard the referee's whistle sound again, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at the basket in amazement, wondering what was going on. (To be continued.) )