Chapter 63: Three Consecutive Victories!

The back-to-back format meant that the Kings' players had to return to Sacramento after the game against the Warriors, but fortunately, the two cities were not far away and they were not too rushed.

At the Sacramento Sleep Train Arena, the Kings will host their next opponent, the Orlando Magic.

The Magic have been a powerhouse in the East for the past few years, and in '09, they reached the Finals under the leadership of Monster Howard, but the team was slow to win the championship Howard and chose to leave Orlando.

Howard's move to the Lakers didn't go very well, and the Magic also plummeted after Howard's departure, with a 16-41 record so far in the season, which is not as good as the Kings.

After the game began, the Kings still fielded their previous starting lineup, and the Magic interior on the other end of the line was Nikola Vucevic partnering Andrew Nicholson, small forward Maurice Harkless, and guard line Aaron Avlaro partnering Benno Yudri.

After Cousins jumped the ball to get the ball for the Kings, he came to the half, and he fell to the ground and asked for the ball in the low post to win Vucevic and successfully scored two points for the Kings.

However, then Vucevic fought back on the Magic side, and after the 76ers traded to the Magic, Vucevic began to show his talent and ability this season, and now he has become a new hope for the Magic.

Then the Kings hit the ground up again, and this time it was Thomas who completed the offense, and he hit a board shot after the breakaway.

Both sides hit the first three rounds, showing that the players of both teams are in very good attacking form.

However, the Kings failed to score on the next two offenses, and the Magic were still in good shape, with Avralo receiving an assist from Udri and hitting a three-pointer, and then Vucevic assisted Nicholson to hit a two-pointer to make the score 11-6.

Evans stepped up at this point, first scoring two points on a layup, and then assisting Thomas to hit a three-pointer to tie the score again.

I don't know if it was stimulated by Li Tian's first two games, Thomas was in very good shape in this game. When the Magic attacked, Thomas directly stealed Udri and scored a fast-break layup, rewriting the score to 11:13, and the Kings led by 2 points.

The Kings immediately took the initiative on the court, and with eight minutes to play in the first quarter, the score became 22-17, and the Kings established a five-point advantage.

At this time, the king began to make substitution adjustments, Li Tian was replaced, and because Thomas performed well on the court, Jim Ain did not replace him, Li Tian replaced Cousins, and the king actually played a large and four small lineup.

Ain knew that if Thomas controlled the ball, Li Tian's role on the court would not be played, so he handed the ball to Evans, and Li Tian and Thomas were responsible for the attacker, and whoever had the opportunity to attack could get Evans' pass.

Jim Ain was just a tentative arrangement, but he didn't want it to work wonders.

In the first round after Li Tian came on the court, he got a shot opportunity by running off the ball and hit a three-shot, which was an assist from Evans.

Thomas seemed to be on the move at this point, and in the latter round, he also tried a three-point shot and hit it.

Li Tian and Thomas each hit a three-pointer to raise the King's score to 28, and although the Magic also scored 2 points in the middle, the difference between the two teams has widened to 9 points.

This is not over, immediately after, Li Tian and Thomas hit another 2-pointer, but the Magic's offense had a bit of a problem at this time, they attacked four times in a row to fail, the score of the two teams became 19:32, and the King's lead reached 13 points.

At this point, the Magic finally scored, and Yudri broke through the interior to cause a foul and hit two free throws.

It's Li Tian again! After running without the ball, he shook off the defender, and Li Tian received a pass in the bottom corner of the right side and shot a decisive shot, hitting a three-point shot!

At 21:35, after the first quarter, the King's lead reached 14 points.

In the first quarter of the game, Li Tian only played 4 minutes, but contributed 8 points and made 3 shots, which still continued the hot feeling of the previous game.

The big lead led Jim Ain to come off the bench at the start of the second quarter, and the lineup became Hayes, Robinson, Salmons, Fredette, and Li Tian.

Although there is not a single starter in this lineup, and the opposite Magic has two main players, Vucevic and Afflaro, but the Kings have not fallen behind in the slightest.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Hayes made a steal on Vucevic and the Kings launched a counterattack, and Robinson received a pass from Fredette and dunked it to widen the gap between the two teams to 16 points.

The Magic offense was played, and when it came to the other end, Li Tian's mid-range shot was missed, and the Magic had a chance to narrow the score, but they didn't catch it, and Afflalo's offense was fouled by Li Tian, and the ball returned to the king.

Coming to the offensive end again, Li Tian was still actively running, and with the help of Robinson and Hayes' cover, Li Tian once again shook off the defenders and received the pass. This time, Li Tian did not waste another opportunity, the bottom line was in the middle distance, and Li Tian hit a two-point shot steadily.

The scores fluctuated back and forth between 14 and 16 points, and seeing that the players were able to control the situation on the court, Jim Ain did not make any changes to the lineup.

Nearly six minutes into the second quarter, that changed the game.

First, when the Magic launched an attack, Li Tian decisively chose to wrap Vucevic with Robinson to cause the opponent to make a mistake, and the King took the opportunity to counterattack, and Salmons made a fast-break layup.

Immediately afterward, Hayes' accurate judgment of the position in the help defense caused a foul on the Magic team handler, allowing the ball to change hands again.

The Kings launched an attack, and Li Tian, who had been silent for a few minutes, once again showed his excellent off-ball running skills to the Kings fans at the scene, and a beautiful reverse run completely shook off the defenders.

Outside the three-point line, Li Tian received Fredette's pass and shot as soon as possible and hit!

At 31:52, after Li Tian's three-point shot, the king widened the gap to 21 points! Such a point difference forced the Magic to call a timeout, which also made the Kings fans cheer.

One minute later, Li Tian, who had been on the field for nearly 11 minutes, was replaced during a dead ball. Li Tian did not return to the court for the rest of the second quarter, but his 21-point advantage established by his three-pointer remained until the end of the game.

At 44:66, the first half ended with the Kings leading by 22 points.

Li Tian continued his excellent performance in the first two games, scoring 13 points in the first half, and shooting 5-of-6 from the field was even more frightening.

With two straight wins and a 22-point lead in the first half of the game, Kings fans are looking forward to a three-game winning streak.

And the Kings players did show such a desire on the court, after the start of the second half, the difference between the two teams continued to widen, in the first half of the third quarter, the difference between the two sides once widened to 26 points, although the Magic tried to chase the score in the rest of the third quarter, but after three quarters, it only narrowed the difference to 22 points again.

Before entering the fourth quarter, the 22-point margin had almost declared that the game had entered garbage time, and coupled with the fact that the Magic showed no momentum to win at all, the Kings had in fact basically bagged the victory.

However, the Kings obviously did not stop there, and after the start of the fourth quarter, the Kings continued to maintain a strong offense, and the difference between the two teams widened again.

78:108, when the fourth quarter played for 4 minutes, the difference between the two teams widened to 30 points for the first time, and it was officially announced that the game had completely entered garbage time.

At 101:125, the game ended, and the Kings won the game by a huge margin of 24 points, and after defeating the Trail Blazers, they won the Warriors and Kings back-to-back, and won three in a row! It was also the first time this season that the Kings had won three in a row.

Because the difference between the two teams has widened in the first half, in the second half of the game, the team's main rotation players did not play for too long, including Li Tian.

Thomas played well in this game, he scored 24 points, but Li Tian was not inferior, also scored 24 points in the game, and the number of shots was reduced by 2.

After scoring 25 points against the Trail Blazers and 29 points against the Warriors, Li Tian scored 24 points again, and he has performed well in three consecutive games, and the Kings have won all three games, and both Kings players and outside fans and media reporters have greatly changed their views on Li Tian.

Also with this idea is Jim Ain, he gave Li Tian a chance in the three games he coached, and what he got was Li Tian's excellent performance and three consecutive wins, which made him love Li Tian more and more, and it is foreseeable that in the next game, Li Tian will no longer lack opportunities.

Li Tian is becoming an increasingly important member of the Kings team.