Chapter 204: Half-time Adjusted Duel!

'The boys, did a great job in the first half, but it's not time for us to celebrate.

Entering the locker room, Adelman's face didn't look too relaxed because the Kings' lead reached double digits, and he began to pour cold water on his players after just complimenting, reminding his players to be vigilant.

"On the other side of the side is the Heat, I don't think I need to talk about the strength of this team, they are the defending champions, they have won two championships in a row, they are not going to accept a defeat here, so in the second half, we will have a strong comeback......

As he spoke, Adelman was also observing the expressions of the players, and found that the Kings' players did not have obvious pride, and Adelman was slightly satisfied.

Indeed, after half a season of Adelman's tutelage, and the players have also experienced some hard battles in this half season, the whole team has become more mature.

Of course, this also has something to do with the opponent we faced today, after all, this game is against the Heat, and the Kings players know that this is a strong team, and they all know that it is not easy to win such a team, so even if they are leading by double digits at this time, they can still do it without being too proud.

After discovering this, Adelman did not instill too much chicken soup for the soul, but began to make tactical arrangements.

The fifteen-minute halftime break ended quickly, and with the advice of their respective coaches, the players of the two teams also returned to the field and began the duel after the halftime adjustment!

The Heat took the lead and after Chalmers dribbled to halfcourt, the basketball was in Wade's hands.

This is a departure from the Heat's offense in the first half, where James was the first to handle the ball for most of the first half, while Wade played more without the ball. If neither of them finds a good offensive opportunity, it will be Wade who will attack with the ball.

"It seems that the coach's judgment is right."

Stopping in front of Wade, Li Tian was muttering to himself in his heart at this time.

Adelman analyzed at halftime that Wade is very likely to strengthen the offense in the second half, in order to make Li Tian spend more energy on the defensive end, and relatively speaking, the Heat must think that Li Tian's defense is easier to break than Iguodala's defense.

Breakthrough. Since he decided to put more pressure on Li Tian, Wade also chose the offensive method that he is best at and the most headache for defenders.

In the face of Wade's sharp breakthrough, Li Tian really couldn't block it, and although he had worked very hard to defend, he was still scored by Wade in the three-second zone.

Li Tian's offense in the first half has indeed attracted the attention of the Heat, so on the offensive end, Wade is putting pressure on Li Tian, and on the defensive end, the Heat is almost full of action, cutting off Li Tian's contact with the rest of the players, and not letting Li Tian get the opportunity to catch the ball.

At this time, the king seemed to have decided to hand over the ball to Li Tian. Evans dribbled outside the three-point line and was in no hurry to attack, while the rest of the Kings players were covering for the running Lee Tian.

Outside the three-point line on the left side, Li Tian finally rushed out to receive the pass, but almost at the same time, Wade, who was following closely, had also posted up.

was stuck by Wade, but Li Tian was not in a hurry to pass the ball, and Cousins, who was originally covering for Li Tian in the middle distance, quickly mentioned standing beside Li Tian outside the three-point line.

Pick-and-roll?

As Cousins moved, Bosh quickly followed. And Wade suddenly became vigilant, although it was not clear why the king was so obsessed with letting Li Tian attack this round. But Wade knows very well that if Li Tian is given space to shoot, the opponent is very likely to raise his hand and throw a three-pointer.

Wade moved his footsteps slightly, although he was still next to Li Tian, but the person had already moved half a position to the right side of the line, so that even if Cousins was blocking on the left side. Wade was also able to ensure that his body would not be directly blocked by Cousins and lose the opportunity to follow Li Tian.

For Li Tian's blocking and dismantling defense, Wade did not dare to choose to go around from behind, he would only choose to follow the defense from the line, after all, Li Tian's outside shooting ability is too good, once he chooses to go around from the back. It is very likely to give Li Tian a chance to make a move.

Bosh flashed to the left side of Cousins at this time, beware of Li Tianhui breaking through directly to the basket after Wade was out of position.

The defensive focus of both of them was on Li Tian, who was holding the ball, but they did not find that Li Tian's hands holding the ball at this time did not intend to put the ball down and dribble, but chose to lift the ball.

At this moment, Cousins, who had just come to Li Tian's side and had not yet stood still, suddenly took a step back, re-entered the three-point line, and then quickly moved towards the basket.

Fake pick-and-roll! At this time, Wade and Bosh finally reacted.

They all thought that Cousins really wanted to create an opportunity for Li Tian to block and dismantle Li Tian to attack with the ball, after all, Li Tian had been actively running to find offensive opportunities, and the Kings' players were also providing cover for him. What he never expected was that Li Tian's appearance of wanting to complete this attack turned out to be a disguise.

Bosh quickly chased after Cousins at this time, and Wade quickly recircled in front of Li Tian to stick to him, trying to stop Li Tian's pass.

However, compared with Li Tian and Li Tian, who had already premeditated, the two of them were destined to be only half a beat slower.

Almost as Bosh left to chase Cousins, the ball lifted by Li Tian was thrown out quickly and sent to Cousins, who cut to the basket.

"Stop him!"

Spotting that Cousins had the ball, Bosh immediately yelled, signaling Battier, who rushed to the basket at this time, to pay attention to the defense.

The defensive active Battier was about to return to the basket at this time, but the defense was as good as Battier, and it was obviously not easy to defend against Cousins' impact alone, which Battier himself was also very aware of, so he chose to quickly flash to Cousins to stand in front of him and try to make Cousins an offensive foul.

However, Cousins showed his delicate side of roughness at this time, holding the ball with both hands, and flashing to the right with a staggered step, he actually stepped out of the European step.

Almost instinctively, Battier moved slightly to the side, and this time, Cousins didn't dodge again, but slammed into Battier's body.

"Porphyry!" The tremendous force coming from Cousins undoubtedly knocked Battier directly to the ground, and the contact did not seem to affect Cousins, who easily put the ball into the basket with his right hand.

At the same time, another whistle sounded.

"Tick!" Block fouls!

2+1! The Kings' first offense of the second half was done by the team's best players tonight, one inside and one outside!

"It seems that Adelman did not put in a lot of effort at halftime, and the Kings did not take a big lead and made adjustments after the start of the second half."

"This is the first time in this game, everyone thought that the team was creating offensive opportunities for Li Tian, but it turned out that Li Tian created a very good offensive opportunity for Cousins and completed the score."

The commentator said this, and was about to continue the conversation about the King's attack, but was attracted by another change on the field.

"The Kings also made adjustments on the defensive end, with Li Tian and Evans switching defenses......"

Li Tian and Evans switched defenses, and after the Heat sent the ball, Li Tian took the initiative to find Chalmers, who dribbled through the half, and gave Evans the task of defending Wade.

Seeing this scene, Chalmers, who was about to hand the ball to Wade, couldn't help but hesitate, but finally chose to pass.

Evans and Li Tian switch defenses during the game, which is not uncommon in Kings games, especially if the opponent's No. 2 is the kind of player who plays very tough and has excellent offensive power, Adelman tends to let Evans and Li Tian take turns defending.

On the one hand, it is to save physical strength for Li Tian, and on the other hand, Evans's effect is sometimes better than Li Tian's ability to defend such a player, after all, it is a fact that Li Tian's physical confrontation is at a disadvantage, and Li Tian's awareness and ability to assist in defense are better than Evans.

Evans and Li Tian's switch of defense really worked, Wade tried to break through again, but was forced to stop by Evans near the three-second zone.

Wade opted for a turnaround jumper, but couldn't hit it, and the ball spun around the basket and fell out.

Thompson grabbed the rebound inside, and at this time, Li Tian had already rushed to the other half, although the Heat's excellent retreat made the King unable to directly play a quick counterattack, but in the case of Li Tian rushing to the half court so quickly, the Heat had no time to change the defense, and could only be followed by Chalmers to defend Li Tian.

Standing on the right side of the middle distance, Li Tian did not choose to run without the ball to get the vacancy at this time, at this time he faced Chalmers, a point guard who had a good defense, but was 10 cm shorter than him, which made Li Tian decide to try to attack with the ball.

Quickly ran out and took two big steps to open up the distance between Chalmers, Li Tian also pulled Evans's pass, and then smashed the ball to the floor, taking a step directly to the right.

In front of Li Tian, Chalmers understood that he was not tall enough, so after Li Tian moved, his first reaction was to stick Li Tian to prevent Li Tian from having space to shoot, but before he could fully paste it, Li Tian had already dribbled and broke through, which made Chalmers have to take a quick step back to the side to prevent Li Tian from breaking through directly.

"Squeak!" At this time, Li Tian, who had just taken a step, suddenly stopped rushing forward, stopped jumping sharply, and shot the basket!

Chalmers had completely lost his defensive position at this time, and could only symbolically raise his hand to defend, which also made Li Tian's shooting very easy.

"Huh!"

The basketball landed firmly in the basket and hit a two-point shot!

At 49:65, after 1 minute and 12 seconds into the third quarter, the difference between the two teams widened to 16 points!

At halftime, the head coaches of both teams were actively making adjustments to make the game move in their favour, and the widening of the point gap was a clear proof that Adelman led the Kings to the upper hand in such adjustments. (To be continued.) )