Thomas's normal appearance in the locker room did not surprise Li Tian too much, after all, Li Tian did not hit Li Tian ruthlessly the day before, and the fact that that the place was very painful when hit does not mean that the injury is serious, mainly because it is too sensitive.

However, it was obvious that although Thomas came to the game as usual, he was still worried about the events of the previous day, so he glared at Li Tian fiercely from time to time.

Li Tian doesn't care about this, he still wishes that Thomas was thinking about yesterday's incident today, and it was better to play abnormally or something, so that he would have a better chance to play.

Portland Trail Blazers, when it comes to this team, the first thing that comes to people's minds is injuries, not to mention, in recent years, the injuries of Oden, Roy and others have made the Trail Blazers have to rebuild again.

With the selection of Damian Lillard this season, the Trail Blazers have a potential player like Lillard on the outside and LaMarcus Aldridge on the inside, and the core of the team's rebuilding has been formed.

In addition to the two, the Trail Blazers' starters include Hickson, who was cut by the Kings last season, small forward Nicklas Batum, and shooting guard Wesley Matthews.

Wesley Matthews is a player that Li Tian pays more attention to, in addition to being a shooting guard, the two have a good chance of direct dialogue on the court, and Matthews' experience of being a draft pick also motivates Li Tian. After failing to participate in the draft in '09, Matthews joined the Jazz as an undrafted pick in his rookie season and became a starter in his rookie season, signing a five-year, $34 million contract with the Trail Blazers the following year.

On the Kings' side, Jim Ain didn't make any changes to the starting lineup, and the interior line is still Cousins with Thompson, small forward Marcus Thornton, and guards are Evans and Isiah Thomas.

The referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, and the Kings, who got the ball, took the lead in attacking, and after halftime, Cousins forced Aldridge inside to score two points.

On the Trail Blazers' side, Lillard blocked with Aldridge, then shook off Thomas's defense, and completed a pull-up jump shot from mid-range, which was also a two-point score.

Although Lillard's disdain before the start of the game made Li Tian very unhappy, he also had to admit that Lillard's ability to show is indeed the strongest in this rookie class so far, especially in terms of offense.

Defense has always been Isiah Thomas's shortcoming, and this game was fully exposed against Lillard, who had strong offensive and firepower.

The Trail Blazers scored all four of their first four rounds, and of the eight points, Lillard scored four points on his own shooting, and assisted Aldridge and Batum for two points each.

With more than two minutes to play, the Trail Blazers' shooting percentage dropped slightly, but Lillard's suppression of Thomas was still evident, which made their offense very easy, and the Trail Blazers had scored 12 points in less than five minutes into the game.

Fortunately, on the other side, the Kings' offense was not too bad, except for Thompson, the other four scored 2 points each.

Standing on the sidelines, Jim Ain didn't seem too happy with his team's performance, and when the Kings attacked, he stood up and shouted to the court, "Tyrek, switch guards with Isaiah." ”

The Kings' offense didn't work, and back on the other side, the Trail Blazers' offense was also defended, and this time it was Evans who switched defenses with Thomas to defend Lillard. Evans has the height and strength to move poorly, so it's a lot easier to defend Lillard than Thomas.

Coming to the offensive end again, the Kings' offense rewrote the score to 12:10, and the difference was reduced to 2 points.

"Tick!" Trail Blazers head coach Terry Stottes reacted quickly and called a timeout as soon as he saw the Kings' defense make adjustments.

The players of the two teams returned to the field, and after Li Tian sat on the sidelines and looked at the position of the Trail Blazers players on the field, he suddenly muttered to himself: "Height, hard injury!" ”

In the middle of the court, Evans still went to defend Lillard, but at this time, Matthews took Thomas to the low post. Matthews is 1.96 meters tall, Thomas is only 1.75 meters tall, and the height difference of 20 centimeters is especially obvious in the low post.

Matthews received the ball in the low post and hit Thomas directly, and without waiting for other Kings players to help defend, Matthews turned around and stuck Thomas behind him to complete the layup, which also caused Thomas's foul.

On the sidelines, Jim Ain's brows furrowed slightly, although Thomas's offense today was not bad, he had scored 4 points, but his losses on the defensive end were too obvious, and he couldn't prevent Lillard, who was in good offensive condition, and was completely weak against Matthews.

With a slight turn of his gaze, Jim Ain swept over a group of substitutes, and after staying on Garcia and Salmons slightly, he then landed on Li Tian and said, "Lee, go on the field, replace Isaiah." ”

"Okay, Coach!" After hearing Jim Ain's words, Li Tian immediately stood up excitedly, he didn't have much hope when Jim Ain's eyes swept over just now, although he guessed that he might have more opportunities to play, but he never expected Ain to replace himself in the first quarter of this game.

And at this time, the first quarter was only half a quarter.

"Huh? Li Tian is on the field! Li Tian came off the bench after only half of the first quarter, which made people feel a little surprised, Li Tian didn't have many opportunities to play before. The guests who were broadcasting live in China saw Li Tian walking towards the venue at this time, and immediately shouted out in surprise.

Another commentator of the live broadcast responded with a smile: "It may be that the new coach of the Kings knows that we are broadcasting, haha, just kidding." ”

For them, who broadcast the game of the two weak teams live, Li Tian's appearance undoubtedly cheered them up instantly, and the same is true of the fans in front of the screen, these few fans watched this game more for Li Tian.

Of course, there are some fans who are purely Kings or Trail Blazers, but there are fewer of these two than the previous one.

"Huh?" Compared with these people, the most surprised was Isiah Thomas in the court, who walked outside the three-point line and was about to wait for Matthews to make free throws, when he heard the news that he was going to be replaced, turned his head, and found that it was Li Tian who replaced him, and the expression on his face suddenly became stunned.

Immediately, Thomas's face sank, if yesterday's team training was a coincidence, then now, Jim Ain is deliberately arranged. Thomas never imagined that Jim Ain would like Li Tian so much.

Li Tian came on the field, Thomas went down, the two passed by, according to normal circumstances, the two had deep grievances, and naturally there was no communication at all, but at this time, Thomas couldn't help but stop.

"Chinese boy, don't think that you really have the likes of the coach or Tyrek, they will understand that I am the stronger one."

After hearing Thomas's words, Li Tian also stopped, his brows furrowed slightly.

"Are you scared?" Li Tian said with a chuckle, his voice revealing a sense of playfulness. "You're scared I'm going to get better and better!"

After a slight pause, Li Tian continued to smile and said, "Your fear is right, because that is about to become a fact!" ”

After saying this, Li Tian ignored Thomas and continued to walk towards the field, so that Thomas couldn't help but snort coldly, and scolded in his heart: "Shit!" Bastard! ”

On the sidelines, the rest of the Kings players naturally didn't know what was going on, and Robinson was asking suspiciously at Middleton and Fredette on the side, "Am I mistaken, Lee and Isiah are chatting?" ”

"You read that right, but it shouldn't have been a pleasant chat, and Isaiah looked a little ugly." Fredette said that there was a pause, because Thomas was almost on the sidelines.

Robinson nodded suddenly, and said secretly in his heart, That's right, poor Isaiah, yesterday it was an egg pain, and today it looks like a headache.