Chapter 61: Victory Warriors!

If you want to say who Li Tian's consecutive goals have stimulated the most, this person is undoubtedly Barnes.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Li Tian was more of a tactical run, and the only shot was missed, which made Barnes think that he was quite successful in defending Li Tian, so after Klay Thompson came on the court, Barnes took the initiative to ask to continue to play against Li Tian.

However, immediately after that, Li Tian hit two consecutive three-point shots.

In the first ball, Li Tian and Thorton's passing ball played Barnes like a monkey, while the second ball annoyed Barnes even more, Li Tian made a completely unreasonable shot, treating his defense as nothing.

"Let's go in one, do you want to return one? I'd like to see if you can have a third! ”

Watching Li Tian and the Kings players yelling excitedly, Barnes secretly snorted coldly in his heart, and after coming to halftime, Barnes took the initiative to ask Curry for the ball outside the three-point line.

Curry is not the kind of player who has to hold the ball in his hands, and after Barnes opened his hand to ask for the ball, Curry did not hesitate and handed the ball directly into Barnes's hands.

The rest of the Warriors' players also pulled away at this time, and Barnes has some individual ability.

"Harrison, kill him!" On the sidelines, after seeing Barnes holding the ball and wanting to single Li Tian, Warriors fans also shouted, Li Tian shot two three-pointers in a row, and at this time he was already seen as a thorn in the side of Warriors fans.

Barnes dribbles the ball outside the three-point line, and Li Tian is at an arm's length away from him at the moment, Barnes certainly has some three-point ability, but compared to Curry and Thompson, Barnes's three-point is not so lethal, which also allows Li Tian to choose not to be so close.

Barnes apparently didn't have the guts to shoot from beyond the three-point line, and after a slight test of the dribble, Barnes immediately dribbled into the three-point line and killed to the right.

After moving quickly and accurately judging the direction of Barnes's breakthrough, Li Tian directly stopped on the right side of Barnes, not giving Barnes room to break through.

It seemed that he had been prepared for Li Tian's block, and the ball was sent to the left hand with his right hand, and his left foot took a sharp step towards the left front, and Barnes changed direction to break to the left.

However, Li Tian also seemed to have been prepared, and took a step sideways towards the back, but once again stopped in front of Barnes.

"Squeak!" After discovering that the continued forward rush was about to collide with Li Tian, Barnes suddenly stopped the forward rush, and then jumped to his feet.

After realizing that he couldn't easily break through Li Tian's defense, Barnes tried to dodge Li Tian's defense with a sudden pull-up jump shot to complete the attack.

However, Li Tian's reaction was far faster than Barnes expected, and almost at the same time as Barnes jumped, Li Tian, who was already very close to Barnes, jumped up a small half-step, and raised his arm high to interfere with Barnes's shooting.

Li Tian was already very close to Barnes at this time, almost touching Barnes's body, such a defense undoubtedly gave Barnes great interference, and his shooting touch today was obviously not as good as Li Tian's.

"Bang!" The basketball popped off the front of the basket and was picked up by Cousins, who was stuck in the basket.

Barnes' missed shot was undoubtedly a big disappointment for the Warriors fans, but their disappointment soon turned into nervousness, and after coming to the other end of the court, Li Tian actually started to run aggressively again.

The S-class running without the ball was not reserved at all, and the league's first-class running skills were fully displayed at this time, Li Tian's body did not look strong, and his speed was not very fast, but when he began to shuttle in the half, none of the Warriors players could stop him.

Bogut blocked, Li Tian flashed directly from the side with a wrong step, David Lee blocked, and Li Tian used a sudden change of direction to defuse it......

When Li Tian ran outside the three-point line on the right side of the arc, Barnes was still two steps away from Li Tian and could not stop Li Tian from receiving the ball at all.

When Li Tian received Evans' pass, Barnes was one step away.

"Damn, I'm not going to let you score again!"

Yelling in his heart, Barnes exerted his strongest speed, and with the help of the inertia of running, he rushed towards Li Tian, and at the same time his hand slapped down on the basketball that Li Tian had just received.

Looking at Barnes who was hurrying over, the corners of Li Tian's mouth rose slightly, and he didn't jump out in a hurry, and when Barnes rushed to the front to make a move, Li Tian suddenly smashed the ball to the right floor, and slapped the ball with his right hand, and the person also flashed to the right.

Barnes rushed directly out of the three-point line due to the inertia of his body, and at this time, Li Tian dribbled the ball and easily took a step forward into the three-point line.

Jump, shoot!

Li Tian did not show good control of his body as well as Barnes before, and was able to control his body to jump and shoot in a rush.

However, Li Tian's shooting on the court was more comfortable than Barnes's appearance, as if it was a daily training, taking a step forward, jumping on tiptoe, and the basketball flew out of his hand.

The most important difference between the two is...... Outcome!

With a fiery hand, coupled with such a comfortable shot, Li Tian couldn't find any reason to miss.

"Huh!"

Li Tian threw the basketball into the basket for the third time in a row, and the basketball was extremely hollow into the net, without the slightest drag.

"Tick!"

At this point, the referee blew his whistle and called a timeout. After Li Tian hit three consecutive shots, Mark Jackson had to interrupt Li Tian's hot hand with a timeout, and at this point, the score had become 117:113, and the Kings led by four points.

"Klay, you and Harrison switch guards and go and keep an eye on that No. 3. Now what we have to do is cut off the connection between him and his teammates, and we must not let him get a chance to shoot......"

In Mark Jackson's view, Li Tian has become the biggest threat to the Warriors to win this game, so when arranging defensive tactics, he can't help but use great efforts to prevent Li Tian from receiving the ball and shooting.

The Warriors' defense has indeed improved a lot from last season, and it is difficult for Li Tian to receive passes from teammates when the whole team pays great attention to Li Tian's defense.

However, there are gains and losses, the offensive state of the rest of the Kings is very good today, at this time, after Li Tian attracted most of the defensive firepower of the Warriors, the rest of the Kings will naturally not let go of such a good opportunity.

119:114、121:117……

The difference between the two teams hovers between 3 and 5 points, and the Warriors try their best to chase the score, but they are always unable to tie the score, let alone overtake.

At 124:119, the clock ticked into the final minute, with the Kings holding a five-point advantage, and just a minute earlier, Thomas, who had replaced Thorton, hit a three-pointer.

The Warriors went on offense, Curry dribbled to the halfcourt, and it was Thomas who defended him.

Thomas did a good job of defending this time, Curry dribbled beyond the three-point line, and he immediately stuck to Curry's side, which was obviously the focus of Curry's shot.

With the Warriors still trailing by five points and time running out, Curry obviously didn't have the heart to dwell too much on Thomas, and after signaling David Lee to step forward to block the pick-and-roll, Curry immediately dribbled the ball to the side.

Thomas was still pestering David Lee to chase down Curry, who was jumping up from beyond the three-point line to shoot.

"Jason, well done!"

While sticking Klay Thompson, Li Tian said in admiration that when Thomas was blocked by David Lee, Jason Thompson chose to take the initiative to switch defenses and flashed to interfere with Curry's shot.

Maybe Jason Thompson's interference had a certain effect, or maybe Curry's rush to chase the score had some problems with his shot, and the basketball did not fall directly into the basket as the Warriors fans at the scene expected, but smashed on the basket and bounced.

Under the basket, Cousins and Bogut were playing meat games, but neither of them could take the ball directly, and they didn't know whose hands touched each other, and the basketball flew high to the outside.

Seeing the basketball flying in the direction where he was, Li Tian leaned to the side and back, stuck Klay Thompson behind him, and then jumped up and reached out to grab the basketball in the air.

Klay Thompson is obviously not willing to let the basketball fall into the hands of Li Tian like this, knowing that the game time is less than 50 seconds, and the ownership of this ball is crucial, and may even determine the final direction of the game.

Behind Li Tian, Klay Thompson leaned on Li Tian and jumped up.

However, the basketball did not fly as high as Thompson imagined, and when it came to the top of Li Tian's head, the ball was already falling, and under normal circumstances, the ball would undoubtedly be caught by Li Tian's hands.

Secretly anxious, Klay Thompson reached out and leaned towards Li Tian's side.

Klay Thompson obviously didn't notice his movements at this time, his body squeezed Li Tian hard, and at the same time, his left hand couldn't help but press on Li Tian's shoulder.

Pressed down by Klay Thompson, Li Tian could no longer continue the high jump, and could only watch the basketball fly over his head.

However, all this was watched by the referee.

"Tick!" With a crisp whistle, Klay Thompson grabbed the ball in his hands, and the next moment, he rushed to the referee with excitement on his face.

"Shh After seeing the referee make a foul gesture in the middle of the court, there were also huge boos at the scene, and Warriors fans protested against the referee's decision with such boos, and many Warriors fans scolded.

“FU*CK! Black Whistle! That kid was pretending, and Clay didn't push him at all! ”

"This is the Auckland Arena, this is our home stadium, damn it, why favor that guy?"

The fans are scolding, and Klay Thompson is constantly looking for the referee to tell his innocence, but all this disappeared after the replay on the big screen, and the big screen clearly restored everything just now, Klay Thompson's pushing foul is undoubted, and there is no problem with the referee's decision.

"Damn it!" Seeing this, Klay Thompson immediately held his head in annoyance, the Warriors' foul count has been reached, which means that Li Tian will get two free throw opportunities, and once Li Tian hits two free throws, the Kings will lead by 7 points, and with only 41 seconds left in the game, such a lead can almost seal the victory.

"Shh Li Tian walked to the free throw line, and violent boos suddenly resounded throughout the court, and Warriors fans tried to use such boos to influence Li Tian's free throws.

However, the Kings' five-point lead made Li Tian not have too much pressure on the free throws at this time, coupled with a good hand, such boos can have a limited impact on him.

"Huh!"

In the boos of the audience, Li Tian hit the first penalty steadily.

Li Tian hit the first free throw, and the Kings led by 6 points, and then look at Li Tian's second free throw...... Same hit! ”

Different from the relaxed tone of the domestic commentators, the atmosphere at the Warriors' home court was extremely tense at this time, and Warriors head coach Mark Jackson was calling a timeout to set up tactics, and the Warriors fans couldn't sit still and stood up one after another.

There is no doubt that the Warriors still want to win this game, but the difference of 41 seconds and 7 minutes is obviously not so easy to catch.

The Warriors attacked again, and the Kings held on to a three-pointer, and it took the Warriors 15 seconds to finish with just two points. Then the Warriors used foul tactics, the Kings hit both free throws, and the Warriors on the other side missed a three-point shot, which also announced the end of the game.

At 128:121, a battle came to an end, and the Kings, who were fighting away, won the final victory and won two consecutive victories.

Li Tian once again became the team's highest scorer, in this game, Li Tian felt hot, 11 of 15 shots, 5 of 7 three-point shots, 2 free throws 2 of 2, and got 29 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.