Chapter 209: An Unexpected Choice!

"Wade hit a layup and the score was tied."

"Evans broke through the ball to Li Tian, the ball was transferred to Iguodala, Iguodala broke through the ball and handed it to Cousins, two points hit, beautiful!"

Li Tian's 5 points and 1 assist helped the Kings stabilize the situation and withstand the fierce impact of the Heat, although they had no way to pull the difference apart, but they did not let the Heat overtake in one fell swoop.

This Kings team showed a completely different resilience from the previous season, like an unbeatable little powerhouse, the Heat chased and fought hard, but the Kings stubbornly maintained the situation.

At 100:103, when the game came to 1 minute 02 seconds left, the difference between the two teams was still not large, and the lead was the Kings.

"It was a good game, the Kings played the Heat until the last minute, and they always took the lead throughout the game, which I am afraid many people did not expect before the game."

When the Heat called a timeout, both the fans on the scene and the guests who were commenting were slightly relaxed at this time, and since entering the fourth quarter of the game, you have been playing back and forth on the court, which has also made the nerves of the people watching the game tense all the time.

On the bench on both sides, the two managers were battling it out for the final minute.

"Lee, do you need to take a break?" When Li Tian came to the bench, Adelman immediately asked Li Tian.

Since Li Tian came on the court, Adelman has been paying attention to his physical condition, and when there were only 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Adelman originally wanted to replace Li Tian off the court, but Li Tian said that his physical strength was no problem at all, and Adelman saw that Li Tian's various runs on the court seemed to be completely unaffected by his physical strength, so he did not replace Li Tian.

After all. Li Tian's presence on the court means that the Kings are one more threat on the outside.

At this time, Adelman asked again, because compared to the offensive end, Li Tian's impact on being replaced by other players on the defensive end is not as great as that on the offensive end, and if Li Tian is physically exhausted, he can come down and rest for a minute or two before returning to the court. At times like these, each round takes more time than just a watch time due to timeouts and dead balls.

"No, coach, I still have a lot of stamina!"

When hearing Adelman's question, Li Tian quickly replied that he had played 26 minutes in this game, which was indeed beyond his normal playing time, but because of the improvement of physical fitness. At this time, he did not feel tired.

After hearing Li Tian's answer, Adelman nodded, and then began to lay out defensive tactics on the tactical board.

From Adelman's observations, Li Tian did not look too tired, but in his opinion, it may be because Li Tian was well rested during the injury, and there is no doubt about it.

Players on both sides are seizing the time to assign tasks to the players, for the next offensive and defensive actions. They were very serious, so it wasn't until the referee signaled that it was time for the players to start walking out onto the pitch. They were still shouting at the players.

"Tick!" At the referee's whistle, the Heat serve was in James' hands.

"Defend! Defend! ”

After the Heat players started touching the ball, the Kings fans in the stadium also began to shout loudly.

Li Tian continued to follow Ray Allen, who had a three-minute break in the middle of the fourth quarter, but then returned to the court.

At this time. The Heat's lineup is still a combination of Bosh, Battier, James, Ray Allen, and Wade, such five people are the most offensive lineup of the Heat, all five have projection ability, and James and Wade's breakthroughs are sharp, and Ray Allen and Battier's three-point shooting is also stable.

For the Heat. What they wanted to play this ball was the success rate, so they didn't rush to attack at this time, and after James received the ball outside the three-point line, the ball was immediately handed over to Bosh who was mentioned in the high position.

James, who passed the ball, ran outside the left three-point line, and Wade, who stayed on the baseline, came out to catch the ball.

Passing the ball to Wade, Bosh took a step outside and looked like he was going to block Wade, but just as Cousins also moved outside, Bosh suddenly moved towards the basket.

Cousins was not slow to react, following Bosh closely, and he didn't give Bosh a chance to catch the ball.

Following Ray Allen to stand on the other side of the bottom line, Li Tian did not leave Ray Allen half a step away because Bosh moved towards the basket, because he was not sure whether Ray Allen would be the finisher of this attack, and he didn't want to give Ray Allen a chance.

And when Bosh was forced by Cousins to stop outside the three-second zone on the right side, Li Tian's eyes immediately stared at Ray Allen, Bosh's position at this time is the most suitable position to cover for players running without the ball on the baseline, which Li Tian, who is well versed in running without the ball, is very clear, and it also makes him extremely vigilant.

Ray Allen ran, as Li Tian expected, after Bosh stood still, Ray Allen suddenly started running, he first made a feint to run towards the bottom left corner, and then rushed to the right along the bottom line.

Beside Ray Allen, Li Tian, who had been prepared, immediately followed Ray Allen when he rushed towards Bosh, unaffected by Ray Allen's initial running feints.

Bosh's cover allowed Ray Allen to shake off Li Tian in a small step, but it was only a position, and Li Tian's excellent off-ball running footwork allowed him to quickly dodge the opposing player's cover interference even on the defensive end.

The gap between the two is one position, and as Ray Allen rushes outside the three-point line, the gap between the two is also shrinking.

With the two men so close, it became extremely difficult for Wade to get the ball into Ray Allen's hands, and his breakthrough was also heavily defended.

Pushing the ball out with both hands, Wade chose to pass the ball again at this point, and the basketball was handed to James, who had already flashed a step outside the left three-point line.

James, who received the ball, continued to break through, and at this time, Wade and Bosh were pulling outside the three-point line to create space for James' breakthrough.

Despite knowing that James' breakthrough was very lethal, Evans and Cousins had to follow the two Heat players to move outward, in comparison. They would rather let James score two points than let him send the ball beyond the three-point line, after all, the Kings still have a three-point lead at this time.

Only Middleton, who was defending Battier in the bottom left corner, moved slightly and made a tentative help defense, but this action did not interfere too much with James' breakthrough.

The task of defending James was left to Iguodala alone, and the two scrambled into the three-second zone. James picked up the ball and leaned on Iguodala to jump up for a layup.

Beside James, it was difficult for Iguodala, who was leaned on, to jump up and interfere, but he was not willing to let James go to the basket easily, and he saw the opportunity to quickly wave his hand, and his palm slapped on the basketball that James hugged with both hands.

James showed his unusual strength at this time, because Iguodala's shot was a little late, and the force was not fully released, and James actually controlled the ball with both hands. Completed the layup.

At this time, the referee's whistle had already sounded.

"Tick!"

After the crisp sound, James's layup also had a result, the ball hit the rebound and then bounced into the basket, 2+1.

"Nope! I'm playing ball! It's a ball! ”

Iguodala immediately rushed to the referee, spread his hands, and with an anxious and innocent face on his face, he signaled to the referee who made the blow that he was slapping the ball.

Iguodala's appeal was not affirmed by the referee, and the referee on the bottom line kept shaking his head. Obviously, after the blow penalty was made. The referee was reluctant to change it.

"Shh The fans began to boo, especially when Iguodala's hand was only slapped on the ball on the big screen, and the boos suddenly became more and more intense.

"Black Whistle!" "There was no foul on this ball, why favor that guy!"

The fans yelled at the middle of the court, but it obviously didn't change the situation on the court, and James hit the free throw. 103:103, the two teams are tied.

After Adelman called a timeout, the players from both sides returned to the pitch, while the fans were still angry about the referee's decision.

But then. Fans began to forget about that round, and they began to worry about the Kings' offense.

The king started to attack again, and Li Tian began to run actively, while the rest of the king's players were also covering for Li Tian.

However, the Heat obviously knew that the Kings were very likely to choose Li Tian as the target of attack in this round, and they began to defend Li Tian strictly, and Ray Allen also showed the same defense against him at this time as Li Tian had before, sticking to Li Tian's side and not giving Li Tian a chance to receive the ball and attack.

Seeing that the offensive time was decreasing little by little, the Kings fans at the scene suddenly began to become nervous, and at this time, after realizing that there was no offensive opportunity without Li Tian, the rest of the Kings' players also began to act.

Cousins, who was holding the ball, tried to force his way to the basket, but was caught near the three-second zone, and the ball was separated and sent to Evans from beyond the three-point line.

When he received Cousins' pass, there were only four seconds left on the offensive time, and Evans was no longer able to pass the ball to others.

However, Evans did not choose to shoot directly, he was the least good at shooting three-pointers among the four outside players in the court, and dribbled forward and stepped into the three-point line before Evans threw the ball, but by this time Wade had already rushed forward to interfere.

"Bang!" Wade's interference still had an impact on Evans, and in the uproar of the fans at the scene, the basketball bounced off the front of the basket and then fell directly into Wade's hands in front of Evans.

At this time, there were only 18 seconds left in the offensive time, and the Kings' players were waiting for the Heat to call a timeout for the last round, but at this time, Wade did not call a timeout, after getting the ball, he quickly threw the ball out and sent it to James in front, and the Heat chose to ...... Fight back!

The Heat did not call a timeout but directly counterattacked, such a choice was completely unexpected, and the players of the Kings who reacted immediately quickly retreated to the other half.

"The Heat didn't call a timeout, they were playing counterattacks, James dribbled the ball, 2 to 2 in the frontcourt!"

"Wow!" At this time, the Kings' fans also found that the court was not developing as they expected, and there was an uproar. (To be continued.) )