Chapter 114: Hot Feel!
“2+1! It's so beautiful! Li Tian's ball is so beautiful! ”
"The shooting feint shook Millsap away, and when he broke through the dribble, he made a quick stop to shake off Korver, and then hit a shot against Horford's defense and caused a foul! It's so beautiful, we've never seen Li Tian play like this before! ”
"Yes, today's Li Tian is very resolute in both shooting and breaking through."
Li Tian in the field was pulled up by his teammates to celebrate, and the commentator in the studio was still shouting excitedly.
"Tick!" At this point, the referee blew the whistle and the Eagles called a timeout.
Li Tianyi hit four consecutive shots to score nine points, and there was a free throw next, which made Hawks coach Budenholzeden realize that he had to make a targeted defense. 4:9, although the difference between the two teams is not very big now, but because of Li Tian's consecutive goals, the king opened with too much momentum, which also made Budenholzer need to use a timeout to prevent the king's momentum from rising again.
"Lee, you're doing great today, keep it up like this, you can handle the game alone." The Kings walked to the sidelines, and Evans laughed.
Hearing that Evans was joking, Li Tian also laughed: "This is a good idea, I hope those guys on the other side will be three feet away from me next." ”
Although it was a joke verbally, both Evans and Li Tian knew very well that in the future, the Eagles would definitely focus on encircling Li Tian and would not easily give Li Tian a chance to attack.
Adelman is naturally more aware of this, and no team dares to defend tightly after the opposing pitcher has fully found his senses.
"Now let's go back to the usual offensive tactics, DeMarcus, you go to the high post to receive the ball, Lee, you continue to run and look for opportunities to catch the ball......"
Taking advantage of the timeout, Adelman quickly drew several tactics on the tactical board to deal with the changes in the opponent after this timeout.
The timeout soon ended and the players from both teams returned to the field.
"Huh!" With Li Tian's free throw, the score of the two teams came to 4:10, and the Kings led by 6 points at home.
In the first round of the game, the Hawks played a beautiful combination, Teague burst into the follow-up Horford, Horford received the ball and hit the basket to attract the attention of Cousins and Thompson on the Kings' side, and then seized the opportunity to send the ball to assist Millsap for a layup.
When he came to the half, Li Tian obviously felt that the defensive pressure he was suffering was increasing, and the Eagles really began to block on the defensive end, and people kept coming forward to delay Li Tian's running and receiving the ball.
The Kings' players immediately changed their tactics as Adelman had planned, with Cousin mentioning receiving the ball near the free throw line.
In Adelman's Princeton offense, the big man's high post play is a very important part of the game, which can bring more opportunities for outside players to cut in.
Cousins picked up the ball in the high post, and Evans, who completed the pass, quickly rushed past Cousins and cut under the basket.
The Hawks' defenders were very vigilant, and seeing that Cousins was about to complete a hand-to-hand pass with Evans, Teague rushed forward, leaving Cousins busy with the ball back, and in this hesitation, Evans' opportunity to cut to the basket was lost.
Li Tian, who stayed on the other side of the bottom line, keenly noticed that the pressure on his defense was relieving at this moment, his body was shaking, and he had already rushed through the three-second zone and rushed to the high position.
The cross-run between Li Tian and Evans in the three-second zone attracted the attention of the Hawks' defense, and the Hawks' defense quickly expanded to the outside when they saw both men then rush to the perimeter.
Half a step inside the free throw line to the right mid-range, Li Tian took over Cousins' pass, which undoubtedly made the Hawks players nervous.
Li Tian had already scored 10 points in a row, and all four shots were hit, and in such a situation, they didn't dare to give Li Tian another chance to shoot no matter what.
Korver rushed straight forward from behind to pounce, and Horford, who was behind Cousins, also flashed out for the first time and came to Li Tian.
Seeing that he was about to fall into a double clamp, Li Tian, who took the ball, threw the ball out quickly, hit the floor on Horford's side, and bounced forward.
"Coax!" In the cheers of the fans, there was no one to defend and start and rush to the basket Cousins took Li Tian's pass, and then took two big steps forward and entered the basket!
At this moment, the Eagles basket was completely devoid of defenders, and Cousins jumped up on the floor with a heavy foot, holding the ball high with one hand and slashing it towards the basket.
"Bang!" "Roar!" With the basket, the basketball was smashed directly into the basket, and Cousins' roar rang out in the arena along with the cheers of the scene.
"Lee, pass beautifully!"
After yelling excitedly, Cousins remembered Li Tian who had just passed the ball for him, and immediately shouted at Li Tian with a grin.
And on the sidelines, Rick Adelman nodded in satisfaction.
Many teams will choose to attack the basket at the beginning of the game, forcing the opponent's defense to shrink to create opportunities for the outside players, but Adelman is doing the opposite in this game, first using Li Tian's offense on the outside to force the opponent to expand the defense, and more defensive attention is focused on the Kings' mid-range shots, creating opportunities for other players to attack the basket.
Since his debut, Li Tian has performed exceptionally perfectly in both tactical execution and grasping opportunities, which naturally makes Adelman extremely satisfied.
And the Hawks coach obviously didn't expect that after a timeout, the king's momentum was not suppressed, but increased again with Cousins' dunk. Although the Hawks followed up with an offensive hit, the Kings followed up with a beautiful match, and Iguodala scored two points on a layup.
At 8:14, the six offenses after the start of the game, the king won all of them, such a good offensive state made the fans on the scene excited, shouting and cheering, and this more and more stimulated the performance of the king's players on the court.
At 12:20, by the time the first quarter of the game was six minutes into the game, the Kings had widened the gap to eight points, and at this time, the ball was still in the hands of the Kings.
Entering the half, Li Tian once again actively started to run, but the Eagles players did not relax their defense against him, and after turning around in the half, Li Tian did not find a good offensive opportunity.
After scoring 10 points in the first four shots, Li Tian did not score again in the past few minutes under the strict defense of the Eagles, and the only shot was also bounced out of the basket under the interference of the opponent.
However, Li Tian's excellent off-ball running and good shooting touch made the Hawks always pay close attention to his defense, which also gave the rest of the Kings more offensive opportunities.
Seeing that Li Tian did not find a chance to make a move after turning around in the half, Evans gestured and began to implement the half-court offensive tactics, Li Tian stood on the right side of the three-second zone, Evans came to the left side of the three-second zone, while Thompson and Iguodala stood outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on both sides, and the ball was handed to Cousins at the top of the arc.
Immediately, Thompson and Iguodala suddenly cut to the basket, and the running of the two also started to drive the Hawks' defense, and Millsap and Carroll were forced to move towards the basket.
Cutting in from the 45th corner to the basket, as they approached the three-second zone, Thompson and Iguodala, who were moving towards the basket, suddenly moved a step to the side, and at the same time, Li Tian and Evans began to run and rushed outside the three-point line.
It was a typical Princeton tactic, with both Korver and Teague moving after Lee and Evans started running, but their bodies were blocked by Thompson and Iguodala who came up to cover respectively.
Teague was also able to get around and keep up with Evans, but Korver on the right baseline was obviously not so easy, and Li Tian was more accurate than Evans when it came to running, which made the unsuspecting Korver hit Thompson's body headfirst, and seized this opportunity, Li Tian rushed out to the three-point line.
"Li Tian received a pass outside the three-point line, it was an opportunity, no one defended, and the shot was ......"
Li Tian rushed outside the three-point line, Korver was not able to follow, and Millsap did not have time to turn back to the defense outside the three-point line, seeing this, the ball in Cousins' hand was immediately pushed out.
"Coax!" On the field, Li Tian had just jumped after receiving the ball, and the Kings fans on the sidelines began to cheer, Li Tian felt hot today, and there was no one to defend at this time, which made them full of expectations.
"Since you give me a chance, I don't need to be polite!"
In the past few minutes, Li Tian has been looking for an opportunity in the Eagles' tight defense, and now, he has finally gotten it.
Jumping outside the three-point line, Li Tian calmly threw the ball, and his elegant and handsome posture made the eyes of many female fans on the scene shine.
"Don't enter! Don't enter! At this moment, the Eagles players also gave up on defense, they turned their heads, looked at the basketball in the air, and kept thinking in their hearts.
And under the basket, Millsap was also busy jamming Thompson behind him, ready to scramble for rebounds.
However, it turned out that both the thoughts of the Eagles fans and the card position of Millsap were in vain, and the basketball slashed through the air with a near-perfect trajectory, obliquely drilling into the net, and a white net flower!
"Huh!" At the same time, a crisp sound was heard through the loudspeaker!
Three-point shot, hit!
"The ball is in! Li Tian's three-point shot was hit again, Li Tian's hand felt hot today, and he had scored 13 points in 5 of 6 shots in the first quarter! ”
"Yes, and Li Tian's goal also widened the gap to 11 points, the King's lead reached double digits, and the Eagles called a timeout."