Chapter Fifty-Nine: Mission, Score!

Thomas's jealousy didn't last long, as Lee Tian's chat with Agali was interrupted shortly after, and Jim Ain put Lee back on the court with three minutes left in the second quarter.

Because of the hot hand, Li Tian's shot today was also very resolute, and Li Tian made three shots in 3 minutes, hitting two of them. It's just that these two shots were in the middle range, and in the second quarter, the Warriors deliberately strengthened the defense of the King's three-point shot, and even Li Tian didn't get a chance.

6 of 7 shots, 3 of 3 three-pointers, in the first half, Li Tian's shooting percentage was amazingly high, scoring 15 points.

The Kings also relied on the advantage established in the first quarter to maintain the lead in the second quarter, 65-60, and after the first half, the Kings led by five points.

In addition to Li Tian, the highest scoring player in the Kings team is Thomas, and I don't know if it was stimulated by Li Tian's offense, Thomas had a strong desire to attack in the second quarter, and scored 11 points after halftime.

Cousins also scored in double digits, with 10 points and 6 rebounds, while Evans got a quasi-double-double of 8 points and 8 assists at halftime.

On the other side of the Warriors, Curry also felt good today, he had scored 17 points in the half, and although the shooting percentage was not as good as Li Tian's, the shooting percentage of 6 of 9 shots was also very impressive.

Aside from Curry, the Warriors were the only one to score in double figures, scoring 10 points, but they won on multiple points.

After the start of the second half, the two teams continued to maintain strong offensive firepower, and the scene was naturally extremely good-looking, especially in the middle of the third quarter, the Warriors' sudden force tied the scores of the two teams, and the score on the back court became stalemate, which also made the atmosphere of the scene more and more enthusiastic.

92:91, after three quarters, the difference between the two teams has only the last 1 point.

Li Tian got another 5 minutes of playing time in this quarter of the game, and scored 4 points on 2-of-4 shooting, improving his personal score to 19 points.

At the start of the fourth quarter, Li Tian sat on the court with Evans, and at this time Cousins led the team in the court, partnering Robinson, Salmons, Garcia and Thomas.

In the first two minutes, the two teams were still deadlocked, but in the third quarter of the third quarter, with the Warriors suddenly hitting consecutive three-pointers from the outside, the score of the two teams became 98:101, and the Kings had fallen behind by three points.

Jim Ain saw that it was wrong and immediately called a timeout, and at the same time, Jim Ain also called out Li Tian's name.

"Lee, Tyrek, play!"

Li Tian and Evans came on to replace Salmons and Garcia, and Jim Iron's substitution made Li Tian feel a little strange, because it was clear that the first half had shown that when he and Thomas were on the court at the same time, he rarely got good offensive opportunities.

However, Jim Ain's subsequent tactical arrangement solved Li Tian's doubts.

The players of the two teams returned to the court, and Li Tian was pushed to the small forward position, opposite Barnes, who was also a rookie.

After the two were opposed, Barnes glanced at Li Tian a little strangely, in the NCAA, the school team of the two had played against each other, and at that time, Li Tian's Kansas defeated Barnes's North Carolina, but he was not impressed by Li Tian Barnes, especially on the offensive end.

However, Barnes was really startled by the offensive firepower shown by Li Tian in this game, and his excellent off-ball running and outside shooting seemed to be a different person.

"Could it be that this guy has improved so quickly since entering the NBA, or is this his true strength?" Following Li Tian's side, Barnes muttered to himself that he was skeptical.

But soon, Barnes didn't have the heart to think about this, because Li Tian had already started to run at this time.

"This guy's off-ball running ......" When running next to Li Tian, Barnes realized that Li Tian's off-ball running skills were stronger than he imagined, and after Li Tian's two consecutive foot changes, Barnes had been thrown away.

The Warriors apparently had a plan for Lee's defense, and as soon as he saw that Barnes couldn't keep up with Lee, David Lee immediately followed.

Rushing out to the outside, Li Tian did not ask Evans for the ball, Evans did not seem to have any intention of handing the ball to Li Tian, the ball was handed over to Robinson on the inside, at this time, because of David Lee's departure, and Barnes was not fully ready to change defenses, Robinson got the opportunity to attack the basket directly.

Robinson took the ball, and Bogut immediately stepped forward to make up for it, but the ball was handed to Cousins.

"Bang!" When Bogut returned to defense, instead of stopping Cousins' offense, he picked up a foul.

"Tick!"

"Roar!" After the referee's whistle, Cousins, who dunked the ball into the basket, let out a roar of excitement and scored a penalty, and if Cousins hit this free throw, the score of the two teams would be tied.

At 101-101, Cousins made a free throw, and the two teams were tied again.

Then the Warriors' offense hit again, and David Lee received a pass from Curry and hit a two-point shot from the high post.

But then, the Kings returned the favor with a three-pointer, and this time it was Thomas who scored.

The Kings' offense was still initiated by Li Tian's run, and his running disrupted the Warriors' defense, and Evans took the opportunity to break through to the inside, and after being caught in the bag, the ball was distributed to Thomas on the outside, and Thomas hit a three-point shot.

According to Ain's arrangement, Li Tian was actively running in several consecutive attacks, but except for one chance to catch the ball and shoot, he did not receive the ball in the other offensive rounds. However, the Warriors did not dare to relax their vigilance against him, and whenever Li Tian ran, the Warriors players had to send two to pay attention to his defense, which created an offensive opportunity for the Kings.

At 109:107, with five minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Kings once again took a two-point lead, at which point the Warriors called a timeout.

Back on the court, the Kings made another lineup, with Thomas and Robinson being replaced and Jason Thompson and Thorton being replaced.

When he stepped on the court again, the corners of Li Tian's mouth raised slightly, although he had been on the court for more than three minutes in the fourth quarter, he had no other performance except for a missed shot, which was obviously unwilling for him who had just improved his mid-range shooting and three-point shooting and was feeling hot.

And just now, Ain reassigned the task to Li Tian, no longer tactical running to attract defense, but scoring!

Jim Ain of course also knows that Li Tian and Thomas are not compatible on the court at the same time, but Li Tian's mission before was not to score, but to attract the Warriors' defensive firepower and create opportunities for his teammates. And Thomas's offensive form in this game was also good, so he continued to stay on the court.

After the Warriors called a timeout, Jim Ain believed that the opponent would definitely make defensive adjustments, at this time, he simply let Li Tian play offensive firepower, with Li Tian's shooting touch today, if the whole team cooperates to cover it, Li Tian will become the team's best attack point!