Chapter 15: Beat Him!
Cousins hit one of two free throws for the Warriors.
At this time, the Warriors are David Lee and Carl Landry on the inside, and three guards on the outside, Klay Thompson, Jatri Jack, and Stephen Curry.
It's a small lineup, so they're pushing very fast. Li Tian is against Stephen Curry at the top point guard, Cousins and Jason Thompson are still on the court, Klay Thompson is on the court with John Salmons, and Isiah Thomas is still at point guard against Jarrett Jack.
Jack dribbled to halfcourt and handed the ball to David Lee, who was on the move, and the rest of the Warriors players were aggressively running. Curry and Klay Thompson are both very good off-ball runners for the Warriors, and they immediately disrupted the Kings' defense as soon as they started running.
Li Tian rushed out of the three-point line next to Curry and prevented Jack from passing the ball to Curry, but the basketball passed to Klay Thompson on the other side, and John Salmons couldn't stick it first. Catch-and-shoot, Klay Thompson hit a shot from beyond the three-point line.
If Li Tian just kept up with his own running and made Curry a little surprised, when Li Tian started to run by himself, he was even more surprised, as Curry, who is also extremely good at running without the ball, couldn't help but sigh softly after seeing Li Tian's running route and footsteps.
Shaking off Curry, Li Tian appeared outside the three-point line, ready to open his hand to ask for the ball. However, Isaiah Thomas didn't seem to see Li Tian's movement and passed the ball to Cousins on the inside.
Cousins hit a strong shot inside, and Li Tian also reinvested on the defensive end. The Warriors players continued to run, but this time the Kings' defense was doing a good job, and after seeing that his teammates had no chance to attack, Curry took the initiative to ask for the ball.
David Lee lifted the pick-and-roll, Curry rushed into the three-point line, Li Tian was blocked by David Lee and couldn't keep up at the first time, and Cousins formed a misalignment when defending Curry.
After a mid-range swing, Curry took advantage of the change of tempo, and Curry broke through Cousins and rushed inside to make a layup.
The ball came to the Kings again, and after halftime, Li Tian once again started to run actively, and this time, Curry was much more serious on the defensive end. However, he still hasn't been able to keep up with Li Tian completely.
With a sudden reversal on the left side of the three-second zone, Li Tian shook off Curry and rushed out again to the three-point line.
"Beautiful! Plum...... Damn it, pass! Robinson, who was watching the game on the sidelines, was still excited about Li Tian's beautiful getaway one moment, and the next moment, he was shouting anxiously.
Li Tian rushed out of the three-point line, but Thomas did not pass the ball over at the first time, the opportunity was fleeting, Curry soon came to Li Tian's side again, and at this time, Thomas seemed to have suddenly woken up and passed the ball to Li Tian's hands.
Although he got the ball, Li Tian had no room to shoot, and dribbling alone was not his strong point, so in desperation, Li Tian had to pass the ball to the inside, just at this time Cousins was already in position.
His eyes swept over Thomas on the other end, Li Tian's brows furrowed slightly, he could think of the first ball as a coincidence, but he didn't think so of the second ball, he could feel Thomas's eyes on him just now, obviously he could pass the ball over at the first time, but Thomas hesitated again.
There is only one possibility, the other party did it on purpose. Thinking of this, Li Tian's face gradually turned cold.
After the two clashed on the first day of the training camp, Li Tian and Thomas had no contact for the rest of the year, Li Tian almost forgot about the incident, what he didn't expect was that Thomas still remembered, and brought such emotions into the game.
In the next two attacks, before Li Tian could run, Thomas launched an attack, either by breaking through himself or by handing the ball to Cousins.
No one can say anything about Thomas's choice of these two balls, after all, Cousins has played well on several consecutive offenses. Only Li Tian had an idea in his heart, and finally got the opportunity to play, but now, he can't even touch the ball.
Li Tian didn't want to wait any longer, and the Kings attacked again, and he started running as soon as Isiah Thomas dribbled beyond the three-point line. Li Tian has his own ideas, as long as he runs out of the vacant position, he doesn't trust Mars to dare not pass the ball like this all the time, as long as there are many times, anyone can see it.
At the same time as Li Tian was running, Thomas dribbled the ball and suddenly hit the basket. When Li Tian ran to the bottom line on the right side, he found that Thomas actually broke through and rushed in this direction, and if Li Tian continued to run forward, he would directly collide with each other.
In desperation, Li Tian stopped and ran back, preparing to return to the bottom right corner. At this time, the ball in Thomas's hand suddenly pushed out and flew to Li Tian's position.
Li Tian was already moving his steps to run, and when he saw the basketball coming in his direction, he hurriedly stopped, leaned back and wanted to grab the ball.
However, with such a short distance, Li Tian's reaction time was too little, and Li Tian's fingertips swept to the basketball, but he was unable to grasp the ball in his hand.
"Tick!" The referee blew the whistle, the basketball went out of bounds, the error and the ball went to the Warriors.
Immediately afterwards, the referee signaled the Warriors to make substitutions, and Li Tian looked towards the recording table, followed by a stunned expression on his face.
"Me? Replaced? ”
Dead ball on the court, the king took the opportunity to make a substitution, Li Tian was also replaced by Keith Smart at this time, from being stunned after knowing that he was going to be replaced, and then to walking off the court with an expressionless face, Li Tian was in a very bad mood, mixed with anger.
Isaiah Thomas definitely did it on purpose, and at this point, Li Tian was almost sure. However, he couldn't explain it to head coach Keith Smart, and even if he did, would Smart believe it? After all, he has only been on the field for more than three minutes, and he can't explain anything at all, only a real person like Li Tian can feel the subtlety in the field.
Thinking of this, the angry Li Tianyi sat down on the chair with a heavy butt.
"Dude, don't be discouraged, I was just as bad when I first played." Seeing that Li Tian was not in a good mood, Robinson comforted him and said.
Li Tian nodded and did not speak, he did not tell Robinson what was really going on on the court.
The next game was extremely intense, but Li Tian's mind was no longer in the court, and as the game progressed, he knew that he could not get another chance to play today.
At the end of the game, in this battle of attack, the king unexpectedly won the final victory, but Li Tian did not have the slightest joy.
There was no doubt that this debut was messed up, and sitting in the locker room, Li Tian was slightly frustrated. He kept thinking about everything that happened when he joined the NBA, and after more than a month of sitting on the cold board, he finally won the opportunity to play from the coach, but except for a few minutes of playing time, his statistics were a series of zeros.
Li Tian can almost guess that his sworn assurances two days ago are completely arrogant in the eyes of coach Smart, and Smart may even press himself to the bench again, and can give a high-sounding reason: the performance is too poor and he is not ready for the NBA game.
Li Tian can also think of how happy those who are not optimistic about him in the first place, Gilchrist, who was once a defeated man, has now become the starting small forward of the Bobcats, and maybe tomorrow he will call to continue to taunt himself.
And Isaiah Thomas! This is the situation he wants to see the most, and it is the situation he has created.
Turning his head, he saw Isaiah Thomas talking and laughing, Li Tian stood up from his seat with a "whoosh", and then rushed to Isaiah Thomas quickly.
"Why don't you pass me the ball?"
Li Tian's roar attracted the attention of everyone in the locker room, and Isaiah Thomas was also startled by Li Tian's sudden roar, but Li Tian's condescending look undoubtedly made him extremely unhappy, and when he stood up, he also shouted: "Rookie, what are you doing?" ”
"Don't pass the ball to me, you did it on purpose!" Li Tian's cold gaze stared straight at Isaiah Thomas.
Thomas was slightly stunned, he didn't expect Li Tian to expose him in the locker room. But soon he came back to his senses, and thinking that there was no evidence for such a thing, he immediately laughed contemptuously and shouted, "I don't know what you're talking about." ”
Although he shouted like this in his mouth, Thomas's eyes were obviously not like this, and when he met Li Tian's gaze, Thomas's eyes were full of pride, and he told Li Tian bluntly: "I did it on purpose, what can you do?" ”
Originally, because he didn't get the opportunity to play for a long time, Li Tian had been holding his breath in his heart, and he was ready to perform well after getting the opportunity to play today, but in the end, he only touched the ball once, and he didn't have a chance to shoot, and all because of Isaiah Thomas!
The most hateful thing is that Thomas turned out to be deliberate, all of which made Li Tian suppress his anger in his heart for a long time, and when he saw Thomas's eyes again, Li Tian had only one thought in his heart:
Beat him up!
The right fist was raised, and Li Tian punched forward with a hook!
"Bang!" With a dull sound, Li Tian's fist slammed into Isaiah Thomas's face.
"Oh!" The sudden change in the locker room caused the Kings players to exclaim, and then they all rushed forward.
"Lee!" "Stop!" "Don't be impulsive!"
Feeling the huge pain on his face and hearing the shouts around him, Isaiah Thomas finally reacted, I was beaten? Damn, that Chinese kid dared to beat himself.
"You ......" Turning his head, Thomas's face was full of anger and he was about to speak, but he was interrupted before he could say it.
The punch that was about to be thrown again was pulled by his teammate and failed to hit Thomas in the face again, but his feet were still moving, and he kicked his right foot forward, and Li Tian kicked Thomas in the abdomen.
Kicked by Li Tian, Thomas staggered backwards, hit the locker and fell to the ground with an unbalanced body!
"Oh God!" In the locker room, it was a complete mess at this time.
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