basketball kingdom

Chapter 51 Lost the suspense
In the third quarter and the first half of the fourth quarter, the Lakers and Kings maintained a balance of power on the court, and the point difference was always within 5 points.

In the last six and a half minutes, Xu Tian made his debut again, replacing Kobe to lead the game.The king immediately sent Guy to carry out targeted defense against Xu Tian.

When Xu Tian dribbled the ball, he looked up at the score, 92-95, the Kings led by 3 points.

Nick Young and Lou Williams teamed up with Xu Tian in the backcourt, crossed runs around the free throw line, and switched defenders.

Xu Tian moved laterally and passed the ball to Louis Williams who was out of the pocket, allowing him to attack.

After the basketball left Xu Tian, ​​Guy blocked Xu Tian's arm with his arm to prevent Louis Williams from returning the ball, but this defense was superfluous.

Lou Williams swerved away from Darren Collison twice in a row, and the ball hit the net with a mid-range shot near the free throw line.

Scott on the sidelines folded his arms around his chest, looking at the active defensive players on the field, he was very satisfied.

Xu Tian saw through Darren Collison's passing intention while defending, intercepted his pass, and threw the ball directly to the frontcourt.

After receiving the pass, Randall took off violently, smashed the buckle with both hands, and couldn't help roaring after landing.He had been fighting against Cauley-Stein throughout the game, and he felt a little depressed, but now he has completely released it.

Hibbert has received five fouls and is resting off the court. The center on the court is Thackeray. He high-fives Randall who returned to the half court.Thackeray usually confronts Randall in training games, and admires the power forward very much, so he high-fives him alone.

Xu Tian now has three fouls on his back and the flexibility of two fouls, and he is serious about defending Darren Collison.

Darren Collison's experience is not as rich as Rondo's. Facing the tall and long-armed Xu Tian, ​​​​he is not very comfortable on the offensive end, and he made a pass error again.

George Karl called a 20-second timeout, and after simply arranging tactics, he replaced Darren Collison with Rondo.

The Lakers traded back Kobe and Hibbert, allowing the starters to play the final battle.

Xu Tian pushed across half court slowly and passed the ball to Kobe, while he started running to take Gay away.

Kobe averaged 5.6 assists per game last season, which shows that he not only knows how to attack, but also has excellent organizational skills.Kobe casually threw the ball to the basket, turned around and looked at the offense inside.

Xu Tian fully accelerated to take off, caught the basketball in the air, bent his right arm to the full, and quickly sent the ball into the basket.

When Cousins ​​defended, he took off at a high height. If Xu Tian didn't temporarily speed up the dunk, he could have blocked the ball.

Xu Tian was a little shocked.He didn't expect Cousins ​​to jump so high, but it didn't affect the final result.This time, he celebrated in a glider pose.

Kenny Smith looked at Xu Tian who ran back to the half court, and said with a smile: "Xu's celebration is completely unreasonable. Everyone steals, except for Harden's Saziran and James' hands. But I I don't think he will use Harden's celebration, after all, the two had bad luck in the Rockets."

Barkley looked at Kenny Smith and said: "I have had private contact with Xu, and he is very open about trading, he doesn't seem like a small-minded person."

Xu Tian has completely entered the rhythm of the game, neither the boos of the audience nor the words of the commentator can affect him.

The Lakers' high-intensity wheel battle inside worked, and Cousins' physical strength declined significantly, showing signs of weakness on the offensive end.

One will go up and the other will go up, and Randall finally liberated the inside and began to overwhelm the river.Cauley-Stein received defensive fouls in two consecutive rounds and was replaced by George Karl.

At this stage of the game, the physical strength of the players on both sides has dropped significantly, and the touch is naturally affected, and the score rises very slowly.

Gay scored 18 points in the first three quarters, but missed three consecutive offensive rounds at this time, allowing the Lakers to seize the opportunity to overtake the score and quickly extended their lead to 8 points.

George Karl called a 100-second timeout to calm the players on the field.

Scott decided to use pass-and-cut tactics to play the final stage. Steve Kerr used this tactic the most, and Xu Tian can also use this tactic.

The Lakers made substitution adjustments, Lu Wei replaced Hibbert, and Randall took the center position.The Kings also made adjustments, let Gay play the fourth position, and Casspi replaced Cauley Stan on the field, transforming into a duel with a small lineup.

Cousins ​​was very dissatisfied with George Karl's substitution adjustment. He always believed that the Kings had an inside advantage and there was no need to compete with the Lakers for a small lineup.But the adjustment of the substitution has been completed, and he can't make the coach change.

Cousins' defense is above the league average, but he is not considered a defensive champion. The penalty area where he sits alone is by no means a no-fly zone.

Xu Tian quickly broke through with the ball, forgot about the passing and cutting arrangement, and went directly to the inside to single-handedly hit Cousins.

Dream Shake!

Cousins ​​was completely shaken away by Xu Tian, ​​but he didn't give up. He grabbed Xu Tian's shoulders with both hands and threw him to the floor.

Xu Tian fell on his back to the ground, and he felt a sharp pain, but the pain disappeared soon.He knew that the problem was not big, and waited for his teammates to come and pull him.

The magician stood up in the office, watching the live broadcast nervously, fearing that Xu Tian would get hurt.He didn't sit back on the chair until he saw Xu Tian stand up.

The referee whistled Cousins' defensive foul, and Xu Tian stepped to the free throw line.

Scott hurried to negotiate with the referee.Cousins' foul action just now was very dangerous, and he believed that a malicious foul should be punished.But the referee not only ignored Scott's proposal, but also gave him a T backhand.

Mark Madsen saw Scott swearing, and ran quickly to pull the coach away to avoid being blown by the referee for a second T.

Xu Tian looked at the referee on the sidelines, and the veins on his forehead popped up.He has been treated unfairly throughout the summer, coupled with the misunderstanding of him by the media and netizens, which makes his emotions show signs of breaking out.But Xu Tian quickly suppressed this emotion.

When Xu Tian stood at the free throw line, the boos from the Energy Balance Arena once again aroused the blood in his body, but this did not affect his touch, and he made two free throws.

108-98，湖人领先10分，时间还有2分52秒。

Casspi executes a free throw for a technical foul. After this free throw, it will still be the Kings' offensive round.

When Kobe came to ask Xu Tian if there was anything unusual, he noticed the change in Xu Tian's mood and quickly ended the conversation.

Xu Tian stood outside the three-point line, quietly watching Casspi make free throws.

Casspi had a good touch and made a steady technical free throw, narrowing the point difference to nine points.

Gay gave the ball to Rondo from the sideline, and Rondo broke through and passed the ball to Casspi who was outside the three-point line.

Casspi made a three-pointer and hit the basket.

108-102!

Xu Tian didn't have any smile on his face when he dribbled the ball. He raised his left index finger at halftime and informed his teammates of the offensive tactics of this round.

Rondo gave Kobe a little room to attack, ready to help defend Xu Tian at any time.

The defender Xu Tian faced was McClemore, whose defensive skills were a bit immature compared to Guy, and could not restrict Xu Tian very well.

Casspi did not communicate well with Rondo, he left Lu Wei, who was defending him, and came to assist Xu Tian in defense.

Regardless of Xu Tian's mood, he had a good control of the situation on the court and passed the ball immediately.

The basketball bounced off the floor and into the open hands of Lou Williams.The strength of the ball in his hand was just right, so that Lu Wei didn't need to adjust at all, and shot his shots directly and coherently.

The arc of the basketball is perfect and it falls into the net with precision.

111-102!

Lu Wei didn't understand at all why Xu Tian's pass was much more comfortable than others', which puzzled him a lot.However, now he just high-fives Xu Tian to celebrate.

When the Kings were attacking, Rondo's intention to pass the ball to the inside was seen through by Xu Tian, ​​and the pass was easily intercepted by Xu Tian.

Xu Tian dribbled the ball slowly across the half. He didn't make any tactical gestures, and watched his teammates' running positions at the top of the arc.

Cousins ​​guarded Randle near the penalty area, and Casspi switched to defend Kobe.

Xu Tian threw the ball to Kobe with his left hand, opening up the offensive space.

Kobe originally thought that Xu Tian would strengthen his personal offense after being angry, but he didn't expect it to be a calmer organization, which made him realize that Xu Tian was fundamentally different from him.But this does not affect his attack this time.

Although Casspi couldn't defend Kobe, Kobe's shot still failed to hit.

However, Xu Tian had already run to the inside, pointing the basketball into the basket behind Cousins.

113-102!

Kobe thought to himself when he retreated: "This little brat, I'm afraid I have already thought that I would miss."

When Casspi came out to shoot, Xu Tian let go of Rondo and went to interfere with Casspi's shot.

Although Casspi is a good shooter, but now his physical strength has declined, and there is a slight deviation in his shot. After he took the shot, he knew that the shot would not hit, so he quickly shouted: "Rebound!"

Randall, Gay and Cousins ​​squeezed inside and tried their best to compete for this priceless rebound.But this is a long rebound, and none of the three insiders who couldn't take off in the paint missed the ball.

Kobe happened to stand where the rebound bounced, quickly took the ball back into his hands with both hands, and turned around to see that Xu Tian had already reached the offensive half.

After receiving the ball, Xu Tian faced the empty basket and dunked with one hand!
115-102!There are 1 minutes and 12 seconds left in the clock.

Fans at the Energy Balance Arena have started to leave.

Barkley said: "Unless there is another 35 seconds and 13 minutes, it will be difficult for the Kings to come back."

Kenny Smith calculated the score in his mind and said, "Man, the Lakers lead by 13 points now, even if they get 13 points, it's just a tie."

Barkley finally caught Kenny Smith's loophole and replied: "There is still more than 1 minute left in the game!"

The Lakers finally used tight marking, and the double attack forced Rondo to pass the ball.

After Cousins ​​received the pass, he wanted to dribble the ball straight down from the backcourt, but Xu Tian appeared on his right and stole the basketball from him.

Xu Tian dribbled the ball across the frontcourt, made an emergency stop and made a hit, extending the score to 15 points.

(End of this chapter)