basketball kingdom

Chapter 58
Barea played well in the first half of the fourth quarter, helping the Mavericks widen the gap and forcing Scott to call a timeout.

After Xu Tian talked with Huertas, he sat at the end of the bench and watched the game intently, while trying to recover his physical strength as much as possible.

Scott concluded that Nick Young and Lou Williams still weren't compatible.Although the backcourt of the two partners has enough offensive power, the defense is really a disaster, and it is not suitable to be on the court at the same time.

Xu Tian returned to the court after a timeout, partnered with Brandon Bass, Kobe, Clarkson and Randall, and played the final 6 minutes and 44 seconds.

At this time, the score on the court was 86-95. The Lakers were only 9 points behind the Mavericks, and there was still the possibility of a reversal.

Hibbert put on his warm-up suit and sat on the bench with a displeased face.In the first half of the fourth quarter, he was hanged by Pachulia and lost the chance to play again.

The original rotation was Bass and Hibbert partnering inside to play in the final stage, but Randall performed well, and Scott asked him to play the decisive moment.

Before the timeout, Pachulia fouled Hibbert's thug and took his free throw first.

Xu Tian took the position of small forward this time, standing on the right side of the free throw line, ready to fight for defensive rebounds.

Pachulia had a good touch tonight, making both free throws and widening the point difference to 11 points.

Bass was the closest to the basketball. He picked up the ball and walked out of the baseline to send it to Xu Tian.

Bryant and Clarkson stood outside the three-point line when Pachulia made the free throw. At this time, the two had already moved to the front field and established positions on the left and right wings.

Xu Tian dribbled the ball to the top of the arc in the middle. While observing his teammates' running positions, he paid attention to the Mavericks' defensive position.

Although Carlisle is well aware of Kobe's offensive threat, but the defensive system is not complete, so he can only send a single player to defend him.

Seeing that Felton was the only one defending Kobe, Xu Tian quickly passed the basketball to him, allowing Kobe to launch the first round of offense.

Kobe dribbled the ball to observe the defensive position of the Mavericks inside. After confirming that the mid-range defense was the weakest, he took the ball to the free throw line and faced Felton's defense with a back-turning jumper.

The basketball playfully bounced on the hoop a few times, fooling the people under the hoop who wanted to compete for it.But when these people jumped to the highest point, it fell into the net safely.

88-97!

Xu Tian guessed that the basketball would go in when Kobe made a shot, and he had already retreated to the backcourt, waiting for the Mavericks to attack.

The Lakers are now behind, and defense is the most important part of recovering the point difference, but it is still difficult to defend Nowitzki.

Randall is responsible for defending Nowitzki, but with only brute force, he is completely unable to stop the old German driver.

Nowitzki was relaxed and comfortable on the offensive end, using his best offensive method to steadily hit mid-range shots, pulling back the point difference again.

After Xu Tian received the ball, he realized that the Staples Center had lost its lively scene in the first half, and the venue with more than 2 spectators was actually a little quiet.

The Lakers have already lost the home game of the opening game. This game is always about 10 points behind the Mavericks, which makes the fans naturally think of bad things-they may have to lose two home games in a row.

Although Pachulia was in the penalty area with Bascar, his attention was always on Xu Tian who was dribbling at the top of the arc.He knew that it would be difficult for Parsons to defend against Xu Tian, ​​so he had to be prepared to make up defenses at any time.

Nowitzki's attention was not very concentrated, even Randall didn't notice it.

Xu Tian received the ball with his right hand and slammed it straight down to Randall, helping this beastly power forward take off.

Randall scored a dunk and caused Pachulia to foul at the same time!
This two-handed dunk finally gave the silent Staples a voice.

Pachulia was knocked back a little by Randle, but his right foot was steady, where Randle would have landed.

Seeing Pachulia's actions, Xu Tian realized what might happen next.He wanted to inform Randall in advance, but when he spoke, Randall had already landed.

Randall stepped on Pachulia's outstretched right foot, and then fell to the floor, hugging his left ankle in pain.

The referee saw Randall's painful expression and stopped the game in time.

The Lakers doctor and Gary Vitti rushed over to see if Randle's injury was serious.

Randall tried to move his ankle, but the pain caused him to stop this movement quickly, and told the team doctor that his ankle was very painful.

Gary Vitti greeted Hibbert and Black, and asked the two to set up Randall, and the group walked back to the locker room from the player tunnel.

A moving picture of Pachulia stepping on Randall soon appeared on Hupu.

Lakers fans began to denounce Pachulia in outrage, bluntly saying that he played too dirty.The sunspots who couldn't understand the Lakers fans began to defend Pachulia, thinking that his defense was completely fine, and this happened when his right foot was too late to retract.

When there are various quarrels in the forum, the game on the court continues.

When a player is injured and unable to make a free throw, a teammate will take the free throw instead of him.Scott sent Nance Jr. to replace Randall for an additional penalty.

Xu Tian stood outside the three-point line, thinking about the next offensive round in his mind.Since Pachulia will step on Randall, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not use this trick to deal with him. He must avoid breakthroughs as much as possible.

Stepping feet has always been synonymous with dirty. This defensive method is likely to make offensive players sprain their feet, and in serious cases, they will be absent for a long time. It is a very immoral behavior.But some players make a living out of it, as did former Spurs defenseman Bruce Bowen.

Nance Jr. rested for a while, and his touch had cooled down, so he missed the extra penalty.

When Delong dribbled the ball across the half court and directed the movement, he suddenly saw Xu Tian's cold eyes.

Cold eyes on the court are normal.When James played the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals in 12, he had a classic look, and he was full of murderous looks at the time.After the powerful eyes appeared, James played super strong and led the team to win two consecutive games against the Celtics and reached the finals.

Although Xu Tian's eyes were not bloodthirsty, they were equally cold, which made Delong feel that something was about to happen.But even if Xu Tian really wanted to kill him, he had to attack.

Nowitzki came to the top of the arc to block, wanting Xu Tian to switch to him again, and use the offensive method used in the opening to hit Xu Tian.

Matthews' running position deviated, bringing Kobe, who was defending him, into Deron's passing lane.Bryant has quick eyes and quick hands, intercepts the pass empty-handed, and quickly throws the ball forward.

Xu Tian catches the ball quickly and no one from the Mavericks can catch up with him.

Mike Breen had already thought out the commentary in advance, and explained Xu Tian's dunk emotionally.

Xu Tian landed lightly, standing on the spot and feeling the frenetic sound of Staples, he felt the blood in his body start to churn.

Pachulia's stepping made Xu Tianli furious, but he would not act as a stepping, but responded with a violent performance.

Seeing that Xu Tian didn't retreat, Kobe also ran to the frontcourt to help him with the full-court emergency defense.

When the U.S. national team played against the Chinese team, they liked to use full-court urgency to defend. Cooperating with Xu Tian at this time made Kobe feel a little confused, but the action at hand still did not stop.

The referee stared at Xu Tian, ​​ready to whistle the thug for fouls at any time.

Xu Tian knew that the referee's scale was not good for him, so he didn't dare to force his body to fight, but just interfered with Delong's dribbling rhythm with his arms.

Nowitzki ran back to the backcourt, trying to meet Deron.

As soon as Delong raised his hand to pass the ball, Xu Tian's right hand had already grabbed the basketball and grabbed the ball vigorously.

Xu Tian didn't wait for Delong to react, and dribbled the ball quickly into the penalty area.

Pachulia stood outside the penalty area and wanted to make Xu Tian an offensive foul, but when he saw Xu Tian passing the ball, he realized that he had defended the wrong person.

Kobe caught the ball thrown by Xu Tian in the air, and dunked the ball violently into the basket.

94-99!

The Staples Center completely exploded, and Jack Nicholson, who was sitting on the sidelines, stood up excitedly and couldn't help applauding in celebration.

Jack Nicholson is a big-name Hollywood movie star who often appears on the sidelines of Staples and is a die-hard fan of the Lakers.Can be compared with him, only the New York Knicks loyal fan Spike Lee.

Boss Jin was drowsy at first, but after just a few minutes of the game, his blood boiled.Although the Lakers are still behind in the score, they finally got rid of the situation of being unable to close the score difference, and there is a trend of reversal.

Carlisle called a timeout as soon as Bryant landed.He has a bad temper and scolded Deron who came over loudly.

Deron certainly couldn't stand this kind of scolding when he was in the Jazz before, but after experiencing the ups and downs of his career, his mentality has matured a lot. Hearing Carlisle's scolding, he sat silently on the bench.

Xu Tian stood beside the small circle formed by the players, keeping silent all the time, keeping himself in the anger just now.

Yao Ming gave him a suggestion to imagine the opposing player as his own enemy when he is on the court. Only in this way can he desperately want to destroy the opposing defensive player.The same is true of Kobe's advice to him.

Hibbert and Blake walked back to the court and told Scott about Randle's situation.Randall cannot return in this game, and the specific injury has to wait for the results of the MRI.

Carlisle replaced Deron with Barea.

Barea's physical confrontation is stronger, and his height is nearly 20 cm shorter than Xu Tian, ​​so it is easier to protect the ball.But that's just Carlisle's idea.

After Barea dribbled the ball across the half, Xu Tian exerted a physical confrontation while blocking his passing route with both hands.

Kobe quickly ran to Xu Tian's side, and the two double-teamed Barea, forcing him to stop the ball.

Xu Tian's judgment on the position of the basketball was very accurate. Before Barea called a timeout, he hugged the ball with both hands and grabbed it with him.

The referee blows the whistle and the two sides scramble for the ball.

Kobe and Xu Tianyi cooperated seamlessly, watching Director Zhang of the CCTV commentary seat amused him, and said with a smile: "Xu Tian and Kobe's defensive cooperation is really good. The two of them basically know that they need to double-team the defense without communicating."

Yu Jia said: "Randall was injured just now, and Xu Tian's eyes changed. During this period of time, his defense was very aggressive."

Director Zhang agreed with Yu Jia's point of view with a smile.

Under the instruction of the referee, Xu Tian stood with Barea and prepared to jump the ball to compete for an offensive opportunity.

(End of this chapter)