Chapter 204 Don't worry! There is me!
After the third quarter, the score had been reduced to 5 points by the Thunder.
Before the start of the final quarter, Scott began to arrange his troops. He originally wanted Lin Tian to rest for a few minutes, but Lin Tian refused.
Scott had no choice but to let Lin Tian continue to fight.
When the referee blew the whistle, Lin Tian hurt the court in the astonished eyes of all the Thunder players.
Westbrook and Durant are both sitting on the bench to rest at this time.
After a brief moment of surprise, Westbrook smiled: "The head coach of the Lakers has nothing to do with us! He didn't even give the rookie any time to breathe."
Durant's eyes also followed Lin Tian: "That rookie is too strong! I hope our bench players can withstand it.
The five players the Lakers played in the final quarter were: Clarkson, Nick Young, Lin Tian, Nance Jr. and Channing Fletcher.
The Thunder's lineup at this time is: Waiters, Randy Foye, Kyle Singler, Yin Baka and Adams.
Donovan left the Thunder's inside tower on the court, mainly to prevent Lin Tian from easily breaking through.
The first ball is in the hands of the Lakers.
When Lin Tian was holding the ball, Thunder small forward Kyle Singler rushed over to guard him.
How could this player guard Lin Tian? After Lin Tian shook him off with a fake move, he shot a step-back three-pointer!
The extremely smooth shot made the basketball fall into the frame smoothly, and the score opened to 8 points!
The home DJ immediately shouted: "Handsome step-back three-pointer! Lin...tian! His score has reached 38 points!"
After scoring the goal, Lin Tian did not hesitate and quickly returned to defense.
The Thunder served, organized by Westbrook's substitute Waiters.
As the most important player besides the Thunder's starting five, Waiters has been heavily used under Donovan this season.
However, his unique playing style has not changed much.
His playing style is a bit like Nick Young. He is obsessed with singles and is good at making difficult shots.
When Donovan put this lineup together, only Waiters had strong singles ability.
This also shows that when the Thunder Twins are not on the court, Donovan will let Waiters take on the scoring task.
After finally encountering such a weak offensive lineup, Lin Tian directly switched defense with Clarkson.
Clarkson naturally wants it.
Waiters was secretly happy when he saw a big man over two meters tall guarding him alone.
He's very good at playing small against big players! There are very few such opportunities for mistakes throughout the entire game.
After Waiters dribbled the ball twice, Lin Tian did not stumble.
There was no other way, Waiters could only dribble from behind, and finally chose to rush to the left.
His offensive line was completely accurately judged by Lin Tian, who always stood in front of Waiters.
Unable to get past Lin Tian, Waiters stopped to collect the ball, and then took a mid-range jump shot that he is best at.
It was too late, but then it was too late. At the moment when Waiters collected the ball, Lin Tian, who had been blocking Waiters, stretched out his hand at an extremely fast speed!
There was a crisp sound! The basketball was shot away by Lin Tian, passed through the floor under Waiters' crotch, and fell into Clarkson's hands.
After Clarkson picked up the ball, he turned around and ran toward the Lakers' frontcourt.
The Thunder's return to defense was actually not slow, but Clarkson's starting position was too good.
After he rushed to the basket, he wanted to end the offense with the simplest layup.
However, what shocked all the spectators at the scene was that Clarkson actually made a pass when he made an empty layup!
The basketball rolled from the right side of the basket to Luo Ze, and then fell.
Waiters, who had already run to the basket and was about to pick up the ball and serve, was surprised and happy! Can this also be empty?
He was about to pick off the rebound when he was excited, but the next second, a strong wind hit him, and two big hands appeared above his head!
Lin Tian's take-off after the run-up was exaggerated, surpassing Waiters by several heads after taking off!
He forcibly grabbed the rebound over Waiters' head and smashed the ball toward the basket with both hands!
With a loud bang, Lin Tian dunked successfully and knocked Waiters to the ground.
After the fans let out a brief exclamation, cheers continued to come in and out.
After being knocked down, Waiters suddenly stood up and wanted to ask the referee for an explanation.
But the referee just spit out the whistle and said righteously: "This ball is not a foul!"
Lin Tian smiled slightly. Of course he knew very well that no matter what happened to the ball, it would never be called a foul.
Walking up to Clarkson, Lin Tian patted Clarkson and encouraged him: "Don't worry! I'm here!"
Such empty baskets were not scored, which shows that Clarkson is under great pressure today.
He's clearly not used to the intensity of the playoffs.
If Lin Tian hadn't successfully grabbed the rebound and dunked, the home fans might have booed Clarkson.
I thought that after the ball went in, the Thunder would call a timeout, but the whistle did not sound and Donovan did not apply for a timeout.
Lin Tian looked with some surprise at Donovan, who was on the sidelines with his hands on his hips and constantly pulling his hair.
Donovan was also anxious!
He didn't want to call a timeout, but the fourth quarter only lasted more than a minute! The Geminis didn't get enough rest at all!
Durant's physical fitness, especially in the final quarter, has always been a point of concern to the outside world.
As the head coach, Donovan is also very aware of this, so if he can let the Gemini star rest for a while, he can rest for a while.
Of course, if he doesn't pause, he will be consuming Lin Tian's physical energy.
After all, Lin Tian hasn't had a break since the start of the second half.
After the Thunder served, Waiters obviously wanted to continue to play Lin Tian in singles.
As a talented player who was once famous all over the United States, he has never been a person who admits defeat!
Otherwise, when he was in the Cavaliers, he would not openly compete with Kyrie Irving for the boss, or even ask the team to trade Irving.
Facing Waiters' breakthrough once again, Lin Tian still defended extremely well.
Waiters was very uncomfortable being guarded by Lin Tian, and in the end he had no choice but to go for a mid-range shot.
How could Lin Tian be willing?
When the opponent got strong, he jumped up and stretched out his hands, leaving no room for Waiters to take action.
The sight in front of him was completely blocked by Lin Tian's head and hands.
Waiters jumped into the air and didn't dare to take action. He needed a hat to take action!
And if the ball is still in his hand after it hits the ground, he will follow suit.
With no other choice, Waiters could only throw the ball to small forward Singler standing on the wing.
The moment Waiters passed the ball, Lin Tian leaned forward, slapped his hand hard, and his fingertips touched the ball, causing the ball to fly to Nick Young's hand.
Another steal! This time Nick Young scored a fast break!
The home DJ was already shouting: "Oh my God! Lin! I have already got 8 steals in this game!"
Donovan on the sidelines called a timeout and was so anxious that he held his head.
Chapter completed!