Chapter 28 Intercept Cousins!
Lin Tiantian was not afraid of anything. He raised fire with one hand, faced Cousins, and smashed the ball directly into the basket.
Cousins's take-off height is already high enough, almost more than half the distance of the backboard.
However, Lin Tian still held the ball past his fingertips!
"boom!"
The ball hit the basket! Cousins was hit by Lin Tian and almost fell when he landed.
"Wow!" The screams of more than 20,000 spectators also came from the arena.
No one could have imagined that the tall and powerful Cousins would be dunked by a young boy! He is the number one active center in the hearts of many fans!
Tianchao, Penguin Live Room.
"Ouch! What a brutal dunk! Lin Tian dunked Cousins! Oh my God! That was Cousins!" Yang Yi said loudly and excitedly.
The bald commentator Wang Meng was also very excited: "This ball will definitely be one of the top ten balls today! I didn't expect Lin Tian's bounce to be so amazing!"
"There are not many players in the entire NBA who can dunk Cousins!"
"Lin Tian and Cousins scored consecutively at the beginning. I'm afraid tonight will be a big scoring battle for them!"
"Dear viewers! Lin Tian's dunk just now was telling those who doubted him! He is completely worthy of an All-Star vote!"
"This dunk will probably completely anger Cousins!
The barrage in the Penguin live broadcast room also moves very fast.
"Damn it! 66666! The number one center in active duty with dunks! He can be played for a year!"
"Lin Tian is awesome! I stood up so excitedly!"
"Who said that the physical fitness of our Chinese players is poor?"
"This alone is not worthy of our vote for him!"
"I put my words here today! Lin Tian will make the All-Star starting lineup! Even Jesus can't stop him!"
"Finally, another strong general has appeared in our kingdom!"
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In the Golden No. 1 Arena, Cousins was extremely depressed after being dunked by Lin Tianga.
After the Kings served, there was no need for Cousins to ask for the ball. Rondo directly passed the ball to Cousins.
Cousins charged at the basket and shot the ball like an angry bull.
The ball didn't go in this time, but when it fell, Cousins jumped up again and took the rebound from Hibbert's head, making another strong hit!
Hibbert was completely unable to guard against Cousins, a beast inside.
Scott could only call a timeout helplessly.
The players returned to the bench to wipe their sweat and drink water. Hibbert was very depressed.
He is the tallest player on the Lakers, and it seems that the Lakers can only send him to guard Cousins.
But judging from his performance in the first half of the first quarter, he obviously beat Cousins.
Hibbert doesn't want this either. This season he is receiving a high salary from the Lakers. Although he is trying his best to perform, his body does not allow it.
Head coach Scott knocked on the tactical board and said to Nance Jr.: "Help defend! As long as Cousins gets the ball in the paint, help defend! You must restrict him!"
Nance Jr. is 2.06 meters tall. When Hibbert is resting, he is often pushed to the center position, and his playing time is longer than Hibbert.
Facing Scott's order, little Nance nodded quickly.
The timeout ended quickly and players from both sides stepped onto the court again.
It was the Lakers' turn to serve. There was no need to take the initiative to ask for the ball. Lu Wei honestly passed the ball to Lin Tian.
What Lin Tian didn't expect was that as soon as he got the ball, Asikunsi and Rudy Gay surrounded him without saying a word.
The Kings coach probably gave him the order to double-team him during the timeout!
Treating a rookie who has only played a few games like this can be said to be the highest treatment!
If he is defended by one person, he can easily break in, but if two people rush to chase and intercept him, whether the ball can be separated is a problem.
They seemed to have discovered Lin Tian's habit of not liking passing the ball and did this.
Double-teaming showed how much they valued Lin Tian, but it was also a gamble.
There are only 5 players on both sides, and if one of the players is double-teamed by two people, then one of them must be unguarded.
Lin Tian was 2.05 meters tall anyway, and he had a wide field of vision and passed the ball to Nance Jr. between the two.
The person guarding Nance Jr. is Rudy Gay, and Gay is now in front of Lin Tian.
After Nance Jr. caught the ball, Cousins was the only one in front.
He faked a layup and passed the ball to Hibbert when Cousins was guarding him.
Hibbert caught the ball and finally scored a two-pointer.
This ball was dunked in, which also shows that the Kings' double-teaming tactic was not successful in this round.
After all, the game is just the beginning.
The Kings regained the ball, Rondo continued to direct his teammates to move, and then played a pick-and-roll with Rudy Gay, passing it back to Rudy Gay, who hit a three-pointer!
"Rudy Guy... Yi! Three-pointer!" The Kings' DJ said in a long voice when he read Guy's name.
The Kings increased the score, and the fans cheered again.
When Lin Tian returned to the frontcourt to hold the ball, there were many boos.
In fact, every time the Lakers held the ball, there were boos.
It's just that when Lin Tian holds the ball, the boos will be louder than others.
The Kings suffered a double-team loss and did not dare to rashly arrange two people to defend Lin Tian.
But this time it was no longer Asikunsi who was guarding him, but Ludy Gay, who had just hit a three-pointer.
The Kings team's morale was at its peak, and Gay said with a smile: "You can't get past me!"
Lin Tian didn't say anything. He made a sharp change of direction and rushed straight from the left to the inside! Guy was almost passed by him in one step.
Cousins stared at Lin Tian eagerly in the paint. He didn't expect his teammates to stop Lin Tian, but he was the team's last line of defense.
This time Lin Tian did not rush to Cousins, but stopped near the paint area and made a pull-up jumper.
There is no one within more than one meter of him! Shooting from this position is much more comfortable than shooting from the free throw line!
"Whoa!" The basketball missed the net and Cousins just caught the goal. He shook his head and walked out of the baseline to serve the ball.
By this time, Lin Tian's personal score had reached 8 points, and he made 4 of 4 shots.
Cousins' score is comparable to Lin Tian's.
At the beginning of the new round, Cousins held the ball inside and was double-teamed by Nance Jr. and Hibbert.
Following his usual habit, he was about to pass the ball to Rudy Gay who was running over to receive the ball.
But as soon as the ball was passed, Cousins regretted it.
Because Gay was about to receive Cousins' pass, a figure appeared next to him, bypassed him and intercepted the ball in advance.
This person is naturally Lin Tian! He guessed right. As expected, Cousins is indeed the same as the player report written by the team. When he is double-teamed, he likes to pass the ball to the forward who comes to respond.
This is Lin Tian’s first steal of the game!
The steal was successful! He rushed towards the Lakers' frontcourt like a gust of wind.
The only person rushing in front of Lin Tian was Rondo of the Kings.
Rondo knew he couldn't stop Lin Tian. He originally drew a foul to slow down the situation. Unexpectedly, Lin Tian didn't even have a chance to foul him. He dribbled the ball behind his back and bypassed him, accelerated to the frontcourt, and performed a tomahawk chop.
Dunk scored two points again!
Chapter completed!