Chapter 494 70+! (The Fourth Update of the New Year!)
Davis protected the key rebound, the Pelicans attacked the frontcourt, and Holiday gave the ball to Tang Tian.
In less than the last minute, the key ball depends on whether the Pelicans can seize the opportunity to tie or overtake.
"Defend! Defend!"
The shouts of the fans at Staples Center were overwhelming.
Los Angeles is a super big city like New York, but the enthusiasm of the fans here is several grades higher than New York.
Tang Tian hit Miles with the ball, and at this time, Kobe on the weak side was ready to help defend.
They played Tang Tian's whole one-on-one game, and the key ball at the last critical moment, but they still chose to double-team.
It was not put in front to cooperate with Tang Tian to score points, but to not allow the Pelicans to open up other points as well.
Now it's the key ball, they must force the ball out of Tang Tian's hands.
The reason why role players are role players is that their performance at most critical moments is definitely not as good as that of the core of the team.
Tang Tian didn't wait for Kobe to come over before passing the ball, but changed direction to the other side, and then shot a three-pointer.
Missing the first 9 shots is due to lack of physical strength. The first two shots all showed that he has a good touch. Now he believes in his own touch.
Miles pounced and put pressure on the ball.
This is a difficult ball.
The ball flies over Myers' head and spins toward the hoop.
All eyes on the scene were on the spinning basketball.
This ball is the absolute key ball.
"boom!"
The basketball hit the back of the rim and bounced high.
Miles' defense still worked.
However, after the ball bounced and then fell, it still fell into the net bag!
A ball!
But the important thing is, the goal is scored!
105 to 103!
The Pelicans overtook the score!
And after making this three-pointer, Tang Tian's score has reached 70 points!
The data of Tang Tian's match was displayed on the large LED screen at the scene.
70 points, 5 rebounds, 1 steal, 2 blocks, no assists!
The last 35 seconds!
The Lakers called a timeout.
"Guys, I haven't seen such a crazy scoring performance in a long time!"
Smith said in the commentary booth that none of the three of them scored 70+.
"But it's a solid score, he's taken 47 shots so far, God!"
Barkley couldn't help complaining, Tang Tian shot more than half of the Pelicans.
"And he only made 23 shots, I remember, Kobe had a game where he was 17 for 47?"
O'Neill's Kehei attributes began to be exposed again.
"Haha, yes, but Don scored six more goals than him."
Smith nodded.
"OK, well, that's not bad."
O'Neill said with a smile, this is not bad.
But the complaints are the complaints, they still approve of Tang Tian's performance tonight.
After all, this is not simply scoring points, and now the Pelicans are still ahead of the Lakers.
Moreover, Tang Tian's current offensive methods are much less than Kobe's back then, so it's incredible that he can hit nearly 50% of his shots.
After the timeout, the Lakers theoretically have the last chance to attack. If they can't score this time, they can only choose foul tactics.
Nash dribbled to the frontcourt and turned to look for Kobe.
"Snapped!"
But at this moment, something that no one expected happened.
When Miles ran to Kobe for the pick-and-roll, because he was too close to Nash, Tang Tian, who was defending him, suddenly turned around and went to Nash.
Then a ghost hand broke the ball in Nash's hand!
Everything happened too fast, and when the ball changed hands, the Pelicans had already reached out and called a timeout!
The last 30 seconds!
Nash clapped his hands at this time to indicate that it was his own problem.
He has always been very stable in dribbling, but after all, he is 40 years old, and his reaction is definitely not as good as when he was young, and Tang Tian's speed is fast and accurate.
Because there are 30 seconds left in the time, the Lakers must defend in a wave at this time before they can talk about winning.
"Coach, let's play like this."
As soon as Tang Tian got off the court, he pulled Williams and whispered.
Back from the timeout, the Pelicans made a substitution, and Evans replaced Anderson.
It seems that the Pelicans are preparing to rush this offensive rebound.
Holiday dribbled the ball to the frontcourt. He was not in a hurry to give the ball to Tang Tian, and kept leaning against Nash to press time.
When the game came to the last 15 seconds and the Pelicans' attack time was within 10 seconds, he called Tang Tian out.
Tang Tian received the ball, and the Lakers immediately double-teamed it.
When Evans played, the Pelicans were 4 on 5, and they double-teamed the ball without hesitation.
But the Pelicans seemed to have guessed that the Lakers would do that. Tang Tian hit the ball to Davis the moment before the double-team formed!
D'Antoni was tricked by Tang Tian this round!
It was an opportunity for Davis to catch the ball. He missed the free throw line and flew in with the ball for a layup.
Howard made a save, the two had a confrontation, and Davis made a shot after the confrontation.
"boom!"
The hoop bounced out.
The Pelicans' tactics came out, but the ball was not scored!
Davis still needs to strengthen his confrontation, and he also needs to be more confident in his shooting.
However, after Howard threw it out, Evans flew to grab the offensive rebound!
The last 5 seconds.
Kobe was the first to react, yelling for Howard to foul.
But Evans had quick eyesight and quick hands, and he had already given the ball to Tang Tian, who was rushing in.
At this moment, the fight is all about everyone's reaction speed!
After receiving the ball, Tang Tian quickly made a shot against Gasol's dry pull.
Gasol stopped and did not dare to foul.
The ball went over Gasol's head and fell towards the basket.
"boom!"
The basket pops out.
The last 2 seconds!
Howard took the lead and took the rebound directly.
But he was so fast that he touched the ball before it left the basket.
"beep!"
The bottom line referee judged accurately and directly blew a interference ball!
Although the ball was not scored, it was counted because it was an interference ball!
Tang Tian's 72nd point!
The Pelicans lead by 4 points!
Kobe was so angry at this time, he yelled at Howard directly.
This interference ball directly obliterated the last hope of the Lakers.
More than 1 second, 4 points behind, McGrady and Miller can't save it.
Bryant missed the final three and the Lakers lost 103-107.
After losing this game, they finally ranked fourth in the West and failed to play against the Pelicans.
But the fourth is not bad, at least it also has home court advantage.
"Win! Tang Tian scored 72 points! He scored 72 points!"
At this time, Zhang Weiping couldn't hide his excitement in the commentary seat, his body was trembling slightly with excitement.
In this game, Tang Tian made 24 of 48 shots, 8 of 14 three-pointers, and 16 of 17 free throws. He scored 72 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks!
The number of shots from 48 shots is a bit exaggerated, and the iron production of 24 irons is also a bit amazing, but he scored a real 72 points!
It doesn't even matter if you farm or not, because he leads the team to win the game!
And unless Durant scores higher than 82 points in the game against the Bulls, otherwise, he has locked this year's scoring champion!
ps: The fourth update is delivered! I'll go down and take care of Little Eggplant first! Continue to update tomorrow, see you there!
Thanks to Colin McRae and joabjoy for their rewards.