NBA: The God of Basketball Begins with Precise Scoring

Chapter 94 The True Genius

The timeout ended quickly, and the players returned to the court.

Kerr has slightly changed the tactics he has set for the Warriors compared to before.

Because Li Xingchen's ball-handling ability in the previous round showed him more tactical possibilities.

He can now not only attack with the ball himself, but also seems to be able to accurately supply his teammates with shots!

Originally, only Curry possessed both the ability to initiate offense and the threat of passing the ball.

If Li Xingchen could also possess similar abilities, it would be a qualitative leap for the team's overall offensive level!

Although Li Xingchen only delivered a brilliant pass in that last round.

In a single round, the chances are too great; it's entirely possible that he just happened to make that pass by chance.

But Kerr carefully reviewed the replay of that play and realized that Li Xingchen's meticulously designed feints and the pass he made without looking could not possibly have been achieved by simply guessing.

Furthermore, considering Li Xingchen's previous performance in competitions, Kerr also felt that he should be given full trust.

Each time he unlocks a new ability, it seems to be like an epiphany.

His three-point shooting ability, which went from being wildly unpredictable to consistently maintaining extremely high efficiency in every game, seems to have started from those few dozen seconds in the play-in tournament, and has continued to do so ever since.

His defensive level evolved from a barely acceptable level of rotation defense without losing position and sufficient one-on-one interference to a top-level death grip, which seems to have happened in an instant and has been maintained ever since.

His ability to initiate attacks with the ball has changed dramatically. From being almost unseen on the court to being able to use various ball-handling and breakthrough techniques with ease, including close-range floaters and layups, it all seems to have happened in the blink of an eye.

Moreover, after that game-winning double-dunk that resembled the basketball god, he has maintained his ball-handling and offensive abilities at an extremely high level.

Therefore, Kerr has every reason to believe that his passing, ball control, and assist skills can also be elevated to an elite level in an instant and maintained thereafter.

This person seems to have a genuine ability to have sudden enlightenment.

Perhaps, he is the true genius on this basketball court.

Cole placed his full trust in Li Xingchen.

Although Curry still holds the primary offensive priority for the team.

However, Curry is very likely to be double-teamed.

Because after this offensive possession ends, the Warriors will likely still face a defensive possession.

Therefore, Kerr did not dare to bring in Jordan Poole, but instead fielded the regular starting lineup: Curry, Li Xingchen, Wiggins, Green, and Looney.

With two defensive black holes like Green and Looney on the court, it's almost certain that Curry will be double-teamed.

Once Curry is double-teamed, the ball will be handed over to Li Xingchen to develop the subsequent offense.

After all, the Clippers can't possibly double-team Curry and Li Xingchen at the same time, can they?

In that case, the space under the basket would be far too open.

Even if Rooney and Green were two complete idiots, they couldn't possibly miss such a simple opportunity.

Therefore, when Curry is double-teamed, Li Xingchen will only need to face one-on-one defense, making him the best option for the team's offensive development.

It was Draymond Green who inbounded the ball, and Curry received it in the backcourt and advanced it towards the frontcourt.

However, before he could even advance to the three-point line, the expected double-team had already arrived.

Reggie and Batum double-teamed Curry on the perimeter, leaving only Morris to guard the basket.

It's just that the Warriors' two interior players are really bad at offense, otherwise they wouldn't be so disregarded.

Curry passed the ball to Li Xingchen ahead of schedule as planned, and then quickly moved to the other side to create space.

At this point, Batum was in a dilemma, unsure whether to retreat to defend the paint or continue double-teaming Curry who was off the ball.

Without hesitation, Li Xingchen had already started accelerating and was breaking through to the inside.

Although he is shorter and has a shorter wingspan than his opponent Paul George, Li Xingchen is still able to outpace him in terms of speed.

Although Paul George was not completely out of position, he was slightly behind by half a body length. Li Xingchen was simply using his speed to overpower his opponent.

Batum was too late to get back on defense, so Kawhi Leonard on the other side turned around without hesitation to help defend and disrupt Li Xingchen.

Li Xingchen had been waiting for this moment. At the same time that Kawhi Leonard's center of gravity shifted towards him, Li Xingchen, who had anticipated this, accurately fed the ball to Wiggins in the corner.

He didn't even turn his head; his eyes remained fixed on the basket.

It was as if he was still preparing to break through and finish the layup, but in reality, the basketball had already been comfortably fed into Wiggins' hands!

Kawhi Leonard's original plan was simply to swipe and help defend, briefly disrupting Li Xingchen before quickly returning to Wiggins' defense.

However, Li Xingchen's pass was almost predictive, and he passed the ball the instant Li Xingchen turned around. In addition, Ji Xingchen's body orientation and eyes were too deceptive, so Xiao Ka had no chance to react.

By the time he turned around, Wiggins had already launched an open three-pointer without hesitation.

Li Xingchen didn't even need to look; he knew that Brother Mouth would definitely hit the target.

This was the system's prompt to him: dribble past Paul George, draw Leonard's help defense, and then quickly pass the ball to Wiggins in the corner.

He needed one more assist to complete the "point control" in this game.

Therefore, Wiggins' three-pointer will have a 100% success rate!

With a "whoosh" sound, the Warriors' bench players waved towels and began to cheer excitedly.

The score is now 121-122, with the Warriors taking the lead again by one point.

Li Xingchen assisted Wiggins to hit a corner three-pointer, completing the game-winning shot. This assist was invaluable.

Green, who was under the basket, was also excited. He waved and ran to the corner to high-five and hug Wiggins in celebration.

On the other side, Curry was also all smiles; it seemed that no one on the Warriors team realized that a crisis was about to unfold.

Only Li Xingchen.

He actually sensed something was wrong; it was an intuition that danger was about to strike.

But for the time being, he didn't know what the problem was.

His expression changed drastically only after the system gave him a prompt.

Then, they frantically began to retreat on defense!

The Clippers have one timeout left.

After Wiggins hit a three-pointer from the corner, the Clippers had five or six seconds left for their final attack.

Logically speaking, Tyronn Lue would almost certainly call a timeout at this point to plan the final offensive play.

But he didn't!

Since no one requested a timeout, the game, which hadn't run out of time, continued, so the Clippers were able to inbound the ball immediately.

Clearly, the reason they didn't call a timeout was that they wanted to take advantage of the Warriors players being still basking in the joy of the game-winning shot and not having timed their defense, to quickly inbound the ball from the baseline and seize a fast break opportunity, hoping to steal a point and score!

If they succeed in their sneak attack, all the Warriors' previous efforts, including Li Xingchen's two consecutive brilliant passes, will be in vain!

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