After the timeout, Mayo and Evans took a break, and Thomas and Salmons returned.

Shenqiao still hasn’t returned.

"DeMarcus still didn't play!" Marv Albert laughed.

"I think Keith is a kind of protection for him. He is heavy and shouldn't play too much playing time." Jeff Van Gundy said.

Thomas dribbled over and faced Conley.

Jason Thompson comes up to cover.

Thomas broke through, accelerated past his sister-in-law twice, and scored a layup!

At 50:39, the score difference returned to 11 points!

"Isiah is really good at using pick-and-roll offense! His center of gravity is so low that Mark can't even reach him when he bends down!" Marv Albert laughed.

"Well, he is indeed very good at pick-and-roll offense. Many people say that he is like AI. I don't think the two have many similarities, except that they are both short in height." Jeff Van Gundy explained.

Conley dribbled the ball over and passed it to the little sister-in-law in the high position.

The little sister-in-law took advantage of her height and gave it to Guy.

Gay broke through and scored Conley again.

Conley breaks up!

Xie opened the ball and took a feint shot. Thornton didn't get up. He broke through, turned around, stepped back, and shot a jump shot - hit!

The score difference is back to 9 points!

The Kings want to repeat their old tricks, but Conley is chasing closely, and the little sister-in-law retreats to the basket to protect the basket!

Thomas had no chance to make a layup and passed the ball to outsider Tuton, but he made a mistake!

Xie intercepted the ball and started to speed up. He dribbled behind his back and passed his old teammate Jason Thompson who came to steal the ball. He went straight to the frontcourt and went forward without hesitation, 1 versus 0 in the frontcourt!

Amid the exclamations of the fans at the scene, Xie Kai slowed down, started, jumped on one foot, and performed a folding dunk in the air!

"Bang——" The basket vibrated, which was enough to show the power of Xie Kai's dunk!

"Wow--" The scene exploded. Some fans who were silent even applauded, but they soon discovered that something was wrong. Xie Kai was no longer a member of the Kings.

There was a timeout on the sidelines, called by the home team.

Marv Albert said: "Kane once again used his own personal offense to chase points, which is crucial!"

Jeff Van Gundy agreed: "Being behind by 11 points and being 7 points behind are completely different concepts. Kane's 4 points are indeed crucial!"

The Grizzlies' morale was boosted and the players were excited because they saw hope of catching up with the score before halftime.

The cheerleaders came up to dance and the game went into a timeout.

After the timeout, the Kings made personnel adjustments, with Hai Ye out and Kao Shen up.

The game continues.

Thomas slowly dribbled the ball across half court. Kaoshen, who had just come up here, immediately reached out for the ball.

Thomas gave the ball to Salmons, who hit the ball to Kaoshen.

Kaoshen hit the little sister-in-law in the low position, carried her back a few times without moving her head, turned around, and attacked with her feet. Guy suddenly came over to help defend!

The tester was a little surprised. He took a few extra steps and was caught by the bottom line referee - a walking violation!

Kaoshen knew he couldn't leave, so he didn't lose his temper this time. He just took the opportunity to complain to the referee about the dirty defensive moves of the little sister-in-law.

Conley dribbled the ball over and passed it to Xie Kai.

Xie opened the left wing and held the ball. Facing Thornton, he crossed his hips and dribbled the ball, then stepped forward with his left hand.

Thornton immediately moved to the left sideline to prevent Xie Kai's breakthrough.

Turn away and pull the ball with your left hand, then speed up and go to the middle!

Thornton couldn't regain his focus and could only watch the ball and sigh!

The test under the basket still didn't extend, so he took a jump shot and easily scored 2 points!

The score difference was reduced to 5 points!

"Marcus's defensive habits are not good. This ball should not block the baseline. It is obviously more dangerous to put it on the baseline." Jeff Van Gundy criticized Thornton's defensive choices.

"Jeff, I'm wondering why DeMarcus always shrinks to the bottom of the basket. Doesn't he know that Kane Xie has a very stable mid-range shooting ability?" Marv Albert asked.

"This may also be a matter of his defensive habits. He doesn't like to spread out. It's the same for everyone, regardless of whether the person opposite has shooting ability. Moreover, he may feel that he can't catch up with the speed when he spreads out. Instead, he will be passed by the opponent. Gambling

It might be a better option to catch the opponent's shot," Jeff Van Gundy said.

The score was eroded again and again, and the Kings fans couldn't sit still. They began to blame Thornton and Kaoshen, the two "big colanders" on the defensive end.

Seeing the scene they least wanted to see happen, only they themselves know how depressed the Kings fans felt.

The game continues.

Salmons used his footsteps to trick Speights into committing a foul!

Salmons went to the free throw line and made one of two free throws, 52:45, bringing the point difference back to 7 points!

Here, Conley hit a 3-pointer from the top of the arc seconds after Xie opened the scoring!

The point difference was recovered to only 4 points!

"Is Sacramento planning to defend Kane alone to the end?" Marv Albert asked.

"It seemed like they were planning to do this in the first half." Jeff Van Gundy said with a wry smile.

For the rest of the second quarter, the Kings still adopted the method of defending Xie Kai alone, without flanking or assisting in defense. This way Xie Kai had to eat and drink, and Thornton could not guard him one-on-one.

Fortunately, the Kings' own offense was still good, so although the score was caught up, they were not overtaken.

At halftime, the Kings, playing at home, led by 2 points at 64:62.

Xie Kai scored 26 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block at halftime. His statistics were explosive.

"Jeff, what's your outlook for the second half?" Marv Albert asked.

"I still think it's not a good idea to defend Kane alone. He's in good shape today and feels hot. Sacramento doesn't have a perimeter defense, so letting Marcus or OJ defend him one-on-one is not a good choice.

If they keep doing this, I don't think Kane can score 40 points today!" Jeff Van Gundy said.

"So what if the Kings offense is still as good as it was in the first half?" Marv Albert asked rhetorically.

"Then you won't necessarily lose if you defend Kane alone!" Jeff Van Gundy replied with a smile.

In the third quarter, the Kings took the lead. Thomas, Kaoshen and Jason Thompson made consecutive hits, creating a 9:2 spurt and rewriting the score to 73:64.

Grizzlies timeout!

After returning from the timeout, Xie Kai started to exert his strength! He came up and took Conley's pass and hit a 45-degree 3-pointer!

Immediately afterwards, the Kings made a mistake when passing the ball. After Conley stole the ball, he assisted Xie Kai and scored 2 points for a layup!

In an instant, there was a small climax of 5:0, narrowing the score difference to 4 points!

This time it was the Kings' turn to pause! At this time, Xie Kai had already scored a game-high 31 points!

"Sacramento is ahead, so they don't want to attack, that's what I understand!" said Marv Albert.
Chapter completed!