Tang Tian and Kobe both finished the first quarter.

Kobe was still going strong, scoring 13 points in the first quarter alone.

Tang Tian wasn't to be outdone, also getting 13 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists in the quarter.

During the second quarter bench time, Jokic led the Pelicans, while Nick Young led the Lakers.

Jokic wasn't in great form tonight, but Young entered a zone, hitting consecutive three-pointers from outside.

Only three minutes into the second quarter, the Lakers were leading the Pelicans by double digits, 39-29.

Williams was forced to call a timeout.

After the timeout, the Pelicans subbed Tang Tian and Davis back into the game early.

Williams wasn't good at tactical adjustments, and the young duo of Tang Tian and Davis was his biggest weapon to deal with unfavorable situations.

D'Antoni didn't put Kobe back in, not because he didn't want to, but because of Kobe's age.

If he played a full first quarter and then came back in so early in the second, the Lakers wouldn't even be able to play in the second half.

As soon as Tang Tian got the ball in the frontcourt, Price and Clarkson started double-teaming him outside the three-point line.

Tang Tian didn't pass, he dribbled the ball and accelerated, rushing directly through the middle of the two.

This choice came very suddenly and unusually, and Clarkson and Price didn't react.

More importantly, Tang Tian's starting speed was too fast.

Tang Tian broke through to the free throw line, and Hill rushed out.

Tang Tian made a direct pass to Jokic under the basket.

Jokic easily scored 2 points with a turnaround layup.

You could focus on defending Kobe's shot, but not Tang Tian, which was the biggest difference between Tang Tian and Kobe.

Kobe's growth path was actually a bit like Tang Tian's.

A high school student drafted 13th overall, not favored, with consecutive airballs in the playoffs, then constantly enriching his offensive skills to become the league's number one player.

And after becoming the number one player, he continued to enrich his scoring methods, learning until retirement, achieving the Mamba Mentality.

The Mamba Mentality helped him grow, but it also limited him.

In other words, Kobe's purpose in enriching his arsenal was to score more points and help the team by scoring.

But Tang Tian was different.

Because he was a coach in his previous life, his purpose in enriching his arsenal was to increase his offensive threat, making the game simpler.

This was a difference in understanding of basketball.

In the Lakers' offense, Young's isolation was interfered with by Davis' help defense.

Jokic secured the defensive rebound under the basket.

Cole dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and passed it to Jokic to orchestrate the offense.

Tang Tian ran an off-ball play, circling out to catch Jokic's pass and shoot a three-pointer.

"Swish!"

The three-pointer was clean.

Tang Tian and Jokic really clicked.

The point difference was only 5 points in the blink of an eye.

D'Antoni got up from the bench and walked to the sideline, looking enviously at Williams next door, like a child from an ordinary family looking at a rich second generation.

The Pelicans' current lineup was really much better than the Lakers'!

Williams didn't even have to think too much, just make the rotations and he could win most games!

Williams felt the gaze, turned his head and saw D'Antoni, and felt the envy that couldn't be blocked even from ten meters away.

There was no way, that's what it was like to be Tang Tian's coach.

Price's layup was blocked by Davis, and Tang Tian got the rebound.

The Lakers' offense was stopped again.

In the frontcourt, Tang Tian broke through and attracted a double-team, then passed the ball to Davis under the basket, who scored directly with a two-handed dunk.

This duo was unstoppable.

With 6 minutes left in the second quarter, the Pelicans had already taken the lead.

D'Antoni sent Kobe back on the court, but Kobe's touch wasn't good in this quarter, with consecutive fadeaway misses.

At the end of the first half, the Pelicans led 64-55, reversing the situation and leading by 9 points.

Kobe had 15 points in the first half, while Tang Tian had 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists.

"I'll guard Tang in the second half."

During the halftime break, Kobe said directly to D'Antoni.

With 25 points in the first half, if they didn't make some changes, Tang Tian would really kill the game by himself.

D'Antoni didn't say anything except nod, he knew that whatever he said was useless, Kobe had absolute say in the Lakers.

However, he made some adjustments to the starting lineup, replacing Shumpert with Young, who had performed well in the first half.

Back in the second half, the atmosphere in the arena was high.

Not only because the Pelicans finally turned the tide in the second quarter, but more importantly, they also wanted to see Tang Tian's pull-up jumpers and fadeaways!

Fans liked winning, but they preferred players winning with stylish playing!

Tang Tian really fascinated them tonight, from kids to the elderly, from men to women, everyone in the arena loved Tang Tian tonight.

Back in the second half, the Pelicans attacked first, and as soon as Tang Tian received the ball, cheers erupted in the arena.

Because the Lakers didn't double-team, Kobe was guarding Tang Tian one-on-one!

Kobe's defensive ability was unquestionable, he was selected to the All-Defensive First Team 9 times in his career, on par with Jordan and Payton, and also one of the only three perimeter players.

Although old, if he really focused on defense, he was still the Lakers' best defensive player.

And now he was fully focused on defense.

Tang Tian chose to drive to the basket.

He took a step to start, but couldn't shake off Kobe.

Although Kobe's foot speed couldn't keep up, he was experienced, anticipating and using his body.

Tang Tian was blocked at the free throw line.

He followed up with a turnaround fadeaway.

Kobe lunged forward to interfere.

Flashes went off around the court.

Tang Tian took a fadeaway shot in front of Kobe, this was definitely a historic moment.

"Swish!"

With a crisp sound, the basketball went into the net.

Tang Tian's fadeaway, scored over Kobe!

This scene had become a classic!

Kobe was stunned when he turned around and saw it.

He had used fadeaways to score on others his whole life, and now he was experiencing the feeling of being scored on by a fadeaway, unable to do anything but watch.

The Pelicans' lead had reached double digits!

Young caught the ball in the frontcourt and hit a mid-range jumper, he was really in good form tonight.

Still a 9-point difference, the outcome was still undecided.

Tang Tian got the ball again in the frontcourt, still guarded by Kobe.

After trying to break through earlier and failing, Tang Tian knew that Kobe knew how to defend that move.

He simply stopped trying to break through and instead posted up.

Scrimmages were the best training ground for polishing skills, and if he wanted to make the fadeaway a killer move in the playoffs, he had to use it more in the regular season.

Kobe was old after all, and was at a disadvantage in physical confrontation with Tang Tian.

Tang Tian hammered his way from the high post to the free throw line, and the Lakers would definitely double-team if he went further inside. After swaying his shoulders left and right, he turned to the right and faded away.

Body flexibility and balance reached a perfect fusion at this moment. Although Kobe anticipated it, his interference was still limited.

The ball shot by Tang Tian flew over Kobe's fingertips and toward the basket.

"Swish!"

A crisp sound.

Tang Tian's fadeaway over Kobe, made it again!

Two in a row!

Once was luck, twice was skill!

"Again!"

Kobe wasn't frustrated at this time, but instead full of fighting spirit, shouting directly at Tang Tian.

He was a little embarrassed when Tang Tian hit the first fadeaway over him.

But the second one in a row aroused his fighting spirit.

The Mamba would never admit defeat.

In the Lakers' offense, Young isolated against Tang Tian, this time a step-back mid-range.

Tang Tian's defense was very good, completely blocking his shooting vision.

"Swish!"

But the ball still went in!

Young was in explosive form tonight, he was channeling Joe Johnson!

Still a 9-point difference!

There was a commotion on the sidelines, everyone thought that the Pelicans could take advantage of Kobe's physical decline in the second half to end the game early, but the Lakers didn't seem to agree!

Tang Tian held the ball facing the basket in the frontcourt, still Kobe's one-on-one defense.

Before Tang Tian could stop dribbling, he went for steals and interference. The old Mamba was really going all out.

Tang Tian was almost pickpocketed, he turned his back and used his body to force his way through Kobe.

Kobe was pushed to the free throw line.

Tang Tian faked a fadeaway after continuous swaying.

Kobe lunged forward.

Tang Tian gathered the ball and turned around, but Kobe's lunge was also a fake, and he stuck to him again!

Tang Tian's post-up skills were still lacking, and Kobe had been faked out by Tang Tian once before, so he wouldn't be fooled a second time.

Tang Tian was forced to stop dribbling.

Because there was no double-team, the Lakers' defense at other spots was very good at this time, and there was no suitable passing opportunity.

Tang Tian's pivot foot didn't move, and he took a reverse turnaround fadeaway.

It had to be said that the fadeaway technique was powerful, still able to create space for himself to shoot under dead ball conditions.

Kobe desperately lunged to interfere, completely blocking Tang Tian's vision.

This was a difficult shot.

The ball shot by Tang Tian barely passed over Kobe's fingertips.

"Clang!"

The ball hit the inside of the rim.

Whiteside and Chandler under the basket were boxing out and couldn't jump, and Yi Jianlian and Davis rebounded at the same time.

But after the ball bounced off the opposite inside of the rim, it spun on the rim and finally rolled in!

Tang Tian hit a fadeaway over Kobe for the third time in a row!

Tang Tian shouted excitedly after scoring.

The feeling of making this kind of difficult shot was very good, no wonder Kobe was obsessed with this way of playing!

And it had to be said that the 40% stability bonus really made it much more accurate than a pull-up jumper!

Kobe's eyes were on fire, he took the initiative to ask for the ball in the frontcourt, signaling to pull away and then posting up Ariza.

He used the fake turnaround fadeaway followed by a layup, and he used it much more skillfully than Tang Tian.

Ariza's chase defense was slow, and Kobe scored a layup.

After scoring, Kobe pursed his lips and pounded his chest hard.

The Lakers' bench erupted.

This ball greatly boosted the Lakers' morale.

The fans in the arena also got excited.

The two sides had been playing a back-and-forth game for nearly five minutes in the second half, and the point difference was still 9 points, no more and no less.

Both sides were playing an offensive battle, with various high-difficulty moves, making it extremely watchable.

In the frontcourt, Tang Tian continued to attack Kobe, and when he reached the free throw line, his turnaround fake drew Yang's help defense from the weak side, and Tang Tian threw a pass directly to Ariza.

Ariza caught the ball and shot a three-pointer directly.

"Swish!"

The basketball went into the net, and the point difference came to 12 points!

The Pelicans were not only accurate with Tang Tian in the second half, but everyone else was accurate too, in surprisingly good form.

"Don't help defend, did I say to help defend?!"

Kobe roared at Yang, looking very angry.

Yang lowered his head and didn't say anything, only running towards the frontcourt.

Kobe continued to isolate Ariza in the frontcourt, Tang Tian helped defend, Kobe didn't pass, and chose to turn around and fadeaway.

"Swish!"

The defensive pressure on this ball was extremely high, but Kobe still threw the ball in!

The old Black Mamba's fangs hadn't fallen out yet, and he started spraying venom again!

But Tang Tian turned around and continued to attack Kobe, breaking through to the basket after turning around and scoring after contact with Kobe!

He had attacked Kobe 5 times in a row, scoring 4 times and assisting once!

Kobe couldn't defend him!

Old was old after all.

In the third quarter, Kobe scored another 10 points, bringing his personal score to 25 points, a solid performance.

But Tang Tian, who he was defending, scored 19 points in the third quarter alone, and his personal statistics at the end of the third quarter had reached 44 points, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists!

No one could stop Tang Tian tonight!

However, the Lakers performed well on the offensive end in the third quarter, and they trailed the Pelicans by only 13 points, 79-92 at the end of the third quarter.

In the opening stages of the fourth quarter, Yi Jianlian, who led the team, performed well, hitting consecutive three-pointers with assists from Price, and the Lakers chased the score back to single digits again.

The Lakers really weren't giving up tonight.

Williams subbed Tang Tian back on early again.

It was like two armies fighting, Williams always liked to show off his nuclear weapons.

On the Lakers' side, Kobe greeted D'Antoni and got up to play as well.

In the fourth quarter, Tang Tian's physical strength was somewhat insufficient, but Kobe on the opposite side was even more obvious, and his shooting percentage dropped significantly.

The efficiency of both sides wasn't high in this quarter, but the Pelicans still relied on their overall strength to win the game 117-107.

Tang Tian contributed 6 points, 2 rebounds, and 3 assists in the fourth quarter, his final stats were 50 points, 10 rebounds, and 12 assists!

At the end of the game, Tang Tian's final stats were displayed on the LED screen in the arena, with the note "No. 1 in active service."

Tang Tian became the first active player to score a 50+ triple-double!

If you ignore those ancient, untraceable stats, Tang Tian could even be said to be the first player in NBA history with accurate statistics.

"MVP! MVP!"

The fans in the arena chanted MVP, cheering constantly.

Tang Tian was surrounded by his teammates and pawed at from all sides.

He escaped from his teammates' clutches, and when he saw the words on the LED screen, he was stunned for a moment before smiling and gesturing to the home crowd.

Honestly, he hadn't paid attention to his stats, and Williams and his teammates hadn't reminded him either, so this 50+ triple-double came a bit suddenly.

But this feeling was surprisingly good, if he had really gone to pad his stats for this triple-double, he wouldn't have been so interested.

The game ended, and the players from both sides gave the final handshake.

"Congratulations."

During the game, Kobe and Tang Tian fought hard on the court, but after the game, they became friends again.

Kobe would bring his on-court emotions off the court to others, but he wouldn't do that to Tang Tian.

"Thank you."

Tang Tian smiled and hugged Kobe.

Kobe had 35 points in this game, also a season high.

"Yi, let's grab some late-night snacks tonight."

Tang Tian said an extra word when he hugged Yi Jianlian.

Yi Jianlian nodded with a smile, he couldn't refuse Tang Tian's invitation.

He had 19 points and 9 rebounds in this game, and made 4 three-pointers, a very solid performance.

After the game, Tang Tian and Yi Jianlian had a late-night snack, and then returned to the villa.

He saw the lights on upstairs, and went in to find that Olsen had returned.

Olsen had gone to Los Angeles for a while because "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" was doing post-production effects, which involved some details.

The two hadn't seen each other for a while.

Tang Tian went up and hugged her, his hands moving restlessly.

Although he was endorsing BYT, the pregnancy preparation couldn't be left behind, he didn't want to go three airballs in a row.

"I haven't showered yet."

Olsen had just returned as well, and pushed Tang Tian's hand away.

"It's okay, let's shower together."

Tang Tian said, picking up Olsen in one fell swoop.