Chapter 1068 Record Breaking Night

The ball bounced off the front of the rim, and Tang Tian successfully predicted the landing point, grabbing the long rebound.

His 7th rebound!

Whiteside slapped the bench in frustration on the sidelines. If Tang Tian didn't get a triple-double, fine, but if he got a triple-double, it would be a 50+ triple-double!

He was not only slapped in the face, but slapped swollen!

Tang Tian continued to break through with the ball in the frontcourt. His layup was blocked by Smith and Tristan Thompson, but he reacted quickly, jumping up again to put the ball into the basket.

52 points, 8 rebounds, and 12 assists!

Tang Tian was only 2 rebounds away from completing his sixth consecutive triple-double!

Whiteside couldn't sit still. At the start of this quarter, Tang Tian was grabbing rebounds continuously, just like when he came back in the second half.

He took the initiative to get up and walked to Lue's side, volunteering to play.

Lue didn't know what Whiteside was thinking at the moment, but he did need Whiteside with the continuous lack of rebounds.

"Don't pay attention to Tang, protect the paint."

He specifically instructed Whiteside before substituting him into the game.

After the instruction, he was still not at ease and turned around to call James up.

The Cavaliers had finally narrowed the point difference to within 5 points, and they couldn't let the Pelicans widen the gap again.

After James came on the court, he forcefully broke through to the basket, forcing a foul against Jokic and Ariza.

He and Tang Tian had one thing in common: as a star of the early century, although the methods were different, his goal was the same, to win.

Still a 2-point difference.

The Pelicans attacked again. Lue shouted and gestured on the sidelines, and the Cavaliers directly used the rare Box-1 tactic!

The so-called Box-1 tactic is a defensive method of the highest specification, with one person mainly defending and four people assisting in defense.

This defensive tactic, frequently used in elementary school leagues, is aimed at opponents with limited players in low-level games.

Before this, it had hardly appeared in the NBA.

It was clear that Lue didn't want Tang Tian to score any more points after he had scored 52 points in just over three quarters.

Tang Tian saw through this tactic at a glance. He reacted quickly and passed the ball to Jokic under the basket, who easily scored a layup.

This tactic was a joke in the face of his passing ability.

James broke through in the frontcourt and passed the ball out. Dellavedova's three-pointer as a point guard didn't go in. After a melee under the basket, Tang Tian once again used accurate judgment to grab the rebound.

His 9th rebound!

A 50+ triple-double, and the sixth consecutive triple-double was within reach!

After Tang Tian grabbed the rebound, he advanced to the frontcourt. The Cavaliers still used the Box-1 tactic. This time, Tang Tian passed the ball to Holiday, Holiday passed it to Davis, and Davis took a step and scored with a two-handed dunk.

Tang Tian's strength highlighted that the other players on the Pelicans team weren't as strong, but if you singled them out, their strength was also at the forefront of the league.

This Box-1 was really a joke.

After being easily scored on by the Pelicans, the Cavaliers' morale was frustrated. They couldn't execute their tactics on the offensive end, and Irving's forced three-pointer also hit the rim and bounced out.

Tang Tian spotted the landing point and was about to rush for the rebound. After Whiteside saw it, he reached out desperately, and knocked the ball out of bounds while losing his balance.

He was desperately trying to stop Tang Tian.

But the ball went out of bounds, the possession changed hands, and the Cavaliers' two consecutive attacks were unsuccessful.

Back on the defensive end, Lue abandoned the Box-1 tactic.

As soon as he gave it up, Tang Tian hit a pull-up fadeaway jumper over James, scoring his 54th point of the game.

54 points, 9 rebounds, 13 assists, and 4 steals.

Fans on the forums were starting to realize something.

If Tang Tian could score a few more points, and if he could get one more rebound, he would complete a record-breaking 60+ triple-double!

That was an even more difficult statistic to achieve than a quadruple-double, because it really required a lot of ball possession.

The closest in history was Chamberlain, who had a super triple-double of 53 points, 32 rebounds, and 14 assists against the Lakers in 1968.

This was also the highest-scoring triple-double in NBA history.

Now Tang Tian was really infinitely close to this record.

Both sides then gradually substituted their main players onto the court, and the intensity of the game on the court was also constantly increasing.

Under the increased physical play, both teams' shooting percentages were declining, and scoring became very difficult.

With about two minutes left in the game, the score on the court was 113 to 110, and the Pelicans still had a 3-point lead.

Tang Tian's stats were at 57 points, 9 rebounds, 15 assists, and 4 steals.

He only needed 3 more points and 1 rebound to create a new NBA record!

But during this period, it was difficult for both teams to score on the court.

Tang Tian made a great pass to Ariza, whose three-pointer didn't go in. Davis grabbed the offensive rebound and gave it to Tang Tian. Tang Tian took a step and was double-teamed, and his sudden stop shot also failed to go in.

Back on the other end, the Cavaliers were the same. James' layup after a confrontation with Jokic was directly blocked by Davis' help defense.

In the last minute or so, both sides fell into a scoring drought, and the balance of victory began to tilt towards the leading Pelicans.

The fans at the scene were unwilling, and the Cavaliers' players were also unwilling.

Amid the shouts of the fans at the scene, the Cavaliers played high-intensity defense, and Davis' turnaround fadeaway at the last moment hit the rim and bounced out.

Whiteside then boxed out Jokic, but Jokic also held him back.

The rebound flew towards Love.

Love reached out to grab this crucial defensive rebound.

But just as he was about to touch the rebound, Tang Tian suddenly lunged over regardless of everything, poking the ball out of bounds, and then saving the ball in mid-air.

The ball was saved back into Jokic's hands!

A rebound worth its weight in gold!

Tang Tian's 10th rebound!

At the same time, the LED screen on the scene showed Tang Tian's stats for the game.

57 points, 10 rebounds, 15 assists, 4 steals, and 1 block!

He had already gotten a 50+ triple-double!

And the 57 points also surpassed Chamberlain, making him the owner of the highest-scoring triple-double!

Whiteside's eyes were full of despair when he saw the ball being saved.

Tang Tian had completed a triple-double, and a big one at that!

He had his left face slapped last time, and this time he offered his right face and was slapped again, and it was swollen!

After saving the ball, Tang Tian fell into the arms of the photographer under the basket, shocking the Pelicans fans into a cold sweat.

But fortunately, he was fine, and after getting up, he ran back to the court again.

Jokic reacted quickly and gave the ball to Tang Tian at the first time.

Now there were only 40 seconds left in the game. As long as the Pelicans scored another goal, the game would end early.

Even if they didn't score, just running out the time, their 3-point lead would put them in an invincible position.

Giving the ball to Tang Tian at this time was the best and most stable choice.

Jokic's pass was of good quality. Tang Tian caught the ball, and he knew the time, but he didn't dribble to the outside.

Because Whiteside was stunned under the basket, and James had already helped defend!

The closest to him now was Shumpert, who was also two meters away.

He chose to shoot, he had full confidence in this kind of shot.

Stalling for time was the wisest choice, but putting the ball in the basket was the most direct way!

After seeing this, Shumpert rushed out desperately, throwing his whole body towards Tang Tian.

Tang Tian's cylinder was seriously violated, and the referee's whistle sounded.

But he still shot the ball in the end!

The ball drew a high arc in the air, in the eyes of everyone at the scene holding their breath.

"Swish!"

The ball went into the net!