The strongest champion puzzle

Chapter 399 The Burden of the Spurs

You can despise the Spurs, but you cannot deny their strength.

Yang Feiyu's family has already gone back, and it is estimated that her mother will come over in a few months.

But the unfree days are still going on, and it is really not so convenient after pregnancy, even if she wants to go out and organize fan activities, Zhang Xiaotian is not at ease.

This guy can only do things on the Internet, and take a large number of people to fight with other fans, and enjoy it.

The company really doesn’t have much to do now. The design of new products is done by professionals. They just need to make a decision. The key is that if the scale is not expanded, there is no need to spend much energy on marketing.

In terms of commercial endorsements, Zhang Xiaotian's market has risen again.

As long as competitive stars work hard to improve their strength and achieve results, everything will follow.

Eddie is also rising, and he seems to be a big shot in this circle.

In November, the Spurs' first game was against the Jazz at home.

The Jazz didn't move much in the summer, but it was relatively affordable. The key was the improvement of the team's own strength.

Needless to say, Hayward, the growth of Rodney Hood and Gobert has raised the team's lower limit.

Coupled with the addition of practical player George Hill and veteran Joe Johnson, the Jazz have been unwilling to be spectators this season.

Although Hayward was unable to play this time because of his fingers, the Jazz can still use defense to test the Spurs' offensive methods.

Hayward was not there, but the Jazz hit an abnormally high shooting percentage, making consecutive hits from beyond the three-point line.

The Spurs actually played normally, but fell behind by double digits in the first quarter because of the opponent's three-pointer.

In the competition for the substitutes, the Spurs were also at a disadvantage. Simmons, Ginobili and Mills didn't play a role.

After the main players play again, it becomes a star-playing tactic.

Slow pace and strict defense, star singles, it feels like old-school basketball.

But for the Jazz, this trick is really useful.

Zhang Xiaotian, Leonard and Aldridge took turns to grind the score back a little bit.

By the end of halftime, the point difference between the two sides had narrowed to 4 points.

In the small ball era, this kind of slow chasing method is rarely seen. That is to say, the Spurs can be fast or slow, but the overall star can change tactics as they say.

The Jazz's weakness lies in offense. Even if they introduce players in the summer, they can't change this.

The Spurs have not achieved the ultimate in any aspect, but when it comes to comprehensive means, there is nothing wrong with being number one in the league.

During the intermission, the Spurs still firmed up their tactics for the second half.

It is to gradually turn the power over, to crush the opponent little by little, and to bully them that they do not have a star at the level of the Spurs on the offensive end.

Of course, if the opponent can't support it, the Spurs will immediately speed up and reap the game.

The Jazz also strengthened their defense in the third quarter, and on the offensive end their second-year student Trey Lyles played the role of a surprise player.

The Spurs had already overtaken in this quarter, but they were scored 2+1 by the Jazz in the paint at the last moment.

Under the slow pace, the Spurs trailed by 2 points before the start of the final quarter.

At the beginning of the final quarter, Jazz's big pitcher Joe Ingles felt hot.

Obviously, after the hard training in the summer, the Australian has also improved a lot.

Of course Zhang Xiaotian will respond, Joe Johnson is one year older, and he can't restrain him at all.

The two sides were struggling to hit the ball for several consecutive goals. This time, the Spurs took the lead in adjusting and replaced Leonard.

This adjustment was timely. After Leonard came up, Joe Ingles had no chance to make a shot.

The Jazz can only replace all the main players, and George Hill feels hot after playing again, and Parker is completely out of breath.

Parker was originally a strong offensive and defensive type. After the offensive threat decreased, many defenders could bully him.

Popovich is probably also struggling. After all, he is his trusted disciple. If it were someone else, he would have been asked out of the starting lineup long ago.

Zhang Xiaotian still maintains a very high efficiency, but Jazz is very strong, so he couldn't be killed for a while.

Zhang Xiaotian also discovered the problem of the Spurs. Aldridge is too tough as an inside core, and Leonard is very sharp in singles, but his singles feel is relatively old-fashioned and it is difficult to score.

The Spurs are different from the Warriors. The Warriors' Splash Brothers have a wave of points. The Spurs rely on role players to make three-pointers.

The critical moment is to compete for stars. If Leonard and Aldridge cannot take on this burden, Zhang Xiaotian will do his part.

This season, the Spurs will be completely different because of him.

In the last 5 minutes of time, George Hill scored a steal and hit a three-pointer to help the Jazz overtake again. Zhang Xiaotian only said one sentence and gave him the ball.

To be convincing, even though Leonard usually doesn't talk much, he is also a proud master.

But his previous two attacks were interfered by the Jazz's help defense, and Aldridge fell into a physical confrontation and couldn't extricate himself. Could it be that Zhang Xiaotian could do better than him.

Leonard didn't believe it, but he was still willing to come over as a cover.

The star tactics plus an insurance is the tactics of two stars.

Zhang Xiaotian asked Leonard to act as a cover, but it was actually a two-person attack. The Jazz's inside defense was very good, but other methods besides flanking did not pose much threat to Zhang Xiaotian.

There is a gap in the screen to shoot, and the single-player hard-top defender will have a chance if he flanks Leonard. Leonard still has a good mid-range shot. With Zhang Xiaotian's bonus, he is much more stable than a role player.

"Guard him, damn it, you can't just let him shoot like that, we've said that many times on the training ground."

Seeing Zhang Xiaotian unreasonably lead the team to overtake the score, Jazz head coach Quinn Schneider couldn't sit still. Defense is the team's housekeeping skill. How can people attack with the ball like this.

The Jazz team was very helpless. They felt that they had done better than in training, but they were not facing such a strong opponent as Zhang Xiaotian on the training ground. Besides, there was Leonard, these two strikers were too strong.

Leonard was also shocked, Zhang Xiaotian was obviously doing better than him.

How could it be possible, there was obviously a big gap between everyone at that time, no, even in the first day of training, Leonard felt that Zhang Xiaotian was not so good.

Damn guy, he is always not serious on the training ground, why did he grow up so fast.

Leonard's heart was complicated, and his face still had no expression. He was reaping the game with Zhang Xiaotian. To be precise, he was a support, just like when he first joined the Spurs and the team was still in charge of GDP.

Well, although I am a little upset, a little upset can't dilute the joy of victory.

He likes to win, and he trains hard to win the game. Now Zhang Xiaotian's return makes winning easier.

(End of this chapter)