The strongest champion puzzle

Chapter 9 Stunning
The No. [-] tactic is the tactic with Leonard as the core when he was there.

Jacques Vaughan now intends to try to use Zhang Xiaotian as the core. Although Corey Joseph is a little reluctant, he is not the kind of thorn who resists the coach.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Zhang Xiaotian was replaced again.

With the skill activated, Zhang Xiaotian felt better than ever.

The Clippers dribbled forward with the ball. Facing the Spurs' defense, it was another simple level to cover Bledsoe and rushed in.

But this time when Bledsoe jumped up to make a mid-range shot, a palm suddenly stretched out from the side.

Bledsoe twisted his body in the air to avoid the help defense from the side, but his shot was hit.

Bledsoe used this trick for the entire game, relying on his strong physical fitness to simply and rudely solve Corey Joseph's defense, Zhang Xiaotian has long seen it clearly.

In the past, he had more energy than energy, but now his physical fitness has improved, so he can help defend in time.

The Spurs took the rebound and counterattacked. Zhang Xiaotian stretched out his hand and asked for the ball loudly during the march.

Just being told by the coach, Corey Joseph was not pretentious, and passed the ball with a push of both hands.

Zhang Xiaotian received the ball and changed direction to accelerate, directly wiped past Adam Morrison, and made a successful throw directly at the basket.

Adam Morrison still retains superb shooting skills, but his defensive level is not as good as it was back then due to injuries. Not to mention Zhang Xiaotian activated his skills in the fourth quarter, even with his original strength, Adam Morrison can't stop him .

With 12 points, Zhang Xiaotian scored the goal, and the Spurs were still 12 points behind.

The Clippers have also made adjustments. Adam Morrison's style of play does not consume much energy, but Zhang Xiaotian has been consuming him when he is on the court. The Clippers decided to let him rest for a while.

The replacement is Antoine Wright, who has been playing in the NBA for several years. Antoine Wright is better defensively than Adam Morrison, but his offensive power is much worse.

Without Adam Morrison as a peripheral threat, Bledsoe's breakthrough has also been affected.

The Clippers hit the iron, Zhang Xiaotian took off the rebound and counterattacked and made a mid-range shot, narrowing the score gap between the two sides to 10 points.

The defensive targeting increased, and Bledsoe was also a little depressed. He tried to shoot a three-pointer.

It's a pity that his shooting ability is only average, and he will strike again.

"Antoine, guard their No. 10." Bledsoe reminded loudly after the miss.

Antoine Wright was full of confidence, "Eric, don't worry, I have played in Asian leagues and know the technical characteristics of the Chinese."

The Clippers retreated in time this time, and the Spurs began to fall.

Zhang Xiaotian got Leonard's treatment and got the ball with his back at the top of the arc.

Antoine Wright stuck close to Zhang Xiaotian, and Zhang Xiaotian made a fake boat towards the thing where his teammates were running with the ball in one hand, then pulled the ball back and turned around, leaning on Antoine Wright and wiped it inside.

Antoine Wright had a knee injury, and he was too close to turn around and took a slow shot. The main reason was that he underestimated Zhang Xiaotian's strength. His experience in the CBA gave him the illusion that Zhang Xiaotian played in an extremely powerful style.

He pulled subconsciously, the referee whistle sounded, and Zhang Xiaotian scored 2+1.

With Zhang Xiaotian's outstanding performance, the Spurs hit a 7:0 spurt, and the Clippers were forced to suspend.

They adjusted the lineup again, let Bledsoe go down to rest, and three pitchers, Adam Morrison, Tyler Battelle and Trico White, were placed on the outside, ready to shoot birds.

In summer league, throwing shots from the perimeter can be described as a very lethal tactic.

The Spurs also replaced Marcus Demon, who is more aggressive defensively, to strengthen the blockage of the perimeter.

After the timeout, the Clippers hit a three-pointer, which seemed to be effective, but there were two turnovers immediately. Zhang Xiaotian contributed a steal, an assist and hit a three-pointer.

The Clippers' current lineup defense is almost empty. The Spurs have narrowed the score gap to 5 points. The Clippers' coach saw that there was nothing to do and chose to pause again.

At this time, nearly half of the fourth quarter of the game has passed, and both sides have replaced the entire main lineup.

Zhang Xiaotian is also focused on. In addition to Adam Morrison, Hilton Armstrong is also ready to help defend at any time.

It's just that the Spurs' current tactics focus on Zhang Xiaotian, which is his most accustomed style of play. Without a good defensive player to mark him, Zhang Xiaotian can almost be said to be omnipotent.

After he received the ball, he broke through Adam Morrison again. The moment Hilton Armstrong came up to help defend, Zhang Xiaotian flicked his wrist and Eric Dawson made an open shot under the basket.

The coach of the Clippers frowned, why did he feel that Zhang Xiaotian was more difficult to deal with than Leonard.

"Adam Morrison's defense is too bad. He may have a cleanliness. He didn't touch Zhang Xiaotian at all. He didn't even intend to foul at all."

"Zhang Xiaotian made another hit and the Spurs took the lead. This is crazy. The Clippers led by 14 points in the fourth quarter. Now they are behind. I almost thought it was Kawhi Leonard coming back."

"Zhang Xiaotian is also of Chinese descent, he must want to be like Crazy Lin."

Amidst the commentator's nonsense, the Spurs have completely controlled the situation on the field.

Bledsoe was in a hurry, he didn't trust his teammates at all, and chose to be reckless again and again, and the Clippers fell into chaos.

With 1 minute left in the game, Zhang Xiaotian hit a three-pointer against Adam Morrison to kill the game, and the Spurs led by 92 points at 84:8.

In the end, the Spurs won the game 94:87, ushering in a three-game winning streak in the summer league.

张小天第四节独得20分，全场比赛拿下30分8篮板5助攻4抢断1盖帽的全面数据，不输马刺前两场的核心伦纳德。

The attention of the summer league is still a bit small. Apart from the local media in San Antonio, there is only one sentence mentioned in the summer league section of ESPN and other sports websites.

But on the other side of the ocean, as Xu Yi's article was bolded in the NBA section of the website, Zhang Xiaotian has been known to all basketball fans.

"Another Linsanity, the Chinese players have reproduced their genius."

"The coach is sure that Zhang Xiaotian may become the strongest discovery of the Spurs in the summer."

"After two years of losing the election, I will never change my mind. The Chinese boy will turn into a dragon when he encounters a storm."

Xu sent the address of the website to Zhang Xiaotian, and Zhang Xiaotian was also very surprised after reading it. He is a player who has not yet received a formal contract, how can he be so powerful.

Relying on the report on Zhang Xiaotian, the popularity of the sports section of Xu Yi's website has skyrocketed in the past two days, and he has also been praised by his superiors. Zhang Xiaotian has also received more attention from the other side of the ocean, and a group of reporters have already booked the Spurs. next game.

At this time, Zhang Xiaotian was blindly returning information to a certain ball while doing stretching exercises.

(End of this chapter)