The strongest champion puzzle

Chapter 144 The Fierce Rookie
"Of course it's very comfortable to be a starter. This gentleman, don't act like I haven't played a starter. I also played a starter in my first season."

"Of course, starting or substituting is something the team should consider. What I have to do is to help the team win."

"Whether I am satisfied or not, I am certainly satisfied with my performance. It has nothing to do with statistics. Whether I score 20 points or 2 points, all I care about is the team winning. The team won this game, so I am very satisfied."

As a new aid in the team's first official game, Spoelstra also brought Zhang Xiaotian to the post-match press conference.

他全场拿下10分5篮板，对位的洛尔-邓8分5篮板5助攻。

Everyone gets different salaries, so Zhang Xiaotian certainly has the confidence to answer questions at this level.

The Heat took the Bulls, and the Spurs also took the Grizzlies lightly.

At least this game does not show that the changes in the Spurs' bench lineup have any impact on them. Except for the newly joined Belinelli, Mills, who played soy sauce last season, finally got a chance.

Yang Feiyu flew over to watch Zhang Xiaotian's opening game against the Heat, but then Zhang Xiaotian was going to play back-to-back away games with the team, and he only had two days of free time to change his identity.

Wade had to support his knees in back-to-back games, Zhang Xiaotian was told to play at the second position, and Haslem became the starting four.

The 76ers sent away everything that should be sent away this summer. Now there is not even a player with an annual salary of tens of millions in the team, and it has been completely rebuilt.

Here Zhang Xiaotian met James Anderson, who had competed with him in the summer league. After working part-time for a season, he got a basic salary in the 76ers.

Because the price is cheap and there are not many people playing for the 76ers, James Anderson also got the chance to start, and he happened to face Zhang Xiaotian again.

At that time, the two still had a little conflict. Zhang Xiaotian was still wondering if he could complete one-tenth of the task of being proud of the champion. Unexpectedly, James Anderson just sighed when he met him.

Unlike Zhang Xiaotian who started on a team that was a strong contender for the championship, James Anderson has lost all energy after being depressed for a season, and now he just wants to stay in the league.

He had already placed himself below Zhang Xiaotian, so of course there would be no provocation.

Although playing back-to-back at the beginning of the new season is a great challenge to physical strength, it is fortunate to meet a rebuilding team like the 76ers.

It's just that I didn't expect the Heat to be hit by the young 76ers at the beginning. The 76ers' starting No. 11 position, this year's No. [-] pick Michael Carter-Williams turned the audience over from the beginning.

In front of McAway, Chalmers doesn't look like a point guard on a championship team at all.

The rookie of the 76ers is full of confidence and his physical condition is also very good. He made four steals in the first quarter.

In addition, Bosh couldn't handle Spencer Hawes on the inside, and the Heat trailed by 19 points in a single quarter. The Heat fans watching the live broadcast were probably stunned. What's going on.

Spoelstra's face turned black, not to mention that the 76ers are equipped with young players and marginal players. In terms of lineup, the 76ers are actually very similar to the Heat. The power forward is a combo forward, and the center usually pulls out to shoot.

With a similar style of play, and the 76ers don't have the Heat's shooter configuration, the one who was beaten up turned out to be the Heat, who doesn't understand.

How could Bosh fail to deal with Hawes? James was able to let Evan Turner score easily in front of him. Spoelstra was very unhappy.

Fortunately, the Heat's substitute is quite reliable, of course Zhang Xiaotian is also quite reliable, but it seems that it is not convincing to overwhelm a marginal player in the league.

After being nagged by the coach for a while before playing, both Bosh and James performed much better.

In fact, the 76ers beat the master to death with random punches, not because they are so strong themselves.

As for the weak link of the number one position, well, Chalmers is far less talented than McAway, and he is much more domineering just by looking at his name.

Michael Carter-Williams had 11 points, 7 assists and 6 steals in the half, and the 76ers felt like they were making a fortune.

However, they only led by 2 points in the first half. As for the young people, they just didn't last long.

At halftime, the Heat summed up the first half.

In fact, the 76ers' configuration has little effect on Haslem on the field. The team must adjust in the second half. Ray Allen followed the main force. He played the second position, and Zhang Xiaotian and James moved down.

Anyway, the 76ers used Thaddeus Young to defend James most of the time. Spoelstra meant that Zhang Xiaotian went to match Evan Turner and released James.

Zhang Xiaotian doesn't mind being a patch player moving around, anyway, it's useless to mind, the team leader James has to move, and he has to be thankful that he can play a few positions, otherwise someone else will take over.

Evan Turner is actually somewhat similar to the previous Zhang Xiaotian on the offensive end. He needs to hold the ball, mainly mid-range shots, but as the second place in the year Zhang Xiaotian lost the election, Evan Turner's own conditions must be much better than Zhang Xiaotian.

With a core style of play, there is only one step between heaven and hell.

The 76ers' reconstruction should be Evan Turner's chance. He played very actively in the first half. Obviously he also wants to seize this opportunity to prove himself.

In the second half, he met Zhang Xiaotian.

He felt that Zhang Xiaotian was just ordinary, not worthy of Zhang Xiaotian's current fame.

Evan Turner was just surprised and relieved. He was just a role player in the championship team. He won the championship with his thighs, and he will only do better.

But he soon felt uncomfortable, Zhang Xiaotian was really difficult, not because he felt wrong before, but because Zhang Xiaotian's defense was too bad.

It is normal for inside players to have wrestling defenses, but Zhang Xiaotian was still in the second position before, and now he rushed up as if he was about to fight.

Evan Turner is also good defensively, but he tends to be technical, and he is very unhappy with Zhang Xiaotian's stalking.

"Did you win the championship by wrestling?" He sarcastically said.

"Weak people just like to make excuses. Don't worry, I haven't exerted my strength yet. You will know what it feels like to be powerless later." Zhang Xiaotian responded disdainfully.

Evan Turner was very depressed. How could he endure a role player who kept his tone unchanged.

But even if he was angry, he seemed more refined than many players.

Zhang Xiaotian figured it out, this opponent is not ruthless enough, what a waste of talent, competitive basketball is a man's sport.

Zhang Xiaotian's physical confrontation skills can be described as proficient. He entangled the opponent for most of the quarter, and he only paid the price of a foul, while Evan Turner lost more than half of his shots.

Unknowingly, the Heat overtook it.

(End of this chapter)