The strongest champion puzzle

Chapter 18 First Choice
After the timeout, the Spurs attacked, the Eagles' defense was fierce, and the rookies were desperate to show themselves.

Nando De Colo called the inside line to come up to cover, bypassed the defenders and chose to fire from a long distance.

He wants the team to see his shooting ability, and he always reminds himself to be more determined.

But this three-pointer was missed, and the Eagles took the opportunity to play a beautiful counterattack.

Zhang Xiaotian could see that in order to show his ability, Nando de Colo forcibly changed the rhythm.

If this continues, whether the Spurs win or not will depend on the Eagles' face.

Zhang Xiaotian clenched his fists to remind himself, this is not acceptable.

When the Spurs dribbled the ball again to the opponent's half, Zhang Xiaotian pretended to slip the baseline, and suddenly turned to a counterrun to get rid of the defender, and shouted at Nando de Colo: "Give me the ball!"

Nando De Colo was taken aback and passed the ball subconsciously.

Zhang Xiaotian caught the ball and turned around in one go. He passed John Jenkins with a big stride, and then changed his rhythm and started directly, allowing the Eagles' inside defensive players to jump into the air and throw the ball steadily into the basket.

After the goal, he took the initiative to go over and slapped Nando De Colo, "Dude, we have to win the game and the coach will continue to give us a chance, trust me, pass the ball, I will let you have a few more Assist."

The Eagles did not lose their sense of proportion, and turned around and Mike Scott made another one in the paint.

The two main players of the Spurs do not play inside, and there are indeed some problems in defense. The pace of the few who want to compete for posts is too slow.

Even if Zhang Xiaotian was in a hurry, he couldn't control the inside line.

He could only find it on the offensive end. When the Spurs were attacking, he ran off the ball to catch the ball and hit a three-pointer, abruptly pulling the score back.

However, Nando De Colo, who had an assist, turned around and was forced to eat another one. This buddy seems a little unaccustomed to encountering American defenders.

The score between the two sides has entered a stalemate. With Zhang Xiaotian around, the Spurs still have to overwhelm the opponent.

With 1 minute left in the game, Zhang Xiaotian broke through to score the ball and successfully dunked inside. The Spurs led by 99 points 96:[-].

In the next defense, he interfered with the opponent's pass again, allowing the Eagles to return without success.

By this time, the Eagles also knew how powerful Zhang Xiaotian was, and guarded him strictly. Zhang Xiaotian played for his teammates twice.

It's a pity that at such a critical moment, it is not easy to break the deadlock. Seeing that the score is about to be maintained until the end, the Eagles even pulled out to the outside to shoot a three-pointer.

This was his first three-point shot in the game, but it was a mistake.

The Eagles tied the score, and there were only 4 seconds left in the game. Mike Scott and his teammates hugged excitedly.

The Spurs requested a timeout. Popovich did not make any substitutions. He just took out the tactical board and explained the tactics of the last shot. The first point of the inside screen was to catch the ball, and then went down, and the second and third points were respectively sides.

After the first point catches the ball, shoot if you have a chance, and pass it to other players if you don't have a chance.

Zhang Xiaotian had the best touch in the fourth quarter, and he was chosen as the first point.

He shouted YES in his heart, and Qi Yuxuan returned to the field.

Two players from the Eagles surrounded them, but the Spurs lined up, and the flanking was meaningless for the time being. As soon as the referee's whistle sounded, Zhang Xiaotian rushed to the opposite side, and then rushed past the screened inside line to receive a shot. ball.

One of the two people following him has already been blocked. He made a simple change of direction, strode into the three-point line and leaped high. Mr. Skill Key launched, and the basketball hit the net. 101:99, the Spurs lore win.

Played 15 minutes, scored 12 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, both in terms of playing time and statistics, surpassed the first game.

Although the critical moment was dominated by individual singles, he made no mistakes and hit the last shot.

Zhang Xiaotian felt that his performance was good. As long as the team gave him another chance, he thought he could perform even better. It felt great to win the victory himself.

In the interview after the game, head coach Popovich did not hesitate to praise.

"Yes, an interesting little guy who played very hard. Who knew he would be a lore. I was stunned at the time, oh, he is on our team."

After taking a shower, Zhang Xiaotian was about to leave, but found that there seemed to be someone in the training hall.

He walked over with his bag on his back, only to see Leonard practicing shirtless.

"You don't plan to go back?" He subconsciously asked.

After the game is different from training, basically no one will go to training.

Leonard took a few shots before saying, "I still have a lot of energy."

Zhang Xiaotian put down his bag and walked over, "Actually, I haven't beaten enough, let's practice together."

There is no doubt that Leonard is dissatisfied with today's performance. The team's main players are still working so hard. Zhang Xiaotian feels that he should stop thinking about the lore just now. It is serious to continue to improve himself.

It was already very late when I went back after practice, and the phone rang as soon as I got home.

It wasn't his father, it was Yang Feiyu. Seeing that the girl had come back from home, it seemed that it was the first time they had called on the phone. They didn't know what was going on with the girl.

As soon as I pressed the answer button, some bluffing voices rang out in my memory.

"Eddie... where is that bastard Eddie?"

Zhang Xiaotian was puzzled, "Which Eddie, my manager?"

"Who else, that bastard dared to hurt a beautiful girl, don't look at the beautiful girl as a hot girl, she is just a kind and silly girl, my mother will kill him."

After nagging for a long time, Zhang Xiaocai realized that that guy Eddie cheated and broke the girl's heart.

Eddie's kid, it seems that he often picks up girls, it's no wonder that he doesn't have any problems, he's just playing for fun, but Yang Feiyu's friend thought he was someone who could be entrusted to him for life, and it turned out that Eddie was with another girl two days earlier .

Zhang Xiaotian felt a little guilty, he should have mentioned a little bit earlier, but it didn't work, he didn't know Eddie at all, he didn't know Yang Feiyu well, and he didn't know who the pretty girl was, so how could he talk nonsense.

He helped to call Eddie's mobile phone, but the other party had already turned off the phone.

It's really unreliable, as a broker, how can you shut down casually.

He sent a message to Yang Feiyu to explain the situation. Yang Feiyu was furious and replied to the message to meet and discuss with Zhang Xiaotian.

This girl is confused by herself, but she is very righteous to her friends.

In the end, the two agreed to meet near the Spurs training facility, and Zhang Xiaocai was able to rest at ease.

On days when he plays basketball, he always sleeps soundly.

In the early morning of the next day, he opened his eyes naturally without an alarm clock. It can be said that it was a special skill he had mastered since he was a child. At that time, he was fond of playing and didn't like wasting time on sleep.

Zhang Xiaotian habitually turned on the computer to refresh the basketball news while washing. He saw himself, but the headline of the news blinded his eyes.

(End of this chapter)