The strongest champion puzzle

Chapter 260
When James and Love went to rest, Zhang Xiaotian and Irving couldn't talk about cooperation, but they still allowed the Cavaliers to overtake the score during the rotation period.

Young is strong, Zhang Xiaotian hit Ginobili strong, and when he came back, Ginobili was interrupted by him for a layup.

Zhang Xiaotian is too familiar with the Spurs players. Although the Spurs are familiar with him, he is going uphill, while Ginobili and other players are going downhill.

Irving also directly hit a three-pointer against Corey Joseph, and Popovich probably wanted to curse.

Swearing is useless, only timeouts are useful, so Popovich paused after only 3 minutes into the fourth quarter.

There is nothing to say, even if Popovich has a high level, it is time to replace the main force.

Ginobili still stayed on the court. GDP is Popovich's belief. This kind of trust is not cultivated in a short period of time. He always believes that they can create miracles.

The Cavaliers also made substitutions at the same time, but they did not replace all the main players for the time being, they just brought up James, intending to keep the score back.

A player of James' level is a threat on the court.

It would be great if he didn't occupy the ball so much. Fortunately, James can pass the ball.

After working with James for a season, Zhang Xiaotian felt that his level of running without the ball had improved a lot, and even the system could not fully measure it.

However, the Spurs also have players who have become stronger. Danny Green is not obvious, and Leonard has clearly changed towards the top small forward.

And now the top small forwards are all about comprehensiveness, and James is the benchmark.

The newly emerging Paul George, Hayward, Jimmy Butler, and Leonard are all of this type.

Zhang Xiaotian's offense and defense are good, but his organizational skills need to grow more slowly.

Talent is only one aspect, the key is that he is not the young core cultivated by the team.

Most of the time the ball was in the hands of other big players, and he only had time to attack.

But he is also ambitious. Although he is not very consistent with James, he has also learned a lot from the top players in the same position.

As long as his ability is stronger, Zhang Xiaotian is confident to lead a team forward.

James' coming up did not help the Cavaliers gain an advantage faster.

Basketball is a matter of five people, but only one player can take a shot in an offense. If there are too many star players on the field, sometimes the effect will not appear immediately.

Of course, it was also because the Spurs were also very strong. Leonard tried his best to block James, and Duncan also started to work hard, blocking shots and offensive rebounds, and the Cavaliers quickly put Love up.

Tristan Thompson is also very good at rebounding, but in fact he is not the same as the traditional inside rebounding method. He has good physical fitness and a bit of a rushing nature. Love went to confront Duncan.

At this time, Zhang Xiaotian hit Ginobili again, and Popovich had no choice but to replace the Argentine first to adjust.

Even if Ginobili can do some magic tricks on the offensive and defensive ends, but Zhang Xiaotian always competes for strength, and Ginobili's age is not easy to handle.

Danny Green's defense is better, but facing Zhang Xiaotian, it's the same thing. The key is that after he is replaced, the offensive end will not expect miracles.

Now that the scores of the two teams are tight, the Spurs are also very careful.

Danny Green almost danced face-to-face with Zhang Xiaotian after he came up. If Zhang Xiaotian was a little faster, he could just get rid of this guy.

But strength is also fine, Zhang Xiaotian pushed Danny Green and hit one. '

James broke through and scored the ball to let the inside pick up one, and the Cavaliers scored two inside in two minutes.

The Spurs' defensive efficiency can be described as extremely high.

However, their offense went wrong, with Danny Green not counting on that, Duncan getting tired after a few minutes of outbursts, and Parker making turnovers.

Intuitively speaking, the Spurs have not scored a point in these 2 minutes.

The lead of the Cavaliers instantly became 6 points, and the time was already in the second half. The Spurs had no choice but to replace Ginobili again.

The Spurs decided to play one big and four small ones, with one more ball-holding point on offense, and the defensive end must rely on quick defense changes and quotations, so that small players can play well.

The Cavaliers' offensive power inside is Love, and they also chose to replace Varejao to deal with it. The pitcher Joe Harris was on the second position to offset Danny Green.

Ginobili and Leonard are still restricted by Zhang Xiaotian and James.

If the Spurs want to attack, they may have to be Parker and Duncan.

As expected, the Spurs let Parker play the pick-and-roll with the ball again.

After Parker replaced Joe Harris in front of him, he immediately used his experience to make a rookie foul.

But then Irving broke through to the inside and returned one to the Spurs.

Parker is known for his speed, but this season, his speed has not been so fast. Facing Irving, he can't keep up.

On the contrary, Leonard was very brave. He cut off James and beat Owen by mistake.

It's just that James also hit, time is running out, and the score is not close.

Ginobili dribbled the ball in front of Zhang Xiaotian, Zhang Xiaotian opened his hands, regardless of Ginobili's movements, he blocked the possible shooting lines in this area.

Facing a cunning attacker like Ginobili, Zhang Xiaotian had to concentrate all his energy.

Suddenly Ginobili accelerated, his breakthrough was quite special, his footsteps turned to the right, but his body leaned to the left.

Based on Zhang Xiaotian's understanding of Ginobili, the old fried dough stick is about to cheat and foul again.

He quickly retreated back, trying to make the opponent lose his center of gravity.

If you don't find the foul ball, you will usually put yourself in it, but what you didn't expect was that Ginobili looked at the center of gravity and threw the ball towards the basket, but it was a hit.

Zhang Xiaotian was dumbfounded, it must be too difficult.

Ginobili shrugged at Zhang Xiaotian, full of provocation.

If it is against others, Zhang Xiaotian will start complaining, but is there a better way to deal with Ginobili? When the Cavaliers attack, he leans on Ginobili to get the ball, and he shoots as soon as he squeezes in up.

It also hit, and Zhang Xiaotian also shrugged his shoulders, which made Ginobili feel mixed feelings. He almost worked hard to enter a difficult level, Zhang Xiaotian, this bastard, was so easy.

When the Spurs attacked again, Ginobili came again. Zhang Xiaotian was not fooled this time, but Ginobili threw the ball directly to Duncan, who hit it.

The Spurs got a little excited again. Although it was the last tens of seconds, they didn't plan to foul immediately, but chose to press the whole court.

Irving dribbled the ball with confidence, and the Spurs did not force the Cavaliers to pass halftime, and immediately retreated, still not intending to foul.

At this time, Zhang Xiaotian who received the ball directly pulled it up.

(End of this chapter)