The strongest champion puzzle

Chapter 492 Another Year Ends

This time the Spurs' winning streak did not go too far. After winning the Trail Blazers, the Spurs lost to the Jazz away.

The Jazz's home game is really difficult, especially after Leonard also rested.

As far as team defense is concerned, the Jazz may do better than the Spurs, which is where they are difficult.

Hayward and George Hill left. They were the two most capable scoring players in the Jazz last season. Most people thought that the Jazz had entered the rebuilding process. They were wrong.

They gave a guy who averaged 7 points per game 5300 million for four years, and they traded Rubio who couldn't shoot. Maybe they didn't expect that they would be stronger on the offensive end this season than last season.

Donovan Mitchell, the No. 13 pick this year, is this guy who has already scored 40+ in games. It is not uncommon for the No. 13 pick to become an immediate combat power, but he immediately became the core of the team, the top scorer, and no one will think of.

Not many people paid attention to it before, and then it exploded directly, maybe this buddy is also a cheater.

Of course, the Spurs mainly lost on the opponent's defense.

Back-to-back away games are really uncomfortable. Zhang Xiaotian just wants to sleep after the game.

Uh, after losing this game, the Spurs have dropped to third place in the West.

The competition between the top teams is really fierce, especially in the west. You must know that the record in the east has been slowly dropping, and the west has not seen signs yet.

However, the long season has not yet passed halfway. In order to avoid accidents, the first team must also be careful.

The results of the team are not just pure results, they are interests, including the interests of the team and the interests of the players.

After the Jazz, the Spurs are still away, but the opponent is the king of the belly.

The Kings also signed a few players in the summer, mainly veterans, presumably to allow them to bring in newcomers.

They don't have all-star players at all now, and they don't have an absolute core.

Of course, there are still a few former All-Stars, but their strength has dropped drastically.

The Kings played very well in the first quarter. Don't look at it as a belly, the saying that there are no underdogs in the NBA is not just talking.

Of course, there is a big gap in the strength of the teams in the league, but the players who can enter the league are all the best in the basketball field. Relying on their talents, it often happens that the weak win the strong.

But it's more about playing well in one or two quarters in a game.

By the second quarter, the Kings were not able to hold on.

The difference between a weak team and a strong team is that they will not grasp when they have an advantage and it is difficult to comeback when they are at a disadvantage.

The Spurs are still very good at controlling the field. In the second half, the team firmly grasped the lead and just took the Kings lightly to win.

The All-Star voting has already started, and Yang Feiyu also regards this as a top priority.

Zhang Xiaotian still has a lot of hardcore fans, and with his current status, there are also a lot of neutral fans who like him, and his momentum was like a rainbow from the beginning.

Zhang Xiaotian has also increased his interaction with fans. This time the captain can choose someone, and he is also very interested.

It's very exciting to think about forming a team that you like.

On December 12, the Spurs returned to their home court to face the challenge of the Nets.

The Nets actually made a few decent deals in the summer. D'Angelo Russell, Carroll, and Allen Crabbe are all good choices.

But Jeremy Lin was tragically reimbursed in the first game of the season, and their defense was even worse to a certain extent.

The results are slightly better than last season, but they have not deviated from the essence of fish belly.

For teams with poor defense, the Spurs have always been able to control the field very well.

From the beginning of the game, the Nets didn't get any chances.

They played one big and four small, and there was no inside defense. Facing such a defense, not only Zhang Xiaotian, Leonard also felt that he had recovered 100%.

When the two were happy, they scored 70 points together and clocked out half a quarter earlier.

The most difficult stage of playing in December has passed, and the team can relax next.

On January 12, the Knicks visited.

To be honest, the Knicks got off to a good start this season, although it's a little bit downhill now.

They won Tim Hardaway Jr. for 7100 million in four years in the summer, and added Beasley and others cheaply, plus the twin towers composed of the team's top card Porzingis and Enes Kanter. Their teams are easy to lose.

But the season has been going on for so long, and the Knicks' new routine has been almost touched by other teams.

In addition, the Knicks are also experiencing the sadness of many teams, and there are a lot of injury problems.

The Spurs have survived, and other teams have not been so lucky.

Because of injuries, most of the Knicks' firepower was on the inside, and the Spurs were relieved to shrink.

Although Porzingis can also shoot three-pointers, it is always right to shrink the defense.

Even so, Boshen scored in double figures and contributed four blocks in the first half.

The Spurs didn't care because they were ahead, even if not by much.

This Knicks team is undoubtedly more difficult to deal with than it was with Anthony, but the weaknesses are also obvious.

The Spurs' targeting tactics were relatively successful, but there was also a variable, and that was Beasley on the bench.

Players like Beasley go crazy from time to time, and it is difficult to limit when they are crazy.

The good thing is he doesn't have much connection to the team, whether he's playing well or badly.

He gives people the feeling that he is always outside the team system.

This is one of the reasons why he, as a talented player, can score in double figures per game casually, but still can't get a good contract. His personality is actually only a part of it, and his style of play is rarely liked by coaches.

The Spurs are not afraid of him disrupting the situation. The Spurs are stronger than the opponent on both offense and defense.

With the Knicks' defense, it is absolutely impossible to prevent the Spurs from scoring.

The overall defense is too poor, and Boshen can't help defend and block shots in the paint.

At this time, you can say that sentence, basketball is a sport of five people.

The Spurs stabilized their advantage in the third quarter, and then Zhang Xiaotian opened the final quarter to expand the team's score advantage to double digits, and the outcome of the game was almost decided.

Next, even if Beasley showed a strong singles ability, it would be useless to score in double figures in the fourth quarter.

At this time, you can see the difference between the team's good system and blind play.

In the last game in December, the Spurs went to an away game against the Pistons.

The team's touch in this game was a mess, and of course the Pistons' defense was also good.

The two teams fought defensively, scoring poorly in the first half.

In the second half, Zhang Xiaotian strengthened his personal offense. Drummond's advantage in the interior put a lot of pressure on the Spurs. Zhang Xiaotian scored double figures in a single quarter and the team was still behind.

At this time, Zhang Xiaotian no longer had any distracting thoughts, he just tried to find ways to score.

In this game, he scored 50+ for the first time this season, and the Pistons were beaten to death by him.

(End of this chapter)