The strongest champion puzzle

Chapter 89
"According to my objective and rational analysis, the current Spurs will not be the Thunder's opponent. If Parker comes back, the two teams will still have a fight."

"Besides, the Spurs' GDP is aging. The shortcomings of their style of play will become more obvious as the season progresses. A good record in the regular season and easy play against weak teams is not the absolute standard for a strong team. The playoffs in the past two seasons The results are the proof."

On the live broadcast of a certain sports program, so-called experts are talking freely.

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Xiaotian hit a three-pointer and the Spurs had already overtaken the score.

In Zhang Xiaotian's fan group, the atmosphere was joyful, "What kind of rotten program, what kind of idiot is better than an expert, I don't understand shit."

"Yeah, shit. Why don't you invite me? It's cheap and affordable. Now I'm predicting that the Spurs will win and the gods will win."

The Spurs played very well in the second quarter. In addition to the performance of the substitute and Leonard's rise, they would also like to thank Westbrook for his hard work.

Westbrook is a guard with a very strong body, but his shooting is a little crazy, and he can't defend when it is accurate. There are very few point guards with his physical fitness. Most people can't stand it. Rose of the same type has already been reimbursed. .

But when he's inaccurate, hitting the iron can also hurt morale.

At the end of the half, the Spurs went ahead by 7 points.

In the second half, the play styles of the two sides did not change much, and only Westbrook's shooting percentage changed.

As an All-Star, he must be different from ordinary nerve knives. Westbrook can take the initiative to make adjustments. After playing so much iron, he has regained his touch.

With Westbrook regaining his touch, even if Parker is there, he will be bombed at most. If Parker is not there, the Spurs' No. [-] position can only be simply bombed.

Fortunately, Westbrook has not yet been able to combine his personal status with the team well.

When he made consecutive hits, the rest of the Thunder hardly had many chances to touch the ball, and Durant was the only one who could score with limited touches.

The two juniors are fierce, but the Spurs are still in full bloom.

In fact, without Parker, the Spurs' ball runs more smoothly, but the corresponding attack power has dropped a lot.

Without Parker's deadly attack power, the opponent's defense would be easier to arrange.

After withstood the opponent's onslaught, the Spurs still showed their power during the rotation period.

The Thunder's substitute players did not perform as well in the first half. This is also related to their tactics. During the rotation period, Westbrook and Durant took turns leading the team. When they did not have the ball, they replaced Harden as the sixth man. Kevin Martin in the position can't play his full strength at all, and his defense doesn't meet the team's requirements.

Unlike the Spurs, Ginobili has the ball when he comes up.

I have to say that Popovich has done a great job in distributing the ball.

When Westbrook showed his prowess, the score gap between the two teams was once narrowed to 1 point, but when the rotation came on the court, Ginobili hit a three-pointer, Diaw hit a three-pointer, and Zhang Xiaotian played consecutively at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Two, the score gap suddenly widened to 10 points.

Seeing that Westbrook started to strike again, Thunder coach Scott Brooks quickly switched tactics and let Durant play.

Now the Spurs are using Ginobili to control the ball, Danny Green is sticking to Westbrook, and Leonard is dealing with Durant, but it is clear that Durant is more difficult to deal with than Westbrook.

With the opponent playing inside, Leonard quickly fouled twice.

However, the Spurs have people. After Leonard fouls, he will be replaced by Zhang Xiaotian immediately. Popovich is also continuously dispatching troops, because the Thunder is a regular lineup, and they also need to defend inside.

In order to ensure the hit rate, Durant saved Popovich's choice to knock down inside. Zhang Xiaotian and Leonard took turns to play against Durant.

Although Durant is not as strong as James, this one is taller and longer.

When Zhang Xiaotian activated his skills, he claimed to be a ruthless defensive player, but Durant seemed to completely ignore his defense, and there was still room for improvement.

Zhang Xiaotian felt like a dog, how could these guys be so strong.

Fortunately, the opponent couldn't defend against the Spurs' offense. As time passed, the Thunder finally formed a small lineup and replaced Reggie Jackson to speed up.

But after speeding up, their defense also had problems.

Danny Green hit two open [-]-pointers while being overlooked.

This made the Thunder very discouraged. Their All-Star players struggled to score again and again under heavy defense, but the small role of the Spurs made easy hits, which was too shocking.

The Thunder also tried to split the ball, but after Ibaka missed two three-pointers from the bottom corner, they still had to let Shuang Shao come.

Opportunities can actually come out. Ibaka plays center, and the Spurs really can't defend, but there is nothing they can do if they don't hit.

With only 1 minute left in the game, Zhang Xiaotian hit a three-pointer, and the Spurs once again led their opponents by more than 10 points.

The morale of the Thunder has dropped to the bottom. They replaced Durant and Westbrook and completely surrendered.

The Spurs still beat the Thunder without Parker, and they deserved the No. [-] in the Western Conference.

Just when everyone was discussing how many games the Spurs could win in a row, Popovich blatantly gave the players a rest, and Zhang Xiaotian was lucky enough to be one of them.

Duncan, Leonard and Zhang Xiaotian truce together, plus Parker, who was originally unable to play, the Spurs are blessed with players who can't even make the activation list.

Even if he is fined by the league, is Popovich afraid? The answer is obviously no.

The old man said heartbrokenly that those three guys were all sick because of their disobedient eating. In fact, he didn't want the players to rest at all.

Even the mascot wouldn't believe these words, and it happened that he was going to play back-to-back in an away game and he would be sick, lying to ghosts.

Conspiracy theorists even came forward to speculate boldly. In fact, the Spurs did not want to be No. [-] in the Western Conference at all. They wanted to avoid the uncertain factors of the Lakers. It was just that the players didn't understand the mental disorder, so the three leaders were picked up by Popovich. .

Not to mention, many people really believe this. Although the Lakers have a poor record, but the Big Four and the Five Tigers, who knows if Kobe will explode in the playoffs, the Spurs are too bad, and Popovich is too bad.

In fact, this is all nonsense. There are still more than 20 games left. Now the records of the Lakers, Rockets, and Jazz are very entangled.

The Spurs are preparing for the playoffs, but they are not afraid of meeting anyone, but are helping players adjust their status.

There can be no problems with GDP, and Leonard, Danny Green, Zhang Xiaotian and others are next.

In other words, Zhang Xiaotian has now become an important member of the Spurs' playoff strategy.

(End of this chapter)