At the last moment, Zhang Xiaotian hit Crawford again, attracted the defense and assisted Duncan to seal the win, and the Spurs defeated the Clippers 103-100 at home.

Zhang Xiaotian completed the task well and also handed out 6 assists.

But in the subsequent training, the substitutes on the back line were also wary of him.

Especially Gary Neal, when Ginobili was on a truce before, the team always let him top, and Zhang Xiaotian even grabbed this opportunity, which was very unpleasant.

Gary Neal was also favored by the Spurs a few years after he was defeated, and Zhang Xiaotian also knows the hardships.

However, competitive sports are all so cruel, and both will be restricted players after this season, and they will both need to give it their all to make a good future for themselves.

The final game of March is when the Spurs host the Heat.

The Heat are now also preparing for the playoffs, with James and Wade resting and not coming with the team.

At the beginning of the season, the Spurs went to the Heat away to Popovich and directly rested four people, and this time the opponent only took two turns off and it was nothing, but since the opponent was rested, Popovich considered winning the game without blood.

Duncan played well at the start of the game, and Leonard was naturally able to suppress the declining Rashad Lewis, but the Heat had no intention of giving up.

With only Bosh left in the Big Three, Bosh got off to a great start.

He took advantage of the Spurs' poor defense, and kept hitting mid-to-long shots, scoring 10 points in a single quarter.

But the Spurs didn't play the advantage mainly because Parker was not in good shape, and several shots were ironed.

The outside firepower can't come out, and Bosh can't limit this, and Popovich also quickly adjusts to let Dio play with Bosh.

Popovich gave Zhang another chance in the No. 2 position and let him face Ray Allen.

In terms of footwork, Ray Allen is no longer as fast as Crawford, but Ray Allen's movements are more concise and practical, shooting extremely fast, and there are more times without the ball.

Zhang Xiaotian's defensive type is actually more accustomed to it, and he also brought the previous defensive gains to this game, after all, a pitcher like Ray Allen will not fight against him in the same way as wrestling without the ball.

Finding a way to keep up with the other party and find a way to interfere when the opponent is shooting, Zhang Xiaotian is happy to do this.

However, he has not always played against Ray Allen, and in the rotation, Popovich intends to let him switch between the second and third positions, and Popovich is still pondering the use of Zhang Xiaotian.

The playoffs are getting closer and closer, and the Spurs are already thinking about the playoffs.

Whether Zhang Xiaotian can play his characteristics in the playoffs, Popovich has actually thought a lot.

Between the Spurs and the championship, it is likely that such an X-factor will be needed to disrupt the game.

In the first half, Spurs still had a certain advantage, but it didn't go as smoothly as expected.

However, what they didn't expect was that the Heat's three-point shot suddenly exploded in the third quarter, Mike Miller alone hit three, and Duncan did not take advantage of the inside, and the Heat overtook the score at once.

Entering the final quarter, the Spurs were already trailing by 7 points, and seeing Ray Allen hit another three-pointer to increase the score gap by 10 points, Popovich's face turned bad.

If you can't even beat the remnants of the Heat, do you want to go home early to fish in the playoffs?

Attacking, Zhang Xiaotian knows very well what he should do, Ginobili is in a truce, he must stand up and score.

Ray Allen's defense was very tight, and Zhang Xiaotian didn't mess around, he called his teammates to cover, and bypassing the defense was a three-point shot.

Sometimes, you need that momentum on the pitch.

In the Heat's offense, Zhang Xiaotian stole Norris Kerr, who broke through, and quickly counterattacked to chase down a three-point shot, and the score gap narrowed suddenly.

Under his strength, the Heat's defense began to concentrate on him, and Danny Green, who had just come on the court, immediately got a three-point opportunity, and this guy also hit a solid shot.

The two teams temporarily entered a short-handed situation, the two sides came and went, the coach was also deployed, and at the last moment, the players left on the field by both teams were different from the starters.

Spurs are one big and four small, and Split was replaced by Zhang Xiaotian.

The Heat changed two starters, leaving Ray Allen and Sean Battier on the court, the same big and four small, but Bosh also has a three-point range inside.

Because the Heat didn't have two starters in the first place, the lineup is actually not their strongest lineup no matter how it changes.

However, the Heat still have a two-point lead in the score, and it will not be easy for the Spurs to win.

Parker's form is still not good, but the defensive blocking of Zhang Xiaotian, Danny Green and Leonard has left the Heat, who are without James and Wade, at a loss on the offensive end.

In the last five minutes, it was Bosh who hit one from beyond the three-point line, and the others didn't have any chances at all, and the aging Sean Battier couldn't keep up with Zhang Xiaotian at all, and Rashad Lewis couldn't guard Leonard.

Relying on the two to score eight points in a row, the Spurs sealed the victory.

A strong team is a strong team, even if it seemed that there was a problem with the remnants of the Heat before, but after going all out, the whole game was completed in five minutes.

After this game, fans jokingly called Zhang Xiaotian, Danny Green and Leonard the death blockade.

When interviewed by reporters, Zhang Xiaotian was still in a good mood, "Whether they have all the strength or not, of course they have to be happy if they win." ”

The next day they had to go to the road for back-to-back games, with Duncan and Leonard resting in turn.

Zhang Xiaotian started the game and scored a double-double of 19 points and 10 rebounds, regardless of the team's loss to the Grizzlies.

Popovich didn't care, and in the next game against the Magic, he took Parker off again.

But the Magic, who are at the bottom of the league, obviously did not have the momentum of the Grizzlies and still lost miserably to the Spurs.

Jacques Vaughn's journey as head coach didn't start well, but the Magic are rebuilding and are willing to continue to give him a chance.

On April 4, they went to the away game to challenge the Thunder, and it was back-to-back.

As the season drew to a close, the Spurs' schedule was uncomfortable again.

Although it is a home and away game, not a consecutive away game, but back-to-back does consume physical strength, and there is no way for Popovich to rest the players, as the first in the West, if the playoffs are hated because of the physical strength of the players, the regular season ranking will be meaningless.

Against the Thunder, in addition to Ginobili, who is still recovering from an injury, the Spurs showed the intensity of the playoffs.

For Westbrook and Durant, although there is no complete limit, their performance is also within the Spurs' acceptable range, and sixth man Kevin Martin is also locked by Zhang Xiaotian.

Unexpectedly, Derrick Fisher, a 39-year-old veteran on the Thunder bench, broke out and scored 17 points.

Parker was depressed and suffered a minor injury, and the Spurs' Western Conference No. 1 was clouded with a haze.