Chapter 500: Race Changes

James was in a very bad mood, and a few days ago he and Zhang Xiaotian chose people together and laughed several times.

After he went down, it was Jeff Green who defended Zhang Xiaotian, who felt completely bad, and Zhang Xiaotian helped the Spurs extend their lead in a matter of minutes.

James wants to win, especially those games that the outside world pays attention to, and others have a good face.

He likes to act like he doesn't care and then win the game in a handsome way.

But in recent seasons against Zhang Xiaotian's team, he has always been angry.

He did his best in today's game, but four of the five starting positions were blown up.

Their bench lineup is obviously stronger in stats, but when it comes to playing, they are taught a lesson by the Spurs old man and rookie.

When he went down to rest, the team had problems, and he had to pretend to be calm, which was really tiring.

Soon, James wasn't just tired.

After returning to the court, James was more heavily defended and made a mistake when he came up.

Then he finally hit a three-pointer, and the Spurs immediately scored five points in a row.

He felt impetuous, his desire to win was not so strong, and he just wanted to end the game quickly.

The core players are all mentally unstable, and the Cavaliers can still turn around.

Of course, no matter how good James' mentality is, the Cavaliers have no chance of reversing.

At 3:19, James made another turnover, and by this time the Cavaliers were already trailing by double digits.

Two minutes later, the Cavaliers surrendered early, and the Spurs won sixteen in a row.

The defeat had a big impact on the Cavaliers, who have been questioned this season, and a win over the Spurs would have been a relief, and now the players' confidence may be shaken.

The East can't occupy the best position, how can it play with the West of the three first-tier teams.

They were swept last season, but this season they feel weaker, and their performance is too substandard for a team aiming for a championship.

The Spurs have to go to the road to play back-to-back games after the Cavaliers, and everyone feels normal when they beat the Cavaliers.

At this stage, their battlefield is still in the west, and the significance of being the first in the west is fundamentally different from that of previous years.

On January 24, in the away game against the Grizzlies, the Spurs' bench players played well, eight players scored double-doubles, and the once troublesome Grizzlies were dealt with at halftime.

The Grizzlies are now getting by, the pattern of the league has obviously changed again, and the once difficult team has become like this, Zhang Xiaotian still has some feelings.

The Spurs' winning streak didn't continue to grow to seventeen games this time, and they lost at home to the 76ers.

Ben Simmons was in hot form, and the Spurs dug a big hole in the first half, and they didn't fill it in the end.

The 76ers are getting better and better now, and it can be said that it is a surprise in the East.

The Spurs' interior line has also gone wrong this time, and if it comes to the playoffs, Zhang Xiaotian and Leonard will have to take on more responsibility, and they can't take it lightly because of the success of last season.

After being studied in various ways, Zhang Xiaotian's defense became more targeted.

On the training ground, the Spurs players did the routines of simple tactical combinations over and over again.

Staying at the top of your game, good teamwork and strong individual skills are essential.

In the regular season, teamwork accounts for a larger proportion.

Even if the Spurs are now fighting for the first place in the West, Vicky will not let a few strong points play on it, and the injury is much more terrible than that of a strong opponent.

Of course, they also have a choice, and the foundation of a strong team is not blown.

On January 28, the Spurs faced the Kings and killed the opponent like cutting melons and vegetables.

As the season progresses, there are plenty of games that don't have a suspense at all.

This is also where the fans are not satisfied, it is better to put it badly for the sake of signing if the results are not satisfactory, or not to train young players with results, and not to play a wonderful game.

Competitive sports are tainted with profits and are always prone to spoilage.

It's hard to put an end to this kind of thing, so some teams deserve to sell bad tickets.

The good thing is that there are usually two sides to things, the team with the news has positive players, and now the stars in the top teams collide and it is simply a festival for fans.

Zhang Xiaotian can't control the others, all he has to do is help the Spurs win.

The Spurs have a tough game ahead of them at the end of January, and teams like the Nuggets, who are always teetering on the edge of the playoffs, will fight hard every game.

Although they played like this in the regular season, even if they barely made the playoffs, it would be a fate, but each team's pursuit is different, and strong teams are prone to problems when they meet them.

The game started with a rhythm of offense, with the Nuggets shooting well from three-point range and almost knocking the Spurs unconscious, but their poor defense didn't turn their grip into an advantage.

Zhang Xiaotian, Leonard and Aldridge all played well, and in terms of individual scoring, the Nuggets were far behind, but their bench performance was better.

It was difficult to define the true strength of a team in the first half, when everyone was full of energy, and it was easy to play all kinds of tactics when the pressure of victory and defeat was not imminent.

It's often in the second half that the strength is really shown.

The Nuggets are scattered in their scoring spots, but they are dangerous from beyond the three-point line, and with Jokic as their key player, it's not about scoring, it's about playmaking.

The current players in the league are becoming more and more comprehensive, but the organizational interior line has not appeared for a long time.

The treasure that the Nuggets picked up in the second round, in the third season of the league, has evolved to threaten strong teams, but it is only a threat, and there is still a long way to go to defeat it.

This is what the Spurs will focus on in the second half, not to pinch the shot, but to sever the connection between him and the rest of the players, and the Spurs must defend the three-point line.

In this case, whether it is Aldridge or Dedmon, they must show ruthlessness when they are in the opposite position and do not give Jokic a chance to attack easily.

Without scoring, it's hard to pass the ball threateningly if you just pass the ball, and Spurs know it all too well.

The execution of the Spurs players was still good, and their defensive focus came up in the third quarter.

It was very successful at the beginning, and Jokic's playmaking ability could not be brought into play, and the Nuggets' offense was a bit chaotic.

But problems soon arose, and it was Jamal Murray who broke the Nuggets, scoring back-to-back points and turning the Spurs' targeted defense into a defensive hole.

In the league, this kind of thing happens very often.

Why some players can't prevent it from suddenly being powerful, that is, the focus of the defensive system is elsewhere, and the opponent does not think that he will continue to exert power, and by the time he adjusts, the opponent has already occupied a greater advantage.

It's not that the Spurs didn't anticipate Jamal Murray's strength, it's that the opponent's outburst was too sudden.

By the time they reacted, the Nuggets had already overtaken the score.

Unable to knock the opponent to death with a stick, the Spurs simply slowed down the tempo and left the problem to the stub to be solved. Reading a book and finding the latest chapters by yourself? You're out, WeChat attention Beauty editor helps you find books! It's really a good book to flirt with girls!