Zhang Xiaotian made it clear that it was a provocation, how could the magic team be afraid of him, a little person.

J.J. Redick then hit the shot, but Zhang Xiaotian scored again after receiving the ball, and the Magic team's front line was a mess, and it was impossible to block Zhang Xiaotian, who had a skill bonus.

Then Zhang Xiaotian assisted in the defense of the opponent's Magic team's shooting, and Parker made two fouls on the fast break, narrowing the score gap to single digits.

Jacques Vaughn remembered what happened in the summer league and was a little worried, so he replaced all the main players early.

The Spurs, however, adopted the exact opposite strategy, replacing Parker and Green, and using an all-bench lineup.

Parker went down fine, but Green went down and had a bit of a problem defending J.J. Redick.

Mills and Gary Neil are not tall enough, and Zhang Xiaotian can't change defenses, Popovich is making it difficult for him, and it seems that he can only outperform the opponent in offense.

Spurs' substitution, Jacques Vaughn is also a little dark-faced, he is prepared to face his old club, who would have thought that Popovich would not play with him at all.

If you lose, it's going to be pretty devastating.

After the timeout came back, Nelson scored another solo shot, Jacques Vaughn breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhang Xiaotian also breathed a sigh of relief.

The Magic lineup has changed too much, even if the main force is replaced, it will not be able to play a strong match, then the Spurs will have a chance.

The problem of coordination, the Spurs actually exist, and in turn, Mills also singled out Nelson, everyone is an offensive and defensive weak outsider, it depends on the grasp of the opportunity.

And Zhang Xiaotian will help the Spurs win with his enhanced ability.

Because although the Spurs' two backcourts have mediocre organizational skills, after all, they are mixed in the Spurs system, and Zhang Xiaotian can still receive passes when he runs out of opportunities.

"Chimpie, what's the use of you following me, you said that if you take the lead after you come up, will the magic cut you in anger?"

Daquin Jones, who returned to the court, worked hard, and Zhang Xiaotian took the opportunity to add to the fire.

"Yellow-skinned monkey, the coach said, as long as I can lock you up, I will definitely be reused."

"Lock me up? Don't you want to single me out, don't you dare, don't be afraid, because you can't lock me down, so try your luck on the offensive end. ”

Daquine Jones patronized and spewed trash talk with Zhang Xiaotian, and his teammates signaled him to come over to cover but did not react in time, and was glared at fiercely by Nelson.

Zhang Xiaotian is always paying attention to the situation around him, the big baby Davis is pulled out after blocking and dismantling, he feels good in this game, and wants to make another mid-range shot.

But just after receiving the ball and about to lift it, a hand cut it like a kitchen knife, and directly cut the ball off.

Daquine-Jones opened his mouth wide, Zhang Xiaotian was obviously scolding him, why did he go to help defend all of a sudden, when he reacted, Zhang Xiaotian had already rushed past him with the ball.

Failing to do what the coach wanted, Daquine Jones was terrified that he might actually be cut.

Under the suffering of gains and losses, he was like a clown at both offensive and defensive ends, completely crushed by Zhang Xiaotian.

With five minutes left in the game, Zhang Xiaotian cheated on the offensive end again, and after hitting both free throws, the score gap had narrowed to 5 points.

Jacques Vaughn was depressed, and he wanted to replace Daquin Jones, but right now the Magic really don't have any players available.

At 3:50, Gary Neal made a successful foul, and the Magic's lead was eroded to 2 points and was forced to take a timeout.

Jacques Vaughn also didn't care about face, and took the tactical board to explain the tactics carefully to the players.

He also fought hard, and replaced Itovan Moore to play a small lineup, since he couldn't defend it, he fought completely to attack, they were still ahead, as long as they could score, they could grasp the initiative.

Daquien Jones went to the No. 4 position, and finally stopped entangling with Zhang Xiaotian.

But he didn't be happy for long, he was cut off by Zhang Xiaotian in a strategic pass in the high position, and there was another mistake in the shameful data.

Zhang Xiaotian successfully dunked in one go, and the two sides tied 99:99.

The Magic then hit a 2-pointer, but Zhang Xiaotian immediately broke through the second pass to Blair for a dunk.

The game went into a fever pitch, and in the last minute, Jacques Vaughn arranged for players to flank Zhang Xiaotian.

Zhang Xiaotian split the ball twice to the outside, but Mills and Gary Neal missed three-point shots.

With only 14 seconds left in the game, the Magic's small lineup finally worked, with Itovan Moore hitting a three-pointer to give the Magic a last-minute lead, and Jacque Vaughn couldn't help but clench his fist.

After the Spurs took a timeout, the halfcourt served and handed the ball to Zhang Xiaotian, but he didn't expect the Magic to gamble on him at the three-point line, and he gave the ball to Mills.

Mills didn't shoot a three-pointer directly, and went inside to score two points first.

As a result, the opponent interfered and the ball did not go up.

Zhang Xiaotian rushed in and clicked on the basketball that bounced off, and Davis bumped into him behind him, and he called out the ball with his head and face.

The referee didn't blow for a foul, but the ball was still Spurs' and the clock was down to 5 seconds.

Fortunately, the Spurs had more timeouts left, and Popovich called a timeout again to set up.

is different from the tactics of Zhang Xiaotian's lore last time, this time Zhang Xiaotian served, and after receiving the ball on the inside line, he covered Zhang Xiaotian, giving him a chance to shoot, or give the second and third points.

Zhang Xiaotian got the ball from Blair after serving and bypassed him.

However, the Magic still fought Zhang Xiaotian, and Jacques Vaughn was so impressed with him that he would rather give others a chance to open the spot than let him shoot.

Throw or pass, Spurs' tactics must be the first in the vacancy.

Zhang Xiaotian was still thinking about it in his mind, but his body had already acted.

He accelerates sideways, takes another big step to the side, and pulls up the threes against the defense.

At this time, he can't see the defense or anything else in his eyes, all he has to do is shoot the ball.

The basketball hurried towards the basket because of the force and no arc.

The basketball fell into the hoop and went around and out, and then spun around again, and finally fell weakly in the red light of the rebound timer.

At 104:104, the two sides were tied and went into overtime.

While a crowd on the Spurs bench cheered, head coach Popovich remained calm and couldn't even tell whether he was happy or angry.

"You're ignoring tactics." He said to Zhang Xiaotian.

This sentence made Zhang Xiaotian a little apprehensive, if he finally tied the score and entered overtime, it would not be good for him to be pressed on the bench.

Generally speaking, hitting key shots can negate all tactics, but it doesn't necessarily work with the Spurs.

"There's nothing to say now, shoot the damn ball and win the game."

Popovich put the tactical board aside and made no substitutions.