As far as the Pacers are concerned, the team that the core players can't play, even if the winning streak is ended, it shouldn't be now.

After being repeatedly heated by Zhang Xiaotian, the Cavaliers team became much more active.

Pacers head coach Frank Vogel looks serious, and they want to win too.

If some teams lose their core players, they just mess up, but the Pacers don't have that intention.

In order to maintain their physical strength, the Pacers actually rotate frequently, except for Hibbert, who protects the interior line, the others are mainly fighting, which is also the difference between them and the lineup.

However, the Pacers' bench lineup has a worse individual defense, such as Scola who basically has no help defense, and Zhang Xiaotian is now facing Starkey, whose defense is also very average.

The Pacers are still familiar with Zhang Xiaotian, and if he kills in, he will definitely have the treatment of assisting in defense.

However, they don't know that Zhang Xiaotian's shooting ability is getting better and better.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Zhang Xiaotian scored 5 points in a row.

The score changed all of a sudden, and the Pacers also hurriedly made substitutions, allowing C.J. Myers to defend Zhang Xiaotian.

Their defensive strategy is to lunge out and help if they are out of position.

But the main thing for C.J. Myers to come up is to increase the offensive point, and this season the Pacers took C.J. Myers for outside shooting.

C.J. Myers didn't disappoint the team either, hitting three-pointers when he came up.

Zhang Xiaotian was delayed by the opponent, and C.J. Myers is not a pure shooter, he is holding the ball and moving sideways to hit a step, this kind of player can improve two threat levels on the spot, which is much more difficult to defend than a pure shooter or a slow moving big shooter.

Zhang Xiaotian was in the spirit of 12 points, but in a blink of an eye, Owen was beaten 3+1 by George Hill, and the score that had just been overtaken was turned over by the opponent.

Irving's defense, pure talent, is all on offense.

At this time, Love was still resting, the Cavaliers played one big and four small, and James made a cameo appearance in the No. 4 position.

In the attack, Zhang Xiaotian sat with his back to sit inside after receiving the ball, and the Pacers would definitely not let him sit in and shoot, and Zhang Xiaotian distributed the ball outside as soon as the pinch came over.

If his teammates still don't feel good, he will also try to force a turn back.

It's just that it doesn't feel good today, even if the skill is turned on, Zhang Xiaotian doesn't plan to do it when it's not necessary.

Smith hit, and in this case, Zhang Xiaotian is more likely to interfere with the opponent's defense than James, who is wrapped in a meat shield.

Because James usually protrudes head-on, Zhang Xiaotian can sit and play, because James has a strong impact and Zhang Xiaotian shoots more accurately.

There are not so many players with strong strength in the No. 2 position, and Zhang Xiaotian has got a lot of similar opportunities.

Like a few buddies who can beat their backs in the No. 1 position always bully people, Zhang Xiaotian can also choose to bully people.

C.J. Miles is above average in defense, but Zhang Xiaotian is slightly stronger.

The Pacers' defense is in trouble all of a sudden, this is the star style of play that eats you a little, and when there is no good enough opposing player, you can only pinch and see how the opponent feels.

Zhang Xiaotian quickly proved his feel, sat inside, turned around, and hit 2 points with his best mid-range shot.

After Zhang Xiaotian turned on this, the walkers were suddenly passive.

Three points were originally their supplementary means, but now in order to chase points, they have used a conventional means, but their three-point ability is not strong.

C.J.-Miles wanted to draw a gourd for another three points in the same way, but Zhang Xiaotian saw through it and directly sealed it.

In the Cavaliers counterattack, James directly raged the basket.

The team's lead came to seven points, and the clock was just over three minutes left.

The Pacers came back and George Hill hit a breakaway, but then Zhang Xiaotian drew a two-point foul from C.J. Myers, and the Pacers had no choice but to call a timeout.

After returning from a timeout, the Pacers' strategy was that George Hill switched to guard Zhang Xiaotian, and George Hill's arm span was good, and switching to the No. 2 position was not new.

It's just that Zhang Xiaotian was originally a player in the No. 3 position, and after he hit again, the morale of the Pacers was already low.

Then the Pacers attacked twice to hit the iron, and Zhang Xiaotian scored three points to seal the victory.

When the team was in difficulty, Zhang Xiaotian almost single-handedly led the team to turn the situation around.

In this game, he did what the heart of the team should do and did it well.

The Cavaliers won thirteen straight victories, and Zhang Xiaotian also scored 27 points.

His strength has once again caused heated discussions, especially since many people thought they thought they thought highly of him before, but now it seems that they still underestimate him.

This is his third season in the league, and his journey from being undrafted to an All-Star is really a surprise.

If a team had cultivated him as a core, it would have been reasonable to achieve what he has achieved so far, but he was only a role player in front of him, which is very unusual.

Especially after he returned from injury this time, he was even more ferocious and abnormal.

This has annoyed some of the teams that approached him last summer, and if they had been more sincere, this late blooming star player would have been theirs.

Zhang Xiaotian himself is sober, and the outbreak during this period can only be said to have collided.

And if he really becomes the core and is taken care of in every game, he will definitely not be able to explode like this.

In the Cavaliers, it was because there were several All-Star-caliber players who helped him attract defense, and he was the one who recklessly bullied the No. 2 player with the body of the No. 3 position.

It's almost time for the Spring Festival on the other side of the ocean, and Zhang Dajun came to Cleveland with some hometown flavor food made by himself.

Zhang Xiaotian originally planned to go to the farm for the New Year, but he was going to play a game that day, so Zhang Dajun came here in advance, and by the way, he followed Zhang Xiaotian to the all-star shopping to catch up with the fashion.

On Feb. 8, the Cavaliers returned home to play the Lakers.

The Lakers injured Kobe Bryant again a few days ago, and the age is really different.

Without Kobe, the Lakers can rest assured.

The seven knights easily got their opponents in doubles, and Zhang Xiaotian of course also got 20+ again.

On February 11, in the face of the Heat with Wade's truce, the Cavaliers won again.

Fifteen consecutive victories, the knights and soldiers are also in high spirits.

But the next day he went to Chicago to play back-to-back away games, and the winning streak was ended.

Love suffered a loss on the inside of the truce, and with Rose's outburst, the Cavaliers lost without complaining.

But that's not necessarily a bad thing, and it's All-Star Weekend, and the Cavaliers can take the opportunity to recuperate and adjust.

After the All-Star break, it's time to focus on the playoffs.

According to the current state, as long as the main players do not have problems, Zhang Xiaotian is full of hope for his third championship.

This season's Cavaliers have no particularly obvious weaknesses, they are not afraid of any team, and Zhang Xiaotian will not allow failure.