Chapter 74: An Easy Schedule
The Spurs defeated the Suns 108:99 at home, and Beasley's 25 points and 6 rebounds are indeed very good, but his contribution to the team is not as good as Ginobili's 20 points and Zhang Xiaotian's 12 points.
Because the Spurs won, the truth of competitive sports is to win and lose.
Okay, maybe it's biased, but that's pretty much it.
After playing the Suns, the Spurs can also rest for a few days, and Zhang Xiaotian and Yang Feiyu went to the street for a long time.
Originally, it was just Zhang Xiaotian who was busy, but after the relationship between the two was established, Yang Feiyu was also busy, life is like this, there will always be some difficulties, whether you can step through it depends on everyone's determination.
Zhang Xiaotian is not so exaggerated here, it's just that Yang Feiyu's family is urging her to go back, and the New Year is about to be celebrated on the other side of the ocean.
In addition to being reluctant to Zhang Xiaotian, Mr. Yang's company's development has been much slower than expected, and when she asked her family for money, Miss Yang boasted of Haikou, and there was no one on both sides of the Pacific Ocean who could fight.
"Ah, only a bag can heal my wounded heart." Yang Feiyu covered his head and wailed.
"No problem." Zhang Xiaotian took out a credit card like a trick, "I applied for it newly, just swipe it if you like it." β
"It's not good, you have a wicked smile on your face as if you want to support me."
Zhang Xiaotian hugged his girlfriend's waist, "You said so, if I don't support you, won't it seem that I am not domineering enough." β
"Then what do you want, I'll buy it for you, see...... I have five credit cards. Yang Feiyu shook his empty wallet and said pitifully.
"Well, I just want to find a warm place to have a good meal, you can solve it quickly."
"Ding, a good person card, don't worry, I'll take care of you when I get rich, it doesn't matter if you are kicked by the team at that time, the position of the CEO of our family is always vacant for you."
Zhang Xiaotian was speechless, "The CEO of your family is what you want to eat, just use your cooking skills to execute it." β
Yang Feiyu blinked his big eyes, this guy is not young, but he likes to pretend to be tender.
The Spurs' final game in January was at home against the Bobcats, a team with sophomore Kemba Walker at their core, and no matter how legendary their owner may be, they are a rebuilding.
What made Zhang Xiaotian a little unhappy was that Michael Gilchrist, who hurt each other with him last time, was pressed and beaten by Leonard this time.
Leonard's offense is not strong depends on who he is compared to, and he has clearly exceeded the league average.
The Spurs pressed the opponent from the beginning of the game, and almost surrendered in the second quarter.
At the beginning of the final quarter, Zhang Xiaotian blew up the opponent's other rookie forward Jeffrey Taylor this year, giving the team's lead to more than 20 points.
Popovich smiled wickedly and immediately began his training journey.
They will have two more days off and at home, which is a really pleasant schedule compared to the hard work at the beginning of the season.
Zhang Xiaotian feels that his body has fully adapted to the rhythm of professional basketball, and because of the systematic strength training, his confrontation ability has also been slightly improved.
In this way, there is no need to consume physical potions, and he is very relieved to keep victory points as hole cards.
It is his good luck to get the system, but his own strength is the foundation of everything, and Zhang Xiaotian will definitely not waste this luck by messing around.
It's February, and the No. 2 Spurs are at home against the Wizards.
A team in the process of rebuilding will have to endure labor pains, no matter how long they last.
The Wizards bet on John Wall, and Zhang Xiaotian lost the top pick that year, but by this time, the Wizards still hadn't played.
This season they have drafted Bradley Beal with a star likeness, but Beal is now injured.
Trevo Ariza, who was recruited in the summer, did not achieve the expected results either.
Duncan, who has finished recuperating in this game, returns, and the Spurs' roster is once again in full force.
Emeka Okafor, the Wizards' former role model on the inside, is already a thing of the past, Duncan is back, and Nene can't make any waves.
The Spurs led by 10 points in the first quarter, and with plenty of energy, their defense was almost suppressive, and it might be easier for John Wall to shoot himself than to tandem the team.
Zhang Xiaotian met Ariza who played as a substitute, and he didn't understand why the Wizards let a standard 3D player play with a substitute lineup, and Zhang Xiaotian was very depressed.
However, the opponent's desire to attack is not strong, and it is useless for the Wizards to chase points.
In this quarter, the Wizards were completely inaccurate, and they were suppressed by the Spurs to score only a single digit.
The 25-point lead at halftime was something that the Spurs themselves didn't expect.
Popovich didn't continue to let Duncan play in the second half, probably thinking about continuing to let the main players rest casually.
The manager wanted to be beautiful, and the players began to wave.
In fact, it is also related to the lineup, Duncan came alive when he went down to Nene and played very tough on the inside.
Inside tough John Wall also came alive, hitting a variety of shots.
By the end of the third quarter, the opponent had chased more than a dozen points.
Popovich had to abandon the idea of having the main team clock out and rotate normally except for Duncan.
In the final quarter, the Wizards also gave up Okafor, and added defensive forward Chris Singleton, plus Ariza, to limit Zhang Xiaotian and Leonard, and also targeted the Spurs.
This target can't be wrong, but now the Spurs are still leading by more than a dozen points, and they don't need Zhang Xiaotian and Leonard to break out, and the Wizards rely on the attacks of Wall and Nene to kill the Spurs, which is still too naΓ―ve.
But maybe it's also because they don't have anyone, Spurs Zhang Xiaotian, Leonard and Danny Green are all there, the defense can rotate at any time, and Wall's shooting percentage finally dropped.
The game was played within two minutes, and the opponent still could not continue to narrow the score, Popovich waved his hand, and the substitute who had been waiting since the first half finally got his wish and moved his muscles.
The outside world has become accustomed to the Spurs' victory.
The controversy over Zhang Xiaotian has slowly subsided, there is no amazing performance, the topic will always fade down, a good substitute player, probably the mainstream evaluation of him by the outside world now.
"Tenjin, you are the best, and we will always support you."
Seeing that the fans still supported him as always, Zhang Xiaotian felt that everything was no big deal.
Before going to the away game, Zhang Xiaotian sent Yang Feiyu to the airport, and she was going home.
"You must miss me." Yang Feiyu is a bit of a child, and at this time he looks even more pitiful.
Zhang Xiaotian was also a little sad, and when he was about to come to a touching parting, a surprised voice sounded next to him, "Zhang Xiaotian!" Are you the god of spurs! β