Chapter 18: First Choice

After the timeout, the Spurs attacked, the Hawks' defense was ferocious, and the rookies were desperate to show themselves.

Nando de Colo called in for an inside line to come up to cover and rounded the defenders before opting for a long-range shot.

He wants the team to see his shooting ability, and he is always reminding himself to be more determined.

But the three-pointer didn't hit, and the Eagles took the opportunity to play a beautiful counterattack.

Zhang Xiaotian could see that in order to show his ability, Nando de Colo forcibly changed the rhythm.

If it continues like this, whether the Spurs win or not depends on the face of the Eagles.

Zhang Xiaotian clenched his fists and reminded himself that this would not work.

When the Spurs dribbled to the opponent's half again, Zhang Xiaotian pretended to slip the bottom line, suddenly turned to a reverse run to get rid of the defender, and shouted at Nando De Colo: "Give me the ball!" ”

Nando de Colo was startled and subconsciously passed the ball over.

Zhang Xiaotian received the ball and turned around in one go, passed John Jenkins with a big stride, and then changed the rhythm and started directly, allowing the Eagles' interior defender to save and throw the ball into the basket steadily.

After the goal, he took the initiative to go over and slap Nando De Colo in the face, "Dude, we have to win the game to keep giving us a chance, trust me, pass the ball and I'll give you a few more assists." ”

The Hawks didn't lose their sense either, and Mike Scott turned around and hit another one on the inside.

The Spurs' two main players don't play inside, and there are indeed some problems with defense, and several who want to compete for posts are too slow.

Even if Zhang Xiaotian is in a hurry, he can't manage the inside line.

can only be found on the offensive end, when the Spurs attacked, he ran without the ball and caught the ball and hit a three-point shot, and forced the score back.

However, Nando De Collo, who brushed up an assist, turned around and forced another one, and this guy seems a little unaccustomed to encountering an American defender.

The scores of the two sides have entered a stalemate stage, with Zhang Xiaotian here, the Spurs still have to press the opponent.

With one minute left in the game, Zhang Xiaotian broke through the score and dunked inside, giving the Spurs a three-point lead 99:96.

In the next defense, he interfered with the opponent's pass, leaving the Eagles in vain.

At this time, the Eagles also knew how powerful Zhang Xiaotian was, and they were strict against him, and Zhang Xiaotian made balls for his teammates twice.

It's a pity that at such a critical moment, it is not easy to break the deadlock, and seeing that the score is about to be maintained until the end, the Eagles actually pulled to the outside and shot a three-pointer.

It was his first three-point shot of the game, but it was a ghostly goal.

The Eagles tied the score, and with only four seconds left in the game, Mike Scott and his teammates hugged hard in excitement.

The Spurs asked for a timeout, and Popovich didn't make a substitution, but just took out the tactics of the last shot and explained the tactics of the last shot, covering the first point of the ball inside, and then going down, and the second and third points went to the sides respectively.

After receiving the ball at the first point, you will shoot when you have the chance, and pass it to the player at the other point if you don't have the opportunity.

In the fourth quarter, Zhang Xiaotian had the best touch, and he was chosen as the first point.

He shouted YES in his heart, and Qi Yu Xuanang returned to the field.

The two players of the Hawks surrounded them, but the Spurs' team lined up in a line, and the pinch shot made no sense for the time being, as soon as the referee's whistle was remembered, Zhang Xiaotian rushed to the opposite side, and then rushed over the inside line of the cover to receive the ball.

The two people who followed him had already been blocked, and he made a simple change of direction, strode into the three-point line and jumped high, Mr. Skill Key launched, and the basketball went into the net, 101:99, and the Spurs won the game.

played 15 minutes, scored 12 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, both in terms of playing time and statistics, which exceeded the first game.

Although the key moment was dominated by individual singles, there were no mistakes and the last shot was hit.

Zhang Xiaotian thinks that his performance is still good, as long as the team gives him another chance, he thinks he should be able to perform better, and it feels great to win with his own hands.

In the post-match interview, head coach Popovich did not hesitate to praise him.

"yes, a funny little guy, he played hard, who knew he was going to kill, I was stunned, oh, he's on our team."

After taking a shower, Zhang Xiaotian was about to leave, but found that there seemed to be someone on the other side of the training hall.

He walked over with his bag on his back and saw Leonard practicing shirtless.

"You're not going back?" He asked subconsciously.

After a game is different from training, basically no one goes to train anymore.

Leonard threw a few shots before saying, "There's still a lot of stamina." ”

Zhang Xiaotian put down his bag and walked over, "Actually, I haven't played enough, let's practice together." ”

There is no doubt that Leonard is not satisfied with today's performance, the main team is still working so hard, Zhang Xiaotian feels that he should no longer think about the lore just now, and it is only right to continue to improve himself.

It was already late when I came back from practice, and the phone rang as soon as I got home.

It's not his father, it's Yang Feiyu, seeing that this girl has come back from home, they seem to be calling for the first time, and they don't know what is going on with this girl.

As soon as I pressed the answer button, some babbling voices sounded in my memory.

"Add...... Where's that bastard Eddie? ”

Zhang Xiaotian was inexplicable, "Which Eddie, my agent?" ”

"Who else, that bastard dares to hurt a beautiful girl, don't look at the pretty girl who looks like a hot girl, she's just a kind stupid girl, the old lady is going to kill him."

After chattering for a long time, Zhang Xiaotian knew that Eddie's guy had cheated and hurt the hearts of other girls.

Eddie's kid, at first glance, is often pickled with girls, it's no wonder if there is no problem, he is just playing, but I didn't expect Yang Feiyu's friend to think that he was a lifelong person, but he found out that Eddie was with another girl two days earlier.

Zhang Xiaotian felt a little guilty, he should have mentioned it a little earlier, but it didn't work, speaking of which, he was not familiar with Eddie at all, nor was he familiar with Yang Feiyu, let alone who the beautiful girl was, how could he talk nonsense.

He helped dial Eddie's cell phone, which was turned off.

It's really unreliable, how can you turn off the phone casually as a broker.

He sent a message to Yang Feiyu to explain the situation, Yang Feiyu was angry, and replied to the message to meet with Zhang Xiaotian to discuss.

This girl is confused herself, but she is quite righteous to her friends.

In the end, the two agreed to meet near the Spurs training hall, and Zhang Xiaotian was able to rest in peace.

On days when he played basketball, he always slept soundly.

The next morning, he naturally opened his eyes, and there was no need for an alarm clock, which can be said to be a special skill that he had mastered since he was a child, and at that time he was playful and did not like to waste time sleeping.

Zhang Xiaotian habitually turned on the computer to refresh the basketball news when he was washing, and he saw his figure, but the headline of the news blinded his eyes.