Chapter 211: Targeted Tactics

There was an opportunity to beat the Heat, but they didn't take it.

After entering overtime, the Rockets were still at their original pace.

So before they could react, Zhang Xiaotian scored 6 points in a row to help the Heat control the situation.

"Do you see it, this is my brother's real strength, you are ready to have a treat."

By the time he spewed trash talk again, Parsons had no intention of returning the favor.

Could it be that the gap between them is really so big, impossible, Parsons is a little doubtful of his physical strength.

But Zhang Xiaotian in overtime really made him feel powerless.

In the end, the Heat won the Rocket 116:109, and Zhang Xiaotian also got 20+ for a long time.

Because of this set-up, the Rockets also dropped one place in the Western Conference standings.

Directly affecting the team's ranking, it is not the first time that the Heat have not.

Jeremy Lin also did not perform well in this game, Zhang Xiaotian played very well, and there were many people who were black, and his current situation can be described as very bad.

However, he also won a good contract, which is much more secure than many people in the league.

Professional sports are brutal, but they also have great opportunities.

On Eddie's side, Dwayne Dedmon has moved to three teams, but this time he should be able to stay until the end of the season, although it is a base salary, but he has finally stayed in the league.

This made Eddie fully understand how difficult Zhang Xiaotian's achievements are, Crazy March has begun again, and this year's rookie he will definitely ask Zhang Xiaotian to help with more references.

There are some good players in the 2014 draft, but Eddie, who everyone can see, is hard to compete with, and the same is true for international players.

There are too many variables in the backcourt, and Zhang Xiaotian can't see anything, so he can only look at Eddie's luck in this regard.

Therefore, Zhang Xiaotian's suggestion is to spend more time on the hard-working big man.

Eddie has already had a lot of goals, and now it's just a matter of asking Zhang Xiaotian to help refer to them.

Zhang Xiaotian will definitely not refuse this kind of thing, Eddie's work is also doing a good job now, he is a person who misses the old love, if there is no accident, he will definitely continue to cooperate with Eddie.

As for the selection of the team, if it weren't for the improvement of his strength, he would not have left his hometown team.

On March 6, he visited San Antonio with the team.

Some fans may still have trouble thinking about his departure, but their former teammates didn't have much of an idea.

There are a lot of players who have left from Spurs, and this is related to the Spurs operating philosophy, and everyone understands it.

Finally, he is also a Spurs who won the championship and immediately made great contributions, and returned to the SBC Center Arena, Zhang Xiaotian was not booed by many people.

He wasn't afraid, but he was relieved by the friendliness of most Spurs fans.

However, the team has some problems, and unlike last time, this time the Spurs were all on the field.

And Popovich is not a stubborn coach, in order to target the Heat, the Spurs did not put on the usual starting lineup, but let Dior start instead of Split.

At the beginning of the game, the Spurs limited Wade and James very hard.

The Spurs are also one of the few teams in the league with two big gates on the outside, with Danny Green and Leonard leading the defense, and Duncan, who is a year older, still sharp on the inside.

Parker is holding the No. 1 position of the Heat and constantly playing, with the experience of the last Finals, both sides are too familiar, and Popovich is also very familiar with Zhang Xiaotian.

In the first quarter, the Spurs took the lead on both ends of the floor, taking a double-digit lead.

Next, the Heat relied on the play of the stars to get the score back, but the Spurs' defense has maintained an uncomfortable state for them.

This is still in the absence of Ginobili, and as Leonard gets stronger and stronger, the team does not need to rely entirely on GDP.

And the Spurs' playing *** substitution players can play their best.

The Heat, who were not without chances, were caught off guard at first, trailing by 15 points in the first quarter, but by the second half they were only five points behind.

But just when the game entered the fourth quarter and Zhang Xiaotian was about to show his might, the Spurs made another effort.

At the beginning of the last quarter, the Spurs attacked Zhang Xiaotian, making him instantly feel James's grievances.

After the main force returned, Duncan, who pretended to be dead in the third quarter, suddenly made various threats on the inside.

The Heat were gorgeously defeated and fell completely into Popovich's trap.

Especially on Zhang Xiaotian's side, the Spurs deliberately didn't look at him very tightly in the first three quarters, looking like they were given a chance, but they didn't expect it to be a high-level treatment in the end.

To be honest, since the new season, Zhang Xiaotian has been targeted like this for the first time.

He also really experienced that even if there is a system, his strength is still a certain gap from leading the team.

And now it seems that the Spurs also have a group of shooters like the Heat, not to mention Danny Green, Mills and Belineri are typical shooters on the bench, Dio is atypical, and compared to the Heat, there is still a certain amount of independent offensive ability, not to mention Ginobili.

Compared with the Heat's lineup, the Spurs are really inside and out, and a lineup is not expensive, and there is no second one in the league.

However, the advantage of the Heat's All-Star level players is also obvious, the Spurs' GDP is no longer at its peak, Leonard has not fully grown, and if it really meets again, it depends on their respective means.

"I'm glad I can feel the power of the Spurs right now, and I hope you can see each other in the Finals, because it's going to be pretty cool." Zhang Xiaotian said in an interview after the game.

As a result, he felt that the more official statement was still sprayed with arrogance, not because of the Heat's problem, but because fans of many teams in the West were not convinced by the current Spurs.

Zhang Xiaotian didn't have time to worry about this, and on March 9, the team visited Chicago.

The Bulls are still short of major generals, and they should have to use Noah and young Jimmy Butler as the tactical core this season.

Compared with Leonard, who has aged in his rookie season, Jimmy Butler has grown significantly this season.

This time it was not as easy for the Heat to win the Bulls as last time, mainly in defense against James.

After James broke out for a while, he also entered a period of instability.

And the Bulls know him very well, with Jimmy Butler as the main defense, Noah as the defense, and on the defensive end as the Spurs Leonard and Duncan are similarly comboding.

However, the Bulls can't block James and Wade at the same time without Danny Green.

Moreover, their offense is much worse than that of the Spurs.

So as soon as the game began, the Bulls desperately slowed down the pace and turned the score between the two sides into grinding defense.

The Heat are not afraid, and teams that want to compete for a championship have a lot of tactics against opponents of all styles.

Although they are led by stars, they are not star singles.

With James restricted, Wade stepped up decisively.