Chapter 9: Amazing Section 4

Tactic No. 1 is the tactic with Leonard at his core.

Jacques Vaughn now intends to try to focus on Zhang Xiaotian, and although Corey Joseph is a little reluctant, he is not the kind of thorn to resist the coach.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter of the game, Zhang Xiaotian was replaced again.

The skill was activated, and Zhang Xiaotian's feeling was better than ever.

The Clippers rushed forward with the ball, and in the face of the Spurs' defense, Bredsoe accelerated into the rush with another simple grade cover.

But this time, when Bredsoe jumped up to shoot, a palm suddenly stretched out next to him.

Bledsoe twisted in the air to dodge the help defense from the side, but the shot was iron.

Bledsoe used a whole game of this move, and he relied on his strong physical fitness to solve Corey Joseph's defense simply and roughly, and Zhang Xiaotian could see it clearly.

Before, I was more than willing but not enough, but now my physical fitness has improved, and I can help defend in time.

The Spurs won the rebound and counterattacked, and Zhang Xiaotian reached out and shouted for the ball while marching.

Just after being told by the coach, Corey Joseph was not hypocritical, and passed the ball with both hands.

Zhang Xiaotian received the ball and changed direction to accelerate, directly wiped past Adam Morrison, and threw it directly to the basket.

Adam Morrison still retains superb shooting skills, but the defensive level is not as good as it was back then because of injury, not to mention that Zhang Xiaotian activated his skills in the fourth quarter, even if he has his original strength, Adam Morrison can't stop it.

12 points, Zhang Xiaotian scored this goal, and the Spurs were still 12 points behind.

The Clippers also made adjustments, and Adam Morrison's style of play didn't consume much energy, but Zhang Xiaotian kept consuming him when he was on the court, and the Clippers decided to let him rest for a while.

Replaced by Antoine Wright, who has been in the NBA for several years, Antoine Wright has better defense than Adam Morrison, but his offensive power is much worse.

Without Adam Morrison as an outside threat, Bledsoe's breakthrough was also affected.

The Clippers hit the iron, and Zhang Xiaotian picked up the rebound and hit a shot in the counterattack, narrowing the gap between the two sides to 10 points.

The defense was more targeted, and Bledsoe was a little frustrated, and he tried to shoot one from beyond the three-point line.

It's a pity that his shooting ability is just average, and he hits iron again.

"Antoine, guard their number 10." Bledsoe reminded loudly after the throw.

Antoine Wright was full of confidence, "Eric, don't worry, I have played in the Asian league and know the technical characteristics of the Chinese. ”

The Clippers retreated in a timely manner, and the Spurs began to fall ground.

Zhang Xiaotian was treated by Leonard and got the ball with his back at the top of the arc.

Antoine Wright stuck to Zhang Xiaotian, Zhang Xiaotian held the ball in one hand and ran towards his teammates with a fake boat, then pulled the ball back and turned around, leaning on Antoine Wright to wipe it inside.

Antoine Wright had a knee injury, and he was too close to turn around and was a beat slower, mainly because he underestimated Zhang Xiaotian's strength, and his experience in the CBA gave him the illusion that Zhang Xiaotian played with an extremely strong style.

He subconsciously pulled it, the referee's whistle sounded, and Zhang Xiaotian played 2+1.

Under Zhang Xiaotian's excellent play, the Spurs played a small climax of 7:0, and the Clippers were forced to take a timeout.

They made another change to the lineup, letting Bledsoe go down to rest, and three pitchers on the perimeter, Adam Morrison, Taylor Battle and Trico White, were ready to shoot birdie.

In Summer League, a burst of shooting from the perimeter is a lethal tactic.

The Spurs also switched to Marcus Demon, who was more aggressive defensively, to tighten up the blocking on the perimeter.

After the timeout, the Clippers hit a three-pointer that looked effective, but there were two turnovers right away, with Zhang contributing a steal, an assist and a three-pointer.

The Clippers' current lineup defense is almost air, the Spurs have narrowed the gap to five points, and the Clippers' coach has chosen to take a timeout again when he sees that something is impossible.

At this time, nearly half of the fourth quarter of the game had passed, and both sides had changed their full main lineups.

Zhang Xiaotian is also on the spot, in addition to the opposing Adam Morrison, Hilton Armstrong is also ready to help defend.

It's just that the Spurs' current tactics regard Zhang Xiaotian as the core, which is the most accustomed style of play for him, and without a good defensive player to mark him, Zhang Xiaotian can almost be said to be omnipotent.

After receiving the ball, he broke through Adam Morrison again, and the moment Hilton Armstrong came up to help defend, Zhang Xiaotian flicked his wrist, and Eric Dawson hit the basket in the open space.

The coach of the Clippers frowned, how do you feel that this Zhang Xiaotian is more difficult to deal with than Leonard.

"Adam Morrison's defense is so poor, he may have a habit of cleanliness, he didn't touch Zhang Xiaotian at all, he didn't even intend to foul at all."

"Zhang Xiaotian hit again, the Spurs overtook it, it was crazy, the Clippers were still leading by 14 points in the fourth quarter, and now they are behind, I almost thought it was Kawhi Leonard back."

"Zhang Xiaotian is also Chinese, he definitely wants to be like Lin Crazy."

In the midst of the commentator's nonsense, the Spurs have taken full control of the situation on the court.

Bledsoe was in a hurry, he didn't trust his teammates at all, and he chose to do it again and again, and the Clippers fell into chaos.

With one minute left in the game, Zhang Xiaotian faced Adam Morrison and hit a three-pointer to kill the game, and the Spurs led by eight points at 92:84.

In the end, the Spurs won the game 94-87 and ushered in a third straight summer league victory.

Zhang Xiaotian scored 20 points in the fourth quarter, and scored 30 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals and 1 block in the whole game, not losing to Leonard, the core of the Spurs in the first two games.

Summer league is a bit less focused, with only a mention in the summer league section of sports sites such as ESPN, in addition to the local media in San Antonio.

However, on the other side of the ocean, with Xu Yi's article in the NBA section of the website with bold pictures, Zhang Xiaotian has been known to all basketball fans.

"Another Lin is crazy, and the Chinese players are talented again."

"The coach is sure that Zhang Xiaotian may become the strongest discovery of the Spurs in the summer."

"After losing the election for two years, the Chinese guy will turn into a dragon as soon as he encounters a storm."

Xu Yi sent the address of the website to Zhang Xiaotian, and Zhang Xiaotian was also surprised after reading it, he is a player who has not yet received a formal contract, how can he be so powerful.

Relying on the report on Zhang Xiaotian, the popularity of the sports section of Xu Yi's website has skyrocketed in the past two days, and he has also been praised by his superiors, and Zhang Xiaotian has also received more attention from the other side of the ocean, and a group of reporters have booked the next game of the Spurs.

At this time, Zhang Xiaotian was doing stretching exercises while blindly replying to a certain ball.