Chapter 100: Their Heroes

In the SBC Center Arena, the fans were enthusiastic, and Yang Feiyu also came to the stadium to cheer for Zhang Xiaotian.

In the locker room, Zhang Xiaotian took a look at the situation on the Internet, and his fans were very active.

"Gentlemen, as always, win the game."

The Spurs teams ran out of the players' tunnel one by one, and the cheers in the audience were exciting.

This is the playoffs, the atmosphere is really different from usual, Zhang Xiaotian clenched his fists, his face was full of longing.

The Lakers started in place of Kobe Bryant with Steve Blake, and the rest of the position, as in the regular season, was their best configuration, Nash, Artest, Gasol, Howard.

The Lakers jumped to victory, Nash scored first, and the Lakers showed enough fighting spirit.

But that's the second thing, next is Spurs time, Duncan scores, Duncan scores again, Duncan assists his teammates to score, even if he is sitting on the bench, Zhang Xiaotian can feel the power of the big guy.

The Spurs, who had been adjusting for the last few games, finally reached their peak in the playoffs.

The Lakers also want to win, and it can be seen from Nash's performance that Nash has not played against the Spurs once or twice in the playoffs, and he has made direct shots after several blocks.

It's just that Nash is still old after all, but the Lakers' reaction was fast, and after the effect was not very obvious, they immediately began to make balls for the inside.

The Lakers have changed coaches three times this season, and Mike D'Antoni is very familiar with Nash by now, but his former favorite will no longer be able to run with the team.

The Spurs' rotation started with Ginobili, who had not been in good shape due to injuries in the previous period, but in the playoffs, he scored points on the court without any ambiguity.

Zhang Xiaotian then came on the court, and he faced the Lakers' backup forward Earl Clark.

It's not the first time Earl Clarke has played the playoffs, but it still feels like he can't let go.

Zhang Xiaotian is different, he is a little nervous, but he handles the ball more neatly, and he likes big scenes.

The Spurs are no different from the regular season because of the lead rotation, the Lakers are different, their bench players can't play, and Jamison is a little faltering in the playoffs.

Mike D'Antoni had no choice but to improve and switch to the inside twin towers.

The effect is still obvious, Gasol took the ball in the high position, and Howard squeezed to the inside to receive Gasol's pass and hit it accurately.

Popovich is also very bold in his use of troops, and he basically uses Dio as a substitute in the regular season, and at this time he goes to Matt Bonner to open up space.

Pull Gasol out, and Parker and Ginobili's breakthrough will work well.

In Popovich's hands, everyone has a role to play, but many people are not irreplaceable, and Popovich can always find players with similar roles to keep the team strong.

The Lakers were behind by more than a dozen points in the rotation, but fortunately, the Lakers Twin Towers came on the court and chiseled the score back a bit.

The Spurs led by 8 points at halftime, which was not much, but they suppressed the Lakers to only 37 points, and when the opponent still had the advantage of rebounding, of course, most of the points were scored inside.

Without Kobe, the Lakers feel weird, Kobe has carved too deep a mark on this team, and the so-called No. 1 center Howard can't bring it at all.

In the second half, Howard was taken down by Duncan before he could start to exert his power.

Two fouls in the first half and two fouls in the third quarter, and the Lakers' twin towers went bankrupt.

So they could only rely on the outside, and Nash, Blake, and Artest began to shoot hard.

The effect can only be said to be average, but the defense Lakers are still doing a good job, especially Artest can also take care of children, Leonard was made to be unable to find a sense of offense.

However, Leonard also defended the old Artest very depressed, with a clean sheet in the first half, more rebounds than Duncan, and steals and blocks.

is really powerful, and Zhang Xiaotian is also very convinced.

Howard was troubled by a foul, and the Lakers trailed by another 10 points, and Mike D'Antoni had to risk Howard's early return.

Howard lived up to expectations and scored when he came up.

How to say it, this is a big threat in the penalty area.

However, his weaknesses are also obvious, he has no range, his free throws are sparse, and after the targeted defense against him in the second half, Howard is much less powerful.

Don't let him catch the ball under the basket, and immediately catch the ball and foul it, anyway, he doesn't get much free throw.

Fortunately, the Lakers didn't take the lead, otherwise Popovich might have ordered the cut.

In an uproar, Zhang Xiaotian, who finally got on the court, received a pass from Ginobili and hit a three-point shot.

"Tenjin, Tenjin......"

In the home audience, some of Zhang Xiaotian's fans were extremely excited, and cheered loudly with some somewhat enlightened fans, Zhang Xiaotian was still a little embarrassed.

There was less rotation time in the playoffs, and he really didn't have any outstanding performances before, so it was a bit awkward to hear this exaggerated nickname.

However, he knew that there were really some guys in the fan base who rushed to the scene to cheer him on, and some of them still managed to rush over from the other side of the ocean.

There is a father in the audience who is proud of him, Zhang Dajun has been working hard to support his family all this year, although he doesn't need to do too much heavy work now, his back is no longer as straight as when he was young.

There is also his girlfriend over there, a little neurotic, but it makes him feel sweet, and Yang Feiyu, who wants to take care of him all his life, is now shouting with the fans.

You can't make the focus of the game shine like that, that's okay.

But in order to like him and the people he likes, he also has to show his shining qualities.

He's a part of the Spurs, he's got the ability to contribute to the team, he's got the ability to make the enemy fearful, he's got the ability to be a hero to those in the audience.

Don't hesitate to give it your all on the pitch and play the best you do.

Zhang Xiaotian ran more actively and took the initiative to ask for the ball.

The Lakers have replaced Artest, and Leonard is temporarily off the floor.

Zhang Xiaotian slipped from the baseline to the side three-point line to receive the ball, and according to the tactics, he had a three-point shot, otherwise he would return it to Parker who was standing in the middle.

Playing in the playoffs for the first time, Popovich did not give him any special treatment.

But the old man didn't say that he couldn't fight like usual, he made a fake throw, and Artest stretched out his arm, but he didn't jump.

Enough is enough, Artest is a year older than when he first met, but he has grown a lot.

The change of direction accelerated, and Zhang Xiaotian rushed in front of Artest with a big stride.

Rushed a little hard, in front of him was Howard, who was on the defensive side, and was hatted by the opponent just before Matt Bonner was replaced.

Zhang Xiaotian paused slightly, and then accelerated more violently, which was his full strength.

He got straight on the ground and threw himself on top of Howard, and the whistle blew like a heavenly sound.