Chapter 166: Mental Fatigue
Zhang Xiaotian is a big heart, and the whole league knows it, but the opponent will always ignore him involuntarily in actual combat.
It's not that he has a low sense of presence, but that his opponent's sense of presence is too strong, and many people despise him for hugging his thighs, which is also right in a sense.
Many coaches in the NBA are able to see the state of a player after the game starts, and then guess how that player will perform in that game, and they will use this to plan some tactics.
To be able to do the position of coach, it must be more accurate to look at the players.
There are only a few All-Star caliber players who don't judge by that experience.
Zhang Xiaotian didn't get to that level, but he was an accident.
The teams playing against the Heat are not deliberately ignoring him, they are also betting.
There is no way, there are too many people to pay attention to in the strong team, they can only let the players pay attention, instead of piling up the team's strongest defense, so that the ball will not be able to play.
He looks mediocre in front of him, so he shouldn't break through.
Zhang Xiaotian often uses actions to tell each other that what they are worried about will come true.
"Damn." Steve Clifford cursed secretly.
Ending the Heat's winning streak is a good encouragement for a team like them that wants to rise.
If there is no way, it will be enough, and now that the situation is good, he will definitely want to fight for it.
Bobcat immediately chose to replace and replaced all the main forces.
However, the Heat, who are still behind, are not in such a hurry, and James and Bosh are still resting below.
After changing to the main lineup, the Bobcats scored inside, after all, Biyombo was a non-attacking player in the rotation.
However, Zhang Xiaotian and Wade were not intimidated, and the two assisted each other to score two points each, and did not let the other party pull the score away.
By the halfway point of the fourth quarter, the Heat had also changed their main workforce.
They don't need to worry about Ray Allen's bad form, and Chammos is a little weak in defending Kemba Walker and has to continue to play because Norris Kerr is even more difficult to handle.
James rested enough and came up to play a 2+1 inside, but Kemba Walker then hit a three-pointer to counterattack, and the score gap between the two sides was still 4 points.
In the last five minutes, the Bobcats still hit consecutive shots inside, because Kemba Walker felt hot, and the Heat did not shrink rashly.
Another reason is that Bosh is also hot after resting, Bobcat hit two two-pointers, but Bosh hit two three-pointers, so the score gap came to 2 points.
When the game entered the last three minutes, the Heat finally shrank their defense and no longer gave the opponent a chance to easily hold the ball inside, and the time came to decide the winner.
The coaches of both sides have already laid it out, and now it's time to see the performance of the stars.
Kemba Walker lived up to the hype and hit a two-point shot again.
Kemba Walker isn't tall, but Chanmos is similar, accelerating to a pull-up jumper inside, and Chanmos is hard to give the opponent more interference.
James held the ball again and rushed inside, and even though he knew he might pass the ball, the Bobcats had to defend it.
Bosh pulled outside the three-point line as before, James broke through and met the pinching shot to pass the ball accurately, and the Bobcats had expected it, and the defenders turned in front of Bosh as soon as possible.
Bosh pointed the ball to the side, Zhang Xiaotian made a shooting feint, and the defender who flew over moved to the side and pulled it up, and the three points went into the net.
At 95:95, 1 minute and 10 seconds, the two sides were tied.
The Bobcats were noticeably more unbreathable, and they were starting to have a 10-point lead, and the chance to win the league's top-ranked team was going to slip out of their hands.
They replaced defensive swart Gilchrist with a goalscorer looking to regain the lead.
Anyway, in terms of results, it's not bad, Kemba Walker hit again, his hands were hot today, but what difference does it make if it's all singles.
The impact of this substitution is not over, the once big heart Ben Gordon did not help after the game, but James lost a point of hindrance in defense.
James dribbled to the three-point line and pressed inside, then stepped back and hit a three-point shot.
At 98:97, the Heat took the lead in the final moments.
The point is, time is really running out, and in half a minute, the Bobcats have to score.
Kemba Walker asked for cover, and as soon as he was a cat, he went inside.
Again, use your speed to rush to the free throw line and pull up.
There is no problem with a trick that is rarely used repeatedly in the league, but when you encounter the top team in the league, you want to use this trick to the end, the young man is still naïve, he thinks he is the god of basketball.
James and Zhang Xiaotian started to rush over almost at the same time, seeing that Kemba Walker would not pass the ball like this.
Even if it was passed on, he wouldn't have a chance now.
Chanmos was thrown to the side, James rushed head-on, his strong body completely blocked the other party's view, Zhang Xiaotian pounced from the other side, and Kemba Walker hadn't seen it yet.
This guy didn't have time to think too much, and the ball in his hand was still thrown like before.
Both big hands covered at the same time, and Zhang Xiaotian and James both photographed the ball leaving Kemba Walker's hands.
The dropped ball was caught by Wade and passed to James.
James motioned for everyone to pull away and start controlling the time, and the Bobcats opted for a foul.
James hit both free throws with more than a dozen seconds left on the clock, and the Bobcats could choose between a three-pointer or a quick two-pointer.
Zhang Xiaotian didn't care about the opponent's tactics, and he distracted part of his attention to Kemba Walker.
The Bobcats did let him catch the ball after covering it, and unlike the Heat, they didn't have many players who could attack with the ball, and they didn't have a better option.
With a three-point lead, the Heat must be sticking to the three-point line.
Kemba Walker rushed inside again, Zhang Xiaotian couldn't help but plan to go over and attack, and saw that the person he was guarding did not move.
With a three-point lead, there is no need to risk the opponent to get two points, although he doesn't think Kemba Walker can pass it in an instant.
The two-point shot was made, and after the Heat served, the opponent chose to foul again.
James hit both free throws again, and this time the Bobcats had no choice but to bet on three points.
The ball was sent to Kemba Walker again, and because he couldn't break through first, Kemba Walker hesitated a little and was forced to the side.
The calculator was already at the end of the countdown, and Zhang Xiaotian rushed over and stretched out his long arm to block the other party's vision.
Kemba Walker had no choice but to reluctantly throw the ball out.
Three non-sticks, time ran out, 102:99, the Heat won the opening 17 consecutive wins.
Zhang Xiaotian scored 14 points and 4 rebounds, and he said in an interview after the game: "They played well, and we were passive for a while, but the results showed that we were stronger. ”
"It really doesn't matter what the winning streak is, the team's goal is the championship, it has never changed."