With too many cards in his hand, Popovich finally decided to take turns and maintain a balance of offense and defense on the court at all times, such as Ginobili partnering Leonard and Danny Green partnering Zhang Xiaotian.

In fact, the Spurs' defense on the outside in the second half has always been good, and now the problem is how to limit O'Neal Jr., and the tall interior line that feels like it can't be handled.

The defense was lacking in offense, and Duncan, Parker, Ginobili and Zhang Xiaotian all performed on the offensive end.

Zhang Xiaotian wanted to stay on the court all the time, but under the transfer of Popovich, the Spurs kept the lead, and Zhang Xiaotian could only honestly follow the arrangement.

In the final three minutes, the team still led by seven points.

But then Leonard fouled the opponent to the free throw line, and then Duncan made a mistake to make people counterattack, and the score gap became 3 points within tens of seconds.

At this time, when Zhang Xiaotian was still off the court and could only play three backcourts, Popovich chose Ginobili and Leonard.

Zhang Xiaotian has proven his worth at the last minute many times, but Popovich also has his own taste.

If it was the last shot, he would definitely let Zhang Xiaotian play, and at this time, he believed in comprehensive judgment even more.

Leonard lived up to the trust and made a steal in his next defense, his third steal of the game, as Parker scored on the counter-attack and Popovich put his hands in his pants pockets.

The Suns were forced to take a timeout and opted for a substitution, and PJ Tucker, who had an average performance in this game, went off, but Wesley Johnson, who was on the court, had only been average before.

With the exception of Dragic and Gortat, they are all substitutes on the field.

After restarting, O'Neal Jr. played again, and Parker followed up with a color, but the Suns' Marcus Morris hit a three-pointer to cut the deficit to just two points.

At the critical moment, Parker broke through the second pass to Duncan, and the latter made a steady shot, and the score became 4 points again.

With just 12 seconds left on the clock, the Spurs had a chance to hold the victory.

The Suns took another timeout, and at this time Zhang Xiaotian finally played again.

However, his task is mainly to defend, and now they are not afraid of the opponent to play inside, and they will win if they prevent the outside three-pointer.

After a timeout, Dragic received the ball and saw that there was no chance from the outside, and broke through to ask for two points.

With only four seconds left, the Spurs sent the ball to Ginobili and the opponent was fouled at the first time.

But what I didn't expect was that Ginobili missed the second free throw.

O'Neal Jr. grabbed the rebound, at this time Zhang Xiaotian rushed to Dragic's side for the first time, Ginobili hit two free throws and the Spurs also led by 3 points, and the most threatening at this time was only Dragic.

And the opponent has no chance to take a timeout, O'Neal Jr. saw Dragic being nailed and threw the ball directly to Wesley Johnson, who received the ball and did not have time to think about a direct strong shot.

When the ball was still flying in the air, the timer lit up red, but it was the long-distance three-pointer that had to be shot that fell into the basket and overtime.

In overtime, Zhang Xiaotian couldn't sit still, but Popovich still chose to start Ginobili, and he and Danny Green still sat on the bench as spectators.

The team got the opportunity to attack first, but O'Neal Jr.'s form was no longer to be said, and he gave Split a big hat when he came up.

In overtime, both teams defended extremely tightly, and the two sides continued to play iron, and Popovich finally made up his mind to let Zhang Xiaotian play in place of Ginobili.

Zhang Xiaotian came up and immediately made a contribution, directly forcing Wesley Johnson to cause the opponent to foul and hit both free throws.

His style of play, playing the second and third positions is actually the same, the speed faster than him is not as strong as him, and the speed of the strength stronger than him is not as fast as him.

Now the Suns have height at all positions, the Spurs are the first to score, and the Suns forward Marcus Morris wants to use his height to beat Leonard.

Although Marcus Morris is a two-way forward, Leonard is also experienced as a defensive power forward.

With Leonard's excellent defense, Marcus Morris hit the iron, but Gortat grabbed the rebound in the front court, and the two sides were tied again.

To be honest, the Spurs' interior line is a little unbearable, and once Duncan's physical strength has serious problems if he continues to play, Zhang Xiaotian will not be able to go against the sky, he can repeatedly score at the last moment, just because the Spurs have other strong points, and the other party does not dare to target him too much.

The game was fast and it was already in the last minute.

At this time, whoever cuts the score first, the team will be able to gain the initiative.

The ball was in the hands of Zhang Xiaotian again, and Wesley Johnson, who was on the opposite side, also played as a striker in the second position, and with the previous lesson, his defense this time was very good.

Zhang Xiaotian broke through and was pinched and returned the ball to Parker, who pulled up and threw it inside.

The shot hit the iron, and O'Neal Jr. blocked Duncan to protect the rebound.

But he is not young anymore, and his feelings on the court are less sharp.

He didn't see that Zhang Xiaotian had already posted it, and just when O'Neill Jr. was about to pass the ball, Zhang Xiaotian rushed up and made a steal.

He passed the ball out and Parker reorganized the offense.

After calling his teammates to cover, Parker rushed directly to the basket, and O'Neal Jr., who was helping to defend, jumped up.

Parker is also a big heart, and this time he finally played a trick on little O'Neal.

With one of two free throws, the Spurs took the lead 103-102, and the clock was fast to the final 30 seconds.

The overtime was short, and the Spurs' foul had not yet arrived, and when the defense was almost 20 seconds, Leonard took the initiative to foul and put pressure on the opponent.

The effect of a bunch of big men on the pitch was that it was difficult to get open seats, and Dragic had to force his shots in the end.

In this game, the Spurs have been robbed of too many frontcourt rebounds by the opponent, so Zhang Xiaotian has been paying close attention after the overtime, and after Dragic made a shot, he had already turned around.

After the four big men on the inside were entangled, Zhang Xiaotian had already rushed over from the periphery and jumped high and hugged the rebound in his arms.

The Suns were also quick to react, but now they can only choose to foul.

Zhang Xiaotian withstood the pressure and stood on the free throw line to hit both free throws, leaving only three seconds for the opponent.

In the final moments, Wesley Johnson barely hit a three-point shot, and the Spurs won 105-102.

Throughout this game, although Zhang Xiaotian did not score much, he once again performed well at a critical moment.

After the game, Popovich was also full of praise, and when he was asked to compare several backcourt players by reporters, Popovich also played tricks.

'They're all very good players, they have their own characteristics, and as a coach you have to make them all play to their strengths, like cooking, and I'm actually quite good at it.'