In the last minutes of the third quarter, the Spurs' lineup has been adjusted several times.

The Warriors are now against Draymond Green, Azeli is just a pseudo-starter, Dio is not effective on the court, and the Spurs can only try to use Matt Bonner.

However, Draymond Green can play inside and out, and Matt Bonner can't play a role when he comes on.

Popovich could only play one big and four small early and let Leonard go to play against Draymond Green.

In fact, Popovich is reluctant, Leonard plays the No. 4 position is more expensive, and the team usually arranges like this at the last moment, in order to deal with a defense-oriented blue-collar forward is a little worthless.

However, the more young people on the Warriors' side, the better, and Popovich can only try early.

If only Zhang Xiaotian could come up with attack power now, if he didn't make a move until the last moment, Popovich was also very depressed about Zhang Xiaotian's state.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhang Xiaotian came on the court this time, he beat Barnes and hit two points.

The Warriors team is not good at defense, but many players are good on individual defense, and Barnes is also a player with more defensive skills, but Zhang Xiaotian directly used brute force to score.

It's good, there is still hope for playing like this, and Popovich is also secretly cheering.

On the Warriors' side, Jack also wanted to attack after he came on the court, but the shot was iron.

Ginobili got the rebound and advanced directly, and Zhang Xiaotian went down quickly from the side.

When he arrived at the frontcourt, Ginobili threw the ball directly to Zhang Xiaotian, Zhang Xiaotian received the ball and stopped urgently, and Barnes was affected by Zhang Xiaotian and squeezed past him.

As soon as Barnes subconsciously stretched out his hand, Zhang Xiaotian took advantage of the situation to make a shooting move, and the referee's whistle sounded.

Zhang Xiaotian hit both free throws, and the gap between the two sides narrowed to 10 points.

The Warriors hurriedly replaced Barnes to rest, replaced Landry, and let Draymond Green consume Zhang Xiaotian.

Other teams can't see Zhang Xiaotian's training, so it's not surprising that he is powerful in the third quarter, he is an X-factor in the eyes of outsiders, a nerve knife, as long as he is powerful, he must pay attention.

In the final moments of the third quarter, Curry also went down to rest, and Klay Thompson took over the offensive banner and hit two points.

The Spurs attacked for the last time in the third quarter, Zhang Xiaotian ran back to catch the ball and made a shooting feint and did not make a shot, Draymond Green was not fooled, and showed a defiant look.

Zhang Xiaotian grinned, and his body rushed inside with a pendulum-like shake.

Draymond Green reacted quickly, Zhang Xiaotian didn't squeeze through, both of them felt each other's strength, Zhang Xiaotian's strength was slightly worse but he didn't lose his rhythm, but turned around and wiped it inside.

Draymond Green followed desperately, Zhang Xiaotian pulled back again, and when the other party had to adjust his center of gravity to block, Zhang Xiaotian pressed it inside.

It was too late, and Draymond Green could only watch Zhang Xiaotian raise his hand and make him a foul.

The referee's whistle blew and he hit a two-point shot, 2+1.

The Warriors missed their final shot, and the Spurs finally narrowed the score to single digits heading into the final quarter.

Curry started the fourth quarter again, and they used a small lineup to play center with Landry.

Spurs are the same choice, using Dio as a center, and the coaches on both sides are bold.

Curry hit again in the last game, Zhang Xiaotian was really a little worried, even if he could play a good offense, but if Curry still kept hitting, it would be really difficult to win the game.

It's not that he hasn't thought about using defensive cards to mainly ask to defend Curry, but Curry's speed can't keep up even if he uses cards, not to mention that Curry is the No. 1 position, and he can organize offense, and it's hard to prevent death.

Fortunately, Curry is a human being, not a god, and under the encirclement of Parker and Ginobili in turn, Curry's shooting rate gradually returned to normal.

But Jarrett Jack scored back-to-back points to bring the gap to double digits again.

This is the stage of the playoffs, and even if you increase your strength, it is not that simple.

Zhang Xiaotian is more focused, cards and skill abilities can be stacked, and in the final quarter he is even stronger, not only offensively, but also in defense, he has to find a way to contribute.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Leonard took a break, and Zhang Xiaotian rested as usual, and then the two played together for the last few minutes.

But now that the score is down by double digits, Popovich put out the strongest attacking big four lineup in the ninth minute, and Zhang Xiaotian also continued to stay on the court.

The Warriors didn't rush to make substitutions because of the lead, and Curry sent another wonderful pass for Landry to score easily.

Seeing that the Spurs were about to finish, Zhang Xiaotian suddenly hit Curry, and Curry passed the ball to Leonard and cut it off.

There is a very tacit understanding between Zhang Xiaotian and Leonard, Leonard threw the ball to Zhang Xiaotian after a steal, and Zhang Xiaotian dunked directly.

With Danny Green, who had just been substituted, capping Klay Thompson, the Spurs countered and Zhang Xiaotian hit another layup.

Curry's three-pointer finally hit the iron, the Spurs' next offensive Parker missed the shot, Leonard grabbed the front court and caused the opponent to foul, and hit both free throws.

In exchange, Curry hit two free throws.

Zhang Xiaotian hit back with three points, Curry hit two more points, and Leonard hit a three-point shot to successfully fight back.

The fourth quarter was interrupted, and Zhang Xiaotian and Leonard dominated the offensive and defensive ends.

Leonard rushed to grab the frontcourt rebound three times, Zhang Xiaotian rushed to grab the frontcourt rebound twice, and they combined to score 15 points, allowing the Spurs to score ten consecutive rounds, and the score gap finally reached single digits again.

During this period, the Warriors also scored, but Zhang Xiaotian only had a happy feeling in his heart, he didn't have any time to be nervous and worried, he could only beat the other party.

It's a pleasure to play against the strong, and the one-sided game in the first round doesn't feel that way at all.

In the final four minutes of the game, Klay Thompson committed six fouls, and the Warriors finally smashed an offensive point.

The situation suddenly changed, without Klay Thompson, the Spurs boldly pinched Curry and did not let Curry shoot, and Jarrett Jack hit two consecutive iron and made a turnover.

The Spurs took the opportunity to score six points in a row, which were hit by Zhang Xiaotian, Parker and Leonard.

Curry was in a hurry, he was still a young man after all, how could he not be in a hurry when he saw a great advantage slip out of his hands in the last few minutes.

He began to force his way and then hit one iron at a time and one mistake under the Spurs' tight defense.

Zhang Xiaotian broke through again to score two points, and also assisted Leonard to hit a three-pointer, the gap between the two sides was only 1 point, and the time also entered the last minute, and the Warriors chose to take a timeout.

Curry's madness, Zhang Xiaotian's counterattack, and the Spurs' defense and tenacity are a thing of the past in this moment.

No matter how exciting the process is, at the end of the game, there will only be winners and losers, and only one team will have the last laugh.