Chapter 27: Don't miss the opportunity

When the morale of the Spurs was a little low, Zhang Xiaotian successfully defended and then a tough 2+1, and the home fans in the SBC Center Arena cheered excitedly.

They remembered this yellow-skinned lad, a young man who had excelled in pre-season.

Some Chinese who came to watch the game shouted Zhang Xiaotian's name, and others also shouted, and an exclusive wave of solidarity sounded in the audience, and Zhang Xiaotian was suddenly full of strength.

The Spurs put on a strange formation, and the Jazz are not stupid, even if the interior singles are not good, the Spurs are also empty inside, and then Gordon Hayward broke through to create a successful kill.

Turning, Leonard also used the footstep advantage to cause a foul on the opponent.

The odd formation could only play a surprise role, and after successfully regaining the lead, Popovich began to make substitutions again, and the first to be replaced was Nando De Collo, who came up to play soy sauce, and came on as a substitute for Split on the inside.

As soon as the personnel changed, the alignment also changed, Leonard went to the No. 4 position to defend Millsap, and Zhang Xiaotian's opponent was changed to Hayward.

Instead of facing Leonard, Al Jefferson was a little more relaxed and hit a jumper next.

But the Spurs have woken up from being beaten, Hayward's defense is not tough enough, Zhang Xiaotian is actively asking for the ball, he usually trains hard, and he has no complaints when he plays miscellaneous, and the relationship between several bigwigs in the team is good, and Ginobili also passed the ball over.

Zhang Xiaotian didn't talk nonsense, he caught the ball and rushed inward, just now he raged the basket The aftermath is still there, the Jazz team's inside line hurriedly stepped forward to block, Zhang Xiaotian threw the ball to the side and back, and Split hit it easily without interference.

The Spurs continued to make substitutions while leading, and soon all the other substitutes except for Split were replaced, and the Spurs stopped playing a small lineup and played the twin towers instead.

Parker and Duncan, who returned to the court, also came into play, and the Spurs' lead suddenly widened.

The Jazz team has no way at all, compared to Popovich's courage, the opposing head coach does not dare to change the lineup at all, but he still can't bear it.

Although Al Jefferson hit a good shot in the end, it was not as powerful as the Spurs.

At 110:100, the Spurs won three in a row and remained unbeaten at the start of the season.

Although Zhang Xiaotian only played for a few minutes, his performance was still impressive.

However, the Spurs' main second and third positions, Danny Green scored 20 points and shot 90% from the field, and Leonard missed a 100% shot.

Zhang Xiaotian's little surprise seems to be a little insufficient.

But the kind of firmness he showed still made waves in the hearts of many fans.

In the university dormitory on the other side of the ocean, a group of people gathered in front of the computer to watch the live broadcast, and Zhang Yihu also took on the role of narrating and complaining by the way, which caused the classmates to laugh and was very lively.

He is one of the first fans to pay attention to Zhang Xiaotian, because of his family, he is a loyal fan of Zhang Xiaotian, Zhang Xiaotian did not have a chance to perform in the first two games, and many sunspots jumped out on the Internet, and his rebuttal was a little unconfident.

He supports Zhang Xiaotian because of his family, but he is not sure whether Zhang Xiaotian's strength can be successful in the NBA.

But he was moved in this game today, and it wasn't just that dunk.

When Zhang Xiaotian came on the court, there was a close-up of the camera, and he saw the desire in Zhang Xiaotian's eyes.

Yes, Zhang Xiaotian was undrafted, it was not easy to compete in the NBA, but he never gave up, played amateur basketball for two years before he got the opportunity to enter the league, and he tried his best every time he played.

Zhang Xiaotian dares to fight, does he have to do something as a fan.

"I want to establish a fan club for Zhang Xiaotian to cheer for him."

In the slightly strange eyes of the other students, Zhang Yihu's gaze was firm.

He said he would do it, immediately set up a colony of penguins, and then looked for like-minded people on websites and forums.

Spurs have another home game next, and then four straight away games and back-to-backs.

On Nov. 5, the Spurs' opponent was the Eastern Conference powerhouse Pacers.

The Pacers have shown their strength because of Danny Granger's injury, and Paul George is still not bad.

However, against the Spurs, it is not yet completely certain that the new and old Pacers are not opponents yet.

Parker didn't feel good in this game, but his substitute Gary Neal had a hot hand.

The Spurs led from the first quarter and never had the same ups and downs as the Jazz, leading by 20 points in the fourth quarter.

Popovich replaced all the substitutes with a big wave of his hand, and all 13 players in the squad for this game played.

Zhang Xiaotian was also in the atmosphere of chasing victory, scoring 5 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 assists, with amazing efficiency.

At 101:79, the Spurs continued their unbeaten streak.

The fan club established by Zhang Yihu has grown rapidly, and he has also met several international students studying in the United States.

He had a particularly speculative conversation with one of the international students named Le Tianyou, who promised to organize fans from the United States to cheer for Zhang Xiaotian on the spot.

The two also discussed the system of the fan club and the responsibilities of the fan club.

They are all students, energetic and enthusiastic, and they come up with all kinds of great ideas very quickly.

At this time, Zhang Xiaotian was coming to Los Angeles with the team to challenge the Clippers away.

The Clippers were killed by the Spurs in last season's playoffs, and they are naturally obsessed.

They signed Jamal Crawford, the sixth man of the year, in the summer, and the team configuration has been perfected.

In this game against the combination of Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan of the Clippers, Duncan finally showed a hint of old age, while Ecke Diogu's height suffered a lot.

In the first quarter, because of DeAndre Jordan's two consecutive blocks to shock the basket, the Spurs' offense was affected, resulting in the Spurs scoring only 16 points in the first quarter, but fortunately, there was no problem with the defense, and the opponent led by 6 points.

When it came time to rotate, Ginobili performed well, and the Spurs' offense gradually picked up and did not allow the opponent to continue to pull the score away.

At this time, the game was still normal, and Popovich was still laying out tactics at halftime.

Because the Clippers have an advantage on the inside, the Spurs will add three interior bench minutes in the second half, allowing them to take turns consuming Jordan Jr. and Griffin.

It's just that I didn't expect that as soon as I went up in the second half, the Spurs' defense collapsed.

Under the control of Chris Paul's rhythm, Jordan Jr. and Griffin continued to overturn the river on the inside, and the Spurs' interior line was either slow, short, or weak.

As soon as the game raged, the Spurs fell to 20 points.

Popovich is not the kind of coach who likes to fight bayonets with people in the regular season, the team fell behind by a large score, and he switched to the bench lineup at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and the bench can play if he can, and it doesn't matter if he can't lose.

But for the substitutes, that's an opportunity to perform.

The opportunity could not be missed, Zhang Xiaotian did not hesitate to use the three-point rain card.