Both the Spurs and the Grizzlies focus on defense, and the two sides are not as fluid as the offensive teams, and the two teams bite the score, and this game is destined to be a long-term battle from the beginning.

In the first quarter, the Spurs trailed the opponent by 1 point at 21:22, and Zhang Xiaotian was also replaced to rest.

It's just a rotation thing, and the situation of the Spurs is not very good, except for Ginobili, who played early, the others have played six away games like Zhang Xiaotian, two of which are back-to-back.

They are more adaptable than Zhang Xiaotian, but they have not yet recovered to their best condition.

Ginobili's feeling under the focus is also average, and seeing that the Spurs are about to be pulled away by those role players under the Grizzlies who are low-minded, they chose to make substitutions.

The main thing is that when the time comes, Duncan began to exert his strength after he came on the court, and completely let go of the play, although the Grizzlies are strong inside, they are powerless in the face of Duncan who is going to go berserk, and Gasol Jr. was forced to foul twice.

Zhang Xiaotian secretly said that he was powerful, Duncan was old and his physical strength had declined, and his methods were not comparable to ordinary stars.

The team was powerful inside, and Zhang Xiaotian also seized the opportunity to hit three points on the outside.

He took the opportunity to squirt Rudy Gay, "What's the matter, you have a good mouth, I haven't even used my strength, and your defense can't keep up." ”

Rudy Gay was a little speechless, he just caught his attention on the other Spurs players, and then he also tried a three-pointer, missed the shot, and then continued to shoot.

Unlike Zhang Xiaotian's previous encounters with those trash talkers, Rudy Gay was not very emotional during the trash talk, as if he was just using trash talk as a skill.

Zhang Xiaotian is not disappointed, after all, trash talk is just an off-the-board move, his main means is to fight consumption, even if the effect is not visible now, as long as it is likely to have an effect at the last critical time, it is worth it.

Duncan scored 15 points in a single quarter, leading the team to chase down all the points that fell behind in the rotation.

He was also tired enough to recover at halftime.

Popovich made it clear in his appeal to the league that the rest of the team was for a more important game against the Grizzlies, and the three bigwigs and Danny Green also played extra hard.

It's just that Danny Green doesn't have the means of a few big guys, and his punctual shooting at that time is too hard and not beautiful.

In this game, the two teams are evenly divided, and it is normal for the style of the two teams to appear.

It's just that I didn't expect the variables to appear in the third quarter, even if there are fewer games, where is Duncan's age, and the sequelae caused by the second quarter is the decline in physical strength in the second half.

Gasol Jr. took the opportunity to exert his might and stirred up a storm on the inside.

The Spurs lacked support on the inside and struggled on the outside, with only Parker breaking through and hitting a few.

Zhang Xiaotian didn't hesitate either, shooting from the outside three times but only hitting once when he was interfered with by Rudy Gay.

Gasol Jr. scored 12 points on his own, and the Spurs trailed by 13 points in the first quarter.

All the players felt uncomfortable, if they lost this time, they would really be slapped in the face, and the four people who took turns to rest in order to fight against the Grizzly Bear, who had lost a main force, couldn't beat it.

"Coach, my hand has come out, I am in good shape today."

After the end of the third quarter, Zhang Xiaotian ventured to speak again.

In terms of mental state, he is indeed better than the previous games, and others can see it.

There was a lot of energy in the final quarter, and Rudy Gay didn't stare at him as much as he verbally did, so there was definitely a chance.

Popovich didn't say no, and still let him rest on the bench now.

Fortunately, the Spurs' bench players also came to feel it, and Gary Neal and Mills hit three-pointers one after another, and did not let the opponent continue to extend the score.

When Rudy Gay came off the break, Popovich replaced Zhang Xiaotian.

The Grizzlies' backup forward is Darrell Arthur, who has height but average physicality and no ability to attack with the ball.

Compared to Rudy Gay, this is a primary school student, Zhang Xiaotian broke through after he came on the court, and then hit three points to help the team chase 5 points in a row.

Popovich pinched his chin, feeling that Zhang Xiaotian was still suitable for playing as a substitute, as long as he didn't play those ruthless roles, this player's attack power was still quite good.

Because the Spurs chased the points so badly, the Grizzlies could only rest Rudy Gay for two minutes.

By this time, the Grizzlies' lead had narrowed to seven points.

"Actually, it's useless for you to come back, I'm starting to exert my strength now, and no one can stop me."

"Besides, you are also a supporting role in the team, and you can lead because of the inside line, which has little to do with you."

Rudy Gay's face changed slightly, but he immediately smiled: "Yes, I'll tell you what a supporting role is right now." ”

The Grizzlies' three-point ability is very average, so after Gasol Jr. became powerful, the Spurs shrank their defense, and at this time, they had to move fast to play hard inside.

Rudy Gay came up, and the Grizzlies naturally wanted him to lead the team on the offensive end.

Mike Conley handed the ball directly to him, Rudy Gay was a little careless, and now the league's definition of Zhang Xiaotian is an ordinary player with a big heart, at most a starter on a weak team, and that night is estimated to be the apex of his career, so Rudy Gay is not worried about overturning.

With an opponent of this level, he can hang at will.

He motioned to his teammates to pull away, moved to the side with the ball himself, and then didn't even bother to make a feint, just pulled it up and threw it.

Only this time when he shot, a figure jumped up at the same time as him and sealed his shooting line.

How is it possible, obviously he has tried so many times before, Zhang Xiaotian is so likely to be able to block his shooting line.

Rudy Gay's shot selection is too simple, so if he can't interfere, Zhang Xiaotian doesn't have to play, and it's better to go back to play amateur league games honestly.

Rudy Gay forced a slight change in the angle of his shot, and the result was that the basketball slammed into the basket.

The Spurs grabbed the rebound and launched a counterattack directly, because the substitute performed well, the main force had not all been replaced, and Zhang Xiaotian received a pass from his teammates.

After receiving the ball, he wiped past Rudy Gay with a cross step, and the other party was still in shock, but he subconsciously reached out and gave up the defense, and Zhang Xiaotian made a successful layup.

This guy is not particular, even if he was passed just now, with the speed of Rudy Gay, he could actually be pasted up from behind, but he didn't do it.

As you can see from his previous performances, his desire to win the game is not particularly strong.

"Why, you're a little more delicious than I thought." Zhang Xiaotian turned around and stimulated the other party by the way.

was slapped in the face, Rudy Gay suddenly had a hint of murder in his eyes, and he was about to reach out for the ball after half time, and then ushered in Zhang Xiaotian to make a three-point shot.

Zhang Xiaotian jumped up high, a smile on his face.