The game with the Warriors ended. After two days of rest, the Spurs returned to home to welcome the game with the Heat.

The Heat currently have a record of 10 wins and 2 losses, which is no worse than the Spurs.

The two teams with the best record in the East and West and are also opponents in the finals last season. Such a showdown attracted much attention.

The Heat will end up laughing this time.

The team's new aid Ray Allen became the biggest winner of the game.

He made two consecutive three-pointers in the last moment, helping the Heat win 103-97.

The Spurs' 12-game winning streak was ended, but Tang Tian's performance was still very eye-catching. He scored 10 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals and 5 blocks in the whole game.

A mini five-double in three consecutive games!

Winning and losing are no longer so important at this time.

Mini five-double, this is very rare in the entire NBA history, and even data can be counted by fingers!

There are only 2 players who can complete more than 2 times!

One is "AK47" Kirirenko, who has completed 3 times in his entire career.

The other one is "Big Dream" Olajuwon, who completed it 6 times.

But now, Tang Tian is not in his career, but has played a mini five-double in three consecutive games!

At the post-match press conference of the Spurs, Popovich brought Tang Tian to attend.

As soon as the press conference began, a reporter mentioned this matter.

"Really?"

This is Tang Tian’s first reaction.

He is now focused on how to maximize the ability of the no-fly zone, but he really doesn't notice the data.

“That’s really good.”

After receiving a positive response from the reporter, he said with a smile.

"Will you continue this record in the next game against the Lakers?" the reporter asked.

"Continuation? No, I don't care about the data, I just care about the team's winning or losing, we just lost the game, that's not something I'm considering."

Tang Tian said modestly.

But what he said was the truth. This no-fly zone was just redeemed, and the opponent might not have thought that his blocking ability would suddenly become so strong.

The reason why there are so few mini five-double data in history is not that those people's defense ability is not as good as Tang Tian, ​​but that their defense is already very good.

It is not difficult to steal 5, but if you block the shot, your opponent knows that you can block it very well, who will be foolish to challenge you?

So in the later games, it would be difficult for him to get such data again.

This can be seen from the fact that the Heat has almost reached 5.

Popovich looked at Tang Tian at this time. This guy was very low-key tonight.

"Coach, are you surprised by Tang's performance? He played such data in three consecutive games." The reporter turned the subject of the question to Popovich.

"No, he is actually a defensive player." Popovich said.

"Defensive player?" the reporter asked.

"Yes, don't be fooled by his scoring performance in the previous few games. The best defensive player is his most likely goal." Popovich said with a smile.

There was a commotion from the reporters in the audience.

There are very few outside players who have won the best defensive player in NBA history. There are only four people in the entire NBA history, "Gloves" Payton, Michael Jordan, Elvin Robertson (the only defender in NBA history who has won a four-double), and Ron Artest.

Popovich really dares to say this!

And it was the first time he said such a big talk in front of the media!

It seems that Tang Tian wants to be low-key, but Popovich doesn’t let him be low-key!

However, Popovich's words are actually a pun. On the one hand, it affirms Tang Tian's defense. On the other hand, although defense is loved by coaches, it is not valuable.

When the defense tag covers Tang Tian’s crazy scoring performances in the first ten games, his value in the free market will be relatively lower.

What Popovich said in a post-match interview has also become the title of ESPN's post-match reporting game.

"Best defensive player, why not?"

Such a title is also full of gimmicks. Compared with the continuous score of 20+ and the 3 consecutive games of mini five-double, it is obviously much more topical.

On the second day after the game against the Heat, the Lakers flew to San Antonio.

The two sides will usher in the second match of the season in a day.

The Lakers are absolutely "legendary" this season.

The formation of F4 was unlimitedly favored, but Nash was injured and could not beat him and lost all the preseason.

At the beginning, the fans said it was a running-in matter, and preseason games were irrelevant.

But immediately after the start of the game, the game that lost to the Spurs became the last straw to kill Mike Brown.

Brown was fired by management, and interim head coach J丨B Bickstaff served as interim head coach 4 wins and 1 loss.

The team just seemed to be on the right track, and then the management found the former Nash mentor, "running and bombing master" Mike D'Anthony, who was fired by the Knicks not long ago.

D'Antoni came to the Lakers to play the running and shooting tactics, but the Lakers started with four old arms and legs, and Howard could keep up with them alone, and the running and shooting became a four-way match.

The team's record so far is 6 wins and 8 losses, hovering on the edge of the playoffs.

There are constant injuries, the team has a lot of problems with running-in, and the defense is completely out of shape...

The reporter asked questions at the press conference not on a whim. Faced with such a Lakers, Tang Tian really had the opportunity to continue his mini five-double performance.

The Lakers' poor condition has become the focus of media reporters.

Their pre-match training attracted a lot of media attention, including ESPN and TNT.

Kobe iced his ankles half an hour before the end of training.

Only after the training was over did he take off the ice bag, get up and say hello to his teammates.

After the training, the reporter quickly surrounded him.

"Does the team be confident of winning the Spurs tonight?" The first question the reporter asked was normal.

"Of course, we haven't performed very well lately, and we need such a victory."

"You mentioned that the team has not performed well recently, so how do you win this game?" But following the second question is very aggressive.

"Fighting spirit, no matter who the opponent is, the word "success" in my dictionary is not given up in this team's dictionary."

Kobe's eyes ignited when he said this.

"You will face Don tonight. He has performed very well on the defensive end recently, and Popovich has also publicly stated that he can compete for the best defensive player of the season. What do you think about the matchup with him?"

The reporter continued to ask.

"Don't?"

After seeing the reporter nodding, Kobe smiled, and the scene of playing Drew League together unconsciously emerged in his mind.

"Yes, I know him. He has the ability to compete for the best defensive player, but he can't defend me." Kobe said proudly in his eyes.
Chapter completed!