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It is not known what Popovich talked about with Wembanyama, but one thing that is certain is that in the second day's practice, Wembanyama hardly asked for the ball on the offensive end, and the only few shots he made were to receive a pass from a teammate when the basket was empty.

Chang Tiancheng also doesn't know whether Wembanyama was right or wrong to make such a change.

As Chang Tiancheng thought before, although the Spurs have shown some potential to win the championship this season, they are still not as good as the Nuggets in terms of strength.

In the more competitive playoffs, whether the Spurs can break through the West is actually a question mark.

And what can determine the ceiling of the Spurs is actually Wembanyama's offensive level.

If Wembanyama can polish his offense to a decent level, then the Spurs are bound to make a big difference in the playoffs.

But if Wembanyama continues to enter the playoffs at his current level of offense, it will not be too surprising for the Spurs to stop in the first round, after all, it is difficult to lead the team to win four games with a playoff-level defensive intensity alone.

Therefore, Chang Tiancheng actually hopes that Wembanyama can find more opportunities on the offensive side in so many games this season.

It's not that Chang Tiancheng will infinitely connive at Wembanyama to make random shots, what he means is that as long as Wembanyama's shot options are still within a reasonable range, then he can boldly find a feeling on the offensive end.

However, looking at the current situation, it seems that Popovich has also made certain requirements for his offensive problems.

Wembanyama, who only focuses on the defensive end, seems to be quite good.

It seems that the Spurs also want to be able to play some good results this season, so they chose Wembanyama's growth and immediate strength.

Another day later, the Spurs traveled to Los Angeles to prepare to take on another team in Los Angeles – the Clippers.

The Clippers have also had a pretty good season and are currently fourth in the West.

This is still the record of their two superstars who did not play much, and once the team's twin stars return, then the Clippers will definitely take their fighting power to another level.

Therefore, the competition in the West of the NBA this year is actually very fierce, and the reason why the Spurs were able to win the first place in such an environment is because of the benefits of the suspension of these old Western powerhouse stars.

At the beginning of the game, Wembanyama won the ball for the Spurs as always.

Chang Tiancheng dribbled the ball, faced Westbrook's defense, made a blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation with Wembanyama, and then used his speed to force past Zubac, who came from the changing defense, and completed an easy layup.

Westbrook pushed forward with the ball, looking for an attacking opportunity.

A year ago, Westbrook and Chang Tiancheng were teammates on the same team.

In the days when Chang Tiancheng entered the NBA, Westbrook also provided a lot of help to Chang Tiancheng.

What impressed Chang Tiancheng the most was his strong mentality.

It can be said that Westbrook has been questioned since his debut, even in the season when he won the MVP by his own ability, there are still many people who question him as a "brush", "black hole player" and so on...

But Westbrook hasn't been affected too much and continues to play his own way on the field.

After arriving at the Lakers, Westbrook can be said to have suffered the biggest low point of his career, but fortunately, after joining the Clippers, he found himself again, and even played a wonderful performance in the playoffs against the Suns.

The fans and the media were much more tolerant of him, and Clippers coach Tyronn Lue and the rest of the players showed absolute trust and respect for him.

Presumably, this is also an important reason why he chose to stay with the Clippers with a base salary in the offseason.

Wei Shao finally decided to concoct Chang Tiancheng's offensive mode in the same way, called Zubac to block the horse for himself, and then also used his speed to bully Drummond and scored a layup.

Chang Tiancheng held the ball here for half the court, and this time he retained the habit he had developed in previous games, which was to find Wembanyama first.

But Wembanyama faced Morris, who was younger than him this time, but did not take the initiative to take the position on the inside as before, and it can be seen that he didn't really want to make a move.

This may have something to do with Popovich's conversation with him yesterday, seeing that Wembanyama himself was not interested in making a move, Chang Tiancheng simply put him aside for the time being, thinking that when he found a suitable opportunity, he would find a chance to pass the ball to him.

Chang Tiancheng called Drummond for his block this time, ready to continue to break through the Clippers' interior line.

But this time the Clippers were clearly on guard, and instead of continuing to let Zubac switch to Chang Tiancheng, they chose to let Westbrook squeeze past Drummond's cover to follow Chang Tiancheng.

But in this way, it is equivalent to giving Chang Tiancheng a very good opportunity to make a move, although the time for this mobile phone to appear is very short, but for Chang Tiancheng, it is enough.

Chang Tiancheng stood outside the three-point line, shot a three-pointer, and the basketball crossed a beautiful arc in the air and fell into the basket accurately.

Wei Shao's side immediately wanted to respond, so he continued to cooperate with Zubac to block and kill the Spurs' interior.

Unexpectedly, this time Wei Shao rushed to the basket and just wanted to make a move, but was slapped directly on the rebound by a big hand stretched out behind

him, it was Wembanyama! After losing the pressure on the offensive end, Wembanyama's concentration on the defensive end was further improved, and the overall strength was also on a higher level.

Originally, he only needed to defend Morris in front of him, but after he observed Westbrook force his way through Drummond directly with speed in the last round, Wembanyama began to pay special attention to Westbrook in this round.

Sure enough, Westbrook chose the exact same way of attacking as in the previous round, and Wembanyama was already prepared, seized the last moment of Wei Shao's breakthrough, and directly took his shot.

Wembanyama picked up the ball, and after he took the ball all the way to the frontcourt, he was about to make a three-pointer, but Popovich's instructions suddenly sounded in his mind.

So he quickly calmed down and passed the ball back to Chang Tiancheng.

Chang Tiancheng originally thought that Wembanyama was going to make a move, but when he suddenly received this pass, he didn't react for a while, and he seemed a little in a hurry.