NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 148 Against the Thunder, Owen is back

After Durant got the ball, he began to call for pick-and-rolls.

Durant is not that stupid. If he can't match up with James, he won't match up. It's unnecessary.

But it may be Durant's smart mentality that made Durant less tough and murderous.

Durant used the pick-and-roll to make a breakthrough. James was fast and followed up in time to put Durant on his body.

Durant had no choice but to take a small half step back again to open up the distance and break through the space.

James strictly defended, Durant did not find a suitable breakthrough gap, and then Durant started his own double disguise.

After the double disguise, James was not shaken out a lot. Durant seized the gap and made a jumper.

Swah——

Durant hit a jumper.

2-4
The combination of Wang Bo at the start will make the first move.

The ball is switched, and it's the Cavaliers' turn to attack.

Dellavedova holds the ball and gives it to James.

James holds the ball against Durant. Logically speaking, James doesn't have to be afraid of Durant's defense at all, because Durant's body is indeed thinner than James'.

James forcibly broke through Durant's defense, and the Thunder quickly double-teamed the defense.

In order to deal with James, the Thunder also prepared a package to deal with James.

The general strategy is that Durant follows the defense, Ibaka assists in double-teaming, and Adams squats under the basket to form three bread sandwiches with cheese.

This strategy might have worked in the past, but it doesn't work now. Now the Cavaliers have Su Tian.

The James found Su Tian in the cracks, and made a precise pass to the ground.

Su Tian received the ball and quickly broke through Robertson's defense and scored a layup.

4-4
James smiled insignificantly, so what can you do with the combination of Wang Bo.

The possession of the ball is converted, and Westbrook holds the ball and advances forward.

After coming to the frontcourt, Dellavedova rushed forward and gave Westbrook a tough confrontation.

Westbrook didn't want to give the ball easily, so he called Adams to pick and roll.

Adams' pick-and-roll was relatively solid, Dellavedova was delayed, and Westbrook took the opportunity to break through to the inside.

The Cavaliers didn't have a particularly good defender on the inside, so Su Tian had no choice but to double-team the defender and reach out to the ball, giving Westbrook a posture to steal.

Westbrook stopped in order to protect the possession of the ball, received the ball directly, and the zombie shot a jumper.

boom--

Westbrook missed a jumper and Mozgov got the rebound.

Su Tian took the ball and pushed forward.

After coming to the frontcourt, Su Tian continued to call Mozgov for a pick-and-roll. With the help of the pick-and-roll, Su Tian jumped two steps inside and shot a mid-range jumper.

Swah——

Su Tian's jumper hit.

6-4
In the next few rounds, Durant began to gradually take over the ball, and the two sides began to play inextricably.

At the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers only led the Thunder by 28 points 26-2.

In the first quarter, Westbrook was restricted by Dellavedova and did not have too many outstanding performances.

Soon, the second quarter began, and Su Tian moved to the No. [-] position.

Su Tian, ​​who returned to the No. [-] position, faced Westbrook. The coaches of both sides, including fans and commentators, were paying attention to how Su Tian would defend Westbrook.

Anyway, Westbrook is also an All-Star player, let's see how Su Tian can defend Westbrook.

At the start of the game, the first ball was owned by the Thunder, and Westbrook came to the frontcourt with the ball.

After coming to the frontcourt, Westbrook was very excited to see Su Tian defending himself, and wanted to play one himself.

So Westbrook took a half step back, put into gear and sprinted, trying to use absolute speed to break through Su Tian.

But Su Tian's defense was not that easy to break. Su Tian caught up with Westbrook in time and didn't let him drop.

Su Tian was fighting with his body while trying to steal. Westbrook's dribbling was actually not good, and he often made mistakes.

Sure enough, this time Westbrook was too impatient and failed to grasp the strength, and was caught by Su Tian.

Bang, Su Tian successfully steals.

After successfully stealing the ball, Su Tian turned around and started sprinting.

James on the other side immediately started sprinting when he saw Su Tian's successful steal.

Although Russell didn't dribble very well, he was not satisfied with his speed. Su Tian, ​​who was dribbling and sprinting, failed to get rid of Westbrook's pursuit.

But Su Tian is not as stupid as Westbrook. Seeing that the timing is right, Su Tian accurately passes the ball to the running James.

James dribbled two steps after receiving the ball, and directly received the ball and took off.

boom--

James smashed and dunked hard.

The two consecutive connections between James and Su Tian sounded the alarm for the Thunder.

James is not scary, and Su Tian is not scary, but when the two get together, it is a bit scary.

The next two rounds also verified this matter.

Once James broke through and gave the ball to Su Tian, ​​Su Tian caught the ball and made a three-pointer.

Once Su Tian used the pick-and-roll to break through and pass the ball to James who was in an air cut. James caught the ball and made a layup.

The two cooperated very tacitly, and they beat the Thunder's defense line.

Thunder coach Donovan hurriedly called a timeout.

I don't know if Donovan really has any panacea. After returning from the timeout, the Thunder's offense looks decent, scoring several rounds in a row.

The scores of the two teams began to stalemate again until the end of the second quarter, the score came to 48-45, and the Cavaliers led by 3 points.

During the intermission, Tyronn Lue didn't make too many arrangements, and stepped back after emphasizing the lineup in the third quarter.

Soon, the intermission ended and the third quarter began.

Su Tian sat off the court as usual, and the lineup on the court was a James-themed lineup.

And the Thunder also played a familiar figure, Dion Waiters, Su Tian's former competitor in the second position.

Now Waiters can only find a sense of presence on the Thunder's bench.

However, the main output point of the Thunder in the third quarter is still on Durant and Westbrook.

James is still a bit struggling alone, and Jr and Xiao Mo, although they can fight for one or two rounds, they still can't last long after all.

Tai Lue called a timeout with 3 minutes left and replaced Su Tian in advance.

Although Su Tian who came back didn't have the bonus of the king of the last quarter, his physical strength recovered well, so he took the initiative to play two shots with the ball, and successfully assisted his teammates both times.

Tyronn Lue was watching from the sidelines and shook his head. He is really the "king of the last quarter". He didn't want to play by himself 3 minutes early, so he had to wait until the fourth quarter?

But no matter how confused Tyronn Lue was, Su Tian didn't strengthen his desire to attack with the ball.

But Su Tian maintained the situation on the field in his own way. At the end of the third quarter, the two teams tied 75-75.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Durant and Westbrook will definitely have to rest for a period of time, because this is one of the few rest periods for James.

The Thunder wants to let their main players take a good rest while James is not on the court. As for the situation and score on the court, it depends on the teammates on the bench.

Soon, the fourth quarter begins.

Su Tian came up and called Love for a pick-and-roll with the ball.

With the help of the pick-and-roll, Su Tian took two steps inward, shook the defender away, and hit a jumper directly.

77-75
The possession of the ball was changed, and it was the Thunder's turn to attack.

Dj-Augustin came to the front court with the ball and wanted to cooperate with his teammates, but was entangled by Dellavedova, and there was no chance to organize and connect.

Augustine had to force the ball to Waiters.

Dion Waiters got the ball and faced Su Tian's defense.

Seeing Waiters taking the ball, Su Tian smiled slightly, "Dion, come, let me see how much progress you have made."

Dion Waiters is actually unwilling to play against Su Tian. After all, Su Tian's performance in the recent period is obvious to all, and he has basically locked an All-Star seat.

But what Su Tian said was too irritating, and Waiters couldn't be more angry, so he planned to hit one, just one.

However, the ideal is full and the reality is cruel. Waiters dribbled the ball before he was intercepted by Su Tian.

Su Tianyiqi Juechen, who had completed the steal, rushed straight to the frontcourt, Waiters turned and chased, but the distance became farther and farther away.

Su Tian came to the basket in the frontcourt and directly collected the ball and took off, bang——Su Tian made a strong smash and dunk.

79-75
Donovan looked at the situation on the field and was worried. He looked at Westbrook and Durant from time to time to see if they had a good rest.

The possession of the ball was changed, and it was the Thunder's turn to attack.

It was still Augustine who held the ball to organize the offense. This time Augustine was prepared and was not so embarrassed by Dellavedova again.

But the Thunder's bench lineup was really not very good. In the end, Augustine missed a shot.

Love took the rebound and gave it to Su Tian, ​​who slowly took the ball to the frontcourt.

After coming to the frontcourt, Su Tian continued to call Love for a pick-and-roll.

With the help of the pick-and-roll Su Tian broke through to the inside, Waiters followed Su Tian closely, for fear of being thrown off.

But Su Tian stopped and started quickly, changed his rhythm, directly opened up the space, and shot a jumper.

At this time, Waiters' defensive center of gravity had not been fully adjusted, and he sat on the ground directly.

Swah——

Waiters' fall and Su Tian's goal complement each other.

There was a burst of exclamation in the on-site arena, and the fans in the Quicken Loans Arena began to shout crazily.

The live DJ is also playing the rhythm crazily, as if Waiters is not their chosen rookie, but their enemy.

Although Su Tian was very happy, he couldn't help feeling sad when he saw Waiters' appearance.

In the NBA, strength is still king.

In the next two rounds, Waiters completely lost the desire to attack, even defense was dispensable, and was beaten by Su Tian consecutively.

Seeing that the point difference was getting bigger and bigger, Donovan called a timeout.

At this point the score came to 86-77, with the Cavaliers leading by 9 points.

Tyronn Lue saw the Thunder put both Durant and Westbrook on the court, so he also replaced James.

Moreover, Su Tian was specially arranged to defend Westbrook.

Soon, the timeout ends and the game continues.

As soon as Westbrook came back, he wanted to play a single with the ball, trying to stabilize the situation.

But seeing Su Tian rushing towards him, Westbrook was still dazed.

So Westbrook hurriedly turned half-turned to protect the basketball, while calling his teammates for a pick-and-roll.

Seeing this, Adams hurried over and set up a pick-and-roll for Russell.

But after the bonus, Su Tian was not so easy to be blocked. Su Tian quickly bypassed the pick-and-roll and re-wrapped Westbrook.

Seeing his second brother in such a mess, Durant hurried over to help him.

Originally, Westbrook didn't want to pass the ball, but Su Tian's pressure was too tight, and Westbrook couldn't get in at all.

So I had to pass the ball to Durant.

Durant gets the ball and faces James.

I saw Durant's disguise, followed by another disguise, and the two consecutive disguises were very large.

After all, there was still a little room for attacking, so he just pulled it up and shot.

James reacted extremely quickly and jumped up in time to block the shot.

boom--

Durant was interfered by James and missed the shot.

Love grabbed the rebound, no need to remind, James and Su Tian have already started rushing forward.

Love made a long pass and accurately found Su Tian.

Behind Su Tian is Westbrook, closely following Su Tian's footsteps.

Of course, Su Tian can also force his shot, but it's not necessary.

Su Tian rushed to the basket. When he came to the basket, Su Tian collected the ball and threw it high.

boom--

James, who came from behind, caught the ball and dunked directly.

Su Tian and James successfully connected in the air.

88-77
The point difference came to 11 points, and the Thunder were in danger.

Durant came to the frontcourt with the ball himself, and this time Durant called his teammates for a pick-and-roll.

With the help of the space created by the pick-and-roll, Durant made a steady two-pointer.

88-79
Donovan clenched his fist hard on the sidelines.

At critical moments, Durant is still so easy to use.

It's just a pity that his physical strength is not that good.

Sure enough, Donovan's worries became a reality in the next round.

Durant was obviously affected by physical strength when shooting and missed the shot.

Love took the rebound, and the Cavaliers once again played a fast break.

James received the ball and passed it to Su Tian in the bottom corner, Su Tian received the ball and made a three-pointer.

Westbrook saw that his elder brother was dying, so he took the ball and started to attack.

But with Su Tian around, no matter how fierce Westbrook was, Su Tian held him down.

After several consecutive rounds, Westbrook's shooting was lower than Durant's.

With 2 minutes left in the game, Donovan called a timeout and replaced the main players.

At the end of the game, the Cavaliers beat the Thunder 105-90 by 15 points.

Su Tian scored 28 points, 8 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals.

Seeing Durant and Westbrook walking out of the arena lonely, Su Tian felt refreshed.

After the game with the Thunder, the Cavaliers continued to sit at home against the 75ers.

The 75ers had no resistance throughout the whole process, and the Cavaliers easily defeated 108-86.

The point is not here, the point is that Owen ushered in a comeback in this game.

Irving played 17 minutes in this game, scored 12 points, 4 assists and 1 rebound, and his shooting percentage just reached 40%. Obviously, he is still looking for his status.

But what I have to say is that Irving's return has indeed increased the thickness of the bench for the Cavaliers.

There are more people who can play for the Cavaliers.

On December 12, the Cavaliers played against the Knicks.

This is the last game before Christmas.

In order to adjust the state, but also to give Irving a better comeback environment.

Su Tian was rested for this game.

According to the management, it is necessary to maintain a state of physical adjustment to deal with the Warriors in the Christmas game.

Su Tian is as good as he is, and obeys the management's arrangement to take rotations. However, without me, Su Tian, ​​Owen may not be able to support your back line.

结果也不出苏天所料，欧文上场29分钟，投篮17中3，只拿到10分4助攻1篮板。

Without Su Tian's back line, it can only increase the playing time of Dellavedova and jr.

In the end, James was alone, and the Cavaliers, who were still leading in the fourth quarter, regrettably lost in the end.

The Cavaliers suffered their second defeat of the season.

(End of this chapter)