NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 155 Fighting the Warriors again, a preview of the finals?
Although Popovich jumped, he didn't dare to call a timeout.

The Spurs had one last timeout left, and Popovich had to save it.

The possession of the ball was changed, and Parker continued to advance with the ball.

This time the ball was passed to Aldridge in the high position. Aldridge held the ball to observe the formation, and Leonard kept running on the sidelines.

It seems to be another tactic of a dual-virtue combination.

Just when everyone's attention was attracted by Leonard and Aldridge, Parker suddenly made an air cut.

Owen was caught off guard by Parker's sudden attack and was unable to keep up in time.

Aldridge passed the ball in time, Parker received the ball and made a direct layup.

94-85
The Spurs barely chased the point difference to 9 points, but only 2 minutes left.

The ball was given to the Cavaliers, and Irving slowly moved forward with the ball.

After coming to the frontcourt, Irving kept dribbling the ball without any intention of attacking.

Naturally, the Spurs would not wait foolishly. Parker stepped forward to interfere and forced Irving to play the ball quickly.

However, Irving's dribbling ability is really good. With several consecutive shakes, he not only escaped Parker's attack, but also broke through Parker's defense.

So Irving rushed to the inside with the ball, and Green on the side had to rush to help defend when he saw this.

Owen saw Green coming to help defend the double-team, so he passed the ball to Su Tian.

Su Tian got the ball, directly started a breakthrough, and rushed to the basket.

Duncan under the basket was ready to defend and did not rush out easily.

Su Tian saw that Duncan couldn't come out, so he immediately stopped and shot a jumper.

Swah——

Su Tian made an easy hit in the mid-range shot.

96-85
If Su Tian forcibly confronts Duncan, he can still score, but that would be too laborious, and it would be easier to save trouble than a CIC.

The point difference returned to 11 points, and the Spurs were in danger.

Here the Spurs served the ball quickly, and Parker started to accelerate when he got the ball, rushing to the frontcourt.

Irving is also one step outside the three-point line, waiting for Parker, and the defense directly increases the intensity, not giving Parker a chance to easily hold the ball.

Parker was unstable with the ball, so he passed the ball to Leonard.

Leonard didn't stay too long when he got the ball, and made a direct three-pointer with the help of Aldridge's pick-and-roll.

I thought it was a bet, but Leonard was lucky and made a direct hit.

96-88
Leonard hit a three-pointer, and the point difference came to 8 points.

After the Spurs scored a goal, they retreated quickly. As long as the ball can be defended, and then use foul tactics, they may still win.

Irving held the ball in the backcourt and continued to advance slowly.

Parker couldn't stand it anymore, and came to the backcourt to press directly.

With a rhythm change, Irving swayed Parker's tackle and rushed forward.

Owen, who came to the front court, did not rush to attack, but continued to hold the ball like a rogue.

Parker and Green began to double-team Irving, and Irving had to quickly throw the ball to Su Tian who was emptied.

As soon as Su Tian got the ball, Green immediately returned to the defensive position, trying to steal Su Tian.

But Su Tian is not so easy to steal.

With a cross dribble and a change of direction in front of his body, Su Tian easily crossed Green's defense line and came to the free throw line, just about to make another emergency stop jumper.

As a result, this time Duncan came out from the inside to help defend Su Tian.

Su Tian took a look, and a light ground pass was passed to Thompson behind Duncan.

Thompson received the ball and dunked directly.

boom--

98-88
Thompson's dunk was easily scored, and the point difference returned to 10 points again.

Seeing that the victory was hopeless, Popovich called the last timeout, replaced all the main players, and prepared to surrender.

Tyronn Lue also won the main players and replaced them on the bench.

In the end, the game ended and the Cavaliers beat the Spurs 102-90.

詹姆斯全场拿到26分7篮板6助攻2抢断1盖帽，欧文本场表现不错，拿到了21分5助攻4篮板。

Su Tian's statistics in this game have shrunk, but they are only a little shrunk compared to himself. He scored 22 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds and 1 steal in the game.

As for the reason for Su Tian's data shrinkage, everyone is clear about it.

It was because of Irving's return that he lost Su Tian's possession of the ball, which caused Su Tian to fail to score a lot of statistics.

Moreover, the most embarrassing thing is that Owen's efficiency and plus-minus value are not as high as Su Tian's.

Therefore, while complaining about Owen's low efficiency, everyone inevitably labeled Su Tian high efficiency.

Don't underestimate this labeling, a good label will definitely affect the judgment and choice of the media and fans.

For example, everyone admits that Butler is tough and Ibaka is long.

After the game against the Spurs, the Cavaliers were not in a hurry to go back.

Because the next game is against Texas, against the Rockets.

In the deal the Rockets made before the season, Ty Lawson's performance was really broken, and it was considered the most failed deal.

However, the Rockets' modern combination hasn't moved, and the Rockets still have a certain degree of competitiveness.

On January 1, everyone from the Cavaliers came to the home court of the Rockets.

The fans and audience at the scene thought it was a fight between dragons and tigers, but it turned out to be a surprise.

The Cavaliers easily defeated the Rockets 91-77.

The key point of this game is that Su Tian vs. Harden vs. defense.

It may also be that Harden went to the nightclub to play too much last night, and he was not in a good state, but in short, judging from the scene, it was Su Tian who locked Harden.

哈登全场拿到7分3助攻3篮板2失误，命中率只有20%，而且7分里面还有3分是罚球得分。

After watching the whole scene, I have to say that Harden was arranged by Su Tian.

And this game also strengthened everyone's impression of Su Tian's good defense.

After the game against the Rockets, the Cavaliers returned to Cleveland.

After a day of rest in Cleveland, they are busy preparing for the next game.

The reason why the Cavaliers are so anxious is not because of anything else, but because the Warriors are coming!

So far, the Warriors' record has remained at 37 wins and 4 losses, while the Cavaliers are not far behind, with a record of 34 wins and 4 losses.

The Cavaliers have the same number of losses as the Warriors, but the Warriors are slightly better in terms of winning percentage.

Tyronn Lue attaches great importance to this game, and he regards this game as a preview of the finals.

Soon, on January 1, the Warriors struck.

In this game, both sides are also the main players.

The lineup sent by the Warriors is Curry, Clay, Barnes, Green, Bodogte.

The lineup sent by the Cavaliers is Irving, Su Tian, ​​James, Love, and Mozgov.

Neither side wants to think about the other.

With the whistle of the referee, Mozgov and Bogout jumped up at the same time, and in the end Mozgov got the first attack with a slight advantage.

Irving took the basketball and pushed forward with the ball.

As soon as he came to the frontcourt, Irving signaled Love to come to the pick-and-roll. James looked at it and didn't say anything.

Irving was about to break through to the inside with the pick-and-roll, but he seemed to have forgotten who was defending Love.

Green's rotation speed is very fast. After going up and delaying Owen, he still had time to go back and follow Love.

Irving's wave has returned without success.

So Irving was also embarrassed and passed the ball to James on the side.

James didn't have much time to get the ball, so he directly held the ball and broke through Barnes' defense.

Barnes has worked very hard, but it turns out that hard work doesn't equal effectiveness.

Against Barnes' defense, James made a tough layup.

2-0
The Cavaliers scored points at the start.

The possession of the ball was converted, and Curry advanced with the ball.

After coming to the frontcourt, Su Tian obviously felt that the rhythm of the Warriors was getting faster.

Because Su Tian followed Clay without the ball, his feeling was quite obvious. The whole team was speeding up, speed and frequency.

Not just playing fast, but a change in tempo.

Sure enough, with the blessing of this rhythm, Curry easily got rid of Irving and got an open opportunity.

Curry took Green's pass and made a direct three-pointer.

Swah——

It seems that Curry has a good start and hits directly.

2-3
The ball was given to the Cavaliers again, and Irving held the ball and pushed forward.

After coming to the frontcourt this time, Irving no longer called Love for pick-and-rolls, but prepared to singles Curry to regain his face.

After gesturing for others to pull away, Irving began to constantly cross dribble to shake Curry's defensive center of gravity.

Immediately afterwards, Irving looked at the right time and suddenly broke out from Curry's right side to make a breakthrough.

Curry followed Irving closely, for fear of being lost.

Owen saw that Curry had been following closely, so he stopped and started several times in a row, and through rhythm changes, he swayed out of the shooting space.

So Owen directly received the ball and threw it high.

bang - swish -

The basketball hits the backboard into the net.

Irving scored with a high throw and the score came to 4-3
Seeing the basketball scored, Irving was relieved.

This goal is scored, and the only thing to fight for is one breath, and then you can play normally.

The possession of the ball was changed, the Warriors quickly served the ball, and the whole team started to run.

As soon as the warrior ran, the knight had to run with him.

But the Warriors are busy and not chaotic, and their continuous and rapid moves are tactical. After a while, they ran an air cut tactic for Barnes.

Curry quickly passed the ball to Barnes, and Barnes caught the ball and made a layup.

4-5
The fluency of the Warriors' offense made Tyronn Lue amazed.

It's not that I haven't seen a smooth offense. Who would dare to say that the King's offense was not smooth and gorgeous.

The main reason is that it is not easy for the Warriors to increase their speed so fast on such a smooth basis.

In a high-level arena, the slightest difference can affect the result, even if the speed is only a little faster, it is fast.

This is why the Warriors are difficult to limit.

The possession of the ball was switched again. Irving did not hold the ball willfully this time, but gave the ball to James.

James got the ball and started calling his teammates to run.

At the same time, James also called Mozgov to pick and roll.

James used the pick-and-roll to break through to the inside.

All the way to the basket on a rampage, Bogoute simply didn't have the speed to return to defense and couldn't keep up with James.

So Green had to help defend, and when Green helped defend, Love would let go, and Clay ran to make up.

James took the opportunity to pass the ball to Su Tian. That's right, James didn't go to Love, but went directly to Su Tian.

Because after such a long period of cooperation, James believes that Su Tian can handle the ball well even if it is not open when he gets the ball.

This time it was a blind cat meeting a dead mouse, Su Tian happened to be open, so Su Tian received the ball and made a three-pointer.

Swah——

Su Tian hit a three-pointer directly, and the crisp netting sound sounded, which caused a burst of cheers from the fans and audience.

7-5
The point difference between the two teams continued to cross the lead, which made the fans on the scene very enjoyable and exciting.

From the beginning of the game to now, the discussions about the two teams have never stopped.

One is because the two teams were opponents in the finals last season, and the two teams fought hard for 6 games before deciding the winner.

And the two teams will also be the two biggest championship favorites this season.

The second is because only these two teams have maintained a record of 4 losses this season, which can be regarded as a dialogue between the league's first and second record.

Who is the first to come to 5 losses is also a topic of special concern to everyone.

At this time, the situation on the court was still at a stalemate. The Warriors and Cavaliers saw each other's moves, and the two teams played happily.

Until the official timeout, the two teams began to make substitution adjustments.

The Warriors have nothing to say here, they directly replaced the death five small lineup, and Iguodala played.

The Cavaliers also began to make adjustments, replacing Mozgov with Thompson.

This is to deal with the Warriors' dead five, and it is necessary to strengthen the rotation speed of the inside line.

The game started again, and the Warriors played at a faster pace. Su Tian could clearly feel that the Warriors' players were in a very tacit state of harmony.

This kind of tacit understanding cannot be cultivated in a day or two.The Cavaliers have begun to obviously not keep up with the speed of the Warriors.

On the Cavaliers' side, Irving and James are still taking turns to exert their strength. Fortunately, there is Su Tian, ​​otherwise the team would take jujube pills.

Soon, at the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers 21-34 were directly led by the Warriors by 13 points in a single quarter.

During the break between festivals, Tyronn Lue held the tactical board and anxiously arranged some tactics, and the sweat on Tyronn Lue's forehead could be clearly seen.

Soon, the intermission is over and the second quarter begins.

In the second quarter, the Cavaliers also made another substitution adjustment, and Dellavedova came on to replace Irving.

Come on Dellavedova, this is specially prepared for Curry.

Looking at the entire team, the best defensive effect on Curry, except for Su Tian is Dellavedova.

And Su Tian has to take part of the offensive responsibilities in this lineup, so the best candidate to defend Curry is naturally Dellavedova.

Correspondingly, the Warriors also made substitution adjustments.

Curry, Livingston, Iguodala, Green, Ezeli.

In the second quarter, the first ball was given to the Warriors. Curry took the ball to the frontcourt and gave the ball to Green.

Although there is no Clay to cover Curry, the Warriors can still play tactics.

It's just that Dellavedova is really good at defending Curry, and after following Su Tian to improve his defense again, he is more calm when facing Curry without the ball.

Curry failed to get a suitable opportunity for several consecutive reverse runs, so Green had to change his tactics and give the ball to Livingston.

But Livingston is also distressed, Curry has no chance, do I have a chance, do you want to see who is guarding me?
But Livingston couldn't help it, got the ball, bit the bullet and called Green for a pick-and-roll.

Livingston used the pick-and-roll to break through to the inside. Seeing that there was no time, Livingston had to make an emergency stop jumper from the middle distance.

But this ball did not shake Su Tian's defense at all, Su Tian completely interfered.

boom--

Livingston missed a mid-range shot, and Thompson took advantage of the rebound.

(End of this chapter)