NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 168 Lost in the ninth game and began to rest

At the beginning of the game, Paul took the lead and scored the first point in the opening game.

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

In fact, the gap between the two teams is quite obvious, and the Cavaliers only have the No. [-] position that is inferior to the Clippers.

The rest of the second, third, and fourth positions are all dominant, so Owen's task at this time is not to find a way to return the ball, but to control his desire and give the ball to others.

As long as you let the advantage point open the situation, don't be stupid and stunned.

But at this stage, Irving lacks this kind of calmness. After all, he is still young and has not undergone some transformation.

Sure enough, after coming to the frontcourt, Irving called Love to pick and roll, and with the help of the pick and roll, Owen wanted to make a breakthrough.

But Paul quickly bypassed the pick-and-roll and quickly followed Irving's footsteps. Seeing the timing, Paul directly steals.

Paul's steals were fast and ruthless, and after grabbing the ball, he took the ball and went straight to the basket.

Paul rushed two steps away before Owen reacted, and quickly turned around to chase and defend.

But Paul has already rushed up completely, came to the basket first, and made a layup directly.

4-0
The possession of the ball was converted, and the Cavaliers organized an offense again.

Irving was a lot more cautious this time, and passed the ball directly to James after coming to the frontcourt.

James held the ball against Mbah a Moute, did not call for a pick-and-roll, and directly started a breakthrough.

James easily broke through Mbah a Moute's defense with the ball and scored a layup.

4-2
The Knights finally opened.

In the next few rounds, Owen also gradually calmed down, cooperated with his teammates and was not obsessed with singles.

Soon the first quarter ended, the Cavaliers 26-24, leading the Clippers by 2 points.

As long as they play against each other normally, the Cavaliers' lineup advantage is still obvious.

In the second quarter, the Cavaliers rotated normally, Irving rested off the court, and the team organization task was given to Su Tian and James.

And Irving's end, although the offensive ability of the first position has declined, but the overall operation has become smoother.

Soon the Cavaliers established a point difference advantage in the second quarter.

At the end of the second quarter, the score came to 59-49, and the Cavaliers led the Clippers by 10 points.

In the third quarter, Irving played again. This time Irving became more cautious and calm, and the Cavaliers continued to maintain their advantage to suppress the Clippers.

At the end of the third quarter, the point difference had reached 15 points.

So, in the fourth quarter, Su Tian became the king of the last quarter and led the bench to chase hard. Paul always wanted to lead the team to catch up with the score, but he still failed.

In the end, the Cavaliers defeated the Clippers 112-93 and easily won Los Angeles' two consecutive victories.

After the game with the Clippers, the Cavaliers continued their road trip to Utah against the Jazz.

This game was affected by some geographical factors, so that the entire Cavaliers team felt offline. In the end, the Cavaliers lost the game 85-94.

James scored 23 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 turnovers, and he was obviously restricted.

Owen is even more outrageous, 15 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, shooting only 30% from the field, Love is not much better, shooting 34%
Su Tian's shooting percentage is reasonable, just over [-]%, but there are too few shots. The Jazz's double-teaming level against Su Tian is not inferior to James' level.

Losing this game is the ninth game of the season, and it is almost impossible to break the record of 72 wins.

So after returning to Cleveland, the coaching staff also held an emergency meeting, arranged the team's tasks, aimed at the playoffs, and kept the No. [-] position in the Eastern Conference during the regular season.

In other words, a large area of ​​rest is about to begin, and the rest is also to prepare for the playoffs.

So on March 3, against the Mavericks, James took turns.

Although James rests in rotation, the Cavaliers are relatively easy to deal with a team with a late hero like the Mavericks.

Facing the Cavaliers, the Mavericks put on such a lineup, Raymond - Felton, Deron - Williams, Wesley - Matthews, Chandler - Parsons, Dirk - Noveth base.

Su Tian looked at the lineup list, and then at the opposite coach's bench. That's right, it was Carlisle.

Su Tian didn't understand, how did the wise Carlisle come up with this lineup, so that the knights couldn't beat him to death?

Or is it that the Mavericks are going to be bad this season?

But it's not true. The Mavericks have a winning percentage of more than half this season, ranking 6th in the Western Conference and a serious playoff spot.

Su Tian was puzzled, but the game had already begun.

The Cavaliers' lineup is Irving, Su Tian, ​​JR Smith, Love, and Thompson.

At the start of the game, Thompson and Nowitzki jumped the ball, and Thompson easily grabbed it.

Irving started to advance with the ball. After coming to the frontcourt, he directly called Love for a pick-and-roll, wanting to play one himself first.

Without James, Irving doesn't need to think about others, and even with Su Tian, ​​​​Irving can focus more on offense.

With the help of the pick-and-roll, Irving broke through to the inside with the ball. When Felton bypassed the pick-and-roll, Irving had already entered the penalty area.

Owen, who came to the inside, was not afraid of Nowitzki's help defense, and easily hit a pull-up layup.

Su Tian looked at Mavericks' lineup and couldn't help shaking his head again.

Felton's athletic ability has declined, and he is not good at defense. He can't keep up with Irving's speed at all. Nowitzki inside has never been a defensive player.

This led to the fact that the Mavericks couldn't keep up with the outside line, and couldn't defend the inside line. They were all loopholes.

What's more, don't forget that the opponent against Su Tian is Deron Williams who has been seriously injured. The Cavaliers in the first and second positions have the advantage.

The possession of the ball was changed, and it was the Mavericks' turn to attack. Felton held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, waiting for Nowitzki to settle down.

After the position was completed, Felton passed the ball directly to Nowitzki in the low post inside.

Nowitzki faced Thompson with his back. After consecutive backs, he turned over and shot a jumper with a fadeaway, a standard Golden Rooster independent shooting posture.

Swah——

Drivers with plenty of physical strength can still hit a dozen.

2-2
The ball was given to the Cavaliers again, and Irving was still the one who launched the offense. Facing Felton's defense, Irving was not polite at all, and broke through again after using the pick-and-roll.

This time Felton still failed to catch up with Irving. After Irving broke in, he made an emergency stop jump shot.

The basketball hits the net crisply.

4-2
Felton's strenuous performance on the court was clearly seen.

I have to sigh here, Mr. Qiao's vision is really unique.

In the next few rounds, Irving hit Felton consecutively, and scored consecutively. The score came to 13-5 unknowingly.

After all, Carlisle couldn't stand it anymore. Taking advantage of the official timeout, he replaced Felton with Devin Harris.

Harris came up and went to the second position, and Deron returned to the first position to face Owen.

Although the defender has changed, the result has not changed much. Irving still played easily.

Deron has been going downhill year by year since he left the Nets. The main reason is the serious decline in his athletic ability after a serious injury.

Irving relied on flexible dribbling rhythm changes to easily break through Deron's defense.

And because of the decline in speed, Deron has also become difficult to break through the Cavaliers' defense.

So the Mavericks still focus on Nowitzki.

Soon, the first quarter ended, the score came to 29-21, the Cavaliers led the Mavericks by 8 points.

The reason why the Mavericks can barely keep up with the Cavaliers' offensive rhythm is thanks to Nowitzki's hard back-up.

On the other hand, I have to thank Irving. Irving went up again in the first quarter. Su Tian didn't touch the ball a few times, and only got 2 points and 2 assists.

In the second quarter, Tyronn Lue replaced Irving for a rest, sent Dellavedova and let Su Tianlai lead the team's offense.

The Mavericks also made substitutions and took Nowitzki. After all, Nowitzki is too old to play for too long.

The Mavericks' lineup became Jose Barea, Devin Harris, Chandler Parsons, David Lee and Pachulia.

In the first round, the ball was given to the Mavericks.

Barea came to the frontcourt with the ball, encountered Dellavedova's defense, and passed the ball directly to Harris.

Harris experienced Su Tian's defense in the first quarter, and did not dare to take it lightly, calling David Lee to play the pick-and-roll.

With the help of the pick-and-roll, Harris holds the ball and starts a breakthrough.

After Su Tian quickly bypassed the pick-and-roll, he followed Harris and maintained a defensive position.

The two fought all the way to the basket, Harris collected the ball and made a layup, but he didn't push Su Tian.

So Harris made a layup and Su Tian turned around and got the rebound.

Su Tian, ​​who was rebounding, was not in a hurry to attack. After slowly advancing to the frontcourt, he called Love for a pick-and-roll.

Like on-site teaching, Su Tian also used the pick-and-roll to break through to the inside, but he was faster than Harris in terms of speed and stronger in confrontation.

The two confronted again and came to the basket. Su Tian collected the ball, took a European step, and scored an easy layup.

31-21
The Cavaliers led by 10 points.

The possession of the ball was converted, and the Mavericks attacked again.

Harris came to the frontcourt with the ball. This time, Harris did not force himself, but called David Lee to drop low.

After waiting for David Lee to finish, Harris passed the ball to the inside David Lee.

David Lee leaned on Love with his back, ready to start a back attack.

When Love was in the Timberwolves, his tonnage and confrontation were not bad, because at that time he needed to go to low singles frequently.

But after coming to the Cavaliers, I lost a lot of weight in the past two years, also to match the team's speed.

Now facing David Lee in the low post, Love seems to be struggling.

The two fought all the way to the basket. After David Lee shook his fake move, he turned over and shot.

Swah——

Love's interference was not very timely, and David Lee made a shot.

31-23
Although it was successfully scored, it was not a big problem, and Su Tian would return it.

The possession of the ball was changed, and Su Tian advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

Su Tian still used Love's pick-and-roll to make a breakthrough, but this time Love didn't shoot outside, but went down.

Su Tian passed the ball directly to Love who was on the move, and Love caught the ball and made a layup.

Su Tian's pass was very comfortable, and Love's layup was also very firm.

33-23
The two sides fought back and forth, but overall the Cavaliers still have the advantage.

Although the Mavericks have a good record this season, there is still a gap between them and the Cavaliers.

At the end of the second quarter, the score came to 57-45, and the Cavaliers had already led the Mavericks by 12 points.

Maintaining the point difference is still easier than chasing points. For the Cavaliers, this game has basically been won.

In the third quarter, Irving led the team to play, and Su Tian took a rest.

Nowitzki also came up again on the Mavericks side, trying to open up the Mavericks' offense.

Su Tian watched the two teams play back and forth off the court, although Nowitzki's offense did retain a lot of ability.

But compared with Owen who was young when he came, it was indeed a bit difficult for others.

At the end of the third quarter, the two teams maintained a 10-point gap.

In the fourth quarter, Tyronn Lue didn't give the Mavericks any more chances, and directly arranged the full main lineup.

Of course, even with the full main lineup, the first half of the time is still Su Tian's performance time.

Relying on the bonus of the king of the last quarter, Su Tian kept breaking through the defenses of Deron and Harris, while the inside of the Mavericks was completely undefended for Su Tian.

Su Tian scored layups again and again, even if Carlisle called a timeout in the middle, it was useless.

In the end, the Mavericks lost to the Cavaliers, and Carlisle replaced the main lineup with two minutes before the whistle and surrendered.

The Cavaliers beat the Mavericks 109-98, winning another game without James.

On March 3, against the Magic, Love took a break in this game and James returned.

Against the Magic, which is still in its youth, the Cavaliers expressed no pressure.

What's more, James also took a break for a game, so in the game against the Magic, James made a violent breakthrough and went on a rampage.

At the end of the first three quarters, the Cavaliers have established a 10-point advantage.

In the first half of the fourth quarter, in Su Tian's time, although Love was not present, it was the same with Channing Frye.

Under Su Tian's pass, Frye also played at the level of Love, shooting 6 of 4 three-pointers, quite threatening.

Su Tian's ability to connect teams has been recognized by Tyronn Lue more than once, and every time he marvels at how such a young player can be so seasoned.

In the end, the Cavaliers defeated the Magic 116-103.

On March 3, the Cavaliers went to Miami to play against the Heat, and Su Tian took a rest.

This game is back-to-back, and against a strong team like the Heat, Tyronn Lue originally planned to take a large-scale rotation.

But James disagreed, so there was no other way, so he had to take a rest.

So Tyronn Lue looked and looked, this season only counts that Su Tian has less rest, so let Su Tian rest in rotation.

Su Tian returned to Cleveland one step ahead of his teammates, lying on the bed at home, watching the live broadcast on TV was very comfortable.

Facing old opponents and old friends, James still wants to fight as much as possible.

However, after several transactions, the Heat have changed a lot in the lineup. The lineup sent is Dragic, Joe Johnson, Wade, Luol Deng, and Amare Stoudemire.

In order to deal with the Heat's small lineup, the Cavaliers also temporarily changed the starting lineup, Irving, jr Smith, Shumpert, James, Love.

I thought we could fight for a few rounds, but unexpectedly, in the first quarter, the Heat scored 31-19 in a single quarter, leading the Cavaliers by 12 points in a single quarter.

When James was resting off the court, he couldn't help biting his nails. James didn't expect the Heat to play so fiercely in this game.

Especially Wade, an old friend, was merciless at all, grabbing Shumpert and beating him to death.

Thanks to Tyronn Lue's substitution adjustment and the replacement of Richard Jefferson, there were some restrictions on Wade.

(End of this chapter)