NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 169 Record Changes, Preparing for the Playoffs
In the second quarter, the battle between the two sides continued, and James began to control the team's possession of the ball, trying to lead the team to catch up with the score.

But the Heat's team cooperation is obviously better, and James is hard to beat with four hands.

At the end of the second quarter, the score had come to 65-44, and the Heat led by 21 points at halftime.

In the third quarter, James knew that this was his last chance. If the score could not be moved back in the third quarter, it would be difficult.

James began to regret letting Su Tian rest in rotation. If Su Tian was still there, he would definitely be able to beat him in the fourth quarter.

Soon, the third quarter began, and James continued to play.

The Heat also started to play wheel battles with James. Luol Deng, Josh Richardson, and Winslow took turns to face James.

Make sure that every player facing James is physically strong.

And Irving, who James placed high hopes on, did not make a breakthrough in the third quarter.

Finally, at the end of the third quarter, the score came to 98-70, and the Heat led the Cavaliers by 28 points.

In the fourth quarter, Tyronn Lue also gave up struggling, replaced James and the main players, and replaced them with substitute players on the bench.

In the end, the Heat defeated the Cavaliers 122-101, and the Cavaliers ushered in their 10th loss of the season.

The Heat made 19 of 11 three-pointers in this game, shooting 57.9% from the field and 54.8% from the field
Wade scored 24 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds, and was elected the MVP of the game.

And Su Tian, ​​who sat in front of the TV and watched the whole game, lay down leisurely and shook his head.

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

Su Tian also returned to the team to participate in training.

In the next two games, the Cavaliers played at home against the Nuggets and Bucks respectively.

On March 3, the Cavaliers easily defeated the Nuggets 21-124 at home.

Jokic started the battle in this battle, but his strength has not yet been fully developed.He only scored 11 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists in the game, and his performance was mediocre.

And against the Nuggets who are still in the rebuilding period, the Cavaliers have no pressure, and basically won the third quarter.

In the fourth quarter, Su Tian went on the court to add bricks and tiles, and the Nuggets were completely dead.

On the 23rd, the Cavaliers played against the Bucks at home.

At this time, the alphabet has not yet fully evolved, but I am still very excited to meet James and want to do something.

The Bucks are indeed as full of vitality as Antetokounmpo showed, and the two teams have been tied in the first three quarters.

At the end of the third quarter, the Cavaliers only led by 4 points, and the point difference advantage was not obvious.

Soon, the fourth quarter began. According to the usual practice, Su Tian came on the court, and Irving and James both went off to rest for a while.

The first ball was given to the Bucks just now, and Middleton held the ball against Su Tian.

According to the fight in the previous three quarters, Middleton knew that Su Tian's defense was not easy to mess with, so he prepared to call a pick-and-roll.

But the pick-and-roll wasn't in place yet, so Su Tian made a quick attack to make a steal.

After succeeding in the steal, Su Tian rushed forward with the ball and made a quick layup.

93-87
The point difference came to 6 points, and the Bucks reorganized their offense.

This time Middleton didn't choose to hold the ball by himself, but gave the ball to his teammates, and he started running without the ball to attract defense.

In the end, the ball was given to Jabari Parker, Parker caught the ball and shot, and made a mid-range shot.

93-89
The ball is switched, and it's the Cavaliers' turn to attack.

Su Tian directly took the ball to the frontcourt, called Love for a pick-and-roll, and used the pick-and-roll to make a direct three-pointer.

Swah——

Su Tian went straight into the net with a three-pointer.

96-89
Middleton actually tried to fight against Su Tian in the fourth quarter, and Su Tian would tell the other party what the result would be.

So in the next few rounds, Su Tian strengthened his personal offense. After several consecutive rounds, the point difference has reached about 10 points.

Bucks coach Kidd called a timeout in time. Taking advantage of the timeout, Tyronn Lue also replaced James and Irving, and the full lineup responded to the impact of the Bucks.

At the critical moment, facing the reincarnation impact of James and Su Tian, ​​the Bucks still couldn't resist after all.

In the end, the Cavaliers defeated the Bucks 113-104 and won the victory.

After the game against the Bucks, the Cavaliers' record came to 61 wins and 10 losses.

Unlike the Warriors, the Cavaliers do not have the pressure to break records, so they can rotate normally without having to bear too much fatigue and exhaustion.

The Warriors played against the Clippers on the same day as the Cavaliers. In the end, the Warriors defeated the Clippers 114-98.

After the game, the Warriors fans were wildly celebrating the victory. After this game, the Warriors' record came to 64 wins and 7 losses, with 11 regular season games left.

Although the fans in the auditorium were very excited, the Warriors players off the field were not in good condition.

Basically everyone starts to get tired. This kind of exhaustion is not only physical exhaustion, but also mental exhaustion.

The Warriors have already begun to fight heavily in order to hit the record.

On the second day of the game against the Bucks, the Cavaliers will play back-to-back away games against the Nets.

Tyronn Lue waved his hand, and all the main players rested in rotation.

So the Barclays Center staged a pecking scene.

In the end, the results showed that the Cavaliers' bench was more useful, and they lost to the Nets 95-104.

The Cavaliers finally ushered in their 11th loss, and the Cavaliers finally theoretically lost their chance to chase the record.

But losing this opportunity, James and Tyronn Lue didn't care.

Obviously these two are more concerned about the championship.

Not only them, but the team's management and coaching staff all agree to strive for the championship with all their strength, and there is no need to insist on regular season records.

In fact, Su Tian still has a little regret, after all, he lost a chance to be named in NBA history.

The next time I have a chance to break the record, I don’t know when I will have to wait.

On March 3, the Cavaliers played away against the Knicks, and all the rest of the main lineup played.

Facing the Cavaliers with the full lineup, the Knicks have no good way. Of course, the Knicks didn't think about dealing with the Cavaliers.

In the end, the Cavaliers easily defeated the Knicks 107-93.

Irving, James and Su Tian all scored 20+ points, showing the offensive firepower of the Cavaliers.

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

The next game is in three days, with a day off in between.

Taking advantage of this day's vacation, Su Tian also began to take care of his body. Although he was supported by the "Iron Man" badge, he still had to take care of himself.

On March 3, the Cavaliers played against the Rockets at home.

This time, the Cavaliers are all out again, and they will face the Houston Rockets with a full lineup.

The lineup sent by the Rockets is Beverly, Harden, Ariza, Motiejunas, Howard.

The Rockets have experienced a coaching change this season, McHale dismissed get out of get out of class, and Bick Stark took over.

But even if the head coach is replaced, the Rockets' record is still tepid, stuck on the edge of the playoffs.

In the end, even if they enter the playoffs, it is estimated that it will be the last one, and they will not survive two rounds.

Soon, the match between the two teams began.

As soon as he came up, Harden singled Su Tian with the ball, trying to open the gap from here.

Su Tian kept the death entanglement all the time, pressing and defending Harden. Harden pushed Su Tian all the way to the basket. Harden, who had no shooting angle, suddenly bumped his arm into Su Tian's arm.

drop--

The referee blew his whistle and Harden made a successful foul.

Su Tian was very helpless, without arguing, Harden walked to the free throw line.

After Harden adjusted, he made two free throws.

0-2
The ball is switched, and it's the Cavaliers' turn to attack.

Irving came to the frontcourt with the ball, facing Beverly's biting defense, Irving didn't want to waste too much energy on Beverly, so he called for a pick-and-roll.

But Beverly was obviously not so easy to get rid of, and after quickly bypassing the pick-and-roll, he entangled Irving again.

Irving had no choice but to play the ball first and give it to James.

James faced Ariza's defense at this time, and he didn't have time to hesitate, and directly broke through with the ball.

Ariza couldn't withstand the impact of James and was pushed all the way to the inside, but at this time the inside Howard was already ready to help defend.

James broke through all the way to the penalty area. I thought James would collect the ball for a layup, but James passed the ball to the outside.

It turned out that Su Tian used the pick-and-roll to cover an open opportunity, so James passed the ball directly.

Su Tian received the ball and made a three-pointer.

Swah——

Su Tian made a direct three-pointer.

3-2
Su Tian also repaid the opposite goal.

Harden failed to keep up with the opposing players in time, and Howard seemed very impatient. He was ready to deal with James, but it turned out that the Cavaliers scored easily because of Su Tian.

Howard shook his head slightly. This team can't stay any longer, and he can start thinking about the next team.

In the next few rounds, Harden still tried to single Su Tian to solve the problem.

But Su Tian is also a smart person, knowing that Harden likes to make fouls, he will not be caught by Harden so easily.

Su Tian is also proficient in using his defensive deterrence badge. When he starts to defend, he keeps a good distance from Harden. Once Harden steps back and makes a jump shot, Su Tian steps forward to interfere.

Although this seems to have no effect, with the blessing of Su Tian's badge, the interference becomes very effective.

As a result, Harden's shooting rate began to decline, and his shooting rate gradually decreased, and he had to hit the inside again and again.

But to attack the inside line, there is not much room for the inside line, and the inside line was originally Howard's private space.Harden's efficiency is naturally not high.

For a while, it was obvious that the Cavaliers suppressed the Rockets.

In the end, at the end of the first half, the Cavaliers led the Rockets 59-40 by 19 points.

According to the tactical arrangement in the third quarter, Su Tian rested off the court, and Irving and James jointly led the team.

Without Su Tian's defense in this quarter, Harden obviously played more freely. JR Smith couldn't hold Harden in singles at all.

After Harden scored in consecutive singles, Tyronn Lue called a timeout. Tyronn Lue looked at halfway through the third quarter, so he replaced Su Tian in advance.

Only when Su Tian goes to defend Harden can Tyronn Lue feel at ease.

The time-out is over and the game continues.

After returning to the field, Su Tian continued to maintain the previous defensive strategy.

Harden thought it was because of his touch that he didn't play well before, but he didn't think Su Tian's defense was better, so he made another single play.

It's just a pity that it turns out that Su Tian has this ability. Harden missed all of his consecutive shots against Su Tian.

Taking advantage of Harden's consecutive misses, the Cavaliers quickly opened up the score again and took advantage of the point difference.

Not to mention the fourth quarter, after Su Tian started the king of the last quarter, Su Tian can not only defend Harden, but even lock Harden.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Su Tian succeeded in two consecutive steals against Harden, opening up the point difference again.

But Harden seemed a little confused. He didn't expect Su Tianju to change so much in the fourth quarter.

On the offensive end, Harden's defense seemed to be there, and Su Tian broke through extremely easily, frequently making mid-range shots with Love's pick-and-roll.

Just over halfway through the fourth quarter, the point difference has reached 20 points, and the Rockets said that they will not play.

So Bick Stark replaced the main force and replaced it with a substitute.

The same is true for Tyronn Lue.

At the end of the game, the Cavaliers easily defeated the Rockets 112-95.

After the game with the Rockets, the Cavaliers' record came to 63 wins and 11 losses.

On March 3, the Cavaliers played against the Nets again. This time because it was at home, the Cavaliers played with their full lineup.

Although it is a full main lineup, the main players have only played half of the game, and the point difference is already obvious, and they basically didn't play much in the following time.

In the end, the Cavaliers defeated the Nets 107-87 and easily won the game.

The record came to 64 wins and 11 losses.

So far, the Cavaliers' March games are all over.

In April, the Cavaliers have only the last 7 games left in the regular season, and after the 7 games are over, they will enter the playoffs.

On April 4, the Cavaliers faced the Eagles back-to-back.

Facing such a formidable opponent before the end of the regular season, Tyronn Lue smiled, waved his big hand and took a break, anyway, it was an away game, so he was fearless.

So in this game, the Cavaliers James, Irving, Su Tian, ​​and Love all rested in Cleveland, and the other teammates went to Atlanta to play against the Hawks.

In the end, his teammates lived up to expectations and lost to the Eagles 89-108. The Cavaliers' record came to 64 wins and 12 losses.

After the game with the Eagles, the Cavaliers only had one day off.

On April 4, the Cavaliers played against the Hornets at home.

In this game, Tyronn Lue rested the main substitute players in the previous game, Dellavedova, jr Smith, and Thompson.

But even so, the Cavaliers still have plenty of players who can play, except for the starting Irving, Su Tian, ​​James, Love, and Mozgov.

Still sitting on the bench, Mo Williams, Shumpert, Channing Frye, Richard Jefferson and some other bench players.

The Cavaliers' lineup has a lot of people who can play, and they have maintained a relatively good health, which is also the main reason for their rapid progress this season.

In the game against the Hornets, the main force of the Cavaliers made full efforts and still had a huge advantage at halftime. Tyronn Lue began to let more substitute players play.

In the end, the Cavaliers easily defeated the Hornets again 112-103.

There have been no tough battles for several consecutive days, and the players of the Cavaliers have fully rested their bodies and are fully prepared for the playoffs.

On April 4, the Cavaliers played away against the Bucks, and the Cavaliers still played with the full main lineup.

Originally, Tyronn Lue thought he could play for a while, but he didn't expect the starting lineup to be in such a good state.

Still at the end of the first half, the Cavaliers have already led by 22 points, and the starting lineup played like a duck to water very easily.

So Tyronn Lue had to expand the rotation again and let the substitutes play more. In this game, Tyronn Lue arranged a total of 13 people to rotate, and even went up to play on the bench.

In the end, the Cavaliers easily defeated the Bucks 109-80.

At this time, the Cavaliers' record came, 66 wins and 12 losses.

(End of this chapter)