NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 174 Advancing to the Second Round

The Cavaliers made great strides in the first round of the game, showing the temperament of the defending champion, which surprised other teams.

But while the knight looks gorgeous, some problems have also begun to appear.

Some veterans' bodies are starting to show injuries.

Mozgov's old injury relapsed and he had to go back to undergo strict inspections and returned to Cleveland first.

jr smith also has muscle tension and needs to rest for a few days.

In the current Cavaliers, except for the veterans who need to rest and the bench who can only play in garbage time, there are not many people who can use Tyronn Lue.

The guards are left, Dellavedova, Irving, Su Tian, ​​Mo Williams.

There are also forwards, James, Love, Thompson, Richard Jefferson, Shumpert.

Although there are only 9 players left, they are all players who can play and contribute.

In the playoffs, a 9-man rotation is completely enough.

On April 4, the fourth game between the Cavaliers and the Pistons started on time.

The Cavaliers' starting lineup is still Irving, Su Tian, ​​James, Love, and Thompson.

The Pistons' starting lineup remains unchanged.

Before the game, the Pistons kept chanting the slogan of refusing to sweep, and they seemed to be full of morale.

But the knight's imposing manner is not only full, it should be described as imposing like a rainbow.

The opening jump ball was finally grabbed by Thompson this time.

Irving started to advance with the ball, and Irving was still full of energy at the beginning and scored several goals in a row.

The Pistons adjusted their tactics in time. After chasing and intercepting Irving for two consecutive rounds, James began to take the ball.

The Pistons can deal with Irving, but there is no particularly good way to deal with James. They can only rely on Morris' close defense and Drummond's squat defense at the basket. The two cooperate to defend James.

But in the first quarter, the Cavaliers didn't open the three-pointer from the outside and failed to provide much help to James. The Pistons double-teamed James more resolutely.

Soon, the first quarter ended, the score came to 25-28, and the Cavaliers were temporarily behind by 3 points.

During the intermission, Tyronn Lue approached Su Tian, ​​"Su, you have to hit the outside line, and someone can score the three-pointer, so LeBron's breakthrough will be more effective."

Seeing Tai Lunlu looking at him, Su Tian expressed his understanding.

So, at the beginning of the second quarter, it was still Su Tian who took over the responsibility of organizing, and James took on the main attack.

But this time Su Tian moved more frequently after the ball was out. James broke through twice in a row and gave it to Su Tian.

After seeing Su Tian's three-pointer, the Pistons did not dare to let Su Tian's three-pointer go, and defended Su Tian closely.

But even if Su Tian couldn't shoot, Su Tian's passing was still sharp.

This time, James made another breakthrough and gave it to Su Tian, ​​who was outside the three-point line.

But Su Tian didn't shoot directly, but passed the ball to Dellavedova in the bottom corner after avoiding Pope's defense in disguise.

Dellavedova received the ball and made a three-pointer from the corner.

Swah——

Dellavedova's three-pointer was pocketed, and Su Tian's "ten cents" also shined brightly.

The Cavaliers' three-pointer was completely opened, and the Pistons didn't dare to let it go, so they had to defend James alone, so that James' breakthrough threat became even greater.

The Pistons gradually began to be overwhelmed, and the Cavaliers also successfully overtook the score.

At the end of the second quarter, the score came to 55-52, and the Cavaliers led by 3 points.

During the intermission, Tyronn Lue's expression had eased. As long as the Cavaliers play normally, the Pistons are not a problem.

On the contrary, in the Pistons' locker room, Van Gundy was frowning. Although the Cavaliers are only leading by 3 points, anyone with a discerning eye can see that if the Pistons hadn't hit a few balls, the point difference would have reached double digits. .

Soon, the intermission ended and the third quarter began.

In order to preserve hope, the Pistons still arranged the main lineup and did not dare to use too many substitute players.

The Cavaliers have a normal rotation, Irving, Shumpert, James, Frye, Thompson.

At the beginning of the game, Irving attacked with the ball as soon as he came up, and only passed the ball when he was double-teamed. Although the efficiency was not high, his offensive desire and attitude were very firm.

The efficiency of the main force on the Pistons side began to decline due to physical strength, and they could only rely on defense to barely maintain the point difference.

Halfway through the third quarter, James was replaced for a rest and Richard Jefferson played, but for the stability of the team's offensive end, Tyronn Lue also replaced Shumpert with Su Tian.

So the Cavaliers lineup became, Owen, Su Tian, ​​Richard Jefferson, Frye, Thompson.

After Su Tian came up, he was still responsible for passing the ball. After feeding Irving twice in a row, Su Tian noticed that the Pistons' defensive focus began to shift, and began to focus on defending Irving.

So Su Tian changed his style of play, and after cooperating with Frye in the pick-and-roll, he passed the ball to Richard Jefferson who was in the air.

Jefferson caught the ball and scored an easy layup.

Tyronn Lu nodded again and again, don't think that Director Lu really doesn't understand the ball, and he folded his arms and leaned back tactically.

Knowing that the Pistons will focus on defending Owen, Su Tian would not be stupid and feed Owen the ball.

It is also very simple to deal with this method, just mobilize the rest of the team.

So in the next round, Su Tian passed the ball to Frye who was beyond the three-point line.

Frye caught the ball and made a three-pointer directly.

Swah——

Frye hit a three-pointer directly.

After Frye's three-pointer hit, the Cavaliers' lead officially came to double digits.

In the next few rounds, under the control of Su Tian, ​​the Cavaliers maintained their offensive efficiency, leading the score advantage to the end of the third quarter.

During the intermission, Irving and James were sitting on the bench talking and laughing while drinking energy drinks.

Obviously both of them are very satisfied with the team's performance.

Soon the fourth quarter began, and the Cavaliers changed again, Dellavedova, Su Tian, ​​Richard Jefferson, Love, Thompson.

In the first round, Su Tian held the ball and called Love for a pick-and-roll, and used the pick-and-roll to make a mid-range emergency stop jumper.

Swah——

Two points hit steadily.

Su Tian stepped back and gave Love a high-five. The time had come to the fourth quarter, and it was time for Su Tian to strengthen his personal offense.

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

Reggie came to the front court with the ball and tried to cooperate with his teammates to pass the ball to Pope, but Su Tian saw through it at a glance and directly intercepted it.

Su Tian, ​​who grabbed the ball, rushed forward with the ball. Pope followed closely behind Su Tian, ​​but he still couldn't catch up.

Su Tian rushed to the basket first, collected the ball and took off, with a bang, he successfully dunked with both hands.

The point difference continued to widen, and the Pistons were about to be overwhelmed.

The ball was given to the Pistons again, and Reggie advanced with the ball. After coming to the frontcourt, he used Morris' pick-and-roll to kill inside.

Dellavedova struggled to bypass the pick-and-roll and turned to chase Reggie, but before the defense was in place, Reggie passed the ball to Morris, who was already outside the three-point line.

Morris received the ball and shot a three-pointer directly. The shot was very decisive, and Jefferson failed to interfere in place.

Swah——

Morris's three-pointer was not only resolute in shooting, but also resolute in scoring.

But, it doesn't matter, there is still a point difference, Su Tian is not in a hurry.

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

Su Tian still called for the pick-and-roll while holding the ball, and used the pick-and-roll to break through to the inside. After reaching the basket, he made a layup with a European step.

The score difference at this time was 13 points.

Turning his head, Reggie continued to break through. This time, he broke through and gave the ball to Pope. Pope got the ball without stopping and continued to transfer it to Morris in the bottom corner.

Morris caught the ball and shot directly. This time Jefferson interfered, and it seemed that he was defending well.

But, swish—

Morris still made a three-pointer.

Seeing Morris hit two three-pointers in a row, Su Tian frowned.

Su Tian held the ball in the backcourt and advanced by himself. After reaching the frontcourt, he gestured to his teammates, "Steady, steady, steady."

After spending a few seconds, Su Tian began to call Love for a pick-and-roll. With the help of the pick-and-roll, he went straight to the basket and caused Pope to make a defensive foul and go to the free throw line.

Su Tian made two free throws steadily, and the point difference came to 12 points.

The ball was switched again, this time to Harris. Harris held the ball and hit Love with his back, turned around and made a layup, but missed.

In a panic, Drummond grabbed the rebound and passed the ball directly to Morris on the outside.

Morris still made a three-point shot when he caught the ball, but this time Su Tian had been observing Morris and didn't give him another chance, which seriously interfered with Morris's shot.

So Morris successfully hit the iron with a three-pointer and was grabbed by Love for a rebound.

Seeing that Morris didn't make another three-pointer, Su Tian was relieved, and Tyronn Lue was also relieved.

It wasn't until halfway through the fourth quarter that Tyronn Lue slowly replaced Irving and James again.

In the end, the Cavaliers successfully won the game 115-98, and the Cavaliers also swept the Pistons with a big score of 4-0!Successfully advanced to the next round!
In this game, Su Tian scored 22 points, 8 assists, 4 rebounds and 2 steals, still ranking second in terms of statistics.

Su Tian sometimes mutters to himself, and if the fight continues like this, the nickname of the second child will probably be confirmed.

The Cavaliers took the lead in ending the first round with the Pistons, waiting for their opponents in the second round.

The opponents in the second round will be born between the Eagles and the Celtics.

So far, the Eagles and Celtics have fought to a 2-2 tie, which looks evenly matched.

In fact, the two are similar to the Cavaliers, and neither will be a big problem.

This season, the biggest problem for the Cavaliers is the Warriors.Even though the Warriors lost to the Cavaliers last season, the Warriors this season are too fierce and have to be taken seriously.

The day after the end of the game, the Cavaliers returned to Cleveland.

It is not without good things to end the game early, at least for the old players, there is a lot more rest time.

The good news for the Cavaliers is that Mozgov has no problem and should be able to play in the second round. JR Smith also has no problem and can rest before the start of the second round.

On April 4, James found Su Tian.

"Su, today Tuesday, my house held a party, so I went to my house to eat taco."

"Okay LeBron, come here, remember to save one for me!"

Su Tian followed James to James' home. Of course, James not only invited Su Tian, ​​but also the starting lineup, including Thompson.

Today these people are not just gathering to eat taco, of course James may be.The main thing is that there will be a game between the Eagles and the Celtics today. Everyone will have dinner while watching the game, and by the way, they can discuss tactics and the like.

Su Tian sat at the table, eating a Mexican-style taco while watching the game on TV.

At this time, the two teams have reached more than half of the first quarter, and the Green Army temporarily leads.

Celtics coach Stevens and Eagles coach Budenholzer are both very powerful tactical masters. The battle between the two is not only basketball, but more like a game.

Soon the first quarter ended, 20-15, the Celtics temporarily led by 5 points, and the shooting percentages on both sides were not high, which showed that the defenses on both sides were very online, and it also showed that neither team had a star who could make the final decision.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Eagles began to show their sophisticated side. While maintaining a high-intensity defense, the offensive end also began to gradually open up.

With the Eagles scoring goals again and again, the score was tied and began to overtake.

And the formation of troops on both sides is also very interesting, one after another, it seems to be a move.

But in the second quarter, after all, the old-fashioned Eagles were even better, scoring 32-19 in a single quarter.

Not only recovered the point difference, but also surpassed by 8 points.

In the third quarter, Su Tian thought that Stevens would use some advanced tactics to get back, but the result was unexpected.

The Eagles played more and more fiercely, and the defensive formation made Thomas unable to use his strength and got lost in it.

And the Eagles' extreme defense brings fast break transitions.

It didn't take long for the point difference to go to 20 points.

At this time, even Owen and Thompson, who were still noisy, stopped talking and watched the Eagles perform solemnly.

At the end of the third quarter, the point difference had come to 27 points, and the Eagles were already invincible.

The final result was as expected, the Eagles won the battle of Tianwangshan 110-83.

At this time, everyone who was still at James' house had long lost their laughing expressions, and everyone began to analyze the Eagles seriously.

"If the guess is correct, our opponent in the next round should be the Eagles." Irving said.

James nodded and echoed, "That's right, and Carey, you have to pay attention, the Eagle's move against Thomas is probably originally used to deal with you."

Hearing what James said, Irving also nodded slightly. Although he didn't want to admit it, the Eagles are indeed very good at defending themselves.

But unlike the Celtics, the Cavaliers can play more than Irving.

"Su, your task remains the same, do a good job in the team's series work, and then go to work in the first half of the fourth quarter." James looked at Su Tian and said.

"No problem LeBron, that's what I'm good at."

James nodded in relief, then said a few words and declared the party over.

After Su Tian got home, he lay on the bed thinking about the Eagles' defensive tactics.

In fact, Su Tian is not thinking about how to solve it, but, if he goes to Atlanta next season, will the Eagles do something.

Then Su Tian turned to look at the system panel.

"Boshka, it's almost time."

On the system panel, only the two items of "blocking cap" and "internal defense" are not full, and the others are full.

Calculate the time, if it is fast, the finals can be completed around the time, if it is slow, the offseason can be completed.

(End of this chapter)