NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 204: November's Momentum
After successfully defeating the Knicks in the opening game, the Cavaliers continued their journey.

In the next few games, the Cavaliers won the Raptors, Magic, Celtics, and Rockets in a row, and directly started the 10-game winning streak!

It wasn't until the 11th game that the Cavaliers played away against the Pacers. Because of James' absence, it led to their first loss of the season.

而这场比赛，苏天也是拿下本赛季第二次三双，全场25分12助攻10篮板1抢断1盖帽。

For the first time, Su Tian's dominance in the arena was impressive.

而这11场比赛以来，苏天的表现大家也是有目共睹，在球队有着詹姆斯和欧文的情况下，苏天依然交出场均21.2分8.7助攻6.5篮板1.4抢断0.8盖帽的优秀成绩。

Compared with last year, the scoring and assists have actually dropped, but the rebounds have increased significantly, allowing Su Tian to directly rank among the averages of 20+5+5 per game.

Moreover, anyone who has watched the Cavaliers play this season knows that the reason why Su Tian's scoring and assists have declined is because Irving has too much possession of the ball.

But in terms of efficiency, Su Tian's efficiency is better than Owen's.

Even so, Su Tian knew that the Cavaliers would not trade Irving because of him. Irving was the No. [-] pick chosen by Cleveland himself, his son!

On November 11, James, who had only one game off, returned and led the Cavaliers to defeat the Pistons, starting the winning streak again.

Immediately afterwards, they defeated the Trail Blazers, Mavericks, and Digital Man one after another, winning four consecutive victories.

On November 11, against the Bucks, Su Tian was scheduled to rest.

结果这一场雄鹿迎来大爆发，字母哥拿到34分12篮板5助攻5抢断2盖帽，虽说还有6个失误，但完全在可接受范围之内。

The former Cavaliers player, Dellavedova got his starting position in the Bucks. He also scored 3 points, 7 assists, 3 rebounds and 2 steals in this game. It is a good supplement for the Bucks who lack guards.

The Bucks not only performed well on Antetokounmpo, but the bench is also very dynamic. Beasley, Greg Monroe, and Brogdon all scored in double figures from the three benches.

The Bucks also won the game 118-101.

The lack of Su Tian is not only missing a key player in the fourth quarter for the Cavaliers, but more importantly, it is missing a ball-holding point to lead the team in the rotation stage.

This allowed the Bucks' bench to play against the Cavaliers' bench, and the Cavaliers couldn't tell the pain.

After this game is over, the Cavaliers' November games are all over.

Since the start of the game, the Cavaliers have only lost 2 games and scored 14 wins and 2 losses, ranking first in the Eastern Conference.

In the West, the Warriors ranked first, with 16 wins and 2 losses. The Warriors' offense is too strong. The two games they lost were still in the early season, and they didn't have such a tacit understanding with each other.

The game entered December, and on December 12, the Cavaliers ushered in the Los Angeles Clippers at home.

I have to say that Los Angeles is a lucky city. In the past few years, the Lakers prospered and the Clippers sucked.

In the past two years, with Kobe's decline and retirement, Chris Paul came to the Clippers, the Clippers prospered, and the Lakers declined.

These two teams seem to be passing the baton, keeping the Los Angeles crowd always with the ball to watch.

Soon, the game started, and the lineup given by the Cavaliers was Irving, Su Tian, ​​James, Love, and Thompson.

The lineup for the Clippers is Chris Paul, JJ Redick, Mbah a Moute, Griffin, and Jordan.

Jordan grabbed the initiative and Paul advanced with the ball.

Facing Paul, Owen did not dare to be careless, and his spirit was highly concentrated.

Many fans know that Deron eats, sleeps and beats Paul, but few new fans know why Paul is praised so highly.

Not only because of those little moves, but mainly because Paul is really capable.

If Deron's peak is to eat and sleep to play Paul, then Paul's peak is to eat and sleep to play all other point guards except Deron.

However, with the first possession at the beginning of the game, Paul still wanted to focus on assisting his teammates.

After the Clippers' continuous tactical moves, with the cover, Redick ran out a chance, and Paul quickly passed the ball to it.

But the moment Redick was about to make a shot, Su Tian's defense arrived, unhurriedly, and got stuck at the moment Redick made a shot.

boom--

Basketball strikes iron.

In the eyes of others, Redick ran out of the open space with tactics, but he didn't make the shot because he didn't feel good, and Su Tian just interfered symbolically.

However, this is not the case for the witnesses.

Redick had also played against Su Tian before, and every time he felt like he was thrown away, but as long as he made a shot, Su Tian's defense followed him like a shadow.

So Redick is under a lot of pressure in this game.

The rebound was taken by Thompson and the ball was passed to Irving. The Clippers retreated quickly, and the Cavaliers had no chance to break fast.

After coming to the frontcourt, Irving did not ask Paul to single out Paul, but passed the ball directly to James.

Just kidding, we have a big advantage in the third position!
Facing Mbah a Moute, James was not polite at all, and directly started a breakthrough.

Mbah a Moute has 2 meters 03, 100 kg, James is 2 meters 03, 113 kg, the extra 13 kg is not for nothing.

James easily pushed past Mbah a Moute's defense and went straight to the basket.

Seeing James break through so easily, Jordan followed the pre-match coach's arrangement and directly shrank the basket, not giving James the space to break through and make a layup.

But James' body control is also very good. Seeing that Jordan has stood still and it is not easy to attack, he immediately stopped and shot a jumper.

James made a mid-range shot, and Jordan hurried forward to try to block the shot.

James' mid-range shot was still affected, and he played basketball with iron.

But just when Jordan was about to turn around and accept the rebound, Su Tian suddenly slipped in from the baseline, and with a bang, he directly made a dunk.

Get 2 points and 1 board directly.

Seeing Su Tianbu's successful buckle, there was an instant burst of cheers at the scene.

This season, Su Tian contributed a lot of such scenes, making people feel that Su Tian is more and more reliable.

James also gave Su Tian a thumbs up with a smile.

The ball is switched, and Paul catches the ball from the baseline and advances.

The Los Angeles Clippers are known as the city of lobs, but Paul was very upset that the first dunk in the opening game was actually the kid from the Cavaliers.

After coming to the frontcourt, Griffin went up the pick-and-roll according to the tactics, and turned his head directly after the pick-and-roll.

Paul took advantage of the situation and threw the ball into the sky.

bang——

Griffin made an alley dunk!
"That's right, one buckle for another buckle!"

"To be honest, Griffin's dunk looks like Shu Zhan, while Su's is too ordinary."

"It's true to say that, but it's all two points."

2-2
The ball was given to the Cavaliers again, and Irving took the ball to the frontcourt, still directly giving it to James.

Facing Paul, Irving doesn't need to go to thankless singles, no need.

Facing Mbah a Moute, James did not rush this time, but called Love to pick and roll, and James used the pick and roll to initiate a breakthrough.

And Mbah a Moute and Griffin completed the defense in an instant, and Griffin and James faced each other.

James and Griffin confronted for a while, and Griffin didn't lose too much, limiting James to the mid-range.

As a result, James turned around quickly, followed by a fadeaway jumper, and made a steady hit.

Although the action is not good-looking, it is a good goal to score.

4-2
In the next few rounds, the two sides interacted with each other. Although the Cavaliers are very strong, the Clippers are not weak after all.

At the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers are 28-24, temporarily leading the Clippers by 4 points.

In the second quarter, Su Tian was not on the court, but Redick was activated by Paul and hit consecutive three-pointers.

Seeing Redick's consecutive hits, Tyronn Lue directly called a timeout to ease the opponent's touch and rearrange the defense.

After playing again, Redick lost his previous style.

This is a role player, once it is targeted tactically, it will be restricted.

The real super giant is that even if he is targeted, he can still enter.

Just like James, just like Curry and Durant, Su Tian in the fourth quarter is also at this level.

In the second half of the second quarter, Su Tian replaced Irving and came to the No. [-] position.

At this time, Paul on the Clippers side also took a break. The backup point guard was Austin Rivers, the son of the current Clippers coach Rivers.

Little Rivers faced Su Tian, ​​not because Su Tian was bullying him, but because he was really playing with him.

Even sometimes, Su Tian didn't need to call for a pick-and-roll, and could easily break through Rivers Jr.'s defense.

This guy has a long way to go.

Soon the second quarter ended, the score came to 54-48, and the Cavaliers temporarily led by 6 points.

The reason why the Clippers have not been completely broken is because Paul and Griffin do have something, and Crawford on the bench is really good at scoring.

However, as soon as the third quarter started, the Clippers seemed overwhelmed.

In the first half of the third quarter, the Cavaliers were the starting lineup, and the Clippers also sent three main players to fight.

James broke through Mbah a Moute in a row, either split the ball, or send a direct layup to attack the basket, which made the Clippers unable to figure it out.

After half a quarter, the point difference came to 12 points.

The Cavaliers began to change players, and Su Tian was replaced to rest, saving his energy to play in the fourth quarter.

However, as soon as Su Tian was off the court, something happened to the Clippers' No. [-] position.

With the help of Paul today, Redick successfully ate a meal of dumplings and hit consecutive three-pointers.

Coupled with Paul's internal and external mobilization, he finally chased the score to 77-74 before the end of the third quarter, only 3 points behind the Cavaliers.

Seeing the Clippers' hope of winning was beaten back, Tyronn Lue found Su Tian during the break.

"Su, in the fourth quarter, attack more! Widen the point difference!"

"Good coach."

In the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers sent Su Tian, ​​JR Smith, Richard Jefferson, Love, and Thompson.

The Clippers lineup is Rivers Jr., Crawford, Paul Pierce, Griffin, Speights.

The first ball was given to the Clippers, and Rivers advanced with the ball. After coming to the frontcourt, he waited for Griffin to settle, and then passed the ball.

Griffin was one-on-one with Love in the low post. After two backs, Griffin quickly turned around and made a layup.

Love missed the block and Griffin scored a layup.

77-76
The ball is switched, and it's the Cavaliers' turn to attack.

Su Tian came to the front court with the ball, directly called Love for the pick-and-roll, and used the pick-and-roll to start a breakthrough. Rivers was killed by Love, and Griffin's speed and flexibility were not as good as Su Tian.

So Su Tian made a mid-range emergency stop and made a jump shot.

Swah——

Su Tian made an emergency stop and hit the jumper easily.

79-76
Su Tian's mid-range became more and more stable, and he felt like an older generation of point guards.

The ball was given to the Clippers again, and Rivers came to the frontcourt with the ball again.

This time Rivers wanted to play Su Tian singles with the ball. I don't know if Rivers was too confident or looked down on Su Tian.

As a result, when Rivers made a breakthrough in disguise, Su Tian took out the basketball, and Su Tian successfully intercepted it!

Su Tian, ​​who grabbed the ball, controlled the ball and went straight to the frontcourt, while Su Tian, ​​who was strengthened in the fourth quarter, was unstoppable.

Su Tian quickly came to the front basket and dunked with both hands.

81-76
The point difference came to 5 points, which was relatively safe, and Tyronn Lue sat back on the bench from the sidelines.

In the next few rounds, except for Crawford's occasional play and Griffin's hard work in the interior, the Clippers' offense was not smooth at all.

Without Paul on the court to control the court, the Clippers' offense is indeed more constipated.

Seeing that he couldn't do it, Doug Rivers quickly called a timeout, preparing to replace Paul to enter the decisive lineup ahead of schedule.

Tai Lue also saw that the time was about the same, and replaced all the main players to start harvesting the game.

After returning, Paul firmly controlled the ball. After coming to the frontcourt, after cooperating with Griffin in the pick-and-roll, he easily made a mid-range hit.

Turning his head, Irving came to the frontcourt with the ball and passed it to James. James broke through Mbah a Moute, and broke through and passed the ball to Irving who was cutting.

Irving caught the ball and scored a layup.

The ball was once again given to the Clippers. After Paul came to the frontcourt, he tossed the ball directly, and Jordan made an alley-oop dunk.

After the possession of the ball was changed, James also broke through and gave the ball to Su Tian, ​​who came out of the running position. Su Tian directly hit a three-pointer.

Because of Su Tian's presence, the situation was barely evenly matched, and it quickly fell to the knight.

Two minutes before the end of the game, the point difference reached double digits again, and the Clippers announced their abandonment and replaced all the main players.

In the end, the Cavaliers defeated the Clippers 109-97.

The Cavaliers avoided a losing streak and ushered in their first victory in December, with a record of 12 wins and 15 losses.

The best of the game was given to James, who scored 27 points, 5 assists, 5 rebounds and 2 steals.

Su Tian's performance was not bad either, with 21 points, 9 assists, 5 rebounds and 1 steal, he was considered the number two player in the Cavaliers.

But the Cavaliers just got off to a good start, and lost back-to-back to the Bulls the next day.

The Bulls have sharpened their knives this season, forming a lineup of Rondo, Wade, Butler, Ty Gibson, and Robin Lopez.

In this game, the Bulls broke out collectively and directly defeated the Cavaliers 111-105.

In fact, at the last moment, if James is willing to give the ball to Su Tian, ​​he still has a chance to win, but this is obviously unrealistic.

巴特勒全场拿下26分6助攻8篮板3抢断2盖帽，打出公牛当家球星的味道。

Wade scored 24 points, 4 assists, 5 rebounds and 2 steals. This is also the best time Wade has played against Su Tian since Su Tian and Wade faced each other.

吉布森拿到23分11篮板5助攻1抢断，隆多拿到15分12助攻10篮板的三双数据，同时把欧文防的颇为狼狈。

The Bulls started with five players, and even Lopez, a defensive center, scored 10 points.

The outbreak of the Bulls is an occasional situation. Su Tian felt that if it was a series with the Bulls, the Bulls would definitely not be their opponents, but at least the Cavaliers lost this game.

So the Cavaliers' record came to 15 wins and 3 losses, and they suffered their first defeat in December.

(End of this chapter)