NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 208 2017 All-Star
After the two sides changed and adjusted, the Cavaliers had a slight advantage, but before the end of the third quarter, Curry scored two consecutive three-pointers and beat the Cavaliers back again.

At the end of the third quarter, the score came to 80-95, and the point difference came to 15 points.

In the fourth quarter, James had to rest for a while, and Irving hadn't recovered yet.

So Tyronn Lue arranged for Su Tian, ​​JR Smith, Richard Jefferson, Love, and Thompson.

The Warriors arrange Livingston, Clay, Durant, Green, Pachulia.

Obviously, Cole didn't want to give the Cavaliers a chance to comeback.

When the two teams fought against each other last year, Su Tian was always able to make waves in the fourth quarter, causing the Warriors to suffer.

The Warriors got Durant this year, and Cole doesn't want to repeat last year's mistakes.

The first ball was given to the Cavaliers, and Su Tian advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

In order to defend Su Tian, ​​Clay specially switched defenses with Livingston, and Livingston went with Smith.

Although Livingston is thin and lacks strength, he is tall enough to deal with JR who is currently degraded into 3D.

Su Tian faced Clay with the ball, and instead of acting rashly, he called Thompson for a pick-and-roll.

The reason why it is not called Love is because Green's defensive threat is too high and it is easy to be self-defeating.

With the help of Thompson's pick-and-roll, Su Tian directly broke through and easily got rid of Clay.

Thompson went out for the pick-and-roll, but Pachulia didn't dare to follow him, but squatted at the free throw line, so Su Tian made a two-point shot directly.

Swah——

Su Tian made an easy shot, Clay was blocked, Pachulia didn't dare to come out, Su Tian basically just practiced shooting.

82-95
The ball was switched, and Livingston came to the frontcourt with the ball.

After coming to the frontcourt, Livingston passed the ball directly to Durant.

Jefferson has height and defense, but against Durant, it is inevitable to suffer.

Durant didn't make too many moves when he got the ball. He directly broke through Jefferson's defense in a disguised form, and came to the mid-range position to make a direct mid-range shot.

Swah——

Durant made an easy hit.

82-97
Before Durant came to the Warriors, the Warriors basically had no one against Su Tian in the fourth quarter.

But now Durant's arrival has caused the Warriors to not suffer a loss in the fourth quarter, and they can form a mutual explosion situation with Su Tian.

In the next few rounds, although Su Tian kept making contributions, he was returned by Durant.

Seeing that Durant is so relaxed, Su Tian intends to try to defend Durant, but looking at the height difference, think about it or forget it.

Seeing that the score had not been able to catch up, Tyronn Lue was a little anxious and called a timeout.

After returning from the timeout, the Cavaliers made substitution adjustments and brought Irving and James back up.

After taking all the main players, the Cavaliers began to take advantage. After a few rounds, after Su Tian hit a three-pointer, the point difference was only 8 points.

Seeing that the point difference reached single digits and the time was almost up, Cole called a timeout.

Tyronn Lue's eyes were dignified. There is no doubt that the Warriors are planning to play all the main players.

Soon, the timeout ended, and the Warriors really brought up the upgraded five players, Curry, Clay, Iguodala, Durant, and Green.

In order not to fall into the disadvantaged position, the knights also joined the fifth junior of the knights version.

After returning from the timeout, Curry hit a three-pointer, bringing the point difference back to double digits.

The ball was switched, James came to the frontcourt with the ball, facing Durant James directly chose to break through.

But as soon as he entered the penalty area, Green's defense rushed over.

James had no choice but to quickly play the ball to Love who was emptied.

Love caught the ball and made a quick three-pointer, but unfortunately, due to his physical strength, Love missed the three-pointer.

Green grabbed the rebound and started the fast break directly.

The Warriors started five small fast breaks directly, transferred the ball continuously, and finally gave Durant an easy layup.

The result of the duel between the two sides is obvious. Not only did the Cavaliers fail to overtake, but they were pulled bigger and bigger by the Warriors.

This also verifies from the side that the last time Qiyong faced off against the Cavaliers was really lucky, and the Warriors really didn't get along well.

In the end, the game ended, 101-125, and the Warriors beat the Cavaliers by 24 points.

In the post-match interview, James and Tyronn Lue went together, but Su Tian didn't go, not because Su Tian didn't play well in this game, but Tyronn Lue's protection of Su Tian.

本场詹姆斯全场拿下20分8篮板2助攻1抢断，18投6中，被勇士限制的效率很低。

欧文全场拿下17分2助攻2篮板，19投6中，三分只有5中1，同样表现拉垮。

As for Su Tian, ​​the Cavaliers played the best, scoring 23 points, 9 assists, 5 rebounds and 2 steals, which is considered the most stable point in the Cavaliers.

而勇士这边，杜兰特全场拿到26分8篮板5助攻2抢断3盖帽，是勇士获胜的最大功臣。

库里拿到20分11助攻2篮板4抢断，三分球12中5。

Clay scored 14 points and 4 rebounds, but was still suppressed by Su Tian.

At the end of the game against the Warriors, the Cavaliers' record came to 33 wins and 7 losses.

Although the Cavaliers have no record pressure this season, losing to the Warriors is something no one wants to see, so everyone's face on the plane back to Cleveland is not very good.

Losing to the Warriors, the Cavaliers seemed to hold their breath. Taking advantage of this momentum, the Cavaliers defeated the Suns and Spurs at home and won two consecutive home victories.

It's easier to hit the sun, after all, the sun is pretty bad.

But this game against the Spurs can only be regarded as a narrow victory.

伦纳德在詹姆斯的防守下，打出了41分6篮板5助攻1抢断1盖帽的数据。

Inside Aldridge also performed normally and well, scoring 16 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 blocks, almost giving the Cavaliers a defeat.

In the end, Su Tian turned the tide in the fourth quarter and finally won the Spurs 118-115.

苏天全场拿到31分11助攻8篮板2抢断，只第四节就单节拿下18分2助攻，是骑士队获胜的关键。

James scored 29 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds and 2 steals, but except for James and Su Tian, ​​​​the others did not perform well.

Of course, the most important thing is that after this game, jr's knee was sore and he was taken away by the team doctor, so he had to take a truce for a while.

At this time, I have to be thankful that Korver, who was traded in the middle of the season, can be regarded as able to make up for this hole.

At this time, in addition to the Cavaliers being temporarily healthy in the starting lineup, Shumpert, Frye, and Richard Jefferson can still play on the bench.

The Cavaliers can barely maintain a nine-man rotation.

On January 1, the Cavaliers played away against the Pelicans. This battle was another narrow victory, 24–122, only winning by 118 points.

A narrow victory against the Spurs is understandable, but it is still a narrow victory against the Pelicans, which has to make the Cavaliers more vigilant.

On the 26th, the Cavaliers played against the Kings at home. This time, the Cavaliers were not so lucky. They lost 112-116 to the Kings and swallowed their 8th loss this season.

本场比赛考辛斯全场拿下28分11篮板9助攻3抢断1盖帽，险些打出三双。

At the same time, the Kings starting point guard, Darren Collison also scored 23 points, 5 assists, 3 rebounds and 2 steals.

As for the Cavaliers, except for James and Su Tian who kept scoring more than 20 points, Irving and Love did not perform satisfactorily.

The Cavaliers' record began to fall into ups and downs, not the same as it was at the beginning of the season.

Time soon came to February. On February 2, the Cavaliers played against the Pacers at home. With the efforts of James, Irving and Su Tian, ​​they finally won this game.

The Cavaliers also won a long-lost three-game winning streak.

After losing to the Kings in January, the Cavaliers lost to the Mavericks, Thunder, Bulls and other teams one after another.

As of February 2th, the Cavaliers' record came to 15 wins and 43 losses. Although it was a bit bumpy, it still sits firmly in the No. 11 position in the Eastern Conference.

At this time, the Warriors had a record of 47 wins and 9 losses, the highest winning percentage in the league.

On February 2, the league ushered in a short holiday, the All-Star Weekend.

This year's All-Star will be held in New Orleans, which also brings some heat to the city.

Because the rules of the All-Star voting have been changed this season, Su Tian is not sure whether he can enter the All-Star starting lineup.

It wasn't until the league finally announced the All-Star starting roster that Su Tian was sure that he had made it.

The starting list for the Eastern Conference is Irving, Su Tian, ​​Butler, James, Alphabet Song.

The starters in the Western Conference are Curry, Harden, Leonard, Durant, Anthony Davis.

It is held in New Orleans itself, and it is normal for thick eyebrows to enter the starting lineup.

And the Cavaliers in the East scored three at once!This really caused a lot of people's dissatisfaction.

This year's All-Star Su Tian doesn't have any special ideas. Even Su Tian can imagine that the West will definitely give Davis points.

What Su Tian likes is not the All-Star MVP, but the status of entering the All-Star!

Now that his identity is confirmed, Su Tian looks forward to the next season even more.

On the 18th, Su Tian followed James and others to New Orleans.

The rookie challenge was held first, on the evening of the 18th, but Su Tian didn't pay much attention to it.

You must know that Su Tian is also very busy now, with many commercial endorsement contracts coming in one after another, Su Tian has to make money.

On February 2th, the three individual events began, and Su Tian was also brought in as a spectator.

The first thing to start is the skills competition, with Thomas Jr., Thick Eyebrows, Embiid, Hayward, Cousins, Wall, Booker, and Porzingis.

In the end, Porzingis, a big man, won the skills competition.

In the three-point contest, Gordon defeated Clay, Owen and others, and successfully won the three-point contest.

Eric Gordon from the Rockets overwhelmed the crowd and became the new three-point leader, while the defending champion Klay Thompson was out in the first round and had an upset.

Skills competition is also considered unpopular.Isiah Thomas failed to even enter the finals, regretting for two consecutive years.In the end, the skill king was still the big man. The Knicks' Kristaps Porzingis performed flawlessly and defeated the Jazz's Gordon Hayward in the final.

All three competitions were unexpectedly upset.In the slam dunk contest, Aaron Gordon from the Magic had an amazing performance in last year's slam dunk contest, but it was a pity that Zach LaVine stole the final championship.LaVine is out this year, and no one seems to be able to pose a threat to him.However, the slam dunk contest also appeared upset, and Gordon was also eliminated in the first round.

In addition to Gordon, there are three other players participating in this dunk contest.They are: DeAndre Jordan of the Clippers, Glenn Robinson III of the Pacers and Derrick Jones of the Suns.Jones is a rookie, only played a total of 24 minutes, has not dunked on the court.

In the end, the son of the famous "Big Dog" Robinson, "Puppy" Glenn Robinson from the Pacers became the new dunk king.

The three individual events made Su Tian drowsy and unable to arouse any interest.

On February 2, the All-Star Game started.

In addition to Irving, Su Tian and James were selected as the All-Star starters in the East. In fact, Love was also selected as the All-Star substitute.

However, Love is not optimistic about the knee injury. He chose to have surgery during the All-Star period and is expected to be injured for 6 weeks. This also caused Love to be unable to participate in the All-Star game.

In addition to Anthony in the East, there are DeRozan, Lowry, Thomas Jr., Wall, Paul George, and Millsap on the bench.

Substitutes in the West, Westbrook, Clay, Hayward, Draymond Green, Cousins, Marc Gasol, DeAndre Jordan.

Soon, the game begins.

On the scene, as Su Tian expected, the west was playing for Davis, and the defense in the east was not strong, which made Davis feel refreshed.

After Su Tian only hit two three-pointers in the first quarter, he was replaced to rest.

The Eastern side should have been the Cavaliers' Tyronn Lue on the coaching bench, but Tyronn Lue did it once last year, so this year he gave it to the coach of the Celtics, Stevens.

On the west side is Steve Kerr.

After halftime, Su Tian did not show a strong desire to attack, so Stevens also reduced Su Tian's playing time accordingly.

In the end, with the unremitting efforts of the West, Davis successfully scored 52 points, 10 rebounds and 2 steals, breaking the NBA All-Star single-game scoring record, and Davis was also successfully elected as the All-Star MVP.

Su Tian played soy sauce all the way, only scored 16 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds, and made 6 of 4 three-pointers, which can be regarded as a performance.

After the All-Star Game, Su Tian could finally enjoy a short vacation.

Speaking of which, thanks to James.

In 2014, the league adopted the suggestion of LeBron James and others to extend the All-Star break.

In the past, after the All-Star weekend games, many big-name players could not get a rest time, and they had to devote themselves to the second half of the game immediately.

In order to allow players to get time to rest in the middle of the season, the league extended the All-Star break to one week.In this way, even players with all-star game tasks can get 3-4 days of rest after the game.

Judging from the schedule, there are no games scheduled for a total of 6 days, but there are only 2 games in total on the day before the All-Star Intermission. there is a game,
Therefore, in 2017, each team has at least 7 days of rest during the All-Star break. Popular teams such as the Warriors and Cavaliers can rest for 7 days. Those with better luck are like the Eagles. They have their last game before the All-Star break One day earlier, so they have 8 days to rest.

Judging from last season, the All-Star intermission period is very critical. After all, most players have had more rest time to relax their bodies and heal their injuries. Each team also has more time to train and solve the problems that existed in the first half.

Many teams improved their performance after the All-Star Game. Last season, teams like the Cavaliers, Rockets, Hornets, and Eagles performed significantly better after the All-Star Game than in the first half.

It was also rare for Su Tian to take this opportunity to rest for a few days.

However, Love's injury and jr's absence made the Cavaliers' management and coaching staff dare not rest.

(End of this chapter)