NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 244 Returning to Cleveland for the first time in the new season

On December 12, when the Lakers came to Cleveland, Su Tian was called out by James to have dinner together.

Speaking of which, the current record of the Cavaliers is not bad, with 20 wins and 8 losses, ranking only behind the Celtics and second in the Eastern Conference.

But having said that, I am afraid of comparison in everything. The Lakers have a record of 23 wins and 3 losses, ranking first in the league.

This record, not to mention James, is the envy of any player with aspirations.

The current situation of the Cavaliers is also more complicated. After Irving left, the Cavaliers traded for Thomas Jr., but Thomas Jr. is still injured and cannot play for the time being.

At the same time, the team also ushered in some new faces, such as James' old partner, Dwyane Wade.

However, Wade's arrival did not solve any problems, and Wade's decline was serious. Due to injuries and physical effects, Wade did not perform very well, and the patience of fans and management was about to be worn out.

On the back line, the loss of Irving and Su Tian was the worst loss.

Jr Smith was logically put on the starting lineup after Su Tian left, and the position of point guard was recruited by Jose Calderon, which he barely used.

Therefore, the current Cavaliers still have to rely on James and Love, and James has been broken in half for use.

"Su, how do you feel recently? Is life in Los Angeles better than Cleveland?" James asked casually after the two finished their meal.

"It's okay, the infrastructure is indeed better than Cleveland, but there are too many reporters there, so you have to pay attention to your behavior at any time." Su Tian said.

James smiled, "Of course, that's Los Angeles." Then James said, "Now you are also the boss of a team, how about it, do you feel a lot of pressure?"

"It's natural to have a lot of pressure, because now you need to be responsible for the team's victory or defeat, but fortunately, the team's start schedule is not bad, and the current record is not bad." Su Tian replied.

"That's good. If you need any help, you can tell me. If I can help you, I will definitely help you. We will always be brothers." After finishing speaking, James clapped his hands and bumped his chest with Su Tian as a signal.

"Of course, LeBron."

On December 12, the Lakers entered the Quicken Loans Arena, and this was the first time Su Tian came to this arena as a visiting team player.

When Su Tian appeared at the scene, it caused a burst of cheers from the fans.

Su Tian also went to the Cavaliers' bench before the game started, and hugged James, Love, Tyronn Lue and others respectively.

The NBA is a business league, and it is necessary to create a good interpersonal relationship.

What's more, these people are all old friends of the championship team. Tyronn Lue can be called his own Bole in the NBA, and Su Tian is willing to maintain these relationships.

"Boy, I am very relieved to see you have such a performance in the Lakers. Keep going, but I will not let the water go in this game." Tyronn Lue said with a smile.

"Haha coach, don't worry, maybe you should let me give you some water." Su Tian responded with a smile.

After a while of joking, the game is about to start.

The starting lineup given by the Cavaliers is Calderon, jr Smith, Jae Crowder, James, Love.

The starters given by the Lakers are Ball, Su Tian, ​​Ingram, Randall, Lopez.

The opening jump ball was grabbed by Lopez, and the Lakers went first.

Ball came to the front court with the ball, but Su Tian didn't step forward to catch the ball, but opened up space for Ball to go to a 45-degree angle.

Ball reached out to call Lopez for a pick-and-roll, and used the pick-and-roll to make a breakthrough.

By Su Tian's side, Ball's understanding of the pick-and-roll has also increased significantly, and his understanding of the game has become more profound.

Ball held the ball all the way to the basket, attracted James' help defense double-team, and then passed the ball to Randall on the outside.

Randall caught the ball and was about to shoot, and once again attracted Crowder's defense, so Randall passed the ball to Ingram again.

Ingram caught the ball and made a two-pointer.

Swah——

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Ingram made a long two-pointer.

Such a ball has no defensive interference, and it is simply easy for Ingram.

The ball is converted, and the Cavaliers attack.

Calderon came to the frontcourt with the ball, passed the ball directly to James, and then opened up space for James.

James got the ball, faced Randall's defense, and directly chose to break through and crush. At this time, Love had already opened up the space and went to the bottom corner. Lopez had to go with him, so at this time the basket The space is extremely wide.

James pressed Randall all the way to the basket, opened the defense to find a space for a shot, and directly forced a layup.

bang - swish -

The basketball hits the backboard and bounces into the net.

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James' ability is still so powerful, and Su Tian also observed James' changes carefully. As a result, Su Tian felt that James hadn't changed much, and he couldn't see the traces of his old age at all.

Although Su Tian knew that James was still very strong in this period, knowing and seeing it with his own eyes were two different things.

The ball was given to the Lakers again, and Ball continued to advance with the ball. This time he came to the frontcourt and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

Su Tian also started the pick-and-roll, calling Lopez to pick and roll, and pulled Love out of the basket with the help of the pick-and-roll. Then Su Tian used the pick-and-roll to initiate a breakthrough and rushed directly to the basket.

At this time, the inside line was empty, and JR Smith, who was defending Su Tian, ​​couldn't catch up with him at all.

Seeing this, James had to let Randall go to help defend Su Tian. Compared with letting Randall shoot a three-pointer, Su Tian had a higher percentage of direct layups.

Seeing James coming to help him defend, Su Tian hit the ground and passed the ball to Randall who was outside the three-point line.

Randall kept Su Tian's words in mind and made a firm three-pointer after receiving the pass without any hesitation.

Swah——

Randall made a direct three-pointer.

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"The Lakers today seem to be different from before, have you noticed?" Barkley said.

"What's the matter?" O'Neill immediately made a timely comment.

"Neither of the Lakers' two goals at the beginning was scored by Su Tian. Even the first goal has nothing to do with Su Tian. As usual, the Lakers' first 10 points at least have something to do with Su Tian." Buckley said.

"That's right, the Lakers are indeed different today. It seems that they are more like a team." Kenny Smith also echoed.

"Only when a team truly becomes a team can they have the hope of a championship. I have to say that although the Lakers are very young, they already have the embryonic form of winning the championship." Barkley said.

Looking back on the court, half of the first quarter has passed, and the two sides have entered the official timeout.

During this half of the quarter, Su Tian seemed to have reduced his desire to make a move. He was only driving his teammates, and the two teams were still in a tie for the time being.

In fact, it wasn't that Su Tian was unwilling to make a shot, but that the Cavaliers' defense against Su Tian was indeed very tight, especially James, who would let go of his defender at every turn and come to Su Tian.

Su Tian had no choice but to rely on himself to attract the Cavaliers' defense, then pass the ball to assist his teammates again, so as to ensure the team's offense.

Soon, the first quarter ended, and both sides were still in the simple trial stage, playing conventional tactics, and neither side had any special trump cards.

At the end of the first quarter, the score came to 26-24. The Lakers temporarily led by 2 points, and the lead was very weak.

In the second quarter, the two sides started a normal rotation.

Su Tian was also arranged to take a break for a few minutes.

James also took a break from the court, and Love and Lopez led the team on the court.

Of course, the Lakers still have some light here. After all, the Lakers' bench is still better than the Cavaliers.

About 4 minutes into the second quarter, Tyronn Lue called a timeout, ready to take James up again.

Tyronn Lue also wants to try to take some lead in the early stage, so that the second half or the fourth quarter can be easier.

After all, Tyronn Lue also knew Su Tian's playing style. He was so fierce in the fourth quarter that he couldn't give him a chance.

And Wharton saw James playing, so he arranged for Su Tian to also play to avoid being pulled away too much.

The time-out is over and the game continues.

After returning to the court, the Cavaliers had the first possession of the ball. Neither side had any nonsense and started directly.

After Calderon advanced with the ball, he passed the ball directly to James.

James got the ball, faced Kuzma's defense, and chose to call his teammates for a pick-and-roll.

Of course James can push it directly, but that would be a waste of energy.

With the help of the pick-and-roll, James initiated a breakthrough and rushed to the basket with the ball.

Kuzma seized the time to bypass the pick-and-roll, but was still separated by two bodies by James, and could only follow closely behind James.

At this time, Larry Nance on the inside also hurriedly let go of his defender, and went back to the basket to block James' layup space.

Facing the Lakers' front and rear pincer defense, James did not force a shot, but jumped up and passed the ball to Channing Frye who was briefly emptied.

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

boom--

This season, without Su Tian's passing bonus, Frye's shooting percentage has dropped sharply, especially the three-point shooting percentage. Last season, it was 40%, but this season it is only 33%. However, everyone obviously didn't realize that this had something to do with Su Tian. Everyone thought it was just that Frye was old and had degenerated normally.

After playing basketball, Nance grabbed the rebound and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

Su Tian got the ball and rushed forward, wanting to play a defensive counterattack fast break, but James returned to the defense too fast, Su Tian didn't find the opportunity and could only wait for his teammates to be in place.

After seeing that the timing was about right, Su Tian began to call for Nance's pick-and-roll, and made a breakthrough with the help of Nance's pick-and-roll.

Dash into the basket to attract a double-team defense, and pass the ball to Nance, who was emptied from the outside.

Nance did not hesitate to receive the ball, and directly shot a three-pointer.

Swah——

Nance made a direct three-pointer.

The Cavaliers missed a three-pointer, the Lakers hit a three-pointer, counting inside and out, this is 6 points.

In the next few rounds, James began to gradually take over the ball, increasing the proportion of personal attacks with the ball.

As for the Lakers, under the leadership of Su Tian, ​​they played extremely smartly. Su Tian connected the entire team with his passing.

At the end of the second quarter, the score came to 60-63, and the Cavaliers only led by 3 points for the time being.

During the intermission, Wharton came to ask about Su Tian's status.

"Su, how about it, can we continue in the third quarter?"

"No problem, coach."

After receiving Su Tian's affirmative answer, Wharton turned around to arrange tactics.

Soon, the intermission ended and the third quarter began.

Su Tian continued to play for the Lakers, and the same for the Cavaliers, James continued to play.

The first ball was given to the Cavaliers in the third quarter, and James took the ball and pushed forward with the ball.

When he came to the front court, he gave the ball directly to Love on the inside. At this time, Love on the inside had already taken a good position and was ready to hit Lopez with the ball behind him.

After receiving the ball, Love continued to test his back, then began to shake his shoulders from side to side, turning over and shooting a jumper.

Swah——

Love made a direct hit.

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After the hit, Le Fu still looked at Su Tian with a smile, as if saying, "Can you do it, little dog."

Su Tian and Le Fu have a good relationship, of course Su Tian knew that Le Fu deliberately made fun of him in this incident.

But Su Tian also wanted to show the original old buddy.

So Su Tian took the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. Facing JR Smith's defense, Su Tian called Lopez for a pick-and-roll.

With the help of the pick-and-roll Su Tian quickly broke through with the ball, JR Smith didn't react at all, Su Tian had already gone to the basket.

At this time, Love also quickly retreated from the free throw line, trying to double-team Su Tian to help defend.

But Su Tian's speed was too fast, he surpassed Love in two steps, and then he collected the ball and took off.

bang——

Su Tian dunked with both hands before Love's defense arrived.

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Even though the scene was the home court of the Cavaliers, some of Su Tian's old fans still cheered loudly.

Seeing Su Tian staged such a violent play in the third quarter, both James and Love seemed very surprised.

Su Tian also played this kind of performance before, but at that time most of them were concentrated in the fourth quarter, now it is the third quarter, Su Tian can already do this, it can be seen that Su Tian has made great progress during this period.

The ball is switched, and a dunk will naturally not overwhelm the Cavaliers.

James got the ball and started to cooperate with Love in the pick-and-roll.

With the help of the pick-and-roll, James initiated a breakthrough, and Randall followed James closely to try to interfere.

James held the ball all the way to the basket, encountered double-teaming by Randall and Lopez, James passed the ball in between, and gave it to Love, who was emptied outside the three-point line.

Love received the ball and made a three-pointer directly.

It was a foolproof shot, but at the moment of the shot, Su Tian let go of jr and came towards Love.

Fortunately, Su Tian successfully activated "Defensive Deterrence" before Love made his move.

boom--

Le Fu strikes iron with three points!

There was a scramble under the basket, James wanted to grab the rebound, but was picked up again by Lopez.

While everyone was still checking the position, Su Tian suddenly rushed in from the three-point line, jumped up, and successfully grabbed the rebound.

Su Tian, ​​who successfully grabbed the rebound, turned around and began to switch without delay.

At this time, James wanted to step forward to stop, but he was stuck with Lopez and Randall when he was grabbing a rebound, and he is still stuck.

So Su Tian came to the basket in the frontcourt unimpeded all the way, and directly took off and dunked with both hands.

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(End of this chapter)