NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 36 Fighting Thunder
Thunder center Perkins' athletic ability has declined and he successfully lost the initiative.

Irving got the ball and advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

James reached out for the ball. In the last few games, James will come up and play a few times to find his status.

After James got the ball, he faced Durant, and the two flanked one-on-one.

Speaking of which, both are notoriously undefensible players in the league.

Durant is tall and long with long arms and accurate jump shots, making it difficult to interfere.

James is physically strong, and the tank breakthrough is unstoppable.

And James also knew that with Durant's body, he obviously couldn't defend his breakthrough, so he started to attack with the ball.

Durant also understands the principle of making full use of his strengths and avoiding weaknesses, retreating and defending, maintaining a defensive position.

When the two entangled to the basket, James took off and prepared for a layup, and Durant also jumped up and stretched his long arms to interfere.

According to the past, James is at least [-]% sure of scoring this goal, but this time, I don't know if he was affected by his back injury, and the basketball bounced out of the basket.

Westbrook grabbed the rebound and advanced quickly. Irving couldn't catch up. Westbrook dunked and went first.

Su Tian saw that Owen was really struggling to defend Westbrook, so he took the initiative to communicate with Owen to switch defenses. Su Tian would defend Westbrook, and Owen would go with Waiters.

Just being dunked by Westbrook, Irving was not to be outdone, he used the rhythm change to break through Westbrook, and passed it to the high-ranking Love before the arrival of the defense.

Love catches and shoots the ball and hits two points steadily.

When it was the Thunder's turn to attack, Westbrook sneered when he saw the Cavaliers switching defenses, so they could guard me?

Immediately a breakthrough was launched, and Su Tian was a little uncomfortable being pushed. I have to say that Westbrook's physical fitness is really good, just like James on a point guard.

Su Tian and Westbrook got entangled in the penalty area. Su Tian's death entanglement made Westbrook very uncomfortable. A point guard who has not experienced the torture of Glove Payton is not a good point guard.

Seeing that Westbrook couldn't make a shot and was about to be restricted, he had to pass the ball quickly to Ibaka in the bottom corner.

But as soon as Ibaka received the ball, Love posted it. In terms of defense and blocking, Love is not as good as him, but in terms of offense, Ibaka and Love are two notches behind.

Ibaka obviously couldn't cope with Love's close defense, so he had to play the ball again to Durant.

Durant had no time to adjust at this time, he took a step forward to catch the ball and shot directly, making a long two-pointer.

James is also very helpless, he has already defended well, but Durant can still enter.

After that, both sides played two more irons, and after a few rounds of offense and defense, Su Tian scored a three-pointer from the corner that James suddenly scored, and the first quarter was over.

In the first quarter, the Thunder 26-20, temporarily leading by 6 points.

James' back injury is still not healed, and his offense is obviously affected, and Durant, who is full of energy, is not so easy to defend.

But the good news is that Su Tian can defend Westbrook. In the entire first quarter, except for the dunk at the beginning, Westbrook was frozen by Su Tian at other times, and there was no other performance.

The timeout ends and the second quarter begins.

The second quarter was Su Tian's time. During this period, Irving was off, Su Tian played the first position, and JR Smith came up to play the second position.

Su Tian came up to lock Westbrook's breakthrough first, but Westbrook had no choice but to miss the mid-range zombie jumper.

When it was the Cavaliers' turn to attack, Su Tian directly called Love for the pick-and-roll. Westbrook was obviously lacking in defending the pick-and-roll and failed to keep up with Su Tian.

Su Tian successfully broke through to the basket, and after a physical confrontation with Perkins, he pulled the bar and scored a layup.

Westbrook still didn't believe in evil, and continued to hold the ball, trying to break through Su Tian's defense, but the fact was that he was slapped in the face again and again.

And Su Tian not only locked Westbrook on the defensive end, but also continued to cooperate with Love on the pick-and-roll on the offensive end. This not only made Su Tian play extremely comfortable, but Love also played very easily, as long as he caught and shot.

Thanks to Westbrook's extraordinary performance, the Cavaliers won 37-23 in the second quarter, winning 14 points in a single quarter.

Su Tian also scored 8 points and 5 assists in a single quarter, 4 of which were given to Love.

At halftime, two pairs 57-49, the Cavaliers led by 8 points.

During the half-time break, Tyronn Lue called everyone together and said that Thunder coach Brooks was expected to make a mess in the second half and asked the whole team to be careful.

Su Tian thought, why, can you still read minds?
Halftime ends and the third quarter begins.

Su Tian looked at the Thunder's lineup, then at Tyronn Lue, and had to say, he knows the ball!

The Thunder started to play the Fifth Elementary School!Ibaka played the fifth position and Durant played the fourth position.

Of course, Tyronn Lue, who knows how to play football, doesn't only contribute emojis, he immediately announced the knight version of the top five!

Love tops five and James hits four.

But without Su Tian, ​​with Iman Shumpert, Su Tian played too hard in the second quarter and needed a break.

At the beginning of the third quarter, unexpectedly, the Thunder played extremely smoothly. They should have specially trained this lineup.

The Cavaliers can't keep up a little bit, not because they can't keep up with speed, but because they can't keep up with the tacit understanding.

Because there are not only two rookies who have just arrived in the formation at this time, but also James has just come back for a few games. This lineup has not specially practiced tactics, and the coordination is relatively unfamiliar.

In the first half of the third quarter, the Thunder relied on a more tacit cooperation to beat the Cavaliers 20-13, catching up with a 7-point difference.

In the second half, Owen and James began to take turns to take over. Since the cooperation is not enough, then increase the singles.

In the second half, relying on the personal abilities of Irving and James to recover a little bit, the Thunder recovered 29 points in a single quarter of 26-3 in the third quarter.

The game was 83-78 at this time, with the Cavaliers leading by five points.

As soon as the fourth quarter started, the Thunder showed the sequelae of the top five.

Because the five small lineups need to rotate quickly, speed up the offensive rhythm, and consume a lot of energy, they can only maintain the five small lineups for a period of time. No team will play for a long time, not even the Warriors.

And this gave Su Tian a chance. Su Tian vaguely remembered the same thing when he played against the Warriors last time. This time, he couldn't miss it again.

In the fourth quarter of the Thunder, Durant and Ibaka sat on the bench to rest, and only Westbrook and Waiters played in the starting lineup.

And Su Tian, ​​who had a good rest, turned on the car and met the panting Westbrook.

Su Tian smiled slightly, hey, little turtle, I will be lighter.

Seeing that Su Tian rushed in with his first step, Westbrook didn't react at all.

When Su Tian rushed to the basket, Perkins barely walked into the penalty area, so Su Tian was not polite, jumped high and dunked directly!
boom--

Su Tian made a dunk!

When Su Tian returned to defense, his right shoulder was still shaking in celebration, as if he was dancing.Well, it would be more similar if you add a center split.

After Su Tian's special care in the second quarter, Westbrook also knew that Su Tian's defense was not easy to mess with.

Westbrook called Perkins to come over for the pick-and-roll. Although Perkins moves slowly, he has a thick body. Although the pick-and-roll cannot be pulled out, he blocks well.

Westbrook was trying to use Perkins' body to kill in, but he didn't expect Su Tian to bypass Perkins' pick and roll like a slippery fish.

Su Tian's pick-and-roll obviously frightened Westbrook. Su Tian took advantage of his excessive physical exertion and lack of concentration, and quickly attacked and intercepted.

After the steal, it was a long-distance attack, and a one-stop dunk succeeded!

Su Tian succeeded in dunking twice in a row, causing Brooks to call a timeout.

87-78, the Cavaliers lead by 9 points.

(End of this chapter)