NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 72 The World War II Bull
On May 5, the second game between the Cavaliers and the Bulls at Quicken Loans Arena.

Before the game, Tyronn Lue formulated today's tactics and decided to preemptively open up the point difference in the first quarter.

The first goal in the opening game was that James directly held the ball and broke through to attract the defense. Irving caught the ball and made a three-pointer.

On the defensive end, Irving gave Rose strength, Su Tian bit Butler, and the ball was forced to the high post Gasol.

Although Gasol has organizational skills, he is not a defender after all and failed to form an effective offense.

As soon as Mozgov got the rebound, he made a long pass to Irving outside the three-point line.

Owen was about to start speeding up, but was delayed by Ross.

The Bulls' defense is still very fast. If they want to play a fast break simply, they look down on Thibodeau.

Coming to the frontcourt, Irving and Love played pick-and-roll cooperation. Irving broke through to attract the defense and gave Love to the high position.

Love caught and shot the ball and made a two-pointer.

The tactics deployed by Tyronn Lue are actually to increase the cooperation between the Big Three and increase the proportion of the stars' possession of the ball.

But in this way, other people's possession of the ball will be lost, and Su Tian will be the most affected.

In the first quarter, Su Tian was completely a 3D role player, running and defending without the ball.

Although he is also conscientious, he made one of two three-pointers and scored 5 points with two free throws.

But after all, it's a role player's style of play, not brilliant.

Of course, if you play 3D like the peak Clay, it is also a star.

Or peak iron forest will do.

But Su Tian is not very good now.

The first quarter benefited from James and Irving's ball-holding explosion. At the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers beat the Bulls 38-18 by 20 points.

After winning 20 points in a single quarter, Thibodeau felt that he was getting old and lost all his old face.

Thibodeau was angrily cursed, spraying the players on the bench like a hair dryer.

In the second quarter, Tyronn Lue took Owen down, James continued to play, and Su Tian switched to the first position.

Throughout the first quarter, Tyronn Lue's tactics were completely played out.

But it also made Irving and James very tired.

Although James will continue to play in the second quarter, it is more of a guarantee than a main attack.

The main attack in the second quarter was on Su Tian and Love.

After the bull experienced a rest period, his spirit was revived, so Su Tian had to be careful of the bull's counterattack.

As long as Su Tian can lead the Cavaliers to maintain the point difference in the second quarter, it will be considered a success.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Rose singled out Su Tian and wanted to break through the penalty area.

Su Tian knew that he couldn't deal with Ross with his own defense.

So before Rose entered the penalty area, he called Thompson to cooperate with him to block Rose's layup space.

Rose came to the basket and found that he was wrapped in dumplings. He didn't force a shot and passed the ball to Butler in the bottom corner.

Butler took advantage of a slight shot gap and directly shot a three-pointer.

Unfortunately, three points were missed.

Thompson turned around and took the rebound and handed it to Su Tian.

Because Su Tian's task in the second quarter was to maintain the point difference, Su Tian took his time and came to the frontcourt with the ball steadily.

Reasonable waste of time is also a tactic.

Su Tian came to the front court and saw that everyone was almost settled, so he started to call Love for a pick-and-roll.

With the help of Love's pick-and-roll, Su Tian made a breakthrough feint and tricked Rose.

When Ross reacted and was still adjusting his center of gravity, Su Tian directly shot a three-pointer.

Swah——

Su Tian hit a three-pointer, but the point difference got even bigger.

Thibodeau was on the sidelines, pacing back and forth, anxious to get angry.

Su Tian was also very surprised. He just wanted to try it out, but unexpectedly got in. It seems that he feels good today.

When it was the Bulls' turn to attack, Rose still wanted to play singles with the ball, and still broke through Su Tian's defense without hesitation.

But this time Rose noticed Thompson's movement and passed the ball early to a half-empty Gasol.

Then Rose and Gasol handed over again, and Rose caught the ball and shot a jumper directly.

Swah——

Rose made a mid-range shot, and at this time Su Tian had just bypassed Gasol's screen.

Su Tian was upset, but there was nothing he could do. Ross, if he couldn't beat him, he would be called someone.

No Mamba character, spit on him, hum.

It was the Cavaliers' turn to attack again, and Su Tian called Love to pick and roll with the ball.

Su Tian: I'm not calling someone, I'm making a tactical arrangement, yes.

Ross: Bah!You double standard dog.

Su Tian used Love's pick-and-roll to break through to the inside, attracting Gasol's help on the inside.

Su Tian passed back to Love at the top of the arc, and Love raised the ball and was about to shoot.

Dunleavy's defense arrived and raised his hands to interfere with the shot.

Love made a fake shot, and after attracting Dunleavy's attention, he passed the ball over his head to Su Tian.

At this time, Su Tian ran back to the position two steps inside the three-point line in the bottom corner.

After receiving the ball, Su Tian made a direct shot.

Swah——

Su Tian made a catch and shot.

Also got a ball from Rose.

Immediately afterwards, Rose played a pick-and-roll with Gasol again.

With the help of cover, he was about to break through to the inside. Su Tian was ready to retreat in advance and followed Rose's footsteps.

The two entangled with each other to the basket again. Rose pressed Su Tian with his body and forced a layup with his hands.

boom--

Rose forced a shot and missed.

Su Tian turned around and got the rebound, so he had to speed up and try to play a fast break.

But as soon as he reached the free throw line, Butler followed and successfully blocked Su Tian's fast break.

Su Tian had no choice but to hold the ball steadily and advance.

In the next few rounds, Ross and Su Tian will be one for you and one for me.

Su Tian successfully completed his task and maintained the point difference.

As a defensive team, the Bulls still have a hard time chasing points.

At the end of the second quarter, the Cavaliers single quarter 26-27 Bulls.

64-45 at halftime, the Cavaliers led by 19 points.

At halftime, Thibodeau was still emphasizing defense.

After Tyronn Lue praised Su Tian, ​​he deployed the lineup for the third quarter.

In the third quarter, Su Tian was replaced and Irving played.

In the third quarter, Irving and James once again took turns to play. The two broke through and scored the ball, which made the Bulls feel a bit out of touch.

On the Bulls' side, whether it's Rose's layup or Butler's breakthrough.

The Cavaliers all responded well.

The Cavaliers managed to maintain the point difference in the third quarter.

At the end of the third quarter, the two teams were 88-66, leading the Bulls by 22 points.

Thibodeau scratched his hair anxiously, 22 points difference, for the Bulls.

It was like being sentenced to death.

Rose was already panting from the bench.

Butler is also constantly wiping with a towel.

The two powerful favorites of Thibodeau are obviously working hard.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Thibodeau still decided to play the main force.

The point difference is already very big, if you don't chase it back, there is no need to chase it.

But Tyronn Lue seemed much more relaxed.

Replaced Irving and James, Su Tian and Love played to lead the bench.

In the fourth quarter, Su Tian, ​​who was linked to the account, became more confident.

On the first ball at the opening of the fourth quarter, Su Tian played a pick-and-roll with Love as usual.

With the help of the pick-and-roll to start a breakthrough, Ross wanted to catch up at this time, but was thrown off by Su Tian.

Su Tian scored an easy layup.

Rose's physical strength, concentration, and reaction ability were all affected to varying degrees.

Rose took the serve, took the ball to the frontcourt, and handed the ball directly to Butler.

Ross is going to lose his mind.

(End of this chapter)