NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 149 Christmas War, Against the Warriors

Irving's comeback was not effective, and he even lost a battle for it.

After the game against the Knicks, the Cavaliers' record came to 24 wins and 2 losses.

Second only to the Warriors' 27 wins and 1 losses.

And the Christmas game against the Warriors will undoubtedly be a battle where sparks hit the earth.

While everyone was sharpening their swords, Owen was depressed.

The comeback effect of these two games was so poor, which Irving did not expect.

As for the comments and criticisms from the outside world, Owen couldn't help but listen to them.

James has noticed Owen's state, but this time James didn't go to comfort him too much, he just said, "It's okay, brother."

Owen's state can only be adjusted by himself. James turned to Su Tian and said, "Hey, buddy, do you want to come to my house for Christmas? Brownie likes you very much."

"Thanks LeBron, but I figured I'd better stop teaching Bronny for Christmas."

"Good brother, remember to come to my house for dinner anytime."

After James walked by, Su Tian put his hands on his hips, looked at James, and then turned to Owen.

This world is so wonderful, James is not so enthusiastic about Irving?

After the game against the Knicks, the Cavaliers took a day off.

On December 12, Christmas Day, the Cavaliers came to Oracle Arena.

During the warm-up, Su Tian saw Curry hit three-pointers one after another, and knew that this match should be difficult.

Soon, the game time came, and the 2015 Christmas Game officially started.

Mozgov and Bogout stepped into the midfield for a jump ball.

Mozgov jumped hard and grabbed the initiative.

Because the Cavaliers ushered in Irving's comeback, the lineup is Irving, Su Tian, ​​James, Love, and Mozgov.

On the Warriors' side are Curry, Clay, Brandon Rush, Green, and Bodogte.

Barnes did not play due to injury.

Irving took the ball and pushed forward.

After coming to the frontcourt, Irving also knew that his state was not very good recently, so he passed the ball to James.

In fact, Su Tian's position is better.

After James got the ball, he started calling the pick-and-roll.

Of course not calling Love, Green's defense is still quite online.

Mozgov gave James a pick-and-roll, and James used the pick-and-roll to break through to the inside.

Rush was blocked, Bogout was too slow to keep up, so Green had to double-team the defense.

Seeing Green's defense, James seemed to be prepared and passed the ball to Love outside the three-point line.

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

Swah——

Love made a direct three-pointer.

3-0
After the hit, the Cavaliers quickly returned to defense.

The ball is switched, and it's the Warriors' turn to attack.

Curry receives the ball and advances to the frontcourt.

In fact, the absence of Barnes has quite an impact on the Warriors. At least the death five is not easy to play, because Brandon Rush is not even two meters tall.

After Curry came to the frontcourt, he began to call his teammates for tactical cooperation.

Clay and Green kept interspersed with running positions.

Su Tian followed Clay closely, and it was difficult for Clay to escape the opportunity.

But Irving failed to follow Curry, and Curry used the cover of his teammates to break through to the inside.

Seeing this, James hurried over to help defend. In fact, he also wanted to let Brandon Rush go to see how this guy feels.

Seeing James coming to help defend, Curry also passed the ball to Brandon Rush according to the tactics.

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

Whether it's in terms of tactics or style of play, Brandon Rush will play like this.

Not long ago, in a game against the Kings, Brandon Rush just made 5 of 4 three-pointers.

It's just that luck was not so good this time, and Rush missed a three-pointer.

Love took the rebound, James and Su Tian tacitly turned and ran.

But the Warriors are worthy of being the Warriors, and they retreated very quickly. Clay delayed to Su Tian, ​​Green delayed James, and Bobdog interfered with Love's pass.

The Cavaliers' fast break failed, and Love had to pass the ball to Irving. Irving took the ball and pushed it steadily to the frontcourt.

After coming to the frontcourt, Irving still didn't make a strong play, but called his teammates for a pick-and-roll.

Irving also used Mozgov's pick-and-roll to break through to the inside.

But Irving didn't break through completely, halfway through, jumped up to shoot, and made an emergency stop jumper.

boom--

Owen still didn't recover, so he hit the iron.

Green took the rebound and started to advance directly with the ball.

How to defend the Warriors' fast break is also an indispensable topic for the Cavaliers' daily practice.

James ran to delay Green, Su Tian followed Clay, and Irving chased Curry.

All three of them found their corresponding opponents, and the Warriors failed to fight fast, so they had to fall into positional battles.

In the first few rounds, except for Love scoring a three-pointer at the beginning, none of the others scored.

The Warriors failed to make a fast break, and Green stood at the top of the arc with the ball, waiting for his teammates to move.

Curry and Clay were on one side, running at the same time.

After all, Curry was better than Irving, and ran out of position with the help of his teammates.

Green passed the ball in time, and Curry got the ball and made a three-pointer directly.

Swah——

Curry hit a three-pointer, and the Warriors finally opened.

3-3
The ball is switched, and it's the Cavaliers' turn again.

This time Irving just came to the frontcourt with the ball, and James began to open his hands for the ball.

Owen's efficiency in the last two games is indeed not high, and it is normal for James to be worried.

After James got the ball, he faced Brandon Rush.

James didn't have any reason to hesitate, and started to break through directly with the ball.

Brandon Rush naturally does not have the ability to defend James alone, but the Warriors have already made plans.

James just started to break through, and Green's defense also came.

The inside Bodog also took the position of the basket, waiting for the impact of James.

Facing the Warriors' pocket formation, James took his time. After attracting a double-team to help defend, James passed the ball to Love.

Love passed the ball to Su Tian again, Su Tian received the ball and broke through to the basket, and then passed the ball to James again on the way.

At this time, James was moving, and there was no double-team formation. James received the ball and scored a layup directly against Brandon Rush's defense.

5-3
The offense on both sides began to slowly become normal.

Although the Warriors do not have Barnes here, at least Brandon Rush can make up for it on the offensive end, without affecting the Warriors as a whole too much.

On the Cavaliers' side, because of Irving's decentralization, James played more proactively, and there were no moths.

But both teams have some issues on the defensive end.

The Warriors' No. [-] position is completely unable to prevent James' impact. Brandon Rush is not even two meters tall, and it is too difficult to deal with James.

On the Cavaliers' side, Irving's defense against Curry also seemed a little worse.

The two teams continued until the official timeout of the first quarter and began to make substitutions to make adjustments.

The Warriors took Brandon Rush and replaced him with Iguodala.

The Cavaliers replaced Irving and took Dellavedova.

The time-out is over and the game continues.

After Dellavedova came up, he took the initiative to hand over the right to organize the ball to Su Tian.

Su Tian also did his part, and started calling Mozgov for a pick-and-roll when he got the ball.

With the help of the pick-and-roll, Su Tian began to break through. The Warriors had to defend Su Tian because they were afraid of Su Tian's breakthrough.

This gave Su Tian the opportunity to pass the ball to organize. Two consecutive passes formed assists, which caused a lot of trouble for the Warriors.

Soon the first quarter ended, the score came to 25-28, and the Warriors led by 3 points.

In the second quarter, Tylen Lue arranged for Dellavedova to continue playing, and Thompson replaced Mozgov inside.

Not long after, the second quarter began.

The first ball was given to the Warriors.

Curry advanced with the ball, facing Dellavedova's defense, Curry was obviously a lot more cautious.

This kind of caution is of course good for the Cavaliers, and I am most afraid that the Warriors will bring up the rhythm.

After coming to the frontcourt, Curry gave the ball to Green and made a run by himself.

Green held the ball at the top of the arc and waited for his teammates to move. Su Tian looked at the route of this movement as if he had known him before.

Sure enough, the elevator door appeared again, and Dellavedova was caught in a trap by accident and was blocked in front of the screen team.

Curry came out and received a pass from Green, and made a direct three-pointer.

Swah——

25-31
Curry made an easy three-pointer.

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

Dellavedova secretly regretted that this tactic was mentioned in the training of the Cavaliers and had also done special exercises, but Dellavedova was still careless at the time and did not dodge.

Su Tian received the ball and pushed forward.

Su Tian repeated his old tricks with the ball, calling Thompson for a pick-and-roll.

Su Tian used the pick-and-roll to break through to the inside.

Clay followed closely and was still half a step away. Green came to help defend.

But being tricked by Su Tian's pass fake, he didn't dare to rush over, so Su Tian directly made an easy layup.

27-31
Although the Cavaliers also scored goals, two points are not worth as much as three points after all, so we can only try to ensure a high shooting rate.

It was the Warriors' turn to attack again, and Curry continued to give the ball to Green.

This time Dellavedova had a long memory, and was not thrown off by Curry, and kept running behind Curry.

Seeing that Curry couldn't get out of position, and the time was running out, Green shot a three-pointer directly.

bang - swish -

Green's lucky three-point hit.

Su Tian almost forgot that at this time, Green is still very good at three-pointers.

27-34
The Warriors lead by 7 points.

James couldn't sit still and began to ask for the ball.

Su Tian gave the ball, and James started to break through with the ball.

Although Iguodala is indeed the most suitable player in the Warriors to defend James, there is still some gap between him and James.

What's more, James' breakthrough this time was specifically to take advantage of Iguodala's unstable foothold.

James made a breakthrough to Iguodala's right. Iguodala didn't block it for two seconds before James broke through the defense.

Seeing this, the others rushed to help defend James' position. There was no way, if James hit the basket, the shooting percentage would be too high.

Green was the fastest to help defend, and Iguodala was chasing after him.

James passed the ball to Love, and Love caught the ball and pressed Curry, who was on defense, for a layup.

29-34
The Cavaliers scored, but the point difference is still not small.

The ball is switched, and it's the Warriors' turn to attack.

This time Curry did not give the ball to Green again, but gave the ball to Iguodala.

Iguodala has the ability to hold the ball, but this ability to hold the ball cannot be aggressive when facing James.

Therefore, the Warriors must still focus on pass assists in this ball.

While analyzing the situation, Su Tian followed Clay and ran around the field.

But Su Tian didn't pay attention, and it really made Clay run out of position.

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

boom--

Fortunately, at the moment of the final shot, Su Tian arrived in time to give sufficient interference.

Love won the basketball, and James and Su Tian started sprinting directly.

James was still delayed this time, but Su Tian wasn't. Clay had just made a shot, and before he had time to adjust his defense, Su Tian kicked off and ran out.

So Love directly made a long pass and accurately passed it in front of the running Su Tian.

Su Tian received the ball, dribbled for two steps, and took three steps directly to collect the ball. With a bang, he successfully dunked.

But Su Tian doesn't have the strength and speed of James, dunking is not good.

After scoring two points, the score came to 31-34, only three points away.

The Cavaliers' fast break finally came out, Curry was helpless, and Clay was frustrated, but time did not give them a chance to be sad.

Curry holds the ball, this time Curry calls a pick-and-roll, trying to hold the ball and play a game to maintain the situation.

After Green's pick-and-roll, Curry rushed inside with the ball.

Dellavedova hurriedly turned around to chase, and Thompson on the inside also tried to help defend.

As for Love, he has already been passed by Curry.

When breaking through to the basket, Curry did not forcefully challenge Thompson's defense, but made a high-throw shot.

The basketball bypassed Thompson's block and fell firmly into the net.

Swah——

31-36
The point difference was finally narrowed, and because of Curry's goal, it opened again.

In the next few rounds, the two sides attacked each other, but they failed to change the point difference.

Until the end of the second quarter, the score came to 48-54, and the Cavaliers trailed the Warriors by 6 points.

During the intermission, Tyronn Lue once again emphasized the defense against Curry.

Because it is difficult for both Cavaliers and Warriors to defend against each other's offense, if this is the case, then focus on defense.

Whoever can defend whoever is, then whoever is the final winner.

Soon, the intermission ended and the game continued.

According to the usual practice, Su Tian rested off the court in the third quarter, and Irving returned to the court, partnering with JR Smith in the backcourt.

The third position is still James. James went down to rest for a few minutes in the second quarter and was brought up again.

The inside line is a combination of Thompson and Mozgov.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the first possession of the ball belonged to the Warriors.

Curry called the pick-and-roll with the ball and singled Irving.

Curry used the pick-and-roll to break through to the inside, followed by Irving.

After coming to the basket, Curry took the initiative to give Irving a physical confrontation and scored a layup.

48-56
Irving was scored by Curry as soon as he started, and Irving was very upset.

So when it was the Cavaliers' turn to attack, Irving did not call for a pick-and-roll, but motioned for his teammates to open. Irving wanted to single Curry.

Although Curry's body is thin, his defense is not bad.

Irving kept dribbling the ball and mobilized Curry's defensive focus.

Suddenly, Irving rushed to the right. At this time, Curry's defensive center of gravity was out of balance, and he failed to keep up with the defense in time.

So Irving went straight to the basket, and after reaching the basket, he pulled the bar and made a layup.

50-56
Owen's style seems to be coming back?
(End of this chapter)