NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 207

In the end, the reporter didn't ask what Su Tian said.

However, the next day's newspapers and various news media put Su Tian's Christmas battle lore on the front page.

When Su Tian woke up the next morning, while eating breakfast and watching the news that praised him, he felt that he would be a superstar in the next moment!

But looking at the reality of himself, he is not even the boss of the team.

Now, with the deepening of the schedule and the impetuous atmosphere after winning the championship, Su Tian and Owen talked less and less, and their relationship became more and more cold.

Owen originally thought that James would not be able to play for a few years, and he would be able to take over the scepter from James in two years.

But as Su Tian's performance became more and more explosive, Owen began to feel a sense of crisis!

I thought it was Pippen, but after playing for two years, I found out it was Jordan!

This made Owen very unwilling.

Obviously, I have a higher pick than Su Tian, ​​and I came earlier than Su Tian, ​​and I was the number one pick personally selected by the Cavaliers.

Why is it that everyone is touting Su Tian now, and no media even mentions that he has 7 steals in a single game!
This made Owen both unhappy and scared.

Owen originally thought that the Cavaliers would never trade him, but now Irving is not sure.

The salary explosion of the Cavaliers, Irving also knows, Irving is not sure, whether the Cavaliers will trade themselves away in order to keep Su Tian.

Irving was very irritable, which caused Irving's performance on the court to become irritable.

After the Christmas game with the Warriors, the Cavaliers still have a back-to-back against the Pistons.

Tyronn Lue saw that everyone fought fiercely in the last game, so he took turns to rest James and Su Tian, ​​and let Owen and Love lead the team to Detroit.

In this game, the Cavaliers finally lost 90-106, and the Cavaliers also swallowed their fourth defeat.

There was a chance to win this game, but Irving played too impatiently and his offensive intentions were too obvious, so that the Pistons' defense was very targeted.

In the end, Irving only scored 18 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds, and his shooting percentage was just over [-]%.

After losing to the Pistons, the Cavaliers regrouped, took a day off, and continued their winning streak.

But this time it came to an abrupt end after winning only three games in a row.

On January 1, the Cavaliers played against the Bulls at home. Irving and Love were not in this game.

James and Su Tian led the team, but they were eventually defeated by the Bulls 106-94. The Cavaliers lost their fifth game of the season.

In this game, James scored 31 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 steal.

Su Tian scored 25 points, 13 assists, 8 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block. The reason why the score was not high was not because Su Tian couldn't do it, but because the Bulls insisted on double-teaming Su Tian.

This led to Su Tian having to pass the ball to assist his teammates, but Frye is not young, and his ability has begun to decline. Even with Su Tian's bonus, he can't compare to Love.

Frye made 8 of 3 three-pointers in the game, did not play an advantage, but became a drag on the team.

Immediately after January 1, Irving and Love came back to play against the Nets, and they were easily taken away 6-116.

Meanwhile, the Cavaliers trade came.

The Cavaliers traded Mike Dunleavy and a protected 2019 first-round pick to the Hawks for Kyle Korver.

For Korver, one is that James really likes to need such teammates, and at the same time, he can't help but plan for Su Tian's departure.

On January 1, the Cavaliers played away against the Jazz and ushered in their sixth loss of the season.

爵士全队集体爆发，6人得分上双，当家球星戈登-海沃德，全场拿到28分呢9篮板2助攻1抢断1盖帽。

Gobert, the core defensive core, scored a double-double of 11 points, 14 rebounds, 3 steals and 1 block.

The Cavaliers just finished the game against the Jazz, and hurried to Portland to play back-to-back against the Trail Blazers.

In this game, due to the fatigue of the Cavaliers, the collective feeling was not good. The Blazers led by 7 points in the first quarter.

At the end of the first three quarters, the Blazers have already led by 12 points.

In the fourth quarter, Tyronn Lue didn't dare to let James rest for too long. After all, Tyronn Lue didn't want the team to suffer a losing streak.

Therefore, in the fourth quarter, Tyronn Lue let Su Tian control the ball and lead the offense, and gave James what could not be solved.

This time with Love's help, Su Tian wasn't as embarrassed as last time, but after assisting Love with two consecutive three-pointers, the Blazers didn't dare to double-team Su Tian again.

So Su Tian turned on his personal offensive mode, catching up with a 10-point difference in half a quarter.

The Blazers called a timeout. After the timeout, the Blazers began to put on the full lineup, and the Cavaliers also took the starting lineup.

The two-point difference is still very easy for James who wants to chase points.

In the end, the Cavaliers beat the Blazers 102-98, avoiding a losing streak.

James scored 20 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal. Although he didn't score many points, the victory came at critical moments.

Su Tian scored 28 points, 11 assists, 6 rebounds and 1 steal. He was the best performer of the Cavaliers.

On January 1, the Cavaliers easily defeated the Kings 14-120.

On January 1th, another focus battle, the Cavaliers vs. the Warriors!

The Cavaliers and Warriors played against each other for the second time this season, but this time it was changed to the Warriors' home court.

After half a season of running-in, Durant has basically integrated into the Warriors' system. Of course, there are sacrifices made by Curry.

The current record of the Cavaliers is 33 wins and 6 losses, and the record of the Warriors is 34 wins and 6 losses. The number of losses is the same, but the number of wins of the Warriors is dominant.

Soon, the game begins.

The Cavaliers still send the regular starting lineup, Irving, Su Tian, ​​James, Love, Thompson.

The Warriors are Curry, Clay, Durant, Green, Pachulia.

Through several consecutive games, Korver also gained a stable playing time for the Cavaliers.

The current bench of the Cavaliers can be considered strong, jr Smith, Korver, Frye, Richard Jefferson.These are players who can get consistent playing time.

Of course, the Warriors' bench is better, Livingston, Iguodala, David West, McGee.

The referee blew his whistle, the two sides came to the court, and Thompson grabbed the initiative.

Irving held the ball and came to the frontcourt. Facing Curry, Irving didn't play directly, but called Love for a pick-and-roll.

According to tactics, Irving's first choice should be to James, but Irving did not do this, but chose to play by himself.

With the help of a screen, Irving rushed to the basket with the ball. After encountering Pachulia's help defense, Irving pulled the bar and scored a layup.

2-0
Owen took the lead.

Now that Irving scored, James didn't have much to say, so he quickly participated in the defense.

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

Curry came to the frontcourt with the ball, passed the ball to Green, and Green passed the ball to Durant. After Durant made two steps forward, he passed the ball to Clay.

Clay caught the ball and shot a three-pointer, but Su Tian interfered.

boom--

The rebound was taken by Love, the Cavaliers made a fast break, and Love made a long pass to Su Tian.

After Su Tian held the ball to attract the defense, he passed the ball to Irving, and Irving caught the ball and scored a layup.

4-0
The ball was given to the Warriors again. After Curry came to the frontcourt, he cooperated with his teammates again and made a three-pointer.

Swah——

4-3
Curry opened up.

In the next few rounds, the Warriors opened up their touch with a three-pointer, and like a chain reaction, it drove Clay to score one against Su Tian.

Soon the first quarter ended, and the score came to 35-22. The Warriors won the Cavaliers by 13 points in a single quarter with their explosive three-pointers in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the two sides began to change players, Livingston and Iguodala played, and JR Smith and Frye played for the Cavaliers.

Although substitutions and adjustments have been made, the Warriors' three-pointer feel has continued.

Iguodala and Klay have contributed one after another.

As for the Cavaliers, they still mainly rely on Irving and James to output, but Durant is too difficult to limit.

Halfway through the second quarter, the point difference had already reached 20 points, and Tyronn Lue called a timeout.

According to the conventional tactical arrangement, both Irving and James should come down and rest for a while at this time.

But the point difference was not small. Tyronn Lue was afraid that Su Tian would not be able to stand up, so he only arranged for Owen to rest, and James continued to play.

The Warriors are temporarily in the lead and rotate normally.

Soon, the pause ends and the game continues.

Su Tianshang came to the first position, advanced the ball to the frontcourt, and cooperated with Love in the pick-and-roll.

Temporarily throwing away Livingston until the defense came to the free throw line, and made a direct mid-range shot.

bang - swish -

The basketball hits the hoop and bounces into the hoop.

The ball was switched, and Livingston came to the frontcourt with the ball. Instead of rushing to attack, he waited for Clay to move.

But Livingston didn't notice Su Tian who was about to move. At the moment Livingston wanted to pass the ball, Su Tian quickly attacked and directly completed the steal.

Su Tian, ​​who grabbed the ball, rushed straight to the frontcourt, Livingston followed closely behind Su Tian, ​​and James also began to sprint.

When Su Tian came to the frontcourt, James had already completed overtaking, so Su Tian threw the ball forward directly.

James jumped high, received the ball and made a violent dunk!
The Cavaliers scored 4 points in a row, which finally relieved part of the pressure, but the point difference is still not small.

The Warriors organized an offense again, and this time Clay finally ran out of the opportunity to receive the ball steadily and made a three-pointer.

boom--

Basketball is a long rebound, and Su Tian grabbed the rebound at the right time.

After grabbing the rebound, Su Tian turned around and started the fast break again. Livingston's reaction was fast enough, but he still couldn't stop Su Tian's sprint.

This time without Livingston's chasing and defending, Su Tian ran very fast, took the lead and came to the front court, and directly made a layup.

The Cavaliers scored 6 points in a row, with 12 points left.

Although he was beaten consecutively by the Cavaliers, Cole still did not call a timeout and sat firmly on the bench.

After all, there are still Klay and Iguodala on the court, and there will be no major problems in the timeout.

Sure enough, in the next round of the Warriors, Iguodala assisted Clay to score a three-pointer.

The two sides continued to attack and defend for several rounds, and the second quarter ended.

At the end of the first half, the score came to 59-68, and the Warriors still led by 9 points for the time being.

During the intermission, Tyronn Lue made another change to the lineup, Irving, Su Tian, ​​Korver, James, Love.

Let James go to the fourth position, mainly to match Durant.

Soon, the intermission ended and the third quarter began.

As expected, the Warriors came up with five small lineups, Curry, Clay, Iguodala, Durant, and Green.

The first ball was given to the Warriors in the opening game. Curry took the ball to the frontcourt and passed the ball directly to Green.

Green holds the ball and stands at the top of the arc, watching his teammates move while protecting the ball.

After a screen run, Curry ran a brief opportunity, and Green made a quick pass.

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

Swah——

In fact, Irving's defense also came at the moment Curry shot, but Curry still resisted Irving's defense and scored a three-pointer.

59-71
The possession of the ball was changed, and Irving advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

After coming to the frontcourt, Irving passed the ball directly to James.

Facing Durant, James did not rush to attack but called Irving to pick and roll, wanting to face Curry.

This method was still very useful last year, but it won't work this year, and Curry didn't practice it for nothing during the offseason.

After two consecutive pick-and-rolls failed, James chose to break through Durant directly.

Durant is tall enough, but not as strong as James, and was pushed all the way to the inside by James.

Green wants to help defend, but Love is not Thompson. Love has a three-point range, and it is impossible for Green to empty Love.

So the person who helped defend became Iguodala.

Iguodala chose to let go of jr Smith to help defend James.

James saw Iguodala coming to help defend, so he passed the ball to jr Smith.

jr catches the ball and shoots a three-pointer directly.

boom--

jr didn't feel good and missed the shot, but fortunately it was a long rebound.

Su Tian saw the basketball's landing point and rushed to grab the rebound. Green was also running this way, but the distance was too far, and Su Tian took the rebound first.

After getting the rebound, Green took advantage of the opportunity to block in front of Su Tian, ​​and Su Tian quickly threw the ball to Love outside the three-point line.

At this time, Love had no defenders around him, so he directly shot a three-pointer.

With the blessing of Su Tian's pass, Love made a direct three-pointer.

62-71
The point difference came to 9 points again.

Su Tian's rush and pass assists won a burst of applause from Tai Lue.

Since being drawn to Barkley, Su Tian's rebounding ability has improved significantly, especially his offensive rebounds.

But from the outside world's point of view, this is because Su Tian's hard work and enthusiasm have increased, that is to say, he has become more mature and professional.

This undoubtedly makes the outside world more envious of the Cavaliers.

In the next few rounds, Durant began to gradually take over the ball, scoring consecutive mid-range shots one by one, crushing the Cavaliers' point difference.

After half a quarter, the score came to 71-82, and the Warriors still lead by 10 points for the time being.

Both sides began to make substitutions and adjustments, but the Cavaliers were at a disadvantage, and Tyronn Lue did not dare to take Irving and James down.

Sent, Owen, jr Smith, James, Frye, Thompson.

Just take Su Tian and Love to rest and prepare for the fourth quarter.

The Warriors took Clay and Durant and sent Livingston, Curry, Iguodala, David West, and McGee.

Although the Warriors have gone down a lot, but with Curry, the offensive threat is still there, and James dare not treat it carelessly.

(End of this chapter)