NBA’s aging star system

After Durant got the ball, he started to call for pick-and-roll.

Durant is not that stupid. He won't match up with James if he can't match up. There is no need.

But maybe it's Durant's smart mentality that makes Durant less tough and murderous.

Durant used the pick-and-roll to break through, and James was very fast and followed up in time to get to Durant's body.

Durant had no choice but to take a small step back again to create distance and breakthrough space.

James defended tightly, Durant failed to find a suitable breakthrough gap, and then Durant started his double disguise.

After the double transformation, James was not shaken out much. Durant seized this slight gap and shot a pull-up jumper.

Swah——

Durant made a jump shot.

2-4

The king's explosive combination takes the lead in the beginning.

The ball was transferred and it was the Cavaliers' turn to attack.

Dellavedova holds the ball and gives it to James.

James holds the ball against Durant. Logically speaking, James does not need to be afraid of Durant's defense at all, because Durant's body is indeed thinner than James's.

James forcibly broke through Durant's defense, and the Thunder rushed to help defend and double-team.

In order to deal with James, the Thunder also prepared a package to deal with James.

The general strategy is that Durant follows up on defense, Ibaka helps defend and double-team, and Adams squats under the basket, forming a three-way sandwich.

This strategy might have worked in the past, but it doesn't work now. Now the Cavaliers have Su Tian.

James found Su Tian in the gap and passed the ball accurately.

Su Tian received the ball and quickly broke through Robertson's defense and scored a layup.

4-4

James smiled faintly, what can you do with the Wang Zha combination?

The ball was transferred and Westbrook advanced forward with the ball.

After arriving in the frontcourt, Dellavedova rushed forward and gave Westbrook a tough confrontation.

Westbrook didn't want to give the ball away easily, so he called Adams to pick and roll.

Adams' pick-and-roll was still relatively solid, Dellavedova was delayed, and Westbrook took the opportunity to break through inside.

The Cavaliers didn't have particularly good defenders on the inside. Seeing this, Su Tian had no choice but to go over and help defend against the double team, reaching for the ball, giving Westbrook a posture to steal.

Westbrook stopped to protect the ball, collected the ball directly, and made a zombie jumper.

boom--

Westbrook missed a jump shot and Mozgov got the rebound.

Su Tian took the ball and advanced forward.

After arriving in the frontcourt, Su Tian continued to call Mozgov for a pick-and-roll. Su Tian used the pick-and-roll to take two steps inside and hit a mid-range jumper.

Swah——

Su Tian's jump shot hit.

6-4

In the next few rounds, Durant began to gradually take over the ball, and the two sides began to play inextricably.

At the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers only led the Thunder by 28 points, 26-2.

In the first quarter, Westbrook was restricted by Dellavedova and did not have many outstanding performances.

Soon, the second quarter began and Su Tian moved to the No. 1 position.

Su Tian, ​​who returned to the No. 1 position, faced off against Westbrook. Coaches from both sides, including fans and commentators, were all paying attention to how Su Tian would defend Westbrook.

In any case, Westbrook is also an All-Star player. Let's see how well Su Tian can defend Westbrook.

At the beginning of the game, the first possession of the ball belonged to the Thunder. Westbrook came to the frontcourt with the ball.

After coming to the frontcourt, Westbrook was extremely excited to see Su Tian defending him and wanted to hit one himself.

So Westbrook took half a step back, then shifted into gear and sprinted, trying to use his absolute speed to break through Su Tian.

But Su Tian's defense was not that easy to break. Su Tian kept up with Westbrook's speed in time and did not let him fall behind.

Su Tian was engaging in physical confrontation while trying to steal. Westbrook's dribbling was actually not very good and he often made mistakes.

Sure enough, this time Westbrook was too impatient and failed to grasp the intensity, and Su Tian caught the opportunity.

Bang, Su Tian successfully stole the ball.

Su Tian, ​​who successfully stole the ball, turned around and started sprinting after getting the ball.

James on the other side immediately started sprinting when he saw Su Tian's successful steal.

Although Russell was not very good at dribbling, his speed was not satisfactory. Su Tian, ​​who was dribbling and sprinting, was unable to get rid of Westbrook's pursuit.

But Su Tian is not as stupid as Westbrook. Seeing the right time, Su Tian accurately passes the ball to the running James.

After James received the ball, he took two steps, collected the ball and took off.

boom--

James succeeded with a powerful chop.

James and Su Tian's two consecutive connections sounded the alarm for the Thunder.

James is not scary, and Su Tian is not scary either, but the two of them together are a bit scary.

The next two rounds also verified this.

Once James broke through and passed the ball to Su Tian, ​​who caught the ball and shot a three-pointer.

Once Su Tian used a pick-and-roll to break through and passed the ball to James who was cutting through the air. James caught the ball and hit a layup.

The two cooperated very well and beat the Thunder's defense to pieces.

Thunder coach Donovan quickly called a timeout.

I don’t know if Donovan really has any panacea. After returning from the timeout, the Thunder’s offense was decent, scoring in several consecutive rounds.

The score between the two teams began to stalemate again until the end of the second quarter, when the score reached 48-45, with the Cavaliers leading by 3 points.

During the halftime break, Tyronn Lue did not make too many arrangements. He emphasized the lineup in the third quarter and then retired.

Soon, the intermission ended and the third quarter began.

Su Tian sat off the court as usual, and the lineup on the court was a James-themed lineup.

The Thunder also played a familiar figure, Dion Waiters, Su Tian's former competitor for the second position.

Now Waiters can only find a sense of presence on the Thunder's bench.

However, the Thunder's main output points in the third quarter are still Durant and Westbrook.

It was still a bit difficult for James alone, and although Jr and Xiao Mo could play for one or two rounds, they still couldn't last long.

Tyronn Lue called a timeout with 3 minutes left and replaced Su Tian in advance.

Although Su Tian didn't have the bonus of the king of the last quarter when he came back, his physical strength recovered well, so he took the initiative to play two games with the ball, and successfully assisted his teammates both times.

Tyronn Lue watched from the sidelines and shook his head. He is really the "King of the Final Quarter". He was not willing to play by himself even three minutes early. He had to wait until the fourth quarter?

But no matter how confused Tyronn Lue was, Su Tian did not strengthen his desire to attack with the ball.

But Su Tian maintained the situation on the court in his own way. At the end of the third quarter, the two teams were tied 75-75.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Durant and Westbrook will definitely have to take a break, because this is one of the few rest times for James.