NBA’s aging star system

In the next few rounds, the two sides were evenly matched. After all, only one James on the Cavaliers side was at full capacity, while Irving and Su Tian were both at non-full status.

Although the two of them don't have many roles offensively, they performed well defensively.

Especially Su Tian, ​​in his defense against Ellis, he completely blocked Ellis in the first quarter.

Facing Su Tian's death entanglement, Ellis had no better way.

Ellis' offensive skills and methods were still too simple and lacked variety, giving Su Tian many opportunities to predict.

As a result, the Pacers' offense was hindered and could not be fully launched, and the Cavaliers' offense was not fully launched because James was the only one exerting force.

At the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers led the Pacers by one point 19-18.

At the end of the first quarter, Tyronn Lue was obviously not satisfied enough. Of course, he was mainly dissatisfied on the offensive end.

So during the break, Tyronn Lue arranged some offensive tactics, emphasizing the participation of Irving and Su Tianduo in the offense.

Soon the intermission of the first quarter ended and the second quarter began.

Dellavedova came on to replace Irving, and Mozgov came on to replace Thompson.

The first ball was given to the Pacers, and Ellis advanced past half court with the ball.

When Dellavedova saw Ellis after halftime, he directly defended him, giving him plenty of physical confrontation.

Ellis didn't have enough physical confrontation, but he was very fast, so he opened a little distance, broke out quickly, and broke through from the right side.

Dellavedova suffered a bit in terms of speed and failed to catch up in time, falling two lengths behind Ellis.

Seeing that Ellis was about to break through to the penalty area, James had to help defend. Ellis quickly released the ball and passed it to Paul George outside the three-point line.

George received the ball and shot a three-pointer directly. The originally foolproof shot was successfully interfered by Su Tian, ​​who arrived in time to help defend.

boom--

George hit a three-pointer and Love grabbed the rebound.

The old rule is to rush straight away when you see Love get the rebound.

Su Tian and James were on one side, and the Cavaliers version of fast attack started.

Love made a long pass and passed it accurately to James.

James got the ball and was chased by Paul George behind him. After a physical confrontation, James continued to rush to the basket without slowing down.

Unlike James, although Paul George can catch up with James' speed, there is a gap in physical strength. After the confrontation, his speed is delayed and slowed down.

So after James came to the basket, he collected the ball and took off. With a loud bang, he succeeded in a powerful dunk.

21-18

Fortunately, George got out of the way in time when James dunked, otherwise it would have been another "background board."

The ball was transferred and the Pacers continued to organize the offense.

This time Paul George personally held the ball and came to the frontcourt. Facing James' defense, Paul George chose to call a pick-and-roll.

After the pick-and-roll, George chose to hold the ball and start to break through.

James quickly bypassed the pick-and-roll and chased in the direction of Paul George.

George broke through to the basket, attracted Mozgov's help, and passed the ball to Mahinmi.

Mahinmi shot from close range, but was interfered by Love who came to help defend, and the shot was blocked.

Although Mahinmi did not make a shot, the rebound was taken by George. George who took the rebound quickly made a layup and the basketball entered the net.

21-20

George not only scored, but also "brushed" an offensive rebound.

The ball changed again, Dellavedova advanced to the frontcourt with the ball and gave the ball to Su Tian.

Su Tian got the ball and called Love to pick and roll.

With the help of the pick-and-roll, Su Tian directly started a breakthrough. After using the breakthrough to shake off the defender, Su Tian stopped and made a jump shot.

Swah——

The basketball hit the net cleanly.

23-20

Now if you don't carefully monitor Su Tian's mid-range pick-and-roll, the opponent will suffer a big loss.

But the difficulty in defending mid-range pull-up jumpers is that you don’t know when or where the shot will be taken. The mid-range shot area is too large, so you can only rely on help defense and double-teaming, but in this way Su Tian will Use passing to teach behavior.

The ball was transferred and the Pacers continued to attack.

Monta Ellis advanced to the frontcourt with the ball. This time Ellis no longer tried to use speed to beat Dellavedova, but chose to call Myles Turner to pick and roll.

With the help of the pick-and-roll, Ellis instantly exploded with speed and rushed towards the basket.

There is nothing to say about the speed that Ellis burst out in an instant, and he was two steps away from Dellavedova.

Although Dellavedova was broken through, he still turned around to pursue the defense, and his attitude was still positive.

Ellis came all the way to the basket, and Mozgov moved to the basket to help defend and double-team.

Ellis directly collected the ball and took off, twisting his waist like a twist with a pull-bar action, and shot for a layup.

Bang——shua——

The basketball bounced on the rim and fell into the net.

23-22

In the next few rounds, the two sides began to be in a stalemate, and the score difference never changed much.

The Cavaliers have Su Tian connecting the team, and no one can stop James' impact.

For the Pacers, Paul George, with the help of his teammates, got many shooting opportunities, and his touch was also hot.

Soon the second quarter ended, the score reached 46-44, and the Cavaliers led by 2 points.

During the halftime break, Tyronn Lue found Irving again to arrange offensive tactics.

James has played a lot of time. Although he will still be there in the third quarter, he needs to take a walk to catch his breath, so at this time Irving is needed to take on some offensive responsibilities.

Soon, the intermission ended and the third quarter began.

The Cavaliers sent Irving, Jr. Smith, James, Thompson, and Mozgov.

The Pacers also made rotation operations, taking out Monta Ellis and replacing them with George Hill and Stuckey.

The first possession of the third quarter was given to the Pacers, and George Hill advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

Facing Irving's defense, Hill did not hit hard, but passed the ball to Paul George.

Paul George also played a lot of time in this game, but thanks to a period of rest in the middle, otherwise James would definitely not be able to stand it.

Paul George got the ball and started calling his teammates to pick and roll, using the pick and roll George to break through.

Although James exerted a lot of physical energy, James was at his peak at this time, and his body was very responsive, keeping up with George's breakthrough in time.

Paul George's offense was blocked, delayed by James, and passed to Stuckey who was cutting through the air.

Stucky rushed to the basket with the ball. Inside, Mozgov raised his hands and successfully interfered with Stucky's layup. Stucky missed the layup, and Mozgov turned around and grabbed the rebound.

After getting the rebound, he passed the ball to Irving, who slowly advanced with the ball.

After arriving in the frontcourt, he waited for his teammates to get into position, and then began to show off his skills, preparing to attack Hill alone.

I saw the rhythm of Irving's dribbling constantly changing. His sudden stops and starts shook Hill's defensive focus, and he exploded directly through the defense line and went straight to the basket.