NBA’s aging star system

In the third quarter, Irving acted as the main attacker and breakthrough player, and James transformed into a passer to organize the team.

The Pistons came up with their entire lineup in an attempt to regain the score in the third quarter.

In the first few rounds, the Pistons were able to play back and forth with the Cavaliers, but after Tyronn Lue's timeout, the Cavaliers' defensive intensity suddenly increased, and the Pistons' offense began to lose efficiency.

Soon the third quarter ended, the score reached 81-64, and the Cavaliers' lead reached 17 points.

Faced with such a point difference and an obvious lineup gap, the Pistons actually had no need to resist, but Van Gundy did not dare to give up without playing in the fourth quarter.

So the fourth quarter started, with the Cavaliers, Dellavedova, Su Tian, ​​Richard Jefferson, Love, and Thompson.

The Pistons chose a semi-main lineup, with Pope, Harris and Drummond in the starting lineup.

The first possession of the ball was given to the Pistons. Steve Blake advanced with the ball. After reaching the frontcourt, he passed the ball directly to Drummond inside.

Drummond wanted to hit Thompson in the low post, but Thompson held him back. Love also came to help defend, so Drummond had to pass the ball to Harris.

Harris caught the ball and shot directly, but was interfered by Su Tian who came over in time to help prevent the interference, and the basketball missed.

Thompson grabbed the rebound and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

Su Tian slowly crossed the half court with the ball, faced Pope's defense, and began to call Love for a pick-and-roll.

After using the pick-and-roll, Su Tian didn't care about Pop's defensive intentions at all. After taking two steps inside, he directly pulled up and shot.

Swah——

Su Tian made a direct hit with a mid-range emergency stop jumper.

83-64

The Pistons got off to a bad start in the first round. The ball was given to the Pistons again and they organized the offense again.

This time the ball was given to Harris. Facing Love's defense, Harris had scored a few goals before, but due to the Cavaliers' overall defense and James' assistance, the effect was not good. Now James At the end of the game, Harris wanted to try again.

I saw Harris holding the ball with his back to Love, turning around quickly and passing Love's defense, holding the ball and heading inside.

Love followed Harris closely, which could only cause some disturbance.

The two kept fighting until they reached the basket. Harris encountered Thompson's defense and passed the ball to Drummond. Drummond caught the ball and shot from close range.

boom--

Swah——

The basketball hit the backboard and bounced into the net.

83-66

The Pistons finally scored, but Van Gundy's brows were still furrowed.

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

Dellavedova came to the frontcourt with the ball and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

Seeing Su Tian holding the ball, Van Gundy's brows not only frowned but also kept twitching.

I saw Su Tian still calling Love to pick and roll, while moving with the ball.

After the pick-and-roll was formed, Su Tian broke through and easily dismantled Pope's defense, and then ended the battle with an easy stop and jumper.

85-66

Seeing Su Tian scoring easily, Van Gundy finally knew that this game was unnecessary.

The next few rounds also verified what Van Gundy thought, so he called a timeout, replaced all the main players, and took the initiative to surrender and admit defeat.

In the end, the Cavaliers easily defeated the Pistons 110-88 and successfully won the first game of the playoffs.

In this game, Su Tian scored 21 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds and 1 steal, ranking second in the Cavaliers in scoring.

与骑士同一天进行的比赛还有三场，分别是热火123-91战胜黄蜂，马刺106-74战胜灰熊，快船115-95战胜开拓者。

Neither side had any major upsets on this day. Facts have proved that the polarization of the NBA is becoming more and more serious. Superstar basketball is becoming more and more prominent. It is basically impossible for civilian lineups to win the championship.

The day after the game ends, April 4, there are a total of three games to watch, one in the Eastern Conference and two in the Western Conference.

Tyronn Lue also sent a text message to the Cavaliers players, suggesting that they go to the Eastern Conference game between the Pacers and the Raptors, but Su Tian refused to listen. Su Tian went to watch the game between the Warriors and the Rockets.

Although the Rockets at this time are not the anti-Yong army that they will be a few years later, the offensive firepower of both sides is very fierce, which is a very interesting offensive battle.

The only fly in the ointment is that Curry was affected by injuries and was unable to play in this game.

On the evening of the 18th, the two teams started playing on time. As expected, the two teams scored 33-30 in the first quarter, with the Warriors temporarily leading by 3 points.

In the second quarter, the Rockets began to be unable to follow up and could not keep up with the Warriors' rhythm. They were beaten 33-28 in a single quarter, falling behind by 5 points again and falling behind by 8 points in total.

In the third quarter, the Rockets were gearing up to catch up, but both sides deployed their defenses, so that the shooting percentages of both sides were not high, and they took turns to start fighting.

The score between the two teams in a single quarter was only 21-20

In the fourth quarter, the Rockets are still 7 points behind the Warriors. For both sides, 7 points is actually not a big difference. It depends on who can persist to the end.

Harden exerted his strength first, and his continuous breakthroughs caused Barnes to foul, and it started to rain.

But before the Rockets could catch up with the point difference, Klay Thompson also started to perform. But unlike the previous crazy shooting of three-pointers, Klay also started to draw fouls and started to stand on the free throw line.

According to this rhythm, the Rockets will definitely be unable to hold on in the end, so the Rockets had to take the initiative to seek changes, and Harden began to increase his three-point shots.

But unfortunately, Harden's touch was not good in this game, and he missed three consecutive three-point shots.

In the end, the game was won by the Warriors, 115-106, but the Warriors' victory was not easy, and the main players were physically exhausted.

也得益于最后的罚球大战，哈登一共罚球15次，命中13个，全场拿下28分11助攻2篮板1盖帽。

克莱罚球了16次，命中15个，克莱全场拿下了34分5助攻3篮板1抢断。

But the three-pointers on both sides are not very good. The Rockets' overall three-point shooting percentage has just reached 34%, and the Warriors are even worse, only %.

Su Tian was also a little speechless. They promised to attack and fight, but it turned into a blacksmith fight.

So Su Tian stopped paying attention to other teams' games the next day and focused on his own training.

There were no surprises in the game on the 19th, as the upper-ranked team successfully defeated the lower-ranked team.

On April 4, the second game between the Cavaliers and the Pistons began.

Neither side adjusted the starting lineup, and the game became intense as soon as it started. The Cavaliers took advantage of some of the Pistons' loopholes to pursue and attack.

The Pistons also used their tough defense to cause a lot of trouble for the Cavaliers. At the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers rarely fell behind, 23-28, 5 points behind the Pistons.

In the second quarter, Irving came down to rest, and the team was handed over to Su Tianlai to organize. James was responsible for the main offensive duties, like a tank running wildly, and the Pistons couldn't hold it back at all.

Thanks to James' rampage in the second quarter, the score became 55-53 at the end of the second quarter, and the Cavaliers successfully took a 2-point lead.

In the third quarter, James took a break to recover his strength. Irving and Su Tian were on the court at the same time, and Jr. Smith moved to the third position.