NBA’s aging star system

Thunder center Perkins' athletic ability has declined and he has successfully lost the right to attack.

Irving got the ball and advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

James reaches out for the ball. In recent games, James will come up and play a few times to find his condition.

After James got the ball, he faced Durant, and the two were one-on-one on the wings.

Speaking of which, both of them are famous undefendable players in the league.

Durant is tall and has long arms, and his jump shot is accurate, making it difficult to interfere.

James is physically strong and his tank breakthrough is unstoppable.

And James also knew that with Durant's size, he obviously couldn't defend his breakthrough, so he started to attack with the ball.

Durant also understands the principle of utilizing strengths and avoiding weaknesses, retreating and defending while maintaining a defensive position.

When the two entangled to the basket, James took off and prepared for a layup, and Durant also jumped up and stretched his long arms to interfere.

According to the past, James is at least % sure of scoring this goal, but this time, I don't know if he was affected by his back injury, and the basketball bounced out of the basket.

Westbrook grabbed the rebound and advanced quickly. Irving couldn't catch up. Westbrook dunked and scored first.

Su Tian saw that Irving was really struggling to defend Westbrook, so he took the initiative to communicate with Irving to switch defenses. Su Tian would defend Westbrook, and Irving would follow Waiters.

Having just been dunked by Westbrook, Irving was not to be outdone. He used a change of rhythm to break through Westbrook and passed it to Love in the high position before the help of defense arrived.

Love caught the ball and shot and hit two points steadily.

It was the Thunder's turn to attack. Westbrook saw the Cavaliers changing defense and smiled disdainfully. Can he guard me?

Then a breakthrough started, and Su Tian was a little uncomfortable being pushed. I have to say that Westbrook's physical fitness is really good, just like James on a point guard.

Su Tian and Westbrook were entangled in the penalty area. Su Tian's death entanglement made Westbrook very uncomfortable. A point guard who has not experienced the torture of Payton's glove is not a good point guard.

Seeing that Westbrook was unable to take a shot and was being restricted, he had no choice but to pass the ball quickly to Ibaka in the bottom corner.

But as soon as Ibaka received the ball, Love came up. In terms of defense and blocking, Love was not as good as him, but in terms of offense, Ibaka and Love were two levels behind.

Ibaka obviously couldn't deal with Love's close defense, so he had to give the ball to Durant again.

Durant had no time to adjust at this time. He took a step after catching the ball and shot directly, hitting a long two-pointer.

James was also helpless. He had already defended well, but Durant was still able to score.

After that, both sides played two irons, and after several rounds of offense and defense, Su Tian scored a corner three-pointer from James, and the first quarter was over.

In the first quarter, the Thunder 26-20, temporarily leading by 6 points.

James' back injury has not recovered yet, and his offense has been obviously affected, and Durant, who is full of energy, is not so easy to defend.

But what is gratifying is that Su Tian can guard Westbrook. In the entire first quarter, except for the dunk at the beginning, Westbrook was frozen by Su Tian at other times and there was no other performance.

The timeout ends and the second quarter begins.

The second quarter is Su Tian's time. During this period, Irving comes off the court, Su Tian plays the one position, and JR Smith comes up to play the second position.

Su Tian came up and first locked in Westbrook's breakthrough. Westbrook was helpless and missed the mid-range zombie jumper.

When it was the Cavaliers' turn to attack, Su Tian directly called Love to pick and roll. Westbrook obviously lacked defensive pick and roll and failed to keep up with Su Tian.

Su Tian successfully broke through to the basket, and after a physical confrontation with Perkins, he pulled the lever for a layup.

Westbrook still didn't believe in evil and continued to hold the ball, trying to break through Su Tian's defense, but the reality was that he was slapped in the face again and again.

Su Tian not only locked down Westbrook on the defensive end, but also continued to cooperate with Love on the offensive end in pick-and-rolls. This not only made Su Tian feel extremely comfortable, but Love also played very easily, as long as he just caught the ball and shot.

Thanks to Westbrook's extraordinary performance, the Cavaliers won 37-23 in the second quarter and won by 14 points in a single quarter.

Su Tian also scored 8 points and 5 assists in a single quarter, 4 of which were given to Love.

At halftime, the two teams led 57-49, with the Cavaliers leading by 8 points.

During the halftime break, Tyronn Lue called everyone together and said that Thunder coach Brooks was expected to mess up in the second half and asked the team to be more careful.

Su Tian thought to himself, what, can you still read minds?

The halftime break is over and the third quarter begins.

Su Tian looked at the Thunder's lineup and then at Tyronn Lue. He had to say, he knows the game!

The Thunder are starting to play against the fifth graders! Ibaka plays the five position, and Durant plays the four position.

Of course, our football-savvy emperor Tyronn Lue doesn’t just contribute emoticons, he immediately announced that the Cavaliers version of the five players will be on the board!

Love plays five and James plays four.

But instead of Su Tian, ​​Iman Shumpert was played. Su Tian played too hard in the second quarter and needed a rest.

At the beginning of the third quarter, unexpectedly, the Thunder played extremely smoothly. They must have specially trained this lineup.

The Cavaliers can't keep up a little bit, not because they can't keep up with speed, but because they can't keep up with their coordination.

Because there are not only two rookies who have just arrived in the formation at this time, but also James has just come back for a few games. This lineup has not specially practiced tactics, and the coordination is relatively unfamiliar.

In the first half of the third quarter, the Thunder relied on more tacit cooperation to beat the Cavaliers 20-13, catching up with the 7-point difference.

In the second half, Owen and James began to take turns to take over. Since the cooperation is not enough, then increase the singles.

In the second half, the Thunder regained a little more with the personal abilities of Irving and James. In the third quarter, 29-26, the Thunder recovered 3 points.

The score was 83-78 at this time, with the Cavaliers leading by five points.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Thunder team showed the sequelae of playing five games.

Because the five-small lineup needs to rotate quickly and speed up the offensive rhythm, which consumes a lot of physical strength, the five-small lineup can often only be maintained for a period of time. No team can play for a long time, not even the Warriors.

And this gave Su Tian an opportunity. Su Tian vaguely remembered that it was like this last time against the Warriors. This time, he couldn't miss it again.

In the fourth quarter of the Thunder, Durant and Ibaka sat on the bench to rest. Only Westbrook and Waiters were in the starting lineup.

And Su Tian, ​​who had a good rest, turned on the car and met the panting Westbrook.

Su Tian smiled slightly, hehe, little turtle, I will be gentler.

Su Tian suddenly jumped in with his first step, and Westbrook didn't react at all.

When Su Tian rushed to the basket, Perkins could barely reach the penalty area, so Su Tian was not polite, jumped high and dunked!

boom--

Su Tian dunked successfully!

When Su Tian returned to defense, his right shoulder was still shaking in celebration, as if he was dancing. Well, if you add a center parting, it will be more like it.

After Westbrook received special care from Su Tian in the second quarter, he also knew that Su Tian's defense was not easy to mess with.

Westbrook called Perkins to come over for the pick-and-roll. Although Perkins moves slowly, he has a thick body. Although the pick-and-roll cannot be pulled out, he blocks well.

Westbrook was trying to use Perkins' body to get in, but Su Tian was like a slippery fish, bypassing Perkins' pick-and-roll.

Su Tian's pick-and-roll obviously startled Westbrook. Su Tian took advantage of his excessive physical exertion and lack of concentration to quickly attack and steal.

After the steal, he ran long distance and succeeded in a one-stop dunk!

Su Tian dunked twice in a row, causing Brooks to call a timeout.

87-78, the Cavaliers lead by 9 points.