NBA’s aging star system

Su Tian took advantage of Thunder's call for a timeout and performed an impromptu dance to celebrate.

Taking off, waving, shaking shoulders, all in one go, like a dancer who has been practicing for two and a half years.

Brooks urgently arranged his tactics. As the head coach of the Thunder, he had shared honor and disgrace with the Thunder for many years. Brooks didn't want to be swept out at the last moment.

Although he was indeed replaced by Donovan in the end, Brooks obviously did not want to leave just like that.

The timeout ends and the game resumes.

Brooks put Durant on the court again, but Durant's condition is obviously not good enough now.

Durant came up and took one of his own shots first. He shot the ball but didn't hit it.

Turning around, Su Tian received the ball, faced Westbrook's defense, broke through and distributed the ball, and gave the ball to Marion on the outside.

Marion caught the ball and shot a three-pointer, but was interfered by Durant and shot.

The two sides are fighting each other and are cautious in their choices.

Facing Su Tian's defense, Westbrook has become less afraid to break through and give the ball to Waiters.

Waiters didn't have any singles ability, so he transferred the ball to Durant's hands.

Durant received the ball and began to observe the formation, did not shoot rashly, and suddenly broke through violently.

Shawn Marion, who defends Durant, is old and cannot keep up with Durant's pace.

Durant easily broke through to the inside and was about to dunk when he saw that the Cavaliers' Tristan Thompson had already come to help defend and turned the dunk into a layup.

Durant pressed against Thompson's body and hit a layup.

87-80, 7 points difference.

Su Tian received the ball and started to attack. This time he did not pass the ball again and hit the defensive Westbrook for a layup.

89-80, widening the point difference again.

Su Tian responded with a goal.

Not to be outdone, Durant received the pass and hit a pull-up jumper.

Looking at Durant's straight body, this guy's pull-up jump shot was really a foul!

But at this time Durant was already panting, and his movements and rhythm were obviously a beat slower.

When he took another jump shot, the shooting arc was already crooked.

With two minutes left in the game, the point difference was still stable at 7 points, and Durant was already sitting on the bench unable to play.

Westbrook was also very tired. Although Westbrook is a famous tough man, he could not withstand the devastation of the entire audience.

Tyronn Lue looked at the situation on the other side and stopped? No, I want to take advantage of your illness and kill you!

Irving, Love, James, the Big Three are on the court!

With the rested Big Three, and Su Tian cheating in the last quarter, the Thunder were beaten to a pulp.

In the end, the buzzer sounded at the end of the game. The Cavaliers beat the Thunder 110-98 by 12 points. This was because the Cavaliers showed mercy at the last moment.

Su Tian scored 24 points in the game and 11 points in the last quarter, which once again deepened everyone's impression of him in the final quarter.

杜兰特拿到32分6篮板9助攻，威少22分9篮板11助攻。

Dion Waiters also scored 14 points.

骑士这边，詹姆斯28分7篮板5助攻，乐福19分13篮板，欧文21分2篮板6助攻。

The Cavaliers ushered in a big victory, and Su Tian also scored the second-highest score in the team, and returned to the locker room happily with the rest of the team.

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After beating the Thunder, the league officially announced the roster for the Rookie Challenge on the 29th, and Su Tian was on the list.

This Rookie Challenge is divided into international teams and local teams. Interestingly, Wiggins and Su Tian, ​​strong contenders for this year's best rookie, are both in the international team, which makes the local team's starlight a bit dim.

Others who are well-known in the international team: Antetokounmpo, Gobert, Schroeder, Adams, Nurkic.

The local team includes: Pope, Noel, Zeller, Oladipo, LaVine, Plumlee, McAway.

There are still some gimmicks that can be explored in the reform of the rookie game, such as the collaboration between Su Tian and Wiggins.

Coincidentally, a few days after the rookie roster was released, on February 2, the Cavaliers went to Minnesota to play against the Timberwolves.

This is Love's first visit to Minnesota since the new season, and naturally he has become the main interview target of the media.

Wiggins and Su Tian were also pursued by reporters for interviews, but the topics were in completely different directions.

"Kevin, it's your first time to play against the Timberwolves. Do you have any special feelings?"

"Kevin, do you miss your youth when you see familiar venues?"

"Andrew, for this All-Star Rookie Game, you will team up with Su Tian of the Cavaliers. What do you want to say?"

"Su, you will join forces with No. 1 pick Wiggins. Do you think you will be compatible?"

Reporters rushed to ask questions, but most of the questions asked to Wiggins and Su Tian were related to the rookie game, while Love's questions were related to the Timberwolves.

But both Love Wiggins and Su Tian knew how to deal with this group of reporters and gave them no chance.

With the referee's whistle, the game begins.

In the first quarter, Su Tian was still playing soy sauce, running tactics and shooting, which was very easy.

He made two of three three-pointers and perfectly completed his job as a tool man.

However, Wiggins played very vigorously. Timberwolves fans have rarely seen Wiggins working so hard recently.

At the end of the first quarter, the Timberwolves led 30-21 by 9 points. Wiggins scored 11 points in the first quarter and played extremely proactively.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Su Tian went to the first position as usual, and Smith came up to play the second position. Su Tian controlled the rhythm of the team.

Su Tian and Love played the pick-and-roll first, and the Timberwolves center Pekovic moved slowly, did not follow, and guarded the basket.

Seeing that the opponent's center didn't follow suit, Su Tian took advantage of the screen and shot a three-pointer.

Swah——

A three-pointer hit the net. Su Tian felt it for a moment, and the touch remained pretty good.

The Timberwolves attacked, and Wiggins received the ball for a single. It was Mike Miller who defended Wiggins. The old Miller was a bit old and couldn't keep up.

Wiggins easily broke through Miller's defense with the ball. Love, who was under the basket, saw this posture and thought Wiggins was going to dunk, so he quickly stood still and raised his hands.

Who would have thought that after Wiggins broke through with the ball, he didn't go inside anymore, but made a pull-up mid-range shot and hit a two-pointer.

Although it was only two points, the feeling of this sudden stop was really a bit frustrating, as if something was about to be released, but Wiggins forced it back.

Looking at the disappointed eyes of everyone next to him, Wiggins smiled contemptuously, "Hey, what do you know? I don't want to be a glass man, but I have a thirty-year career plan."

How can ordinary people know our thoughts?

Su Tian was not interested in considering Wiggins's ideas. There were not many opportunities to control the ball, so he must make good use of this time.

Su Tian continued to hold the ball and pick and roll with Love. Pekovic had no choice but to come out to defend, but again, the pace was too slow.

Su Tian directly broke through Pekovic with the ball. Because the centers of both sides had already stretched outside, the inside line was quite empty.

Su Tian collected the ball directly, leaped high, and spread his wings.

boom--

Su Tian dunked successfully!

After Su Tian succeeded in dunking, he quickly returned to defense without yelling or showing off.

Why are you so cowardly, you ask? Pekovic's family background is enough for Su Tian to call him big brother.

He may not be that good at playing basketball, but he is first-rate at getting things done.

In this case, don't show off and just play hard, eh.