NBA’s aging star system

Butler received a pass from Rose and started with a triple threat.

Tested Jr's defensive focus.

Although Jr. is older, he doesn't have much playing time and has plenty of energy. Defending Butler, who is at half health at this time, is not a big problem.

Butler couldn't see jr's defensive center of gravity, so he directly launched a hard attack.

With his younger body, he pushed Jr. all the way to the basket.

After the two went to the basket, Butler forced a layup, and Smith stretched out his hand to interfere.

boom--

The basketball was forged and failed to hit.

Thompson got the rebound and gave it to Su Tian.

Su Tian slowly stabilized his rhythm and advanced to the frontcourt.

Su Tian knew that he couldn't fight fast, so he pushed forward slowly and stabilized the rhythm.

In fact, the feeling of cutting flesh with a dull knife is like Ling Chi to the bull.

After Su Tian came to the frontcourt, he continued to play pick-and-roll with Love.

Using the pick-and-roll to continue to break through to the inside, Rose was unable to catch up and was about to be scored by Su Tian.

Gasol had no choice but to let go of Love and block Su Tian.

Su Tian saw Gasol blocking him and passed the ball directly to Love.

Love caught the ball and shot with open hands, and made a steady two-pointer.

Just two rounds into the fourth quarter, the point difference has reached 26 points.

Thibodeau jumped anxiously, but there was nothing he could do.

Here the Bulls serve quickly and get Rose.

Rose advanced quickly with the ball and broke through Su Tian when he reached the frontcourt.

Su Tian had plenty of physical strength and cooperated with his death coil to block Rose's breakthrough.

Rose breaks through to the free throw line and cannot break through again.

He had no choice but to pass the ball to Butler on the wing.

Butler also had a headache. He didn't expect this old Jr. to be so difficult to deal with.

After Butler received the ball, he shot a three-pointer directly after the three threats.

Butler thought, it's all about chasing points anyway, and if you hit a three-pointer, you'll make a profit.

Swah——

Butler's three-pointer was a lucky hit.

The score difference comes to 23 points

Su Tian didn't panic when he saw Butler hit a three-pointer.

Take Love's serve and slowly hold the ball to the frontcourt.

A score difference of more than 20 points is not that easy to chase, not to mention there is less than one quarter left.

This point difference would have been given up long ago in the regular season, that is, in the playoffs, and I don't want to give up easily.

Su Tian came to the frontcourt and continued to play pick-and-roll with Love.

It’s not that there’s a lack of change, it’s that this trick really works, so there’s no need to change.

Rose still couldn't catch up, and this time he directly switched defenses with Gasol to deal with it.

Seeing Gasol change defense, Su Tian held the ball and pulled Gasol out.

Su Tian held the ball and retreated to the three-point line again.

Gasol had no choice but to follow and defend at the three-point line.

Love took Rose down to the low post.

Su Tian saw Love in good position, lobbed the ball in and passed it to Love inside.

Love turned on the post-up mode, easily beat Rose with his back, and hit a layup.

The score difference came to 25 points again.

Thibodeau wanted to surrender, but Rose obviously didn't want to give up, and neither did Butler.

The two of them were still struggling to support themselves, but it was no longer helping.

With 2 minutes left in the game, Thibodeau called a timeout.

There were two minutes left, but the point difference was still around 20 points, and Thibodeau didn't want to struggle anymore.

Rose sat off the court sweating profusely, watching the score on the court unwillingly.

Butler also looked helpless.

Tyronn Lue was also relieved. If the opponent continues to fight, in order to ensure victory.

Tyronn Lue also has to let Su Tian and Love continue to play, but this will increase the risk of injuries and is not worth the gain.

Now that Thibodeau has surrendered, Tyronn Lue can breathe a sigh of relief and replace Su Tian and Love.

In the end, the game ended with the Cavaliers defeating the Bulls 116-97.

With a score difference of nearly twenty points, the Bulls were suppressed from the beginning of the game until the end of the game.

It can also be seen from this game that there is a certain gap between the Bulls and the Cavaliers.

Not only in terms of players, but also in terms of tactical flexibility, there is a certain gap.

Many basketball media and basketball commentators have been criticizing Thibodeau's coaching, saying that Thibodeau has made too few changes.

And many people have pointed out that Thibodeau does not have a good solution when the team falls behind.

Obviously, Thibodeau, who is good at defense, has his own understanding of how to chase points.

However, Thibodeau did not succeed in the end.

Thibodeau is under tremendous pressure, as is Rose.

The voices questioning Rose grew louder.

But Rose was a taciturn person and didn't give much response, just training continuously.

On May 5, the Clippers and Rockets will also play together with the Cavaliers.

The Clippers lost to the Rockets 109-115.

Griffin scored 34 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists.

But the main reason for the Clippers' defeat was Paul's injury.

If the chain drops at a critical moment, it still depends on Paul.

The Rockets' modern combination scored a total of 56 points and led the team to victory.

On May 5, Su Tian followed the team to Chicago.

Getting ready to play the first away game against the Bulls.

Chicago is known as the city of sin, so Su Tian didn't dare to go out and feel uncomfortable.

How uncomfortable it would be if we encountered some bloody scene where a hero saves a beauty again.

Anyway, Su Tian is a person who cherishes his life. He goes back and forth between the hotel and the arena honestly and does not go out casually.

On the 8th, because the Cavaliers had just arrived in Chicago, Tyronn Lue did not arrange any particularly heavy training tasks.

The main thing is that the first two games gave Tyronn Lue a lot of confidence, and Tyronn Lue is bound to win the third game.

On May 5, the team came to the United Center in Chicago.

Facing a sea of ​​red, Su Tian couldn't help but think of a hot man.

Su Tian looked at No. 23 next to him, and then at No. 1 on the Bulls side. Lament the wonder of fate.

As time passes, the game begins.

Noah got tough, jumped up high, and flicked the ball.

Rose stepped forward to grab the ball and stabilize it.

Steadily advancing to the frontcourt, facing Irving's defense, Rose did not hesitate and started to break through directly.

Owen didn't expect that Rose, who was so slow just now, would suddenly become so fast.

At this moment, he failed to keep up, causing Rose to be separated by a body.

Love and Mozgov inside didn't react either.

Rose made a layup.

Rose scored one at the beginning, which hurt morale a bit, so Irving prepared to return one himself.

Su Tian looked at the status of the Bulls from the sidelines and felt something was wrong.

The fighting spirit is too high!

It's understandable to be high-spirited, but it's too high-spirited.

Su Tian didn't understand why, but he vaguely felt that this was not good for the knight.

It's just that Su Tian, ​​who is still a little transparent now, obviously can't say anything.

Here, Irving was playing Rose in isolation, but was interfered with by Noah inside, and he missed the basketball.

Turning around, Rose singled out Irving again and hit a layup.

The Bulls opened the game with a 4-0 lead.

Tyronn Lue stood up from the bench, feeling something was wrong.