NBA’s aging star system

The scene of the finals was extremely noisy, and the standards of the NCAA finals were extremely high. Not only was it broadcast live across the United States, but even the NBA would suspend play on this day to make way for the NCAA finals.

Su Tian arranged his wrist guards and stepped onto the playing field.

At the start of the game, Stern grabbed a jump ball. Su Tian advanced with the ball, observing the opponent's defensive formation. Transferring the ball to Randall, Randall caught the ball and turned his back to test. The UConn center took advantage of his unpreparedness and came to attack. Randall was caught in a double-team between two people and struggled to pass the ball to Stern.

Stern received the ball and transferred it to Su Tian who ran out of the open space. Su Tian took the ball and shot. The catch-and-shoot shooter badge lit up and he hit the net with a three-pointer. 3 to 0.

Su Tian looked at UConn's defensive strategy and understood the opponent's defensive thinking. He mainly restricted Randall, assisted in double-team defense, and relaxed other outside shots.

Su Tian curled his lips and smiled. Why, do you look down on our outside shots? At Kentucky, not only Su Tian can shoot, but James Young can also shoot well.

The offense and defense transitioned, UConn attacked, Napier held the ball, and Su Tian defended alone. Calipari's coaching team originally believed that Napier's defense should be double-teamed. This does not mean that they do not trust Su Tian's defensive ability. It just means that Napier's strength is indeed strong. In the previous rounds, basically no one Being able to defend him individually requires team defense, but even so, it still cannot restrict Napier well.

But after Su Tian learned about this defensive strategy, he applied to coach Calipari to defend Napier alone for two rounds. If it didn't work, he immediately switched to team defense. It can be said that Su Tian's defensive pressure is very high. The entire team's defensive strategy is tied to him.

The reason why Su Tian applied for single defense was of course because of the confidence that the Gary Payton template card gave him. Su Tian's external defense attribute has been improved to 75, which is enough to deal with NCAA stars.

At the same time, if Napier can really be defended alone, it will be a great improvement for the entire team. Otherwise, the whole team will be affected by one move, and the defeat will naturally come.

Napier kept crossing the ball at the top of the arc, mobilizing Su Tian's defensive focus and pressing forward while dribbling. Su Tian was so focused that he didn't dare to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

Suddenly Napier changed direction and rushed to the right. Su Tian followed closely, chasing closely and maintaining a defensive position.

When Napier rushed to the basket, he found that no one was coming to help defend, so he prepared to use his body to force Su Tian to force a layup, but Su Tian's defense was no longer what it used to be.

Napier marveled at Su Tian's excellent defense. He half-turned around and pushed Su Tian with one shoulder and raised the ball with the other hand, preparing to use a hook to resolve the battle. Su Tian tried his best to raise his hands high, and at the same time the defensive shock badge lit up. Napier seemed to be suddenly frightened and sped up his shot, which resulted in greater strength.

"Rebound!" Napier felt something was wrong as soon as he took the shot and shouted loudly.

At the basket, Stern and the opponent's center collided fiercely and got stuck. Su Tian also tried his best to get stuck in Napier's position. Randall took the opportunity to rush towards the basket to grab a rebound.

Randall passed the ball as soon as he received the rebound, and James Young, who was about to leave, received the ball and made a layup.

Turning around, it was troublesome for Napier to take advantage of Su Tian. He was about to call the pick-and-roll to cover. The UConn center immediately put up the pick-and-roll, and Napier followed the pick-and-roll and broke through inside.

When Su Tian saw the pick-and-roll coming, he didn't panic at all. He turned around deftly, the pick-and-roll dodger's badge lit up, and continued to stick to Napier. Napier continued to break through regardless, and suddenly Su Tian seemed to hit a wall.

Double pick-and-roll, it turned out that Napier called not one pick-and-roll, but two. Su Tian failed to avoid the second pick-and-roll. Napier made an emergency stop and took a mid-range shot. When Su Tian caught up again, Napier had already completed the shot and the basketball went into the net. 5-2, UConn successfully broke through.

Calipari looked at the situation and shook his head but didn't say anything. It seemed that he didn't agree with the effect of the single defense strategy.

Switching to Kentucky's offense, Su Tian still gave the ball to Randall, and still double-teamed inside. It seemed that he didn't pay attention to Stern, but in fact he didn't pay attention to outside shooting. The entire formation was shrinking inward. Think Kentucky's 3-pointer doesn't kill anyone.

Su Tian had already seen through UConn's defensive strategy and thought to himself, since I'm asked to shoot, then I'll shoot! Let's see who changes first!

Su Tian had already started running when he handed the ball to Randall. After so many games, Su Tian's running is more agile and his rhythm is more unpredictable.

After several reverse runs and two sudden stops and starts, Su Tian successfully received the ball in the right corner, and immediately shot the ball without adjusting. The badge lit up and the ball entered the frame smoothly.

Su Tian looked at the head coach of UConn as he returned to defense, as if to say to him, guard against me! Come and send someone to guard me!

But the UConn head coach didn't notice Su Tian's eyes, so UConn continued its previous defensive strategy, as if it was betting on Kentucky's outside perimeter failure.

Fortunately, UConn's Napier was really good and maintained UConn's offense so that the score did not open too much. At the end of the first half, 30 to 35, Kentucky led by 5 points.

At the end of the first half, Su Tian had 18 points and made four of six three-pointers. James Young also hit three three-pointers. Randall was unable to perform well because of UConn's double-teaming strategy. Only scored 5 points at halftime.

At the end of the intermission, the two sides started fighting again. Su Tian rested off the court, and Randall led the team. UConn still insisted on the strategy of double-teaming Randall, but at this time, without Su Tian on the outside, only James Young was obviously unable to support himself.

And Napier, without Su Tian's blockade, seems to have turned on the switch of the gods on his body to make sudden shots and assists to drive his teammates. It seems that people really see a superstar. The scouts are also amazed and amazed. Due to Napier's performance, few people noticed why Napier did not perform like this in the first half because of Su Tian.

With Napier's divine performance during this period, UConn went on an 11-3 offensive climax. The total score came to 41-38, with UConn leading by 3 points.

Calipari immediately called a timeout, began arranging tactics to emphasize defense, and replaced Su Tian.

When the timeout ended, Napier frowned and said nothing when he saw Su Tian come on. In fact, Napier knew in his heart that without Su Tian, ​​he would definitely be the most shining person in the game. It's a pity that such a freak came out.

Su Tian holds the ball at the top of the arc and slowly approaches the defender. Randall mentions the high position. Although Randall has not performed well in the entire game so far, anyone who has really watched the ball knows that Randall attracts Bao Bao. The ability to double up is definitely the main factor that allows Kentucky to compete with UConn.

Su Tian quickly played the ball and passed it to Randall. Randall got the ball and attacked directly. Before he could take two steps, a double team came. Randall played the entire game and knew that the opponent was targeting him, and he didn't Showing off his strength, he quickly passed the ball to James Young. When Yang received the ball, the defender had already arrived. Instead of rushing to shoot, he transferred the ball to Su Tian who ran out of position.

Su Tian received the pass at an angle of 30 degrees outside the three-point line. After Su Tian tried for a period of time, Su Tian discovered that the badge of the three-point shooter in the bottom corner does not have to be at the zero angle, but a long area in the bottom corner. , a 30 degree angle is totally fine.

So Su Tian did not pass the ball again, and shot before the defender arrived. At the same time, the three-point shooter badge and the catch-and-shoot badge in the bottom corner lit up, and the three-pointer hit the net.

After Su Tian saw that he had successfully entered the net, he held up three fingers to celebrate, and looked at Napier. Just in time, they met Napier's eyes, and it seemed that the two of them were on fire for an instant.

Both of them seemed to have sent a message——

The decisive battle begins