NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 232 The first triple-double in the new season

After packing up, Su Tian drove to the arena to start preparing for today's training.

When Su Tian came to the arena, he found that there were already people training in the arena, and there were more than one.

Su Tian took a closer look, Caruso, Randall, Hart, Kuzma.

"Hey, Su!" Randall greeted Su Tian when he saw Su Tian coming.

"Julius, it's so early." Su Tian also responded with a smile.

"Yeah, I didn't play very well in these two games. I want to train more and try to get the starter." Randall replied.

Su Tian nodded, "Julius, come on, I'll go to the coach and ask him to start you when you perform well."

"Really! Thank you brother, I knew you would help me!" Randall hugged Su Tian excitedly.

In fact, Randall already has the strength to start, but he didn't play well in these two games, and it is not easy to convince the public to be the starting coach rashly.

After greeting Randall, Su Tian was about to train himself, when he turned around and saw Caruso silently practicing dribbling and shooting.

"Hey, Alex." Su Tian stepped forward to say hello.

"Su, what's the matter." Caruso also hurriedly responded.

Caruso participated in the draft in 16 but unfortunately lost it. It was not until the offseason of 17 that the Lakers signed Caruso with a two-way contract to complete their dream of landing in the NBA.

So to be precise, this season is still Caruso's rookie season.

As a rookie, shopping and carrying bags is normal, so Caruso thought that Su Tian asked him to do the work by himself.

"It's nothing, I just want to give you some advice on the direction of training." Su Tian said.

"That's it, thank you Su, what's the suggestion?" Caruso breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that.

"Our team at this stage does not lack ball holders, so I think you can start training from defense and three-pointers. It is easier to get playing time by strengthening these two points than strengthening offense with the ball."

Seeing Su Tian's serious appearance, Caruso also knew that Su Tian was really giving him advice, and he immediately felt very warm.

"Thank you very much, Su. I'm just an undrafted pick. I didn't expect you to give me advice. You're so weird."

Su Tian smiled, "Of course, we are a team. Come on, I think you have the potential to start, at least there is no problem entering the rotation."

Then Su Tian left with a burst of gratitude from Caruso.

Although Su Tian put forward some suggestions, these suggestions were the daily training arrangements of the team, and Su Tian didn't say anything nutritious at all.

Caruso also knew, but Caruso was still grateful, not for Su Tian's suggestion, but for his attention and concern, including the encouragement later.

In the NBA, the people who are most likely to lose their minds are not those thousands of years background boards, nor the stars who are angry with netizens, but the water dispenser administrators who are at the bottom of the league.

You know, everyone who enters the NBA is the favorite of heaven, no matter how trash he is in the NBA, but in his own story, he is Jordan.

Every water cooler keeper is Jordan in his own story.

So Caruso is very grateful to Su Tian for his encouragement.

After all, even Caruso himself doesn't know if he can stand firm.

The time came to October 10, and the Lakers' third regular season game was about to start, which was also the Lakers' second home game.

The one visiting Staples this time is the New Orleans Pelicans.

Looking at the thick eyebrows full of talent, Su Tian was really greedy.

Although there is no expression on his face, he has already started to shout in his heart, "Come to the bowl! Come to the bowl!"

Today's starting lineup is still the starting lineup of the previous game, Ball, Su Tian, ​​Ingram, Larry Nance, Lopez.

The starting lineup of the Pelicans is Jrue Holiday, Yiwan Moore, Dante Cunningham, Anthony Davis, DeMarcus Cousins.

The Pelicans formed an inside twin-tower combination last season. This combination lineup has to be said to be a bit strong.

But the Pelicans team is poisonous, they can't go any further, and they will always encounter injuries inexplicably.

Last year's Pelicans failed to make the playoffs even after getting Cousins.

This made many fans, including the team management, begin to lose confidence in this combination.

Soon, the game started and Cousins ​​took the initiative.

Holiday came to the frontcourt with the ball, facing Ball's defense and passed the ball directly to Davis, who was already in position.

Facing the Lakers, the Pelicans have a huge advantage inside, and there is no need to die on the outside.

Davis received the ball and hit Nance with his back, then faked the defense and scored a layup.

Although the movement is not very smooth, but at least it shows the quality of a first-class insider.

0-2
The possession of the ball was changed, and Ball took the ball to the frontcourt and passed it to Su Tian.

At this time, it was Zhu Holiday who defended Su Tian. Holiday's defense was relatively strong. Su Tian didn't attack rashly but dribbled the ball first.

The reason why he dribbles first is of course because of the purple badge.

Dribble King (Purple): No stamina is consumed when dribbling, and cannot be intercepted while dribbling.

As long as Su Tian starts dribbling, Holiday has no possibility of stealing.

Su Tian began to greet Lopez for a pick-and-roll while dribbling. Cousins ​​also came out with Lopez.

Seeing the Pelicans switch defenses, Lopez directly took Holiday to the basket, and Su Tian gave Lopez a precise shot.

Lopez didn't even catch the ball with his back, and directly held up and hit a shot.

2-2
Davis also wants to help defend, but Nance has a shot, so it's not easy to let it go.

The ball was given to the Pelicans again, this time still to Davis. Seeing that Davis was about to succeed in singles again, Lopez had to step forward to help defend.

Just past Lopez, Davis passed the ball directly to Cousins, and Cousins ​​made a long two-pointer after receiving the ball.

2-4
Su Tian looked at this pair of insiders, and it was really hard to do.

Although these two are both inside players, their skills are not bad, they both have shots, and they can also shoot three-pointers.

This time Su Tian came to the frontcourt with the ball by himself, still starting with a pick-and-roll.

This time the Pelicans did not switch defenses again, Holiday desperately squeezed through the pick-and-roll, and Cousins ​​simply delayed Su Tian.

But Su Tian's speed was very fast, Cousins ​​did not delay the success, Su Tian went straight to the basket and made a layup.

4-4
The two sides seem to be facing each other, you can't guard my inside line, and I can't guard your outside line.

In the next few rounds, the two sides fought back and forth, but the weakness of the Pelicans became apparent over time.

Whether it is Davis or Cousins, they are both very capable players, but due to various factors, they cannot last long.

When the Pelicans do not have a stable scoring point, the gap between the two sides begins to appear.

At the end of the first quarter, the score came to 34-30, and the Lakers temporarily led by 4 points.

This time Wharton did not let Su Tian rest in the second quarter, but began to arrange a new lineup for Su Tian to match.

Su Tian, ​​Pope, Kuzma, Randall, Larry Nance.

Loel Deng's ability has declined too much. Even with Su Tian's help, he is still one of the team's laggards, and now he has gradually fallen out of the rotation.

In the second quarter, the first ball was given to the Lakers, and Su Tian advanced with the ball.

The Pelicans also separated Cousins ​​and Davis to lead the team, and Holiday has also been on the court against Su Tian.

After Su Tian came to the frontcourt, he still found his teammates to play pick-and-roll, but whether it was Nance or Randall, the pick-and-roll effect was not as good as Lopez.

This caused Su Tian to fall into the opponent's double-team several times, but it is a bad thing for others to be double-teamed, but it is a good thing for Su Tian to be double-teamed.

Because as long as Su Tian's side is double-teamed, there will be someone who will be emptied, and Su Tian's pass will be even sharper.

Today's Su Tian is very good in attacking, throwing, and passing, all of which are above 90.

To say that the defensive method that Su Tian is most afraid of is not double-teaming, but the kind that can defend him one-on-one. Unfortunately, there is no such person yet.

Maybe the peak teacher Tony is one, but Su Tian didn't catch up with that era.

The time of the second quarter passed quickly, and the pressure on the Pelicans to disassemble the twin towers for use on the Lakers was indeed less.

At the end of the first half, the score came to 62-52, with the Lakers leading by 10 points.

In the third quarter, Su Tian came down to rest, and the game was handed over to these young people and Lopez in the team.

When Lopez meets the insiders of other teams in the league, even if he does not have an advantage, at least he will not suffer.

But the Pelicans do have the best inside combination in the league, and Lopez suffered a lot under the double-teaming of the two.

Just half of the third quarter passed, and the Pelicans had already caught up by 8 points, only 2 points behind the Lakers.

Su Tian sighed, sure enough the Lakers can't do without me.

Wharton called a timeout and replaced Su Tian.

As soon as Su Tian came up, the whole Lakers became different, as if they suddenly had a soul.

Even Ingram, who was sluggish in the first half of the quarter, started to play vigorously under the leadership of Su Tian's pass assist.

Ingram is still too young and not very experienced, so sometimes he is not very able to grasp opportunities.

At this time, an organizer like Su Tian is needed to pass a "guiding" pass to these young players and lead them to the designated position.

After Su Tian came up, the Lakers stabilized the point difference, and at the same time began to gain momentum, and the point difference gradually widened.

At the end of the first three quarters, the score came to 83-77, and the Lakers came to the fourth quarter with a 6-point difference.

Facing the fourth quarter, Su Tian can say that since his debut, there has never been a game where he was ahead in the first three quarters and was overtaken in the fourth quarter.

Su Tian is full of confidence in his combat effectiveness in the fourth quarter.

Su Tian went straight to the field at the beginning of the fourth quarter. He either had too much lead in the first two games, or had to train, and he didn't play to his heart's content.

"This time, I hope you can last a little longer."

The Lakers lineup is Su Tian, ​​Clarkson, Ingram, Randall, Lopez.

It can be regarded as the main lineup of the Lakers.

Su Tian in the fourth quarter was different from the first three quarters. He first intercepted Holiday's pass, launched a fast break, and scored a layup with Yiqi Juechen.

Then Cunningham shot and hit the iron, Su Tian successfully rushed to grab the rebound and launched a fast break again.

This time, because Su Tian rushed to grab the rebound, he was relatively inside. The fast break was reacted by Holiday, and he followed Su Tian closely.

The two came to the basket all the way, and when Su Tian collected the ball and took off for a layup, Holiday also took off at the same time.

But Su Tian didn't make the shot as Holiday thought, but passed the ball from behind to Ingram who kept up.

Ingram caught the ball and scored an easy layup.

The Lakers scored 4 points in a row, the score came to 87-77, and the point difference once again widened to double digits.

Seeing the continuous defensive counterattacks by the Lakers, Pelicans coach Gentry hurriedly gestured towards the court, signaling to slow down the rhythm.

Holiday saw the coach's gesture, so he began to hold the ball and advance steadily. When he came to the frontcourt, he did not rush the ball, but waited for Davis to settle.

After seeing Davis in position, Holiday gave the ball in.

At this time, Randall is behind Davis, and his height is still at a disadvantage.

But Davis didn't hit inside, but turned around and shot.

boom--

Unfortunately, basketball strikes iron.

The rebound was taken by Lopez and the ball was passed directly to Su Tian who was on a fast break at this time.

Su Tian received the pass while running. Su Tian hadn't received such a pass for a while. Before that, only Love had such a skill in the Cavaliers.

Su Tian started earlier than others, so naturally he was ahead of others.

Su Tian took the lead and came to the basket in the frontcourt, directly collected the ball and took off, and successfully dunked with both hands with a bang.

Faced with this kind of fast break, Davis wanted to give him a big hat, but he was helpless not only not as fast as Su Tian, ​​but also farther than Su Tian.

89-77
With three consecutive defensive counterattacks, the point difference came to 12 points.

In the next few rounds, Su Tian showed the outside world why he was able to win a big contract.

Not only blocking the Pelicans' outside line on the defensive end, but most importantly on the offensive end, Su Tian is basically unstoppable.

Breakthrough, shooting, and passing. When these three items are all proficient, this player will be generally considered to be undefensable.

This is the case with Su Tian now, causing Pelicans coach Gentry to call 2 timeouts in a row, but he was still beaten by Su Tian after returning.

Unknowingly, the point difference has reached 18 points, but there is not much time left in the fourth quarter.

So Gentry still won the main force, replaced the substitute players, and surrendered directly.

Wharton's side is also good, taking down the main force and replacing it with the bench for training.

In the end, the game ended and the Lakers won the game 113-99.

苏天全场拿到37分13助攻10篮板4抢断1盖帽的30+三双数据，同时也是苏天本赛季第一次拿到三双。

Clarkson was the best performer of the Lakers except Su Tian, ​​scoring 24 points and 5 assists.

Kuzma also scored 18 points and 6 rebounds.

However, players such as Ball, Ingram, and Lopez did not perform as well as usual, showing the hidden danger that the offensive end is still unstable.

For the Pelicans, Davis and Cousins ​​have good statistics, both scoring 20+, but the offensive end is also unstable and unsustainable, and they eventually lost the game.

In the interview after the game, Gentry said, "There is no doubt that Sue is already an MVP-level player. His performance is better than Russell last season. The Pelicans still have a long way to go. "

(End of this chapter)