NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 233 The "Caring" of Kentucky Seniors

After the game against the Pelicans, the Lakers' record came to 3 wins and 0 losses, which is a good start for the new season.

He won three consecutive victories at the beginning, and now Wharton walks with wind, smiling like a Maitreya Buddha every day.

After the game on the 22nd, Walton announced that the team had a day off.

Su Tian also took this opportunity to take a good rest. Of course, Su Tian is in good physical condition and does not need to rest, but he needs to rest mentally.

But Su Tian only had time to rest for half a day, and was dragged away by Bill Duffel to attend Anta's press conference in the afternoon.

Because Su Tian's new generation of boots were sold.

This one is different from the previous one. It uses the purple and gold color of the Lakers team. It looks noble and luxurious. At the same time, it also adopts the latest technology bonus. It looks like a future fighter overall.

Of course, there were not only highlights about sneakers at the press conference, but more reporters wanted to take this opportunity to interview Su Tian himself.

"Su, you just scored a triple-double in the last game. Your versatility is obvious to all. However, it seems that you have never scored a high score. May I ask why?"

Su Tian smiled at first, and then said, "Maybe you should do your homework before asking questions. So far, I should be the holder of the scoring record in the playoff debut."

"It's not that I'm not good at scoring, it's just that compared to scoring, I want to drive the whole team to improve together, so it's not that I can't, but I don't want to."

"Then you mean, as long as you want to, you can get a high score? Like Kobe back then?"

"I think you may have misunderstood what I mean. I just use my way to win the game, not deliberately pursue higher scores. For me, winning the game is the most important thing. Scoring is just one part of winning the game." There is more than one way to win a game and there is more than one way to score."

After dealing with the reporters, Su Tian went home and thought about today's interview.

"It seems that there are still some people who can't see me living well."

Asking tough questions on that occasion is likely to be the one with the hook.

Since his debut, Su Tian has not been labeled as a simple "scorer".

Mr. Key, the king of the last quarter, and the team organizer, these are the labels on Su Tian.

However, speaking of it, Su Tian does have ideas about this year's scoring champion.

Su Tian won the steals title last year, which gave him a lot of points for entering the first defense. If he can win the scoring title this year under the premise of ensuring his record, he will definitely add points to the MVP selection.

Su Tian recalled that this season's scoring champion and MVP should be James Harden, who averaged 30 points per game.

"It seems that it is not that simple to grab these two honors."

On October 10, the Lakers continued to sit at home and ushered in the Washington Wizards.

Last season, the Wizards entered the Eastern Conference playoffs under the leadership of Wall and Beal, but it was a pity that they met the Cavaliers and were directly beaten home.

This year Su Tian met Wizards again, it was completely different from last year, Su Tian had to take on more responsibilities.

Soon, the game begins.

The starters for the Lakers are still Ball, Su Tian, ​​Ingram, Larry Nance, Lopez.

For the Wizards, Wall, Beal, Kelly Ombre, Otto Porter, Gortat.

The two sides jumped the ball, and Lopez grabbed the first attack.

Ball came to the frontcourt with the ball, observed the defensive position, and then passed the ball to Su Tian.

Su Tian got the ball against Bill's defense and called Lopez to pick and roll.

Gortat was afraid of Su Tian's breakthrough and did not dare to come out completely, so Su Tian used the pick-and-roll to make a mid-range emergency stop jump shot.

Swah——

Su Tian scored a good start.

2-0
The possession of the ball was changed, and Wall held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt.

Su Tian followed Bill to run and defend without the ball, and Ball marked Wall.

Seeing that it was a rookie defending himself, Wall smiled disdainfully, and directly accelerated and wiped to complete the overtaking.

When he quickly came to the basket, Lopez hadn't had time to come over to help defend. After all, Lopez didn't expect Ball to be passed so easily.

So Wall made a layup and scored easily.

2-2
Wall looked at Su Tian when he returned to the defense for a layup.

"Hey, Sue! Are you sure you don't want to guard me?"

Su Tian looked at Wall who couldn't wait, and just smiled briefly.

"So can't wait to be abused?"

This offseason, Wall has just completed a four-year 4 million contract extension with the Wizards. Last season, Wall also averaged 1.7+23 per game, and his strength is in full swing.

However, even if Wall is very strong, Su Tian has a way to deal with him.

Turning around, the Lakers attacked, Su Tian broke into the inside and met Gortat's defense, so he passed the ball to Lopez at the top of the arc.

Lopez catches the ball and makes a three-pointer. Although the shot is not fast, it is very stable.

Swah——

Lopez hit a three-pointer, 5-2
Lopez, who completed the three-pointer, and Su Tian, ​​who returned to defense, clapped their hands.

Lopez's slow shot is exactly Su Tian's suggestion, because the big man has a height advantage and does not need a fast shot speed, as long as he hits one or two steadily, the opponent dare not let you go.

The ball was switched, and it was the Wizards' turn to attack again.

This time Wall came to the frontcourt with the ball and found that Su Tian really came to defend him, so he became very excited and signaled to his teammates to pull away and prepare for singles.

Wall is actually a very smart player. He knows that Su Tian is the Lakers' offensive guarantee. If he can consume Su Tian's physical strength on the defensive end, it will be very beneficial to the Wizards.

Of course, Wall also really wanted to single-handedly play Su Tian, ​​to see if Su Tian has improved this offseason.

After his teammates pulled away, Wall began to lower his center of gravity and cross dribble continuously, trying to mobilize Su Tian's defensive center of gravity.

But what Wall didn't expect was that Su Tian not only didn't step forward to defend, but took half a step back.

Wall frowned, why, look down on my shooting?

So Wall directly blew the ball into the three-point line, followed by a step-back three-point shot.

Although Su Tian always kept his defensive position, he was not shaken by Wall. At the moment Wall shot a three-pointer, Su Tian also stepped forward to interfere.

boom--

Wall missed a three-pointer and the rebound was taken by Lopez.

Seeing Lopez get the rebound, Su Tian quickly received the ball and started a fast break.

But Wall's speed and reaction were also very fast, and he followed closely beside Su Tian, ​​and the two confronted all the way to the basket.

Seeing that the timing was almost up, Su Tian directly collected the ball and started the European step. Although Su Tian's absolute speed was not as fast as Wall's, Su Tian's European step rhythm was confusing, and Su Tian also had a height advantage, so he easily scored a layup.

7-2
After hitting the layup, Su Tian returned to defense and looked at Wall with a smile.

"Can you do it?"

Wall was very angry, but he had no choice but to use basketball to get back the field.

In fact, it was Su Tian's defensive strategy to let Wall take half a step and let Wall shoot.

Wall's three-point shooting percentage throughout his career is not high, only 32% last season, which can be regarded as the average level of many seasons in his career.

Of course, the main reason why he dared to shoot was because Su Tian had the "Defensive and Deterrent" badge in his pocket.

The ball was given to the Wizards again, and Wall pushed forward with the ball again.

This time Su Tian still chose to defend half a step away, but Wall turned a blind eye and still chose to break through.

Wall called Gortat to step up to the pick-and-roll, and directly opened the breakthrough with the help of the pick-and-roll.

I thought that Gortat's pick-and-roll could at least delay Su Tian, ​​but Su Tian turned around deftly and dodged it, and then entangled Wall again.

Wall was taken aback by Su Tian's speed around the pick-and-roll, and Su Tian, ​​who re-entangled, directly launched the death coil, which made Wall a little overwhelmed.

Wall was afraid of being intercepted by Su Tian, ​​so he quickly passed the ball to Bill.

Bill broke through Ball's defense and made a mid-range shot.

bang - swish -

The basketball hits the rim and bounces into the net.

7-4
Seeing Bill's goal, Wall heaved a sigh of relief, then took a deep look at Su Tian, ​​and thought to himself, "This kid is really difficult, and he doesn't know how to respect his seniors."

The ball is switched, and it's the Lakers' turn to attack.

After Ball came to the frontcourt with the ball, he still passed the ball to Su Tian.

Su Tian got the ball, faced Bill who was defending him, and then took a meaningful look at Wall.

Although Su Tian didn't say a word, Wall seemed to hear Su Tian's complaints.

But Wall still didn't switch defenses, "I'm not that stupid."

Seeing that Wall was unmoved, Su Tian had no choice but to give up and called Lopez to pick and roll.

At this time, seeing Lopez stepping up to pick and roll again, Gortat dared not let go and go out with Lopez.

But in this way, the Wizards' basket became extremely empty, so Su Tian broke out and started to rush to the basket.

Bill managed to bypass the pick-and-roll with great difficulty, but was pulled away by Su Tian two steps away.

Gortat's footsteps were not so fast, and it was difficult to keep up with the sprinting Su Tian, ​​so Otto Porter had to come to help defend.

Seeing Otto Porter rushing towards the basket, Su Tian made a fake pass, and then made an easy layup.

9-4
In the few rounds of driving alone, the 9 points the Lakers scored were all related to Su Tian. Su Tian scored 6 points and 1 assist.

In the next few rounds, Su Tian blocked Wall on the defensive end, and led the team with the ball on the offensive end.

Thanks to the good touch of Ingram and Lopez this time, after hitting a few shots, the Wizards did not dare to let go at will, which relieved some of the pressure on Su Tian.

Soon, the first quarter ended, the score came to 27-18, and the Lakers led by 9 points.

It's a good thing that the Lakers have the lead, but Su Tian also consumed a lot of energy. In the first quarter, Su Tian significantly increased his personal offense, scoring 14 points and 3 assists.

Therefore, in the first half of the second quarter, Wharton prepared to let Su Tian rest for a while, and sent Ball, Clarkson, Kuzma, Randall, and Lopez.

The Wizards also rotate personnel here, Wall rests off the court, and Bill comes on the court to lead the team.

Without Su Tian on the Lakers side, the offense was obviously not as smooth as in the first quarter. In many cases, Lopez needed to rely on his personal ability to solve problems.

But fortunately, it doesn't have to be supported for a long time, otherwise Lopez would not be able to withstand it.

Halfway through the second quarter, Walton began to make substitutions and adjustments, Josh Hart, Su Tian, ​​Clarkson, Ingram, and Larry Nance.

It's the same for the Wizards here. Wall played and Bill left the field, and the two led the team separately at different times.

After returning to the court, Su Tian directly took over the ball and started the offensive mode again.

When Su Tian made consecutive breakthroughs and shots, Wizards head coach Brooks couldn't take it anymore and began to double-team Su Tian.

After the Wizards double-teamed, Su Tian started assisting his teammates again, and then passed through the Wizards defense 3 times in a row, allowing Ingram and Clarkson to easily make layups.

On the defensive end, Su Tian has been facing Wall. Under Su Tian's half-step defensive strategy, Wall struggled abnormally.

It's not that no one has used this trick before, and Wall is also very surprised why Su Tian defends himself so well.

So Wall didn't dare to try to shoot again, but broke through into the basket with a brain.

But in this way, Su Tian's "Death Coil" and "Ball Stealer" will come into play, and Larry Nance on the inside will also assist in defense from time to time, which makes Wall's efficiency drop sharply.

Until the end of the second quarter, the Lakers had stabilized the point difference in double digits.

At the end of the first half, the score came to 55-40, and the Lakers had already led the Wizards by 15 points.

During the intermission, in the Wizards locker room, head coach Brooks found Wall.

"John, the team needs you, show your energy, and don't be influenced by the No. 6 of the Lakers."

"Okay coach, I understand." Wall nodded and said.

Wall understands these reasons, but it is very uncomfortable if he can't make a shot.

Soon, the third quarter begins.

Because Su Tian went through the halftime break, his physical strength has recovered a little, so it's no problem to continue playing.

So the Lakers sent Ball, Su Tian, ​​Kuzma, Randall, Lopez.

The Wizards also sent a starting lineup here, obviously trying to even out the point difference in the third quarter.

Players from both sides began to play, Su Tian saw Wall, Wall also saw Su Tian, ​​and they looked at each other.

In the third quarter, the Wizards got the first possession of the ball, and Wall advanced with the ball, and Su Tian was still defending in front of Wall.

This time Wall's expression was very serious, and he didn't talk to Su Tian again, but directly started the breakthrough with the help of his teammates' pick-and-roll.

Su Tian followed Wall, and the two came to the basket all the way. Because Lopez had to guard against Gortat's catch and shot, the basket was relatively empty at this time.

Wall wants to take advantage of his speed to get rid of Su Tian and take the lead, which will help him to make a layup.

But Su Tian's "Death Coiled" badge was always on, and Wall couldn't get rid of Su Tian's defense at all.

After coming to the basket, Wall gritted his teeth and forced a layup. What Wall thought was that even if he couldn't make it, he would at least cheat a foul.

But it's a pity that although Su Tian's defense is very strong, he has never given Wall a chance to foul.

At this time, there were only Su Tian and Wall under the basket. There was no doubt that this rebound was snatched by Su Tian, ​​who had an attribute of 91 rebounds.

After Su Tian got the rebound, he started a fast break.

Although Wall started late, he still followed Su Tian and tried to steal.

And the moment Su Tian started the fast break, the rest of the Lakers also ran with Su Tian.

Su Tian led Wall all the way to the basket, but Wall never found a suitable opportunity to steal. Seeing that Su Tian was about to jump for a layup, Wall also jumped up with Su Tian.

But Su Tian, ​​who jumped up, didn't make a shot himself, but passed the ball from behind to Randall who followed behind.

Randall caught the ball and dunked directly.

bang——

57-40
(End of this chapter)