NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 236 Start winning streak, No. [-] in the West
On November 11, the Lakers came to Portland to play against the Trail Blazers.

After Aldridge left, the Blazers were supported by Lillard. The current record is 4 wins and 4 losses.

In the Wild West, it is still difficult to enter the playoffs with a 50% winning rate, so Lillard has been more anxious recently.

Last season, the Blazers got 41 wins and 41 losses, just 8% of the winning percentage, and entered the playoffs at No.[-].

It's a pity that they met the championship team Golden State Warriors in the first round and were sent home directly by the Warriors.

For Lillard, who has always been high-spirited, this season is a season to realize his ambitions.

The Blazers' starting lineup is Lillard, CJ McCollum, Maurice Harkless, Noah Vonleh, Nurkic.

What needs attention is naturally the combination of the two guns in the backcourt.

Nurkic just came to the Trail Blazers from the Nuggets last season, and has not yet ushered in his peak period.

However, Su Tian recognized Nurkic's strength, and Su Tian was also worried that Lopez would not be able to guard against him.

Since McCollum ushered in a full-scale explosion in the 15-16 season, he has averaged more than 20 points per game.

As for Lillard, of course there is no need to say much, the head star of the Blazers, the core of the team.

The Lakers still used the starting lineup from the previous game. Randall broke out with great difficulty, but Nance also had a small explosion.

But now Randall is no longer sad, but trains harder and strives to start as soon as possible.

In the first quarter, with Su Tian defending Lillard, the Blazers didn't show a strong offense, and it was a [-]-[-] split with the Lakers.

But after Su Tianxia rested in the second quarter, Lillard began to show his killer qualities, hitting the basket many times and causing fouls, suppressing the Lakers for a while.

It wasn't until Su Tian played again that the situation on the court was relieved.

At the end of the first half, the score came to 62-66, and the Lakers were temporarily behind by 4 points.

This is also the situation where the Lakers fell behind in the first half since the start of the season.

In the third quarter, Su Tian continued to play, and Wharton wanted to regain the lead.

Lillard faced Su Tian again and was indeed restricted, but the inside line was lost as Su Tian expected.

Neither Lopez nor Nance blocked Nurkic's impact, allowing Nurkic to score wildly inside.

Fortunately, Su Tian was also constantly catching up on the outside. Halfway through the third quarter, the two teams tied.

At this time, the head coach of the Blazers, Terry Stotts, called a timeout, preparing to strengthen the defensive arrangement against Su Tian.

Wharton also came to Su Tian's side, "How about Su, do you still have enough physical strength? Do you want to take a rest?"

Su Tian looked at the scoreboard, "Don't worry, coach, you have enough physical strength and don't need to rest."

Wharton nodded when he heard that, and Wharton would feel much more relieved if Su Tian didn't rest.

Soon, the timeout ends and the game continues.

As soon as he came up, Lillard passed the ball directly to Nurkic on the inside, and Nurkic hit Lopez with his back.

Nance on the side saw Nurkic hitting back again, so he had to step forward to help defend against interference. Lopez alone really couldn't stand the opponent.

Nurkic saw Nance coming to double-team, so he turned quickly and shot a hook shot before Nance arrived.

As the shooting speed increased, it was indeed not disturbed by Nance, but it also affected Nurkic's original shooting feel.

boom--

The basketball hit the iron, and the three big men under the basket began to compete for rebounds.

Lopez took the opportunity to jam Nurkic, preventing Nurkic from jumping up, and then Nance successfully received the rebound.

Seeing that Nance received the rebound smoothly, Su Tian quickly stepped forward to catch the ball, got the ball and pushed forward quickly.

Although Su Tian also wanted to push the switch, the Blazers' backcourt was not slow. When Su Tian first came to the midfield line, he double-teamed directly.

Although he was double-teamed, Su Tian didn't panic at all. He first looked up to observe the position of his teammates, and then sent a long pass directly to Ingram who was running ahead.

Ingram took three steps straight after receiving the ball and made an easy layup.

Seeing Ingram score a layup, Lillard looked very serious.

Regarding the strategy of defending Su Tianshang's double-teaming, Lillard disagrees, because Lillard knows that once he is double-teamed, Su Tian's pass will completely crush the Blazers.

But there is no way, who can't let Su Tian go.

The ball was switched, and Lillard came to the frontcourt with the ball.

Seeing Su Tian who was ready to defend, Lillard used the pick-and-roll to break through directly, wanting to continue to rush to the basket to cheat fouls.

But at the moment Lillard made a layup, Su Tian caught the opening and directly formed a steal.

Su Tian, ​​who grabbed the ball, turned around and directly pushed and switched. When Lillard reacted and chased, Su Tian had already pulled two steps away.

Su Tian took the lead and came to the basket in the frontcourt, leaped high, and succeeded in dunking with one hand.

Two consecutive defensive counterattacks were scored, and the point difference came to 4 points.

Lillard wants to lead the team to fight back, but it's a pity that the current Li guide is not at his peak, and he is pressed to death by Su Tian.You can only give the ball to Nurkic and let Nurkic dig inside one by one.

At the end of the third quarter, the score came to 89-87, with the Lakers leading by 2 points.

In the third quarter, under the leadership of Su Tian, ​​the Lakers recovered 6 points and succeeded in overtaking, but it also exhausted Su Tian's energy a lot.

During the break between festivals, Wharton looked at Su Tian who was panting heavily, but hesitated to speak.

Wharton felt that Su Tian should be allowed to rest for a while, but in this situation, it would be impossible without Su Tian.

Su Tian also seemed to see Wharton's worry, and walked to Wharton's side.

"Coach don't worry, leave the fourth quarter to me."

Seeing Su Tian's confidence, Wharton nodded.

Soon, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, in order to match Su Tian with suitable teammates, the Lakers went directly to the full lineup.

The Blazers didn't expect the Lakers to play all the main players from the beginning, and they still arranged a regular rotation lineup.

So, in the first few rounds, Su Tian fired all his firepower, and no one on the Blazers side could keep up.

Within a few rounds, the point difference ran to 10 points, and Stotts had to call a timeout.

"At first, seeing this kid sweating profusely, I thought it was a lot of physical exertion, but I didn't expect it to be so fierce!"

Wharton was also amazed at Su Tian's performance in the fourth quarter, marveling at the strength of Su Tian's spiritual attributes.

Soon, after the timeout, the Blazers also replaced the main lineup, and the decisive battle started ahead of schedule.

Lillard rested off the court for a while, obviously feeling that Su Tian was more aggressive than the first three quarters.

Lillard didn't know if it was his illusion, so he decided to come up and try Su Tian's depth by himself.

After Lillard came to the frontcourt with the ball, he directly faced Su Tian's defense, called Nurkic for a pick-and-roll, and used the pick-and-roll to break through to the basket.

At this time, Lopez went out with Nurkic, the basket was empty, and only Su Tian followed Lillard to defend.

After the two came to the basket all the way, Lillard collected the ball and jumped up to make a layup.

At the same time, Su Tian also jumped up together.

Watching Su Tian take off with him, Lillard didn't rush to make a shot. Instead, he pulled the bar to avoid the block, and wanted to wait for Su Tian to descend before making a layup.

However, when Lillard himself started to descend, he suddenly discovered that Su Tian was still in the air!

"What kind of monster is this! It can still jump so high in the fourth quarter!"

But at this time, Lillard was already ready to shoot, so he had to make a layup.

boom--

At the moment Lillard made a move, Su Tian slapped him with a slap and directly nailed his hat!

The basketball was pressed against the backboard, and was directly received by Su Tian into his arms.

After getting the ball, Su Tian turned around and started a fast break, pushing and switching directly.

At this time, Lillard wanted to chase and defend, but he was a little confused by the block just now, and he hadn't reacted yet.

So Su Tian galloped all the way to the frontcourt, looked back and found that there was no one chasing him behind him, so he directly smashed and dunked with one hand.

After Su Tian's dunk, the point difference between the two teams also stabilized at double digits. The Blazers tried to recover in the next few rounds, but to no avail.

In the end, the Lakers successfully won the Trail Blazers 116-103, and the Lakers won the first 8 consecutive victories.

Nurkic was in the limelight in this game, scoring 32 points, 5 assists, 5 rebounds and 3 steals, but it was a pity that he lost in the end.

Lillard was blocked by Su Tian, ​​and his performance was not unusual, but he also scored some points when Su Tian was not on the court, scoring 14 points, 5 assists and 6 rebounds.

For the Lakers, Su Tian scored 30+10+5 in the audience, and his performance in the fourth quarter once again verified the title of the king of the last quarter.

Apart from Su Tian, ​​the best performer was Kuzma, who scored 22 points off the bench.

Of course, Kuzma mainly relies on eating the cakes fed by Su Tian, ​​otherwise Kuzma can't get these data just by holding the ball.

After the game against the Trail Blazers, the Lakers rushed back to Los Angeles non-stop, because the next day was back-to-back against the Nets.

Su Tian didn't stay in Portland either. He just exchanged contact information with Lillard and returned to Los Angeles together.

The Lakers' game against the Nets can be regarded as a focus battle.

After all, this is the first game after Russell and Lopez switched clubs.

But neither the Nets nor the Lakers were favored by the league during the offseason. After all, no one thought that the Lakers would usher in a huge transformation with just one more Su Tian!
The Lakers are now starting with 8 consecutive victories, firmly occupying the first place in the Western Conference!
Even the defending champion Golden State Warriors, the current record is only 6 wins and 3 losses, the Spurs only 4 wins and 4 losses, the Rockets, like the Warriors, are also 6 wins and 3 losses.

Many basketball media were also moved after hearing the news, and the Los Angeles Lakers were instantly pushed to the forefront.

"Los Angeles Lakers: The Biggest Winner of the Offseason? "

"horrible!Because of one person, the Lakers occupy the first place! "

"The Lakers started with eight consecutive victories!Who is the biggest contributor? "

"The strongest Lakers in the post-Kobe era!born! "

"How big is the future potential of the young Lakers? "

For a while, the press releases about the Lakers were overwhelming, and Su Tian was the first to bear the brunt.

On November 11, the Lakers had just finished back-to-back with the Nets.

The back-to-back games were not easy. The main reason was that too many main players consumed a lot of energy in the last game. Wharton also rested Larry Nance.

Fortunately, with Su Tian around, the Lakers took the lead in the first quarter and maintained the lead until the end.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Nets 124-112, and the Lakers won the first 9 consecutive victories!

In this game, Su Tian scored 34 points, 11 assists, 7 rebounds and 2 steals, helping the team win.

洛佩兹面对老东家也硬气了一把，全场拿下27分10篮板3助攻3盖帽，成功拿下20+10。

But the Nets were not so good. Russell's defense directly withered against Su Tian. He only scored 7 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds, and his shooting percentage was only 20%. Su Tian couldn't find him. all directions.

If it weren't for the sudden three-pointer from the Nets bench, the Nets would have been defeated long ago.

After the game, Su Tian followed Wharton to participate in the post-match interview as usual.

"Su, hello, first of all, congratulations on your 9-game winning streak. The Lakers haven't had such a good record for a long time. Do you have anything to say?"

Facing such routine questions, Su Tian still answered normally.

"I am very happy that we can achieve such results. This is the hard work of our whole team, including our coaching staff and management, and it is the result of the joint efforts of all of us."

"Hi Su, I'm playing against D'Angelo Russell most of the time in this game. What do you think of Russell?"

"Well, Russell is an extremely good player, he is very talented, maybe the future is his."

"The future is his? Whose is it now?"

"OK, next question."

After the game against the Nets, Su Tian finally had time to rest, and Wharton also arranged for the team to take a day off to adjust.

The next day, when Su Tian was recuperating at home, he received a call from James Young.

"Su, come out quickly and I'll treat you to dinner!"

"Oh! It seems that you have passed the test?" Su Tian had some guesses in his heart when he heard James Yang's excited tone.

"Of course! It's just a two-way contract, but it's already very good! At least there is still a chance!"

"Okay, that's good, but let me treat you to dinner, after all, you are my territory when you come to Los Angeles."

After hanging up the phone, Su Tian was ready to go to the appointment.

The signing of Yang by the Lakers was not at the behest of Su Tian, ​​but Su Tian could also imagine that it was because the management gave him face and signed a two-way contract to give James Young a chance.

As for whether it can be played, it depends on James Young's own ability.

If they can really play out, the Lakers can be considered profitable.

If you can't make it out, just make Su Tian happy. Anyway, the Lakers are not short of this little money.

During the meal, Su Tian also gave some suggestions to James Young, so that James Young can improve his defensive ability and transform to 3D.

James Young's strength is not bad for a defender, but his speed is slower, and it will have some effect in defending some heavy defenders.

After solving James Young's problem, Su Tian continued his training.

The additional training discussed with Randall continued, and James Young also joined in.

The Kentucky trio managed to reunite.

On November 11, the Lakers continued to sit at home and ushered in the Grizzlies.

Su Tian looked at the Grizzlies starting list, Mike Conley, Dillon Brooks, James Ennis, Jarrell Martin, Marc Gasol.

Su Tian shook his head after reading it, "Grizzly is old, so there is nothing to worry about."

(End of this chapter)