NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 242 "Coach" Su Tian

After Harden exited that wonderful state, Su Tian observed a few more rounds.

Ultimately, Harden was indeed "back to normal."

In the next few rounds, Su Tian began to try to lead the Lakers to overtake the Rockets, trying to widen the point difference before the end of the third quarter.

But Su Tian still underestimated the combination of Harden and Paul. Although the combination of the two was not very tacit, there were many mistakes in the middle.

But it is still very difficult for Su Tian to overthrow the opponent by himself.

At the end of the third quarter, the score came to 83-83, and the two teams tied.

A tie was actually within Su Tian's acceptable range. Su Tian was confident in his fourth quarter.

In the third quarter, the main players of both sides fought a lot and consumed a lot of energy, so in the fourth quarter both sides started to rotate.

For the Rockets, Paul took a rest and Harden came on to lead the team.

The Lakers sent Clarkson, Pope, Su Tian, ​​Kuzma, Lopez.

The first ball was given to the Rockets in the fourth quarter, and Harden advanced to the frontcourt with the ball himself.

Although Su Tian went to the third position, it is still Su Tian's task to defend Harden.

Facing Su Tian in the fourth quarter at this time, Harden also became cautious. After all, Su Tian in the fourth quarter is also famous.

After Harden dribbled the ball continuously, he found that he didn't shake Su Tian's defense at all, so he wanted to pass the ball out and let everyone play tactics.

But Su Tian has quick eyes and quick hands!

The moment Harden wanted to pass the ball, he was caught by Su Tian, ​​so Su Tian quickly attacked!Complete the steal directly!

After completing the steal, Su Tian rushed forward with the ball. Harden immediately reacted and followed Su Tian closely.

But Su Tian, ​​who came to the fourth quarter, was obviously faster. He easily opened the distance between him and Harden, took the lead to the basket and dunked with both hands.

85-83
As soon as the fourth quarter started, Su Tian was the first to win.

The Rockets organized an offense again, and Harden took the ball to the frontcourt again. This time, Harden didn't hesitate, and directly asked his teammates to play a pick-and-roll. Harden seemed to know that Su Tian couldn't get it by himself at this time.

pj Tucker ran to pick and roll Harden, Harden used the pick and roll to start a breakthrough, Su Tian followed Harden, Harden did not completely shake off Su Tian.

The two came to the basket all the way, Harden wanted to use his signature European step, but Su Tian had already seen through Harden's every move.

boom--

Harden made a forcible shot, but was seriously interfered by Su Tian, ​​playing basketball.

Su Tian turned around and took advantage of the trend to grab the rebound, and pushed up again for a fast break transition. The Lakers' lineup at this time was not slow except for Lopez, and they ran with Su Tian.

Harden also wanted to catch up, but was pulled bigger and bigger by Su Tian.

After Su Tian came to the front court with the ball, he passed the ball to Clarkson who was the fastest runner in front. Clarkson caught the ball and went straight to the layup, making an easy hit.

87-83
In the opening two rounds, the Lakers played defensive counterattacks. He knows the ball and knows that the Rockets' offense has a problem.

Rockets head coach D'Antoni understands this truth better than others, that is, Harden is restrained by Su Tian.

Although D'Antoni didn't want to admit it, but judging from the current situation on the court, it is indeed the case. D'Antoni also couldn't figure it out. Obviously, the two of them still went back and forth in the first three quarters. Why did Su Tian explode in the fourth quarter? With so much energy.

In the next few rounds, although the Rockets occasionally scored goals in response, the efficiency was really not high, and the point difference seemed to go to double digits.

D'Antoni called a timeout.

After the timeout, the Rockets put on a full lineup. This is the time to start the decisive battle with the Lakers in advance.

Seeing this, Wharton also waved his hand and replaced the entire main lineup.

Paul, Harden, Ariza, pj Tucker, Capela.

Ball, Su Tian, ​​Ingram, Randall, Nance.

As soon as Paul came up, he held the ball and cooperated with Capela in the pick-and-roll, trying to throw a lob for Capela.

But the two who haven't cooperated for a long time obviously don't have that kind of tacit understanding. Paul made a turnover and the basketball went out of bounds.

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

Ball advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, facing Paul's defense and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

Su Tian didn't directly single Harden when he got the ball, but cooperated with Nance in the pick-and-roll.

With the help of the pick-and-roll, Su Tian accelerated and passed Harden directly, leading Harden to the basket first, and then when he was about to collect the ball for a layup, he leaned against Harden covertly to open up a little space , How Su Tian made an easy layup.

96-88
The point difference came to 8 points, and the Rockets needed to make some changes.

Paul came to the frontcourt with the ball again. This time Paul seemed a lot more cautious and dared not give the Lakers another chance.

After cooperating with his teammates on the pick-and-roll, Paul held the ball and rushed to the basket. Ball originally thought that Paul was going to make a mid-range jumper again, but was shaken by Paul. Paul directly held the ball and scored a layup.

96-90
The ball was switched, and it was the Lakers' turn to attack again.

It was still Ball who advanced with the ball and came to the frontcourt to pass the ball to Su Tian.

It was Wharton's idea to arrange Ball as a "dribble guard", and it was also to save Su Tian some energy.

But what Wharton didn't know was that Su Tian had the badge of the dribbling king, and dribbling would not consume energy.

But in order to deceive others, Su Tian also acquiesced to Wharton's arrangement.

After Su Tian received Ball's pass, he took out a three-threat tentative step that is not commonly used.

Although Su Tian is not a master of three threats, no one in the alliance dares to ignore Su Tian's three threats.

After Su Tiansan threatened, he directly broke through and rushed in from the right.

Harden was only one step slower than Su Tian, ​​and followed closely behind Su Tian.

The two confronted all the way to the basket. At this time, Capela had returned to the basket and was ready to take off and block shots at any time.

At this moment, Su Tian suddenly accelerated to throw Harden away, and jumped up facing Capela.

Capela is also a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. In fact, Capela was also drafted in 14. Speaking of which, he was the same year as Su Tian.

But at this time, the two were in a state of confrontation between the two armies, so naturally they all tried their best.

Seeing that Capela's palm was getting closer and closer to the basketball, and he could already imagine the scene of blocking shots, Su Tian suddenly bent down and retracted the ball to his waist.

When Capela was falling, Su Tian stretched out his body again and pulled the bar for a layup.

bang - swish -

Su Tian made a layup with the ultimate lever!

98-90
After the goal was scored, the scene was quiet for 2 seconds, followed by deafening cheers!
Su Tian's ball, although not as shocking as Jordan, nor as beautiful as Kobe, but Su Tian is still very young!Already able to make such a difficult move, it has to make Lakers fans think about it!

"Shaq! I bet that if Su doesn't suffer from injuries in the future, he will definitely grow into a superstar!" Barkley said while slapping the table excitedly.

"Oh! Charles, didn't you say that you don't bet casually? Hahaha, besides, isn't Su a superstar now?" O'Neal said.

"Shaq's point is right. Su already has all the qualities a superstar needs. All that's left is to win the championship to prove himself!" Kenny Smith also echoed.

Su Tian's goal boosted the morale of the Lakers and lowered the morale of the Rockets.

However, the Rockets are not like the Lakers. The Rockets are a dual-core team. If one fails, there is another.

What's more, these two people are arrogant masters, and they were a little angry by Su Tian's ball, especially Paul, whose little eyes seemed to regard Su Tian as the biggest obstacle on the way to winning the championship.

Paul came to the frontcourt with the ball and faced Ball's defense. He also broke through directly with the ball, followed by an emergency stop and a jump shot.

Swah——

Paul made a steady two-pointer.

The ball was given to the Lakers again, and Ball took the ball to the frontcourt and gave it to Su Tian.

Su Tian broke through with the ball and encountered a double-team, passed the ball to Ball, and Ball caught the ball and made a three-pointer.

boom--

Ball made a three-point shot, even with Su Tian's passing bonus, but Ball's three-point shooting percentage in his rookie season was not high.

The rebound was taken by Capela, the Rockets started a fast break directly, Paul got the ball and advanced, and directly passed a long pass to Harden accurately.

Harden caught the ball and made a three-pointer directly.

Swah——

After Su Tian's goal just now, the Rockets scored 5 points in a row, and the score came to 98-95
Su Tian knew that this was about to enter hand-to-hand combat, so this time Su Tian held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. To be on the safe side, Su Tian called for Nance to pick and roll.

Unexpectedly, if Capella didn't come out at all, it was equivalent to giving up the defense against Nance. Su Tian frowned and thought something was wrong.

If the Rockets really set their minds on Nance, it will be really difficult. Although Nance can shoot three-pointers, his shooting percentage is not high. This is still due to Su Tian's passing bonus.

With the rocket's explosive scoring ability, Nance must not be able to keep up.

But now Su Tian could only take a gamble. If he didn't gamble, the Rockets would double-team him more wantonly, so Su Tian passed the ball behind the back to Nance who was outside the three-point line.

Nance did not hesitate to catch the ball, and directly shot a three-pointer.

boom--

Basketball is still playing iron.

Su Tian secretly thought it was a pity that the rebound was also taken by Capela.

After Capela got the rebound, he passed the ball directly to Harden. Harden got the ball and started to push and switch. Su Tian saw Harden's intention and followed Harden closely.

The two came to the frontcourt together, Harden collected the ball and took off, and Su Tian also followed Harden to take off.

Just when Su Tian thought he was guarding Harden, Harden suddenly turned into a layup and passed the ball to PJ Tucker who followed behind.

Tucker caught the ball and made an easy layup.

98-97
The Rockets have scored 7 points in a row, and the two sides have caught up with only 1 point left.

To be able to play so anxiously in the fourth quarter, Su Tian honestly admires the Rockets from the bottom of his heart.

The ball was given to the Lakers again, and Su Tian took the ball to the frontcourt.

In the previous round, Su Tian had already understood that the Rockets were now betting that the other Lakers would not make the shot, and then placed a lot of defense in front of Su Tian.

So, Su Tian waved his hand, motioning for everyone to pull away.

Nance also went to the bottom corner, but Capela really let it go completely, one step away from Nance, ready to help defend other places at any time.

And Su Tian, ​​first pretended to break through with the ball, and brought Harden to the low post. Then, Su Tian quickly turned around and made a fake shot, successfully shaking Harden away, and then Su Tian turned around again and shot a jumper.

Swah——

After the bonus in the fourth quarter, Su Tian's back-up has also become more proficient. This kind of back-up singles is easy for Su Tian.

100-97
However, although Su Tian could make a hit, 2 points still didn't quench his thirst.

The ball was switched, Harden attacked with the ball, and passed the ball to Paul who ran out of space.

Paul caught the ball and made a three-pointer directly.

100-100
The two teams were tied, and Walton raised his hand to call a timeout.

In fact, from the round just now, Wharton could tell that Su Tian had been forced to show his unique skills.

Under normal circumstances, Su Tian would not use the skill of post-up singles, unless it is very suitable for this game, or there is really no other way.

Back up singles is what Su Tian does when he really has no choice.

After Wharton called a timeout, he wanted to arrange some tactics, but the arrangement was inappropriate.

Simply Wharton came to Su Tian with a tactical board.

"Su, you are the boss of this team, let's arrange tactics."

Su Tian: Can you still play like this?It's so easy to get your salary together.

"Okay, coach."

After Su Tian got the tactical board, he only emphasized his focus on defense. As for offense, Su Tian only said, "If you receive a pass from me, don't hesitate to shoot directly."

Soon, the timeout ended and the two sides returned to the field.

At this time, there is not much time left, only less than 5 minutes.

The competition between the two sides seems to have just begun.

After returning to the field, Su Tian got the ball again and came to the front court with the ball.

Still gesturing for his teammates to pull away, Su Tian repeated his old trick and brought Harden to the low post again, starting a post-up single.

At this time, Ariza couldn't stand it anymore, and was going to help prevent interference while Su Tian was not paying attention, but Su Tian had already noticed Ariza.

When Su Tian turned around and was about to shoot a jumper, Ariza also rushed forward to assist Su Tian in defense.

But Su Tian didn't shoot this time, but passed the ball to Ingram who was outside the three-point line.

Ingram kept Su Tian's arrangement in mind, caught the ball and shot a three-pointer without any hesitation.

Fortunately, Ingram's own shooting rate is good, and the ball was successfully grasped.

103-100
Ingram's three-pointer made the Lakers temporarily emerge from the water and took a breath of fresh air.

The ball was given to the Rockets again, and Paul advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

Harden reached out for the ball directly, but Paul hesitated and passed it.

Harden got the ball, faced Su Tian's defense, dribbled the ball continuously under the crotch, and then broke through quickly and smoothly. It was not over yet. After breaking through two steps, Harden followed the signature double step back, Then a three-point shot was made.

Harden thought the ball was safe, but Su Tian understood Harden's strength in this period better than Harden, and he was ready when Harden broke through.

Therefore, Su Tian successfully interfered with the double retreat this time.

boom--

Basketball strikes iron.

(End of this chapter)