NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 246 Facing Strong Enemies One after another
The end of the game against the Cavaliers also means that the Lakers have ended this tense 4 consecutive Eastern Conference away games.

Fortunately, all of these games were won.

On the 15th, the Lakers returned to Los Angeles. Walton announced that the team had a day off. The next game will be on the 18th. The Lakers have plenty of time to rest.

However, although there was enough time, Su Tian looked at the list of upcoming matches, and Su Tian yelled horror.

On December 12, the Lakers played against the Warriors at home. On December 18, the Lakers played away against the Rockets. On December 12, the Lakers played against the Warriors again.

If you count the previous game against the Cavaliers, then these 4 games are simply a devil's schedule, and you will lose in a row if you are not careful.

As for Su Tian, ​​he also planned to succeed as long as he didn't lose streak.

Don't look at the current record of the Lakers soaring to the sky, ranking first in the high-level league, in fact, there is a lot of moisture in it, and it is a bit hypocritical to really meet some strong teams.

All Su Tian can do now is to work hard to improve himself and strive to make the team more likely to win.

On the 18th, the Lakers played at home and ushered in the Golden State Warriors. This is the second time the two teams have played against each other. The last time the Lakers lost to the Warriors by 7 points, this time Su Tian is gearing up and determined to win back.

Of course, this time the Lakers also took advantage of some small advantages. The Warriors rested some players and did not use all the main players.

The starting lineup given by the Warriors is McCaw, Clay, Durant, Jordan Bell, McGee.

On the Lakers side is the full main lineup, Ball, Su Tian, ​​Ingram, Randall, Lopez.

Facing the remnant warriors, Su Tian's confidence doubled, and soon, the match began.

The right to strike first was taken by Big Mackey, and the Warriors attacked first.

McCaw pushed forward with the ball and came to the frontcourt. Ball's defense was quite satisfactory, and it was enough to deal with McCaw.

Clay was followed by Su Tian all the way, and it was difficult to have a chance, so McCaw had to pass the ball to Durant.

Durant got the ball, faced Ingram who was defending him, directly broke through Ingram's defense with a big stride, went straight to the inside, and made an emergency stop jump shot.

Swah——

Durant came up to take the lead, 0-2
The possession of the ball was changed, and Ball advanced with the ball. Instead of passing the ball directly to Su Tian, ​​he organized a wave with the ball first, and found a chance for Randall through a series of tactical cooperation. Randall caught the ball and shot. hit.

2-2
The Lakers did not rely on Su Tian's hard-breaking ability, but relied on the team's tactical cooperation and the cooperation between the players to successfully score this goal.

This shows that the Lakers' progress during this period is still very obvious.

It was the Warriors' turn to attack again. Durant took the ball and singled Ingram again, but this time he failed in singles, and the basketball hit the iron.

The rebound was taken by Lopez, and the ball was passed to Su Tian. Su Tian received the ball and started a fast break, leading the Lakers to play a fast break. He accurately found the position of his teammates while moving, passed the ball to him, and assisted his teammates to score successfully. .

The Warriors did not have Curry and Green, and only relied on Clay and Durant. After all, the team's offense still dropped a lot. At the end of the first quarter, the two teams were evenly matched.

30-24, the Lakers temporarily lead by 6 points.

Although the Lakers are temporarily ahead, they are still more optimistic about the Warriors.

"Looking at the current score, although the Lakers lead by 6 points, it feels that the Warriors have not really exerted their strength. The Lakers are still very dangerous." Kenny Smith said.

"Kenny, you underestimate the Lakers. You must know that the Lakers have the best record in the league. They should be fine against a remnant warrior," Barkley said.

"Although your analysis is correct, I always feel that the Warriors still have big moves behind and haven't used them." Smith continued.

"Is it possible that it's just that Stephen and Draymond didn't play, so you think the Warriors didn't do their best?" O'Neal said.

"What you said seems to make sense."

Soon, the intermission is over and the second quarter begins.

The Warriors have a normal rotation here, with Casspi, Nick Young, and Iguodala playing one after another.

On the Lakers side, Su Tian also took a break temporarily, and Clarkson, Kuzma, and Pope played one after another.

In the first half of the second quarter, the Warriors had a slight advantage and tied the score, so Wharton called a timeout and brought Su Tian back on the field.

As soon as Su Tian played here, the Warriors also brought Durant up, and it seemed that they still wanted to widen the point difference.

But as soon as Su Tian came up, he assisted his teammates to score two three-pointers in a row, and directly opened the score again. On the defensive end, the Lakers used wheel battles to deal with Durant.

When dealing with James in the last game, the Lakers used the tactics of wheel battles, but the effect was not very good, and it did not consume too much James' physical strength, but the effect of this game was better than dealing with James.

In the final analysis, Durant's physical confrontation is not as good as James.

Under the exhaustion of the Lakers' round of battles, Durant's physical loss accelerated, and his shooting percentage began to decline. As for another offensive point, Clay, with Su Tian around, he was not afraid of Clay's making waves.

At the end of the first half, the score came to 59-50, and the Lakers led by 9 points at halftime.

Although they only led by 9 points at halftime, it was not enough to deal with the Warriors in the third quarter, but you must know that this is not the Warriors with the full main lineup. Not sure.

During the intermission, Su Tian seemed very stable, without any worry.

Seeing Su Tian's expression, Wharton's worried heart was half quiet.

Soon, the intermission ended and the third quarter began.

There is no doubt that both sides were in the main lineup at the beginning of the third quarter.

In order to chase points, the Warriors played a small lineup, and the same is true for the Lakers.

McCaw, Klay, Iguodala, Durant, Rooney.

Ball, Pope, Su Tian, ​​Ingram, Nance.

The first ball was given to the Lakers at the beginning of the third quarter. Ball took the ball to the frontcourt and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

Su Tian got the ball, facing Iguodala's defense, chose to call Nance for a pick-and-roll, successfully attracted the defense with the help of the pick-and-roll, and passed the ball to Pope in the bottom corner.

Pope caught the ball and made a three-pointer.

Swah——

Pope made a direct three-pointer, 62-50, and the point difference came to 12 points.

The ball was switched and it was the Warriors' turn to attack. McCaw took the ball to the frontcourt and passed the ball directly to Durant.

Durant got the ball, facing Ingram, a double in disguise shook out the shooting space, and then directly shot a three-pointer.

Swah——

Durant hit a three-pointer directly, even if the team does not have Green and Curry, just relying on Durant can still guarantee a high level of combat.

62-53
The battle continued, and Su Tian came to the frontcourt with the ball by himself, still starting the pick-and-roll.

The Warriors' defensive rotation was obviously faster this time, and Iguodala quickly bypassed the pick-and-roll and followed closely beside Su Tian.

Rooney was also stuck in front of Nance, so Su Tian took Iguodala straight to the basket. When he was about to make a layup, Su Tian suddenly stopped suddenly, shook Iguodala, and rushed to the basket. Then he made a turn around, shot and made an easy hit.

64-53
In the next few rounds, both sides played one ball and one ball. Although Durant hits a lot, Su Tian is better at passing and assisting his teammates than Durant.

So after half a quarter, the Warriors not only failed to close the point difference, but also made the point difference bigger and bigger.

By the end of the third quarter, the score had reached 91-76, and the point difference was widened to 15 points.

At this point, the first three quarters were over, and the Lakers led by 15 points. In this kind of game, Su Tian didn't need to say anything. Walton was already calm, because Walton had strong confidence in Su Tian in the fourth quarter.

Therefore, Wharton didn't arrange anything more during the inter-section break, but just emphasized the defense, and then let Su Tian take a good rest to recover his strength.

Soon, the intermission is over and the fourth quarter begins.

The Lakers took out, Josh Hart, Su Tian, ​​Kuzma, Randall, Lopez.

On the Warriors' side, Durant and Clay continued to appear on the stage, trying to fight for it again and see if there will be a turning point.

The first ball was given to the Warriors in the fourth quarter, and Durant advanced with the ball himself. After coming to the frontcourt, he directly broke through with the ball.

Kuzma followed closely beside Durant, but in the end he was still short, and Durant scored a layup.

91-78
After the ball transition, Su Tian took the ball to the frontcourt. Facing Clay's defense, Su Tian didn't even call the pick-and-roll, and easily broke through Clay's defense with an explosion. Before he came to the free throw line, he made a jump shot.

Swah——

93-78
Su Tianzhong was as steady as an old dog.

For several consecutive rounds, Su Tian was able to respond to Durant's efforts, and the double-digit point difference was stalemate until the end of the game.

At the end of the game, the Lakers defeated the Warriors 115-105 and successfully pulled back a victory.

The record of the two sides' confrontation came to one win and one loss.

本场苏天再次拿下30+10完成自己的kpi，除此之外，在苏天的帮助下，英格拉姆拿到19分6篮板5助攻，鲍尔拿到16分6篮板6助攻，兰德尔也有15分11篮板2助攻的两双入账。

The entire starting lineup, except for Lopez's unsatisfactory performance, other performances are not bad.

It can be said that this game is a victory for the Lakers against the Warriors as a whole, although it is only the Warriors.

After the game, the Lakers on the 19th had a day off, and the next day the Lakers rushed to Houston to play against the Rockets.

Su Tian originally thought that the team's winning streak would at least cause some obstacles to the Rockets, but he didn't expect that the Rockets team's three-pointer immediately exploded!

阿里扎三分11中5，保罗三分5中2，戈登三分12中6，安德森三分7中5。

The Rockets made 47 three-pointers and made 25 of them.

In addition, Harden, a shameless man, made 20 free throws, and the Lakers had no choice but to resent him.

The Warriors were avenged in the last game, but this time they were avenged by the Rockets.

The Lakers' record came to 25 wins and 4 losses. After the Rockets won this game, their record came to 26 wins and 4 losses.

Although I had already prepared for the Lakers to come down from the first place in the West, it is still a bit sad that it has actually happened.

But there is not much time for Su Tian to grieve, because the Lakers are about to leave for Golden State to play against the Warriors.

The first two times were the home games of the Lakers, and the Lakers more or less had some advantages, but this time it was the home games of the Warriors, and the Lakers had even fewer advantages.

But there is also good news. This game is still facing the remnants of the Warriors. Role players such as Livingston and McGee did not play.

The Warriors' starting lineup is Curry, Clay, Durant, Jordan Bell, Green.

The Lakers have the old starting lineup, Ball, Su Tian, ​​Ingram, Randall, Lopez.

At the beginning of the game, the Warriors showed a huge desire to attack, and after the team had Green and Curry, they also showed a completely different mental outlook from the previous game.

In the first quarter, facing the fire suppression of the Warriors, the Lakers could barely support it. At the end of the first quarter, the score came to 24-27, and the Warriors temporarily led by 3 points.

Although there are not many leads, judging from the situation in the game, it can be clearly seen that the Lakers are only relying on Su Tian to barely support them.

In the second quarter, Su Tian temporarily went down to rest for a few minutes, but in just a few minutes, the Warriors directly opened the point difference to double digits.

Wharton had no choice but to call a timeout, and took Su Tian up after the timeout.

After Su Tian came on the field, the situation on the field did ease up a bit, but it didn't change at all.

Before the end of the second quarter, Randall and Ball made a mistake each, allowing the Warriors to seize the opportunity and once again widened the score difference.

At the end of the first half, the score came to 50-61, and the Warriors led the Lakers by 11 points at halftime.

During the intermission, Su Tian clearly felt the gap between the Lakers and the league's top teams.

Both the Rockets and the Warriors relied on their powerful offense to blast the Lakers to death abruptly.

On the Lakers side, no one can keep up with this intensity except themselves, and the defensive end can't stop the opponent very well.

Su Tian thought briefly and found Wharton.

"Coach, I'll play the full game in the second half, otherwise we won't have a chance." Su Tian said.

"But, your physical strength." Wharton said worriedly.

"Don't worry, coach, there is no problem with my physical strength. If there is a problem, I will call a timeout at any time." Su Tian said.

"Okay, since you said that, then get ready for the next round." Wharton saw that Su Tian was determined, so he didn't object.

Soon, the intermission ended and the third quarter began.

There is no doubt that Cole came up with five small lineups at the beginning of the third quarter, trying to open the score in one fell swoop.

On the Lakers side, in order to deal with the Warriors, they also came up with a small lineup, Ball, Pope, Su Tian, ​​Kuzma, Nance.

The Lakers have a lot of players who can play on the front line, so generally, whoever is in good shape will play more.

There is competition between each other, which can also promote progress between them, but it also reflects the core problem of the Lakers, that is, no striker has an absolute advantage. Although the Lakers have many strikers, they are not good.

In the third quarter, the first possession of the ball belonged to the Lakers. Ball took the ball to the frontcourt and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

Su Tian got the ball, facing Iguodala's defense, Su Tian chose to start with a safe pick-and-roll, and broke through to the inside with the help of the pick-and-roll.

After successfully attracting the defense, he passed the ball to Kuzma, who made an air cut, and Kuzma caught the ball and scored a layup.

52-61
Su Tian looked at the score on the screen, "There are still some to play."

(End of this chapter)