NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 248: Killing the Clippers Three Times, Fighting the Rockets Three Times

Under the leadership of Su Tian, ​​the Lakers kept opening up the score against the Timberwolves.

In the end, the Lakers easily won the Timberwolves 121-104 and successfully completed this season's Christmas game.

The Lakers' record also came to 27 wins and 5 losses, and the Lakers once again started the winning streak.

In this game, Su Tian completed 30+10 as usual, the best in the game.

For the Timberwolves, Butler scored 23 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds and 2 steals, the best performance in the Timberwolves.

After the game, Su Tian and Butler also hugged and greeted each other. Butler also expressed his approval to Su Tian, ​​but he still hasn't made a decision on whether to go to Los Angeles.

Su Tian is not in a hurry either. This is Butler's first season in the Timberwolves. According to the historical process, the next season will be the time when the conflicts of the Timberwolves will explode.

After the game against the Timberwolves, the Lakers took a day off and gave the players a break for Christmas.

On the 27th, the Lakers continued to sit at home to face the Grizzlies.

In this game, Su Tian chose to rest in rotation and handed over the team to the youngsters in the team.

Starting lineup, Ball, Pope, Ingram, Randall, Lopez.

The starting lineup for the Grizzlies is only Tyreke Evans, Dillon Brooks, Andrew Harrison, Jarrell Martin, and Marc Gasol.

I thought it would be easy to deal with a mere Grizzlies with the current lineup of the Lakers, but I didn't expect that the Lakers would not be able to do without Su Tian, ​​and they would overturn against the Grizzlies.

109-99, the Lakers narrowly lost the Grizzlies by 10 points, and the 10 points difference was at the critical moment of the fourth quarter.

For the Grizzlies, Tyreke Evans scored 32 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, the best in the game.

Marc Gasol scored 11 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks, simply supporting the team's entire defensive system.

反观湖人这边，英格拉姆和克拉克森两人倒是表现不错，英格拉姆全场拿到23分4篮板4助攻，克拉克森拿到22分4篮板2助攻。

However, without Su Tian, ​​the entire Lakers team only got a total of 14 assists, fully interpreting the "fighting each other".

The Lakers also lost the sixth game of the season again, with a record of 27 wins and 6 losses, still occupying a place in the top three in the Western Conference.

After the game against the Grizzlies, the entire Lakers team was very frustrated, especially these young players with relatively high ups and downs in playing state, who are more susceptible to emotions.

In order to ease the anxious atmosphere of the team, Su Tian also took the lead in organizing a team dinner and invited all the players of the team, including the head coach.

"Su, how far do you think we can go this season?" Wharton chatted with Su Tian from the side.

"I don't know, maybe one round, maybe two rounds, maybe it's not impossible to enter the finals." Su Tian said casually while smiling.

Walton smiled and didn't speak again. Walton knew that the Lakers' ability to play this season had already caught the attention of many people, but Walton also had no idea how far he could go this season.

In Wharton's view, being able to enter the second round is very satisfying. As for the Western Conference Finals, it is the stage for the Warriors and Rockets, and I dare not even think about it.

After a team dinner, the atmosphere of the team has also eased a lot.

But if you want to really solve and cure these problems, you still have to rely on the game. As the saying goes, victory is the best medicine to solve the internal problems of the team.

On December 12th, the Lakers played at home. This was the last home game of the 29-game home game, and it was also the Los Angeles city derby. The Lakers played against the Clippers.

This is the third time the two teams have met this season. The Lakers have won the previous two games, and this one is no exception. The Lakers are all gearing up to kill the Clippers three times.

The Clippers want to win back a victory. After all, the Clippers played against the Lakers in the past few years. This year, the Lakers suddenly raised their heads. Of course, the Clippers are upset.

Soon, game time came and the game was about to begin.

The starting lineup given by the Clippers is Austin Rivers, CJ Williams, Milos Teodosic, Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan.

The Lakers starting lineup ushered in the return of Su Tian, ​​Ball, Su Tian, ​​Ingram, Randall, Lopez.

In the first quarter of the opening, Su Tian held the ball to strengthen his personal offense, relying on his strong personal offense to quickly open up the point difference.

At the end of the first quarter, the score came to 35-22, and the Lakers led by 13 points in a single quarter.

In the second quarter, Su Tian rested on the court. Ball and Ingram led the team respectively. The two led the team for half a quarter and were almost overtaken by the Clippers, but fortunately they survived until Su Tian returned.

After Su Tian came back, he stabilized the situation on the court, and the point difference stabilized again.

At the end of the first half, the score came to 62-48, and the Lakers led by 14 points at halftime.

During the intermission, you can clearly feel the slackness of the Lakers and the depression of the Clippers.

In the third quarter, Su Tian continued to appear on the stage, but Su Tian began to drive his teammates with passes and assists, connecting the team as a whole.

In the second half of the third quarter, Su Tian took another break to prepare for the fourth quarter. With Su Tian leading the half quarter on the court, he also successfully brought out the state of his teammates.

So Su Tian didn't worry about it in the second half of the quarter. The Lakers and the Clippers were evenly matched.

In the fourth quarter, Su Tian played again. At this time, the Clippers had completely lost their fighting spirit. Su Tian only played for 5 minutes, and successfully opened the point difference to 20 points.

After the point difference reached 20 points, Rivers called a timeout, replaced all the main players, replaced with substitute players, and directly announced the surrender of the game.

It is not easy for the Lakers to continue to play the main force. They also replaced Su Tian and other main players and replaced them with substitutes.

In the end, the Lakers easily defeated the Clippers 121-106 and completed a triple kill against the Clippers!

本场苏天也照例完成30+10，同时还拿到10个篮板，完成30+10+10的三双数据。

In addition, Randall scored 18 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, Clarkson scored 20 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds, the Lakers scored 30 assists, and 7 scored in double figures. If two teams.

快船这边，格里芬拿到24分6篮板6助攻，路威拿到23分3篮板2助攻，但是和湖人相比仍然有所差距。

After completing the three kills against the Clippers, Jenny Buster specially prepared a celebration banquet to celebrate the team's absolute suppression of the Clippers.

This is undoubtedly a huge encouragement to Lakers fans who have experienced a few dark times.

This season, the two teams will have 4 chances to play against each other. Now the Lakers have won 3 games, so no matter who wins the next game, the ultimate winner will be the Lakers.

However, if four kills can be achieved, it is naturally a wish, and this is something Jenny Buss wants to tell Su Tian through this celebration meeting.

On the 31st, the last day of December, the Lakers went to Houston, preparing to play against the Rockets for the third time this season.

In the first two matches, the two teams temporarily tied with one win and one loss, and the third game became even more important.

Not only that, because this game is the last game in December, so the performance of this game will directly affect the selection of the best of the month in December.

Both Harden and Su Tian attached great importance to this game.

But before the game started, the Lakers were the first to receive bad news. Brock Lopez suffered an ankle injury and needed a period of recuperation.

Lopez cannot play, which is a huge loss for the Lakers, but fortunately, the Lakers still have Nance and Zubac, so there is no need to worry about the center position for the time being.

Soon, it's game time.

The starting lineup given by the Rockets is still the old starter, Paul, Harden, Ariza, Anderson, Capela.

The starting lineup for the Lakers is Ball, Su Tian, ​​Ingram, Randle, Nance.

At the beginning of the game, Capela grabbed the initiative, and Paul got the ball and advanced with the ball.

After Paul came to the frontcourt with the ball, he didn't rush to pass the ball. Instead, he first cooperated with Capela in a pick-and-roll, and then made a high-throw pass to Capela, who was going downhill.

Capela received the ball and took a step forward, and directly dunked with both hands.

0-2
The Rockets took the lead at the start.

The possession of the ball was changed, and Ball advanced to the frontcourt with the ball and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

When Su Tian got the ball, he also started a pick-and-roll. After cooperating with Nance in the pick-and-roll, Nance bounced to the three-point line, and Su Tian took the ball to the basket.

Su Tian came all the way to the basket and successfully attracted Capela and Harden's double-team, so he passed the ball to Nance who was emptied.

Nance received the ball and made a three-pointer directly.

Swah——

Nance made a direct three-pointer.

3-2
But the Lakers fans haven't been happy for a long time. Paul on the Rockets side passed the ball again, assisted Ariza to hit a three-pointer, and successfully returned a goal.

3-5
Su Tian looked at Harden, but so far, Harden has not touched the ball. Su Tian does not know that the Rockets are so coordinated, but if Harden can really maintain this calmness and coexist with Paul , then the rocket is really terrible.

In a blink of an eye, half of the first quarter was over, the point difference between the two teams was still within a reasonable range, and the Rockets took a slight lead temporarily.

With the help of the official timeout in the first quarter, the two teams began to perform normal rotations. The Rockets' Paul took a rest and replaced him with the round face.

After the round face came up, he hit three three-pointers in a row unreasonably, and this wave directly opened the point difference to double digits.

So Su Tian switched defenses and went to defend in front of Gordon, but he didn't expect to press the gourd and pick it up.

Gordon's side was pressed down by Su Tian, ​​but Harden's side got up.

Harden continued to break into the inside with the ball, either hitting a layup or causing the Lakers to foul.

And just when Su Tian was worried about the two outsiders, Anderson also came over to join in the fun and hit two consecutive three-pointers, successfully stabilizing the point difference at double digits.

Before the end of the first quarter, Su Tian was lucky to hit two three-pointers, bringing the point difference back to single digits.

At the end of the first quarter, the score came to 37-44, and the Rockets temporarily led by 7 points.

The Rockets made 10 of 6 three-pointers in the first quarter, and the magic ball tactics are very powerful.

In the second quarter, Harden began to rest, with Paul and Gordon leading the team.

As for the Lakers, in order to cope with the team's point difference, Su Tian could only continue to play.

In the second quarter, the first ball was given to the Lakers. Su Tian held the ball and came to the frontcourt. Facing Gordon's defense, Su Tian still started the pick-and-roll.

With the help of the pick-and-roll, Su Tian held the ball and went to the basket. After being double-teamed by the Rockets to help defend, Su Tian did not pass the ball this time, but threw a shot in the double-team.

bang - swish -

The basketball hits the backboard and bounces into the net.

39-44
The possession of the ball was changed, and it was the Rockets' turn to attack. Paul came to the frontcourt with the ball.

After Paul came to the frontcourt, he began to cooperate tactically with his teammates, holding the ball to the basket without making a shot, but passing the ball to Anderson on the outside.

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

boom--

Anderson missed a three-pointer, Su Tian successfully rushed to grab the rebound.

After rushing to grab the rebound, Su Tian directly started the fast break mode with the ball, and went straight to the frontcourt with the ball.

Paul and Gordon saw Su Tian rushing forward with the ball, and quickly double-teamed.

This time, Su Tian chose to pass the ball to Randall who followed behind.

Randall caught the ball and made a layup with ease.

41-44
The Lakers successfully seized the opportunity that the Rockets missed a three-pointer and fought back.

And this kind of performance is not only the round just now, but the epitome of the entire second quarter.

Even if D'Antoni called a timeout in the middle and replaced Harden to lead the team, the team's three-pointers still did not improve.

At the same time, under the leadership of Su Tian, ​​the Lakers frequently seized opportunities for defensive counterattacks and succeeded in consecutive fast breaks.

At the end of the second quarter, the score came to 72-65. The Lakers not only caught up with the score, but also successfully completed the overtake, overtaking the Rockets by 7 points.

In fact, half of the credit for being able to complete the overtake should be given to the Rockets themselves.

In the second quarter, the Rockets continued to follow the magic ball tactics played in the first quarter. They took more three-pointers than in the first quarter. They took 15 shots in a single quarter, but the shooting rate was only 15 of 1, and the basket was almost destroyed. It was crooked.

And the Lakers, relying on the Rockets' 15-of-1 three-pointers, successfully overtook the score.

It can be said that the Rockets in these two quarters perfectly explained what kind of tactics Magic Ball is.

When you are right, you will be forced to die, and when you are not, you will be forced to die yourself.

In the third quarter, Su Tian temporarily rested for a few minutes. After all, Su Tian was almost full in the first half, so he had to find time to rest.

In the third quarter, the Rockets seemed to focus on the basket again. Harden kept hitting the basket with the ball. Although he made less than 6% of his shots, Harden made [-] free throws in a short time.

But without the indiscriminate three-pointers, the Lakers barely maintained the situation with the Rockets when Su Tian was away, and persisted until Su Tian returned.

In the middle of the third quarter, Su Tian was replaced. At this time, the point difference did not change, and it was still 7 points.

After Su Tian came on the court, he took over the ball from his teammates, directly held the ball to single Harden, and hit a jumper with an emergency stop.

Turning his head, Harden took the ball to the basket, passed the ball to the outside Gerald Green, and Green caught the ball and made a three-pointer.

boom--

Green missed a three-pointer and the rebound was taken by Su Tian.

Su Tian, ​​who got the rebound, didn't talk nonsense, the old rules, the fast break started.

The rest of the Lakers also ran with Su Tian, ​​and Su Tian brought Harden who was defending him all the way to the basket, pushed Harden away with a light movement, and scored a European layup.

After Su Tian came on the court, he scored 4 points in a row and successfully opened the point difference to double digits. The Rockets began to panic.

(End of this chapter)