NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 250 The Lakers Are Exploded
Although Butler failed to score a layup, he caused Su Tian's defensive foul and went to the free throw line.

Butler made two free throws.

The short-term confrontation between the two failed to complete the crushing of each other, which undoubtedly made the fighting spirit of the two even more high-spirited.

So in the next few rounds, the field basically became a one-on-one show between Butler and Su Tian.

At the end of the second quarter, the score came to 50-52, and the Timberwolves temporarily led by 2 points.

The Lakers rely on Su Tian's support, and it is not easy to drag the Timberwolves to this point. In the third quarter, Wharton had to let Su Tian rest for a few minutes.

Soon, the third quarter began, the Lakers sent all the main players except Su Tian, ​​and the Timberwolves also took the starters except Butler.

The Lakers lack Su Tian, ​​and the Timberwolves lack Butler. As a result, the two sides can still play evenly.

Halfway through the third quarter, the point difference was still controlled within 5 points. The two teams alternated with each other, and neither team showed a clear advantage.

After halfway through the third quarter, Wharton called a timeout and replaced Su Tian.

The Timberwolves also took Butler again.

The reappearance of the two also aroused the cheers of the fans at the scene.

"Su, I have to admit that your progress is so fast that I am a little jealous, but you are still too young." Butler said to Su Tian while playing.

"Jimmy, I have to remind you, don't get too excited, anything is possible in basketball." Su Tian also smiled back.

After the two returned to the court, the first ball was given to the Lakers. Su Tian advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, and Butler automatically came to defend in front of Su Tian.

Su Tian called his teammates for a pick-and-roll, and with the help of the pick-and-roll, Su Tian held the ball to start a breakthrough. After two steps forward, he quickly connected with a retreat step and shot.

Swah——

Su Tianchang hit two points steadily.

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

Butler also came to the front court with the ball by himself. Facing Su Tian's defense, Butler directly broke through with the ball and wanted to break into the inside from the right.

Su Tian stood up and observed Butler's breakthrough route, wanting to take the opportunity to steal.

But the two fought all the way to the basket, Su Tian couldn't find a chance to steal, so Butler collected the ball and jumped up, trying to force a layup.

This time Su Tianxue was much smarter, maintaining his defensive position while avoiding being fouled by Butler.

boom--

Playing basketball, Su Tian jumped quickly and grabbed the rebound.

The moment he took the rebound, he turned around and started the fast break mode.

The Lakers will play whirlwind again.

Su Tian took the ball all the way to the frontcourt, was double-teamed by the Timberwolves, and hit the ground to pass the ball to Kuzma, who had already reached the bottom corner.

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

Swah——

Kuzma made a direct three-pointer.

After the Lakers' offense was guided by Su Tian, ​​it became more smooth and harmonious.

On the other hand, the Timberwolves, even after joining Butler, only enhanced some offense and defense, which did not improve the overall improvement much. Of course, this has something to do with the different playing styles of the two.

In the next few rounds, Su Tian continued to pass the ball to assist his teammates, causing the Timberwolves a headache.

Until the end of the third quarter, the Lakers successfully completed the overtake, the score came to 81-80, and the Lakers led by 1 point.

Although there are not many points ahead, as long as he is still in the lead, Su Tian is confident that he will completely defeat the Timberwolves in the fourth quarter.

It's not just because he is the king of the last quarter in the fourth quarter, but more importantly, Butler will definitely be affected by his physical strength in the fourth quarter, and his offensive efficiency will decline. He is definitely not his opponent in the fourth quarter.

As for the Timberwolves team, as long as Butler is restricted, the remaining Wiggins and Downs are nothing to worry about.

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

The Lakers equipped Su Tian with a lineup of Hart, Pope, Su Tian, ​​Kuzma, and Randall.

For the Timberwolves, although Butler is still on the court, Su Tian has clearly felt that Butler's physical strength is not small, and his overall state will definitely be affected.

The game started, and the first ball was given to the Timberwolves in the fourth quarter.

Wiggins advanced with the ball to the frontcourt and passed the ball directly to Butler.

Butler got the ball, facing Su Tian's defense, Butler chose to call Downs' pick-and-roll.

But Towns' pick-and-roll was not strong, and Su Tian easily bypassed the pick-and-roll and entangled Butler again.

Butler tried several times in a row, but failed to get rid of Su Tian's death entanglement, so he wanted to pass the ball to Downs.

However, at the moment Butler passed the ball, Su Tian quickly attacked!It directly formed a steal!
After successfully getting the ball, Su Tian started the fast break mode again.

But this time the fast break was obviously faster than in the third quarter. No matter whether it was teammates or opponents, no one could catch up with Su Tian.

Su Tian rode Juechen to the frontcourt and dunked with both hands.

83-80
Su Tian's speed was so fast that it made people feel as if Su Tian had just started playing this game.

"Boy, are you physically strong enough? Running so fast." Butler spoke harshly.

"After all, I'm younger than you, old guy." Su Tian's expression was very kind, but the words he said were not kind at all.

Butler entered the league in 2011, only 3 years earlier than Su Tian, ​​but he was still called an "old guy" by Su Tian, ​​and Butler couldn't swallow it.

So Butler continued to get the ball and singled Su Tian again.

But Su Tian at this time is completely different from Su Tian in the first three quarters. Not only has his physical strength recovered, but his state has also exploded.

Butler's continuous dribbling failed to shake Su Tian away, and he shot against Su Tian's defense.

boom--

After all, Butler is not Harden. At least this season, Harden is much better than Butler. Butler failed to score against the defensive shot.

The rebound was taken by Randall. Seeing the moment Randall took the rebound, Su Tianxia turned around and ran away consciously.

In college, the two often cooperated like this, but after coming to the Lakers, the cooperation between the two was obviously much less.

The main reason is that the intensity of the NBA has increased a lot, and Randall is also afraid of being wasted by passing mistakes and being scolded by the coach.

However, at this moment, Randall seemed to be dreaming back to his college days. The moment he got the rebound, he made a long pass over the top and directly found Su Tian who was running.

Su Tian ran to get the pass, took three steps and made two steps, went directly to the basket, and jumped high.

bang——

Su Tian vigorously hacked and buckled successfully!

85-80
The Lakers' lead reached 5 points in an instant, and Su Tian, ​​who successfully dunked, also took the initiative to find Randall to give a high five to celebrate.

Randall is also very excited, because he has rarely passed this kind of pass, which is also a great encouragement to himself.

Seeing that the Lakers scored two consecutive defensive counterattacks, Timberwolves head coach Tom Thibodeau stood on the sidelines and kept yelling loudly.

After Thibodeau roared loudly, the Timberwolves' rhythm began to slow down. It seemed that they wanted to reduce the rhythm and increase their success rate.

The ball was passed to Towns inside by the Timberwolves, and Towns got the ball and began to single Randall with the ball.

Randall's height was at a disadvantage, and Towns relied on his height advantage to score with the ball.

85-82
The ball is switched, and it's the Lakers' turn to attack.

Hart came to the front court with the ball and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

Su Tian got the ball and faced Butler's defense, this time he didn't call for a pick-and-roll, but signaled his teammates to pull away.

After all his teammates pulled away, Su Tian began to lower his center of gravity, and suddenly broke out, breaking through from Butler's left side.

Su Tian's sudden burst was too fast, and Butler couldn't keep up in time, so Su Tian came to the basket two steps ahead of Butler, and made a quick layup.

87-82
Su Tian had already begun to steadily suppress the Timberwolves.

In the next few rounds, although Butler didn't want to admit it, he did show some feelings of powerlessness.

Butler felt that what he was facing was not Su Tian, ​​but Jordan, because he was beaten like a son.

In the end, under Su Tian's steady control of the field, the Lakers easily won the Timberwolves 114-104.

苏天全场拿下37分13助攻8篮板3抢断1盖帽，再次被评为全场最佳。

Randall also scored 15 points, 12 rebounds and 1 steal, completing his double-double task.

In addition, Clarkson also scored 20 points, 4 assists and 2 rebounds on the Lakers' bench, perfectly taking on the role of the bench.

Of course, this is also related to the uneven lineup of the Lakers, giving some players a chance on the bench.

Caruso also played 18 minutes, but only scored 1 point, 1 assist and 1 rebound, and did not perform well.

For the Timberwolves, Butler played against Su Tian, ​​and it was obvious that Su Tian restricted him. He scored 18 points, 9 assists and 3 rebounds.

除此之外，森林狼的双状元，维金斯拿到20分9篮板4助攻，唐斯拿到16分13篮板1助攻。

The performance of both of them is not bad, but they are only good, and they have not shown the strength of the star players at all.

Perhaps asking them to make puzzles will be a good puzzle, but asking them to carry the banner may not be a good one.

After the game, Su Tian also had a friendly exchange with Butler.

"Su, you played well, but I will win next time." Butler remained stubborn.

"Haha, Jimmy, as long as you stay in Minnesota, you won't be my opponent." Su Tian said meaningfully.

In the post-match interview, Su Tian also praised his teammates and opponents as usual.

"You know, Butler is an extremely good player. His defense and offense are very tough. This kind of toughness is indeed something that many players need to learn."

After the game against the Timberwolves, the Lakers returned to Los Angeles.

The Lakers still have a tough battle to fight in the next game.

On January 1, the Oklahoma City Thunder visited Staples.

Although the Thunder's record is not among the top three in the Western Conference, no team dares to underestimate the Thunder's combat effectiveness.

Although the Thunder version of the Big Three has yet to show dominance, their reputation is too big for any team to take it seriously.

The starting lineup given by the Thunder is Westbrook, Ferguson, Paul George, Carmelo Anthony, Adams.

On the Lakers side, neither Ball nor Lopez has returned due to injuries.

So the starting lineup is Hart, Su Tian, ​​Ingram, Randall, Nance.

It is not Su Tian who is under the greatest pressure, but Ingram and Randall.

One of these two is going to face George, and the other is going to face Anthony. Neither of them is an easy star.

In the first quarter, with Su Tian in the back, there was no obvious gap between the Lakers and the Thunder. At the end of the first quarter, the score came to 26-26, and the two teams temporarily tied.

In the second quarter, Su Tian took a break for half the quarter, but in this half quarter, the Lakers were directly crushed by the Thunder.

By the time Su Tian came up again, the point difference had reached double digits.

After Su Tian came up, he first stabilized the situation with a few singles with the ball, and then started to cooperate with his teammates, trying to catch up with the score.

But his teammate's feel was affected by something, and he missed consecutive shots, so Su Tian had no choice but to take the ball back to himself, increasing the frequency of his shots.

At the end of the second quarter, the score came to 53-63, and the Thunder still maintained a 10-point lead.

During the halftime break, Wharton could no longer sit still. Although there were times when he fell behind in the past, there was no problem with the cooperation between Su Tian and his teammates.

But today is different. The reason why the Lakers have not completely collapsed today is because of Su Tian's strength. The rest of the Lakers seem to be decorations.

In the third quarter, after a training session from Wharton, the enthusiasm of the Lakers was mobilized, but the gap on the court was still obvious.

Although Su Tian can rely on his own personal ability to compete with the Thunder for a period of time, but the Thunder is a Big Three team after all, and it is true that the three of them come to Su Tian in turn.

In the third quarter, Su Tian was in a stalemate for the last 3 minutes and was replaced by Wharton to rest.

But as soon as Su Tian went down here, the Lakers were hit by the Thunder twice in a row.

At the end of the third quarter, the score came to 80-93, and the Thunder led by 13 points.

Wharton also had no good solution at this time, and could only pin his hopes on Su Tian, ​​who was open in the fourth quarter.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the first ball was given to the Thunder. Westbrook took the ball to the frontcourt and passed the ball directly to George.

George got the ball, singled Kuzma with the ball, broke into the inside with the ball against Kuzma's defense, hit a layup and made an easy hit.

80-95
The possession of the ball was changed, and it was the Lakers' turn to attack. Su Tian advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

Paul George defended directly in front of Su Tian. Although George was jokingly called the strongest background board by netizens, George's defense was still very online, and Su Tian also paid attention to this.

Su Tian did not act rashly, but called Randall for a pick-and-roll. With the help of the pick-and-roll, Su Tian took the ball and went inside. After being double-teamed by Adams, Su Tian took a European step to avoid the defensive interference and scored with a throw.

82-95
Su Tian scored this goal as if he had gone through untold hardships, but when he turned his head, Paul George faced Kuzma's defense and made an emergency stop jumper and hit it easily.

82-97
The defense line of the Lakers striker seems to have been broken by George and Anthony, and it is completely unable to form effective defensive interference.

The young striker of the Lakers was educated by the two strikers of the Thunder.

Under this kind of pressure, Su Tian chased after him slowly, but still failed to catch up with the score.

In the end, the Lakers lost 110-121 to the Thunder. The Lakers' record came to 30 wins and 7 losses, still firmly occupying the top three in the Western Conference.

But the problem of the Lakers has been fully exposed. The front line is too poor, and it is easy to be blown up by a team with a strong front line.

(End of this chapter)