NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 252 Brown, You Can Be The Boss

On January 1, the last stop of the Lakers' three-game streak, the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The last loss to the Thunder made Su Tian realize the weakness of the team's striker. This time against the Thunder again, the Lakers' striker was weaker than last time, because Ingram was gone.

The Lakers' starters are Ball, Su Tian, ​​Kuzma, Randall, Lopez.

For the Thunder, Westbrook, Robertson, Paul George, Anthony, Adams.

After the last game, the Thunder seemed to have accurately found a way to deal with the Lakers, and they had an advantage over the Lakers in the first quarter.

At the end of the first quarter, 25-30, the Thunder led by 5 points in a single quarter.

During the intermission, Thunder coach Donovan has also been emphasizing the defense against Su Tian.

Now there is a certain consensus in the league about dealing with the Lakers. The first prerequisite is to have an advantage on the front line, and then it is necessary to lead by a large score in the first three quarters, otherwise it will be difficult to hold Su Tian in the fourth quarter.

There are not many players in the league who have this kind of capital. The Warriors count as one, the Cavaliers count as one, the Thunder can count as one, and the Rockets can only count as half.

This is not to say that the Rockets are weaker than the Thunder, but the reason for the restraint of the lineup.

The Thunder's lineup is naturally more restrained against the Lakers.

In the second quarter, Su Tian continued to play, trying to recover the score, but the Thunder also went all out and did not let up. After all, Su Tian still failed to catch the opportunity.

At the end of the first half, the score came to 54-60, and the Thunder temporarily led by 6 points.

Both sides fought fiercely in the second quarter, and the main players in the third quarter must rest for a period of time.

At this time, it showed the benefits of having more stars in the team. The Thunder could allow Paul George and Anthony to attack the Lakers' front line in turn, and Su Tian was the only one on the Lakers side who could carry the team's banner.

The disadvantage of the Lakers is obvious. Su Tian rested for 3 minutes off the court, and the point difference has stabilized at double digits.

So Su Tian only rested for a few minutes before being brought on stage again.

After Su Tian came on the court, the Lakers finally stopped the decline and stabilized the situation on the court. However, it was only stable, and it was still a bit powerless to catch up with the point difference.

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

The Thunder has a double-digit lead, so they are naturally confident, but Su Tian in the fourth quarter is not easy to mess with.

In the fourth quarter, the first ball was given to the Thunder. Westbrook came to the front court with the ball and faced Ball's defense. Assisted in double-teaming, passed the ball to George on the outside, George received the ball and made a three-pointer directly.

Swah——

The two successfully connected, 80-96
The ball is switched, and it's the Lakers' turn to attack.

Su Tian advanced to the frontcourt with the ball by himself. When encountering Robertson's defense, Su Tian chose to break through with the ball directly. With a simple explosion, he threw away the defender and went straight to the inside with the ball.

But before Su Tian entered the inside line, George's help defense double-teamed over. Seeing this, Su Tian directly passed the ball to Kuzma who was emptied, and Kuzma received the ball and made a three-pointer.

Swah——

With the help of Su Tian, ​​Kuzma made a steady three-pointer.

83-96
Although the Lakers successfully scored a goal, they can't just rely on role players and star players to hit the ball. If the Lakers want to win, Su Tian still needs to increase his shots.

In the next few rounds, the Thunder significantly increased the double-teaming of Su Tian. Facing the double-teaming, Su Tian's subconscious action must be to pass the ball to find his teammates. Take shots, because even if you are in a double-team state, your shooting percentage will be higher than that of role players.

But in this way, the Thunder double-teamed more recklessly, and the point difference didn't change much, hovering around 10 points.

In the end, Su Tian still couldn't finish the game, the score came to 104-115, and the Thunder won the Lakers by 11 points.

本场苏天拿到38分12助攻7篮板2抢断1盖帽，依然是湖人这边最稳的球员。

But apart from Su Tian, ​​the Lakers only had Randall, Pope and Kuzma scoring in double figures, and the rest were all in single digits.

反观雷霆这边，安东尼拿到27分3篮板2助攻，乔治拿到21分5篮板3助攻，威斯布鲁克拿到19分7助攻6篮板，连亚当斯也拿到13分10篮板的两双数据。

The Thunder's advantage over the Lakers on the front line is too great, and the Lakers' lineup is naturally restrained.

The record of the Lakers came to 35 wins and 9 losses. Since the last time they were defeated by the Thunder, the Thunder has completed a double play against the Lakers.

This is the end of the Lakers' three consecutive away games, and then they will start a three consecutive home games.

On the 19th, the Lakers played at home against the Indiana Pacers.

The former boss of the Pacers is Paul George, who just finished the game with the Lakers, and now the Pacers' star is Victor Oladipo.

However, unfortunately, Oladipo played in the second position, which happened to be against Su Tian.

The Pacers' starting lineup is Darren Collison, Oladipo, Boyang Bogdanovic, Thaddeus Young, Sabonis Jr.

On the Lakers side, Ball, Su Tian, ​​Kuzma, Randall, Lopez.

Ingram's injury and retirement will certainly affect the team's overall strength and rotation, but with Su Tian around, the team's basic guarantee is there.

Just like this game, Su Tian faced Oladipo in the whole game. While completing his 30+10 task, he also completed the blockade of Oladipo.

In the end, the Lakers easily defeated the Pacers 109-86. Oladipo was restricted by Su Tian to only score 11 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, and his shooting percentage was only [-]%.

Defeating the Pacers finally stopped the team's decline and rejected a three-game losing streak.

On January 1, the Lakers played against the Knicks at home.

The Knicks are similar to the Pacers. After leaving Anthony, they are destined to embark on a road of reconstruction again.

The Lakers did not entangle with the Knicks for a long time. At the end of the first half, the Lakers had already led by more than 20 points.

In the third quarter, Su Tian only played for a few minutes, and gave the rest of the time to his teammates.

Tonix's "blessing", Su Tian failed to complete the basic task of 30+10, but the team easily won 127-105.

The Knicks had the highest score with Porzingis' 17 points, while for the Lakers, apart from Su Tian, ​​Clarkson scored 29 points, 10 assists and 6 rebounds, and Randall scored 27 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists. One of the two supported the starting lineup without Su Tian, ​​and the other supported the substitute lineup without Su Tian.

On the 23rd, the Lakers continued to sit at home against the Celtics.

Speaking of the Lakers' mortal enemy, most people know it is the Celtics, but in fact the Knicks can also be regarded as the Lakers' mortal enemy.

This is mainly because of Reed, a legendary star of the Knicks, but those are old things. The escalation of the grievances between the Lakers and the Celtics in the new century is already one of the iconic grievances in the league.

Before this game, Su Tian originally wanted to contact Irving, but after contacting, he found that Irving went to find Kobe as soon as he came to Los Angeles, and didn't even think about contacting himself.

So Su Tian had no choice but to give up his thoughts and met on the field.

Soon it was time for the game, and the starting lineup for the Celtics was Irving, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Aaron Baynes, and Al Horford.

The Green Army's double-exploration combination is officially launched, and a big drama belonging to the Green Army has just begun.By the way, in fact, Horford is also a third pick, so Kaizi is actually a third pick.

The starters for the Lakers are still Ball, Su Tian, ​​Kuzma, Randall, and Lopez.

Speaking of which, the starting players on both sides are not bad, and they are all full of talents, but the Lakers' bench is obviously more dominant, and Su Tian is something that the Celtics cannot solve.

The game started soon, and the league naturally arranged a nationwide live broadcast of the battle. O'Neal, Barkley, and Smith's trio went online at the same time.

"You two, tell me, which team are you optimistic about this time?" Smith said while looking to the side.

"There is no doubt that of course I support the Lakers." O'Neal spoke first.

"Hey! Shaq, but you also played for the Celtics, why don't you support Boston?" Barkley rolled his eyes at O'Neal.

"Of course it's because I'm a legend of the Lakers, not a legend of the Celtics!" O'Neal said sternly.

"Isn't it because the Lakers are stronger? Isn't it because of Su?" Barkley immediately exposed O'Neal's disguise.

"Ahem, well, the game has already started, let's watch the game." O'Neal heard that Barkley exposed himself, and immediately began to change the subject.

The game has already started on the field at this time, and Lopez grabs the first attack.

Ball got the ball and advanced to the frontcourt with the ball. Instead of passing the ball to Su Tian, ​​he first played a pick-and-roll with his teammates.

With the help of the pick-and-roll Ball broke through to the inside with the ball, Irving bypassed the pick-and-roll and chased Ball, and Horford on the inside also double-teamed Ball.

Facing the double-teaming of the Celtics, Ball passed the ball to Lopez at the top of the arc.

Lopez adjusted after receiving the pass and made a shot.

boom--

At the beginning of the game, Lopez's touch was not very hot, and he shot hard.

But just when Horford was about to turn around to get the rebound, Su Tian suddenly jumped out from the side, jumped high, and pushed the ball back to the basket with a dunk.

2-0
Although Lopez missed a three-pointer, fortunately Su Tian made a supplementary dunk.

The possession of the ball is changed, and it is the turn of the Green Army to attack.

Irving came to the frontcourt with the ball. Facing Ball's defense, Irving did not call for a pick-and-roll, but chose to single Ball directly.

The continuous dribbling mobilized Ball's defensive focus, and then Irving broke through directly with an explosion, all the way to the basket, a small lever shook Lopez's defense, and hit a layup.

2-2
Owen's movements are still so elegant and agile, and the ending is smooth, but it is not friendly to physical strength.

The ball was given to the Lakers again, and Ball did not play with the ball this time, but passed the ball to Su Tian.

Su Tian got the ball and facing Jaylen Brown who was defending him, Su Tian chose to call a pick-and-roll.

Lopez stepped forward to pick and roll, and Su Tian used the pick and roll to make a breakthrough.

The Celtics' defense against Su Tian is naturally higher than the defense against Ball. Brown and Horford all went to Su Tian and directly chose to let Lopez go.

Looking at what the Celtics meant, it seemed to be saying to the Lakers, if there is a big deal, let Lopez vote me to death!
Seeing that the Celtics were so resolute in double-teaming, Su Tian naturally passed the ball directly to Lopez who was emptied at the top of the arc.

Lopez received the ball, this time there was no need to adjust, and he directly shot a three-pointer.

Swah——

Lopez hit a three-pointer directly.

Although Lopez hit a three-pointer, judging by the expression of the Green Army and Stevens' demeanor, he still insisted on double-teaming Su Tian.

Su Tian shook his head secretly. The reason why Stevens was willing to bet was naturally because Lopez missed a three-pointer at the beginning of the game, so Lopez's three-pointer percentage didn't seem to be a concern for Stevens .

Stevens' analysis is also correct, but it can't stop Su Tian from cheating.

In the next round, the Green Army double-teamed Su Tian again, and Su Tian assisted Lopez again to hit a three-pointer.

Seeing Lopez hit consecutive three-pointers, Stevens couldn't sit still, and said in a low voice, "Give him another chance, the last time."

Although Stevens did not change his tactics, the players on the field are not robots. Seeing Lopez hit two consecutive three-pointers, the next time he will naturally be attracted to defensive attention.

So Su Tian took advantage of this gap, went straight to the basket, and made a layup.

Seeing that Su Tian successfully scored, Stevens couldn't help but began to gesture towards the field, strengthening the player's defensive strategy.

So in the next round, Su Tian passed the ball to Lopez again.

This time Lopez stood slightly forward, made a long two-point shot and hit it steadily.

In just a few rounds, Lopez has scored 8 points, which is quite efficient.

Seeing Lopez hit again, Stevens called a timeout in time.

The performance of these few rounds has fully demonstrated that Lopez has a good touch and cannot continue this defensive tactic.

After the timeout ended and they returned to the court, the Celtics obviously changed their defensive tactics.

Encountered Su Tian and Lopez's pick-and-roll cooperation again, and no longer double-teamed Su Tian. Although this gave Su Tian a chance to directly attack the basket, it also restricted Lopez's shooting.

At the end of the first quarter, thanks to Stevens' failed defensive strategy at the beginning of the first quarter, the Lakers temporarily led the Celtics by 28 points 21-7.

In the second quarter, both sides began to make substitution adjustments. On the Celtics side, Smart and Marcus Morris played one after another.

The Lakers also arranged for Clarkson and Pope to play.

Owen and Su Tianquan were temporarily rested by the head coach, and the two sides began to enter the duel of the substitute lineup.

The Lakers are dominant in the starting lineup, and the Lakers are also dominant in the bench lineup, even if the Lakers still hurt an Ingram.

Halfway through the second quarter, taking advantage of the gap between free throws, the two sides also began to make substitutions and adjustments, and Owen and Su Tian were sent on the court again.

At this time on the court, the Lakers' lineup changed to Hart, Pope, Su Tian, ​​Kuzma, and Nance.

The Celtics also pushed Jaylen Brown to the third position, and it seemed that they wanted Jaylen Brown to follow and defend Su Tian.

Seeing Jaylen Brown coming in front of him, Su Tian couldn't help but smiled and said to Brown, "Jaylen, you can actually be the boss of the team."

Jaylen Brown was very surprised when he heard Su Tian's inexplicable words, thinking, is Su trying to sow discord?But this is too obvious.

(End of this chapter)