NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 254 All-Star Opening

In the second quarter, both sides replaced the substitute lineup.

For the Lakers, Hart, Pope, Su Tian, ​​Kuzma, Nance.

Su Tian was pushed to the third position, forming a direct confrontation with Paul George.

The first ball was given to the Thunder in the second quarter. George held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. Facing Su Tian's defense, George also dared not be careless.

Although facing Su Tian, ​​George has a size advantage, but Su Tian's defense should not be underestimated. George protects the ball while calling his teammates for pick-and-rolls.

With the help of the pick-and-roll, George chose to make a breakthrough. Su Tian quickly bypassed the pick-and-roll and wrapped George again. The two wrestled and went to the basket.

After coming to the basket, Paul George secretly exerted his strength to drive away Su Tian's defense and made a layup.

bang - swish -

The basketball hits the backboard into the net.

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Although Paul George was suspected of fouling secretly, his actions were very subtle, and George was considered a star, so the referee didn't blow it.

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

Hart advanced the ball to the frontcourt and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

Su Tian got the ball, faced Paul George, and also called his teammates for a pick-and-roll.

Nance stepped forward to pick and roll, and Su Tian used the pick and roll to break through. Su Tian was faster than George. He entered the basket two positions ahead of George, and directly collected the ball and took off. In order to avoid being blocked by George from behind, Su Tian Choose a safe dunk.

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The ball was given to the Thunder again. After Paul George got the ball, he still chose to pick and roll, but this time he suddenly stopped and shot a jumper halfway through.

Su Tian adjusted his center of gravity in time to interfere.

boom--

Basketball strikes iron.

Su Tian turned around and rushed to grab the rebound, and immediately started the fast break mode after getting the ball.

The Lakers' lineup is smaller than the Thunder's, and their overall speed is also faster. Su Tian took the lead and rushed to the front. After being double-teamed by the Thunder, he hit the ground and passed the ball to Pope at the three-point line.

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

Swah——

Pope has always been a stable scoring point for the Lakers outside, especially after receiving the addition of Su Tian's pass, the three-pointer has become more accurate.

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The ball hit, and the point difference was two to double digits, but obviously George didn't agree.

In the next few rounds, Paul George began to increase the proportion of singles with the ball, but under Su Tian's defense, the shooting rate was not ideal.

As for the Lakers, Su Tian also strengthened his personal offense, but Su Tian's original habit of playing point guard was to focus on assists, and he still passed a lot of good shots.

At the end of the third quarter, the score came to 59-48, and the Lakers led the Thunder by 11 points to end the first half.

During the intermission, Walton found the team's forward players and arranged defensive tactics against George.

Soon, at the beginning of the third quarter, Su Tian didn't play at the beginning, but rested off the court first.

On the Thunder side, Paul George also rested off the court. In this way, the Lakers also have Ingram, Ball, Lopez, and Randle to carry the team.

As for the Thunder, only Felton and Adams are available.

Therefore, in the first half of the third quarter, the Lakers took advantage and opened the point difference to 16 points in one fell swoop.

Before the point difference broke through to 20 points, Donovan called a timeout and brought Paul George up again.

Seeing Paul George play, Su Tian naturally followed.

Therefore, with Su Tian's efforts, the team's point difference was stabilized.

At the end of the first three quarters, the point difference came to 18 points. Although it has not broken through to 20 points, it is only a goal difference.

In the fourth quarter, Su Tian continued to appear on the stage. Originally, Su Tian wanted to use the status bonus of the king of the last quarter to vent his anger.

But the Thunder only allowed the main players to play for 4 minutes. After the point difference reached 20 points, Donovan called a timeout and replaced all the main players.

Seeing that all the Thunder's main players were off, Su Tian had no choice but to follow suit, but he still had a little regret in his heart.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Thunder 116-91, avoided being killed four times by the Thunder, and finally pulled back a round.

On February 2, the Lakers continued to go to the away game, first to Dallas against the Mavericks, and then to New Orleans against the Pelicans.

And before that, the final results of the All-Star voting were also announced.

LeBron James overtook Antetokounmpo and became the number one voter in the East, and he was also the top voter in this All-Star game.

The Western Conference vote king also changed hands. Curry became the first in the Western Conference with the number of votes second only to James, Durant ranked second in the Western Conference, Su Tian ranked third, and Harden followed Su Tian.

Of course, this kind of voting was done after the league was restructured, and the votes of the fans inside were diluted, otherwise Su Tian might really rush to the No. [-] position in the Western Conference.

The end result is:
The All-Star starters in the West are Curry, Su Tian, ​​Durant, Anthony Davis, DeMarcus Cousins.

However, Cousins ​​was unable to play due to injuries and was replaced by Paul George.

On the Eastern side, the starters are Kyrie Irving, DeRozan, LeBron James, Antetokounmpo, and Embiid.

Eastern bench: John Wall (injured, replaced by Andre Drummond), Kristaps Porzingis (injured, replaced by Kemba Walker), Kyle Lowry, Kyle Vin Love (injured, replaced by Goran Dragic), Bradley Beal, Al Horford, Victor Oladipo
West bench: James Harden, Russell Westbrook, Draymond Green, Karl-Anthony Towns, Jimmy Butler, Damian Lillard, LaMarcus Aldrie strange
After the list comes out, it is natural to select candidates, and the process of selecting candidates is also exciting and eye-catching.

After a fierce selection competition, the fans suddenly discovered that James actually gathered Irving and Su Tian by his side again, and the lineup of the Cavaliers' two consecutive championships reappeared again!

The specific list is as follows:
James team starting: C: Anthony Davis, PF: LeBron James, SF: Kevin Durant, SG: Su Tian, ​​PG: Kyrie Irving
Subs: Bradley Beal, LaMarcus Aldridge, Goran Dragic, Paul George, Victor Oladipo, Kemba Walker, John Wall

Team Curry starters: C: Joel Embiid, PF: Giannis Antetokounmpo, SF: DeMar DeRozan, SG: James Harden, PG: Stephen Curry

Subs: Damian Lillard, Jimmy Butler, Draymond Green, Kyle Lowry, Karl-Anthony Towns, Al Horford, Russell Westbrook

Among them, the most topical ones are naturally the reunion of the Big Three Cavaliers. Although the Curry team has fewer topics, the matchup between Harden and Su Tian, ​​and the grievances between Westbrook and Durant are equally exciting.

The competition between Su Tian and Harden for the MVP of this season's regular season is already on the surface, and there are endless comments and comparisons about which of the two is better.

Su Tian's fans said that it is better for Su Tian to assist and lead the team better, but Harden's fans said that Su Tian is a point guard, not a serious second position at all. At the same time, Harden's fans have always The self-proclaimed league's number one shooting guard.

Although the fans on both sides are beating their lives to death on the Internet, in fact, Su Tian and Harden's private relationship has always been very good.

"Su, the family you mentioned last time is not very good, let me introduce you next time."

"James, don't hide good things, learn to share them!"

"Hahaha, yes, of course you can, but you want me to buckle you at the All-Star time!"

"What you think is beautiful! It's impossible! Besides, you are not as good as me in dunking. You are still more practical than Stephen in dunking."

The All-Star date is getting closer and closer, and the focus of everyone's discussions is gradually turning to the All-Star.

Didn't even notice the Lakers' loss to the Pelicans on the 14th.

On the 14th, the Lakers went to New Orleans to play against the Pelicans. In this game, the Lakers had a neat lineup, but the Pelicans injured Cousins ​​instead.

But in this situation, the Lakers lost the game 117-139.

Just looking at the score, it can be seen that the Pelicans ushered in a full-scale explosion of the team, and the Lakers' defense did not do a good job, especially against Anthony Davis.

戴维斯全场拿到42分15篮板3助攻2盖帽，三分球5中3，在湖人的内线予取予求。

As for the Lakers, except for Su Tian who maintained a normal score of 30+10, the performance of the other players was not satisfactory.

In addition to Su Tian, ​​the Lakers' highest score is Kuzma on the bench, who scored 20 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

After the defeat of this game, Wharton found the whole team for a meeting. In fact, it is normal for the team to have problems, but Su Tian led the way to get over the problems before.

But this time, the problem is obvious, that is, when the All-Stars are approaching, everyone's attention and energy are almost exhausted, and they are starting to imagine the All-Stars vacation.

It's like when we were in school, in the last class before the holiday, we couldn't concentrate, and our minds had all flown away.

So at the end of the meeting, Walton directly announced a large-scale rotation for the next game.

The next game is the game against the Timberwolves on the 15th. This game is originally back-to-back, and it is still an away game. It is reasonable to give up selectively.

Therefore, on the 14th, the Lakers had only a substitute lineup to go to Minnesota to play against the Timberwolves, while the main players who were rested returned directly to Los Angeles, starting the All-Star weekend holiday ahead of schedule.

The final result of this game against the Timberwolves was also expected by Wharton. The Lakers lost 98-116, and the Lakers liked to mention two consecutive losses.

The Lakers' record came to 45 wins and 12 losses, still ranking first in the Western Conference.

The Rockets' record is closely behind the Lakers, with 42 wins and 13 losses, occupying second place in the Western Conference.

So far, the Lakers' games before the All-Star Game are all over, and Su Tian doesn't have to travel back and forth during the All-Star Game, because the venue of this year's All-Star Game is Los Angeles.

It's just that Su Tian is going to entertain some old friends. After all, Los Angeles is also his territory.

James contacted Su Tian as soon as he came to Los Angeles, and Su Tian followed James to a small party.

At the party, there are some contacts of James, and there are many familiar faces of Su Tian, ​​such as Wade, Harden, Anthony Davis, Carmelo Anthony and so on.

"Su, these are my friends, there's no harm in getting to know them more." James said, patting Su Tian on the shoulder.

"Alright LeBron, I didn't expect you to have so many friends, and there seem to be Hollywood stars over there." Su Tian said.

"Hahaha, of course, go ahead, be casual."

James and Su Tian went separately to say hello to others, while Su Tian walked around and only said hello to people in the NBA.

Su Tian didn't want to go in that circle of Hollywood, it was too chaotic.

On February 2, the All-Star Weekend officially started.

As the first day of the opening of the All-Stars, the celebrity game and the rookie challenge will be played.

As one of the hosts, Su Tian naturally had to appear at the scene, and he couldn't hide in the hotel to rest like before.

And at the celebrity match, Su Tian actually saw a Chinese face, a celebrity named Wu.

The two teams of this year's Masters are the Lakers and the Clippers. Both sides are star-studded. The Lakers have Justin Bieber, Rachel, Tracy McGrady and the Chinese and so on.

The Clippers have Paul Pierce, White Chocolate Williams, and imitation Brandon Armstrong.

For the Masters Competition, Su Tian naturally just had a good time and showed his face.

After the master game is over, the next thing is the rookie challenge.

The roster for the rookie game is still divided into the world team and the local team.

World Team: Bogdan Bogdanovic (Kings), Dillon Brooks (Grizzlies), Joel Embiid (76ers), Buddy Hield (Kings), Lauri Marr Kanin (Bulls), Jamal Murray (Nuggets), Frank Ntilikina (Knicks), Domantas Sabonis (Pacers), Dario Saric (76ers) , Ben Simmons (76ers)
Hometown: Lonzo Ball (Lakers), Malcolm Brogdon (Bucks, injured, replaced by Taurean Prince), Jaylen Brown (Celtics), John Collins (Hawks), Kris Dunn (Bulls), Brandon Ingram (Lakers), Kyle Kuzma (Lakers), Jayson Tatum (Celtics), Donovan Mitchell (Jazz), Dennis Smith (Mavericks)

The Lakers have a total of three players who are going to participate in the rookie game, and they are all on the same team. As the star of the Lakers team, Su Tian naturally has to go to the sidelines to encourage and cheer.

Originally, the local team had the Lakers trio, and the tacit understanding between them was definitely enough, but I didn't expect Bogdanovic to hit 7 three-pointers!Directly led the world team to defeat the local team, and won the MVP of this year's rookie game.

On February 2, the triathlon started.

The first was the skills challenge. After some competition, Dinwiddie finally won the championship.

Then there is the three-point contest. There are many experts in this three-point contest, such as Klay Thompson, Devin Booker, Eric Gordon, Paul George and so on.

The final championship was won by Devin Booker of the Suns.

(End of this chapter)