NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 257 Ask the teacher to start a class

The Rockets defeated the Bucks, the Lakers lost to the Magic, and the records of the two teams came to the same number of wins and losses.

According to the match records of the two teams, with two wins and one loss, the Lakers temporarily lead, so the Lakers still occupy the first position in the Western Conference, but they have become precarious.

And the Warriors, who are third in the West, are also chasing closely behind, and the three teams began to scramble for the first place in the West.

After the game against the Magic, the Lakers moved to Denver to play against the Nuggets.

Every time he came to Denver to play an away game, Su Tian felt short of breath, as if he was being strangled.

And the Nuggets' devil home is also well-deserved, and the Lakers Ingram's injury has been weakened.

The starting lineup for the Nuggets is Jamal Murray, Gary Harris, Will Barton, Paul Millsap, Jokic.

The starting lineup for the Lakers is Ball, Su Tian, ​​Kuzma, Randall, Lopez.

The Lakers have a vacancy in the forward line. It is estimated that Su Tian will be pushed to the third position for a while in this game.

In the first quarter, the Lakers as a whole were still affected by the Denver Plateau, coupled with Jokic's advantage in the interior, the score came to 28-33 at the end of the first quarter, and the Lakers were temporarily behind by 5 points.

In the second quarter, Su Tian came to the third position. The Lakers played a small lineup.

But everyone who came to the plateau seemed to have some impact on their hand feeling. Su Tian fought for half a quarter on the court, but failed to catch up with the score.

Su Tian played for half a quarter, and was replaced for a rest in the second half.

At the end of the first half, the score came to 56-63, and the point difference between the two teams came to 7 points.

During the halftime break, Su Tian observed that the players on the team were more tired than usual, and he even felt more physically exhausted than before.

In the third quarter, Su Tian and the starting main players continued to appear on the stage. This time Su Tian increased the proportion of his shots and wanted to use his personal ability to solve the problem.

But the resolute double-teaming of Su Tian by the Nuggets also made Su Tian a little overwhelmed suddenly. When Su Tian wanted to assist his teammates to drive the team again, the feeling of his teammates had already cooled down.

At the end of the third quarter, the score came to 80-90, and the Nuggets had already led the Lakers by 10 points.

If this game was played at Staples, Su Tian would not let the Nuggets lead at all. If the Lakers had a full lineup and Ingram was there, Su Tian at least felt that he would not be behind by double digits.

In the fourth quarter, Su Tian played directly at the beginning. With the bonus of the king of the final quarter, Su Tian's physical strength also recovered a lot.

After returning to the court, Su Tian succeeded in consecutive singles. Seeing that he was about to chase the point difference to within 5 points, the Nuggets called a timeout.

After the Nuggets were suspended, they also played the entire main lineup, and the Lakers also replaced the starting lineup.

However, Lopez, who should have appeared in this lineup, was a little tense due to the impact of high altitude and high-intensity games, so Walton arranged for Nance to replace Lopez.

Compared with Lopez, Nance's advantage lies in speed and agility, but Lopez is better at defending against the center under the basket.

Jokic saw the Lakers play Nance instead of Lopez, and instantly saw the Nuggets' breakthrough point.

As a result, Jokic began to frequently play singles at the basket, and his shooting percentage was quite high.

And when the Lakers wanted to help defend against double-team interference because of Jokic's advantage at the basket, Jokic began to pass the ball to assist his teammates.

Su Tian knows that Jokic's passing is more terrifying than singles at the basket, and his offensive attributes are undoubtedly extremely high. If the Lakers want to win, they must play out their offense.

After the Nuggets passed the ball again and scored with a layup, Su Tian began to take over the ball and advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

At this time, it was Will Barton who was defending Su Tian. Facing Barton's defense, Su Tian called the pick-and-roll first, and with the help of the pick-and-roll, Su Tian took the ball to the basket.

Both Jokic and Button headed towards Su Tian, ​​and Su Tian relied on his speed advantage to take the first step to the basket and directly made a layup.

Su Tian made a successful hit, the ball was switched, and it was the Nuggets' turn to attack.

After Murray advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, he directly gave the ball to Jokic, who was in an important position inside.

After Jokic got the ball, he started back-up singles. Nance behind him kept defending hard, but Jokic pushed him to the basket step by step.

After coming to the basket, Jokic began to turn around, turned left, turned right, and made a layup.

Swah——

Nance has worked very hard, but the effect is still not good.

In the next few rounds, Su Tian succeeded in consecutive singles by virtue of the bonus in the final quarter, but the Nuggets also succeeded in consecutive singles by virtue of their inside advantage, and the point difference between the two sides did not change much.

If you want to chase points, improve your offense, and do a good job of defense to limit the opponent's offense, it is indispensable. At this time, only Su Tian can guarantee a certain efficiency of offense for the Lakers, but the inside cannot prevent Jokic's onslaught.

Until the end of the game, the Nuggets still led the Lakers by 7 points. Su Tian tried his best, but still failed to complete the lead and was suppressed by the Nuggets for the entire game.

But this feeling of aggrieved Su Tian was very uncomfortable, as if he couldn't use his strength.

最终，湖人116-123落败，苏天全场拿到41分12篮板7助攻2抢断2盖帽。

It can also be seen from Su Tian's assist data that the overall cooperation of the Lakers in this game is not good, and the overall shooting percentage has been affected.

Of course, the biggest problem is the interior defense. The Lakers cannot put Jokic defensive pressure on the interior, which caused Jokic to play too easily, which drove the entire Nuggets.

约基奇全场拿到了31分8助攻6篮板，此外保罗-米尔萨普也贡献了21分6篮板1助攻，掘金队的内线优势非常明显。

Being defeated by the Nuggets brought the Lakers' record to 51 wins and 14 losses. Su Tian thought that after this game, the Rockets would lose the No. [-] position in the Western Conference, because the Rockets were also playing against the Raptors at the same time. .

But Su Tian didn't expect that the Rockets lost to the Raptors 105-108, and the Rockets' record also came to 51 wins and 14 losses.

After the game against the Nuggets, the Lakers finally returned to Los Angeles. Playing a game on the plateau is undoubtedly exhausting. After returning to Los Angeles, the Lakers took a good rest.

On March 3, the Lakers ushered in the Cleveland Cavaliers at home.

James was very excited to see Su Tian again, and took the initiative to find Su Tian after he came to Los Angeles.

"Su, you've been doing well recently." James said, patting Su Tian on the shoulder.

"It's okay, LeBron, the team has some problems, but it's okay, it's still under control." Su Tian said.

"That's good, any thoughts on the playoffs?" James asked.

"Of course, now that the team is gradually on the right track, there are still expectations for the playoffs." Su Tian said.

"Well, then get ready. You know that the playoffs are completely different from the regular season. Many things are uncertain." James said.

On the evening of March 3, the game between the Cavaliers and the Lakers started on time.

The Lakers still have Ball, Su Tian, ​​Kuzma, Randall, and Lopez's starting lineup.

The Lakers snatched the ball at the opening. Ball took the ball to the frontcourt and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

Su Tian got the ball and faced jr Smith's defense, he still started with a pick and roll.

Use the pick-and-roll to directly open the breakthrough, and rush to the basket with the ball.

Seeing Su Tian coming in with the ball, the Cavaliers directly launched a double-team attack.

Before the Cavaliers' double-team was formed, Su Tian hit the ground and passed the ball to Kuzma who made an air cut.

Kuzma caught the ball and scored a layup.

2-0
The Lakers took the lead, the ball was switched, and it was the Cavaliers' turn to attack.

After James got the ball, he directly started a breakthrough with the help of the pick-and-roll cover.

James, who broke through to the basket all the way, encountered Lopez's help defense, and was interfered with the layup and failed to score.

The rebound was taken by Lopez who turned around and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

Su Tian got the ball, turned around and started the fast break mode, and went straight to the basket in the frontcourt.

Su Tian took the lead and rushed to the front, followed by Smith and James, and then followed by the Lakers players who followed Su Tian in the fast break.

After Su Tian came to the basket, he looked at Smith and James who were chasing after him, and threw the ball directly on the backboard.

The basketball bounced off the backboard, and Randall just jumped up to catch it, and he succeeded in an alley-oop dunk.

4-0
The Lakers played aggressively at the beginning, and the overall morale of the Cavaliers dropped a lot.

In the next few rounds, the Lakers led by Su Tian still had a clear advantage against the Cavaliers, except for James.

Because Ingram is still injured, Kuzma and Randall need to be responsible for defending James.

Although Su Tian can sometimes play the third position, he is not the same size as James after all.

Even though Su Tian's defensive skills are superb, it's better to use strikers to deal with James.

At the end of the first quarter, the score came to 33-29, and the Lakers temporarily led by 4 points.

During the break between festivals, Su Tian sat on the bench, looked at James who was still communicating with his teammates, and secretly thought that this old man was difficult to deal with.

In the second quarter, the two sides began to use the bench lineup. The Lakers' bench lineup has always been good, but the front line is worse. The general manager of the Cavaliers fiddled for a while, but in the end they didn't get any useful players.

Like Su Tian, ​​James took a short break off the court.

Halfway through the second quarter, when the point difference had reached 8 points, James was replaced.

Seeing James playing, Wharton also waved at Su Tian, ​​and Su Tian stood up and went on the court as well.

As soon as James came on the court, he rushed to the basket with the ball and scored a goal.

Fortunately, I did not get 2+1
The possession of the ball was changed, and Su Tian held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. At this time, it was Korver who was defending Su Tian. Korver was taller, but his speed was slower.

Taking advantage of his speed, Su Tian successfully broke through Korver's defense with the ball, and made a mid-range jump shot.

Swah——

Su Tian also hit.

In the next few rounds, James and Su Tian, ​​you and me, the score bounced back and forth, but the point difference did not change much.

At the end of the first half, the score came to 65-60, and the Lakers temporarily led by 5 points.

The halftime time passed quickly, and the third quarter began.

Both sides chose the starting lineup in the third quarter and wanted to make something in the third quarter.

Tyronn Lue knows Su Tian. If the Cavaliers can't play an advantage in the third quarter, the Cavaliers will be very passive in the fourth quarter, so they must play an advantage in the third quarter to widen the point difference.

The Lakers' thinking is even simpler. As long as they can widen the point difference in the third quarter, as long as there are no accidents in the fourth quarter, they can win this victory.

The first ball was given to the Cavaliers in the third quarter, and James got the ball and signaled his teammates to pull away.

At this time, Kuzma, who was defending James, seemed very nervous. In the first two quarters, Kuzma was severely beaten by James, and he didn't know if he couldn't withstand Kuzma in the third quarter.

After all his teammates pulled away, James took the ball and rushed directly.

Kuzma followed James closely, trying to interfere and block, but it didn't work at all.

Seeing that James was about to rush into the basket, Su Tian let go of JR Smith and ran to double-team James.

And James made a precise choice the moment he saw Su Tian coming to double-team, and made a pass to Smith who was let go by Su Tian.

Smith got the ball and made a three-pointer directly.

At the moment Smith made a three-pointer, Su Tian just turned around and interfered with jr's shooting.

boom--

Smith's three-pointer was still interfered by Su Tian, ​​and the basketball hit the iron.

Randall turned around and took the rebound, and passed the ball directly to Su Tian, ​​who was already on a fast break.

Su Tian got the ball and rushed straight to the front, dunking with both hands.

67-60
At the beginning of the third quarter, the Lakers made a defensive counterattack, which was extremely detrimental to the Cavaliers.

The ball was given to the Cavaliers again. This time James held the ball and pushed forward. After coming to the frontcourt, he made a downward gesture to his teammates on the court. It seemed that he wanted to slow down the rhythm and hit the success rate.

Immediately afterwards, James signaled his teammates to pick and roll for himself, and with the help of the pick and roll, James started a breakthrough.

In order to guard against James' strong breakthrough, Kuzma chose to go around in advance and bypass the pick-and-roll.

As a result, Kuzma retreated too far back, and James, who came to the middle distance, was not strongly disturbed, so he stopped and shot a jumper.

Originally, James' shooting has always been regarded as a weakness, but he didn't expect to be able to practice shooting when he was old.

Swah——

James made a mid-range shot.

67-62
The Cavaliers started to score, but if they want to chase points, it depends on the defense.

The ball was given to the Lakers, Su Tian took the ball to the frontcourt, and once again faced JR Smith's defense, he also started a pick-and-roll.

After breaking through with the help of the pick-and-roll this time, Su Tian passed the ball to Lopez who was emptied outside the three-point line.

Lopez got the ball and made a three-pointer directly.

Swah——

Lopez hit a three-pointer directly.

70-62
The Cavaliers wanted to catch the big and let go of the small, and pinch Su Tian to death, but Su Tian's pass still made the Cavaliers pay the price.

(End of this chapter)