NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 260 Greek Monster
In the second quarter, the Pistons can only rely on the leadership of the starters to compete with the Lakers' substitutes.

Halfway through the second quarter, Su Tian played again, and the Pistons were still barely holding on, but at the end of the second quarter, the point difference unknowingly came to double digits.

In the third quarter, Su Tian continued to appear on the stage, stabilizing the point difference at double digits, and after the Pistons could not catch up in a short time, Su Tian went off to rest.

After that, the Lakers steadily suppressed the Pistons until the end of the third quarter.

In the fourth quarter, Su Tian played again and took the Pistons away in a wave. In the end, the Lakers easily defeated the Pistons 112-96.

Griffin was double-teamed by the inside of the Lakers in this game. He didn't perform as well as before. He only scored 15 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.
But Drummond grabbed 18 rebounds, crushing the rebounds of the Lakers inside players.

After the game, the Lakers returned home. The regular season of this season is coming to an end. Su Tian looked at the Lakers' schedule. The game against the Pistons is the tenth from the bottom of the season. There are only 9 games left in the regular season. The game is about to end.

On March 3, the Lakers played against the Mavericks at home.

Ingram finally ushered in a comeback in this game. Ingram recuperated for a period of time after being injured, and returned to the game after he was fully recovered.

After Ingram came back, the Lakers' lineup was finally in order, and the Lakers could also improve the team's tacit cooperation to the best state before the start of the playoffs.

"Brandon, if you don't come back, Kyle will take away your starter hahaha." Seeing Ingram come back, Su Tian stepped forward and gave him a big hug.

"Hahaha, Su, don't worry, since I'm back, it's still mine. Although Kyle has played well during this period, he still won't be my opponent." Ingram said with a smile.

After Ingram said this, he was heard by Kuzma on the side, "Hey, Brandon, I was still worried about your injury, but you actually said that to me! Come on, let's go heads-up first. One word."

Kuzma was smiling while pulling Ingram to single-handedly. Although Ingram and Kuzma are competitors on the front line, the relationship between the two is not bad, especially under the leadership of Su Tian The Lakers' locker room is very harmonious, and no one dares to do something messy.

On the evening of the 28th, the Mavericks came to Staples, and the game between the two teams started on time.

The Lakers' starting lineup is back to full form, Ball, Su Tian, ​​Ingram, Randall, Lopez.

The starting lineup for the Mavericks is Dennis Smith Jr., Dorian Finney-Smith, Harris Barnes, Dwight Powell, and Dirk Nowitzki.

The Mavericks' lineup, except for Barnes and Nowitzki, does not require special consideration.

The first ball was given to the Lakers in the opening game. Ball held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. Ball held the ball and stood at the top of the arc, directing his teammates to move. After a series of tactical moves, Ingram came out with an air cut. Opportunity, Ball made a pass to the ground.

Ingram received the ball and went straight to the basket. Because the players on the inside were all pulled away at this time, the basket became very empty, and Ingram directly dunked.

2-0
Let Ingram look for his status at the beginning of the game, which is also the team's arrangement.

The ball was switched, and it was the Mavericks' turn to attack. After advancing to the frontcourt, they passed the ball to Nowitzki without incident.

If it was Nowitzki when he was young, he would probably beat Lopez directly, but Nowitzki, who is getting old, has slowed down a lot, and Lopez can keep up.

Nowitzki didn't start playing directly after getting the ball, but sought to cooperate with his teammates and passed the ball to Barnes, who rushed in and made an emergency stop jump shot.

Although Barnes made a successful shot, the interference from Ingram was not small, and Barnes shot hard.

Su Tian turned around and rushed, successfully got the rebound, and directly launched a fast break, and the Lakers teammates also started running together.

Su Tian took the lead and rushed to the front, followed by the Mavericks' defensive players. After leading the defenders to the basket, Su Tian collected the ball and took off.

But Su Tian didn't choose to force the shot by himself, but passed the ball behind him to Ingram who followed closely behind.

So after receiving the ball, Ingram made an easy layup directly.

4-0
Ingram scored all the opening two goals. No matter how good or bad the hand feels, at least the confidence has returned a lot.

Let the Lakers play a defensive counterattack, and the Mavericks became very passive. Rick Carlisle, who was standing on the sidelines, made a gesture of pressing down on the court, expressing that he would drop the rhythm.

Although Carlisle is indeed a famous coach, it's a pity that a smart woman can't cook without rice, and the Mavericks' lineup is really not good.

In the next few rounds, Su Tian didn't exert much force, most of them were pick-and-roll starts, and then used his offense to threaten to pass the ball to assist his teammates.

At the end of the first quarter, the score came to 34-28, and the Lakers temporarily led by 6 points.

The Mavericks' offense is actually very sluggish, and they can only be driven by Nowitzki and Barnes. Nowitzki is old. As for Barnes, it is embarrassing.

In the second quarter, Su Tian rested leisurely off the court. Ball and Ingram were leading the team on the court. Su Tian observed the situation on the court from the bench and found that the Lakers might win the game even if he was not there.

Of course, the most important thing is that after a season of training, the Lakers have successfully honed the mentality of a strong team. All the players perform their duties, and they all work hard for victory, not their own data.

Without Su Tian, ​​it is estimated that the Lakers would continue to sink.

Halfway through the second quarter, Su Tian played again. At this time, the Lakers basically sent substitute players. Su Tian led a group of substitute players and was still able to firmly suppress the Mavericks.

At the end of the first half, the score came to 64-51. The Lakers have already led the Mavericks by 13 points. It is basically foreseeable that the Mavericks will make a strong counterattack in the third quarter. As long as they can withstand the initial counterattack, the rest is to grind slowly. Let the calf fall into slow suicide.

The intermission ended quickly, and the third quarter began. In order to prevent the Mavericks from counterattacking, Walton took the starting lineup in the third quarter, but replaced the third position with Kuzma.

Ingram has just returned, so he can't add too much burden, and he must control his playing time.

The first ball was given to the Mavericks in the third quarter. Barnes held the ball and wanted to force Kuzma, but Kuzma's defense was not bad. The two hit the mid-range position, and Barnes had no room to shoot. , had to pass the ball to Dennis Smith Jr. in the bottom corner, Smith received the ball and made a direct three-pointer.

boom--

Playing basketball, Su Tian took the rebound and started the fast break again. This time, Su Tian passed the ball to Ball, who was also on the fast break. Ball was very fast, received the ball and scored a layup.

The third quarter was originally time for the Mavericks to counterattack, but the Lakers played a defensive counterattack at the beginning of the game, and the Mavericks players' spirits dropped a lot.

In the next few rounds, Nowitzki also tried to open up the situation with his post-up singles, but the veteran was no longer as brave as before, and he still couldn't beat the young people of the Lakers.

After several consecutive rounds, the Mavericks' desire to counterattack was extinguished, and Su Tian also took a break to prepare for the fourth quarter.

At the end of the third quarter, the score came to 90-75, and the Lakers still led the Mavericks by 15 points, which was basically a death sentence for the Mavericks.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Su Tian directly appeared on the field. The first possession of the fourth quarter belonged to the Lakers. Su Tian held the ball and directly singled Dennis Smith Jr., broke through the defense line easily with an explosion, and came to a mid-range emergency stop Jump shot.

Swah——

Su Tian made a steady hit from mid-range.

92-75
The ball is switched, and the Mavericks pass the ball to Nowitzki in the low post after a tactical move.

Nowitzki got the ball and hit Lopez with his back. After consecutive backs, he turned over and shot independently.

Swah——

Although the sword is old, it can still kill.

The ball returned to the Lakers again. Su Tian held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. Smith was still defending himself. This time, Su Tian changed his direction and easily swayed Smith's defensive center of gravity, and then rushed in. After taking two steps, the Mavericks' double-team came, and Su Tian was behind the double-team, and made a covert ground pass to Ball who was emptied.

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

Swah——

Ball was very competitive with a three-pointer and made a direct hit.

95-77
Although the Mavericks have Dirk Nowitzki for the time being, the Mavericks still fall into the Lakers' chronic death trap after all. The two-digit point difference is not something that the Mavericks can catch up in a short time.

In the end, the Mavericks still failed to catch up with the point difference. The Lakers easily defeated the Mavericks 118-103 and won the game.

Although the Lakers won the game, Su Tian still didn't dare to slack off, because the Rockets had been winning and never losing during this period.

The Lakers' record at this time has come to 59 wins and 15 losses, and the Rockets' record is 61 wins and 14 losses. The Rockets still have one less loss than the Lakers.

The third Warriors, however, have a record of 54 wins and 20 losses, which is a distance away from the Lakers and Rockets. This is mainly due to the frequent rotation of the Warriors during this period. In the competition for one, the pressure on the Lakers can be regarded as reduced.

However, this also shows from the side that the Warriors are really confident in themselves, because quitting the competition for No. [-] in the Western Conference means taking turns playing the playoffs with the Rockets and the Lakers.

If the Warriors don't have so much confidence in themselves, they won't start to rest their main players leisurely.

On March 3, the Lakers ushered in the last game in March of this season. The Lakers played against the Bucks at home.

The Bucks have made their first appearance this season. Antetokounmpo is in the promotion stage. Although he has not fully grown up, he is enough to support a team and serve as the core of the entire team.

The Bucks' starting lineup is Eric Bledsoe, Khris Middleton, Tony Snell, Antetokounmpo, and Taylor Zeller.

The Lakers are in the regular starting lineup. The Bucks have the right to start the game, and Bledsoe advances to the frontcourt with the ball and passes it directly to Antetokounmpo.

Antetokounmpo got the ball and faced Randall's defense. Randall saw that Antetokounmpo got the ball and quickly retreated to defend, because Su Tian deliberately found Randall before the start of the game and told him that Antetokounmpo had a poor shot Features, let him prevent sudden shots.

Antetokounmpo saw that Randall gave himself space to shoot, but he didn't make a shot, but directly burst into the inside with the ball. Lopez knew that Antetokounmpo was good at attacking the frame, so he didn't dare to go out from the basket.

So Antetokounmpo resisted Randall's harassment, while pushing away Lopez's defense, and found a space to make a layup.

bang - swish -

A basketball bounces off the backboard and into the net.

0-2
The ball is switched, and it's the Lakers' turn to attack.

Ball advanced to the frontcourt with the ball and passed the ball directly to Su Tian. Su Tian got the ball and faced Middleton's defense.

Middleton is two meters tall, slightly taller than Su Tian, ​​but Su Tian has the advantage in speed and flexibility.

Su Tian faced the defense, but still started with a pick-and-roll, called Lopez to cooperate with the pick-and-roll, and broke through directly to the basket with the help of the pick-and-roll. Just when Su Tian was about to make a layup, Antetokounmpo's big hand suddenly appeared from the side. Su Tian dodged with a lever and hit a layup.

2-2
Although Su Tian was not successfully blocked, Brother Antetokounmpo still scared Su Tian at that moment. Looking at Brother Antetokounmpo's long legs and hands, Su Tian wanted to drool enviously.

In the next few rounds, Antetokounmpo showed top talent, except that he was really not good at shooting, there was nothing wrong with it.

Fortunately, Brother Antetokounmpo is not perfect yet. The Lakers are supported by Su Tian, ​​and the two sides probably drew a tie.

At the end of the first quarter, the score came to 35-32, and the Lakers temporarily led by 3 points.

In the second quarter, Su Tian took a break temporarily, both sides began to rotate players, and the substitute players on both sides began to play.

The Bucks' bench lineup is naturally not as deep as the Lakers' lineup, and the Lakers occupy a weak lead.

Halfway through the second quarter, Su Tian started to lead the Lakers' bench lineup.

At the end of the second quarter, the score came to 60-55, and the Lakers temporarily led by 5 points.

During halftime, in the Lakers locker room, the players chatted casually with each other.

"That Antetokounmpo, the talent is really strong, if only I had such a talent." Kuzma sighed.

"Hey, Kyle, aren't your talents bad, don't look down on yourself too much." Randall comforted Kuzma after hearing this.

"Julius, you've been playing against that guy, what do you think of him? Is he difficult? What level is he?" Ball said.

Randall thought for a while and said: "It's really difficult to deal with. The explosion is strong, the power is also very strong, and the speed is very fast. Apart from poor shooting, I really can't find any weaknesses. However, although it is strong, it is not as good as Su. The sense of oppression it gave me feels that there is still a certain distance from Su."

Everyone nodded after listening. The Lakers will also play some training games in private. Su Tian's strength in leisurely court has always been recognized by everyone.

Su Tian was also listening to everyone's discussion, and when he heard everyone discussing himself, he quickly said: "Okay, guys, Antetokounmpo is not so easy to deal with, pack up and get ready to play."

(End of this chapter)