NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 262 Double-Teaming and Anti-Teaming
After all, Mitchell is still a rookie player. Although he has grown a lot after nearly a season of training, the gap with Su Tian's level is still obvious.

The ball was given to the Jazz again, and Rubio still held the ball and chose to pick and roll, but this time the Lakers' defensive cooperation was very good. Rubio didn't find a chance, so he passed the ball to Mitchell.

Mitchell got the ball and was very excited about the opportunity to play against Su Tian with the ball. After all, Su Tian is also a famous star. If he can pull Su Tian down, he will definitely become famous.

It's just like when Su Tian brought Wei down and made himself a success.

However, the difference is that Wade is already in a period of degeneration, while Su Tian is in his prime, let alone degeneration, he is still in a period of rise.

After Mitchell got the ball, he called his teammates for a pick-and-roll, and used the pick-and-roll to break through with the ball. Su Tian quickly bypassed the screen and caught up with Mitchell.

Su Tian has been maintaining a defensive position, shrouded in front of Mitchell. After the two came to the basket, Mitchell wanted to push Su Tian for a layup shot, but in order to avoid being blocked by Su Tian, ​​Mitchell deliberately raised the shot point, resulting in distortion of the shooting action.

boom--

After playing basketball, Su Tian turned around and directly received the rebound.

After getting the rebound, Su Tian started a fast break with the ball, and the entire Lakers team followed suit.

Su Tian took the lead and ran at the front. Mitchell was young and energetic and followed closely behind Su Tian. He brought Mitchell to the frontcourt and then attracted the defense. Su Tian hit the ground and passed the ball accurately to the follower Ingram, Ingram caught the ball and made a dunk.

4-4
The two sides are temporarily tied, but the strengths and weaknesses of the field are still obvious. In the next few rounds, Su Tian began to take over the ball from the team and led the team to score continuously. At the same time, he played against Mitchell on the defensive end. , educated this rookie well.

At the end of the first quarter, the score came to 32-24, and the Lakers led by 8 points to end the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Mitchell sat on the bench with a suspicious expression on his face. Throughout the first quarter, Mitchell struggled to survive under Su Tian's defense. He made 4 of 0 shots and only got 1 rebound and 1 assist.

In the second quarter, Su Tian took a break temporarily, the Lakers came off the bench, and Ingram and Randall led the team.

Mitchell was also temporarily placed off the court by the coach to rest, and Rubio led the team on the court.

Rubio did have a certain strength. He led the team to play back and forth with the Lakers. Halfway through the second quarter, the Lakers called a timeout. While making regular tactical adjustments, they replaced Su Tian again.

After Su Tian came on the field, Rubio was directly suppressed by Su Tian. Compared with Su Tian, ​​Rubio's so-called field control was quite obvious.

At the end of the second quarter, the score came to 63-51, and the Lakers led the Jazz by 12 points at halftime.

During the intermission, Mitchell was gnawing on his fingernails in the locker room, thinking and comparing the gap with Su Tian.

Throughout the first half, Mitchell only scored 4 points when Su Tian didn't play, and then didn't score again.

There is no doubt that Mitchell is an ambitious player who always wants to improve himself and then lead the team, but the matchup with Su Tian shows that he does have a gap with the league's star players.

This is a blow to Mitchell, but it is also an incentive. Without pressure, there is no motivation.

Soon, the intermission ended and the third quarter began.

In the third quarter, the Lakers once again took all the main starters on the court. Facing the Lakers' starting Jazz, there was no resistance. Su Tian stabilized the point difference at 18 points in only half a quarter, and then he was leisurely. I went to rest leisurely.

Su Tian sat off the court for half a quarter, observing the situation on the court. At this time, Mitchell was also sent on the court by the Jazz to play against the Lakers' bench lineup.

Without Su Tian present, Mitchell's performance is still remarkable, which is already very good for a rookie.

But Mitchell at this stage is not enough to change the situation on the court, and the point difference on the court has not changed much.

In the fourth quarter, Su Tian played again. At this time, the point difference on the court remained at about 15 points. Such a point difference was enough for the Lakers to win the game. It was nothing more than winning more and winning less.

After Su Tian came up, he directly intercepted Rubio's pass in the first round, forming a fast break directly.

After rushing to the frontcourt with the ball, he dunked directly.

At the very beginning, steals, fast breaks and dunks have effectively hit the Jazz's spirit of chasing points, and it has also improved the morale of the Lakers themselves.

In the next few rounds, Su Tian succeeded in singles with the ball in succession. The head coach of the Jazz, Schneider, couldn't help calling a timeout. After the timeout, he replaced all the main starters.

Because the Lakers lead by a lot of points, and Schneider also knows the attributes of Su Tian's explosion in the fourth quarter, he can only replace the main players in advance to win a chance of life.

After replacing the main players, the Jazz temporarily stabilized the situation and was not widened by the Lakers, but they were not able to catch up.

Two minutes before the end of the game, the point difference was still in double digits. The Jazz called a timeout and replaced all the main players, announcing their surrender.

The Lakers also replaced the main players and took the bench lineup.

In the end, the game ended, 117-101, and the Lakers won the game.

Now the Lakers and the Rockets are secretly competing. The number of losses of the two teams is the same. The Lakers are temporarily ranked first with the advantage of the match, but as long as the Lakers lose a game, the Rockets can complete the overtake. It depends on the two teams. Who can't stand it first.

On April 4, the Lakers returned to their home court to play back-to-back against the Spurs.

On April 4, the Spurs had just defeated the Rockets. Although it was related to the Rockets' failure to hit a three-pointer, they had to admit that the Spurs could not be ignored.

So Su Tian also attached great importance to this game, and seriously did warm-up activities before the game.

The current record of the Spurs is only 45 wins and 33 losses. The place in the playoffs is not stable. If you don’t pay attention, you can easily be kicked out of the playoffs. So for the last few games of the regular season, the Spurs will do their best to win of.

Soon, the game started, the starting lineup for the Spurs, Mills, Murray, Kyle Anderson, Aldridge, Pau Gasol.

The Lakers are still in the regular starting lineup.

The Spurs got the ball at the opening. Mills advanced to the frontcourt with the ball. Instead of passing the ball directly, he commanded his teammates to run with the ball. He wanted to play a tactic first.

After a tactical run, Mills passed the ball to Aldridge in the high post. Aldridge got the ball without stopping, and broke through to the basket with the ball, successfully attracting the Lakers to double-team the defense. Kyle Anderson.

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

According to the degree of tactical completion, the Spurs have no problem at all in this wave. The degree of tactical completion is extremely high and the tactical intention is fully displayed, but unfortunately, the final end has not been completed.

boom--

Anderson hit the iron with a three-pointer and the rebound was taken by Lopez.

After Lopez got the rebound, he quickly passed the ball to Su Tian, ​​and the Lakers' fast break was formed directly.

Su Tian took the lead and ran to the frontcourt and directly dunked.

2-0
The Lakers played a defensive counterattack at the beginning, which caused the Spurs' morale to drop somewhat, but Popovich immediately stood on the sidelines and started yelling, and the Spurs immediately stabilized.

The ball was given to the Spurs again. Mills came to the frontcourt with the ball and waited for Aldridge to get the ball. After Aldridge got the ball, he began to hit Randall with the ball behind him.

After consecutive back hits, he turned over and shot directly.

Swah——

Aldridge turned over and hit a jumper directly.

2-2
The possession of the ball was changed, and it was the Lakers' turn to attack. Ball advanced to the frontcourt with the ball and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

The Spurs' current lineup has an advantage in the interior, while the Lakers' advantage is in the back line, so as long as they play against the Spurs' weaknesses, the Lakers can easily win.

After Su Tian got the ball, he called Lopez to come over for a pick-and-roll, and used the pick-and-roll to break through to the inside. Su Tian broke through all the way to the basket and successfully attracted the double-teaming of Gasol and Aldridge, so he passed the ball to to Randall behind him.

Randall catches the ball and shoots directly.

Swah——

Randall caught the ball and made a direct hit.

Turning around, the Spurs got the ball and still chose to open the situation from the inside. In fact, the Spurs' tactical intentions are also very clear. They use Aldridge's advantage to play a threat, and then attract the defense to drive the teammates around them.

It's just that the Lakers are not so easy to deal with. Although the Lakers are not strong inside, at least they are not broken, which is not the team's weakness.

On the offensive end, the Lakers, led by Su Tian, ​​played while holding onto the Spurs' back line, while the front line was deliberately forgotten by both the Spurs and the Lakers.

Because the two teams on the front line are not strong, they are even more disadvantaged than the Spurs.

At the end of the first quarter, the score came to 30-26, and the Lakers temporarily led by 4 points.

The leading point difference is very small, and if you don't pay attention, you will be overtaken. Su Tian is also glad that he has made sufficient preparations before the game, otherwise the Spurs might be caught off guard in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Su Tian took a break off the court temporarily, and the Spurs also made corresponding personnel adjustments, and the two teams' bench lineups began to compete.

Compared with the bench lineup, the Spurs are really not bad. Veterans Tony Parker, Danny Green, Rudy Gay, Bertans, still have a certain combat effectiveness, and they can play a special role under Popovich. energy.

However, the bench is also the advantage of the Lakers. Hart, Clarkson, Kuzma, Nance, such a bench is not worse than the Spurs, and even because they are younger and more energetic, they are better at grabbing points during the bench time. .

Halfway through the second quarter, Su Tian took the field again to lead the team. Because the Lakers had mostly substitute players on the field at this time, Su Tian chose to take more shots with the ball.

It's just that the point difference has not changed much. After all, the Spurs are not so easy to deal with.

At the end of the second quarter, the score came to 60-54, and the Lakers temporarily led by 6 points.

During the intermission, Walton once again emphasized the defense against Aldridge. If Aldridge continued to score with the ball in the second half, the Lakers would consider using double-team tactics.

Soon, at the beginning of the third quarter, the Lakers sent all the starting lineup.

In the third quarter, the first ball was given to the Lakers. Ball advanced to the frontcourt with the ball and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

When Su Tian got the ball, he still called for the pick-and-roll and used the pick-and-roll to break through directly, but this time Su Tian didn't directly break through to the basket, but made an emergency stop jump shot after reaching the middle distance.

Swah——

Su Tian's sudden emergency stop successfully sent Murray who was defending him flying, and the subsequent jump shot was not effectively defended at all, and he made an easy mid-range shot without interference.

The ball was switched and it was the Spurs' turn to attack. Mills took the ball to the frontcourt and played a pick-and-roll with Aldridge. After breaking through, he passed the ball back to Aldridge.

Aldridge caught the ball and shot directly. Randall kept standing in front of Aldridge without losing his defensive position.

But obviously, Aldridge can't defend without losing his defensive position.

Swah——

Aldridge made a direct hit from the top shot.

Su Tian looked at Aldridge's hot touch, and then looked back at Wharton. Wharton saw Su Tian looking at him, so he returned a look.

The two looked at each other, and they probably knew what they wanted to say.

"Look, do you want to double-team?"

"What do you think?"

"Then double-team it."

"Okay, then double-team."

The ball was given to the Lakers again, and Su Tian recommended to come to the frontcourt with the ball. He still called for pick-and-roll cooperation and used the pick-and-roll to break through to the inside.

But Su Tian had just completed a breakthrough, and the Spurs' Murray and Gasol came to Su Tian, ​​and the Spurs actually carried out double-teaming tactics before the Lakers!

It's just that Su Tian's ability to handle the ball is enough to deal with such a situation. Facing the double-teaming of the Spurs, Su Tian hit the ground and passed the ball to Lopez who was emptied outside the three-point line.

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

boom--

Lopez still shook a bit when he shot, and missed, but fortunately it didn't bounce very far.

Just as Aldridge and Randall were fighting for the rebound, Su Tian suddenly jumped out from the side, and with a bang, he directly completed the dunk.

64-56
Seeing that his double-teaming tactic was easily broken by Su Tian, ​​Popovich did not shout angrily. After all, the cooperation of the Spurs has been completed very well. The reason why Su Tian was able to break it was not because of the Spurs, but because Su Tian was too strong. .

The ball was given to the Spurs again. After coming to the frontcourt this time, it was still passed to Aldridge in the low post inside.

But this time after Aldridge hit back consecutively, when he was about to turn over and shoot a jumper, Su Tian suddenly double-teamed and completed the steal accurately!

The "Ball Stealer" badge brightly lit up.

After completing the steal, Su Tian took the ball and went straight to the frontcourt, directly forming a one-man fast break.

66-56
This time Popovich couldn't bear it anymore and started yelling, and after yelling twice, a timeout was called.

The Spurs' double-teaming was easily broken by Su Tian, ​​but the Lakers' double-teaming Aldridge failed to break through. This was undoubtedly a huge blow to the morale of the Spurs.

Popovich urgently called a timeout, not only to adjust the team's tactics, but also to stabilize the morale of the army and avoid being defeated.

(End of this chapter)