NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 264 The Rockets Are Out!

Butler watched Su Tian fly in the air with the ball until he reached the basket before giving up.

bang——

With a loud noise, Su Tian directly dunked with both hands.

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Su Tian's take-off height, ability to stay in the air, and the sense of power in the final dunk were undoubtedly revealed at this moment, causing the fans on the scene to burst into amazing cheers in an instant.

"My God! This is Sue! This is our king!"

"10 points! Absolutely 10 points! Who will give 9 points to this dunk? Labor will kill him!"

"Su should go to the slam dunk contest! Su's failure to participate is a loss to the league!"

"We have Su! Our Lakers are about to take off! Lakers, go!"

"lakers! go! go! go!"

Su Tian's dunk not only mobilized the emotions of the fans, but also successfully mobilized the enthusiasm of the players.

Turning his head, when the ball was given to the Timberwolves, Towns wanted to beat Lopez inside, but Lopez tried his best to defend him, and Randall completed the steal in a panic.

Randall got the ball and quickly passed it to Su Tian. Su Tian directly held the ball and launched a fast break, going straight to the basket in the frontcourt.

The rest of the Lakers also ran together, and the Timberwolves only had Butler catch up with Su Tian in time. Su Tian led Butler all the way to the basket, collected the ball and took off.

Butler saw that Su Tian was going to collect the ball and take off, so he also jumped up together. Although Butler didn't know if he could complete the defense, at least he had to try hard.

It's just that Su Tian didn't shoot directly as Butler thought, but took the ball back and passed it to Ingram behind him.

Ingram received the ball and dunked with both hands directly. The two cooperated easily and freely without hindrance.

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Seeing that the Lakers were about to catch up, Butler couldn't wait anymore and began to take over the ball, wanting to use his personal ability to score a stable situation.

In the first half, Ingram was always defending Butler, but when Butler got the ball again, Butler found that it was Su Tian who was defending in front of him.

Butler has always recognized Su Tian's defensive ability. Even in his rookie period, Su Tian's defense was already remarkable, let alone now.

Facing Su Tian's defense with the ball, Butler didn't act rashly, but first called Towns to come over for pick-and-roll cooperation.

Using the pick-and-roll Butler to break through with the ball, Su Tian quickly bypassed the pick-and-roll and entangled Butler again. Seeing that Butler would not be able to break through, he took advantage of the situation and took a sudden step back, followed by a shot.

Under normal circumstances, Butler should have made this sudden step-back jumper, but this time the defender was Su Tian.

boom--

After playing basketball, Su Tian turned around and received the rebound, and started the fast break again.

Butler, who already had defensive experience, seemed much calmer this time, and blocked Su Tian's advance in time.

But Su Tian's skill is more flexible. Su Tian hits the ground with a long pass, and directly and accurately passes it to Ball who is making a fast break in front of him.

Ball received the ball and rushed directly to the basket in the frontcourt, making an easy layup.

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The score was tied, and the Lakers were completely on the rise. At this time, it is not so simple for the Timberwolves to suppress the Lakers.

The next few rounds also showed that the Timberwolves were indeed no match for the Lakers.

Halfway through the third quarter, Su Tian saw that the situation on the field had stabilized, so he took a rest to prepare for the fourth quarter.

In terms of normal paper strength, the Timberwolves are not the Lakers' opponents, at least not stronger than the Lakers, but the Lakers' sluggish state in the first half of this game really affected the team's performance too much.

After the halftime adjustment, the Lakers have returned to normal, and both sides have turned into a hard power competition, with the same intensity as in the playoffs.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers had in turn led the Timberwolves by 5 points.

During the intermission, Thibodeau lined up his troops to prepare for defending Su Tian in the fourth quarter.

Soon, the intermission is over and the fourth quarter begins.

Su Tian still played at the beginning of the fourth quarter and led the team's bench lineup. In order to deal with Su Tian in the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves sent both Wiggins and Butler to the court.

Butler's main defense and Wiggins' help defense.

The Timberwolves had the first ball in the opening game. Wiggins took the ball to the frontcourt and passed it to Butler. Butler still wanted to find his teammates to cooperate with Su Tian's defense.

But Butler had just started dribbling, and Su Tian attacked quickly!Directly form a steal!

Su Tian, ​​who successfully grabbed the ball, took the ball and went straight to the frontcourt. In the fourth quarter, Su Tian's speed became faster, and Butler knew that he could not catch up after two steps.

bang——

Coming to the frontcourt, Su Tian directly dunked with both hands.

"Xie Te, it's a defensive counterattack at the beginning!"

Thibodeau's face was very ugly, but he had no choice but to stand on the sidelines impotently and furiously, shouting towards the court to concentrate.

The ball was given to the Timberwolves again, and Butler is also a person who needs face. Being intercepted by Su Tian made Butler feel that he had lost face, so Butler wanted to get it back by himself.

This time Butler became a lot more careful with the ball, holding the ball all the way to the basket, Su Tian didn't find a suitable opportunity to steal, but he didn't lose his defensive position, so the two came all the way to the basket.

After arriving at the basket, Butler began to collect the ball and take the European step. Butler's European step was not fast, but it was not small. Su Tian was almost swayed, but in the end he still held the defensive position and let Butler Had to increase the arc of the shot and leave the goal to luck.

bang - swish -

The basketball hit the backboard and bounced into the net. Butler was lucky and finally made a hit.

Butler also breathed a sigh of relief. Su Tian's defensive pressure in the fourth quarter was not comparable to that in the first three quarters, and Butler's feelings as a party were more obvious.

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

Su Tian pushed forward with the ball and came to the frontcourt. Facing Butler's defense, Su Tian didn't call for a pick-and-roll at all. Instead, he took a half-step back a little later, and then suddenly exploded and accelerated, easily breaking through Butler's defense.

Even Butler himself was stunned!Butler thinks that his defense is not bad. Even if it is not the first defense, it is the second defense level. It is unbelievable that Su Tian can break through so easily. Could it be that Su Tian has surpassed me by so much?

In fact, with the increase of Su Tian's strength, the king of the last quarter strengthens Su Tian even more, because this badge is added according to the percentage of his own strength. Naturally, the stronger he is, the more the bonus will be.

After breaking through Butler's line of defense, Wiggins double-teamed Su Tian's help defense according to the coach's arrangement, but seeing Wiggins coming to help him defend himself, Su Tian made an emergency stop and stayed where he was, Wiggins had a premonition Wonderful, he rushed forward to seal the cover.

Wiggins originally thought that Su Tian was going to make an emergency stop for a jump shot, but he didn't expect that Su Tian was just trying to get away from himself. After Wiggins rushed forward, Su Tian accelerated and easily threw off Wiggins' help defense, and came easily He dunked directly under the basket.

The Lakers' offense was crisp and neat, but the Timberwolves' offense was grinding. The difference between the two was getting bigger and bigger.

After a few rounds, Thibodeau still couldn't help calling a timeout, and put all the main players on the field, trying to fight to see if he could win back.

The Timberwolves made personnel adjustments, and the Lakers naturally followed suit, and the Lakers' main starting players also began to play.

Although the Timberwolves made adjustments, the gap in strength was not so easy to make up. Until the end, the Timberwolves failed to catch up with the point difference.

In the end, the Lakers easily won the game 113-96, and the Lakers continued on their winning streak.

For the Lakers, because the first half was all supported by Su Tian, ​​Su Tian scored a lot. He scored 43 points, 9 assists, 7 rebounds and 2 steals. His points were higher than before, but his assists were less.

For the Timberwolves, Butler was followed by Su Tian in the second half, and he didn't play much, only scoring 18 points, 2 assists and 4 rebounds.

Of course, neither Wiggins nor Downs, who have high hopes from Timberwolves fans, did not perform well.

维金斯拿到15分5助攻5篮板，唐斯拿到14分10篮板4助攻，唐斯还勉强拿到了两双，算是足以交差的数据。

As for the Lakers, after waking up in the second half, the starting lineup played well, and Randall also got a double-double, but Su Tian was most surprised by Hart in the bench lineup.

哈特本场拿到20分5篮板4助攻，三分球6中4，提供了不俗的外线火力。

Of course, the most important thing is Hart's enthusiasm on the court, which made Su Tian very pleased.

Similarly, when Lopez and Randall performed poorly inside, Nance, who was on the bench, stood up and scored 14 points and 9 rebounds in this game, almost getting a double-double.

The players on the Lakers' bench have also grown up and can give Su Tian enough help at some point.

The Lakers are still very dangerous in this game. If it weren't for Su Tian's encouragement at halftime, the Lakers would probably lose now.

After the game, the Lakers players seemed to have gone through a playoff game, exhausted physically, mentally, and mentally. The exhaustion of the Lakers also showed that everyone was reaching their limit.

The day after the Lakers and Timberwolves ended the game, on April 4, the Rockets played against the Thunder at home.

Su Tian turned on the TV on time at home to watch.

The Rockets' striker is not strong either. In order to strengthen the striker's defense, the Rockets replaced Anderson and put pj Tucker in the starting lineup.

It's just that although Tucker has better defense, but he suffers from height, he still has the risk of being blown up when facing Anthony.

At the same time, in the matchup between Ariza and Paul George at the third position, George is still more dominant, and George overwhelms Ariza in all aspects.

Su Tian still paid more attention to this match, because Su Tian felt that this match was difficult for the Rockets.

When they played against the Trail Blazers, the Rockets were at the end of their strength, and the tight string was almost unable to hold on.

And this game against the Thunder is likely to be a game that changes the current situation.

In the first quarter, the Thunder's offensive focus was very clear. George and Anthony continued to hold the ball and grab the Rockets' striker.

At the end of the first quarter, the score came to 36-30, with the Thunder leading by 6 points.

In the second quarter, the Rockets increased the starting time and reduced the number of substitutes, catching up the point difference.

In the third quarter, the Rockets accelerated the pace of the game and increased their three-pointers.

Playing rhythm games is Paul's strength. Westbrook is not Paul's opponent at all, and he was taken away.

It can also be seen from this that Westbrook is not Paul's opponent in terms of field control.

At the end of the first three quarters, the score came to 80-87, and the Rockets led the Thunder by 7 points.

Although 7 points are not many, but the Rockets can't stand the fierce offensive. Paul controls the field perfectly. With the cooperation of the two, it is not so simple for the Thunder to come back in the fourth quarter.

Su Tian was also worried for the Thunder. The Lakers are not in a good state now. Although they got better after he spoke last time, it was exactly what he said at the time that the Rockets would not be able to hold on.

If the Rockets continue to win, it will not only hit the team's morale, but also Su Tian's credibility in the team.

Soon, the fourth quarter began.

In the fourth quarter, the Thunder obviously adjusted their combat strategy again, arranging Paul George and Anthony as the main attack points, and Westbrook came to cooperate with these two.

As last season's regular season MVP, Westbrook came to help the two, making them both feel valued, so they also began to work hard to win this game.

At the beginning of the season, the formation of the Thunder's Big Three attracted a lot of attention and discussion, but now that one season has passed, the Thunder only got 45 wins and 34 losses, and they are still on the verge of the playoffs. face.

Now no matter what, the playoffs must be made. Last season there was only one Westbrook, and the Thunder made it to the playoffs. If this season adds two superstars but can’t make it to the playoffs, that’s the real deal. It's a joke.

Therefore, with the efforts of the two strikers, the Thunder caught up to the point difference in just a few rounds. Seeing that the momentum still had a tendency to continue to overtake, D'Antoni quickly called a timeout.

After the timeout, the Rockets began to stabilize the rhythm, Paul held the ball to direct the traffic, and a ground pass to Ariza who made an air cut.

Ariza caught the ball and made a layup, which was successful.

Turning his head, Paul George played singles with the ball, attracted the double-team defense, passed the ball to Anthony, and Anthony caught the ball and made a three-pointer directly.

Swah——

A three-pointer hit directly.

The scores of the two sides began to be stalemate, and until 4 minutes before the end of the game, the two teams had not yet decided the winner, but if there were no accidents, there would be accidents.

At this last critical moment, the Rockets' three-pointer suddenly misfired!

哈登2中0，保罗2中0，阿里扎2中0，三人加起来6中0的三分球，直接葬送了比赛。

In the end, the Thunder won the game 108-102, and the Rockets finally couldn't stand it first and lost the competition with the Lakers first.

哈登全场拿到26分9助攻4篮板，保罗拿到17分9助攻4篮板1抢断。

雷霆这边，保罗-乔治拿到24分6篮板4助攻2抢断，威斯布鲁克拿到24分10助攻7篮板4抢断，安东尼拿到22分6篮板1助攻。

After all, the three giants of Thunder still displayed impressive combat power. Su Tian looked at the three of Thunder, and the more he watched them, the more he liked them.

(End of this chapter)