NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 271 Sweeping the Spurs?

The Spurs' substitutions and adjustments were effective, but Su Tian looked at Aldridge, who was panting heavily, and wondered how long Aldridge could last.

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.

At this time, Green was still defending Su Tian. Su Tian waved his hand to let everyone pull away. After pulling away, Su Tian directly broke through Green's defense with the help of instant explosive power. Green didn't even have time to pull Su Tian.

Just as Su Tian broke into the free throw line, Aldridge in the bottom corner let go of Nance and went straight to Su Tian.

But this time Su Tian didn't hit Aldridge hard, but passed the ball to Nance who was emptied in the bottom corner. Nance caught the ball and made a three-pointer.

At this time, Aldridge hadn't left Nance very far, so he turned around to interfere.

boom--

Maybe it was lack of physical strength or maybe Aldridge really interfered, but Nance didn't make the shot.

Just when Aldridge was rejoicing, Su Tian made a dunk and pushed the popped basketball back into the basket again.

91-77
The Spurs' lineup was originally not strong in rebounding, and at the beginning Su Tian pulled all his teammates away, so that when Nance made a shot, Su Tian himself was the one closest to the basket.

Coupled with Su Tian's rebounding ability as high as 90 or more, it is easy to complete a make-up dunk.

Although this style of play is simple, it is so easy to use at this moment.

In the next few rounds, Aldridge always wanted to lead the team forward, but the Lakers had Su Tian, ​​​​and the offensive efficiency was guaranteed to be at a certain level.

Five minutes before the end of the game, Walton took advantage of the dead ball to replace Ingram, and the Lakers' starting lineup was assembled, ready to reap the game.

On the Spurs' side, Aldridge has begun to show signs of physical exhaustion, and he has shot several times in a row, showing his exhaustion at a glance.

Aldridge still couldn't make it to the end. One minute before the end of the game, Aldridge was replaced. At this time, the point difference was still in double digits, and there was really no need to continue playing.

Of course, lack of physical strength is also one of the reasons for being replaced.

In the end, the Lakers won the first game of the playoffs 113-98 without any surprises!
When the whistle blew for the end of the game, some excited fans even shed tears. After all, this is the first time the Lakers have reached the playoffs after 5 years.

Moreover, as soon as the Lakers came back, they returned with the first record in the Western Conference and the league, which gave many Lakers fans endless reverie, and also made many fans worry about whether the Lakers will stumble in the playoffs.

But after this game, the Lakers fans gave up this idea. The Lakers performed as well in the playoffs as in the regular season, and even because of the growth throughout the season, the team as a whole has become stronger.

In this game, Su Tian scored a triple-double of 36 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds. It was thanks to the tactic in the fourth quarter that Su Tian got a lot of rebounds.

In addition to Su Tian, ​​Ingram also scored 22 points, 4 assists and 5 rebounds. Although he did not perform very explosively, he was at least above the passing line and met everyone's expectations of him.

Randall's data is slightly worse, only scoring 12 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, but as long as they watch the ball, no one dares to say that Randall is not important.

Randall followed Aldridge all the way, and his teammates assisted in the defense, limiting Aldridge to only 23 points and a shooting percentage of less than [-]%.

It has to be said that since Randall proposed to Su Tian the plan for additional training, Randall's progress has been obvious, and the defensive progress has also been obvious.

After the game, Su Tian followed Wharton to participate in the post-match interview.

"Su, how many games do you think you can take down the Spurs?"

"Well, you know, the Spurs are a veteran team, Popovich is an excellent coach, Aldridge is also a good player, so I think we have to give our all every game. Work hard, as for how many games to play, it depends on God's arrangement."

Seeing that Su Tian didn't answer the question directly, a reporter immediately asked the question again.

"Su, do you think the Spurs have a chance to beat you and complete the black eight?"

Su Tian looked at the reporter and said, "Black Eight? I'm sorry, the Spurs don't have this chance. Even if Leonard comes back, the Spurs won't have such a chance."

Faced with such a question, Su Tian had to answer firmly, otherwise it would be a blow to the morale of the entire Lakers team.

Seeing that Su Tian finally answered the question directly, the reporter also sat down contentedly.

In fact, after the end of the first game, this round of the series between the Lakers and the Spurs is nothing to watch, because the only thing the Lakers are not sure about is whether they can play the same combat effectiveness in the playoffs as they did in the regular season. There is no doubt that.

Since the Lakers have no problem with their combat effectiveness, they will naturally have no problem dealing with a remnant Spurs, so the Lakers' promotion will be inevitable.

The second day after the Lakers ended the game, the second game between the Rockets and the Pelicans began. The Rockets have an absolute advantage against the Pelicans. As long as they misfire in three points, the Rockets are an absolute championship team.

Su Tian also watched the game at home, and the final result was as expected. The Rockets won the game with their strong offensive firepower.

In fact, the Pelicans originally had a strong competitiveness, especially at the beginning of the season, the inside twin towers caused many teams in the league to suffer.

Even the Lakers have stumbled on the Pelicans.

However, Cousins ​​suffered an injury during the season, the inside twin towers directly collapsed, and the Pelicans' competitiveness plummeted.

Later, Rondo was introduced to improve the overall strength, but without a Cousins, this vacancy cannot be filled.

On the 17th, there was a rematch between the Thunder and the Trail Blazers. The Thunder was also Su Tian's key observation object. The performance of the Thunder's Big Three in the second game was still excellent. Personal ability is enough to solve the problem.

In the end, the Thunder also won the rematch with the Trail Blazers. This year, the Thunder has a fierce momentum and is likely to beat the Blazers to advance to the second round.

On April 4, the second game between the Lakers and the Spurs started.

The atmosphere in the second game was completely different from that in the first game. The fans at the scene were less worried and more happy and excited.

At the same time, when the Spurs fell behind on the field, Popovich also reduced a lot of reprimands and more reminders and reminders.

Obviously, after the first game, Popovich also realized that the black eight is hopeless, so it is better to do everything and obey the fate, whether you can win a game depends on God's will.

At the end of the first half, the Lakers had already led by 12 points. Aldridge only rested for 5 minutes in the entire first half, and his physical strength was exhausted.

Popovich is actually not a head coach who loves to control the main force, but there is really no way. If not, I am afraid that it has entered garbage time now.

At the beginning of the second half, the Lakers directly took the entire starting lineup, and Walton was ready to reap the game ahead of schedule.

In the third quarter, Su Tian made sudden shots and assisted his teammates one after another. The Spurs knew that the offense must have started from Su Tian, ​​but they just couldn't stop it.

In fact, the Lakers are also lucky today. All the role players feel good. As long as it is passed by Su Tian, ​​[-]% of them will basically score.

The Lakers felt a collective explosion, which caused Popovich a headache, but there was nothing he could do.

Halfway through the third quarter, the point difference had been stretched to 20 points, but Popovich still didn't win the main lineup and still wanted to fight again.

Seeing that the Spurs couldn't afford the main players, Wharton only replaced Su Tian, ​​leaving the rest of the main players on the court to deal with the main players of the Spurs.

The main players of the Lakers were also strong, maintaining the 20-point difference until the end of the game. In the fourth quarter, Su Tian played again and only played for 5 minutes before Popovich called a timeout.

After the timeout, the Spurs replaced all the main players, and Su Tian also left the field together. The game has completely entered garbage time.

After entering garbage time, the fans at the scene did not leave early, but still cheered for the substitute players. The atmosphere of the entire Staples was very friendly, but of course it was not so friendly for the Spurs.

In the end, the game ended, the Lakers easily won the game 112-93, and the big score came to 2-0.
The game against the Spurs was more in line with everyone's expectations, so the popularity was not high and it did not cause much discussion.

After the first two games, the Lakers will start preparing to go to San Antonio, and the next two games will be played at the Spurs' home court.

In order to ensure the training efficiency during this period, the Lakers started closed management. Outside reporters who want to know the situation can only wait for the post-match interview after the game.

On April 4, the Lakers came to San Antonio and came here one day in advance to adjust the game state and prepare for the next two games.

After arriving at the hotel, Wharton found Su Tian.

"Su, do you think we can sweep the Spurs? To be honest, it's not that I want to pursue a winning percentage, but I'm afraid that we will play for too long and consume too much energy."

Su Tian thought to himself, the fear of consumption is real, but the desire to sweep the Spurs is also real, right?

"The chance of sweeping is still very high. It can be seen from the first two games that as long as both of us play at a normal level, the Spurs are not our opponents."

Su Tian paused for a moment, and then said: "If the Spurs win, the possibility I can think of is that the Spurs will all explode, and at the same time we will be in a downturn as a whole, but no one dares to say whether such an uncertain thing will happen. Do your best to do the best you can.”

Wharton nodded. Although Su Tian didn't say it clearly, Wharton could still feel that Su Tian still had a certain degree of confidence in sweeping the Spurs.

With Su Tian's "encouragement", Wharton went to rest at ease.

The next day, the Lakers came to the arena, and the third game officially began.

In this game, the Spurs adjusted their starting lineup, taking Gasol down and replacing them with Murray. The overall lineup was a bit smaller.

As a result, the Spurs' starting lineup became, Mills, Murray, Danny Green, Kyle Anderson, Aldridge.

The Lakers' starting lineup has not changed much. It is still Ball, Su Tian, ​​Ingram, Randall, and Lopez.

However, after the adjustment of the Spurs lineup, Lopez will have to defend against Aldridge. After all, if Randall defends, Lopez can only follow Kyle Anderson. In that case, Anderson will Killed Lopez suddenly.

Soon, the game started, Lopez took the lead to grab the basketball, Ball got the ball and advanced with the ball.

Ball's side just started to advance, and the fans at the scene have already started shouting "Defense! Defense! Defense!"

Even if the Spurs fell to eighth in the Western Conference this season, there is still no shortage of loyal fans. This is the background of the old strong team.

As for the Lakers, although there are many Lakers fans, after all, they have just experienced a dark period of 5 years. At the same time, the entertainment activities are not limited to basketball, and the cohesion of fans is not as good as that of the Spurs.

Bauer, a new melon, was also frightened in the face of such a scene, so he came to the frontcourt and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

After Su Tian got the ball, he directly called Lopez for a pick-and-roll. With the help of the pick-and-roll, Su Tian wanted to break through directly, but I don't know if it was specially arranged by the Spurs. Murray actually chose to circle the back instead of the front.

Since the Spurs gave him a chance, Su Tian was not polite and directly shot a three-pointer.

Swah——

Su Tian's shot was very fast, and he directly hit a three-pointer. At this time, Murray had just circled back and returned to the defensive position.

Su Tian directly hit a three-pointer at the beginning of the game, and Popovich on the sidelines turned on the microphone angrily, cursing and spitting all over the place.

Seeing Popovich in such an angry state, Su Tian knew that Murray was acting on his own initiative, not a deliberate arrangement by the Spurs.

After all, Popovich knew how hard Su Tian's shots were, so he naturally wouldn't give him such an easy opportunity.

As for the player Murray, Su Tian smiled slightly, and the trouble-making spirit in his blood began to emerge.

The ball was switched and it was the Spurs' turn to attack. Mills advanced the ball to the frontcourt and passed the ball to Murray.

Mills' pass was a tactical pass, and he just asked Murray to make a turn. Murray didn't even think about playing with the ball, but he couldn't stand Su Tian who was making trouble in front of him.

"Dejounte, you are a basketball star, why is that old man yelling at you? You should prove it to him, come on, single me!"

Murray was first surprised that Su Tian, ​​the most popular star player in the league, actually said that he is a basketball star!This made Murray a little bit flustered. At the same time, Murray really wanted to play with the ball by himself, but he was obviously afraid of Popovich, so he seemed a little hesitant.

"Dejounte, what are you hesitating about? Don't you want to prove it to them? Come on, act like a man!"

Su Tian saw Murray's hesitation, so he added another fire.

It has to be said that Su Tian's aggressive method is quite effective against these old blacks. After Murray struggled a little, he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and directly started to break through with the ball.

Seeing that his scheme had succeeded, the corners of Su Tian's mouth rose.

(End of this chapter)