NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 272 Sweep to advance!

Murray directly broke through Su Tian with the ball. It has to be said that his courage is commendable, but he is a little overwhelmed.

Murray had just taken two steps forward with the ball, Su Tian's death entanglement forced Murray to stop, and then Su Tian's golden badge "Ball Stealer" was launched, directly forming a steal.

Su Tian, ​​who successfully grabbed the ball, did not stop for a second, and directly held the ball and rushed to the frontcourt to form a fast break.

Seeing that he lost the ball, Murray quickly turned around to make up for it and wanted to save the ball again, but Murray was behind Su Tian by more than 01:30 in speed.

Su Tian took the lead and came to the basket in the frontcourt, and directly dunked with both hands.

5-0
Popovich didn't just want to curse at this time, he even wanted to hit someone.

Obviously, he arranged it well before the game, but when the players did not follow his arrangement on the field, Popovich wanted to call a timeout to take Murray down, but after thinking about it, he gave up.

The Spurs organized the offense again. Mills came to the frontcourt with the ball, stretched out his hand to draw a tactic, and called Aldridge to cooperate with the pick-and-roll. Murray went to the bottom corner to open up space according to the tactical arrangement.

Su Tian also followed Murray to the bottom corner. When Murray saw Su Tian again, he looked wary and said in his heart, "This guy was too bad just now. He lured me to break through with the ball while stealing me. No matter what he said , I absolutely cannot believe it!"

Su Tian naturally saw Murray's vigilant expression, smiled and said: "Dejounte, don't be so nervous. Although you made a mistake just now, at least you are still on the court. If you miss the shot after a while, probably Your coach will be really angry! Be careful, don't be replaced at the beginning of the game."

Murray's eyes froze when he heard what Su Tian said, and he quickly raised his attention to avoid being affected by Su Tian's mentality.

Mills cooperated tactically with Aldridge. He rushed to the basket to attract the defense and pass back to Aldridge. Aldridge took the ball and walked to the basket again. After attracting the help defense again, he passed the ball to the bottom corner. Murray.

According to the tactical arrangement, at this time Murray only needs to catch the ball and shoot directly, or pass the ball.

Murray just made a mistake just now, so he naturally didn't dare to violate the tactical arrangement again, so he caught the ball and shot directly.

However, although Su Tian was not in front of Murray at this time, he was within Su Tian's defensive range, and Murray's shots would still be interfered by Su Tian.

boom--

Murray hit the iron with a three-pointer.

Seeing that he didn't make a shot, Murray's heart tightened, and he couldn't help but look at Popovich. As expected, Popovich turned on the mic again, but this time the scolding was milder.

Su Tian didn't have time to take care of Murray who missed the shot, but directly rushed to grab the rebound. After successfully getting the rebound, Su Tian turned around and started the fast break mode, and the Lakers' fast break started again.

Although the Spurs retreated quickly this time, Murray did not keep up in time, resulting in a gap in the Spurs' defensive lineup, so Su Tian directly caught the weak point and scored a layup.

7-0
It's been three rounds since the start, and the Spurs haven't scored yet. Popovich is so angry that he wants to jump. If he can't make a shot, let it go, and he doesn't actively retreat. Instead, the Lakers seize the opportunity to score directly. It's not just 2 points lost.

Seeing that Murray's state was not right, Popovich directly called a timeout. As soon as the Spurs players returned to the bench, Popovich directly turned on the microphone and cursed. The main firepower output point was Murray's side.

After the timeout, as expected, Murray was taken by Popovich and replaced by an undrafted pick Bryn Forbes.

Bryn Forbes is a player from the Spurs Taobao. He has certain potential, but his talent is limited and his upper limit is relatively low.

It's just that Forbes may be more obedient than Murray.

The time-out is over and the game continues.

After returning to the court, Forbes defended Su Tian conscientiously, completely following the coach's pre-match arrangements.

It's just that because of his limited ability, Su Tian also scored a few goals, but although these goals were scored, it can be seen that Forbes has tried his best to defend.

Throughout the first quarter, the Spurs did not change too much due to substitutions and adjustments, and the point difference still did not catch up, but was pulled to double digits.

At the end of the first quarter, the score came to 35-24, and the Lakers led by 11 points in a single quarter.

During the intermission, Su Tian saw the silent Murray on the Spurs bench, and felt that he had helped the young player grow again.

In the second quarter, Sue rested on the field, and Ingram and Randall led the team on the field. The Spurs also replaced players on the bench. Ginobili and Rudy Gay played one after another.

Both Ingram and Randall have grown up enough to face such a scene alone.

In the middle of the second quarter, Su Tian played again. At this time, the point difference has been hovering around 10 points.

After Su Tian came on the court, he directly hit a three-pointer. After stabilizing the point difference at double digits, he began to pass the ball to assist his teammates.

At the end of the second quarter, the score came to 60-48, and the point difference came to 12 points.

During the intermission, the Lakers were relatively relaxed, laughing and joking with each other.

But the Spurs couldn't laugh.

"What are you fighting for? Think carefully, where is this place! This is San Antonio!"

"Focus! Focus! Focus!"

"If I see anyone making low-level mistakes again, you will stop playing in the future!"

"I know the Lakers are strong, but our Spurs' philosophy is to chip away at this broken rock step by step!"

"Hold on gentlemen! Your energy is beyond your imagination, don't limit yourself! Go and explode your energy!"

Time passed quickly and the second half began.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the two sides took the entire main lineup by coincidence. The Spurs wanted to catch up with the point difference as soon as possible, while the Lakers wanted to widen the point difference as soon as possible. The duel between the two sides began directly.

In the third quarter, the first ball was given to the Spurs. Mills advanced to the frontcourt with the ball and passed the ball to Kyle Anderson who stepped forward to respond.

After Anderson got the ball, he gave the ball to Aldridge in the low post inside.

Aldridge got the ball with his back against Lopez, and after consecutive back hits, he turned over and shot a jumper.

Naturally, the Lakers would not allow Aldridge to make a comfortable shot, and arranged for Aldridge to double-team the tactic. However, after the intermission, Aldridge recovered a lot of physical strength, and he turned over and hit a jumper directly.

60-50
The ball is switched, and it's the Lakers' turn to attack.

Ball advanced to the frontcourt with the ball and passed the ball to Su Tian.

Su Tian got the ball and called Lopez to cooperate with the pick-and-roll, and used the pick-and-roll to break through to the inside all the way to the basket.

When Su Tian just entered the range of the basket, the Spurs directly formed a double-team trend. Aldridge, Kyle Anderson, and Danny Green came from three different directions to double-team.

In this seemingly unsolvable situation, Su Tian hit the ground and passed the ball accurately to Ingram who was emptied in the bottom corner.

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

With the bonus of Su Tian's pass, coupled with the fact that there was no one in front of him, Ingram made a direct three-pointer.

63-50
The Spurs still underestimated Su Tian's passing ability.

In the next few rounds, the Spurs continued to work hard, trying to equalize the score, but the facts told the Spurs that only hard work cannot change the reality.

Just like our life, sometimes, some things, just working hard is useless.

Halfway through the third quarter, the point difference has been stabilized at about 15 points. If the Spurs want to change their fate at this time, unless someone suddenly explodes and hits three-pointers consecutively, otherwise it will be a slow suicide by waiting until the fourth quarter. .

After halfway through, Su Tian took a break to prepare for the fourth quarter.

Su Tian went to rest for the Lakers, but not for the Spurs.

Not only did the main players not rest, Popovich also stood on the sidelines all the time, maintaining his "output".

Su Tian looked at the passionate Popovich, wondering if he could still be so energetic at this age.

At the end of the third quarter, the score came to 91-75, with the Lakers leading by 16 points.

Murray also spent the entire third quarter. Although he was very tired, it seemed that the effect was not very good.

While Murray was still sad, Popovich waved Murray to continue playing.

So Murray could only follow his teammates and continue to play in the fourth quarter.

Su Tian also played at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Seeing Murray standing in front of him, Su Tian couldn't help but tease him.

"Boy, don't be discouraged, your efforts are still useful, at least you didn't let the point difference widen to more than 20 points."

"No, or at least you didn't let the game go directly to garbage time."

What Su Tian said seemed to be comforting, but if it was paired with Su Tian's mocking expression, Murray was sure that Su Tian was purely mocking.

The first ball in the fourth quarter belonged to the Lakers. Su Tian got the ball and advanced to the frontcourt with the ball. Facing Murray's defense, he did not call for a pick-and-roll and directly made a breakthrough.

Su Tian easily broke through Murray's defense, but as soon as he reached the free throw line, the Spurs double-teamed.

Of course Popovich knew that it was impossible for Murray alone to complete the defense against Su Tian. Double-teaming was inevitable, but Popovich himself remained skeptical about whether double-teaming would be useful.

Seeing that a double-team was about to form, Su Tian didn't hesitate, and shot directly from the spot.

Su Tian made a mid-range shot near the free throw line, and made a quick shot before double-teaming and assisting the defense, making a direct and steady hit.

93-75
Just looking at this ball, Popovich knew that this double-teaming tactic should be useless against Su Tian.

Since Su Tian was able to hit the shot before the double-team was formed, he could naturally make other choices, such as passing the ball.

Since he couldn't stop Su Tian's attack, he could only limit it as much as possible, and at the same time find a way to boost his attack.

Speaking of Popovich is uncomfortable, there is only one Aldridge, how do you let me win?
The odds of winning are very small.

In the next few rounds, the Spurs still followed the double-teaming tactics against Su Tian, ​​but the effect was not obvious.

Especially after Su Tian added the pass, the Spurs collapsed even faster.

It only took 5 minutes, and the point difference came to 20 points. The Spurs basically had no chance, and the time could go directly to garbage time.

At this time, Kenny Smith couldn't help sighing: "I didn't expect that the Spurs, which were so prosperous back then, have fallen to where they are today."

"Yeah, even when I was hacked, I never felt that the Spurs were weak, but this year I obviously felt that the Spurs were not able to do what they wanted. Maybe it is indeed time for the Spurs to withdraw from the stage of history." Barkley said.

The Spurs' failure seemed to be a foregone conclusion, and the players on the court had lost the will to continue playing. Popovich had no choice but to call a timeout.

After the timeout, the Spurs replaced all the main players. The Lakers also tacitly replaced the main players and accepted the Spurs' surrender.

Aldridge sat on the bench in silence. Originally, Aldridge chose to come to the Spurs because he took a fancy to the Spurs' winning genes and ability to win.

But I didn't expect that after I came, Leonard would be gone. Let alone win the championship, even the playoffs would barely catch up.

Even if he entered the playoffs, he would be eliminated in the first round. After the game, the big score would be 3-0. Aldridge was very confused.

In the end, the game ended, the Lakers defeated the Spurs 121-99, and the big score came to 3-0
After the game, Aldridge turned around and walked into the player tunnel. Aldridge is very restless now and needs to think about his way out.

Su Tian scored 36 points, 15 assists, 8 rebounds and 2 steals, the best in the game.

Both Ingram and Ball also performed well. The potential of this group of young Lakers players during the bench period has made other teams coveted.

Even Kuzma and Hart have been asked about the price. Although these players are inconspicuous, they are the indispensable backbone of the team.

In the post-match interview, a reporter asked, "May I ask Su, how many games do you think it will take to end this round of the series?"

"One, up to two, but I personally think one is more likely."

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

The game set the tone from the very beginning. Su Tian took the lead in the first quarter and directly led the Spurs by 12 points. At the same time, Aldridge was in a sluggish state and had no will to resist at all.

After the whole game, the most tortured are the Spurs players and Spurs fans.

At the end of the first half, the point difference had reached more than 20 points, and the Spurs players had begun to slump as a whole. Even if Popovich roared again, he couldn't raise the players' resistance.

In the end, the game ended, the Lakers successfully won the game, the big score came to 4-0, the Lakers successfully swept the Spurs to advance to the next round.

After the series ended, Popovich found Su Tian and hugged him tightly.

"Boy, maybe you don't know, you are one of the most talented players I have ever seen. The last one like you was Tim Duncan."

"Sir, it's an honor for me to be evaluated like this by you. However, I'd better win the championship with the Lakers first."

After finishing talking with Popovich, Su Tian returned with the team.

(End of this chapter)