NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 274 Activating Ingram

During the intermission, the Thunder made adjustments again. Donovan wanted to stimulate the strength of the strikers and began to shift the focus of offense in the second half.

As for the Lakers locker room, Walton didn't do any work. He mentioned Nance to the starting lineup, replaced Lopez, improved the mobility of the lineup, and then asked Ball and Su Tian to switch defenses to kill Willow. few.

As for the front line, of course the front line players and the inside players cooperate with each other for overall defense.

Soon, the intermission ended and the third quarter began.

Both sides brought up the main lineup, the Lakers only changed one Lopez, and the others are 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.

After Su Tian got the ball, facing Brewer's defense, he called Nance to pick and roll.

After Nance finished the pick-and-roll, he bounced directly outside the three-point line, while Su Tian broke through with the ball and rushed to the basket.

Brewer couldn't catch up with Su Tian for a while, so he switched defenses with Adams. Su Tian came all the way to the basket, and Adams shrouded the space above Su Tian. After avoiding Adams' block, he made a layup.

bang - swish -

The basketball hit the backboard and hit the net, and Su Tian pulled the bar and scored a layup.

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Adams' speed and reaction were still worse. Su Tian used his flexibility to successfully hit one.

The possession of the ball was changed, and it was the Thunder's turn to attack.

Westbrook advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, saw Su Tian defending in front of him, and passed the ball directly to Paul George.

After George got the ball, facing Ingram's defense, he called Adams for a pick-and-roll.

With the help of the pick-and-roll, George holds the ball to make a breakthrough, and after breaking into the inside, he makes a sudden stop and makes a jump shot.

Ingram has tried his best to defend, but still has limited interference.

Swah——

Paul George's pull-up jumper hit steadily.

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The ball was supposed to be double-teamed by Nance, but George was too fast. Before Nance could catch up, George had already shot.

The ball was given to the Lakers again, and Su Tian pushed forward with the ball to the frontcourt.

Still calling Nance for pick-and-roll cooperation. After this pick-and-roll cooperation, not only Adams defended Su Tian, ​​but Paul George also participated in the defense, double-teaming Su Tian!
After all, the Thunder couldn't bear it anymore and resorted to double-team tactics, but correspondingly, they had to suffer the punishment of Su Tian's pass assist.

Seeing Paul George coming towards him, Su Tian hit the ground and passed the ball accurately to Ingram, who was emptied by George, and Ingram caught the ball and made a three-pointer directly.

Ingram was beaten by George just now, so he was naturally unconvinced. As a result, the offensive end was directly emptied, and Ingram was about to give the opponent a look.

Swah——

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

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Unknowingly, the point difference has reached 6 points. The Thunder felt the pressure and organized an offense again. This time the pass was passed to Anthony.

Anthony's ability has dropped a lot, but he is still a singles master.

Facing Randall's defense, Anthony didn't call any pick-and-rolls at all. He hit Randall inside and hit the inside. After reaching the right position, Anthony turned around and made a layup.

But this time, Nance's defense arrived in time, and Anthony was still affected by the interference when he made a shot.

boom--

In basketball, Nance turned around to grab a rebound, but as soon as Nance turned around, Adams got stuck in his position.

Immediately afterwards, Westbrook and Paul George rushed inside, trying to grab this offensive rebound.

However, they seem to have overlooked that Su Tian is also a master at rebounding.

Su Tian saw the timing and took off before everyone jumped up.

The timing of Su Tian's jump was a little early and he couldn't grab the basketball, but when he was about to fall, Su Tian took the opportunity to tap the basketball in the air.

After the basketball was touched, the trajectory of the flight changed, and it began to fall in the direction of Su Tian, ​​so Su Tian took off quickly again, this time directly receiving the rebound.

After grabbing the rebound, the entire Lakers team formed muscle memory and turned around to start the fast break mode.

Su Tianchong was at the forefront, taking the lead and entering the frontcourt.

Brewer on the Thunder reacted quickly enough, but still failed to catch up. After Su Tian came all the way to the basket, he wanted to directly dunk with both hands, but saw Ingram running hard behind him, so Su Tian A pass hits the backboard.

Ingram saw the basketball hit the backboard and bounced back. In an instant, Ingram felt full of strength all over his body. He jumped up and grabbed the basketball firmly, and then dunked into the basket with both hands.

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Although the dunk was only a two-pointer, it allowed Ingram to successfully vent his depression and his displeasure with those who looked down on him.

Su Tian also knew that Ingram himself put a lot of mental pressure on himself, so when Ingram successfully dunked and howled, Su Tian didn't step forward to disturb him, but chose to let Ingram completely vent his emotions, and then go back. on track.

After Ingram vented his emotions, Ingram also consciously returned to the lineup to participate in defense.

In the next few rounds, the overall enthusiasm of the Lakers has improved, and the quality of defense has also improved.

So Su Tian also took advantage of the time when the Lakers' enthusiasm was raised, and quickly passed the ball to his teammates for assists, and took advantage of everyone's good condition to widen the point difference as much as possible.

As for the Thunder, although the offensive focus is still on the striker position, this is indeed the Lakers' weakness. However, with the help of inside players, the striker's performance is limited to a certain extent, and the scoring efficiency and speed cannot keep up with Su Tian.

Halfway through the third quarter, the point difference between the two sides had widened to double digits, and Su Tian was also replaced by Wharton to rest to prepare for the fourth quarter.

After Su went to the field, the Thunder also made timely adjustments to the lineup, retaining two superstars to lead the team on the field.

Donovan's idea is very simple, take advantage of Su Tiantian's rest, seize the time to recover the point difference, and then let Paul George and Su Tian directly face each other in the fourth quarter, completely blocking the team from double-teaming.

However, the young people of the Lakers are not so easy to deal with. After cooperating with Su Tian for so long, they naturally know the importance of this period of time, so they all use their best to participate in offense and defense during this period.

In the end, at the end of the third quarter, Donovan's dream of catching up with the score was not realized, and the two sides still had a double-digit point difference.

However, Donovan is still full of confidence in his arrangement in the fourth quarter, and he doesn't know where his confidence comes from.

During the break, George found Donovan.

"Coach, do you really want to arrange this?"

"Of course, you are the best defensive player in the team. Who do you not play at this critical moment?"

"But, coach, in this case, I will have to devote a lot of energy to defense, and I will not be able to participate in offense."

"It's okay, there are Russell and Cameron on offense, don't worry."

Speaking of this, George secretly complained in his heart, "Russell didn't shoot, Anthony is getting old, isn't it because of my silent efforts that the team has come so far?"

"Okay coach, if this is the case, then I will follow your arrangement."

As soon as Paul George finished talking with Donovan, Westbrook came to George from the side and patted George on the shoulder.

"Paul, don't worry, you can move on the offensive end. As long as you run out of position, I will pass the ball to you first. However, on the defensive end, you can only rely on Paul, and I can't help you."

"Okay Russell, don't worry, I know what to do."

Seeing that Westbrook is so sincere, George can't complain anymore, and George and Westbrook usually have a good personal relationship, and George also thinks that Westbrook is a friend who can talk to him.

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

Sure enough, Su Tian played directly at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but it was the substitute lineup who played with Su Tian, ​​and the Thunder breathed a sigh of relief.

Because he is playing with the substitute lineup, Su Tian will usually be pushed to the third position at this time, which just so happens to form a direct confrontation with Paul George.

The first possession of the fourth quarter belonged to the Thunder. Westbrook held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. Facing Hart's defense, he used the pick-and-roll to break through directly. At the basket, but Hart was stunned by Westbrook.

So taking advantage of Hart's unstable center of gravity, Westbrook scored a layup directly.

The Thunder took the first goal in the opening game, but Su Tian didn't panic, because the Lakers had the lead. As long as the Thunder couldn't stop their attack, they would just kill themselves slowly.

The possession of the ball was changed, and Hart advanced to the frontcourt with the ball and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

After Su Tian got the ball, he faced Paul George.

Su Tian knew that Paul George defended well, otherwise there wouldn't be so many famous scenes.

But facing George, Su Tian still has his own advantages, that is, explosiveness and speed.

So Su Tian directly reached out to call his teammates for a pick-and-roll, and with the help of the pick-and-roll, Su Tian directly exploded with all his strength and speed, and instantly distanced himself from George.

Paul George suffered a severe leg injury before. Although he performed better after returning, his explosive power inevitably declined.

So Su Tian broke out and opened two steps away from George, but Thunder also had a corresponding way to deal with it, that is, let go of Nance who was covering, and directly double-teamed Su Tian!

At this time, Su Tian had Paul George behind him, and Adams in front of him, all of which were directed at him, but Su Tian did not back down or pass the ball. The second burst broke through and entered the basket from the right.

After coming to the basket, Adams tried to turn around to block the shot, but was dodged by Su Tian with a small lever, and he hit the layup directly.

Although the Thunder successfully scored in the opening game, Su Tian made it back again, and the point difference was still very safe.

And Su Tian's set of silky little tricks was played again on the big screen by the director, and bursts of cheers rang out from the scene.

Donovan frowned on the sidelines, still not knowing what went wrong.

The Thunder attacked again. This time, Paul George actively ran according to the previous agreement. After finally running to a position, Westbrook passed the ball a little slower, but George still got the ball safely.

It's just that after George got the ball, Su Tian also reached his defensive position.

But George didn't think so much, and directly relied on his strength and size advantages to make a breakthrough against Su Tian.

The two came to the basket while fighting, and seeing that the timing was almost right, George began to collect the ball and take off.

When George had just received the ball and was about to take three steps, Su Tian made a quick shot, and the golden "Ball Stealer" badge lit up, directly snatching the ball from George's hand.

After successfully grabbing the ball, Su Tian turned around and started the fast break mode without saying a word, and the rest of the Lakers team hurriedly followed when they saw it.

But Su Tian is in the state of the king of the last quarter, and it is really not something ordinary people can catch up with.

Su Tian took the lead and came to the basket in the frontcourt. At this time, Su Tian looked back and saw that Paul George, who was closest to him, was three steps away from him.

So Su Tian directly dunked with both hands.

The Lakers' defensive counterattack was successfully completed, or more accurately, it was Su Tian's personal one-stop.

In short, after this ball, Paul George understood that the Thunder would be dragged down by Su Tian abruptly.

Facing Su Tian like this, Lei Ting had no possibility of winning at all.

The next few rounds also confirmed George's guess. It seems that the two sides played back and forth on the field, but in fact the point difference has not changed much, and the Lakers have been controlling the point difference.

Halfway through the fourth quarter, Donovan called a timeout. At this time, Donovan finally realized that he was able to win the Lakers before, not because of his performance in the fourth quarter, but because the Thunder occupied enough points in the first three quarters. advantage, this was able to drag the Lakers to death in the fourth quarter, but now the situation is reversed.

So Donovan made personnel adjustments, took the entire main lineup, and all three giants played.

The Lakers, also in accordance with the usual practice, took all the starting lineup and prepared to reap the game.

After returning from the timeout, the form on the court began to be completely controlled by the Lakers, and the fans on the scene were also constantly chanting some slogans.

"The Lakers Championship!"

"The Lakers must win!"

"Su Tian! Must win!"

Seeing that the ending was almost determined, Barkley was no longer in the mood to continue explaining, so he started chatting with Kenny Smith.

"Kenny, how far do you think the Lakers can go?" Barkley asked.

"How far can it go? I don't know this, but at least I know that the Thunder can't stop it." Smith said.

"Of course, the great Lakers are setting sail! Su has successfully inherited Shaq's will!" O'Neal interjected.

Hearing what O'Neal said, Barkley immediately snapped back, "Then how do you inherit your will? You are the center Su and the guard. If you inherit, hehe, it will also inherit Kobe."

"No, no, you don't understand. Have you seen Sue's pass? That's not something Kobe can learn at all, so Sue is a team player, which is completely different from Kobe." O'Neal said to himself, completely ignoring Barkley has continued to comment on the game.

(End of this chapter)