NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 280 Quiet Dressing Room
The third game between the Lakers and the Thunder ended, the Lakers beat the Thunder 112-110, and the big score came to 3-0.

In this game, in terms of statistics alone, Su Tian was not so explosive, scoring 33 points, 11 assists, 7 rebounds and 3 steals.

However, Su Tian's last extremely pretentious game-winning shot directly dominated the headlines of the basketball news the next day.

"O'Neill: God is playing in number 6!"

"The most handsome lore ever!"

"Why is he so ordinary, yet so confident?!"

"The best goal in the playoffs this season! Already booked!!!"

"You can see Su Tian's growth path from a goal!"

All kinds of reports about Su Tian poured in, and the photo of Su Tian when he threw the game-winning shot was also published in the most prominent position.

It's just that Su Tian was not disturbed by these outside voices.

I don't know since when, Su Tian has become less and less concerned about the voices of the accident world, and he doesn't pay much attention to the evaluation of the media. If such reports are placed in Su Tian's first season, Su Tian will be so excited that he can't sleep .

But now, Su Tian only wanted to end the series with Thunder as soon as possible.

At the same time that the third game between the Lakers and the Thunder ended, the third game between the Rockets and the Warriors also ended.

In the third game, the two sides moved to Golden State and returned to the home court. Curry and Durant ushered in a big explosion.

Although the Warriors won the second game, it was mainly due to Durant's leadership. Curry's contribution was not as obvious as Durant's.

但是第三场，库里总算是拿出了自己爆炸的表演，全场拿到35分8助攻3篮板1抢断，三分球11投6中。

As for the Rockets, they may have just arrived in the Warriors' territory and are not very familiar with it. The team's touch is not very good, and even Harden's three-point shooting rate is only 35%.

In the end, 126-85, the Warriors won a game, the big score came to 2-1, and the Rockets fell behind.

For the Warriors' victory, Su Tian had expected it a long time ago, and even Su Tian had prepared a text message mocking Harden.

But Su Tian didn't expect that he would also make a big news, so Su Tian silently deleted the information, and then sent the news directly to Harden.

And casually sent a sentence: "Go to the West? That's it???"

Other people's praise is more convincing than your own boasting.

Of course, after receiving Su Tian's text message, Harden also politely replied to the message.

"****, you****!**** is****! I ****!!!"

Seeing Harden's distraught look, Su Tian silently put away his phone and smiled with satisfaction.

If you pretend to be aggressive but don't show it to your brothers, it's like a night walk in brocade clothes, pretending for nothing.

Just when Su Tian was imagining Harden jumping in anger, Wharton came to Su Tian's room.

"Su, I'm here to discuss with you about the next game. Do you think the Thunder will fight to the death or just give up?" Wharton said from the moment he entered the door.

"Isn't this the job of the coaching staff?" Su Tian asked.

"Of course, our coaching staff has already made a preliminary judgment, but I want to listen to your opinion again, maybe you will have other opinions." Wharton explained.

Su Tian nodded, thought for a while and said, "I think the Thunder is likely to fight to the death. Westbrook and George are not easy to admit defeat. Their personalities are relatively competitive, especially Russell, since Durant left, Russell has become more paranoid."

"However," Su Tian suddenly changed the subject: "Westbrook and George definitely want to defend a game, but Anthony is not necessarily, and once Westbrook wants to do something in particular, he will be very intentional." Obviously not good at hiding. To put it bluntly, it is easy to hit the ball, so it is easier to defend. In this way, the most dangerous player of the Thunder has become Paul George!"

"As long as we find a way to limit Paul George, our chances of winning the fourth game will greatly increase!"

After Su Tian finished speaking, Wharton pondered for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay Su, I will carefully consider these opinions. You should rest first. The Lakers still need you in the next game."

After speaking, Wharton walked out of Su Tian's room.

In fact, Su Tian likes Wharton's approach. He will discuss everything with himself, and never simply regards himself as a player. This feeling of being valued and respected is something Su Tian has never experienced before.

Su Tian had to admit that this feeling was very refreshing.

On May 5, Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals kicked off.

The game between the Rockets and the Lakers was going on at the same time. Before the game, Su Tian once again greeted Harden "kindly", and Harden also "politely" replied to Su Tian. The scene of the two "loving each other" was very warm.

Soon, the game time was up, and players from both sides began to play.

"We can see that players from both sides have started to play, and the Thunder has maintained the starting lineup from the previous game." Kenny Smith explained conscientiously in the commentary booth.

"It was expected that the Thunder did not change, but I didn't expect that the first to change the starting lineup was the leading Lakers."

Wharton referred to Su Tian's opinion and increased the defensive pressure on George. As for the specific method, he pushed Su Tian to the third position.

Su Tian knew that Wharton's level was limited. Of course, the Lakers' lineup was also limited, so he had to let Su Tian go up first.

The Lakers' starting lineup is Ball, Pope, Su Tian, ​​Randall, Lopez.

Ingram is placed on the bench, and by the way, strengthen the strength of the bench.

At the start of the game, Adams once again grabbed the initiative.

Westbrook got the ball and advanced to the frontcourt with the ball. After observing the Lakers' defensive position, he decided to play with the ball himself.

At the beginning of the first three games, Su Tian was playing against Westbrook, but this game suddenly changed, and he ran to play against George. The Lakers' intention is obvious, that is, to limit George's performance. In this case, Westbrook decided to attack from himself.

Westbrook first called Adams to come over for pick-and-roll cooperation, and directly initiated a breakthrough with the help of the pick-and-roll.

Ball chased and defended around the pick-and-roll, while Lopez fell directly under the basket and squatted under the basket.

After Westbrook saw Lopez returning to the basket, he immediately stopped and shot a jumper.

bang - swish -

The basketball hits the back edge of the rim and bounces into the net.

0-2
The Thunder started first, the possession of the ball was switched, and it was the Lakers' turn to attack.

Ball held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, and also called Lopez to come over for pick-and-roll cooperation. With the help of the pick-and-roll, Ball broke through and entered the inside line.

After encountering the help defense, he passed the ball to Pope in the bottom corner, and Pope caught the ball and made a three-pointer directly.

At this time, because Adams had to guard against Lopez's three-pointer, there were no big players under the basket.

boom--

Pope missed a three-pointer, and the basketball hit the iron.

The players under the basket began to fight for rebounds, while Su Tian made a run-up, rushed to grab the rebound, and directly made a dunk after getting the rebound.

bang——

Su Tian succeeded in making up the buckle.

2-2
Su Tian's successful dunk was related to George's failure to get in the position. Of course, even if George was in the position, Su Tian could still grab the rebound with his superb rebounding skills.

The ball was given to the Thunder again. This time George asked for the ball. After Westbrook came to the frontcourt, he gave it directly to George.

The personal relationship between Westbrook and George is still very good, and Westbrook trusts George's ability enough, but he knows that the Lakers have deployed a lot of defensive force and bumps into it. Westbrook thinks it is a bit irrational.

After George got the ball, he faced Su Tian's defense.

Comparing the two, George is still one size bigger than Su Tian, ​​and the most suitable way to break through is to use his physical advantage.

So George made a breakthrough after a simple change of direction.

Su Tian was supported by George and pushed all the way to the basket. After reaching the basket, Lopez let go of Adams and came to help prevent interference.

Against the defense of the two, George forced a layup.

boom--

The arrangement of the Lakers and Su Tian's defense are not so easy to solve.

Lopez turned around and took the rebound, while Su Tian turned around and started a fast break.

Lopez passed the ball directly to the position in front of Su Tian. Su Tian ran two steps forward to get the ball, and began to run forward with the ball. The Lakers made a fast break, start!
Su Tian took the lead and came to the frontcourt, followed by George, followed by Randall and Pope who were on the fast break.

Su Tian came to the basket, collected the ball and took off, and George behind him followed suit.

Originally, George wanted to give Su Tian a handsome chasing block, but Su Tian directly dodged with a small lever and hit a layup.

4-2
The Lakers took the lead.

After George landed on the ground, he looked at Su Tian with resentful eyes, as if saying, "This kid is really a chicken thief."

In the next few rounds, George no longer insisted on shooting himself, but put more energy on defending Su Tian. The Thunder's offense focused on Westbrook and Anthony.

Anthony's performance also met the expectations of the Lakers coaching staff, tepid, not bad from the previous performance.

On Westbrook's side, they are attacking with the ball, with more personal shots and fewer assists to teammates.

After half a quarter, the Lakers still had a slight lead, so Donovan called a timeout.

Of course Donovan didn't want to have his head shaved. If the team were to have their head shaved, they would definitely not take the big shots of the team, but the head coach himself.

However, even if it is adjusted, how can it be adjusted? Donovan is also worried, so he can only emphasize again those things that are said to be rotten.

The Lakers took advantage of the timeout to make substitution adjustments and brought Ingram up.

Soon, the timeout ends and the game continues.

After George returned to the court, he found that the defender had changed from Su Tian to Ingram again.

"What does the Lakers mean? Su Tian obviously defended well before?" George muttered to himself.

George thought about it for a while but couldn't figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it and asked for the ball again.

Westbrook also saw the Lakers change, and felt that this time should be regarded as a good opportunity, so he passed the ball to George.

But Westbrook had just passed the ball, and before the ball reached George's hands, Su Tian intercepted it halfway!
Su Tian completed a steal!
Su Tian, ​​who successfully steals the ball, went straight to the front court with the ball. At this time, Westbrook and George hadn't reacted yet, so Su Tian came to the front court and made an easy layup.

Just after the Lakers changed their lineup, Su Tian completed the steal, and George frowned.

It seems that Su Tian no longer defending George is the liberation of George. In fact, Su Tian's defense has become more flexible and diverse, and has become a multi-faceted encirclement and suppression of George.

In the next few rounds, the Lakers' leading advantage became bigger and bigger. As long as George holds the ball, Su Tian is like a sprinter who is ready to double-team George at any time.

At the end of the first quarter, the score came to 30-24, and the Lakers led by 6 points in a single quarter.

In the second quarter, Su took a break, and the lineup changed to Ball, Clarkson, Ingram, Kuzma, and Nance.

This set of starting and bench lineup is enough to deal with the Thunder's bench lineup.

Ingram performed well against the Thunder's substitute, not only scoring, but also assists and rebounds, showing his all-around side.

With the game between the Lakers and the Thunder until now, the field is no longer just a game, but more like a stage for young players like the Lakers to show themselves.

Because everyone knows in their hearts that these young players will not be long in the Lakers, and this offseason will definitely undergo some personnel adjustments.

So everyone wants to perform better, so that even if they get to a new team, they can be valued.

Halfway through the second quarter, the point difference remained at about 6 points, and Su Tian started to play.

This time the substitutions were adjusted, not only did Su Tian play, but George and Westbrook on the Thunder side also followed.

Regarding Su Tian's steal, Westbrook was still brooding. After returning to the field, he rushed in and succeeded in a dunk.

The atmosphere that was about to go out was instantly ignited by Westbrook, but when Westbrook turned to look at Su Tian, ​​he found that Su Tian didn't have any fluctuations in expression, but continued to cooperate step by step.

Wei Shao secretly sighed, there really is a reason for Su Tian to come to this point.

Su Tian was not influenced by Westbrook, but Su Tian also wanted to respond in his own way.

After Su Tian came to the front court, he directly reached out for the ball. After getting the ball, he faced George's defense and called his teammates for a pick-and-roll.

After Su Tian used the pick-and-roll, he didn't make a breakthrough this time, but directly shot a three-pointer.

Su Tian's shot this time was indeed quite sudden, and Su Tian had already made the shot before George could react.

Swah——

Su Tian made a direct three-pointer.

Looking at Su Tian's faint smile, George couldn't help but think of the lore in the last game.

George felt that he would dream of that scene many times in his dreams in the future.

But if this sentence is known to Su Tian, ​​Su Tian will probably say: "Don't worry, you still have many opportunities to become the background board."

It is not difficult for Su Tian to keep the 6-point difference, but if Su Tian wants to stretch to double digits, it is not so simple.

Until the end of the second quarter, the score came to 58-51, and the Lakers temporarily led by 7 points.

During the intermission, the two sides returned to the locker room for a rest, and the cheerleaders began to play.

On the Lakers side, Walton came to the locker room, continued to emphasize his defense against George, and then went out.

The whole locker room is very quiet and cozy.

At the same time, the Thunder's locker room was also very quiet.

(End of this chapter)