NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 284 Battle of Lake Bravery!Double-team Su Tian!
After the game between the Rockets and the Warriors, the league did not arrange a game the next day, but gave time for everyone to digest this wonderful tie-break.

As soon as the series ended, all kinds of voices came out.

"I said a long time ago that the Rockets can't be the Warriors' opponents. Harden is still too soft. Like Durant, he can only win the championship by hugging his thighs."

"Harden is soft? Dude, did you watch the game? In the tiebreaker, only Harden was holding the ball and rushing in!"

"It really doesn't work. Let Harden come to our Lakers next season. Harden and Su Tian join forces to create the strongest backcourt combination in the league and directly kill the league."

"Let me tell you, let's not form any backcourt combination. An all-star striker can directly win the championship. After all, now the Lakers can directly reach the Western Conference Finals relying on Su Tian alone. The lower limit of the Lakers is still very high."

"In fact, the Rockets might as well trade Chris Paul for Paul George. Although they are all Paul, it is obvious that George is more suitable for the Rockets."

All kinds of speeches were debated endlessly, and the day passed quietly.

On May 5, the Eastern Conference Finals kicked off first.

The Cavaliers and Celtics are also considered old rivals, but the current Celtics and Cavaliers are no longer in their previous state.

Irving was injured in a game against the Pacers on March 3, leading to a direct announcement of season reimbursement.

On the Cavaliers' side, not only is the backcourt combination of Irving and Su Tian missing, James is also one year older, and Love's body has become more fragile.

After the Celtics lacked Irving, the team lost an absolute strong point, but relying on the team's overall advantages and the performance of the double-player combination, they also made it all the way to the stage of the Eastern Conference Finals.

In the first quarter, James played strongly, but he didn't feel very good. The double-player combination relied on the team's overall cooperation. Jaylen Brown played exceptionally and led the Celtics directly ahead of the Cavaliers.

At the end of the first quarter, the score came to 36-18, leading the Cavaliers by 18 points in a single quarter.

It can be said that many people did not think of such a situation, even Su Tian himself did not think of it.

After all, with James in the Cavaliers, at least the lower limit is guaranteed, but I didn't expect the Cavaliers to be so difficult.

In the second quarter, the two sides began to adjust the lineup, and the shortcomings of the weak bench of the Cavaliers began to show. In comparison, the Celtics are more like a team.

Seeing the Cavaliers falling behind bit by bit, Su Tian couldn't help admiring Stevens' guiding ability.

At the end of the first half, the score had come to 61-35, and the Cavaliers were behind by a large score. If the third quarter could not catch up with the score, then the fourth quarter could directly announce that it had entered garbage time.

The intermission passed quickly, and the third quarter began.

James finally started to exert his strength, constantly hitting the Celtics inside with the ball, thus driving his teammates.

Driven by James, both Love and George Hill have played to varying degrees.

The Cavaliers also caught up with some points in the third quarter, but the overall point difference is still obvious.

At the end of the third quarter, the score came to 78-64, and the Cavaliers were still 14 points behind.

If the Cavaliers can continue to maintain this momentum in the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers still have a chance to comeback and win, but the Celtics have Stevens in charge, and the Celtics can't mess up.

The state of the fourth quarter was not as expected by Su Tian. The Celtics began to slow down the tempo to focus on the success rate. Even though running a tactic consumed a lot of physical strength and time, the tempo was slowed down by the Celtics.

Halfway through the fourth quarter, the point difference was stretched to 20 points again, so Tyronn Lue called a timeout, replaced all the main lineup, and directly announced his surrender.

In the end, the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals ended, and the Celtics easily won the first game 108-83, with a big score of 1-0
The result of the Eastern Conference Finals exceeded many people's expectations, which inevitably reminds people of the upcoming Western Conference Finals.

"After watching the Eastern Conference Finals, I think there may be some unexpected results in the Western Conference Finals, such as the Lakers' victory over the Warriors."

"Man, this is not unexpected. The Lakers are already very strong, and the Warriors just ended a round of tie-breaks. It is even more reasonable to say that the Lakers win the Warriors than the Celtics win the Cavaliers."

"I think the first game is very likely to be the Lakers victory, but the final winner of the series will be the Warriors!"

"It's too early to draw conclusions now. The Warriors really may not be able to pass the Lakers."

On May 5, the day after the end of the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Western Conference Finals officially started.

Thanks to the Lakers' top record in the Western Conference Finals in the regular season, the Western Conference Finals took the lead in the Lakers' home stadium Staples.

Speaking of it, the Lakers do have an advantage. They have sufficient preparation time and practiced a lot of tactics against the Warriors, which gave the Lakers the basis to defeat the Warriors.

Soon, the time came and the two sides began to play.

The Lakers still maintain the regular starting lineup, Ball, Su Tian, ​​Ingram, Randall, Lopez.

On the Warriors side, the starters are Curry, Clay, Durant, Green, and Rooney.

Because Iguodala's injury has not healed, the Warriors' bench is still relatively weak.

At the start of the game, Lopez took the lead in grabbing the basketball and the Lakers went first.

When facing other teams, Lopez's jumping ball is rarely used to get the jump ball, but this time against the Warriors, Lopez's jumping ball turned into an advantage.

Ball got the ball and advanced to the frontcourt with the ball. Facing Curry's defense, Ball directly called Lopez for a pick-and-roll.

Curry's speed around the pick-and-roll was very fast, and he bypassed and kept up with Ball in time, but at this time Ball had already passed the ball to Ingram in the bottom corner.

Ingram received the ball and made a three-pointer directly, Durant jumped up urgently to try to interfere.

boom--

Ingram's shot was still interfered with and failed to make a hit.

But at this time, just when everyone was about to grab the rebound, Su Tian suddenly jumped out from the side and made a dunk with a bang.

2-0
It doesn't matter if teammates can't make the shot, the Lakers have Su Tian to make up the dunk.

After the dunk was successful, Su Tian quickly returned to defense, not giving the Warriors a chance.

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

Curry advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, passed the ball directly to Green, and ran without the ball himself.

Green got the ball and directly tried to break through Randall's defense with the ball, but failed after two attempts, so he began to direct his teammates to run.

Curry's ability to run is very strong, but Ball's defense is still a bit difficult. Curry quickly ran an air cut opportunity with the help of a screen. Green's eyes were also very sharp, and he directly hit the ground and passed the ball accurately.

Curry got the ball and hit the basket directly with the ball. When Lopez assisted in defending a small lever and dodged it, he made a layup.

2-2
The first goal the Warriors scored in the opening game was not the best three-pointer.

The Lakers continued to organize the offense. This time Su Tian took the initiative to ask for the ball, and Ball passed it after he came to the frontcourt.

Su Tian got the ball and faced Clay's defense, he also called Lopez to pick and roll.

As for Randall, Su Tian directed Randall to take the Warriors' best defender Green to the bottom corner to open up space.

With the help of Lopez's pick-and-roll cover, Su Tian directly initiated a breakthrough. Clay was a little less flexible than Curry, but he also chased and defended in time.

Durant on the side temporarily let go of Ingram and double-teamed Su Tian directly. Rooney on the inside didn't care about Lopez who was outside the three-point line, but stood under the basket to block him.

Seeing this scene, Barkley couldn't help but said: "The Warriors actually double-teamed at the beginning of the game? Is it because they value Su too much, or do they underestimate the rest of the Lakers?"

Su Tian, ​​who was in a double-team state, was very calm, and made a precise pass from behind to Lopez outside the three-point line.

As for why it's not Ingram, it's because with Durant's height and wingspan, even if it is passed to Ingram, Durant still has enough time to react in time and interfere.

Lopez received the pass without any hesitation at all. Just by the touch of the ball, Lopez knew that the ball was passed to him by Su Tian, ​​so Lopez directly shot a three-pointer.

Swah——

Lopez hit a three-pointer directly.

From the beginning of this season, Lopez has been asked by the team to continuously practice three-pointers. Now that a season has passed, the results of hard training have finally been shown to Lopez.

The Lakers continued to hit shots and returned to defense in time.

On the Warriors side, Cole sat on the bench calmly, as if indifferent to Lopez's three-pointer just now.

The Warriors continued to attack. This time it was a pick-and-roll cooperation between Curry and Durant. Durant received the ball and made a three-pointer directly.

Even though Ingram was trying his best to defend this ball, it still did not seriously interfere with Durant.

Swah——

Durant's three-pointer was equally accurate.

5-5, the two sides tied.

The possession of the ball was changed, and the Lakers organized an offense again. This time, Su Tian repeated his old tricks and still asked Lopez to cooperate with the pick-and-roll.

The Warriors made the same choice as the previous round, letting go of Lopez and double-teaming Su Tian.

Seeing that the Warriors are still unswervingly double-teaming, Su Tian also passed the ball to Lopez again.

Lopez caught the ball and made a three-pointer directly.

boom--

Swah——

The basketball knocked against the rim and fell into the net.

Although the goal was a bit dangerous, but fortunately it was scored.

Su Tian turned his head to look at the Warriors' bench and found that Cole was still indifferent. At this moment, Su Tian understood that Cole just wanted to double-team him infinitely. As for the rest of the Lakers, if he could kill the Warriors, he would admit it.

In the next few rounds, the Warriors insisted on double-teaming Su Tian. Even watching the Lakers lead the Warriors, they still did not change their tactics against Su Tian.

At the end of the first quarter, the score came to 31-26, and the Lakers temporarily led by 5 points.

Although the Lakers took the lead at the end of the first quarter, Su Tian played extremely aggrieved.

The Warriors have been resolutely double-teaming Su Tian, ​​which caused many times that Su Tian wanted to make a move but couldn't. He could easily damage his body if he kept holding back.

In the second quarter, the two sides began to make personnel adjustments, and Su Tian was still on the scene to lead the Lakers' bench lineup for the time being.

Because of the absence of Iguodala on the Warriors' side, the strength of the bench has been weakened, so the playing time of the starters has also increased.

The first ball was given to the Warriors in the second quarter, and Livingston advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, still looking for teammates to cooperate.

After a while of tactical running, Livingston passed the ball to Durant, who was in an air cut, and Durant caught the ball and scored a layup.

Kuzma wanted to keep up with Durant, but the gap was still obvious, and was easily thrown off by Durant.

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

As soon as Su Tian got the ball, the defensive formation of the entire Warriors began to change, and everyone seemed to gather towards Su Tian's position.

Seeing this scene, Su Tian also knew that it was still necessary to double-team, so he called Nance to cooperate with the pick-and-roll.

Su Tian used the pick-and-roll to initiate a breakthrough. As expected, the Warriors once again implemented double-team tactics.

Su Tian didn't panic at all in the crowd, and made an exquisite pass directly to Kuzma in the bottom corner.

Kuzma caught the ball and made a three-pointer directly.

Swah——

Kuzma hit a three-pointer.

34-28
The Lakers scored successfully, and Su Tian breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't dare to relax in the slightest.

The Warriors are very dangerous, but the Lakers barely made it this far by relying on Su Tian. Su Tian must keep himself calm at all times.

In the next few rounds, Durant led the Warriors' bench lineup and played on par with the Lakers. There was even a faint feeling of wanting to overtake the score, but was suppressed by Su Tian.

Halfway through the second quarter, the Lakers made substitutions and adjustments again. Su Tian and the substitute lineup took a rest, and the starting lineup played.

The Warriors also adjusted their personnel, Durant rested, and Curry and Green led the team.

Logically speaking, a few minutes during this period is a very dangerous moment for the Lakers, but the Warriors don't seem to be fully exerting their strength, allowing the Lakers to barely maintain their leading position.

Soon, the second quarter ended, the score came to 58-55, and the Lakers temporarily led by 3 points.

At the end of the first half, the two sides returned to the locker room to rest.

"The 3-point difference is still very dangerous, and you also know the power of the Warriors in the third quarter. We must defend our third quarter! Only in this way can we have a chance to win this game, so I will moderately increase the playing time of the starters and some key players in the third quarter. Everyone, be prepared."

In the Lakers locker room, Walton kept emphasizing the layout of the third quarter and constantly encouraging everyone mentally.

At the same time, the Warriors' locker room was also not peaceful.

"The third quarter is our strong period. We must show our momentum. It is best to directly overtake the score by double digits. After all, everyone in the fourth quarter knows that Su is not that simple. If we want to win this game, we must control Su in the fourth quarter, which requires us to open the score in the third quarter!"

Cole is holding the tactical board and is constantly arranging tactics, emphasizing the danger of Su Tian.

Seeing that the arrangement was almost done, Cole said again: "Fortunately, the Lakers only have one sou. In the second half, we still insist on double-teaming tactics. As long as the soo cannot be played, the Lakers will lose half of it!"

Soon, the intermission ended, the two sides returned to the field, and the third quarter began.

(End of this chapter)