NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 309 Butler returns to Minnesota

Since Su Tian had a helper, he was no longer afraid of double-team tactics.

In the third quarter, the Lakers still had the advantage in the match against the Spurs. After halfway through the third quarter, Su Tian replaced and rested, and Butler and George continued to stay on the court to lead the team.

With Butler and George on the court at the same time, Su Tian can rest at ease.

At the end of the third quarter, the point difference had reached 12 points.

"Su, I'll leave the rest to you." Wharton looked at Su Tian and said.

"no problem."

After finishing speaking, Su Tian came on stage with a group of substitutes.

The Lakers asked Su Tian to come on as a substitute, but the Spurs didn't dare to be careless. Popovich still arranged one and a half starting lineups, and all the dual virtues were on the court.

The first ball was given to the Spurs in the fourth quarter. Mills advanced the ball to the frontcourt and passed the ball directly to Aldridge inside.

Mills is also a very smart player, knowing that the Lakers' inside line is a weakness, so he gave the ball directly into the inside line.

After Aldridge got the ball, he directly started backing Wood. Although Wood's enthusiasm has increased at this time, the defense cannot be changed in a day or two.

So after consecutive post-ups, Aldridge turned over and shot a jumper.

Swah——

Aldridge made an easy hit.

Seeing Wood's defense, Su Tian shook his head slightly. Wood's defense is not a small problem, and he needs to continue to hone it.

The ball was switched, and it was the Lakers' turn to attack, and Brunson advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

After coming to the frontcourt, everyone's attention came to Su Tian. Obviously, everyone knew that Su Tian was the leader of the team.

But at this moment, Brunson made a feint, and directly broke through with the ball and rushed to the basket.

Brunson's breakthrough speed was very fast, and the defensive Mills didn't react at all. Aldridge on the inside wanted to help defend but it was too late, so Brunson directly made a layup.

"Good job!"

Seeing Brunson break through with the ball and score, Su Tian directly applauded to celebrate.

"The little guy looks like he's okay?" Barkley said.

"Indeed, in this situation, there is this kind of acumen to detect opportunities, which is not something ordinary players can have." Kenny Smith also agreed with Barkley's point of view.

"It seems that the Lakers' draft is very successful this time. Although the draft is not high, the quality is not bad."

As the two talked, the transfer of the ball has been completed on the field. Mills once again held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, and then passed the ball to Aldridge inside again.

Aldridge repeated the same trick and began to hit Wood with his back, but this side just started to hit back, and Kuzma stepped forward directly to double-team.

Aldridge took advantage of the situation and passed the ball to Rudy Gay who was emptied. Gay caught the ball and made a three-pointer without thinking much.

The moment Guy shot, Su Tian's interference arrived, and Guy couldn't help speeding up his shot.

boom--

The basketball hit the iron directly, Wood grabbed the rebound and passed the ball to Kuzma.

Kuzma received the ball and passed it to Su Tian again. After receiving the ball, Su Tian was about to hold the ball for a fast break, but found that Brunson had already rushed to the frontcourt, so Su Tian made a long pass to Brunson accurately. In front of Lenson.

Brunson caught the ball and made a layup.

The Lakers' defensive counterattack was successfully played.

"Beautiful, Su's pass is so beautiful, this Brunson's fast-break awareness is also very good, and he is very capable of seizing opportunities." Barkley said.

"Yes, and so far, Su hasn't made a shot, and the Spurs seem to be unable to stop the Lakers' offensive." Kenny Smith said.

In the next few rounds, Su Tian began to gradually take over the possession of the ball, using himself as an arrow to lead the Lakers' bench to rush forward.

Although the Spurs are the main lineup at this time, they have no power to parry, especially DeRozan, as the biggest signing of the Spurs this season, was suppressed by Su Tianquan when he was facing off against Su Tian, ​​and he couldn't show any strength at all. .

In the middle of the fourth quarter, Walton called a timeout to make personnel adjustments and replaced the entire main lineup.

At this time, the Spurs have no better way, they can only grit their teeth and continue to be the main force.

After the Lakers switched to the main force, the strength gap between the two sides became more obvious, and Su Tian started the main attack with all his strength after having two all-star helpers, directly defeating the Spurs.

One minute before the end of the game, the Spurs called a timeout, replaced the entire main lineup, and surrendered directly.

The Lakers did not kill them all, and also replaced the main lineup and let the substitutes play.

In the end, the game ended, the Lakers beat the Spurs 121-101, and the Lakers successfully won the first 6 consecutive victories.

苏天全场拿到37分11助攻6篮板1抢断1盖帽，乔治全场拿到25分11篮板4助攻1抢断，巴特勒全场拿到21分5篮板5助攻。

All three players performed to varying degrees, easily leading the Lakers to win the Spurs.

After the game, the three hurriedly accepted interviews, and then rushed to Minnesota without stopping.

The next game is the Lakers' away game against the Timberwolves, and it is also the first game of Butler's return to the Timberwolves.

Of course, because of Butler's deal, the Timberwolves still have three former Lakers players on the team, Ball, Randall and Hart.

The Lakers came in a hurry, and Randall didn't have time to go to Su Tian for dinner, so everyone could only meet on the field.

The Lakers' starting lineup has maintained the previous lineup.

The starting lineup of the Timberwolves has changed a lot, Ball, Wiggins, Randall, Taj Gibson, Towns.

Obviously, this is a lineup specially changed by the Timberwolves in order to effectively defend the Lakers' striker. The two starting point guards Derrick Rose and Jeff Teague are sitting on the bench.

After the Timberwolves' starting lineup was changed, the starting lineups on both sides were relatively large.

Before the game started, Randall deliberately came to the Lakers bench, found Su Tian and Walton and others to hug and greet.

Ball and Hart came with Randall. Although the three were traded out, the relationship between the three and the Lakers teammates remained very good.

On the other hand, Butler and the Timberwolves are another scene.

Butler and the Timberwolves players didn't talk to each other. Not only were they not like old teammates, they were more like enemies.

Such a strange scene at this time was also shown in front of all the audience.

"Kenny, it seems that this game will be very interesting. I don't know if Towns and Wiggins will explode. Of course, I think Butler is more likely to explode." Barkley looked at Kenny beside him. -Smith said.

"Both Wiggins and Towns have extraordinary talents, but as Butler said before, the fighting spirit of the two is obviously not that strong. They seem to be just to complete their own tasks."

If Su Tian were here, he would definitely agree with what Kenny Smith said, after all, the stadium civil servants are not just talking.

Soon, the game started, the Timberwolves grabbed the first possession of the ball, and Ball advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

Before Ball was in the Lakers, because of Su Tian's presence, he didn't give full play to his organizational talent. Now after coming to the Lakers, Ball's organizational ability has been tapped again.

After Ball came to the frontcourt with the ball, he found Towns to cooperate with the pick-and-roll, and with the help of the pick-and-roll, Ball directly initiated a breakthrough and rushed to the basket.

Su Tian's speed around the pick-and-roll was very fast, but he was delayed by a step before he chased after him again.

Su Tian followed Ball to the basket while confronting. Just when Su Tian thought that Ball was going to force a layup, Ball directly collected the ball and turned around and passed it to Downs who followed behind.

As soon as Towns received the ball, he stopped and shot a jumper.

Swah——

Downs made a solid mid-range hit.

0-2
He was beaten by the Timberwolves first, but Su Tian didn't care at all, instead he found it very interesting.

"Lonzo, you passed the ball well and made progress." Su Tian looked at Ball and said with a smile.

Hearing Su Tian praise himself, Bauer couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, but soon realized that the two were rivals now, so he quickly suppressed the excitement in his heart and put on a serious expression.

Seeing Bauer's rapidly changing expression, Su Tian couldn't help but laugh.

The possession of the ball was changed, and it was the Lakers' turn to attack. Su Tian advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

Su Tian, ​​like Ball just now, called the inside line to come out for pick-and-roll cooperation, and Towns naturally followed at the same time.

Seeing Downs following him, Su Tian sped up his speed and made a gesture of rushing to the basket with the ball.

Attracted by Su Tian, ​​Towns subconsciously stepped forward to delay double-teaming, so Su Tian took advantage of the opportunity to hit the ground and pass the ball, and accurately gave it to Butler who was cutting in the air at this time.

Butler caught the ball and made an easy layup.

2-2
Wiggins is responsible for defending Butler, which is better than physical talent. Naturally, Wiggins is better, but Wiggins just showed a trace of running, but Butler caught the opportunity and made an empty cut.

The new players on both sides this season have shown their strength, and the next game will start to get on track.

The ball was given to the Timberwolves again. Ball advanced to the frontcourt with the ball and reached out to signal Towns to go to the basket. After Towns finished his position, Ball passed the ball directly to the basket.

Towns received the ball and started backing Nance inside.

For other teams with an advantage in the interior, this is a good way to target the Lakers. Logically speaking, the Timberwolves have Towns, which can be regarded as a team with an advantage in the interior, but Towns is not very good at tough inside. Tactical play.

Just when Towns kept hitting back hard, Butler suddenly appeared and directly completed the steal on Towns.

After a successful steal, Butler rushed forward with the ball and started the fast break mode!
At the same time, Su Tian and George also followed Butler's pace and rushed forward together.

Butler came to the frontcourt first, but was double-teamed by Ball and Wiggins, so Butler passed the ball directly to Su Tian next to him.

Su Tian received the ball and dribbled forward twice, smashing the ball onto the backboard.

The basketball hit the backboard and bounced back, was caught by George, and he dunked directly.

The Lakers scored with fast-break lobs!

4-2
The aura of the Lakers also increased infinitely because of this alley-oop.

Seeing the basketball hit, Butler found Su Tian and George high-fiving to celebrate.

After that, Butler turned his head to look at Downs, and muttered to himself, "I said it a long time ago, that guy is a jerk."

In the next few rounds, the Lakers began to gradually suppress the Timberwolves and maintained their advantage in the score.

As the organizer of the team, Su Tian is naturally constantly creating opportunities for Butler, because this is also Butler's revenge against the Timberwolves.

At the end of the first quarter, the point difference had reached 8 points, and the Lakers had a clear advantage.

In the second quarter, the two sides began to make substitution adjustments, and Butler continued to stay on the court to play against the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves also made substitution adjustments, with Derrick Rose and Jeff Teague playing to lead the bench.

But even after the substitution adjustment, the Timberwolves' bench lineup still couldn't beat the Lakers' bench lineup.

In the middle of the second quarter, another substitution adjustment was made. Butler took a rest and Su Tian and George came on to lead the team.

With the lineup of the Big Three, Walton has more room for substitution and adjustment, and at least one star can be guaranteed to lead the team.

As soon as Su Tian and George came on the field, they once again suppressed the Timberwolves, controlling the situation on the field while continuing to expand the point difference.

At the end of the first half, the point difference had reached double digits.

"The advantage of the Lakers is too obvious, and the Timberwolves are no match at all." Barkley couldn't help sighing.

"Yes, after all, there are three All-Star players. The Big Three team must have a lot of advantages against the Timberwolves, not to mention that there is Jimmy Butler who plays with emotion."

"Yes, the Timberwolves must find a way to change. I'm not only talking about this game, but also the future of the Timberwolves." Barkley said.

However, the future road of the Timberwolves is destined to continue to be difficult.

The intermission ended quickly, and the third quarter began.

In the third quarter, both sides once again took the entire main lineup, and this is also the last chance for the Timberwolves to counterattack.

The first ball in the third quarter was given to the Lakers, and Su Tian advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

After Su Tian came to the frontcourt, he still called Nance to start the pick-and-roll and use the pick-and-roll to initiate a breakthrough.

Su Tian just broke through and directly encountered Ball and Towns double-teaming, so Su Tian took advantage of the situation and passed the ball to Nance who was emptied at the top of the arc.

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

boom--

It's a pity that Nance's accuracy is a little bit worse, basketball is playing iron.

But just when Towns was about to turn around to grab a rebound, Paul George suddenly appeared, quickly grabbed the rebound, and made a direct layup.

"Since George and Butler came to the Lakers, Su's tasks have been divided a lot. Although the team's winning percentage is high, Su Tian's personal data is constantly declining." Barkley said suddenly.

"I think, compared to personal data, Su Tian is more willing to win the championship and fmvp. Su is a natural winner. Since he entered the league, he has been aiming for the championship." Kenny Smith said.

Barkley nodded after listening, agreeing with Kenny's statement.

In the next game, the Timberwolves' decline became more and more obvious, and they finally lost.

124-103, the Lakers finally won the Timberwolves by 21 points and successfully won the first 7 consecutive victories of the season.

(End of this chapter)