NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 314 The Unwilling Lillard

On November 11, the Lakers continued to play against the Trail Blazers at home.

This is the third time the two teams have met this season. The Lakers won all before, and this time Lillard also held his breath.

The Blazers still continued the previous starting lineup, and the Lakers' starting lineup also remained unchanged.

The opening ball was won by the Trail Blazers. Lillard advanced to the frontcourt with the ball. Facing Su Tian's defense, Lillard seemed very cautious and called Nurkic to come out for pick-and-roll cooperation.

With the help of the pick-and-roll, Lillard made a direct three-pointer.

Lillard's three-pointer really made Su Tian unresponsive, and Lillard hit a three-pointer directly.

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"Not bad, Lillard came up and hit a three-pointer directly. It seems that Lillard is in a good state today. The fans today are lucky, and we can see an offensive battle." Barkley said.

At this time, Lillard was not as relaxed as Barkley said, but just breathed a sigh of relief.

To score in front of Su Tian, ​​even Lillard was extremely careful.

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

Su Tian held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. Facing Lillard's defense, Su Tian smiled and called Nance to come out for a pick-and-roll.

Unlike Lillard, with the help of the pick-and-roll, Su Tian broke through the basket directly with the ball.

In order to guard against Nance's three-pointer, Nurkic had to come out together and couldn't return to the basket in time. Fortunately, Lillard was fast enough and hurried to catch up.

But although Lillard's speed is as fast as Su Tian's, his strength is not as good, so Su Tian directly stepped on Lillard's head and scored the ball easily.

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The ball was once again given to the Blazers.

"It seems that not only Lillard feels good today, but Su's desire to attack is not low." Barkley said.

"Yes, apart from last season, Su has let go of playing, and this season he has started to reduce his desire to shoot again." Kenny Smith responded.

In everyone's perception, Su Tian has always been a player with low offensive desire, a player with a greater desire to organize than to score.

This is mainly because Su Tian's performance in the fourth quarter was too explosive, making many people think that Su Tian in the first three quarters did not use his full strength at all.

So some fans once asked such a question on the Internet: If Su Tian had the desire to shoot like Kobe, what kind of player would he be?
Many people believe that such Su Tian must be a super scorer, a player who is expected to reach Jordan's status.

The current Su Tian is too versatile in the eyes of some fans. He should focus on scoring and attacking like Jordan.

Of course, only Su Tian knows the real situation.

Soon after halfway through the first quarter, the game entered an official timeout, George took a break, and the Lakers and Trail Blazers made substitutions and adjustments at the same time, but neither Su Tian nor Lillard ended.

After returning from the timeout, Lillard wanted to hit the bayonet directly, and kept hitting the Lakers with the ball, wanting to take the lead.

But Lillard has Su Tian's defense in front of him, which is impenetrable, and it is simply not something Lillard can break through.

Lillard saw that the breakthrough was not easy, so he began to shoot from the outside line continuously, making consecutive three-pointers.

But it's a pity that except for the first shot at the start, Su Tian didn't notice, everything else was interfered by Su Tian, ​​and the three-point shooting rate dropped sharply.

At the end of the first quarter, the score came to 33-26, and the Lakers led the Blazers by 7 points.

In the second quarter, Su Tian took a break temporarily, George took the field to lead the team, the Blazers also made substitutions and adjustments, and McCollum went to the field to lead the team.

However, compared with George, McCollum was obviously more than one grade behind, and the point difference quickly reached double digits.

At this point Lillard found the coach.

"Mr. Coach, I'm going to play. If we wait any longer, we will lose the game like before."

At this time, the head coach of the Trail Blazers, Terry Stotts, looked at the situation on the court and then at Lillard's state, so he had to agree to let Lillard play.

The key point for the Blazers to win the Lakers lies in Lillard. Only Lillard's extraordinary performance can the Blazers have a glimmer of hope to win.

As for the others, they don't even have the ability to affect the game.

Although McCollum and Nurkic are both very good players, it is really not enough to meet the Big Three of the Lakers.

After Lillard came on the field, the Blazers' situation did stabilize and they did not lose points easily.

But it is not that simple for the Blazers to chase points.

Halfway through the second quarter, Su Tian played again.

After Su Tian came on the court, he directly began to control the team's possession of the ball, and easily broke through Lillard's defense directly.

After coming to the inside to attract the defense, pass the ball to Kuzma in the bottom corner.

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

With the blessing of Su Tian's pass, Kuzma easily hit a three-pointer.

After Su Tian played, the impact on the game was obvious, and the Lakers began to steadily suppress the Blazers.

At the end of the first half, the point difference has come to 15 points, and Lillard sat in the locker room panting.

At this point McCollum came to Lillard and sat down.

"Damian, you have worked hard enough, don't force yourself too much, the body is the most important thing, we still have a long way to go in the future, don't we?"

Lillard turned his head and glanced at McCollum, and said: "CJ, you don't understand, I entered the league in 2012, I was already a senior at that time, and that kid won the MOP as a freshman in 2014 and entered the league , Although the draft is not as high as mine, but he won the MVP earlier than me, I am too unwilling."

"I want to prove, prove to everyone, that I am no worse than him!"

After hearing what Lillard said at this time, McCollum walked away silently.

Unlike Lillard, McCollum was not favored since he was a child, and he has always been a low-ranking person. His ability to play in the NBA depends entirely on his own efforts.

Although McCollum is not so beautiful now, McCollum is already very satisfied. He hopes that he can continue to play in Portland until he retires.

The intermission ended quickly, and the third quarter began.

There is no doubt that in the third quarter, both sides deployed all the starting lineups.

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

Seeing Su Tian coming over with the ball, Lillard lowered his center of gravity and stared at Su Tian, ​​observing Su Tian's every move.

As for Su Tian, ​​seeing Lillard who is so serious is also a bit inexplicable, because Su Tian saw not only fighting spirit, but also complex emotions in Lillard's eyes.

But Su Tian is not a person who likes to avoid, so he signaled his teammates to pull away, and prepared to try to single-handedly fight Lillard.

After all his teammates pulled away, Su Tian began to cross dribble continuously, mobilizing Lillard's defensive focus.

Seeing the right time, Su Tian quickly burst into the inside line.

Lillard was not as powerful as Su Tian, ​​so he was easily broken through, so he hurriedly turned around and chased after him.

Until the low post, Lillard finally returned to the defensive position. Just when Lillard wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, Su Tian followed up with a turnaround jumper.

Because Lillard ran too fast, he didn't react at all. He was shaken away by Su Tian, ​​and he watched Su Tian make a shot.

Swah——

Su Tian made a steady shot.

After the ball was hit, Lillard still wanted to try to counterattack, but when he broke through, Su Tian saw the timing and directly intercepted it.

After the steal, Su Tian directly turned on the fast break mode, quickly came to the basket in the frontcourt, and directly dunked successfully.

One offense and one defense, the gap between Lillard and Su Tian is obvious.

"I don't know why, seeing these two rounds, I thought Su Tian was bullying a college student." Barkley couldn't help complaining.

"Maybe Damian is not in a good state recently. I think he played a little long in the first half, maybe he hasn't rested yet." Kenny Smith hurriedly made up for it.

Su Tian also only played half a quarter in the third quarter. At this time, the point difference is very stable, and it is not possible for Lillard to overtake.

In the fourth quarter, according to the old rules, the main players such as Butler and George went off to rest, and Su Tian went on the field alone with a substitute.

Even if it is a substitute, the Lakers' bench strength is stronger than that of the Trail Blazers.

In the end, 2 minutes before the end of the game, the Blazers replaced all the main players and surrendered.

The Lakers defeated the Trail Blazers 126-107, and the Lakers once again won a big victory.

After the game, Su Tian and Lillard hugged and greeted.

"Su, you are very strong, but I will catch up soon, so don't get too complacent."

Listening to Lillard's half-joking tone, Su Tian also replied with a smile: "Okay, I'll wait for you."

At this time, Su Tian also realized that he and Harden also had this kind of "fighting" relationship before, and now it seems that it should be the same with Lillard.

Su Tian couldn't help sighing: "In America, only when you have enough strength will others respect you."

After the game against the Trail Blazers, the Lakers are about to start a three-game trip, but before the three-game trip, Wharton first came to find Su Tian.

"Su, I have carefully observed the Boucher you mentioned these two days. I plan to increase his playing time and see how he performs on the field. What do you think?"

Su Tian smiled and said: "Coach, this is your job, you can arrange it, and I will follow the arrangement."

Hearing what Su Tian said, Wharton also knew that Su Tian had acquiesced, so he began to find the coaching staff to make relevant tactical arrangements.

After Su Tian and Wharton separated, they went directly to find Boucher.

"Chris, listen to me carefully, the team's next three consecutive away trips are likely to change your life, it depends on whether you can catch it."

Su Tian's first sentence at the beginning directly stunned Boucher. Before that, Boucher also learned that the reason why he came to the Lakers was because of Su Tian's recommendation, so he respected Su Tian very much from then on. .

This time, Su Tian came rashly, and the first sentence immediately stunned Boucher.

"Changing lives? What do you mean Sue?"

Seeing Boucher's puzzled expression, Su Tian didn't care, but went straight to the point.

"The team has been looking for a reliable defender inside. I recommended you to the head coach. The coach said that the next game will increase your playing time. It will mainly examine your defense, pick-and-roll and cooperation between players. You have to pay attention, these points are what you need to pay attention to, don’t worry about the data, as long as these points are done well, you won’t be short of playing time.”

After listening to Su Tian's explanation, Boucher understood Su Tian's meaning, so he quickly thanked Su Tian for giving him this opportunity.

"Oh! Sue! I don't know what to say, thank you so much! Don't worry, I won't let you and the coach down!"

After communicating with Boucher, Su Tian said goodbye to Boucher.

According to Su Tian's memory in his previous life, can Boucher be used?Of course it can be used, but the upper limit is too low, that's it, there will be no big surprises, but it is still reasonable to be a backup center.

After everything was ready, on November 11, the Lakers started a three-game trip. First, they went to Orlando to play against the Magic.

The Magic has Vucevic inside, and the strength of the Magic is also the weakness of the Lakers.

For Boucher, it is not good news that he encountered a strong opponent in the first leg of the away game, but fortunately, he did not start the game, which also made Boucher heave a sigh of relief.

Soon the game started, the Magic grabbed the initiative, and after holding the ball to the frontcourt, they passed the ball directly to the inside.

Vucevic received the ball, leaned against Nance, and directly started a back single.

After consecutive back-ups, Vucevic began to show off his footsteps, turned around twice in a row and Nance couldn't find North, and then went straight to the layup.

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The Magic scored the first goal easily, which also proved the weakness of the Lakers inside from another aspect.

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

Su Tian held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. The Magic's outside players were not Su Tian's opponent at all. Su Tian directly made a breakthrough, easily came to the free throw line, and directly stopped and shot a jumper.

Swah——

The one in charge of defending Su Tian was dj-Augustin, who was only 183 in height, so he couldn't interfere with Su Tian at all.

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The offense of both sides is very smooth, it depends on who makes a contribution to the defense first.

So when the ball was given to the Magic again, Walton directly signaled to the players on the field to double-team Vucevic!
Sure enough, after Augustin came to the frontcourt again, he passed the ball directly to Vucevic inside. It was obvious that he wanted to repeat the old trick.

So just when Vucevic got the ball, Paul George stepped forward and double-teamed.

George's double-teaming Vucevic noticed, so he passed the ball directly to Aaron Gordon in the bottom corner.

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

Gordon had a three-pointer, but his shooting percentage was not good.

boom--

Gordon made a three-pointer.

The people under the basket began to compete for rebounds. Nance knew that Vucevic was not easy to deal with, so he gave up the rebound competition and concentrated on dealing with Vucevic to get stuck.

The rebound was finally taken by George. After getting the ball, George quickly passed the ball to Su Tian, ​​and the Lakers' fast break started directly.

Su Tian quickly came to the frontcourt. Although Augustine caught up, he couldn't interfere with Su Tian at all. Su Tian directly dunked with both hands.

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In the next few rounds, the Lakers began to gradually take the initiative on the court.

When the first quarter was about to pass halfway, the Lakers had already led by 5 points, and the Magic took the initiative to call a timeout.

At this time, although the Lakers have an overall advantage, they also lost a lot of points inside.

Walton picked up the tactical board and glanced at the bench.

"Chris, come here, you will play in a while."

(End of this chapter)