NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 315 The night meeting with LeBron, the tip of the needle against the wheat!
It is Walton's plan to let Chris Boucher play against Vucevic, just to see how good Boucher is.

Boucher was still a little nervous before going on stage, but Su Tian next to him patted Boucher on the back and gave Boucher a cheering look.

Encouraged, Boucher let go of his tension and played with his teammates.

In the first round when Boucher came to the field, he encountered Vucevic head-on.

Boucher desperately pushed behind Vucevic, Boucher knew that this game was just an ordinary regular season for Vucevic, but for him, it was enough to affect his future, so Boucher Without hesitation, Xie began to fight Vucevic with his life.

Vucevic saw that he had been unable to stand up, so he switched to footwork and technique. After continuous shaking, Vucevic turned around and shot a jumper.

Swah——

Boucher's defense has tried his best, but he is still not Vucevic's opponent.

Although the ball was not defended, Walton on the sidelines nodded.

Because of Boucher's defense, Vucevic caused a lot of consumption and effectively curbed his shooting rate. This alone is worth cultivating for Wharton.

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

Su Tian advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, instead of attacking directly, he called Boucher to pick and roll.

Boucher's pick-and-roll is still good, with the help of the pick-and-roll Su Tian easily breaks through and rushes to the inside.

Naturally, the Magic's main focus was to guard against Su Tian, ​​so Augustine and Vucevic teamed up on Su Tian in a tacit understanding.

Just when the double-team was about to form, Su Tian suddenly threw the ball to the basket, followed by a loud noise, bang——

Boucher made an alley-oop dunk!

It turned out that when Su Tian used the pick-and-roll to break through with the ball, Boucher also made a downswing at the same time, and the speed seemed to be faster than Vucevic's.

Su Tian's passing vision is very good. He has been paying attention to Boucher's movements. When he sees that the timing is almost the same, he directly throws an alley-oop pass. Boucher also lives up to expectations and directly succeeds in dunking.

In the last defensive round, Boucher showed his hard work. In this offensive round, Boucher showed his excellent physical fitness. This attack and defense allowed Wharton to clearly see Boucher's strengths and weaknesses.

In the next few rounds, Vucevic's shooting percentage began to decline, while Boucher showed another characteristic of himself, assisting defense.

Thanks to Boucher's own excellent physical fitness, Boucher moves quickly and can have a bite in the defense field.

It's just that the Lakers' starting lineup already has Su Tian and three people, and the three are excellent in single defense and assistance defense, so Wharton has never paid attention to assistance defense.

In the second quarter, Boucher continued to appear on the court, but Su Tian rested on the court, and George led the team on the court.

As soon as Su Tian left the field, Boucher's problems also began to appear, because without Su Tian, ​​a top passer, to organize, Boucher's problems began to appear.

For example, Boucher does not have a stable shooting range, so he prefers to go down instead of outside, which has caused interference to some breakthrough players, such as Brunson.

Halfway through the second quarter, Boucher went off, Su Tian came on to lead the team, and the inside was replaced by Wood.

Wood performed well for a period of time before, but as the schedule deepened, Wood's problems began to appear, that is, his tactical literacy was too low, he only knew how to do it with the ball, and he didn't know how to cooperate with his teammates.

If the strength is strong, it's justified, but the key is that Wood is not yet at that level.

However, under Su Tian's hands, Wood didn't seem to be so outrageous.

Wood also has his own unique skill, which is shooting, not only can shoot mid-range, but also three-pointers.

This point was released in the pick-and-roll cooperation with Su Tian, ​​and he scored a lot of points in a row.

At this time, Barkley in the studio exclaimed in admiration: "Su Tian seems to have a magical power that can magnify the strengths of his teammates around him and cover up their weaknesses."

Kenny Smith also echoed: "Yes, generally we call this kind of player, the pass master, the soul of the team, who was the last one to be called like this? Chris Paul or the magician Johnson?"

At the end of the first half, the Lakers once again firmly occupied a double-digit point difference, and Walton has basically mastered the technical characteristics of the two substitute inside players. In the next few games, Walton will Started making some adjustments.

In the third quarter, both teams resumed their starting lineups again.

Nance is still struggling to face Vucevic in singles, but with the help of the Lakers' Big Three defense, Vucevic can be regarded as restricted.

After playing half a quarter in the third quarter, the point difference has stabilized at around 15 points at this time, and it is impossible for the Magic to comeback.

So Wharton made another substitution adjustment, allowing the three inside players to partner with different teammates.

In the fourth quarter, Wharton replaced all the main players as usual, leaving only Su Tian on the bench.

At this time, Wharton matched Su Tian with Boucher as the inside line. He wanted Su Tian to focus more on offense and give more defense to others.

After Su Tian came on the court, he continued to attack with the ball as Wharton thought, taking all the offense in the first half of the fourth quarter.

In the second half of the quarter, Wharton replaced all the main players, and Su Tian once again returned to his previous role as the organizer, leading the entire Lakers to chase the Magic.

At the end of the game, the Lakers 121-97 Magic easily won the game.

The Big Three of the Lakers played normally. Although the insiders suffered overall losses, Walton also found out the general characteristics and conditions of the three insiders, and became more confident about the next game.

After the game against the Magic, the Lakers continued their three-way trip and rushed to Miami non-stop to play against the Heat.

This season is Wade's last season. According to the usual practice, Wade should exchange jerseys with one of his opponents, but this time Wade did not attend due to injury, Su Tian could only secretly say it's a pity.

The lineup sent by the Heat in this game is not very competitive, but it is still a bit challenging for the three players on the inside. After all, the Heat's center is the big white side Hassan Whiteside.

Soon, the game started, and the Lakers' starting inside line was still Nance.

Even though Nance is bad in every way, he is still the most suitable starter for the Lakers at present.

He is also the inside player who is most familiar with the tactics of the Lakers.

The opening jump ball, without a doubt, was easily won by Whiteside, and the Heat had the ball.

But at this time, the Heat's outside point guard was not Dragic, but an unknown small player. As soon as Su Tian's defensive strength was raised, this small player couldn't stand it.

So Su Tian directly formed a steal, and the Lakers went straight to the fast break. Su Tian quickly came to the frontcourt and directly dunked.

The Heat had no choice but to organize the offense again. This time, the Heat became more cautious. The players passed the ball back and forth, and finally caught a chance. Winslow made an air cut layup.

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

Su Tian pushed forward with the ball to the frontcourt, called Nance to step forward for a pick-and-roll, and used the pick-and-roll to make a breakthrough.

Not surprisingly, Whiteside let go of Nance and rushed directly to Su Tian, ​​so Su Tian took advantage of the opportunity to pass the ball to Nance who was outside.

Nance did not shoot directly after catching the ball, but adjusted and made a shot.

Swah——

Nance's three-pointer hit directly.

Because Nance knew that Whiteside would definitely not follow, Nance looked very calm when he shot.

In the next few rounds, Whiteside also showed his excellent defensive ability, and even almost blocked Su Tian's layup.

Halfway through the first quarter, Walton began to make substitutions, and Wood played against Whiteside.

On the offensive end, if you want to deal with Whiteside, Wood is better, because Wood's shots are more accurate, from a longer distance, and can hit three-pointers.

This is very uncomfortable for Whiteside who is unwilling to get out of the penalty area.

In the second quarter, Wood played for half a quarter, took a break, and Boucher played.

Boucher and Wood have different styles. Boucher moves faster and is better at defense, but his performance on the offensive end is slightly clumsy.

Walton on the sidelines observed the game while communicating with the assistant next to him.

"Luke, this game should be obvious. The technical characteristics of Wood and Boucher are in obvious contrast with the last game."

Walton nodded. In the last game against Vucevic, Boucher, a defensive player, performed better, and this time against Whiteside, Wood performed better.

Both players are players with distinct technical characteristics, and Walton has gradually figured out how to use them.

It has to be said that the two attack and defend together, becoming complementary, which is a good supplement to the team.

At this moment, Wharton involuntarily looked at Su Tian who was sitting on the bench. These two were recommended by Su Tian. Wharton was very curious how Su Tian knew that these two players were complementary and unknown players. of.

Or, just a coincidence.

In the third quarter, the Lakers once again replaced all the starting players. After a wave of easily widening the point difference, Su Tiantian took a rest.

In the end, the game ended without any surprises, and the Lakers easily won by 17 points.

Wood performed well this time, scoring 17 points and 7 rebounds, and played a very good role as an end point on the offensive end.

And Boucher's performance is slightly poor, but this is also in line with Wharton's expectations.

After the game against the Heat, the Lakers simply rested for one night, left the next day, and went to the next stop.

The last stop of the Lakers' three-game streak is a battle of much-anticipated focus.

Lakers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers!

This offseason is completely different from Su Tian's memory. James has not left the Cavaliers. On the contrary, the Cavaliers have recruited many high-quality players.

In addition to the aforementioned, Anthony, Clarkson, Pope, as well as the legacy of Love, Hood, Korver, and the big McGee signed by the Cavaliers quietly.

After a short operation, the combat effectiveness of the Lakers rose instead of falling, and the Cavaliers once again became a super team competing for the championship.

And this is the first time Su Tian has come to Cleveland this season.

Because the Lakers came to Cleveland one day earlier, Su Tian naturally received an invitation from James.

Su Tian went to the appointment as agreed. When Su Tian arrived at the agreed place, he found that James was alone. Obviously, this was a very secret dinner party.

Seeing Su Tian coming, James happily stepped forward to hug him and said, "Su, we haven't seen each other for a long time, how are you doing?"

Su Tian also reciprocated, and said with a smile: "It's not bad, everything is moving in a good direction."

Then the two sat down, and James began to greet Su Tian for dinner, without saying anything about the court.

After the two had almost eaten, James brought the topic back up again.

"This season, the Lakers haven't lost yet. I don't know if we will end it tomorrow."

James said this sentence with a smile, with a slightly joking tone, but Su Tian knew that James really had this idea, and it was not entirely a joke.

"The Cavaliers are not bad this season. They have only lost one game so far. I don't know if the Lakers have a chance to give the Cavaliers a second defeat."

"Hahaha, Su, I have to say that you are very humorous."

Su Tian also smiled, and the two raised their glasses and clinked.

After taking this sip of wine, James slowly put down the glass, his expression became serious.

"Su, this offseason, we could have been teammates and compete for the championship together."

After James finished speaking, he stared at Su Tian closely.

Not to be outdone, Su Tian looked at James openly.

"LeBron, you should be clear, we are friends, yes, but, I just want to lead my own team to win the championship."

"But I'm old! I can't play for a few years! The team is still yours after all."

Hearing what James said, Su Tian smiled and shook his head.

Others don't know, but Su Tian knows best. James seems to be old, but there is no problem at all when he hits 40.

Even Su Tian wondered if James also had the "GOAT" badge on him.

"LeBron, in fact, we are all the same. We can give up some seemingly unimportant things for the sake of victory and championship, but I don't think any of us will give in to the boss of the team."

James' eyes showed doubts, and he was about to open his mouth to speak, but then Su Tian continued.

"If I had gone to Miami back then, I would have made the same choice as you."

After Su Tian finished speaking, James froze in place for an instant.

Miami's two consecutive championships is certainly an honor, but it was an experience that James has been reluctant to mention, especially after the Cavaliers won two consecutive championships again, and the Heat's two consecutive championships were thrown out of James' mind.

Now that this situation was brought up again by Su Tian, ​​James instantly understood what Su Tian meant.

But James is James after all, and he controlled his emotions very well. He didn't lose his temper directly, but took a sip from his wine glass.

After putting down his glass, James looked at Su Tian with piercing eyes, and said, "Su, if that's the case, let's see you on the field, but no matter how we win or lose tomorrow, I hope we can still sit down and have a meal after the game is over." Meal. What do you think?"

"No problem, LeBron, how about, whoever loses tomorrow will pay the bill."

"I agree, see you on the field then."

(End of this chapter)