NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 329: Number of first-round votes, surpassing James

After the Lakers rested their main players, the starting lineup also changed.

Brunson, Su Tian, ​​Dun Luo, Kuzma, Wood.

The starting lineup for the Kings is Fox, Batty Hield, Iman Shumpert, Belica, Willie Cauley-Stein.

The last time the two teams played against each other, Su Tian and Fox faced each other, so that Fox didn't show any strength at all.

But this time Fox's opponent was replaced by Brunson, and Fox began to show his strength.

It has to be said that Fox still has certain strength and potential, and his performance on the court is not inferior to Brunson.

But after Su Tian and Brunson switched defenses, Fox was strangled to death by Su Tian again, and the King's offense stalled again.

On the offensive end, Su Tian takes control of the team, allowing Su Tianmeng to go back to when he led the Lakers a year ago.

So Su Tian no longer hid it and unleashed his desire to score, scoring 25 points in the first half.

At the end of the first half, the Lakers were only 6 points ahead of the Kings. The point difference didn't seem that big, as if the Kings could catch up with a little effort.

In the third quarter, Su Tian continued to play, but this time Su Tian was pushed to the third position, facing Shumpert.

Shumpert is also an old friend of Su Tian. He was also a member of the championship-winning lineup when he was with the Cavaliers, but now Shumpert is also much older and is no match for Su Tian.

Under Su Tian's leadership, the Lakers led by 12 points at the end of the third quarter, which is considered a very safe point difference for the Lakers.

In the fourth quarter, Su Tian turns on the "King of the Last Festival" state, gods block and kill gods, and Buddhas block and kill Buddhas.

In the end, the game ended and the Lakers easily won the game 121-104.

苏天全场拿下51分12助攻10篮板2抢断1盖帽的数据。

Su Tian's 50+ triple-double data once again set a new high for Su Tian's personal data this season.

Su Tian had a great time playing this game, not only won the game but also won the statistics.

Su Tian's explosive data at this critical time is not only helpful for the best of the month judgment, but also for the All-Star voting.

However, although this game was won, the shortcomings exposed by the Lakers cannot be ignored.

The rotation of the Big Three and the main players led to a significant increase in the playing time of the substitute players, and also exposed the problems of these substitute players.

For example, Dun Luo's defensive problems, Wood's pick-and-roll and tactical coordination problems, and Brunson's offensive problems.

These problems still need Wharton to make adjustments slowly in the next game.

On January 1, the Lakers continued to host the Oklahoma City Thunder at home.

This game is not only the Lakers' first stop in the new year, but also George's first game against his old owner this season.

So in order to support George, the Lakers decided to play with all their main players.

There is a clear gap between the Thunder this season and last season. The consecutive losses of George and Anthony have once again put the team into a situation where only Westbrook is supporting it.

Before the game started, George deliberately ran to the Thunder's bench to find Westbrook and hug him.

And Westbrook also took the initiative to find Su Tian and hug him.

Obviously, George's coming to the Lakers is not the same as Durant's going to the Warriors.

Westbrook and George still have a good personal relationship. Of course, this does not affect Westbrook's full output on the court.

The Thunder's starting lineup for this game is Westbrook, Ferguson, Jerami Grant, Patterson, and Adams.

Jerami Grant is still a good player, but it is obviously not good enough to fill the vacancy of Paul George.

The Lakers will naturally play with all their main players, but before the game, Wharton specifically emphasized to Su Tian that the focus of the game will be tilted towards George, which can be regarded as saying hello to Su Tian in advance.

After the game started, the Thunder took the lead to get the first attack, and Westbrook advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

Facing Su Tian who was defending him, Westbrook knew he couldn't force his way in, so he called his teammates to cooperate with the pick-and-roll.

Adams' pick-and-roll quality is good, but Su Tian's pick-and-roll skills are also top-notch, but when Adams meets Westbrook who starts in gear, Westbrook's speed advantage is fully displayed.

After all, Su Tian was still a step too slow and could only follow Westbrook to the basket, trying to steal while facing confrontation.

However, although Westbrook was very fast, when he came to the basket to make a shot, he was still interfered by Su Tian.

boom--

Westbrook's layup.

Su Tian took advantage of the situation and turned around to get the rebound, then turned around and played a fast break.

Westbrook's reaction was half a beat slow, but he followed Su Tian closely with his speed advantage.

Su Tian ran at the forefront with the ball, and led Westbrook all the way to the basket in the front court. Just when Westbrook thought that Su Tian was going to collect the ball and jump for a layup, Su Tian directly smashed the ball on the backboard.

boom--

bang——

Immediately afterwards, George behind him went straight into the air, received the basketball and dunked it directly.

The tacit understanding between the two made Westbrook next to him a little jealous.

The Lakers played wonderful cooperation at the beginning, which greatly boosted the morale of Lakers fans, and the cheers at the scene were louder than ever.

The Thunder attacked again. This time Westbrook wanted to avoid Su Tian's attack, and continued to cooperate with his teammates in pick-and-rolls. He wanted to switch to other people, but Su Tian's pick-and-roll skills were so good that Westbrook couldn't find a chance at all.

So in desperation, Westbrook had no choice but to use the same old method of breaking and passing the ball to Grant in the bottom corner.

Grant received the ball and made a three-pointer directly, but was interfered by Ingram, and the basketball hit the iron.

This time the rebound happened to be taken by George, so George turned around and attacked without hesitation.

Perhaps George was extremely excited because of the match against the Thunder, so his fast break was fast, and no one on the Thunder side could catch up.

After coming to the frontcourt, George made a one-handed dunk.

4-0
With two consecutive defensive counterattacks, the Lakers' momentum reached a new level.

In the next few rounds, it was still difficult for Westbrook to escape Su Tian's clutches. On the offensive end, not only Su Tian was looking for opportunities for George, but the whole team was looking for offensive opportunities for George.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers had a 10-point lead over the Thunder.

In the second quarter, Su Tian came off the court to rest. Westbrook finally found a chance to breathe and took the opportunity to score some points, narrowing the gap with the Lakers.

But after Su Tian played in the second half, Westbrook fell into silence again.

During the intermission, Barkley in the studio couldn't help sighing.

"We have seen that when Russell and Su played against each other, their performance was always unsatisfactory. You must know that two years ago, Russell just won the regular season MVP, but the gap between the two It’s very obvious.”

"At this time, I have to say that even among the MVPs, there is a gap."

At this time, in the locker room of the Thunder, Westbrook sat in his seat, bowed his head and said nothing.

Westbrook knows that his strength is declining. There is no way to do this, and it is also something that Westbrook cannot stop. This fact is difficult to accept, but it must be accepted.

"So, is this the end of my Thunder career?"

Of course, Westbrook is aware of the trade offer behind the Thunder. The Thunder has lost the window to win the championship. The team's next plan is to select rookies and form a new Thunder team.

Westbrook knows that his time with the Thunder is running out, but when and where he will go has not yet been determined.

"It's still a bit reconciled to go like this."

The halftime time passed quickly, and the third quarter began.

In the third quarter, both sides changed into the main lineup with a tacit understanding, ready to start the fight in the second half.

In the third quarter, the first ball was given to the Lakers. Su Tian took the ball to the frontcourt and called Nance for a pick-and-roll, and used the pick-and-roll to directly break through.

After breaking through to the inside and attracting double-teams, Su Tian passed the ball to George on the outside. George caught the ball and made a three-pointer.

Swah——

With Su Tian's help, George easily hit a three-pointer.

Westbrook shook his head. George's strength is very clear to him, and now he faintly feels stronger after coming to the Lakers.

Originally, the Lakers had a double-digit point difference at the end of the first half, but now after several rounds of fighting in the third quarter, the point difference is getting bigger and bigger.

The main reason for the growing point difference is that Su Tian's defense against Westbrook made it difficult for Westbrook to launch his offense.

After half a quarter, Su Tian took a break again, and the point difference had reached 17 points.

In the fourth quarter, Su Tian came on the stage with a substitute lineup, and the consecutive breakthrough points allowed the Lakers to firmly control the leading position.

The Thunder called a timeout within a few minutes. At this time, the main players of the Thunder team had only rested for a few minutes, but they could only play again, because if they didn't play again, they would be running for 20 points.

After the main force came on the field, it did stop the trend of the point difference continuing to widen, but it is still very difficult to catch up with the score.

After the Lakers also replaced the main force, the game was completely concluded.

In the end, the game ended and the Lakers easily won the game 118-95.

In this game, Su Tian focused his energy on defense and only scored 21 points, 16 assists, 6 rebounds and 2 steals.

George won the best game in this game. With the help of Su Tian and the Lakers, George scored 45 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal.

Westbrook encountered Su Tian's defense in this game and only scored 14 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists in the game. Although it is also a quasi-triple-double data, it is indeed relatively weak compared to the past.

After the game, Westbrook took the initiative to come to the Lakers bench and hugged George and Su Tian respectively.

"Su, I have no hope of winning this season. I hope you can bring me with you to defeat the Warriors and win the championship!"

Su Tian nodded and said, "Good Russell, don't worry, we are bound to win this year's championship."

"If there is a chance, I hope we can also have the opportunity to cooperate." Westbrook said.

Su Tian laughed when he heard the words: "Maybe there is a chance, I'm not sure."

The next day, the league announced the best of the month for November.

苏天凭借场均28分12.5助攻8.9篮板2.5抢断1.0盖帽，和14胜1负的战绩拿下月最佳。

和苏天形成竞争的哈登，数据方面和苏天不相上下，场均36.4分7.9助攻5.9篮板1.8抢断0.5盖帽。

Because of the addition of Paul, Harden can focus more on scoring, and his assist data will decrease, but his scoring data will increase significantly.

It's just that the Rockets' record is only 11 wins and 4 losses. In this regard, Su Tian took advantage of the team's record.

On January 1, the Lakers continued to host the New York Knicks at home.

At the same time, the results of the first-round All-Star voting have also been released.

Su Tian of the Lakers temporarily leads the league with 1083363 votes. James ranks first in the Eastern Conference, second only to Su Tian.

It has been the fifth year since Su Tian came to the NBA and he has won two championships and one regular season MVP. Now he has finally surpassed James in the number of All-Star votes.

Although Su Tian did take advantage of many domestic fans, this is also his own advantage.

To surpass James in the number of votes, for Su Tian himself, it can be regarded as a surpassing of himself in the past.

Judging from the situation, Su Tian's votes are still growing strongly, and the company's help is indispensable behind this.

However, in the game against the Knicks, Su Tian was strongly asked to rest by Wharton.

Su Tian couldn't help it, and the Knicks were really bad, so Su Tian also agreed to take a rest.

Along with Su Tian, ​​there are three other main players besides the two giants.

So the Lakers' starting lineup became Caruso, Butler, George, Wood, and Boucher.

I thought it was a game without any suspense, but I don't know if George and Butler were too hard against the Thunder, which caused the game to not be able to play well.

Not only that, on the defensive end, without Su Tian's "defensive core" bonus, some players have problems with defensive slack. Of course, this may also be related to the opponent being the Knicks.

In short, the Lakers were careless in this game, did not flash, and were accidentally overturned by the Knicks.

119-112, the Knicks beat the Lakers by only 7 points.

A total of 7 Knicks scored in double figures. As the main force of the Knicks, Tim Hardaway II scored 22 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Mudiay also scored 15 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

On the Lakers side, only Butler and George scored in double figures, and the performance of the others was more or less broken.

The Lakers' record came to 37 wins and 2 losses.

This also reminded Walton that when the team is not online, there must be an emergency plan.

On January 1, the Lakers went to Minnesota to face the Timberwolves.

In order to ensure that there is no losing streak in this game, the whole team will naturally attack.

At this time, the Timberwolves still seem to be bad, but they also have a record of 18 wins and 21 losses, which should not be underestimated.

The current Timberwolves still rely on Towns and Wiggins to support them. They are enough to deal with ordinary teams, but they will stumble against some slightly stronger teams.

And the Lakers didn't dare to be careless, after all, Towns is also a center and an inside player.

And the Lakers' inside line happens to be their weakness.

Before the start of the game, Walton also specifically emphasized that more attention should be paid to the double-teaming of the inside.

But after the game started, Su Tian discovered that Towns, as a center, rarely went to the basket.

In other words, he is more reluctant to play hard under the basket, and prefers to use the ball to break through and other moves with the ball.

"Interesting, is this the new era center?"

(End of this chapter)