NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 330 LeBron: You know, Los Angeles is an extremely beautiful city
Su Tian had expected Towns' inside play style, but the Lakers' inside pressure was much less.

In the end, the Lakers also won the game steadily, without any twists and turns in the middle.

But then, on January 1, the Lakers continued to go to an away game against the Dallas Mavericks.

But now it should be called the Dallas Mavericks.

The Lone Ranger's current goal is very clear, that is to train Doncic, and his record this season is relatively average, only 18 wins and 21 losses.

And Dongcic couldn't show much strength at all under the defense of Su Tian.

In the end, the Lakers easily won the Lone Ranger 117-97, and the young Doncic did not have any impact on the Lakers.

After the game with the Lone Ranger, the Lakers rushed to Detroit to play against the Pistons.

Although the Pistons have an average record and average strength, the continuous away games have consumed a lot of players.

These few games have been very close. In order to protect the players, Wharton once again chose to take a rotation.

"Su, don't fight this game. We have no pressure on our record and there is no need to pursue a winning streak. I want those substitute players to exercise more and prepare for the playoffs."

Su Tian thought for a while and nodded, and said, "Good coach, I will follow your arrangement."

The game against the Pistons is not a focus battle, and the opponent's weakness doesn't attract Su Tian's interest, so it's better to take a break and watch the performance of the substitutes.

Seeing that Su Tian agreed to his arrangement, Wharton directly arranged for all the main players to rest with a wave of his hand.

Su Tian, ​​Butler, George, Ingram, and Nance all took turns.

The starters on the field became Brunson, Nunn, Dunlo, Kuzma, Wood.

Without the main players, Brunson naturally became the main offensive output point of this lineup.

However, Nunn's performance in the second position was also good. Su Tian watched with relish off the court, and the two felt like the Lakers had two guns in the backcourt.

At the end of the first three quarters of the game, the Lakers had already led by 10 points. According to practice, this point difference can be very safe for the Lakers.

But in the past, it was safe because the team had Su Tian, ​​but today there is no Su Tian.

As a result, the Pistons began to chase points in the fourth quarter, while the Lakers seemed a little weak in succession.

When Su Tian saw this scene, he also found it unexpected, but it was also reasonable.

After all, the Lakers are all rookies and young substitute players with little experience, and it is normal for them to be overturned in the fourth quarter.

It's just that Su Tian didn't expect that the player who led the Pistons to comeback in the fourth quarter was Blake Griffin.

Griffin's game, especially in the fourth quarter, ushered in a big explosion, which surprised many people.

At the end of the game, the Pistons relied on the momentum driven by Griffin to complete the comeback against the Lakers before the end of the game.

113-108，活塞最终也只是赢了湖人5分，湖人战绩来到了39胜3负。

格里芬全场拿到了36分6助攻5篮板，三分球10中5，小小的爆发了一波。

Although Griffin's outburst surprised Su Tian, ​​the Lakers' performance was not bad. Brunson and Kuzma scored 20+, and Nunn and Dun Luo became increasingly threatening from beyond the three-point line.

In terms of inside, Wood's offensive methods are more agile, Boucher's defense is becoming more mature, and the overall situation is gradually improving, and one cannot deny the whole person just because of one game.

This game can also be regarded as an experience for the team's young players, and Su Tian feels that it is not a loss.

But after the game, Griffin took the initiative to come to the Lakers bench, wanting to hug and greet Su Tian.

Su Tian naturally wouldn't slap Griffin's face in front of so many reporters, so he stepped forward and hugged Griffin.

After the two hugged, Griffin said: "Su, let's exchange contact information."

Although Su Tian was still confused at this time, he nodded and said yes.

After Griffin left, Su Tian thought about it and probably understood what Griffin meant.

Griffin was unwilling.

But it might be difficult for Griffin to return to Los Angeles with his own ability, so Griffin wanted to use this game as a vote, and wanted to test Su Tian's tone.

After all, he was a star who once shined in Los Angeles, so of course he was not willing to fall into the mundane world.

But for this kind of thing, Su Tian has always been resigned.

Although Griffin played well this time, his overall strength has dropped a lot, and his contract is not small.

If there is a chance, after the contract ends, Su Tian is willing to sign Griffin with a basic salary.

It's just that I don't know if Griffin can accept this contract.

After the game against the Pistons, the Lakers took a day off, and then went to Utah to play against the Jazz.

The Jazz's record this season has remained above [-]%, and they still have a good chance of reaching the playoffs, so all the main players of the Lakers went out to let Brunson and Nunn, who were tired from the last game, rest.

The reason why the Jazz have such a good record this season is that they rely on Mitchell on the outside and Gobert on the inside.

Mitchell has ushered in a substantial growth this season, and seems to have become the Jazz's first scoring point and the core of the team.

But unfortunately, all the main players of the Lakers attacked in this game, and Mitchell played the first position in this game, facing Su Tian.

The Jazz's starting lineup is Mitchell, Royce O'Neal, Joe Ingles, Derek Favors, Gobert.

After the game started, Su Tian covered Mitchell all the way, making it impossible for Mitchell to find a suitable shot.

Even in the middle, Su Tian robbed Mitchell twice in a row, which nearly broke Mitchell's heart.

The helpless Jazz wants to transfer the team's main offensive point, and transfer the team's offensive tasks to the inside and striker.

But there are Butler and George on the front line, and Gobert on the inside is not good at offense.

As a result, the entire Jazz offense began to stagnate.

Su Tian felt that at this time, the Jazz really missed the Lakers of last season. Last season, the Lakers could only rely on themselves to support their progress. As long as their own side was hindered, the whole team would come to a standstill.

But at that time, I could rely on assists and organization to revitalize the team, but now Mitchell obviously does not have this ability.

At the end of the game, the Lakers easily won the Jazz 113-95, Su Tian easily got 20+, and 4 steals.

Butler and George also lived up to expectations, with 20+ bases, and both played differently.

For the Jazz, Mitchell scored 17 points, 7 assists and 1 rebound, failing to support the entire team's offense.

After the game, the Lakers finally returned to Los Angeles.

This road trip is simply hell for rookies who have just entered the league.

The frequency is high, the intensity is high, and it is all away games, which is inconvenient in all aspects.

Now that I'm back in Los Angeles, it's finally time to take a day off.

But Wharton only dared to let the players rest for one day, because the next to come to Staples was the Cleveland Cavaliers, the overlord of the Eastern Conference.

The Cavaliers currently occupy the first place in the Eastern Conference, with a record of 35 wins and 8 losses, second only to the Lakers.

This battle, which is the focus of the alliance, naturally arranged a nationwide live broadcast, which attracted a large number of reporters.

But in fact, before these reporters arrived, James came to Los Angeles first.

"Su, Los Angeles is really good. I want to settle here so much."

"Hahaha, LeBron, where you want to settle is not a matter of one sentence, it's too simple for you."

Since the conversation between James and Su Tian last time, James has understood what Su Tian meant, and he no longer mentions the cooperation of a team, but James really likes the city of Los Angeles.

"I heard that Brownie is now studying in Los Angeles?"

"Yes, the educational resources and basketball resources here in Los Angeles are very good. It's better to have him here than to stay in Cleveland."

Su Tian nodded and said nothing.

Then the two chatted about other topics, and James left.

After sending James away, Su Tian had a premonition.

"James isn't really coming to Los Angeles, is he?"

Su Tian is naturally not worried about James coming to the Lakers, because Su Tian has made it clear with the Lakers' management, and the management has also given a positive answer.

What Su Tian thought was whether James would go to the Clippers.

Now that Bronny has come to Los Angeles one step ahead of James, "school basketball" seems to be unstoppable.

And the Lakers will not accept James because of their own reasons, so the Clippers are the only ones who can accept James.

Su Tian thought about it carefully, James really might come to the Clippers, and even this time he came to chat with himself to hint at himself.

After thinking for a while, Su Tian shook his head.

"I don't want to, no matter where James goes, I have only one goal, and that is the championship."

Time soon came to January 1, when the Lakers and Cavaliers played against each other.

After half a season of running-in, the Cavaliers have also figured out a set of rotation methods of their own.

Although Anthony still serves as the starter, it is actually a fake starter. Anthony will come on the bench more often to lead the team's bench lineup.

In this way, Anthony's playing time is shortened, the efficiency is higher, and Anthony's ability is also fully utilized.

If it was in another team, Anthony would not accept the substitute so easily, but this is James' team after all, plus the fake starter is still the starter, so Anthony agreed.

Soon, the game time came, and both sides began to play.

Naturally, the Lakers still have Su Tian, ​​Butler, Ingram, George, and Nance.

The starting lineup for the Cavaliers is Clarkson, Pope, James, Anthony, and Love.

However, on the defensive end, Walton still made adjustments. Ingram went to the second position to defend against Pope, and Butler came to the third position to match James.

At the start of the game, Nance jumped hard and took the lead in grabbing the ball.

Su Tian got the ball and slowly pushed forward with the ball.

Although Clarkson is the No. [-] position of the Cavaliers, he does not assume the responsibility of the No. [-] position. It is James who is really responsible for the team's organizational tasks.

On the defensive end, Clarkson still has no problem dealing with the general No. [-] position, but when facing Su Tian, ​​it is reasonable to be abused.

Su Tian stretched out his hand to signal his teammates to pull away, and then he singled Clarkson with the ball.

Su Tian first dribbled the ball under his crotch to shake Clarkson's defensive center of gravity, and then quickly broke through and rushed to the right.

But when Clarkson changed his focus to catch up, Su Tian took a step back again, returned to the three-point line and directly shot a three-pointer.

Swah——

"Don't tell me, Harden's move is really useful." Su Tian murmured to himself.

3-0, the Lakers scored first.

The ball was switched, and Clarkson took the ball to the frontcourt and passed it directly to James.

James got the ball and stood at the top of the arc and began to organize the team's offense.

James first called on Love to step up to the pick-and-roll, and then tried to break through with the help of the pick-and-roll, but Butler blocked them all.

So James turned around and was about to hit Butler with his back.

The continuous back hits made James keep facing Butler to the low post. After the position was right, James collected the ball and turned around, and made a fallback jumper.

James' fadeaway jumper is off one foot, so it looks more like Nowitzki's Golden Rooster independence.

Swah——

Although James' movements are not good-looking, they are precise hits.

3-2
The ball returned to the Lakers again, and Su Tian advanced again with the ball.

This time Su Tian called Nance for a pick-and-roll.

Clarkson didn't keep up with Su Tian's rhythm at the beginning, which caused Su Tian to receive no interference at all when he shot.

Swah——

Seeing that Su Tian made easy hits for two consecutive rounds, James knew he couldn't go on like this.

The Cavaliers have the ball, James holds the ball, breaks through and passes the ball to Pope in the bottom corner.

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

boom--

Basketball hit the iron, the rebound was grabbed by Love.

Love reacted quickly, found James' position immediately, and made a quick pass.

But it's a pity that Su Tian's position is right between Love and James. Love thought that as long as he passed the ball fast enough, Su Tian wouldn't be able to interfere.

But at this time, Su Tian's stealing ability had already been upgraded.

So Su Tian had quick eyes and quick hands, and successfully intercepted the pass.

After controlling the ball, Su Tian turned around and launched a fast break.

James immediately chased after him, and Su Tian saw James rushing over, so he accurately passed the ball to Butler.

Butler received the ball and continued to rush to the front basket.

At this time, James wanted to stop him, but he had more than enough energy.

bang——

Butler came to the frontcourt and made a dunk directly.

7-2
"It's only been a few rounds since the start, but I really don't want to miss this level of excitement." Barkley said excitedly.

"Now the Lakers clearly have the advantage, and the defensive counterattack has also been played out. The next step is to see how the Cavaliers make moves."

At this time, the Cavaliers served the ball, James came to the backcourt to catch the ball in person, and then advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

James is not advancing fast, and it seems that he wants to slow down the rhythm and fight the Lakers.

After coming to the frontcourt, James is still a pick-and-roll starter.

But this time it was obviously a tactical cooperation. James used the pick-and-roll to break through and score the ball, which was given to Anthony who was trying to make an air cut.

Anthony received the ball and came to the low post with the inertia of an air cut. George pushed hard against Anthony, not daring to give Anthony any room to shoot.

Anthony, on the other hand, turned left and right like an old man, and the continuous turns almost made George dizzy.

Just when George was about to faint, Anthony turned around and made a layup.

bang - swish -

The basketball hits the backboard into the net.

(End of this chapter)