NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 336: Internal strife breaks out among the warriors!
Although it is said to be 6 consecutive away games, the first one is an away game against the Clippers, still at Staples.

It's just a change of floor, so it's relatively easy.

Although this game is an away game, the fans at the scene are more Lakers fans, and the atmosphere of the entire arena is more like the Lakers' home court.

The Lakers lived up to expectations and easily defeated the Clippers to win the game.

On February 2, the day after the game against the Clippers, the league announced the list of All-Star substitutes.

On the East side, Embiid, Beal, Griffin, Lowry, Middleton, Oladipo, Ben Simmons.

On the West side, Harden, Aldridge, Jokic, Lillard, Clay, Towns, Westbrook.

It is worth noting that Oladipo from the Eastern Conference was unable to participate due to injury, so D'Angelo Russell came on instead.

Xiao Hua also arranged a trick and gave Wade and Nowitzki extra spots in the All-Star Game.

In fact, these two fans had high votes, but they were not selected in the end. Xiao Hua specially arranged it to silence the fans.

On February 2, the Lakers officially started their road trip, and the first stop was a blockbuster battle of revenge.

Away game against the Golden State Warriors!

The Lakers' lineup was incomplete in the last game, and many Lakers fans were unconvinced with the result of the game. This time the Lakers have a chance to prove themselves.

Su Tian also took a deep breath. Because the Rockets had just finished playing, the three main players, including George, took turns. The Lakers lost to the Warriors.

This time Su Tian is bound to find his place.

Soon it was game time, and the Warriors still stuck to the starting lineup from the previous game.

Curry, Klay, Durant, Green, Cousins.

The Lakers also came up with a complete starting lineup.

Su Tian, ​​Butler, Ingram, George, Nance.

The two sides are facing each other, and the competition is about to begin.

Cousins ​​took the lead in grabbing the right to attack. Curry came to the frontcourt with the ball, still passing the ball and running without the ball to contain Su Tian.

Durant took the ball against Butler's defense, broke through and made a jump shot.

boom--

The basketball was a direct hit. Su Tian sprinted to grab the rebound and started a fast break with the ball.

Ingram and George rushed to the front. After Su Tian attracted the defense with the ball, he quickly passed the ball to George.

George received the ball and went straight to the basket, but when he was about to take the shot, George passed the ball to Ingram again in order to avoid Green's block.

Ingram caught the ball and dunked easily.

"Beautiful! Brandon! Just do it!"

Ingram was very positive this time, and Su Tian stepped forward in time to give his encouragement.

At this time, Barkley also opened his comments at the right time: "The Lakers' overall performance is very energetic. This looks much more positive than last time."

"Yes, no matter what, the goals of the Lakers this season and the goals of the Warriors are the same, and the two teams will meet together sooner or later." Kenny Smith said.

At this time, the game on the field was still going on, but the situation on the field was completely different from the previous game.

The Lakers firmly held the lead, and it was difficult for Curry to get rid of Su Tian's defense in a short period of time. Durant also encountered Butler's death entanglement, and George's help from time to time.

Clay's side is no longer as explosive as before. Ingram's defense is quite satisfactory, but it is enough at this time.

The only advantage the Warriors can still play is the matchup between Cousins ​​​​and Nance on the inside.

With hard power alone, Nance can't defeat Cousins, but with the blessing of the Lakers' entire defensive system, coupled with the improved defensive enthusiasm of Su Tian's "defensive core", he can barely deal with a semi-disabled Cousins. It's pretty coverable.

At the end of the first quarter, the score came to 31-25, with the Lakers leading by 6 points.

"In the first quarter, the two sides started to fight for real. This scene is really interesting to watch." Barkley sighed.

"Now the situation is obviously in the Lakers' favor. It depends on how Cole will make adjustments next."

Kenny Smith also said: "It seems that Cousins ​​​​can't provide much help to the Warriors now. I don't know whether Cole will continue to trust him or put Cousins ​​​​on the bench."

Barkley also agreed with Smith's statement, "Yes, Cousins ​​does not seem to fit in with the Warriors' entire system. This incompatible style of play is very harmful to the team."

In the second quarter, Su Tian temporarily stayed off the court to rest, while Butler and George came on to lead the team.

For the Warriors, Durant and Klay led the team, while Cousins ​​was left off the court.

Cole frowned on the sidelines and looked at the situation on the court with his hands on his hips.

The Lakers' state improved so quickly that Kerr himself was a little surprised. Kerr felt that he was still not prepared enough.

Halfway through the second quarter, Su Tian came on the court again. At this time, the point difference was still maintained at 5 points, with the Lakers leading.

After Su Tian came on the court, he hit two consecutive three-pointers to widen the point difference to 11 points. Cole quickly called a timeout.

There were about 5 minutes left before the end of the first half. Cole thought about it and gritted his teeth.

"Stephen, Dream Chaser, you two come on, Andre, you come on too, in these 5 minutes, try to get the score back, at least within 5 points."

"The double-digit point difference is still too big, which is not conducive to our performance in the third quarter."

After the timeout, players from both sides appeared again.

"This is? Five small players? Cole changed to the five small lineups in advance in order to chase points?" Barkley said.

"It's understandable that Cole doesn't dare to take risks now that the point difference is quite big. He has been substituted in advance before, but he just doesn't know if it will work."

After the Warriors players took the field again, Curry tried to drive his teammates, but failed.

Instead, Su Tian relied on his offensive threat to successfully assist his teammates to score, and the double-digit point difference strengthened again.

Durant looked very uncomfortable at this time, so he took the initiative to get the ball and prepared to single Kuzma.

Curry passed the ball in time. After Durant received the ball, he changed direction and broke through Kuzma's defense and rushed to the basket with the ball.

Upon seeing this, Boucher immediately let go of Green and ran to help defend.

At this time, Green had already reached out to catch the ball in the bottom corner. Although Green's shooting percentage was average, he was still open at this time.

Unfortunately, Durant did not pass the ball, but once again accelerated his pace towards the basket, and made a layup before Boucher's help came up.

bang - swish -

The basketball hits the backboard and bounces into the net.

This goal relieved the Warriors' scoring pressure, and Cole breathed a sigh of relief.

When Durant returned to defense, Green came to Durant's side.

"Kevin, you should have passed the ball just now. I was open at that time."

Durant glanced back and nodded slightly.

"understood."

After saying that, Durant ran away and followed his defender.

Green stayed where he was, his expression changing.

In this Lakers attack, Su Tian broke through with the ball, attracted Durant to help defend, and passed the ball to Kuzma in the bottom corner.

Kuzma caught the ball and shot a three-pointer.Swish——

Three point hit.

"Kevin, stay with your people."

Durant glanced at Green who was shouting loudly.

"understood."

The Warriors attacked again, and Durant still took the initiative to ask for the ball.

Because Durant successfully scored in the last round, Curry still passed the ball over.

Durant received the ball and singled Kuzma again, but this time the emergency stop jumper missed and the basketball hit the iron.

Boucher turned around to grab the rebound and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

Su Tian directly launched a fast break, rushed to the frontcourt, and dunked with both hands.

"Kevin, I just got open again! You should have passed the ball."

Durant didn't respond this time, just glanced and frowned.

Green was very unhappy with Durant's behavior of ignoring him, and felt that he was looking down on himself.

Green himself is an extremely proud person, but he is a second-round pick, which makes Green very sensitive inside, especially when some behaviors vaguely look down on himself.

But now that he is on the court, Green has no time to get angry and can only turn around and continue to invest in the court.

It's just that in the next few rounds, the Warriors failed to perform as they should.

At the end of the first half, the score difference had reached 15 points.

"The performance of the Warriors' five players seems to be a little abnormal. Is it because they were replaced early?" Barkley turned to look at Smith.

"I don't know, but it's very possible, because this performance is really not good, and the Lakers even continued to widen the score."

Smith continued: "Maybe it was because I came on the field early that my physical strength was not restored to its best condition. Maybe I adjusted in the second half."

But what the two didn't know at this time was that a drama was going on in the Warriors' locker room.

"Kevin, what did you mean by those two balls just now? Why didn't you pass the ball to me?"

Durant took a look and said: "Your shooting percentage in that position is not high, not as high as my own shooting percentage."

"What do you mean? You think my shooting percentage is low, so you take the shot? Is it because I didn't pass the ball to you in the previous game against the Clippers, so you deliberately retaliated against me?"

"No, but you really should have passed the ball to me in that game. It was because you didn't pass the ball to me that we lost that game."

At this time, the other people present were surprisingly quiet. No one came up to stop the two, and everyone kept silent by coincidence.

At this time, Green's heart suddenly burst into anger.

"Do you know who you are talking to? If it weren't for us, you wouldn't be able to win the championship at all! We had reached the finals consecutively before you came! You are just trying to win our championship!"

As soon as these words came out, the entire locker room suddenly became even quieter. Everyone opened their mouths in surprise and did not even dare to breathe loudly.

"What are you talking about? Dream chasing! You can't say that! Apologize to Kevin!"

At this time, Cole had to step forward and immediately reprimanded Green and asked Green to apologize to Durant.

However, the more Cole did this, the more Durant felt that they were in the same group, and that he was just an outsider who had never integrated in.

As we all know, when their children have conflicts with other people's children, parents will always scold their children and ask their children to take the initiative to apologize.

In Durant's view, he is that other people's child.

"Chai Meng, come out and calm down."

"Okay, everyone, go get ready. Don't sit around here. The second half is about to begin."

It took Cole's call to bring the players back to their senses, so everyone started preparations as if nothing had happened.

But Durant was obviously dissatisfied with such cold treatment, and at the same time, he also felt very uncomfortable.

In Durant's view, if there is a problem, then put it on the table and solve it, instead of treating it like nothing happened now.

At this time, Durant had a vague hunch that his time with the Warriors was running out.

The halftime break passed quickly and the two sides returned to the field again.

Cole still acted as if nothing had happened and arranged for five small lineups to appear.

The Lakers are naturally the starting lineup.

Originally, Su Tian worked hard in the third quarter and wanted to compete with the Warriors.

But after two rounds, Su Tian found that the entire Warriors team seemed distracted.

This made Su Tian very confused, and the point difference gradually came to 20 points.

"What's going on? Why does it feel like the entire Warriors team is out of shape?" Barkley obviously felt something was wrong with the Warriors.

"There is something really wrong, it seems like they have lost their souls." Smith was also wondering about the Warriors' state.

At this time, except for the Warriors themselves, no one else knew what was going on, but everyone could clearly see the state the Warriors showed.

Suddenly, an idea flashed through Su Tian's mind.

"Could it be that Green's formula came out? But now Green's formula is no longer valid?"

"No, even if Green's formula has not come out, the contradiction between them cannot be eliminated."

"Well, I can be considered a witness to history."

Su Tian, ​​who probably guessed the reason, accelerated his attack with the ball.

"While he is sick, kill him!"

Facing Su Tian's full output, the Warriors couldn't stop him at all. Even if Cole called two timeouts in the middle, it still didn't help.

At the end of the third quarter, the score difference had reached 25 points.

"This game was so weird, it didn't feel like the true strength of the Warriors."

"Looking at it now, there should be no hope for the Warriors to come back. If you want to know the reason, you can only wait until the post-game interview."

In the fourth quarter, Cole saw that the point difference was too big, so he gave up the game and replaced all players on the bench.

On the Lakers' side, although Walton didn't know what happened, he was happy about it and also changed to the bench.

In the end, the game ended and the Lakers easily won the game 120-99.

At this time, although the game has just ended, Su Tian knows that this game will become the turning point of this season!
In the post-match interview, there were not many people on Su Tian's side. Su Tian simply answered a few questions and it ended.

Basically all reporters are paying attention to the interviews with the Warriors.

"Coach Cole, what happened to the Warriors in the second half?"

"Stephen, why did the Warriors have collective problems in the third quarter?"

"Mr. Cole, may I ask why Kevin Durant did not attend the post-game interview?"

"Excuse me, the Warriors' performance was completely different before and after. What was the situation?"

(End of this chapter)