NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 346: Western Decisive Battle with Warriors!Durant disappears.

The game started quickly, the referee blew the whistle, and Nance grabbed the first right of attack.

Su Tian got the ball and advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

Facing Curry's defense, Su Tian did not start playing alone directly, but first tried to coordinate tactics with his teammates.

So Su Tian first called Nance to step forward to cooperate with the pick-and-roll, and used the pick-and-roll to break through inside.

After attracting Green's defense, he passed a ground-breaking pass to George outside the three-point line.

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

Swah——

Hit a three-pointer steadily.

3-0
After George made the shot, he held up three fingers in celebration while jogging back to defend.

"Beautiful, Paul!"

"You pass beautifully too, Su!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, each returning to their defensive positions.

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

Curry came to the frontcourt with the ball and passed the ball directly to Green.

Green stood at the top of the arc with the ball, watching his teammates' movements while waiting for opportunities to pass the ball.

After a series of tactical moves, Green passed the ball to Clay who was running.

Clay caught the ball and was about to take a three-pointer, but Butler arrived in time, so Clay accelerated his shot and took a three-pointer against Butler.

bang - swish -

The basketball hits the rim and bounces into the net.

3-3
"It seems that even if the Warriors don't have Durant, they still can't be underestimated." Barkley said.

"Of course, the Warriors still defeated the Nuggets and advanced to the Western Conference Finals despite Durant's absence. There is no doubt about the team's competitiveness," Kenny Smith said.

Su Tian knew how terrifying the Warriors were, so he was not surprised by the Warriors' performance.

"Focus! Guys! Don't take it lightly!"

In the next few rounds, Su Tian kept holding the ball to organize the team's offense, giving the main offensive role to George and Butler.

Until the end of the first quarter, the score difference between the two teams did not change much. 30-27, the Lakers temporarily led by 3 points.

In the second quarter, George and Butler took a break, and Su Tian came on to start the main attack.

From the second quarter, Su Tian began to exert his strength gradually, and the point difference between the two teams began to gradually widen.

Halfway through the second quarter, Su Tian came off the court to rest, and Butler and George came on again.

At this point the point difference has come to 8 points.

At the end of the second quarter, the score difference had not changed much, with a 9-point difference.

In the Lakers locker room during halftime.

Walton looked at everyone's status and said: "The impact of Durant's absence on the Warriors is not small. The first half of the test was almost done. From the second half, we will go out with all our strength and try to take it away directly!"

In the first half, in order to maintain stability, Walton mainly arranged the team's tactics to avoid rash attacks.

Now that the test is almost done, Wharton is ready to fight hand-to-hand with the Warriors with real swords and guns.

Soon, the halftime break ended and players from both sides took the field.

In the third quarter, the Lakers sent out the starting lineup. The Warriors were supposed to have a five-small lineup, but Durant was absent, so they had no choice but to use the starting lineup.

The first possession of the third quarter was given to the Warriors. Curry quickly advanced to the frontcourt with the ball and passed the ball to Iguodala, who stepped forward to respond.

Curry led Su Tian to start running without the ball, trying to get rid of Su Tian while disrupting the Lakers' defensive formation.

Iguodala, who got the ball at this time, burst out and tried to break through Ingram. Ingram's body was not as good as Iguodala's, but his speed was not bad, and he followed Iguodala all the way to the basket.

After arriving at the basket, Iguodala overcame Ingram's defense and took three steps to collect the ball.

Nance on the side saw this and wanted to step forward to help defend against the double team. As soon as Iguodala noticed Nance's movement, he passed the ball directly to the bottom corner.

When Iguodala passed the ball, there was no one in that position, but just after Iguodala took the shot, Rooney turned around and set a screen for Clay.

Clay took the opportunity to run out and directly received Iguodala's pass.

Clay and the basketball reached the bottom corner at the same time, and the cooperation between the two was just right.

At this time, Su Tian had no time to think about it and ran to help defend, but Clay's shot was faster.

Swah——

Clay hit a three-pointer.

"The cooperation of this Warriors team is really smooth. I will accept this goal." Su Tian said secretly in his heart.

"But the Warriors won't get a second chance. I won't fall in the same place twice."

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

Su Tian came to the frontcourt with the ball, first called Nance to step forward to pick and roll, and then Su Tian used the pick and roll to directly shoot a three-pointer.

Curry is right next to Su Tian, ​​but unfortunately there is a big gap in height and wingspan with Su Tian, ​​and there is no effective defense at all.

Swah——

Su Tian's three-pointer was also a solid hit.

The Warriors attacked again. This time Green received the ball and passed it to Curry again. Curry caught the ball and rushed to the basket, but was interfered by Su Tian when he took the shot.

Su Tian turned around to collect the rebound and directly started fast break mode.

The Warriors were also very fast. When Su Tian came to the frontcourt, Curry and Green also returned to their defensive positions, but Su Tian still resisted Curry's defense and shot directly for a layup.

bang - swish -

After Su Tian made a layup, he raised his right hand to show off his biceps and patted it with the other hand.

"Stephen, you can't stop me."

Curry did not speak, but continued to follow the team to attack.

Curry himself also knows that this is a critical moment for the team. Three consecutive championships are right in front of him. Curry does not want to lose it just like this.

However, Curry did not publicly support Durant because of his own personality problems, so the relationship between Durant and Curry is not as good as before.

"I will lead the team to win! I can do it!" Curry encouraged himself in his heart.

In the next few rounds, Su Tian took charge of the team's main attacker's position, constantly using his personal ability to score.

As for the Warriors, Curry has been trying to drive his teammates through his own efforts.

If Curry was facing someone else, it might actually be useful, but unfortunately, Curry is facing Su Tian now.

Under Su Tian's defense, even Curry, the unanimous MVP, had limited performance on the court.

At the end of the third quarter, the point difference had reached 15 points.

"Kenny, have we all underestimated Su's defense?" Barkley sighed as he looked at the statistics in his hand.

Kenny Smith heard Barkley's sigh and picked up the data sheet.

Statistics show that Curry's personal performance in the third quarter was only about 25% from three-pointers, and his overall field goal percentage was only [-]%. At the same time, he was intercepted twice by Su Tian. "This, this is indeed quite obvious. This performance is far lower than Curry's normal performance, not to mention this is still the third quarter." Smith said.

"Usually when dealing with other teams, let alone restricting Curry, it's already good if Curry can't explode in the third quarter."

At this time, Barkley suddenly said: "Kenny, do you think it is possible for Su to win the best defensive player?"

"This..."

This question really stumped Smith.

So Smith quickly turned to look at O'Neal next to him.

"Shaq, what do you think?"

"Huh? What? You mean the best defensive player in Suna?"

"This shouldn't happen. After all, I think this season's regular season MVP is more suitable for Su. The league shouldn't give MVP and DPOY to the same person, right?"

After O'Neill finished speaking, the entire studio fell into silence.

Barkley quickly ran out to break the deadlock: "It's hard to say. Let's look at the official news from the league."

O'Neal then added: "It would be normal for Su to win the MVP and DPOY at the same time. After all, he is still the steal king. Yes, he still wins the steal king."

After O'Neal finished speaking, Barkley thought about it and felt it made sense, but then he thought, if the Lakers win the championship this year, wouldn't Su Tian directly collect the three major awards of MVP, DPOY and FMVP!

At this time, the fourth quarter game just started.

Everyone's attention also shifted to the game.

In the fourth quarter of the game, the Lakers knew that the Warriors would resist and did not dare to be careless. They only replaced George to rest. Su Tian and Butler continued to lead the team.

As for the Warriors, as Walton expected, Curry and Green were allowed to continue playing, while Clay took a break.

When Curry came on the court, he was still defended by Su Tian, ​​but on the offensive end, Curry was trying hard to avoid Su Tian's influence.

The first possession of the fourth quarter was given to the Lakers. Brunson came to the frontcourt with the ball and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

After Su Tian got the ball, he found Curry and broke through with ease.

Su Tian's explosive performance was not bad, but after strengthening in the fourth quarter, it became easier to complete the breakthrough.

After the breakthrough, Su Tian held the ball and came to the free throw line, stopped directly and made a jump shot.

Swah——

The basketball is firmly in the net.

The ball is switched, and the Warriors attack.

Curry came to the frontcourt with the ball, and Su Tian stepped forward directly to keep up with the defense.

It was difficult for Curry to deal with Su Tian in the third quarter, let alone the fourth quarter.

Curry kept moving around with the ball, but it was still difficult to get rid of Su Tian's death coil.

Just when Curry was about to make a mistake, Green came to take over, and Curry immediately passed the ball to him.

As soon as Curry passed the ball, he immediately cut to the basket, trying to catch Su Tian off guard.

Immediately afterwards, Green also passed a ground-breaking pass to Curry under the basket.

Just when the basketball was about to reach Curry's hands, Su Tian intercepted it and completed the steal.

After stealing the ball, Su Tian immediately turned around and started fast break mode.

In the fourth quarter, Su Tian's speed can be said to be the only one in the league. No one can catch up. Maybe Wall, who is bursting at full strength, can compete with him.

After Su Tian quickly dropped the ball, the Warriors player behind him gave up the pursuit after a while, so Su Tian dunked with both hands and succeeded easily.

"omg!!! Su once again performed a steal! This is Su's repertoire in the fourth quarter!"

"Yes, in previous games, Su always liked to perform like this in the fourth quarter. So far, Su has always defended his title as the king of the final quarter!"

"Su's title is too solid and should not be broken. After all, Su himself is already a top star in the league."

"Yes, with such a high foundation and being able to explode, it will basically never happen again!"

At this time, the morale on the court also changed because of Su Tian's steal.

The morale of the Warriors has dropped significantly. Only Curry still maintains a high fighting spirit, and even Green has begun to feel a lot lower.

The Lakers are more motivated. They already have the bonus of Su Tian's "defensive core". Now their morale has improved again, and the Lakers' overall defensive efficiency has once again risen to a higher level!
Five minutes later, the point difference not only narrowed, but continued to widen, so Cole immediately called a timeout.

After the timeout, Cole brought in all the starting lineup.

At this time, the Lakers also changed their formation and came up with the starting lineup.

Before Su Tianlin came on the court, Walton came to Su Tian and said, "Su, these few minutes are the time for the Warriors to make a crazy counterattack. Pay attention, and you must protect yourself!"

Su Tian nodded seriously after hearing this.

In the final stage of this season, the Warriors signed back the previous dog. Su Tian naturally needs to pay attention to safety issues.

After the game started again, Curry and Clay took crazy three-pointers.

Green and Iguodala play the role of organizers and defenders very well.

Iguodala, in particular, was responsible for the task of defending Su Tian.

In the entire Warriors team, Iguodala should be the most suitable to defend Su Tian, ​​but for some reason, the two of them did not have much time to face each other in this game. It seemed that Cole did not have a plan for the two to face each other. , but Su Tian didn't think it was Cole's mistake, but wondered if Cole had other conspiracies.

After the two faced off in the fourth quarter, Iguodala worked hard on defense, but the impact on Su Tian was very limited.

Because Su Tian consciously protected himself and did not fully exert his strength, the Lakers did not continue to widen the point difference, but they did not let the Warriors close the point difference.

At the end of the game, the Lakers defeated the Warriors 121-105.

苏天全场拿到38分12助攻7篮板5抢断2盖帽，当选全场最佳。

For the Warriors, Curry and Klay both only scored 20+ and were not outstanding in terms of scoring.

"When neither Curry nor Klay can help the team score, who can come out and carry the banner?"

"Yes, you could rely on Kevin when Kevin was here before, but now that Kevin is gone, either Curry breaks through Su Tian's blockade, or the Warriors find a third scoring point."

"It is obviously unrealistic to discover the third scoring point in a short period of time. We can only wait and see if Curry can break through Su's blockade."

Barkley and Kenny Smith spoke to each other and easily stated the direction the Warriors wanted to adjust.

In the interview after the game, Su Tian, ​​a successful player, still did not shine as much as the Warriors.

"Stephen, how can you rely on Su's blockade, and what can you do to get rid of it in the next game?"

Curry picked up the microphone and said: "Su's defense is really good. He has the defensive ability to become a dpoy. I will try to get rid of it with the help of my teammates in the next game."

Then, another reporter stood up and asked a question.

"Coach Cole, the Warriors have not been able to take the lead in this game. What do you think is the main reason? How to adjust for the next game?"

Cole replied calmly: "Today the players didn't feel very good, and there are some flaws in tactics, but they will be solved soon in the next game. As for how to adjust, that is a team secret and cannot be disclosed for the time being."

But just as Cole finished answering, a reporter stood up and asked a question.

"Coach Cole, will Kevin come back in the next game?"

Cole frowned and said, "I'm sorry, I don't know either."

After speaking, Cole took Curry and left the table directly.

(End of this chapter)