NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 347: Su Tian dunks in Game [-] of the Western Conference Finals
The first game of the Western Conference Finals ended with the Lakers leading the Warriors 1-0.

Most fans can understand this result. After all, the Warriors' strength has dropped a lot since Durant is not here.

After a day's rest, the second game of the Western Conference Finals begins on May 5.

In the second game, Durant was still not seen on the Warriors bench.

At this time, the fans also understood that Durant's injury was probably not serious, otherwise the team would not have fallen behind but still not showed up.

The game started soon, and the Lakers still had the right to attack first. Su Tian came to the frontcourt with the ball.

Su Tian came to the frontcourt with the ball, facing Curry's defense, directly skipping the probing phase, and broke through Curry's defense with an explosion.

Curry didn't expect Su Tian to explode as soon as he came up, and the rest of the Warriors didn't react, so Su Tian successfully hit a layup.

2-0
But in the eyes of some Warriors fans, Su Tian stole a goal while he was not paying attention.

The ball was switched, and Curry came to the frontcourt with the ball.

After Curry came to the frontcourt, he passed the ball directly to Green, and he led Su Tian to start running without the ball.

Green didn't stop when he got the ball and passed the ball to Iguodala again.

After Iguodala got the ball, he directly started a breakthrough facing Ingram.

Ingram slowed down a beat, George stepped forward to help defend, and Iguodala passed the ball to Clay who was running out.

Clay caught the ball and made a three-pointer.

Swah——

Clay took the lead to open the situation.

The Lakers attacked again, and this time the Warriors were ready. As soon as Su Tiang rushed in with the ball, he was double-teamed, so he passed a pass to George on the outside.

George caught the ball and shot a three-pointer.

Swah——

George successfully responded with a three-pointer.

The next few rounds were basically the same as the previous one, but because Su Tian took the lead, the score difference was more obvious than the previous one.

At the end of the first quarter, the score came to 33-25, with the Lakers leading by 8 points.

During the break, Walton did not relax his vigilance.

"Focus! Guys! Don't be fooled by the score difference in front of you! The Warriors may catch up soon, stay vigilant!"

The arena was noisy, and Walton had to shout to make the players hear what he said.

The second quarter of the game started quickly. Su Tian took a break, and Butler and George led the team.

For the Warriors, Green and Curry play.

On the back line, without Su Tian's restraint, Curry began to show his strength.

Although Brunson has an advantage in strength, he is easily thrown away by Curry without the ball.

After playing for half a quarter, Curry led the team to recover 5 points, and the point difference was only 3 points.

At this time, Su Tian came on the court again, and the Warriors seemed to have expected it, replacing Green and Curry, and replacing Clay and Iguodala.

At this time, Su Tian held the ball again and found that Iguodala was defending him.

Although Su Tian is in the second position, Clay does not suffer a disadvantage when he defends Ingram in the third position.

Seeing Iguodala coming to defend him, Su Tian also secretly increased his vigilance, and then an explosion drove Iguodala's defensive focus.

But Su Tian did not rush to the basket, but quickly connected with a step back and directly stepped back to shoot a three-pointer.

The space created was very wide, and Su Tian easily hit a three-pointer.

"Andre, stick to him! Don't give him space!"

Cole on the sidelines saw Su Tian easily hitting the shot and shouted loudly towards the court.

In Cole's view, he would rather let Su Tian rush in and score than let Su Tian make an easy shot.

After all, Su Tian's shooting percentage is not low whether he is rushing or shooting. If he rushes to the basket, he can still consume a lot of energy.

In the next few rounds, Iguodala began to implement the coach's arrangements, sticking close to Su Tian and not giving him any space to shoot.

So Su Tian started to combine breakthrough shots, using breakthroughs and pull-up jumpers to confuse Iguodala's defense.

At the end of the second quarter, the score difference returned to 6 points again.

If Klay hadn't hit a three-pointer before the end, the point difference at this time would have been 9 points.

At the end of the first half, the two sides entered the halftime break.

"Charles, let's use your traditional skills and predict this game and this series."

Kenny Smith saw that there had been no highlights in this game so far, so he quickly roped in Barkley to create some topics.

Barkley pretended to rub his chin and said: "At the moment, the Lakers do have a clear lead. I'm not talking about the score, but the overall momentum on the field."

"Momentum? How do you say this?"

"In terms of the score alone, the Lakers are not leading by much so far today, but the Lakers played very easily, while the Warriors seemed a little reluctant. The difference in state between the two sides is obvious."

Barkley continued: "If Durant cannot come back in this series, then even if the Warriors win this game, the series will still be in danger."

"So according to you, Durant is important to the Warriors?" Kenny Smith asked immediately.

"Then...when every team is missing an important role, it will cause great harm to the team."

After Barkley finished speaking, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at Smith who was snickering next to him.

At this time, the halftime break was almost over, and players from both sides returned to the court.

"Okay, audience friends, the third quarter is the real battle between the two teams. This is also the Warriors' strongest counterattack. Let's see if the Warriors can turn defeat into victory!"

The first possession of the third quarter was given to the Warriors, and Curry came to the frontcourt with the ball.

In the third quarter, both teams switched to their starting lineups.

After Curry came to the frontcourt, he did not pass the ball directly, but called Green to step forward to pick and roll.

Seeing Green's pick-and-roll, Su Tian easily went around it, but Curry seized the slightest shot of space and shot a three-pointer directly.

Swah——

"Beautiful! Stephen Curry, at the beginning of the third quarter, hit a three-pointer!"

"Let's see how the Lakers respond."

At this time, Su Tian also rushed into the frontcourt with the ball, but it was not Curry who defended him, but Iguodala.

Su Tian observed for a moment and saw Curry defending Ingram, so he passed the ball directly to Ingram, hoping that Ingram would try to beat Curry alone.

Although Ingram is relatively thin, compared with the forward players at that time, and now the defender is Curry, Ingram still has certain physical advantages.

So after Ingram received the ball, he took a long step and tried to break through Curry's defense. Although Curry followed up in time, Ingram found the opportunity to take a shot and directly shot a jumper.

bang - swish -

The basketball hit the rim twice and finally fell into the net.

"Okay, thanks to Su's pass, Ingram's shot was hit steadily. It's still a bit difficult for Stephen to defend Brandon." Barkley explained the game. "Yes, but we can't let Curry defend Su. That will only make us suffer even more," Kenny Smith said.

The next few rounds are basically a microcosm of these two rounds.

On the offensive end of the Warriors, Curry and Klay are doing crazy output. As for Green and Iguodala, they can't provide much help in scoring.

But because of Su Tian's defensive interference, Curry's shooting percentage was better than in the previous game, but his points were still relatively low, and he was not able to support the entire team's offense at all.

On the offensive end of the Lakers, Su Tian went all out. Not only did he have breakthroughs and shots, but he also assisted Ingram several times.

It is impossible for Iguodala to really restrict Su Tian, ​​but it does have an impact on Su Tian.

However, these impacts were not enough to change the situation.

Halfway through the third quarter, the point difference had stabilized to about 16 points.

So Walton took advantage of the dead ball opportunity to replace Su Tian and let George and Butler lead the team.

As for the Warriors, they didn't dare to let down too many people. Cole just asked Iguodala to take a rest, and the other main players remained on the court.

After all, Iguodala will continue to face off against Su Tian in the fourth quarter, and Cole does not dare to let Iguodala consume himself too much.

After Su Tian left the game, Curry's shooting percentage increased again visible to the naked eye.

Although he didn't hit too many hits due to physical problems, the improvement in hit rate is obvious.

"It seems that it's not that Curry has become weaker, but that Su's defense is so suffocating that even Curry can't complete the breakthrough!"

"Yes, Su's defensive performance was already obvious when he was on the court. Unexpectedly, the contrast was even more obvious after Su was off the court."

Soon, the third quarter ended.

The Warriors recovered some points because of Curry's improved touch.

At this time the score difference came to 9 points.

This point difference is a very dangerous point difference for both the Warriors and the Lakers.

Walton is also emphasizing the Lakers' bench.

"With a 9-point difference, the Warriors will catch up soon. Be careful and don't be careless! Su! The team's offense in the fourth quarter will be left to you!"

Su Tian nodded and said, "No problem, coach!"

At the same time, the Warriors' bench is not idle either.

"Everyone should be very clear that Su will definitely have an outburst in the fourth quarter. Andre, I'll leave the defense to you. Green, you also play and pay attention to helping defend Su. As for the offense, Klay , Sean, it’s up to you two.”

After a period of tactical arrangements, the inter-section break ended and the fourth quarter began.

For the Lakers, Walton didn't dare to step up and let Butler and Ingram play to cooperate with Su Tian.

On the Warriors' side, except for Curry, the rest are all starting lineups.

"Here, it seems that the Lakers and Warriors are mostly starters." Smith said.

"Yes, it seems that the decisive battle between the two teams has begun now." Barkley said.

The first possession of the fourth quarter was given to the Lakers, and Su Tian advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

After coming to the frontcourt, Su Tian saw that Iguodala was still defending him, but at this time Su Tian had long been accustomed to Iguodala's defense, but Iguodala suddenly faced Su Tian in the fourth quarter. But you may not be able to adapt quickly.

So, Su Tian quickly exploded, and the speed of this explosion was almost twice the normal speed, so Iguodala didn't react at all.

Su Tian came to the basket easily, collected the ball and took off, and succeeded with a reverse C dunk.

"Oh!! Oh my god!!! It's coming! It's coming! Su in the fourth quarter!! God forever!!"

"Su never disappoints! He always starts his fourth quarter with a bang!!"

Su Tian, ​​who succeeded in dunking, also showed off his biceps to the fans at the scene after falling.

The fans at Staples were immediately excited, and the fans screamed endlessly.

"So handsome! This is our king in Los Angeles!!!"

"OMG! I have to give him 11 points for Su's dunk! Give him 1 more point so he won't be proud!!"

"Seriously, Su should participate in the dunk contest! He can definitely win!!"

"Too strong! Su is really too strong! Iguodala didn't even react! If it doesn't work, the Warriors should just admit defeat!!"

The scene was very noisy, but Curry on the sidelines still quickly came to the bottom line to urge his teammates to serve.

At this time, Curry is very calm and rational, with no hint of his usual funny personality.

After Livingston came to the frontcourt with the ball, before he reached the three-point line, he directly passed the ball to Clay who was running out.

Clay just received the ball and without making any adjustments, he shot a three-pointer from far away.

Clay's purpose is very clear, which is to use a super long three-pointer to demoralize the Lakers, otherwise the Warriors will be too passive.

But unfortunately, if it were someone else, this unexpected long three-pointer might really be effective, but it was Su Tian who was defending Clay at this time, and it was Su Tian in the fourth quarter.

boom--

The basketball hit the rim hard and jumped high.

A bunch of people started fighting for the rebound under the basket. Nance took the lead in hitting the ball due to his height advantage, but failed to collect the rebound.

When Green saw this, he immediately jumped up to fight for it, but at the same time, Kuzma grabbed the rebound before Green and quickly passed the ball to Su Tian.

After Su Tian got the ball, he immediately started a fast break. Clay couldn't find a chance to foul even if he wanted to.

bang——

There was a loud sound, and Su Tian dunked again.

13 points difference.

Cole walked to the sidelines and stretched out his hand to indicate the rhythm and success rate.

So Livingston held the ball steadily and came to the frontcourt. He did not pass the ball immediately. Instead, he waited until Green reached the top of the arc and the two passed the ball hand in hand.

Then Livingston used Green's screen to lead Brunson to the low post on the left.

After Livingston got into position, Green passed the ball in.

After Livingston received the ball, he started a post-up with his back to Brunson.

After the continuous back blows, Livingston's position did not change. After all, Brunson's strength is not weak.

So Livingston shook his shoulder and then turned over and shot a jumper.

bang - swish -

The basketball bounced off the rim and fell into the net.

Cole on the sidelines breathed a sigh of relief, but still dared not relax his nerves. After all, Livingston's turnaround jump shot can only be used occasionally and cannot be used as a conventional weapon.

At this time, Su Tian once again broke through Iguodala's defense, hit a pull-up jumper, and successfully returned the goal just now.

"I'm so convinced!" Cole cursed in his heart.

(End of this chapter)