NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 351 The Eastern Conference Finals are over and the Finals begins!Best lineup announced!
May 5, Game 21 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

The fourth game and the third game basically maintained the same trend. The Raptors took a 10-point lead in the first half.

In the third quarter, the Raptors relied on their tough defense to resist the Bucks, and then in the fourth quarter, a wave broke out and took away the game.

In the end, the Raptors won the game 120-102, and the score in the Eastern Conference Finals was tied at 2-2.

Seeing the Raptors win two consecutive games, Walton had to carefully consider Su Tian's previous speculation.

So he began to convene the coaching staff to arrange tactics against the Raptors.

Of course, tactics against the Bucks are also being trained. After all, the Lakers have a lot of time and are well prepared.

On the 23rd, the Battle of Tianwang Mountain in the East was held.

This game was played at the Bucks' home court. Su Tian was not sure whether the Raptors could win, so he also watched the live broadcast.

For the Bucks, due to consecutive losses in the first two games, the starting lineup has been adjusted.

Brogdon was put into the starting lineup, while Mirotic went to the bench.

The Raptors still have the previous starting lineup, no changes.

After the game started, the Bucks came aggressively, and Antetokounmpo continuously held the ball to attack the Raptors' interior.

Bledsoe and Brogdon also hit three-pointers one after another, which had a big impact on the Bucks.

At the end of the first quarter, the score came to 32-22, and the Bucks led by 10 points.

However, the Bucks suddenly lost power in the second quarter. The team only made 9 of 1 from beyond the three-point line in the second quarter, so the Raptors took the opportunity to catch up with the score.

At halftime, the two teams were only 3 points apart.

In the third quarter, the two teams fought hard again. The Raptors relied on 11 of 5 three-pointers and tied the Bucks at 26.

As a result, the final critical moment for both teams was postponed to the fourth quarter.

At this time, the intensity of the two teams was no less than that of a finals, and the two teams' leading stars, Leonard and Antetokounmpo, were sweating profusely.

After the start of the fourth quarter, the Raptors took the lead with reservations.

Leonard made consecutive shots, and every breakthrough either hit or caused a foul. The Bucks could only use timeouts to interrupt Leonard's offensive.

After returning from the timeout, Antetokounmpo was double-teamed. At the critical moment, Lopez stood up.

Lopez first hit two hard shots inside, then fired from outside the three-point line and hit three points accurately.

Lopez scored 7 points in a row, taking away part of the attention and giving Antetokounmpo a chance to breathe.

Just when Antetokounmpo was about to regroup and attack again, the Raptors' three-pointer suddenly broke out.

First, Marc Gasol returned a three-pointer, and then VanVleet began to show his fangs, hitting two consecutive three-pointers.

That's not all. After VanVleet, Leonard suddenly fired from three-pointers. He made 3 of 2 three-pointers and directly beat the Bucks in a wave.

In the end, Leonard's 15 points in the final quarter and the team's 33 points in the final quarter successfully won the game.

105-99, the Bucks unfortunately lost.

The big score came to 3-2, and the Bucks still had a chance, but they lost three games in a row and their morale was low.

Just the day after the battle of Tianwangshan in the Eastern Conference Finals, the league announced the best lineup of the season.

The first is the three formations: Westbrook, Irving, James, Griffin, Gobert.

Second team: Lillard, Curry, Leonard, Durant, Embiid.

First team: Su Tian, ​​Harden, George, Antetokounmpo, Jokic.

As soon as the league's list was announced, there was a lot of discussion. Well, in fact, no matter how the league ranks it, there will always be fans who are unwilling to accept it.

But this time, everyone paid more attention to James.

James' statistics this season are not bad, and he also led the Cavaliers to the second position in the Eastern Conference, only getting a third team, which made many James fans dissatisfied.

"LeBron James should definitely be in the first team! How did you choose this?"

"If we really get into a fight, can the third team beat the second team to death?"

"Is the league targeting you? Why should James be on the third team? Leonard can be on the second team with anything?"

"Who the hell is Jokic? Why does he deserve a spot? Embiid is obviously more worthy of a spot!"

But in fact, James' performance has indeed declined significantly this season, and because of the need to adjust the lineup at the beginning of the season, the data has been delayed.

Another thing is that James is indeed old, and the league wants to promote newcomers.

Of course, James has only played 55 games this season, which should be one of the reasons. After all, Leonard has played 60 games.

As for the biggest winner, it must be the Lakers.

Su Tian and George were not only selected as All-Star starters, but were also selected into the All-NBA Team. They can be called the strongest combination.

Along with the best lineup, there is also the best defensive lineup.

In terms of the best defensive team, Su Tian and George were once again selected to the first team.

Butler was selected to the second team.

Su Tian and George's double lineup made Lakers fans excited.

"It's stable! It's completely stable! Once this list comes out, who can compete with me!"

"Although this is a regular season honor, it also shows that the league is optimistic about the Lakers. They are worthy of winning 75 games against the Lakers!"

"Actually, I think Butler is also capable of entering the third team, but Butler has paid too much for the team, which hides his true strength."

"The defensive second team looks more like compensation for Butler. After all, with Butler's strength and the team's record bonus, there should be no problem in getting a third team."

The discussion about the best lineup has just started, and the sixth game of the Eastern Conference Finals also started on time.

It can be said that the Bucks gave everything they had in this game. After all, the Bucks have been forced to the edge of the cliff by the Raptors.

The Bucks had an excellent performance of 31-18 in the first quarter, directly leading the Raptors by 13 points.

But in the second quarter, the Bucks began to be unable to follow up. Just in time, they caught up with the Raptors' VanVleet three-pointer.

With VanVleet hitting three consecutive three-pointers, the Raptors recovered some points, but the Bucks still led by 7 points.

After the halftime break, the two teams fought again, and the score difference was forced to 5 points.

As a result, the decisive moment for the two teams was once again placed in the fourth quarter.

Before the fourth quarter started, Su Tian thought that the fourth quarter would be a fierce battle, but he did not expect that the result was very different from his imagination.

As soon as the fourth quarter started, it was still the Raptors who took the lead, not only catching up with the score, but also completing the lead.

The Bucks were obviously in a panic, hitting three-pointers one after another. It wasn't until Lopez made a tip-in inside that the Bucks' scoring drought was broken.

But at this time, it was too late for the Bucks to catch up with the score.

In the end, the game was won by the Raptors, 100-94. The point difference was not much, but it was enough for the Raptors to win the game.

With a big score of 4-2, the Raptors won 4 games in a row and defeated the Bucks to advance to the finals!
During the Eastern Conference finals, Walton has not stopped training the team and observing the Raptors.

Now that the Raptors have reached the finals as Su Tian predicted, Walton once again has to praise Su Tian's vision and intuition.

"Su, when you retire in the future, you will definitely be an excellent coach." After hearing this, Su Tian laughed and said, "I hope I am an excellent team owner."

The end of the Eastern Conference finals also means that the finals are about to begin. The game between the Lakers and the Raptors has attracted the attention of all fans.

Many people think that the Raptors can make it to the finals, which is a small probability event, so more people are more optimistic about the Lakers than the Raptors.

But Su Tian, ​​who really understood the Raptors, didn't dare to be careless at all.

There are still a few days before the finals start, so Walton also takes advantage of these few days to train the players.

Finally, on May 5, the first game of the finals came.

Before the finals started, there was already an overwhelming amount of mini-games like championship prediction.

After final statistics, more than 5% of fans believed that the Lakers would resolve the battle within [-] games.

Even half of the people think that the Lakers will directly sweep the championship.

The outside world's optimism and expectations for the Lakers are very high, but Su Tian did not get carried away and even reminded his teammates not to be fooled.

Soon, it was game time.

The Lakers still have their regular starting lineup.

For the Raptors, Lowry, Green, Leonard, Siakam, Gasol.

Before the game started, George came to Su Tian's side while he was warming up.

"Su, I really didn't expect that we would go straight to the championship in the first year of our cooperation."

Seeing George's disbelieving expression, Su Tian smiled: "This is just the beginning, man, I'm still waiting to win three consecutive championships with you, come on."

At the beginning of the game, Gasol and Nance stood in the center circle. They jumped up at the same time, and the Raptors grabbed the ball.

Lowry took control of the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. Seeing that it was Su Tian who was defending him, Lowry passed the ball to Leonard without hesitation.

The person facing Leonard at this time is naturally not Ingram, but Butler.

According to Walton's pre-game arrangement, Butler is responsible for the main defense, and Su Tian and George are responsible for interfering with the defense.

After Leonard got the ball, he wanted to call Gasol to cooperate with the pick-and-roll, but the effect was not good after trying.

So Leonard took advantage of the gap in the screen and directly launched a breakthrough.

When he came to the free throw line, he stopped immediately and took a jump shot.

Swah——

The basketball hits steadily.

Leonard's jump shot is not gorgeous, nor is it beautiful, but it just feels like it has a "stable" temperament.

The possession of the ball was changed, and Su Tian advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

After Su Tian briefly observed the Raptors' defense, Su Tian began to signal to his teammates to pull away.

After all his teammates were separated, Su Tian began to cross-dribble to test Lowry's defensive focus.

Immediately afterwards, Su Tian broke out and launched a breakthrough.

Lowry at guard.The advantages are weight and strength, but compared with Su Tian, ​​these advantages have all turned into disadvantages.

Su Tian broke through all the way to the basket. Upon seeing this, Gasol immediately stepped forward to help defend against the double team and tried to block the shot.

Su Tian was behind two double-teams, but Su Tian hit the ground and passed the ball accurately to Nance who was left open.

Nance took the ball and shot a jump shot.

Swah——

With the help of Su Tian's pass, Nance's mid-range shot hit steadily.

2-2
Raptors head coach Nurse nodded slightly when he saw Su Tian assisting his teammates.

According to Nurse's observation, in the first three quarters, Su Tian preferred to attract defense and then assist his teammates instead of taking action himself.

"So, in the first three quarters, we cut off the passing lanes and isolated Su, and in the fourth quarter, we tried our best to double-team Su!"

Su Tian didn't know what Nas was thinking, but if Su Tian knew, he would only smile knowingly.

There are no teams that have tried this before, but without exception, they were all defeated by Su Tian.

Su Tian likes to assist in the first three quarters. That's because his teammates are full of energy and Su Tian doesn't want to waste it. It doesn't mean that Su Tian won't go all out in the first three quarters.

In the next few rounds, both sides were still in the testing phase, focusing on tactical movement.

Until the official timeout, both sides began to make substitutions.

After substitutions and adjustments, Su Tian came to the second position. Lowry broke away from Su Tian's defense, so he wanted to perform on the offensive end.

So Lowry came to the frontcourt with the ball, glanced at Brunson who was defending him, and directly launched a breakthrough.

Brunson is also a powerful impact defender, but compared with Peak Lowry, he is still a little behind.

Lowry gritted his teeth and pushed against Brunson, rushing to the basket. Just when Lowry was about to take a layup, George blocked Lowry's layup with a block.

Su Tian quickly grabbed the ball with quick eyes and hands and launched a fast break.

Danny Green followed Su Tian, ​​and his speed was not slow, but after Su Tian came all the way to the basket in the frontcourt, when Su Tian used the European step, Green was immediately confused.

By the time Green reacted, Su Tian had already scored a layup.

"Su doesn't use the Eurostep much anymore, but he still seems to be very skilled. Danny was shaken," Barkley said.

Su Tian hit a layup. At this time, the Raptors did not realize the seriousness of the matter.

But in the next round, after Su Tian succeeded in a single against Green, the Raptors did not help defend against double teams, and Su Tian started his performance.

So, in the few minutes that were about to end in the first quarter, Su Tian succeeded in consecutive singles against Green, directly opening the point difference to 8 points.

"What are the Raptors doing? Doesn't Nurse know that Su is the Lakers' most dangerous player?" Barkley asked with a puzzled look on his face.

Kenny Smith next to him shrugged and said: "I don't know, but the Raptors must have a special arrangement. Otherwise, what is the difference between such a tactic and direct surrender?"

At this time, O'Neal also said: "Just because Su won the assists title, we cannot ignore the fact that he was the scoring leader last season."

At the end of the first quarter, the score came to 34-26, with the Lakers leading by 8 points.

In the second quarter, Su Tian took a rest, and Butler and George led the team.

For the Raptors, Nurse didn't dare to let Leonard take a break and let Leonard continue to play.

However, the Lakers' foundation is much stronger than that of the Raptors. After several rounds, the Raptors did not get any good results.

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

Leonard was finally replaced and rested for a few minutes.

After Leonard was replaced, the Raptors seemed a bit leaderless. Lowry and Siakam took turns to work hard, occasionally interspersed with a few VanVleet's shots.

But there is a clear gap between this lineup and the substitute lineup led by Su Tian.

So Leonard only rested for 3 minutes before being replaced again.

(End of this chapter)