NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 352: Lakers’ surprise attack, defeating the Raptors!
After Leonard played again, the Raptors finally had a backbone, but the second quarter was over within a few minutes.

At the end of the first half, the score difference had reached 12 points.

At this time, Barkley said: "If you only look at the first half, the gap between the Raptors and the Lakers is still quite obvious, and the Raptors' defense against the Lakers is obviously not very good."

"Yes, especially for Su's defense. According to statistics, Su has scored 23 points in the first half. I don't know if the Raptors have a special arrangement." Kenny Smith said.

At this time, in the Lakers' locker room, Su Tian was recovering his strength.

Although Su Tian didn't know if the Raptors had any special arrangements, as long as they continued to widen the point difference, the Raptors' various arrangements were useless.

"Su, after observing the first half, I guess the Raptors want to cut off the connection between you and your teammates and make you fall into singles. Since the Raptors look down on your offense, then use all your strength to show him." Wo. Dun said.

Su Tian nodded and said, "Okay coach, don't worry, they will definitely be punished."

The intermission ended quickly, and the third quarter began.

In the third quarter, both sides unanimously brought up the starting lineup.

The first possession of the third quarter was given to the Lakers. Su Tian came to the frontcourt with the ball. He first ran tactics with his teammates. After passing the ball continuously, Su Tian received the ball and directly hit Lowry with his back, turned around and shot a fadeaway jumper. .

Swah——

Su Tian made a steady shot.

The ball changed and it was the Raptors' turn to attack. Lowry came to the frontcourt with the ball and passed it directly to Leonard.

Leonard received the ball, faced Butler's defense, and directly launched a breakthrough.

There are not many changes in Leonard's breakthrough. He relies more on strength and weight, as well as the cover help of his teammates.

But as soon as Leonard took two steps forward, he was double-teamed by George, so Leonard passed the ball to Siakam in the bottom corner.

Siakam took the ball and shot a three-pointer directly.

boom--

It's a pity that it didn't hit.

Just when Gasol wanted to turn around and collect the rebound, Su Tian suddenly came out from the side and forcefully collected the rebound.

After Su Tianchong successfully grabbed the rebound, he turned around and started fast break mode.

Su Tian's speed and reaction were too fast, and the Raptors were confused, so for a while Lowry and Danny Green rushed to double-team Su Tian.

Just before the double-team between the two was about to form, Su Tian accurately passed a long pass to Ingram who was making a fast break in front.

After Ingram caught the ball, he found no one around him, so he dunked with both hands.

At the beginning of the game, the Lakers scored two goals in a row. Nurse stood on the sidelines and couldn't help shouting.

"What's going on! I told you! Don't get double-teamed! Pay attention to cutting off the passes between them!!"

"His passing is even scarier! Don't be fooled by him!"

Nas's voice was not quiet, and Su Tian heard it from the side.

At this time, Su Tian thought to himself: "Why, you look down on my ball-holding offense? Okay, I'll beat you up!"

The ball was given to the Raptors again, and Lowry reorganized the offense with the ball.

This time Gasol mentioned the free throw line, Lowry passed the ball to him, Gasol got the ball and did not rush to take action but started to organize.

Xiaojia does have organizational skills, but he is not very good. It can only be said that he is at a good level at the fifth position.

Just after Xiaojia saw the right time to pass the ball, Su Tian's big hand suddenly appeared and directly intercepted Xiaojia's pass.

Fast attack is on again!
This time Green did not step forward to double-team, but just followed his defender.

But Lowry alone wants to chase and defend Su Tian, ​​which is simply a joke.

So Su Tian accelerated and easily got rid of the chasing Lowry. After getting to the basket first, he succeeded in a layup.

"What's going on? The Lakers have scored three goals in a row! If the Raptors don't stop it, the point difference will be 3 points!"

"The point difference is already 18 points! A 20-point point difference is just a thing! What are the Raptors doing!"

"If you ask me, this is the true level of the Raptors. He does not deserve to be on the finals stage at all. The Cavaliers are more suitable for this stage than him!"

"If this is the gap between the Raptors and the Lakers, I actually think it is the gap between Su Tian and Leonard. Su Tian is much better than Leonard!"

"Su is both offensive and defensive, and he is the regular season MVP. What does Leonard have? He is just a top defensive player who wins championships by following GDP."

The Lakers' ferocious offensive in the third quarter caused many fans to complain and began to question the Raptors' true strength.

At this time, even the extremely stubborn Nurse had to call a timeout and began to change his defensive thinking.

"Listen, you can't double-team Su without thinking. Mark, you squat under the basket and don't come out. As long as Su dares to go in, you will block him! If Su chooses to shoot, Kawhi, only you can come and double-team!" "

After a while of arrangements, Nas changed his defensive strategy against Su Tian and the game continued.

After the game started again, Leonard hit a mid-range shot to open up the Raptors' scoring opening.

Immediately afterwards, Su Tian broke through again with the ball and was double-teamed by Xiaojia.

So Su Tian passed the ball to Nance in the gap.

Nance caught the ball and hit a long two-point shot.

boom--

It didn't feel good and didn't hit.

Leonard took advantage of the opportunity to collect the rebound, and the Raptors' fast break also started.

However, the Lakers retreated quickly, and in the end the Raptors' shot fell into Leonard's hands. After getting rid of Butler, he hit a pull-up jumper directly.

At this time, not only Su Tian felt the change in the Raptors' defensive tactics, but Walton on the sidelines also felt it, but after Walton rubbed his chin, he called someone from the bench.

"The Lakers are adjusting substitutions? It's the player who has been very popular recently, Wood, and he is replaced by Nance." Barkley said.

"Wood is indeed a good choice. Marc Gasol moves slowly and often squats under the basket. Wood's shooting is accurate and can bring Marc out from the basket." Kenny Smith said.

At this time, Nurse frowned and glanced at Wood on the court, but didn't pay special attention.

"It's just an undrafted draft, how can it still change the game? Just kidding."

Nurse looked down upon Wood, who was an undrafted player, but Wood did not disappoint Lakers fans after playing.

Because Marc Gasol had to follow the coach's arrangement to guard Su Tian under the basket, he didn't pay enough attention to Wood who ran outside the three-point line.

As a result, Wood made 3 of 2 from the three-point line and 2 of 2 from long range, giving the Raptors another timeout.

"Well done! Christian! That's it!" Walton's excited palms turned red on the sidelines.

Su Tian also patted Wood on the back and said, "Man, I'm telling you, you can do it, you will be an All-Star in the future!"

At this time, Wood was also very excited, "Su, thank you so much, I will work harder!"

At this time, the point difference between the two teams had reached 23 points, and the third quarter was almost over, but the Raptors bench was silent, looking like they had been fooled by the Lakers.

"It shouldn't be! He is an undrafted guy, and this is the stage of the finals! Isn't he nervous!?"

Nas couldn't figure it out, but the fact was that he couldn't help but ignore it.It can be said that Wood, a surprise player, played an important role and attracted most of the attention. After all, this is the finals.

After the third quarter, the score difference had reached 25 points, and some Raptors fans began to leave the game.

"With a score difference of 25 points, Charles, do you think the Raptors still have a chance?" Kenny Smith asked.

Barkley shook his head and said: "It's very difficult. I dare not say that there is no chance, but it is very difficult to have! Especially when we have to consider that the fourth quarter is the Lakers' strong period."

"Yes, it is true, but rather than saying that this is the Lakers' strong period, it is better to say that this is Su Tian's strong period!" Kenny Smith also said.

At this time, the Raptors bench.

Nas glanced at the players in front of him, then looked down at the tactical board in his hand.

"Guys, the game is not over yet. We did not do well in this game, but those are not important. They have passed. The next thing we need to do is try our best! Get the score back!"

Nurse drank a lot of chicken soup and asked everyone to shout slogans, but the effect didn't seem to be good, especially Leonard, who remained expressionless.

Nas sighed secretly in his heart and shook his head helplessly.

The inter-section break ended quickly and the fourth quarter began.

There is no doubt that the Raptors immediately deployed the entire main lineup at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

But the Lakers side is different. Brunson, Su Tian, ​​Ingram, Kuzma, and Boucher have been arranged.

One and a half starting lineups.

Although it is only half the first round, but coupled with Su Tian who is open, the effect is already very good.

The first possession of the fourth quarter was given to the Raptors, and Leonard advanced to the frontcourt with the ball. At this time, it was still not Ingram who was responsible for defending Leonard, but Su Tian.

Compared with Leonard, Su Tian at this time is not disadvantaged in terms of height and wingspan, but only in weight and strength.

After all, Leonard is the forward swingman, while Su Tian is the forward and defensive swingman.

However, these shortcomings are no longer shortcomings after being solved.

It’s just that Leonard doesn’t know Su Tian’s true situation.

Leonard protected the ball while testing Su Tian's defensive focus, and then Leonard directly started a horizontal push breakthrough.

This breakthrough reminded Su Tian of James.

Leonard has indeed improved compared to before, but this does not mean that Leonard does not have technical shortcomings, such as ball handling.

The moment Leonard launched a breakthrough, Su Tian's eyes accurately captured Leonard's dribbling route.

So Su Tian quickly took action!
Snapped--

Su Tian successfully steals it!

After grabbing the ball, Su Tian sprinted directly and launched a fast break.

Leonard couldn't catch up with Su Tian in this state.

So, Su Tian, ​​who was ahead of everyone, came to the frontcourt, collected the ball, took off, and dunked the ball hard into the basket.

"Su! Another dunk to start the fourth quarter!!!"

"This is Su's repertoire! More than once! Really more than once!"

"The King of the End, this is the real King of the End!!!"

Su Tian's dunk directly ignited the Staples scene, announcing that victory was coming.

At this time, Leonard felt a deep pressure, because just when Su Tian made the steal, Leonard felt that Su Tian's defensive strength had surpassed his!
Leonard started out as a defender, and even won the honor of the best defensive player. But at this moment, Leonard felt that Su Tian's defensive strength had surpassed his own.

The game continued and the Raptors reorganized their offense. This time Leonard no longer held the ball, but gave the ball to Lowry.

Lowry got the ball, faced Brunson, and started the breakthrough directly with the help of a screen.

Brunson was not slow either. He followed Lowry all the way to the basket. After confronting Lowry under the basket, Lowry made a layup.

But before Brunson could be happy, the referee at the bottom line blew the whistle.

"What? The thug committed a foul? No, Mr. Referee, I didn't hit his hand!"

Brunson saw the referee calling a foul on his thug and immediately went to argue, but the result could not be changed. Lowry went to the free throw line.

Nurse on the sidelines was relieved to see Lowry successfully cause a foul. The Raptors can lose, but they can't lose so miserably.

Lowry made two free throws and gave the ball to the Lakers.

Su Tian came to the frontcourt with the ball, and as expected, he encountered Leonard's defense.

Seeing Leonard defending himself, Su Tian was not surprised, but called Boucher to step forward to cooperate with the pick-and-roll.

Leonard saw someone coming up to pick and roll, and quickly slipped past Boucher's pick and roll.

However, although Leonard is very fast, Su Tian is even faster.

The moment Leonard went around the pick-and-roll, Su Tian shot a three-pointer.

Swah——

Three-pointers accurately hit the basket.

"Su hit a three-pointer again! The point difference is now 28 points! Can the Raptors respond?"

"It's hanging. By now in the game, I basically know everything. The Raptors have exhausted all their tricks."

"The Raptors were quite enthusiastic about beating the Cavaliers before. Why are they suddenly giving up now? Are you a typical gangster?"

"No, the main reason is that the Lakers are too strong. I doubt that any team in the Eastern Conference has a chance of winning against the Lakers."

"Actually, the Raptors are already pretty good. If Wood hadn't suddenly burst out from the Lakers in the middle, it's hard to say what the situation would be like now."

"Yes, the Lakers are lucky. Their role players suddenly break out. The Raptors will definitely catch them back in the next game!"

At this time, the game on the court went on for a few more rounds, and Walton made substitutions and adjustments again, bringing in the entire starting lineup.

But not long after Walton made the substitutions, Nurse took over the entire starting lineup.

"The Raptors have made substitutions. They have replaced all the main starting players. They are surrendering and admitting defeat."

"Well, it seems that this game was won by the Lakers after all, and no miracle happened."

After the Raptors took down all the main players, the game ended quickly.

125-98, the Lakers won the first game of the Finals.

本场比赛苏天全场拿到39分12助攻7篮板3抢断1盖帽，全场最佳。

In addition, Butler and George also performed well and performed normally.

The most surprising thing for the Lakers was Wood. He scored 18 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists in this game, and made 4 of 3 three-pointers, which was a surprise.

(End of this chapter)