NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 366: Continuing the winning streak, thick eyebrows are missing.

On October 10, the Lakers faced the Grizzlies at home.

Su Tian looked at the list of grizzly bears and showed a hint of interest.

The Grizzlies last season were really uninteresting and not challenging, but this season the Grizzlies are starting to get a little interesting.

The main reason for this is because of the Grizzlies' rookie player, Ja Morant, the future Ranger.

The Grizzlies' starting lineup is also more competitive than before.

Morant, Dillon Brooks, Jae Crowder, Jaren Jackson, Valanciunas.

However, the main players of this team are still relatively young and are not yet very competitive. It will be easy for the Lakers to figure them out.

This is also true. After the opening, Su Tian scored several consecutive goals to directly widen the point difference. So far, the Grizzlies have never caught up.

In the second half, Walton let the main team play for a few minutes as usual before starting to replace the substitute lineup and the bench.

Walton is now considered a championship coach and knows how important the players' health and rest are, so Walton also begins to focus on training the bench and young people in this kind of game.

In the end, the Lakers won the game 120-91.

Morant scored 16 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. Although the statistics are not high, this is already the highest score among the Grizzlies.

After the game against the Grizzlies, the Lakers also won their first four consecutive victories, and they basically won relatively easily.

The combat effectiveness shown by the Lakers has made many Lakers fans look forward to this season.

After the Lakers' 4 consecutive home games at the beginning, they followed up with 3 away games.

They are, Mavericks, Spurs and Bulls.

None of these three teams are considered strong teams at the moment, so winning based on the strength of the Lakers is not a problem.

On November 11, the Lakers came to Dallas to play against the Mavericks.

In the original history, Brunson and Curry were both with the Mavericks during this period, but now they have been cut off by the Lakers.

After the game started, George personally took charge of Doncic's defensive tasks, and because he had Su Tian and thick eyebrows, George did not have to worry about the team's offensive problems, which allowed George to devote himself more fully to the game.

Although this season is only Doncic's second year as a rookie, Doncic is indeed a genius and has extremely rich offensive methods. It is also difficult for George to lock Doncic down.

At the end of the first half, the Mavericks trailed the Lakers by 11 points.

Compared with previous teams, the Mavericks are already very good.

But in the third quarter, the Lakers' starting lineup came on again. Su Tian continued to attack with the ball, widening the point difference to more than 15 points.

In the fourth quarter, Su Tian once again led the bench.

Although it was only a substitute lineup, after Su Tian opened the trap, the Mavericks' double-teaming did not work at all.

With the blessing of the "Marksman" and "Three-Point Shooter" badges, Su Tian's shooting was extremely accurate, like a divine aid.

After only half of the fourth quarter, the Mavericks replaced all their main players, and Carlisle directly announced his surrender.

Walton saw the Mavericks replace the main lineup and replace the main lineup with substitutes and benches.

In the end, the game was firmly won by the Lakers. Su Tian scored 33 points, 11 assists, 7 rebounds and 2 steals, with 20+ points. George had a little less, only 18 points.

For the Mavericks, Doncic scored a near-triple-double with 22 points, 10 assists and 8 rebounds, but his shooting rate was only [-]%, and the overall efficiency was not high.

On the inside, the combination of Big Eyebrow and McGee also steadily suppressed Porzingis, leaving Porzingis with little room to play.

On November 11, the Lakers rushed to San Antonio to play against the Spurs.

The Spurs haven't felt like they've recovered since Leonard's trade.

The current Spurs still rely on the combination of DeRozan and Aldridge.

Since the start of this season, the Spurs have 4 wins and 1 loss, which looks pretty good.

The Spurs' starting lineup for this game is Bryn Forbes, Dejounte Murray, DeRozan, Lyles, and Aldridge.

DeRozan was pushed to the third position and faced off with George.

In fact, if DeRozan plays against Su Tian at the second position, he will only lose worse. When he plays against George at the third position, he can still struggle a little.

Soon, the game started, and McGee easily took the lead.

Brunson got the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, passing the ball directly to Su Tian.

Su Tian got the ball and faced Murray's defense. Without saying a word, he pretended to break through, step back, and shoot a three-pointer.

Swah——

Hit a three-pointer steadily.

Seeing Su Tian strolling on the court, Popovich on the sidelines was infinitely jealous.

"That loser Luke Walton can also lead a team to win a championship. What does he know? What does he know? He will only listen to Su's words!"

Popovich was jealous and extremely unbalanced, but there was nothing he could do because the Spurs couldn't pay him.

At the end of the first quarter, the Spurs were already 8 points behind.

In fact, Popovich also called a timeout in the middle, but no matter how he adjusted, he could not escape the fate of being abused.

Especially DeRozan, who was given high hopes, couldn't let go when facing George's defense.

Let alone lead the team forward.

In the second quarter, George led the team on the field. The Spurs also made personnel adjustments, with Aldridge leading the team.

The two sides fought back and forth this time, but the score difference remained unchanged.

Halfway through the second quarter, George came off the court to rest, Su Tian came on to lead the team, and DeRozan also came on the court again for the Spurs.

Originally, according to the matchup, DeRozan should have faced off with Dun Luo, but Su Tian knew Dun Luo's defensive level well, so he switched defenses with Dun Luo and went to fight DeRozan himself.

Therefore, when facing off against Su Tian, ​​DeRozan was once again restricted and unable to show his true strength at all.

At the end of the first half, the point difference had stabilized to double digits.

At this time, Barkley in the commentary box couldn't help but sigh.

"I didn't expect that one day the Spurs would also be lonely."

Kenny Smith also nodded in agreement: "The Spurs have been brilliant for more than 20 years since they drafted Duncan. I thought Leonard would be the next guardian of the Spurs, but I didn't expect it to become like this."

Barkley nodded first, but then shook his head and said: "I think that starting from David Robinson, the Spurs have been a strong team, but they just don't have the ability to win the championship."

"No matter what, in short, the NBA's evergreen Spurs team seems to be withering now. I don't know when this decline will be alleviated."

"Yes, the Spurs will never be so lucky to get the No. [-] pick again and sign another Tim Duncan."

During the halftime break, Walton didn't do much to make arrangements. Now that the team is in good shape, Walton chose to let the players make adjustments on their own.

Soon the second half began, the Lakers were still the starting lineup, and the Spurs made some adjustments, but the effect was not obvious.

Halfway through the third quarter, the point difference was still double digits, and Su Tian came off the court to rest.

After Su Tian came off the court, DeRozan tried to counterattack, but was suppressed by George and Brunson.

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

"That's almost it. This game should be over here." Wharton thought to himself.Facing the Lakers, they were still behind at the end of the first three quarters, and then the fourth quarter was basically a slow suicide.

Soon the fourth quarter started, and Su Tian came on the field with thick eyebrows and a substitute lineup.

As for the Spurs, it seems they don't want to admit defeat yet and let DeRozan and Aldridge play.

"Both core players of the Spurs are on the court! Do the Spurs want to directly trigger the decisive moment?"

"It's time for a decisive battle? Are you kidding me? The Spurs are still 15 points behind. He can only call for a decisive battle. Do the Spurs deserve it?"

"It's true. The Spurs are indeed no match for the Lakers. This can only be regarded as a desperate move by Popovich."

At this time, the game started, and Su Tian advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

Facing DeRozan's defense, Su Tian used the pick-and-roll to shoot a three-pointer.

Swah——

Su Tian's shot was very quick, and DeRozan had no chance to interfere.

The ball is switched and it is the Spurs' turn to attack.

After DeRozan got the ball, he wanted to test Su Tian's defense, but he was almost intercepted, so DeRozan stopped trying and gave the ball directly to Aldridge inside.

If it was last season, the Lakers would indeed be afraid of the Spurs' inside attack, but not this season.

After Aldridge got the ball, with his thick eyebrows on his back, he directly started a series of back-up shots. After the back-up shot, he turned around, turned over and shot a jumper.

If it was Nance who was guarding Aldridge, this ball would be scored [-]% of the time, but Nance's defensive strength is not comparable to that of Nance.

boom--

The basketball hit the basket. Kuzma had quick eyes and quick hands. He stepped forward to grab the rebound and passed the ball directly to Su Tian outside the three-point line.

Su Tian got the basketball and started the fast break mode directly.

DeRozan wanted to reach out and foul, but failed to catch Su Tian. Su Tian came all the way to the front basket unimpeded.

Collect the ball, take off, dunk!

"Okay friends! Fast-break counterattack dunks in the fourth quarter are already part of the Lakers' repertoire!" Barkley said.

"Yes, but it cannot be ignored that Davis defended this ball. His defense is too important to the Lakers." Kenny Smith said.

After this goal, Walton sat firmly on the bench with his arms folded, because he knew that the game was safe.

On the Spurs bench, Popovich also rubbed his temples. He also knew that this game was basically over.

As the saying goes, it's hard for a good woman to make a meal without rice, which is exactly Popovich's state of mind now.

Three minutes before the end of the game, the point difference had stabilized to 3 points, and Popovich replaced all the main players.

The Lakers also followed suit, replacing the main players and letting the bench lineup come on.

In the end, the game ended, and the Lakers defeated the Spurs 119-99.

"Charles, why do I feel that the recent Lakers games have been very easy, and they have all been substituted at the last minute, or even players on the edge of the bench." Kenny Smith asked.

Barkley turned to look at Smith and said: "Kenny, then I can only say that you are right. The strength gap between the Lakers and other teams is too big, so it seems that the Lakers are not using any force at all."

"In fact, so far, Sue and Davis have been the ones who have been working hard, while the Lakers' second-in-command last season, Paul George, has focused on defense this season and has not yet performed on the offensive end."

"The Lakers' Big Three are really both reasonable and powerful."

After the game against the Spurs, the Lakers rushed to Chicago non-stop.

On November 11th, the Lakers played against Chicago away from home.

But just after the Lakers settled in the hotel, Walton came to Su Tian's room.

"What's wrong coach?"

"Su, Davis may not be able to play in the next game, so be prepared." Walton's face was serious.

"Can't get on? What's going on?"

"Davis may have been too excited in the previous games and exerted too much force, which caused some tension in his leg muscles. The team doctor said that he would be fine after just two days of rest."

"So the game against the Bulls cannot be played. As for the following games, we will wait until we return to Los Angeles to observe."

After Wharton finished speaking, he left, while Su Tian felt speechless.

The team was unstoppable, but the thick eyebrow was suddenly injured, which was a huge blow to the team.

It wasn't until the start of the game that the outside world learned about the thick eyebrow injury, and the Lakers once again aroused everyone's discussion.

"Is Davis injured? I haven't seen him have any violent collisions in the past few games?"

"This is the scariest thing. It reminds me of Durant last year. No one touched him at all, and he ruptured his Achilles tendon."

"By the way, does Davis have a bit of a glass personality? This won't affect the Lakers' championship, right?"

"It's hard to say, but Davis is still very important to the Lakers. Without Davis, the Lakers will have a difficult time on the high-end battlefield."

"So, the Clippers have hope?"

"There is no hope. Even if the Lakers are injured and only one Su is left, the Clippers will not have a chance."

Davis' injury caused a lot of attention and discussion, but because the official news was just muscle tension, no one took it seriously.

Soon, it was game time.

Because the Lakers lack thick eyebrows, the starting lineup has also been changed.

Brunson, Su Tian, ​​George, Kuzma, McGee.

Without thick eyebrows, the Lakers' inside line seems a bit weak. Apart from McGee, there is only one Boucher available.

Therefore, in this game, both George and Su Tian need to pay attention to assisting and supplementing defense inside.

After playing, Su Tian looked at the Bulls' lineup, and the only one worthy of attention was Zach LaVine.

However, Su Tian also noticed a potential forward of the Bulls, Markkanen.

However, Markkanen has not fully grown up at this time, so there is no need to worry too much.

The game started quickly. McGee took the lead in grabbing the basketball. Brunson got the ball and came to the frontcourt with the ball.

After arriving in the frontcourt, Brunson passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

Facing LaVine's defense, Su Tian smiled and broke through. He came to the free throw line and made a jump shot.

Swah——

The basketball hits steadily.

The ball changed and it was the Bulls' turn to attack. LaVine came to the frontcourt with the ball.

Facing Su Tian's defense, LaVine thought for a while and decided not to play directly. Instead, he called his teammates for a pick-and-roll.

Use the pick-and-roll to initiate a breakthrough with LaVine.

But LaVine had just started, and Su Tian quickly attacked and directly made a steal!
(End of this chapter)