NBA Old Age Star System

Occupying a 12-point difference, starting the second half, the Lakers still have a great advantage.

At this time, in the Clippers locker room, Doc Rivers looked at the two superstars in front of him and wanted to show off his great deception skills.

But after a period of chicken soup indoctrination, the two of them remained unmoved. James was better, and at least he responded politely to Rivers.

Leonard was too quiet here, with a calm face and no emotion, as if he were a real robot.

After the two left, Rivers sat there blankly, looked up at the sky, and sighed deeply.

"I can't carry it, I really can't carry it at all!"

At this time, after James and Leonard left, the two walked side by side.

"Kawhi, what do you think of Doug?" James suddenly asked.

"Oh? Average." Leonard's answer was concise and to the point.

James seemed to have gotten used to Leonard's answer and didn't mind it at all, instead smiling.

"Then let's change to a suitable coach? What do you think?" James asked tentatively.

Leonard suddenly paused on the spot, turned to look at James, and said, "It's okay, I don't have any objections."

After hearing Leonard's answer, James left with satisfaction.

At this time, Leonard looked at James' back and fell into deep thought.

Soon, the halftime was over, players from both sides returned to the court, and the game started again.

Both sides still have the starting lineup, and no lineup changes have been made.

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

Su Tian got the ball, faced Pope, changed direction and misled, then returned to the three-point line again, accurately seized a three-point opportunity, and shot directly.

Swah——

The three-pointer was hit steadily.

"Su's three-pointers are still accurate. It seems that the break at halftime did not cool down his hand." Barkley said.

The ball was transferred and the Clippers attacked. James came to the frontcourt with the ball, looked at the defensive formation on the field, and directly called Zubac to step forward to pick and roll.

James used the pick-and-roll to make a breakthrough, but halfway through the breakthrough, he was caught up by George and continued to struggle.

"It seems that LeBron is indeed old. It would have been impossible for George to catch up with this ball so easily." Kenny Smith said with emotion.

At this time, James got into an entanglement with George and struggled to pass the ball to Beverley on the side.

Beverley did not have any singles ability and could only look for teammates to pass the ball, but Beverley's passing movement was so obvious that he was accurately predicted by thick eyebrows and intercepted directly.

After stealing the ball, he passed the ball to Su Tian. Su Tian received the ball and started a fast break. Leonard and Pope wanted to step forward to help defend against the double team, but Su Tian easily dodged it.

Su Tian successfully came to the frontcourt and scored a layup.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Su Tian hit a three-pointer and a layup. The score difference instantly reached 17 points, and he was about to reach 20 points.

So when the Clippers organized an offense again, Leonard took the initiative to ask for the ball, used his speed to break through the thick-eyebrow defense and came to the basket, faked a fax, and scored a layup.

Seeing Leonard's layup, Rivers on the sidelines also breathed a sigh of relief, and some Clippers fans on the court also breathed a sigh of relief.

"As long as Kawhi can score, there is still hope for this game!"

"Yes, but this time LeBron is really here to assist others."

"I don't believe it. I don't believe LeBron is willing to assist others. The boss of the Clippers is still not in a certain state."

"Actually, it's certain that Leonard is the boss on the court and physically, but James is the boss mentally and in the locker room."

"You mean James is Haslem?"

"No, no, no, at least Kazakhstan is only on one team."

At this time, the scene on the court changed. The two sides had played back and forth for several rounds, but the point difference did not change much and remained stable at around 15 points.

Halfway through the third quarter, Walton called a timeout.

"Oh, I asked why Walton suddenly called a timeout. It turned out to be halfway through the third quarter." Barkley said angrily.

"I don't know whether Walton is capable or not. At least the substitutions were made on time, but it should only be a substitution."

Since this season, Barkley has had one more target to complain about, and that is Luke Walton.

It was entirely because Walton won the championship last season and became the championship coach that Barkley was sore.

Kenny Smith couldn't help but interject at this time: "Hey, Charles, so you gave him another nickname, right? Substitution coach?"

"Yes, the name sounds good, but you can also call him puppet coach or something like that."

As Barkley complained, the timeout passed and the two sides took the field again.

As expected, the Lakers made normal substitution adjustments. Su Tian and Nongmei took a rest, and George and Brunson led the team on the field.

On the Clippers side, Lou Williams and Harrell came on, and James came off to rest.

Due to physical reasons, James has not dared to play too much time during the regular season this season, just to maintain his body and leave him in good physical condition for the playoffs.

At this time, Su Tian was watching the game on the bench seriously. Although Walton made some arrangements, Su Tian was still afraid that someone from Lu Wei and Harrell would break out.

After all, this is what these two people do, they break out at every turn, with the characteristics of a crazy knife.

But fortunately, both of them were relatively normal in this game, or it could be said that Walton's arrangement worked. Everyone's defensive strength was indeed online, and the two of them failed to surge.

At the end of the third quarter, the point difference was still 14 points, and the Lakers still held a clear lead.

According to past experience, if you encounter a team with average strength, such a point difference can be given up directly in the fourth quarter against the Lakers.

But the Clippers are not an ordinary team. If the Lakers don't pay attention, they may capsize in the gutter.

Soon, the fourth quarter of the game began, and Su Tian came on the court with a substitute lineup and thick eyebrows.

As for the Clippers, although James was speechless about Rivers' behavior of pouring chicken soup, he still followed Rivers' instructions and played with the substitute lineup.

The first possession of the fourth quarter belonged to the Clippers. James took the ball to the frontcourt himself, and the person responsible for defending James was none other than Su Tian.

Originally, Dun Luo should be in the third position, but based on Dun Luo's defensive strength, he would only be eaten alive against James.

So Su Tian could only switch defense with Deng Luo and let Su Tian come to face James.

Seeing Su Tian defending him, James's expression became serious.

"Su, you can't guard against me, you can't guard against me."

While testing Su Tian's defensive focus, James interfered with Su Tian's words.

Su Tian was unmoved and said with a smile: "LeBron, don't forget, I'm a dpoy. If I remember correctly, you haven't taken it yet."

As soon as Su Tian said this, James was stunned for a moment. It wasn't that James didn't know that Su Tian was a dpoy, but when he was young, James really wanted to win this award, but he never succeeded.

Su Tian's words directly touched on something that James had hoped for and could not achieve when he was young. "Good Sue, you're fine."

James said this expressionlessly, and then James began to call his teammates for a pick-and-roll. With the help of the pick-and-roll, James directly broke through and rushed to the right.

Su Tian reacted quickly, quickly bypassed the pick and roll, wrapped around James again, and used the death coil move.

James, on the other hand, was not forced back by Su Tian. Instead, he continued to wrestle with Su Tian, ​​trying to use his body and strength to forcefully break through Su Tian's defense.

But after a confrontation between the two, James almost made a mistake. James finally gave up and passed the ball to Harrell.

"LeBron, just admit it when you get old. It's not a big deal."

"You boy, even if I am old I can still beat you."

As soon as he finished speaking, James turned around and ran towards the low post. After posing, he reached for the ball. Harrell immediately passed the ball to him.

James caught the ball and hit him hard on the back.

Su Tian gritted his teeth and resisted James' impact. James also showed no reservation at this time and used all his strength and condition.

After a confrontation between the two, their positions did not change at all, but time was running out, so James had no choice but to collect the ball, turn around and shoot a fadeaway jumper.

The smart James still used the golden rooster independent action when he finally took action.

Su Tian also reacted quickly and jumped up with James. Although he didn't touch the basketball, it completely covered James' sight. Su Tian thought that it had caused enough interference.

boom--

The basketball hit the rim, but it didn't pop out immediately. Instead, it continued to dance on the rim.

bang-bang-

I saw that the basketball was about to stop jumping, but I still couldn't tell which way the basketball was going to fall.

In the end, the basketball landed on the basket and fell out of the basket.

With a better position, Boucher touched the basketball first, but failed to grab it. Then James also participated in the scramble for rebounds.

Just when no one knew who would grab the ball, Su Tian suddenly jumped out from the side and grabbed the rebound.

"It's Su! Su successfully grabbed the rebound!"

After Su Tian successfully grabbed the rebound, he immediately turned around and started a fast break.

Su Tian's speed in the fourth quarter was very fast. James stopped chasing after catching up to the midfield line. It was too fast.

So James could only watch as Su Tian scored a layup.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Lakers launched a defensive counterattack, and the Lakers' advantage became even more obvious.

"I knew it! Su will definitely have a wonderful performance in the fourth quarter!!!" Barkley looked excited like a crazy fan.

The ball was transferred and the Clippers organized an attack again.

In the next few rounds, the duel between the two sides became increasingly fierce, but the Lakers still clearly held the lead.

Before halfway through the fourth quarter, Rivers called a timeout and replaced the entire starting lineup, trying to catch up with the score.

But just after catching up by 3 points, Walton also changed into the entire starting lineup for the Lakers.

When Walton made the substitution, Barkley looked down and saw that it was just over halfway through the fourth quarter.

After the Lakers took on the entire starting lineup, the Clippers' hopes of chasing points became even slimmer.

As time passed bit by bit, the game came to an end. In the end, Rivers took back all the starting lineup before the end of the game.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Clippers 119-101 and won the Christmas game.

After the game, James and Su Tian walked to the center of the field, high-fived and hugged each other.

"Su, I really didn't expect that you could actually make it this far, come on."

"Don't worry LeBron, I won't hold back if we meet in the playoffs." Su Tian said with a smile.

"You kid, hahaha, don't worry, I won't hold back either."

After saying goodbye to James, Su Tian hugged Leonard, Rivers and others respectively.

When being interviewed after the game, Su Tian and James were naturally the focus of questioning.

A reporter asked Su Tian: "Su, as a former teammate of LeBron, can you make a comparative evaluation of LeBron now and LeBron before."

Su Tian thought for a while and said: "There is no doubt that James is more experienced now than before, whether it is game experience or championship experience, but his physical condition has indeed declined a lot, but this does not affect LeBron's presence on the court. threats.”

As for the Clippers, when James was asked what he thought about Su Tian, ​​James thought carefully before answering.

"Yes, Su is an extremely good player. His growth path is more legendary than mine. His current achievements are even close to catching up with mine. I believe he has a brighter future."

In the end, this much-anticipated Christmas war came to an end.

苏天全场拿到了36分11助攻7篮板2抢断，浓眉拿到24分6篮板3助攻，乔治拿到21分4助攻5篮板。

The Big Three performed normally. In addition, Brunson, Kuzma, and even Cousins ​​​​all performed differently.

On the Clippers side, Leonard and James both scored 20+, but other than that, no one helped them.

When it comes to the lineup, the Clippers' lineup is not bad, but the Clippers' tactics do not use these people reasonably.

It is said that after the game, James and Leonard walked into the Clippers general manager's office.

What ultimately happened in the office is unknown.

As for the Lakers, after defeating the Clippers, there were no particularly big fluctuations, and it was even treated as an ordinary regular season game.

After the game against the Clippers, the Lakers have three days off to celebrate Christmas.

After Christmas, immediately following December 12, the Lakers played away against the Trail Blazers.

In this game, Walton directly rested all the main players.

Because this away game will be followed by five consecutive home games, in order to prevent the main players from traveling back and forth, Walton selectively gave up this game.

And this one was lost as expected.

For the Trail Blazers, Lillard and McCollum both played normally. It is still difficult for the Lakers to win with only the bench lineup.

After the game against the Trail Blazers, there were back-to-back home games against the Mavericks.

On December 12, the Lakers played against the Mavericks at home.

The main lineup, which was well rested, went into action and won the game with three strikes, five points and two points.

At this point, the Lakers' 2019 games are all over.

Su Tian looked at the calendar and said silently: "Happy New Year." (End of Chapter)