NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 387 Lillard retired due to injury, big score 3-0
After the game between the Lakers and Trail Blazers started, the Lakers still had the ball.

Brunson came to the frontcourt with the ball, and Lillard stepped forward to defend very excitedly, with a very positive defensive attitude.

Brunson saw this and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

Su Tian got the ball and faced McCollum, easily broke through and then made a pull-up jumper.

Su Tian hit directly at the beginning, but it did not affect Lillard's enthusiasm.

Lillard came to the frontcourt with the ball, and after a few shakes, he called Nurkic for a pick-and-roll, and used the pick-and-roll to shoot a three-pointer.

Swah——

The basketball really went straight to the net.

But then George on the Lakers' side returned a three-pointer.

In the next few rounds, Lillard really did what he said before the game, taking crazy shots and trying to drive the team personally.

But unfortunately, the Lakers are really strong, and after Su Tian changed defense, Lillard wilted again.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led 32-23 by 9 points.

In the second quarter, the two sides made substitutions and fought again. The Blazers' inside man Nurkic suddenly broke out and hit consecutive hard shots in the inside. Seeing that he was about to catch up with the score difference, Walton had to call a timeout to relieve the situation.

At this time, the Lakers' insiders are Boucher and Kuzma, and they really don't have much height.

So Walton thought about it and took off Boucher and replaced him with Cousins.

Although Cousins ​​has deteriorated a lot, at least his height, weight and body are still there, so it won't be a problem to top him in a short time.

After replacing Cousins, Walton also arranged tactical coordination for Kuzma to pay attention to assisting defense at all times.

After the timeout ended and he came on the court again, Nurkic was indeed restricted.

At the end of the first half, the score difference widened to 7 points again.

Although the score difference caught up and widened in the second quarter, the Blazers seemed very excited because they thought they had found a chance to resist!
At halftime, in the Trail Blazers' locker room, head coach Stotts was giving chicken soup to his teammates.

"Guys, this game may be our best chance in this series! As long as we can seize the opportunity in the third quarter and take the lead, we may win in the fourth quarter!"

"The Lakers are not invincible! If you take a closer look, they are actually not much stronger. As long as we work together, we will definitely defeat them!"

After a period of "encouragement" and persuasion, everyone in the Trail Blazers was indeed ignited with a lot of fighting spirit. Stotts was relieved when he saw this.

Soon the intermission ended and the two sides returned to the court again.

Both are starting lineups.

The first possession of the third quarter was given to the Trail Blazers. Lillard came to the frontcourt with the ball. Before his teammates could finish their position, Lillard rushed to the basket with the ball.

Brunson's reaction was still a step slow. After Lillard broke through, he stopped near the free throw line and made a jump shot, making it easily.

But then Brunson took the ball to the basket and made a successful hit, which was regarded as a return goal.

Lillard once again held the ball and beat Brunson in isolation. This time Lillard made an unreasonable sideways step and shot a three-pointer.

Swah——

Hit a three-pointer steadily.

Lillard made two consecutive hits and successfully attracted Su Tian's attention.

So in the next round, Su Tian and Brunson switched defenses.

"Su, I knew you would come over, come on, come on."

Seeing Lillard's eager expression, Su Tian decided to treat Lillard well.

So in the next second, Su Tian directly "wound to death", putting enough pressure on the defense.

Lillard will naturally not give in easily and wants to rely on his own personal ability to get rid of Su Tian's defense.

But after more than ten seconds, he still failed to succeed. With a 24-second violation approaching, Lillard could only step back and force a three-pointer.

And the result of this move can be imagined, smashing the frame.

After the basketball flew out, the thick eyebrows directly collected it and passed the long ball to Su Tian's hands.

Su Tian got the ball and started a fast break. Lillard gritted his teeth and chased after him, but with Su Tian's strength, Lillard couldn't stop him at all.

So, Su Tian resisted Lillard's interference and dunked successfully.

Just after this round, Lillard became obviously more honest, and the point difference widened little by little.

Halfway through the third quarter, Su Tian came off the court to rest, but the Trail Blazers had no idea of ​​taking down Lillard.

Stotts' original intention was to try again to see if he could catch up with the score, and this was also Lillard's idea.

But the accident came suddenly.

During a Lakers offensive round, Lillard defended too aggressively, causing a finger contusion and had to leave the game.

After Lillard left the game, the Trail Blazers plummeted and completely lost the confidence to resist.

In the end, the Lakers won the game 111-88, bringing the score to 2-0.

After this game, no one thought the Trail Blazers had a chance.

"The Lakers have locked in their promotion spot in advance!" ! ! 》

"Lillard retires from injury, how should the Trail Blazers respond!" 》

"Where does the future go for the Trail Blazers?" ? ? 》

"The Big Three of the Lakers are making steady efforts to win the championship undefeated again?" ? 》

After Lillard retired from injury, various media outlets even began to promote the Lakers' undefeated championship. The Lakers' form is excellent.

After the Lakers ended their first two battles with the Trail Blazers, they went to Portland to prepare in advance.

At the same time, Su Tian is also paying attention to the matchups of other teams.

Especially the Rockets and Thunder group, because the winner of the two will be the Lakers' next group opponent.

At this time, the Rockets and Thunder have also completed the first two battles, and the Rockets currently lead 2-0.

It's just that Su Tian, ​​who is familiar with the situation of both teams, will not underestimate the Thunder.

You must know that according to the original history, the two teams fought for 7 games before the winner was determined.

Even at the last moment, the Thunder had a chance to turn defeat into victory, but they just failed to grasp it.

At the same time, in this game, Dort scored 30 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, and hit 6 three-pointers, becoming famous in one fell swoop.

As for the other two sets of matchups in the Western Conference, there is no obvious advantage yet, both are 1-1, and even the Clippers lost a game to the Mavericks.

This also allowed more media to confirm one thing: James is indeed old.

Time quickly came to the third game between the Lakers and Trail Blazers.

Lillard only had a finger contusion, so he recovered quickly from the injury and played normally in this game.

But the Blazers' starting lineup has changed.

Lillard, McCollum, Anthony, Nurkic, Whiteside.

The Trail Blazers came up with a twin-tower lineup!

"Charles, what do you think is the purpose of the Trail Blazers' twin-tower lineup?" Kenny Smith asked.

"Isn't this obvious? To protect the basket!" Barkley said.

"Of course I know this is protecting the basket, but don't you think the Lakers' three-pointers are equally strong? Will the Blazers do this effectively?"

Barkley curled his lips and said, "What you said is that the Lakers are not strong?"

"Well, what you said makes sense." Although the two did not discuss the Blazers' intentions, it would become clear once the game started.

The Lakers' starting lineup has not changed, and they also maintain their previous starting lineup.

When the Lakers came on the court, Su Tian felt the enthusiasm of the Trail Blazers home fans.

"Kill the Lakers!!!"

"Black Eight! We want Black Eight!!!"

"Go home as soon as possible! Children!!!"

Looking at the posture of these fans, those who didn't know better thought it was the Trail Blazers who were leading 2-0.

The thick eyebrows touched Su Tian beside him and said: "These fans are really crazy."

"Let them go crazy. After all, we are going to defeat their home team. They are too scared." Su Tian said with a smile.

Soon, the game started, and the Trail Blazers took the lead in seizing the right to attack.

Lillard advanced to the frontcourt with the ball and did not launch a direct attack. Instead, he waited for his teammates to get into position and then called Nurkic to step forward to cooperate with the pick-and-roll.

After the Blazers changed their formation, the power under the basket became stronger, but it also caused the overall team to move slower.

With the help of the pick-and-roll, Lillard held the ball and headed toward the basket.

Brunson and Big Eyebrow headed toward Lillard to double-team. Lillard saw this and directly passed the ball to Nurkic at the top of the arc.

Nurkic caught the ball and took two steps forward, making a long two-point shot. His thick eyebrows immediately returned to defense.

Attracting the defense, Nurkic passed the ball again to Anthony outside the three-point line.

Anthony caught the ball and shot a three-pointer directly.

Swah——

Anthony came up and hit a three-pointer directly.

As a player who once competed with Jokic on the same team, Nurkic also has excellent passing and shooting abilities.

The ball was transferred and Brunson came to the frontcourt with the ball and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

The Lakers' advantage is obvious, so there is no need to play complicated things with the Trail Blazers, just take advantage of the matchup and hit hard.

Su Tian got the ball and signaled his teammates to pull away. After they all pulled away, he broke through easily with an explosion.

Su Tian went straight to the basket with a rush of energy. Before Da Bai Bian could run over, Su Tian had already made a layup.

Stotts on the sidelines was obviously dissatisfied with Whiteside's performance and yelled at Whiteside.

Obviously, the significance of Stotts starting Dabai Bian is to protect the inside and the basket.

As a result, Su Tian scored an easy layup right after the game started. Stotts felt that he had been deceived by Da Baibian.

In fact, Whiteside is also very distressed. You should delay the outside line for a while, otherwise it will be over before I am in place!

The Trail Blazers attacked again, and Lillard came to the frontcourt with the ball. This time Lillard waited for Nurkic to get into position, and then passed a pass directly to the low post.

Nurkic got the ball and hit his thick eyebrow with the back of the ball.

Nurkic does have the ability to hit from behind, but there is still a lot of pressure to hit one-on-one with thick eyebrows, and there is even McGee next to him who is ready to make a move.

After the two collided continuously, Nurkic turned around and attempted a layup.

Mikey appeared at the right time, and at the same time, Thick Eyebrow also intervened.

Under the interference of the two men, although there was no successful block, the basketball was successfully struck.

The thick eyebrow turned around to collect the rebound and passed the ball directly to George.

George got the ball and turned around and went straight to the fast break.

At this time, the Blazers' lineup flaws were revealed, and the speed of returning to defense was too slow!

Lillard and McCollum teamed up to force George to stop, but when George passed the ball to Su Tian, ​​the Blazers had no choice.

I could only watch as Su Tian scored a layup.

In just a few rounds, the Blazers not only failed to realize their tactical intentions, but also exposed the flaws of their lineup.

After a few more rounds, Stotts took advantage of the timeout to take down Whiteside again.

The Trail Blazers announced that the change of formation has failed!
As a result, the rhythm of the next game returned to the previous two games, with Lillard playing alone against the Lakers' Big Three.

At the end of the first three quarters, the point difference inevitably reached double digits, and Lillard was too tired to say a word.

But when the fourth quarter started, Lillard still played without hesitation.

Stotts was worried about Lillard's condition and wanted to let Lillard take a break.

But Lillard refused.

"Su was in too good shape in the fourth quarter. If I didn't play, we wouldn't have a chance."

Stotts naturally knew that what Lillard said made sense, so he could only arrange for Lillard to play.

Su Tian also brought his teammates onto the field.

The first possession of the fourth quarter belonged to the Trail Blazers. Lillard came to the frontcourt with the ball, and with a little help from the pick-and-roll, he shot a three-pointer.

boom--

Basketball is hard to beat, but fortunately the Blazers recovered quickly in this round and the Lakers' defensive counterattack failed.

Seeing Lillard looking extremely tired, Su Tian couldn't help but say.

"Damian, if you can't do it, just take a rest. The final result will be the same whether you make it or not."

Lillard was not angry after hearing this, but responded.

"It's different. Only after you work hard will you know if it works."

Although Lillard's answer was a little half-hearted or naive, Su Tian still admired this spirit.

So in the next few rounds, Su Tian also showed his full strength to express his respect for Lillard.

In the end, the Lakers won the game 128-103.

苏天第四节没有打满，但是依然单节拿下了18分，全场拿下42分13助攻6篮板3抢断1盖帽。

After the game, Su Tian came to the center of the field and hugged Lillard.

"Man, you are really, really strong."

When Lillard said this, there was no yin and yang at all, but extremely sincerity.

"Man, you're not bad either. I'll see you in the next one."

The big score between the Lakers and Trail Blazers reached 3-0, and the Lakers were only one win away from advancing.

In the post-game interview, some reporters also asked Lillard what he thought of Su Tian.

In this game, Lillard can be said to be the last bit of stubbornness of the Trail Blazers. He scored 34 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds, and hit 5 three-pointers. It can be said that it is an honor to lose.

"There is no doubt that Su is the current No. 1 player in the league. He can beat anyone, and he is still so young, but he still works so hard. His future is still very long."

At this time, a reporter suddenly asked: "So Damian, have you been intoxicated by Soda?"

"To win over each other? No, we are good brothers. This is not about defeating each other, this is about us appreciating each other."

And when Su Tian was interviewed, he learned this sentence from the reporter.

Su Tian also agreed: "Yes, we are good brothers. I have always admired Damian."

(End of this chapter)