NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 395: The Clippers tried to resist, and the Eastern Conference Finals began.

After a period of pick-and-roll cooperation, James finally got his wish and successfully matched up with Brunson.

As soon as they got into position here, James couldn't wait to ask his teammates to spread out to free up space under the basket.

After his teammates all pulled away, James directly hit Brunson with the ball.

Although Brunson is considered a "little tough guy" as a point guard, it is still very difficult to face a striker like James. James carries him all the way to the basket.

After reaching the basket, James suddenly pushed Brunson away and shot for a layup.

Basketball is a sure hit.

This style of play is, how should I put it, very smart and very safe, but it doesn't always succeed in matchups.

In the next few rounds, James also tried his best to find opportunities to match up with Brunson, but the success rate was not high.

The point difference was narrowed halfway through the second quarter, and both sides made substitution adjustments. Su Tian and Nong Mei came on the court, replacing George and Brunson.

After the substitutions and adjustments, the Lakers' overall defense ushered in an improvement, and the point difference widened again.

At the end of the first half, the score difference was fixed at 11 points.

"So far, the overall development trend of the game is consistent with our predictions before the game." Barkley said.

"Yes, if the Clippers want to break the game, they still need to strengthen the cooperation between James and Leonard and strengthen their own offensive threat." Kenny Smith said.

"But unfortunately, so far, we have not seen where the Clippers break the game."

During the halftime break, James originally wanted to continue chatting with Rivers, but was stopped by Leonard.

"Kawhi, we must increase the playing time of our main players in the second half! Otherwise we will not be a match for the Lakers!"

Leonard patted James on the shoulder and said: "Of course I know, and I'm sure the coach knows too, but you can't say it directly, just listen to the coach's arrangements."

"Why is that? Why can't you say it?"

Leonard didn't answer anymore, but gave James a reassuring look.

Sure enough, after a while Rivers came into the locker room to lay out tactics.

"Guys, the Lakers are coming fiercely. We must be more vigilant. I will increase the playing time of the main players in the second half. The main players should be prepared!"

Then Rivers began to deploy corresponding tactics.

James looked at Leonard next to him in surprise.

The intermission passed quickly and the second half began.

Both sides still chose the starting lineup to play. The first ball possession of the third quarter was given to the Clippers, and James advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

Facing Su Tian's defense, James chose to call his teammates for a pick-and-roll.

A pick-and-roll was easily bypassed by Su Tian, ​​so James called for a second pick-and-roll again.

Two consecutive pick-and-roll cooperation finally allowed James to find a chance to make a breakthrough, so he directly took the ball and accelerated to the inside and reached the basket.

Su Tian turned around and pursued, not giving James a chance to retreat.

The thick eyebrows inside also double-teamed James to help defend. James took the opportunity to pass the ball to Morris who ran to the bottom corner.

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

Swah——

This time Morris felt good and hit a three-pointer directly.

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

Su Tian called on the thick eyebrows to cooperate with the pick-and-roll, and used the pick-and-roll to initiate a breakthrough.

Su Tian's breakthrough was very fierce, successfully attracting a double-team from the Clippers, so he passed the ball to the top of the key and was emptied.

The thick eyebrows caught the ball and shot a three-pointer directly.

The thick eyebrows are capable of three-pointers, but currently everyone still subconsciously believes that the three-point shooting rate of thick eyebrows is not high. However, when Su Tian's passing is added, the shooting rate rises sharply.

Swah——

The thick eyebrow successfully returned this three-pointer.

In the next few rounds, the game was at a normal pace.

The Lakers did not increase their efforts, but were just stabilizing the point difference. The Clippers wanted to chase points, but were unable to catch up. The two teams were just deadlocked here.

Halfway through the third quarter, the Lakers made substitution adjustments, and Su Tian and Nong Mei came off the court to rest.

Just when everyone thought that the Clippers were also going to make substitution adjustments, they discovered that the Clippers had changed their role players!
James and Leonard are still there!
"Does the Clippers want to start the point-chasing mode in advance?" Barkley asked uncertainly.

"I think the Clippers' approach is too risky. They could easily collapse in the fourth quarter," Kenny Smith said.

"However, if we don't chase points now, the fourth quarter will be the same collapse, there will be no difference."

"Yes, if you give it a try, you might actually succeed."

As the two people talked, the game on the field continued.

When Su Tian came off the court, the score difference was 16 points. Su Tian originally thought that this score difference was relatively safe. After all, the Lakers still had George and Brunson on the court.

But then Su Tian discovered that he was still young. James and Leonard took turns dealing with George, which restricted George's performance and greatly compromised it.

Beverly and others also fought with Brunson regardless of physical strength, consuming the opponent's physical strength.

Because the Clippers have dual cores on the court, when one of them is fighting with George, the other can take the opportunity to score.

The Clippers relied on this "three heroes versus Lu Bu" strategy and took the opportunity to recover a lot of points.

But Walton on the sidelines has been very calm and has not expressed his intention to let Su Tian play early.

By the end of the third quarter, the point difference had been chased to 7 points.

At this time, Wharton came to Su Tian.

"Come on Sue, I know you've wanted to play for a long time, go ahead and show what you can do, man!"

Su Tian smiled and high-fived Wharton.

"Luke Walton is really able to keep his composure. The point difference has been reduced from nearly 20 points to single digits, and he hasn't even brought Sue on the court yet," Kenny Smith said.

"Perhaps Walton has extraordinary confidence in Sue," Barkley said.

Soon, the break ended, and Su Tian led the thick eyebrows to play again.

On the Clippers side, Leonard is leading the team, and James is currently resting off the court.

The first possession of the fourth quarter was given to the Lakers. Caruso advanced to the frontcourt with the ball and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

Su Tian got the ball and faced Leonard.

Leonard is responsible for the important task of defending Su Tian.

Although Su Tian's ability value has exploded after the bonus at this time, he still will not underestimate Leonard.

After all, this is the former DPOY and FMVP winner.

Su Tian first used the three-threat test with the ball, and then called on his thick eyebrows to step forward to cooperate with the pick-and-roll.

With the help of the pick-and-roll, Su Tian burst out and charged forward.

After Leonard was injured, his explosive power was indeed affected. He did not catch up with Su Tian immediately, but he did not give up chasing behind him.

At the same time, Clippers insider Zubac was also chasing and intercepting Su Tian, ​​quickly occupying the position under the basket.After Su Tian came to the basket with the ball, he collected the ball and took a European step.

One step, two steps, he shook Zubac away and then took off for a layup. Before the layup, he once again used a small pull rod to avoid Leonard who was trying to chase the big block from behind.

Layup shot.

bang - swish -

The basketball is firmly in the net.

"What a beautiful goal! This goal is so exciting! This is a goal that can definitely be ranked among the top ten goals of the week!" Barkley excitedly applauded and celebrated Su Tian's goal.

The fans at the scene were also directly ignited by Su Tian's goal.

"OMG! Su is so awesome! He's flying in the air like Michael Jordan!!"

"No! He's greater than Jordan!! He's amazing!"

"Su can make a contribution as soon as he comes on the field. He is worthy of being my geigei!"

"Clippers, just raise your hands and surrender! Facing Su like this, how can you resist?"

Amid the cheers of many fans at the scene, Leonard held the ball and made a pull-up jump shot.

The thick eyebrow turned around to collect the rebound and passed the ball directly to Su Tian who had already ran out.

Su Tian received the ball and started the fast break mode, took the lead to the front basket, took off directly, and succeeded in a two-handed windmill dunk!

At this time, the cheers from the audience about Su Tian's goal had not yet ended, and another wave of cheers pierced the sky.

"He is committing a crime! He killed the Clippers' basketball dream!"

"Ten thousand people wrote a letter asking Su to participate in the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest!!"

"What else can I say? Su is the most dazzling basketball star of this era!!"

At this time, Barkley in the commentary box had already jumped up and shouted excitedly.

Smith on the side was obviously used to it, but he was still surprised by Su Tian's performance.

"Charles, to be honest, I feel like Su has developed a lot since entering the league!"

"He absolutely did not perform like this during the draft physical test, otherwise he would not have been the draft pick!"

Kenny Smith said confidently.

Barkley pouted and said, "Isn't that normal? Su was only 18 years old when he entered the league. This is only his sixth year in the league, and he is still on the rise!"

"It's terrible! This is really terrible! Su has already become like this, but he can still continue to grow?"

After Su Tian's dunk, the Lakers' morale skyrocketed, directly overwhelming the Clippers.

In the next few consecutive rounds, the Clippers failed to adjust well.

Rivers had no choice but to call a timeout.

Su Tian only played a few rounds in the fourth quarter, and the point difference returned to double digits again.

Taking advantage of the timeout, Rivers made substitution adjustments and continued to put James on the court.

The timeout ends and both teams return to the field.

"The Clippers want to start the decisive battle directly? James and Leonard have both been brought up."

"I don't know if it will be a decisive battle, but if Rivers doesn't take the lead, this game can be said goodbye."

After the substitutions and adjustments, the Clippers wanted to replicate the previous routine of dealing with George, that is, one person fought with Su Tian, ​​and the other was responsible for chasing points.

But the two soon discovered that this trick didn't work very well.

First of all, one person simply cannot stop Su Tian at this time. Whether it is Leonard or James, they are no match for Su Tian with their own strength. Only the two of them working together can restrict Su Tian.

On the other hand, the Lakers still have a thick eyebrow. The overall offensive and defensive quality of the Lakers is very high. It is completely impossible for another person to fight with his own strength.

So after the Clippers dual-core tried it for a few rounds, they immediately announced that they gave up this tactic.

Instead, they began to try to double-team Su Tian in order to limit the Lakers' overall offensive efficiency.

When Leonard and James worked together to double-team Su Tian, ​​the effect was pretty good in the first two rounds.

But after the third round, with the addition of Su's pass, the rest of the Lakers began to exert their strength.

Caruso and Nunn both hit three-pointers.

With thick eyebrows, he received a pass from Su Tian and dunked from mid-range.

Kuzma also caused damage on three-pointers and air cuts.

The Lakers all worked hard, and before all the Lakers' main players came on stage, the point difference was already 20 points.

Upon seeing this, Rivers also called several timeouts to make adjustments, but with little success.

In the second half of the fourth quarter, the Lakers took on the entire starting lineup and won the game in one fell swoop.

At the end of the game, the Lakers won the game 126-102.

苏天全场拿到了34分15助攻8篮板3抢断，浓眉拿到了21分14篮板4助攻，乔治拿到了22分5助攻6篮板。

In addition, Brunson, Nunn, and Kuzma also performed well.

On the other hand, for the Clippers, James and Leonard both have 20+ points, but other than that, there are no other players with outstanding contributions.

The big score in the series between the Lakers and Clippers also came to 1-0, with the Lakers leading.

James walked to the midfield and hugged Su Tian to greet him.

"Su, this is the first one. Our war has just begun."

"You're right LeBron, we've just started. I hope your old car can hold on and won't fall apart halfway!"

After the game, Su Tian accepted an interview as usual.

"Su, do you have anything special to say about this game?"

"I have to say that the Clippers are a team with great playoff experience. In the third quarter, the Clippers' pursuit of points was very fierce, but fortunately my teammates were very powerful and they blocked the Clippers' shock wave. That gave us a chance to take the lead in the fourth quarter.”

"Su, how long do you think the Lakers can take against the Clippers? 4-0 or 4-1?"

When this reporter asked this question, no media at the scene was surprised, because it was obvious that the Lakers had all their advantages when facing the Clippers, and victory would be a matter of time.

"Well, the Clippers are a very tough team. They fought the Nuggets for 7 games, so we need to go all out in every game. As for how many games we will play, we will see."

James, on his side, took the initiative to find his agent after the game, and the two discussed it until midnight. It is unknown what they talked about.

The day after the game between the Clippers and the Lakers, the Eastern Conference Finals also started.

The opponents in the Eastern Conference Finals are the Celtics and Heat.

For the Heat, Dragic, Vincent, Butler, Crowder, Adebayo.

There is also a young player Hiero on the bench.

For the Celtics, Kemba Walker, Smart, Brown, Tatum, Theis.

Compared with the Heat, the Celtics are more talented and seem to have more "championship looks."

But things often don't develop as everyone expects.

(End of this chapter)