NBA Old Age Star System

The Lakers took two days of rest after returning to North America, and then started two preseason games.

There was one win and one loss in the two preseason games, and the Lakers had 5 wins and 2 losses in all 3 preseason games.

Although it was only a preseason game, some media still seemed to have grasped the clue and began to spread the word that the Lakers' combat effectiveness had declined and that they were no longer invincible.

"Three consecutive championships have become a curse!"No one can break it! 》

"The Invincible Lakers actually only had 2 wins and 3 losses!How are the Lakers different from last season? 》

"The Lakers' flaw has been revealed!"The substitute may become a drag on the Lakers' consecutive championships! 》

"Paul George's decline is fully revealed!"Already retired from the ranks of superstars! 》

"The Big Three Lakers are no longer invincible!"Who is the biggest winner this season? ! 》

As the Lakers' preseason ended, various reports began to appear, including some media outlets that made a fuss about the Lakers' minor problems.

In fact, these are considered normal methods, because no matter which team in NBA history, as long as it reaches the stage of three consecutive championships, it will become the public enemy of the entire league.

Although Su Tian didn't care about these reports, George felt a little uncomfortable.

After these games, although George did not play much time, George himself clearly felt that his strength had declined significantly.

But restoring weight and competitive status is not something that can be accomplished in a day or two.

Su Tian was afraid that something would go wrong with George, so he still found George and wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with him.

"Paul, how are you feeling lately?" Su Tian smiled and patted George on the shoulder.

"Su." Seeing Su Tian coming over, George quickly greeted him with a smile, but his smile was obviously rather forced.

"I'm sorry, Su, I'm really not in a good state recently, but don't worry, I will adjust as soon as possible and it will not affect the team's plan!" George quickly expressed his attitude.

Su Tian smiled and waved his hands.

"It's okay Paul, don't worry. I trust you very much. You don't need to put too much pressure on yourself. Just adjust as soon as possible. I believe in your strength."

Seeing that Su Tian believed in him so much, George was very moved and repeatedly promised that he would adjust as soon as possible.

After the conversation with George, Su Tian also found other main players to stabilize the team's morale.

In the blink of an eye, the time has come to the end of October, and the NBA finally ushered in the opening day of the 20-21 season.

As the championship of last season, the Lakers naturally need to attend and receive the championship ring before the start of this game.

Not surprisingly, the Lakers' opponent at the start of the game was chosen by the league to be the Los Angeles Clippers.

The Lakers and Clippers are not only rivals in the same city, but also opponents in the Western Conference Finals last season. The focus is full.

Before the game started, Staples held a ceremony to award the Lakers championship rings.

As the head coach of the team, Su Tian was naturally the last one to appear and came to Xiao Hua to accept the fourth championship ring of his career.

When Su Tian came on the stage, the Staples crowd erupted in unparalleled shouts.

"MVP! MVP! MVP!"

"Su Tian! Su Tian! Su Tian!"

"Three consecutive championships! Three consecutive championships! Three consecutive championships!"

Fans are always like this, shouting out what they want to say very clearly.

After receiving the championship ring, the game officially began.

In fact, when Su Tian received the ring, James's expression was no longer very natural.

Do you want to say envy?That's for sure, after all, James has worked so hard all these years just to compete for the championship.

But now James looked at Su Tian and felt a huge threat. James even had a hunch that as long as Su Tian didn't have any major problems, his way to win the championship would be blocked.

Now, James just wants to wait for an opportunity to win a championship while he still has strength and some gas in the tank.

It can be regarded as an explanation of his career.

The Lakers' starting lineup for this game maintained the previous lineup.

Brunson, Su Tian, ​​George, Thick Eyebrow, McGee.

The Clippers' starting lineup has changed.

James, Pope, Leonard, Batum, Ibaka.

Since James tried the No. [-] position last season, he has wanted to continue to shine at the No. [-] position this season.

Tyronn Lue also wanted to see James' current performance at the No. [-] position, so he didn't stop him and even wanted to see the effect.

Soon the game started, and McGee successfully grabbed the first offensive right of the season.

Brunson got the ball and advanced directly to the frontcourt with the ball. After waiting for all the players to be in position, he directly reached out and called for thick eyebrows to step forward to pick and roll.

It is still difficult for Brunson to break through James' defense, so he naturally needs the help of his teammates.

With the help of the pick-and-roll with thick eyebrows, Brunson held the ball and went directly to the basket, hoping to use his speed to complete the breakthrough.

Upon seeing this, James immediately switched defenses with Batum, and Batum stayed in the penalty area waiting for Brunson to hit with the ball.

But Brunson didn't just go straight in. Instead, he stopped near the free throw line and took a jump shot.

boom--

Swah——

The basketball bumped against the rim and successfully fell into the net.

2-0
Walton was very satisfied with Brunson's condition from the sidelines and couldn't help but nod and smile.

Brunson looked excited after scoring his first goal of the season, bouncing back to defend.

The ball was transferred and it was the Clippers' turn to attack. James advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

As soon as James came up, he directly faced Brunson's defense. James directly stretched out his hand to signal everyone to pull away.

Brunson wants to defend James alone, which is naturally more difficult. If he wants to defend successfully, he still depends on the help of his teammates.

On the Clippers side, after James saw his teammates all pulling away, he changed direction with the ball and broke through directly.

Brunson reacted quickly to James' change of direction, but James' power was too strong, and Brunson could only be pushed back by James.

When the two of them reached the outside of the penalty area, the double-team with thick eyebrows came.

James seemed to be waiting for the Lakers to double-team. As soon as his thick eyebrows came up, he quickly passed the ball and passed it directly to Batum outside the three-point line.

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

Swah——

Hit a three-pointer steadily.

2-3
In the opening two rounds, both the Lakers and Clippers easily scored the first goal.

But the testing session between the two teams is not over yet.Then the Lakers attacked again. This time Brunson came to the frontcourt with the ball and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

Su Tian received the ball and faced Pope's defense. First, he opened the distance between the two with three threats, and then he broke through directly with an explosion.

Pope was not good at defense to begin with, but now he was vulnerable to Su Tian, ​​who had been upgraded to unknown levels.

Su Tian came to the basket unimpeded, and when he was about to take a layup, the Clippers' new player appeared, and Ibaka jumped up and tried to block the shot.

But Su Tian seemed to have been prepared. After dodging an air lever, he made another layup.

Swah——

The basketball hits steadily.

Su Tian has already taken action on the Lakers' side, and the Clippers have also begun to take action.

James and Leonard began to take turns, but the tactical coordination was not much different from the previous season, and the Lakers quickly adapted.

As for the Lakers, after Su Tian took action, George and Nongmei also took action respectively. The overall competitiveness showed little difference from the previous season.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Clippers by 33 points 27-6.

In the second quarter, both sides began to make substitution adjustments. Su Tian and Nong Mei came off the court to rest, and the Lakers handed over to Brunson, George, Kuzma and others.

Although George is currently in poor condition, Brunson and Kuzma are in very good condition and can make up for it to a certain extent.

As for the Clippers, Lu Wei, Kennard and others also started to play. The Clippers' bench lineup is not bad.

After the game started, the state on the field was indeed not much different from Su Tian's expectation.

The strength of both sides was evenly matched, and the point difference did not change much.

About halfway through the second quarter, Su Tian came on early to replace George and others, and the Lakers' lineup changed again.

Dort, Su Tian, ​​Keldon Johnson, Big Eyebrow, Boucher.

On the Clippers side, Leonard came on to lead the team.

Originally, Leonard thought Johnson must be the Lakers' weakest link, so he kept holding the ball in an attempt to break through Johnson's defense.

But what Leonard didn't expect was that Johnson's defense was not bad. Even with Su Tian and Nong Mei assisting in defense, it could no longer be considered a weakness of the team.

So Leonard turned to signal Lu Wei, wanting Lu Wei to test Dort's quality.

Lu Wei is also unambiguous, regardless of whether it is Brunson or Dort, he will directly break through with the ball when he gets it.

Dort was not very accustomed to Lu Wei's breakthrough method at the beginning, and Lu Wei succeeded twice.

But after two times, Dort gradually adapted to Lu Wei's breakthrough method, and with the help of Su Tian and Nong Mei, Lu Wei was still held down.

So taking advantage of this rotation period, Su Tian organized the Lakers' offense and began to gradually widen the point difference.

Although both Dort and Johnson are still newcomers and have not played much time, they have both passed the assessment of the Lakers coaching staff and proved that they are strong enough to take on this responsibility.

At the end of the second quarter, under the leadership of Su Tian, ​​the Lakers successfully opened a double-digit point difference with the Clippers, with a 13-point difference.

At the end of the first half, the two teams returned to the locker room.

"Okay, judging from the first half, the strength of both teams has improved during the offseason. I think the two teams are still in testing," Barkley said.

"Testing? That's right. The Lakers' bench lineup has changed a lot, and the Clippers have changed a lot. Not to mention that the two parties are not familiar with each other, I think they themselves are not very familiar with themselves." Kenny Smith said.

"You're right to say that. I think the two teams are still in the process of running in. Maybe the Lakers are running in better." Barkley said.

At this time, in the locker rooms of the two teams, the Lakers were very calm. After all, the Lakers were already 13 points ahead, so Walton naturally had nothing to panic.

But the Clippers are actually equally calm.

Tyronn Lue knocked on the tactical board in his hand.

"Guys, this is probably the case in terms of tactics. You don't need to care too much about winning or losing this game, but the experience of playing against the Lakers must be taken seriously."

"The Lakers' changes this season are mainly in the substitute lineup, so when playing against the substitute lineup, try to force out as many tricks as possible from the opponent, and don't be stingy with your own physical strength."

Tyronn Lue's expression was very calm, as if the team's victory or defeat had been forgotten by him.

You must know that Tyronn Lue is the Clippers' new coach this season. Under normal circumstances, this kind of coach is very afraid of failure.

Soon the intermission ended and the third quarter began.

At the beginning of the third quarter, both teams came up with their starting lineups, and the two teams competed again.

The first possession of the third quarter was given to the Clippers, and James came to the frontcourt with the ball.

Originally, James thought that Brunson was still defending him and that he could still perform well.

But unexpectedly, the Lakers made defensive adjustments in the second half. Su Tian was responsible for defending James, while Brunson defended Pop.

James looked at Su Tian in front of him, his brows furrowed together.

"Come on LeBron, stop whining like a bitch." Su Tian couldn't help but provoke.

"Humph, you didn't know where I was when I debuted, Su." James also retorted.

James originally wanted to come to his senses, but Su Tiandu provoked him like this, and James couldn't make it right if he didn't take action.

So James first lowered his center of gravity when dribbling, then changed direction and then headed toward the basket with the ball.

Su Tian tried his best to withstand James' impact. He didn't know whether it was because James didn't start sufficiently or because James' strength had declined. Su Tian felt that the pressure on him from James was getting smaller.

James's feelings were more obvious. Although there was no expression change on his face, he was extremely shocked inside.

"Su's power has actually increased again! How can he be so powerful in such a small body?!"

Before James could take two steps, he was restrained by Su Tian near the free throw line, unable to make any progress.

In desperation, James had to change his face frame to his back frame. At the same time, he quickly looked for the position of his teammates and wanted to pass the ball out.

But just when James wanted to pass the ball, Su Tian quickly attacked and directly made a steal.

After Su Tian successfully stole the ball, he directly held the ball and launched a fast break, taking the lead and rushing to the front of the team.

James followed closely behind Su Tian, ​​trying to catch up.

But James still slipped after all, and could only watch as Su Tian got farther and farther away from him, and watched as Su Tian succeeded in dunking with both hands.

Su Tian succeeded in a two-handed dunk, and the scene erupted with strong cheers, and the score difference was widened to 15 points.

Su Tian smiled at this time and turned to look at James behind him.

"How about LeBron, how does it feel to not be able to catch up with others?"

James listened to Su Tian's trash talk without saying a word, but the look in his eyes became even sharper.

The ball was given to the Clippers again, and James still came to the frontcourt with the ball.

This time James came to the three-point line and directly controlled the ball with his back, starting from the three-point line and hitting Su Tian with his back! (End of chapter)