NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 425 All-Star Game, the ups and downs of the Lakers

Su Tian quickly struck out to complete the steal. After successfully stealing the ball, he directly took the ball and drove forward to the basket.

In the fourth quarter, Su Tian's speed was undisputed, and Antetokounmpo couldn't catch up. He could only watch as Su Tian ran to the frontcourt and dunked with both hands.

"Too fast! Su's speed is too fast!" Buckley couldn't help but say.

"Are you talking about the speed of stealing or the speed of fast break?" Kenny Smith asked.

"Whether it's the speed of stealing or the speed of fast breaks, they are all very fast!" Barkley said firmly.

Kenny Smith also nodded in approval after hearing this.

The ball returned to the Bucks again, and Antetokounmpo once again held the ball against Kuzma's defense.

This time when Antetokounmpo broke through, he kept paying attention to Su Tian's position. As soon as Su Tian had a tendency to double-team, Antetokounmpo made a move to pass the ball.

But Su Tian was not frightened by the movement of the letters, and still went towards the letters.

Antetokounmpo couldn't see Su Tian, ​​so he could only force the shot.

boom--

The basketball went straight to the iron. Su Tian turned around and rushed to grab the rebound. He jumped high and took the lead in grabbing the basketball.

After winning the basketball, Su Tian turned around and went straight to the fast break, but this time he finally remembered and hugged Su Tian directly.

drop--

Antetokounmpo sacrificed one of his foul opportunities to block Su Tian's fast break.

The Lakers' offense fell into position, and Su Tian advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

After arriving in the frontcourt, Su Tian signaled his teammates to spread out, and then he took the ball and went directly to the basket.

Su Tian's breakthrough was too easy, and the Bucks immediately launched a double-team defense.

Just when the double-team was about to form, Su Tian passed the ball directly to Kuzma, who was open outside the three-point line.

Kuzma caught the ball and made a three-pointer directly.

Swah——

Hit a three-pointer steadily.

The fourth quarter had just begun, but the Lakers scored 5 points in a row, opening the point difference to 11 points.

"The point difference is now in double digits, and the Bucks are in danger." Barkley said.

"It depends on whether the Bucks can withstand the pressure and catch up with the score." Kenny Smith agreed.

At this time, Antetokounmpo also knew very well that he had to make a difference and start scoring.

So in the next few rounds, Antetokounmpo began to seek stability, and all went to the basket to cause damage.

However, Antetokounmpo's free throws were a little rushed. Most of them hit one of two free throws and did not do any effective damage.

Halfway through the fourth quarter, the point difference had been stretched to 15 points by Su Tian, ​​and the Bucks took the initiative to call a timeout.

Walton also took advantage of the timeout to take on the entire starting lineup, and the same was true for the Bucks.

The game starts again, with thick eyebrow restrictions on Alphabet's side, and the offensive power will inevitably decline.

After the Lakers' starting lineup came up, the overall offensive strength improved by more than one level, and the difference in points became smaller or even bigger.

At the end of the game, the Lakers won the game 120-102.

The Bucks finally replaced the entire main lineup one minute before the end of the game.

After the game, Antetokounmpo took the initiative to find Su Tian.

"Su, I lost this game. See you in the finals!"

"Giannis, why don't you think of a way to break through the Heat first?" Su Tian said with a smile.

"Hahaha, Heat? Don't worry, that's not a problem at all." Antetokounmpo seemed very confident.

Su Tianze patted the letter on the back, smiled and said nothing more.

After the game against the Bucks, the Lakers began a rotation strategy under Walton's adjustments. Although they suffered a defeat, they still firmly occupied the first position in the Western Conference.

Time soon came to February 2, and the league officially announced the starting list of the Eastern and Western All-Stars.

The starting lineup for the Western Conference is Su Tian, ​​Curry, James, Big Eyebrow, and Jokic.

The starting lineup in the East is Irving, Beal, Durant, Antetokounmpo, and Embiid.

The Lakers in the West and the Nets in the East, both teams have two people selected into the starting lineup!

Two days later, the league announced the substitute lineup.

In the West, Doncic, Leonard, George and others are all included, and of course there are also some new faces, such as Zion Williams and Mitchell.

On the East side, there are James Harden, Tatum, Jaylen Brown and others, who are no worse than the West.

Because of the league's All-Star game system, the teams in the West are also called "Team Sutian" and the teams in the East are "Team Durant."

This year's All-Star Game is scheduled to be held at the home court of the Atlanta Hawks, which is still a month away, so the regular season is still going on normally.

The Lakers played the game step by step, and the time came to March unknowingly.

The Lakers' last game before the All-Star break was an away game against the Kings.

The King's current record can only be said to be promising in the future. As for now, it still needs to settle down.

The Kings' starting lineup is De'Aaron Fox, Buddy Hield, Barnes, Richaun Holmes, and Marvin Bagley.

As a time traveler, Su Tian knows that the future king can still achieve great results, but not yet.

This game was won safely under the leadership of Su Tian, ​​and the King did not cause any waves.

After the game against the Kings, Su Tian did not choose to go directly to Atlanta, but returned to Los Angeles first.

For ordinary players, the All-Star Game is used to rest and adjust.

But for a superstar like Su Tian, ​​the All-Star period is more like working overtime. He not only needs to play games but also participate in various business activities, and his schedule is very full.

It wasn't until the day before the All-Star game that Su Tiancai finally arrived in Atlanta.

As soon as Su Tian arrived in Atlanta, he was grabbed by George to experience the local "humanistic style".

As an old customer, George had no problem taking Su Tian with him.

But in the end, Su Tian still restrained himself. After all, he was going to play the next day, and Su Tian also needed to adjust his condition.

Soon the All-Star game came the next day.

Because the All-Star team was selected by the final captain and not based on the starting lineup of the Western Conference, the final starting lineup of the Sutian team was.

Su Tian, ​​Beal, Antetokounmpo, Thick Eyebrow, Jokic.

Durant is the starter for Team Durant.

Irving, Curry, James, Durant, Embiid.

At a glance, the lineup on Durant's team is very scary. The Warriors' winning combination and the Cavaliers' winning combination are all there.

But in fact, the strength of the Sutian team should not be underestimated.

The three big men, Alphabet, Thick Eyebrow, and Jokic, each have their own merits, and with Su Tian’s coordination bonus, it’s still unclear who will win.Soon the game started, Embiid grabbed the right to attack, Irving got the ball, advanced to the frontcourt, and passed the ball directly to James.

When James received Irving's pass, a familiar feeling instantly spread all over his body. James even felt a few years younger.

James got the ball and went directly to the basket. When the game just started, both sides basically didn't defend much, so James easily came to the basket and dunked with both hands.

2-0
The ball was transferred, and Su Tian advanced to the frontcourt with the ball. After facing Irving's defense, he stepped back and shot a three-pointer.

Swah——

Hit a three-pointer steadily.

2-3
Su Tian was in very good shape, and Irving really didn't defend much.

In this way, the two teams played the first three quarters like a show.

Both teams had a great time in the first three quarters, and Su Tian also contributed many wonderful shots, not only three-pointers and dunks, but also some wonderful shots of pass assists.

But when the game came to the fourth quarter, both teams couldn't help but start to get serious.

The first possession of the fourth quarter was given to Team Durant. Irving came to the frontcourt with the ball. Facing Su Tian's defense, Irving lowered his center of gravity. After continuous cross dribbles, he quickly exploded towards the basket.

Su Tian also immediately changed his defensive focus and caught up with Irving.

The two came to the basket one after another. When Irving made a layup, Su Tian used to fight physically.

boom--

Basketball strikes iron.

Su Tian turned around to collect the rebound and turned around again to start the fast break mode.

Su Tian was very fast and rushed to the front. Irving and others wanted to catch up, but they couldn't catch up.

boom--

With a loud noise, Su Tian succeeded in hacking with one hand.

After the intensity of the confrontation increased in the fourth quarter, everyone's shooting percentage began to become lower, but the game became better.

The fierce physical confrontation and collision of talents made the fans watching the scene exclaim.

At this time, everyone has already abandoned the state of hostility and hostility, and is all enjoying the game and basketball.

In the end, Su Tian's performance was stronger, and Su Tian and Nongmei cooperated better.

Although on the Durant team, James and Irving are the winning combination, and Durant and Curry are the winning combination, these two pairs have been separated for a long time, and the cooperation between them has long been unfamiliar.

Unlike Su Tian and Nongmei, they are in the window to win the championship.

At the end of the game, Su Tian's team won the game 144-131, and Su Tian was once again elected as the All-Star MVP.

In fact, Su Tian originally didn't want the MVP in this game, but he really hit the mark in the last quarter, and the data accumulated unconsciously.

But since Su Tian got it, Su Tian wouldn't let it go. He walked up to the stage and raised the trophy with a generous smile.

After the All-Star Game, the league still had a short break. Su Tian also took the opportunity to rest and adjust, and followed George to seriously experience the style of Atlanta.

It was not until March 3 that Su Tiancai and George returned to Los Angeles.

After returning to Los Angeles, Su Tian adjusted his training for two days.

On March 3, the Lakers played against the Pacers at home.

The current Pacers have no threat. They only have Sabonis on the inside and Brogdon on the outside.

The entire team exudes a sense of barely holding on.

Facing the Lakers, who played with all their main players, the Pacers only lasted half of the game.

At the end of the first half, the Lakers led by 20 points, so the Pacers started training directly in the third quarter.

Seeing this, Walton also won the starting and main lineups, and began to use the substitutes and bench to strengthen the team's lineup depth.

For the current Lakers, the strength of the bench has improved significantly, and the strength of the bench has also begun to grow.

Alvarado gradually showed his extraordinary talent for tackling, and his aggressive fighting style always moved people.

In addition, Brando, the Lakers' rookie selected by Su Tian this season, has also begun to show his talent.

Under the team's careful training, Brando's defensive talent was discovered, and now Brando has a starting-level defense.

But Brando's three-point shooting is still unstable, and the Lakers are not short of starters and substitutes, so Walton did not promote Brando.

Now we can just take advantage of this opportunity to let these players perform well.

So the entire second half of the game turned into a training scene.

Su Tian was also watching from the sidelines, carefully observing the Lakers' substitute players.

In the fourth quarter, Su Tian came on briefly to lead the substitutes. After the point difference was quickly widened, he went off to rest.

At the end of the game, the Lakers won the game 117-93, and the Pacers showed no resistance throughout the game.

In fact, in this game, Walton also wanted to see how the players were maintaining their condition. After all, there were still many players who couldn't help but indulge themselves during the All-Star period, but their condition suddenly declined after returning.

After this game, Walton is very satisfied with the team's players. Even George, who loves to indulge during the holidays, is in good condition this time.

The next day, Walton once again announced the rest strategy after the team's training session.

This time it not only reduces the number of games played by the main players, but also begins to limit the playing time of the main players.

Su, in particular, only had enough playing time in the first few minutes of the first quarter, the first few minutes of the third quarter, and the fourth quarter.

The rest must rest to ensure condition and health.

Although Su Tian wanted to say that he had no problem at all, he still couldn't resist Wharton's strong request. After all, Wharton was also thinking about Su Tian.

So in the next few games, everyone suddenly discovered that the Lakers seemed to be a different team. Their strength was sometimes strong and sometimes weak. When they were strong, they could overwhelm all teams, and when they were weak, they could defeat any team.

As a result, the media began to make a fuss about the Lakers' state.

"What's wrong with the Lakers?" 》

"After all, I can't resist the curse of three consecutive championships!" ? 》

"The Lakers are drifting?" 》

"How can the Lakers win three consecutive championships when everyone can lose?" 》

"Three consecutive championships have become a curse, there will never be another three consecutive championship teams! 》

As the Lakers' record fluctuates, there are more and more reports about the Lakers.

Just when everyone thought the Lakers were really going to die, Barkley stood up and spoke.

"No, do some people really think that the Lakers are no longer good? Please reporters who wrote those reports, please look at the game and look at the Lakers' lineup. The Lakers are using their substitute lineup and bench to compete with other people's starters. They can't beat them. Isn’t it normal?”

"And among the games where all the main players of the Lakers played, which one was not a crushing victory? Which one was not a huge advantage? Please trouble these unscrupulous reporters to watch more games!"

Barkley's words, although somewhat taunting and complaining, also made some fans feel relieved.

Because what Barkley said is indeed true, the Lakers' strength remains unshakable. (End of chapter)

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