NBA Old Age Star System

On June 6, the second game of the finals started.

In the two days following the end of the first finals, both teams made some tactical changes and adjustments. At this time, the second game was the time to verify these methods.

The starting lineups of both teams have not changed, and they still maintain the lineup from the previous game.

Before the game started, Su Tian stood next to Butler and started talking trash.

"What about Jimmy, how many points are you prepared to lose in this game?"

Butler said without even looking at it: "Su, don't be happy yet, we won this game."

As usual, Nongmei grabbed the right to attack, and Brunson advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

Brunson had just arrived in the frontcourt. Su Tian directly reached out for the ball. Brunson immediately passed the ball to him.

Su Tian received the ball, faced Butler's defense, and reached out to call for thick eyebrows to step forward to cooperate in a pick-and-roll.

With the help of the pick-and-roll, Su Tian broke through immediately. As a result, the Heat did not hesitate at all and double-teamed Su Tian.

Su Tian saw that the Heat were so determined to double-team, so he immediately passed the ball to the thick eyebrow who was left open outside the three-point line.

Thick Eyebrow received the ball, but there was no one in front of him, so he adjusted it and slowly shot the three-pointer.

Swah——

Faced with such an open opportunity, Nong Mei easily hit it.

3-0
"What's going on with the Heat? Such a determined double-team? They even let Anthony Davis go!"

"It seems that the Heat have borrowed the defensive tactics of the previous Warriors and want to double-team Su more thoroughly and limit Su's performance."

"I don't think this is a good choice, you know, even the Warriors were still swept 4-0."

"The idea of ​​limiting Su's scoring is correct, but you can't double-team without thinking. You must know that Su has been the league's assist king for many years."

Facing the Heat's tactics, most fans' reactions were that it was not a good choice, but the tactics that have been formulated cannot be changed so easily.

At this time, the ball has been transferred and it is the Heat's turn to attack.

Vincent came to the frontcourt with the ball, stretched out his hand to signal his teammates for tactical cooperation, and Butler also started running without the ball.

Vincent took advantage of Adebayor's pick-and-roll and sprinted directly towards the basket. However, he encountered an interception halfway, so he immediately passed the ball to Adebayor who was following the pass.

Adebayor received the ball and continued to hit the basket. At this time, the thick eyebrows were already in position under the basket. They saw the right moment and jumped up with Adebayor.

Adebayor had a close contact with Big Eyebrow in the air, and during the physical confrontation, he reluctantly made a layup.

boom--

The layup was not scored, but Adebayor thought that even if the goal was not scored, it would still cause a thick eyebrow foul.

But when Adebayor looked at the referee, he found that the referee was indifferent and had no intention of blowing the whistle.

At this time, the thick eyebrow was also surprised, but the movement of his hands did not stop. After getting the rebound, he immediately passed the ball to George.

George received the ball and turned around to start a fast break. After encountering an interception, he passed the ball to Brunson again. At this time, Brunson rushed in front of everyone, so Brunson took the lead to the basket after receiving the ball. , scored an easy layup.

4-0
Spoelstra on the sidelines was the first to notice something was wrong. Why wasn't the whistle blown for the ball just now?
The thick eyebrows on the field have already reacted. It seems that the method Su Tian said worked! No more foul trouble in this game.

Spoelstra on the sidelines also reacted very quickly. After just a few rounds, he immediately felt that the league was no longer targeting the Lakers. It seemed that this game was going to be fought with real guns.

In the next few rounds, the Lakers' lead became more and more obvious. Without the referee's trouble, the Lakers' offense and defense improved to a higher level.

This is the change that a full-power thick eyebrow brings to the Lakers.

At the end of the first quarter, 33-25, the Lakers led by 8 points.

"With an 8-point lead in the first quarter, it seems that this game will probably be won by the Lakers."

"It's hard to say, what if the Heat catch up in the second quarter."

"So what if we catch up? The final victory is not going to be won by the Lakers."

"The Lakers' chances of winning have greatly increased. I really don't know what the Heat are going to do to deal with it."

As the fans discussed, the intersection ended and the second quarter began.

The second quarter of the game was similar to the previous game. The two teams made substitutions and adjustments, and Su Tian and Nongmei took a break.

In the first quarter, the Heat resolutely double-teamed Su Tian, ​​which resulted in Su Tian not scoring many points. However, Su Tian's passing assists many teammates did not affect the team as a whole, and even It inspired everyone's feelings.

Therefore, in the second quarter, Brunson, George and others felt smoother and performed better than in the previous game.

Spoelstra on the sidelines was stunned. Why was it that Su Tian was double-teamed this time and it turned out to be more difficult than the previous one?

In fact, there is nothing wrong with Spoelstra's strategic thinking. According to Spoelstra's tactical thinking, even if Su Tian is the league's assist leader, Su Tian still scores the most points for the Lakers, and Su Tian's shooting is so stable that it rarely appears. When things don't feel good, that's not the case for the rest of the Lakers.

Therefore, Spoelstra also had some thoughts on gambling.

At this time, several rounds had already been played in the second quarter. Spoelstra felt that the Heat's situation was not very good. The point difference between the two teams had reached double digits, so he immediately called a timeout, made substitution adjustments, and took Butler again. Go up.

After Butler came on the court, the Heat's situation did improve, but it was really too difficult for Butler to catch up with the score directly.

Halfway through the second quarter, Butler chased the point difference to 5 points. At this time, the Lakers made substitutions, and Su Tian and Nong Mei came on the field again.

In fact, compared to the Heat, the Lakers have an advantage in both outside and inside matchups.

The matchup between Su Tian and Butler, the matchup between George and forwards such as Dun Luo and Tucker, and the matchup between Big Eyebrow and Adebayor.

No matter where you look at it, even in this matchup between Brunson and Vincent, the Lakers still have the advantage, so it is still very difficult for the Heat to turn around in this series.

After Su Tian and Nongmei came on the court, Su Tian directly took over the team's ball. He took the ball to the frontcourt. Facing Butler's defense, he first tried a triple threat, and then looked like he was going to play singles.

Just when Su Tian put on this stance, the Heat immediately stepped forward to double-team, and Su Tian passed the ball directly to Brando, who was left open outside the three-point line.

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

Swah——

The three-pointer was hit steadily.

The score difference came to 8 points.

"It seems that just double-teaming won't work. The Lakers' lineup is really too strong, and all the rookies on the bench can contribute in the finals."

"There is a reason why the Lakers won three consecutive championships, and it is not just because of Su." "I feel that the Heat need to adjust their defensive strategy against Su. Simply double-teaming in this way will be counterproductive."

"That's easy to say. How do you adjust it? It's not that simple."

At this time, the game on the court was still going on. With the joint efforts of Su Tian and Nong Mei, the score difference soon reached double digits again.

But before the end of the second quarter, Hiero hit two consecutive three-pointers, and the point difference was still controlled to single digits.

60-52, the Lakers temporarily lead by 8 points.

The game entered halftime and the players from both teams returned to the locker room.

On the Heat's side, Spoelstra is trying his best to adjust tactics, hoping to make changes in the second half.

On the Lakers side, Walton seemed a lot more relaxed, because the referees in this game suddenly became normal, and the Lakers no longer needed to worry about the thick eyebrow foul problem.

Spoelstra was writing on the tactical board and said: "In the second half, we faked a double-team on Su!"

"Fake double team?"

"Yes, he is posing to double-team, but he cannot break away from his defender. Once Su passes the ball, he must immediately return to his defender."

"But, is this possible?" an assistant coach asked unconfidently.

"Whether it works or not depends on the fight. We have no better way. Su's scoring efficiency is much higher than that of other Lakers." Spoelstra said helplessly.

Seeing this, the others had no choice but to act according to the coach's instructions and began to work out some details for the second half of the game.

On the Lakers' side, Walton emphasized some precautions as usual, then turned around and left, just asking for safety.

Soon the intermission ended and the third quarter began.

In the third quarter, both sides once again came up with their starting lineups, and the first ball was given to the Heat.

Vincent came to the frontcourt with the ball. Facing Brunson's defense, Vincent chose to reach out and call his teammates for pick-and-roll cooperation.

With the help of Adebayor's pick-and-roll cooperation, Vincent burst out and rushed directly to the basket, but after encountering the help of thick eyebrows, he passed the ball to Dun Luo in the bottom corner.

Dun Luo took the ball and shot a three-pointer directly.

Swah——

The three-pointer hit directly.

Johnson, who was responsible for defending Dun Luo, arrived belatedly at this time.

Seeing Johnson's slow figure, Dun Luo couldn't help but joked.

"Boy, you have lowered the overall level of the Lakers. You must know that I could only play as a substitute in the Lakers before. Now you actually occupy the starting position. Do you deserve it?"

Johnson glanced at Dunro and said, "No wonder you can only play as a substitute."

"You, you kid, don't talk until you have the guts to score a goal."

When the ball was transferred, Brunson came to the frontcourt with the ball and stretched out his hand to signal his teammates for tactical cooperation.

After a period of tactical movement, Brunson passed the ball to George. George received the ball and first shook away the defense. Then he quickly passed the ball to Johnson who was cutting in the air. Johnson received the ball and made a layup directly.

After the successful hit, Johnson came to Dunroe's side.

"Where's your defense? Where's your personnel? How does your coach allow you to play this kind of defense?"

Seeing Johnson's arrogance, Dun Luo was also speechless.

In fact, Dun Luo is not good at trash talking. He just saw that the opponent was a rookie player at first and wanted to bully him. Unexpectedly, Johnson seemed to have received Su Tian's real trash talk, and all kinds of trash talk kept coming.

After this conversation between the two, the tension between the two escalated. In the next few rounds, the physical confrontation between the two continued to increase, and they gradually became more angry.

As the commander on the field, Su Tian naturally saw the state of the two men, but Su Tian did not stop them.

Because such physical confrontation is only good for the Lakers for the matchup between the two.

In addition to three-pointers, Johnson also has certain ball-holding, defense, and air-cutting abilities. However, Dunro only has three-pointers, which are relatively good skills. And with such a large amount of physical confrontation, the impact on the shooting feel is also Very big.

So this situation is actually a good thing for the Lakers.

Soon after halfway through the third quarter, the point difference between the two teams had reached double digits. Su Tian became accustomed to the Heat's new tactics after just a few rounds.

On the contrary, on the Heat's side, due to the temporary change of policy, there were problems with the cooperation between teammates, and the defensive efficiency actually dropped.

Regarding this situation that got worse after adjustments, Cole, who was in front of the TV, said that he was afraid of this situation at the time, so he went all the way to the dark side.

Halfway through the third quarter, Su Tian and Nong Mei took a break again, and George and Brunson led the bench.

Su Tian has rested, but the Heat can't rest yet. Butler wants to catch up with the score while Su Tian is not on the court, so that the Heat can have a chance of survival in the fourth quarter.

After Su Tian took a break, the Heat indeed began to chase points.

It was not Butler who made the first move, but Oladipo.

Oladipo continued to hit hard with the ball. Although he couldn't hit every time, he still caused a certain amount of damage and gave the Lakers' bench a headache.

Immediately afterwards, the young player Shiro also began to work hard from the outside, making 5 of 3 three-pointers and playing with good efficiency.

On the contrary, Butler, who sacrificed his physical strength and was always present, did not score many points.

But the Heat's point-chasing momentum is also due to Butler, because Butler has been facing off against George, which limits George's performance to a certain extent.

At the end of the third quarter, the point difference between the two teams returned to single digits, and in the last round, Butler hit a super long three-pointer, leaving the point difference only 3 points.

"Don't say it, don't say it. The Heat's performance during this period is really good."

"That's only good. The Heat were originally in a hurry on offense, and now they are still lagging behind in the fourth quarter. It is too difficult to overtake the score in the fourth quarter."

"Yes, some teams have summed up the method to deal with the Lakers in the past few years, that is, at the end of the first three quarters, they must be in a leading position, and in the fourth quarter, they desperately hold on to the point difference. Only in this way can they have hope of defeating the Lakers. ."

"I can only say that I hope the Heat can bring us some miracles in the fourth quarter."

At this time, Spoelstra was caught in a brainstorm in front of the Heat's bench.

When it comes to Spoelstra's coaching ability, there is no doubt that he has something, but it's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. Su Tian's personal ability is too strong. There is no player on the Heat side who can match him. The only Butler is still on the team. The core, the star player. (End of chapter)