NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 526: Strong rivalry with the Bucks, 2023 All-Stars

In the next few rounds, Su Tian continuously launched his "super assists", and the point difference quickly widened, and the Lakers firmly won the game.

After defeating the Clippers, the Lakers quietly defeated the Spurs, and then the Lakers ushered in a wave of consecutive away games.

But fortunately, the All-Star Weekend is approaching, and the Lakers have something to look forward to. This is also one of the few days in the season that can be used to rest.

In the next wave of away games that the Lakers will face, there are basically no strong teams. The Boston Celtics in the first game are already the strongest among these teams.

However, facing Su Tian who was full of firepower, the Celtics were no match at all and were easily defeated by the Lakers.

Then the Lakers defeated the disintegrated Brooklyn Nets, the still chaotic Knicks, and the rebuilding Pacers.

On February 2, the Lakers returned to the West and faced the Pelicans away from home.

Walton chose to take a rest this time, because in these consecutive away games, although the wins were relatively easy, the fatigue of traveling and traveling still consumed the players' energy.

The game against the Pelicans was also back-to-back, so after comprehensive consideration, Walton made rotation adjustments for the main players and veterans.

The Pelicans were quite competitive. Ingram performed well against the Lakers. The two teams continued to play until the fourth quarter before the Pelicans had a clear lead. In the end, the game was won by the Pelicans. Not even happy.

You must know that this is the Lakers' substitute lineup and bench. The main players are all taking turns, and only these two teams are still entangled until the fourth quarter.

The Lakers ended their consecutive away games and returned to Los Angeles, and everyone could finally rest for a while.

Su Tian feels that this season is harder than any previous season.

But there is nothing that can be done about it.

There are only five games left for the Lakers before the All-Star Game, but there are many strong opponents in these five games.

The first game for the Lakers back at home was against the Thunder, led by rising star Alexander.

However, because the core of the Thunder is a defender, with Su Tian personally defending, Alexander can't make any waves at all.

The Lakers also easily won the game.

But then the Lakers faced a strong enemy at home, the Milwaukee Bucks.

Now Antetokounmpo has fully grown up and shows his charm as a superstar everywhere.

Moreover, the Bucks are currently in a strong position and are in the window period to win the championship.

When Marc Gasol is here, there is a defensive guarantee inside, and Antetokounmpo's impact has not yet been fully demonstrated, but when Gasol comes off the court, Antetokounmpo's impact is completely released.

Although George has worked very hard, he is no match for Antetokounmpo, and this is even more true for Su Tian. Su Tian can only ensure that there are no problems with the defender and ensure his offensive efficiency, but for Antetokounmpo, Su Tian It's so heartless.

At the end of the third quarter, the Bucks were already leading by 14 points. In the fourth quarter, Su Tian tried to catch up with the point difference while Antetokounmpo was not on the court, but Su Tian just caught up by a few points. Lu made substitution adjustments and brought Antetokounmpo up again.

As soon as Antetokounmpo came on the court, he immediately continued the Bucks' offense, and the two sides directly clashed with each other, but there was a point difference, so the Bucks were always in the lead.

Walton on the sidelines saw that something was wrong, so he changed into the entire starting lineup in advance, hoping to quickly catch up with the point difference.

After replacing the main force, the situation on the court was indeed stabilized, and the momentum of chasing points was gradually gained. Moreover, Su Tian also activated the "super assist" in time, and the point difference between the two teams began to approach.

But unfortunately, it didn't last long. The Bucks also replaced the entire starting lineup, and the Bucks once again took the lead.

This time, the Bucks were not overtaken by the Lakers until the end of the game.

"It seems that Davis' retirement from injury will have a huge impact on the Lakers."

"If you ask me, the Lakers are just a pseudo-strong team, and they will immediately succumb when they encounter a truly strong team like the Bucks."

"You can't say that. You have to know that the Bucks' three-point efficiency in this game is not low. Normally it is difficult for the Bucks to achieve such a shooting rate."

"The Lakers still have problems with their interior defense. When Davis was still there, it didn't seem very important, but now that he has lost it, we know how important Davis is."

The game was won by the Bucks. Su Tian's expression was natural and there was no special emotion.

After all, I have been fighting in the league for so long, and I am used to winning and losing.

And as fans said before, the Bucks' overall three-point shooting rate in this game was very high, much higher than the usual level. This is one of the reasons why the Lakers did not dare to double-team Antetokounmpo wantonly.

After losing to the Bucks, before the Lakers could recover, they immediately had to face the next powerful enemy, the Golden State Warriors.

However, Curry was absent from this game due to injury, so the Warriors started.

Jordan Poole, Klay, Wiggins, Green, Rooney.

The Lakers naturally played with their entire main lineup.

Su Tian, ​​Dort, Johnson, George, Gasol.

With Su Tian here, Poole can't fly, and Dort can also effectively contain Clay after a serious injury, which is not a problem at all.

On the forward line, Johnson doesn't have much of a problem against Wiggins, and Wiggins himself doesn't have a strong desire to attack. In the group of George and Green, George has the advantage.

Gasol also has an advantage over Rooney inside.

But the only thing the Lakers are worried about is the Warriors' reckless speed and rhythm.

If the Warriors speed up regardless of life and death, Gasol will only become a burden and will have to take a rest.

Although the Warriors don't have a particularly impactful player, it still lowers the team's defensive level, which will have an impact on the team.

Soon the game started, and the Lakers took the initiative. Su Tian held the ball and beat Poole in a single, and succeeded easily.

The ball was transferred, and Poole came to the frontcourt with the ball and passed the ball directly to Green.

Different from the original time and space, there was no conflict between Poole and Green in this time and space, and there was no such punch. Poole did not get the big contract, but only got a relatively common contract extension.

Green got the ball and observed the team's movement at the top of the arc, and then passed a pass to Wiggins, who was cutting through the air.

Wiggins received the ball and went straight to the basket, but at this time there was Gasol defending the basket. Wiggins' air cut failed, and the basketball was black.

Gasol turned around to collect the rebound and immediately passed the ball to George, who passed the ball to Su Tian again.

Su Tian received the ball and attracted the defense, and passed the ball to Johnson again.

Johnson came to the frontcourt and there was no one around him, so he went straight for a layup.

The Lakers relied on their exquisite coordination and team strength to easily take the lead.

This set the pace for the entire first half.

At the end of the first half, the Lakers already led by 13 points.

After the halftime break, the Warriors' morale improved a bit and they wanted to catch up with the score in the third quarter, so they started to speed up like crazy.

Seeing this, Walton on the sidelines immediately made substitution adjustments and replaced Gasol. But it was not Aldridge or Cousins ​​who was replaced, but Griffin.

Although Griffin does not have an advantage in height, he can still keep up with the overall speed in terms of speed and physical reserves, and Griffin has no height disadvantage compared to Rooney.

So although the Warriors are speeding up like crazy, the Lakers can still keep up with the Warriors' rhythm, and the Lakers have greater control over their offense.

So the Warriors, who originally wanted to chase points in the third quarter, found that the point difference not only did not narrow, but instead grew wider.

At the end of the third quarter, the point difference had reached 18 points, which basically sentenced the Warriors to death.

In the fourth quarter, Su Tian exerted his strength and won the game steadily.

After winning the Warriors, the Lakers only have two games left before the All-Star Game, one against the Trail Blazers and one against the Pelicans.

The game against the Trail Blazers was back-to-back on the road, so Walton directly chose to take a rest, choosing to focus all his energy and energy on the home game against the Pelicans.

On February 2, the Lakers played against the Pelicans at home.

The last time they played against the Pelicans, the Lakers won the game because the Lakers rested their main players, but this time the Lakers will not give the Pelicans another chance.

In the first quarter, Su Tian opened fire and immediately took the lead.

Immediately afterwards, George also started to exert his strength. Ingram may have a decent offense, but he still seems to be stretched against George on the defensive end.

Therefore, George's advantage is relatively obvious.

At the end of the first half, the point difference between the two teams reached double digits, and the Lakers' advantage became more and more obvious.

And when the game came to the third quarter, just when Su Tian thought he would encounter fierce resistance, the Pelicans actually collapsed!

That’s right, it collapsed!
Not only are the players' performance extremely stretched, but there are also mentality problems. The entire Pelicans team has mentality problems.

As the Pelicans' star player, Ingram does not have the strength and character to turn the tide.

Finally, at the end of the third quarter, the score difference between the two teams reached 22 points.

So the Pelicans directly chose to surrender in the fourth quarter, and the Lakers were happy to clock out in the third quarter.

The final result was as expected, the Lakers won the game steadily.

After the game, Su Tian took the initiative to say hello to Ingram. After all, he was a player from the Lakers. Su Tian had also been teammates with Ingram for two years and won the first championship together.

After a simple exchange and communication, Su Tian encouraged Ingram and hoped that Ingram could play the role of a star player.

But Ingram just smiled bitterly and did not answer.

The end of the game against the Pelicans also means that all the games before the Lakers All-Star Game are over.

The Lakers can start enjoying their All-Star weekend!

Of this year's All-Stars, Su Tian is naturally still the undisputed All-Star vote-winner.

This All-Star Game will be held at the Jazz's home court, and Su Tian and George will travel to Salt Lake City together.

The starting lineup for the Western Conference this time is Su Tian, ​​Doncic, James, Durant, and Jokic.

The starting lineup for the Eastern Conference is Mitchell, Jaylen Brown, Tatum, Antetokounmpo, and Embiid.

George was also selected as the Western Conference All-Star substitute. It is a pity that Curry was not selected as the starter. Although Curry was indeed affected by injuries this season, Curry's failure to start still made many fans feel dissatisfied.

Naturally, the target of the fire was not Su Tian, ​​but Dongcic.

However, Doncic's fans also have something to say. Regardless of Doncic's personal data, but the team's record, being an All-Star starter is not a problem at all.

The only thing to blame is that the Western Conference is too brutal and has too many All-Star players.

Harden's fans are the worst, because Harden was not even selected for the substitute lineup, which made Harden's fans complain endlessly.

When Su Tian came to Salt Lake City, he still had a lot of work to do. First of all, he had to deal with interviews from the media, and then Su Tian had to contact several business cooperation and negotiate for some commercial endorsements.

On February 2, the All-Star Game begins.

The first thing to be done is still the rookie game.

Su Tian didn't pay too much attention to the All-Star Rookie Game. Su Tian only learned after the game that the MVP of the Rookie Game was Alvarado, so he sent Alvarado a blessing text message.

The next day, the All-Stars ushered in three individual events.

Su Tian naturally went to the scene to watch as a guest.

In the end, the Jazz won the Skills Challenge; Damian Lillard won the three-point contest; and Mark McClung won the dunk contest.

The end of individual competitions also means that the All-Stars are about to usher in the most critical dinner, the All-Star Game.

On February 2, the All-Star Game arrives.

As the leader of the Western team, Su Tian naturally boosted morale before the start of the game and was bound to win the opponent.

Soon the game starts.

Although Su Tian fed his teammate Kuku chicken soup before the game, after the game started, Su Tian was more Buddhist than anyone else.

The main reason is that Su Tian is too tired this season and doesn't want to play seriously in the All-Star Game. He just wants to have a good rest.

As the head coach of the Western Conference team, Walton also captured Su Tian early to give others room to play.

Su Tian only played a few minutes in the first and fourth quarters, scoring 10 points and 5 assists.

In the end, the game was won by the Eastern Conference team. Tatum scored 55 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, and won the All-Star MVP.

As an opponent, Su Tian also smiled and applauded Tatum.

After all, Tatum is no threat, and whether he can even break out of the East is a question.

After the All-Star Game, Su Tiancai finally took his vacation and returned home to rest for two days.

During this period, Su Tian fought too hard. Even with the "Iron Man" badge, Su Tian felt very tired. This fatigue was not physical, but mental.

After Su Tian rested for two days, on February 2, the Lakers once again faced the Golden State Warriors at home.

Curry is still injured and has not played, and the Warriors still have their previous starting lineup.

Faced with such a lineup, Su Tian just finished his rest, so he went straight to attack with all his strength and won the game steadily.

The Lakers got off to a good start after welcoming the All-Stars. (End of chapter)

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