NBA’s aging star system

After Harden exited that wonderful state, Su Tian observed a few more rounds.

It was finally determined that Harden was indeed “back to normal.”

In the next few rounds, Su Tian began to try to lead the Lakers to catch up with the Rockets, trying to open up the point difference before the end of the third quarter.

But Su Tian still underestimated the combination of Harden and Paul. Although the combination of the two did not have a tacit understanding, there were also many mistakes in the process.

But it was still very difficult for Su Tian to overthrow the opponent by himself.

At the end of the third quarter, the score reached 83-83, and the two teams were tied.

A tie was actually within Su Tian's acceptable range. Su Tian was confident in his fourth quarter.

In the third quarter, the main players of both sides worked hard and consumed a lot of energy, so in the fourth quarter both sides began to take turns.

For the Rockets, Paul took a break and Harden came on to lead the team.

The Lakers sent Clarkson, Pope, Su Tian, ​​Kuzma, and Lopez.

The first possession of the fourth quarter was given to the Rockets, and Harden advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

Although Su Tian moved to the third position, it is still Su Tian's task to defend Harden.

Facing Su Tian in the fourth quarter at this time, Harden also began to be cautious. After all, Su Tian in the fourth quarter is also famous.

After Harden dribbled and swayed continuously, he found that Su Tian's defense was not shaken at all, so he wanted to pass the ball out and let everyone run the tactics.

But Su Tian has quick eyesight and quick hands!

The moment Harden wanted to pass the ball, he was caught by Su Tian, ​​so Su Tian quickly attacked! Complete the steal directly!

After completing the steal, Su Tian rushed forward with the ball. Harden immediately reacted and followed Su Tian.

But in the fourth quarter, Su Tian was obviously faster and easily opened the distance between him and Harden. He took the lead and came to the basket and dunked directly with both hands.

85-83

As soon as the fourth quarter started, Su Tian took the lead.

The Rockets organized an attack again, and Harden once again came to the frontcourt with the ball. This time Harden did not hesitate and directly asked his teammates to play a pick-and-roll. Harden seemed to know that Su Tian could not get it by himself at this time.

pj Tucker ran to pick and roll for Harden. Harden used the pick and roll to start a breakthrough. Su Tian followed Harden closely, but Harden did not completely get rid of Su Tian.

The two came all the way to the basket. Harden wanted to use his signature European step, but Su Tian had already seen through Harden's every move.

boom--

Harden forced a shot, but was seriously interfered by Su Tian, ​​and the basketball was black.

Su Tian turned around and grabbed another rebound, and once again pushed for a fast break transition. Except for Lopez, the Lakers' lineup at this time was all not slow, and they started running with Su Tian.

Harden also wanted to catch up, but was pulled further and further away by Su Tian.

After Su Tian came to the frontcourt with the ball, he passed a pass to Clarkson, who was the fastest runner in front. Clarkson received the ball and went straight for a layup, making an easy hit.

87-83

In just two rounds of the opening period, the Lakers made defensive counterattacks. He knows the ball well and knows that there is something wrong with the Rockets' offense.

Rockets head coach D'Antoni understands this truth better, even better than others, that the simple Harden is restricted by Su Tian.

Although D'Antoni really doesn't want to admit this, but judging from the situation on the court now, it is indeed the case. D'Antoni also can't understand why the two of them were going back and forth in the first three quarters, so how could Su Tian explode in the fourth quarter? So much energy.

In the next few rounds, although the Rockets occasionally scored goals in response, their efficiency was really not high, and the point difference seemed to reach double digits.

D'Antoni called a timeout.

After the timeout, the Rockets put on their full lineup, and it was time to start the decisive battle with the Lakers in advance.

Seeing this, Walton also waved his hand and replaced the entire main lineup.

Paul, Harden, Ariza, PJ Tucker, Capela.

Ball, Su Tian, ​​​​Ingram, Randle, Nance.

As soon as Paul came up, he held the ball and cooperated with Capela in the pick-and-roll, trying to throw an alley-oop to Capela.

However, the two people who had not cooperated for a long time obviously did not have that kind of tacit understanding. Paul made a mistake and the basketball went out of bounds.

The ball possession changed and it was the Lakers' turn to attack.

Ball advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, and faced Paul's defense and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

When Su Tian got the ball, he didn't directly play Harden alone. Instead, he cooperated with Nance in a pick-and-roll.

With the help of the pick-and-roll, Su Tian accelerated and passed Harden, leading Harden by two bodies to the basket first. Then when he was about to collect the ball for a layup, he leaned against Harden covertly and opened up a little space. , how Su Tian succeeded in an easy layup.

96-88

The score difference came to 8 points, and the Rockets needed to make some changes.

Paul once again came to the frontcourt with the ball. This time Paul seemed much more cautious and did not dare to give the Lakers another chance.

After cooperating with his teammates in the pick-and-roll, Paul held the ball and headed toward the basket. Ball originally thought that Paul was going to make a mid-range pull-up jumper again, but Paul shook him and Paul directly held the ball and scored a layup.

96-90

The ball possession changed and it was the Lakers' turn to attack again.

It was still Ball who advanced with the ball and came to the frontcourt and passed the ball to Su Tian.

It was Walton's idea to arrange for Ball to be a "dribble guard", and it was also to save Su Tian some energy.

But what Wharton didn't know was that Su Tian had the Badge of Dribbling King, so dribbling would not consume his energy.

But in order to deceive others, Su Tian also acquiesced to Wharton's arrangement.

After receiving the pass from Ball, Su Tian took out a triple threat test step that is not commonly used.

Although Su Tian is not a triple threat master, no one in the alliance dares to ignore Su Tian's triple threat.

After Su Tiansan threatened, he broke through and rushed in from the right side.

Harden was only one step slower than Su Tian and followed closely behind Su Tian.

The two fought all the way to the basket. At this time, Capela had returned to defend the basket, ready to jump and block shots at any time.

At this time, Su Tian suddenly accelerated to get rid of Harden and jumped up to meet Capela.

Capela is also a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. Capela was actually drafted in 14. Speaking of which, he was drafted in the same year as Su Tian.

But at this time, the two were in a state of confrontation between two armies, so they naturally tried their best.

Seeing Capela's palm getting closer and closer to the basketball, and he could already imagine the scene of blocking the shot, Su Tian suddenly bent down and took the ball back to his waist.

Waiting until Capela was falling, Su Cai stretched his body again and pulled the lever for a layup.

Bang——shua——

Su Tian made an extreme layup!

98-90

After the goal was scored, the scene was quiet for 2 seconds, followed by deafening cheers!

Although Su Tian's goal is not as shocking as Jordan's, nor as beautiful as Kobe's, Su Tian is still very young! He is already able to perform such a difficult action, which has to make Lakers fans imagine!

"Shaq! I bet that if Su doesn't suffer injuries in the future, he will definitely grow into a superstar!" Barkley said while slamming the table excitedly.