NBA’s aging star system

The Lakers' fast break cooperated tacitly. Su Tian acted as an arrow and ran at the front, followed closely by Mitchell. However, Mitchell found that the pursuit was getting further and further away.

When Su Tian came to the basket in the frontcourt, he had already opened three steps away from Mitchell, so Su Tian went straight for a layup.

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Mitchell frowned. In the fourth quarter, Su Tian was as strong as ever.

The ball returned to the Jazz again, and Rubio advanced with the ball again. This time Rubio did not pass the ball to Mitchell, but started the offense with the ball himself. After cooperating with his teammates, he took the ball to the basket.

Encountering Nance's defense, Rubio passed the ball to Ingles in the bottom corner. Ingles received the ball and shot a three-pointer directly.

Swah——

Ingles hit a three-pointer directly.

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In fact, Rubio saw very clearly that as long as he avoided Su Tian and grabbed other members of the Lakers, the Jazz still had a chance of survival.

The ball was transferred, and Su Tian advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

"It's just that you can dodge the offense, but you can't dodge the defense." Rubio muttered to himself.

After Su Tian came to the frontcourt with the ball, facing Ingles' defense, he did not call for a pick-and-roll, but motioned for everyone to pull away.

After pulling away, Su Tian changed his direction in front of him and easily swayed the defensive center of gravity, holding the ball and heading towards the basket. Ingles couldn't keep up with Su Tian's speed. Su Tian came to the basket and directly collected the ball, took off and dunked successfully. .

Gobert wanted to help defend, but Nance was standing outside the three-point line. Gobert couldn't ignore it. As long as Gobert followed, there would be no time to help defend Su Tian, ​​because Su Tian was much faster than Gobert. .

After several consecutive rounds, the score difference on the field did not change much and remained between 5 and 10 points.

Walton saw that time was almost up, so he took advantage of a dead ball opportunity to put on the entire main lineup and prepare to harvest the game.

Due to the uneven lineup, the Lakers' lineup is limited, but it is still more competitive than the Jazz.

After the substitution adjustment, Su Tian passed the ball twice to assist his teammates. The fans at the scene also clearly felt that these players helped Su Tian far better than the previous one.

After changing to the starting lineup, the Lakers' defense also became better. Every time the Lakers' defense was successful, Su Tian had to play a fast break with the ball. Although some were defended by the Jazz, most of them were still successful. .

The scores of the two teams kept changing, and the point difference gradually widened.

In the end, under the leadership of Su Tian, ​​the Lakers suppressed the Jazz until the end of the game. In the last two minutes, Mitchell wanted to take a three-point gamble.

However, they were all interrupted by Su Tian, ​​and all three points were lost, which hastened Jazz's death.

In the end, the Lakers successfully defeated the Jazz 112-97.

苏天全场出战41分钟，拿到42分12助攻10篮板2抢断2盖帽的三双数据！

In addition, Nance scored 17 points and 7 rebounds, and Kuzma scored 22 points, both of which provided Su Tian with a lot of help.

The Lakers relied on their remaining lineup to successfully defeat the Jazz.

After the game, Su Tian took the initiative to find Mitchell and hug him.

Su Tian patted Mitchell on the shoulder and said: "Donovan, you are a very good player. If you stick to it, you will accomplish something."

When Mitchell heard Su Tian's encouragement to him, he became very excited. Although Su Tian was a few years older than himself, Su Tian became famous early after all, and he was a popular player in the league and a regular player this season. The biggest contender for the MVP of the game, he thought that the star had such evaluation of himself. This kind of affirmation of himself made Mitchell grateful.

After the game against the Jazz, the Lakers had two days of rest, and during these two days, Su Tian was forced by Walton to take at least one day of rest.

During this period of time, the coach has worked hard and the players have worked hard, but the hardest one has to be Su Tian himself.

Walton has always been worried about Su Tian's physical condition, fearing that something unexpected might happen. If the team doctor hadn't always assured him that there was nothing wrong, Walton would have wanted Su Tian to rest.

Su Tian knew his own situation. With the "Iron Man" badge, he was not afraid of any injuries, but he was really tired. Since the coach asked for a rest, he just went with the flow and went home to rest.

Of course, another reason why Su Tian is willing to take a rest is that the Lakers will face the opponent they are currently competing with in two days, the Houston Rockets.

Currently, both the Rockets and Lakers have only two regular season games left.

The Lakers' record is 65 wins and 15 losses, and the Rockets' record is 64 wins and 16 losses. The record of the two teams' encounters. In the first three games between the two teams, the Lakers won two and lost one. If the Rockets can win the game against the Lakers two days later.

Then, the two teams will have the same record and the same head-to-head record.

At this time, it’s time to look at the cumbersome rules and regulations in the NBA.

The ranking rules are very complicated. When there is a situation where the results are the same, the tie-break criterion will be used for comparison.

The first article is to compare the head-to-head records of both teams. Both teams have two wins and two losses, so the results cannot be compared.

The second rule is that the division champion is ranked before the non-division champion.

In addition to the division of the Eastern and Western Conferences, the NBA is also divided into six major divisions, three in the East and three in the West.

The Rockets belong to the Southwest Division of the West, while the Lakers, along with the Clippers, Warriors, Suns and Kings, form the Pacific Division.

The records of the two teams are tied for first in the league, and of course they are also the champions of their respective divisions, so the results of this second item cannot be compared.

Articles 3 and 4 are to compare the records within the division and the records within the Western Conference.

If you still can't tell the difference between the first four items, then look at the fifth and sixth items, which are the winning rate against playoff teams in this league and the winning rate against playoff teams in another league respectively.

That is to compare the records against the Eastern and Western playoff teams respectively.

Of course, if there is no result here, there is the seventh and final item, which compares the total points difference in the season.

Under normal circumstances, the results will be determined by the first three items. As for the competition all the way to the seventh item, it is unprecedented.

Su Tian had a headache looking at these rules and regulations, so he simply stopped reading. It was already the end of the season anyway, and the next game was a head-on showdown with the Rockets. As long as he won the next game, there would be no such comparisons. If If you lose, then go over the rules again.

The next day, Su Tian followed Wharton's instructions and lay down at home to rest, letting his body and mind rest at the same time.

On April 4, the Rockets visited Staples to play against the Lakers.

This game is undoubtedly the focus of the league. The league has also arranged a national live broadcast, and the three big guys in the commentary box have been prepared for it.

"The records of the Rockets and the Lakers are almost the same. This game must be a match between Mars and the Earth, and it is also a key battle for the Lakers and Rockets to compete for first place in the Western Conference." Kenny Smith first briefly introduced the background of the game between the two teams.

"Kenny, if the Rockets win this game, then the records and head-to-head records of the two teams will become the same. How will they be ranked?" Barkley asked.

In fact, Barkley knew the answer to the question and asked this question to tell the audience.