NBA’s aging star system

The Thunder made another adjustment during the halftime break. Donovan wanted to stimulate the strength of the forward players and began to shift the focus of the offense in the second half.

In the Lakers locker room, Walton didn't do nothing. He mentioned Nance to the starting lineup, replaced Lopez, improved the mobility of the lineup, and then asked Ball and Su Tian to switch defenses to strangle Wei. few.

As for the forward line, of course the forward players and inside players cooperate with each other for overall defense.

Soon, the intermission ended and the third quarter began.

Both sides brought up their main lineups. The Lakers only replaced Lopez, and the rest were all starting lineups.

The first possession of the third quarter was given to the Lakers. Ball advanced to the frontcourt with the ball and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

After Su Tian got the ball, facing Brewer's defense, he called Nance for a pick-and-roll.

After Nance completed the pick-and-roll, he bounced directly outside the three-point line, while Su Tian broke through and rushed to the basket with the ball.

Brewer couldn't catch up with Su Tian for a while, so he switched defenses with Adams. Su Tian came all the way to the basket. Adams shrouded the space above Su Tian. Su Tian collected the ball and took off, but instead of taking a shot directly, he used a pull rod. After dodging Adams' block, he shot for a layup.

Bang——shua——

The basketball hit the board and Su Tian made a layup.

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Adams' speed and reaction were still worse, and Su Tian used his flexibility to successfully hit one.

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

Westbrook advanced to the frontcourt with the ball. Seeing Su Tian defending in front of him, he passed the ball directly to Paul George.

After George got the ball, facing Ingram's defense, he called Adams for a pick-and-roll.

George used the pick-and-roll to break through with the ball, broke into the paint and then made a sudden stop for a jump shot.

Ingram is already trying his best to defend, but the interference he still gives is very limited.

Swah——

Paul George's pull-up jump shot was a solid hit.

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This ball was originally supposed to be Nance stepping forward to help defend against a double-team, but George was too fast. Before Nance could catch up, George had already shot.

The ball was given to the Lakers again, and Su Tian advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

They still called Nance to cooperate with the pick-and-roll. After this pick-and-roll, the Thunder not only had Adams to defend Su Tian, ​​but Paul George also participated in the defense and double-teamed Su Tian!

After all, the Thunder couldn't help it and resorted to a double-teaming tactic, but in return, they had to endure the punishment of Su Tian's pass and assist.

Seeing Paul George coming towards him, Su Tian accurately passed the ball to Ingram, who was left open by George. Ingram received the ball and shot a three-pointer directly.

Ingram had just been beaten by George, so he was naturally unconvinced. As a result, he was directly left open on the offensive end. Ingram was about to show off to the opponent.

Swah——

Ingram caught the ball and hit a three-pointer directly.

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Unknowingly, the score difference had reached 6 points. The Thunder felt the pressure and organized an attack again. This time the ball was passed to Anthony.

Anthony's ability has declined a lot, but he is still a singles master.

Facing Randall's defense, Anthony didn't call any pick-and-roll at all. He fought Randall and hit the inside. After reaching the right position, Anthony turned around and shot for a layup.

But this time, Nance's defense arrived in time, and Anthony was still affected by the interference when he took action.

boom--

The basketball was playing, and Nance turned around to grab the rebound, but as soon as Nance turned around, his position was blocked by Adams.

Immediately afterwards, Westbrook and Paul George rushed inside to grab this offensive rebound.

However, they seem to have overlooked that Su Tian is also a master at rebounding.

Su Tian saw the time correctly and took the lead before everyone else jumped.

Su Tian took off a little too early and couldn't grab the basketball, but when he was about to fall, Su Tian took the opportunity to click the basketball in the air.

After the basketball was clicked, its flight trajectory changed and it began to fall in the direction of Su Tian. So Su Tian quickly took off again, this time directly collecting the backboard.

After grabbing the rebound, the entire Lakers team formed muscle memory and turned directly to start fast break mode.

Su Tian rushed to the front, leading the way into the frontcourt.

Brewer on the Thunder side reacted quickly enough, but still failed to catch up. After Su Tian came all the way to the basket, he wanted to dunk with both hands directly, but he saw Ingram running hard behind him, so Su Tian A pass hit the backboard.

Ingram saw the basketball hit the backboard and bounced back. In an instant, Ingram felt full of power. He jumped up and grabbed the basketball, then dunked into the basket with both hands.

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Although the dunk was only a two-pointer, it allowed Ingram to successfully vent his depression and his dissatisfaction with those who looked down on him.

Su Tian also knew that Ingram put a lot of mental pressure on him, so when Ingram successfully dunked and roared, Su Tian did not come forward to disturb him, but chose to let Ingram completely vent his emotions before returning. Get on track.

After Ingram finished venting his emotions, Ingram consciously returned to the lineup to participate in defense.

In the next few rounds, the Lakers' overall enthusiasm improved, and their defensive quality also improved.

So Su Tian also took advantage of the Lakers' enthusiasm to pass the ball and assist his teammates. Taking advantage of everyone's good condition, he could widen the point difference as much as possible.

As for the Thunder, although the offensive focus is still on the forward position, which is indeed the Lakers' weakness, with the help of inside players to defend, the forward's performance is subject to certain limitations, and the scoring efficiency and speed begin to fail to keep up with Su Tian.

Halfway through the third quarter, the point difference between the two sides had widened to double digits, and Su Tian was replaced by Walton to rest in preparation for the fourth quarter.

After Su Tian left the court, the Thunder also made timely adjustments to the lineup, retaining two superstars to lead the team on the court.

Donovan's idea is very simple. Take advantage of Su Tian's rest to seize the time to recover the point difference, and then let Paul George and Su Tian directly face off in the fourth quarter to completely block the team and double-team.

However, the young Lakers are not so easy to deal with. Everyone has cooperated with Su Tian for so long, so they naturally know the importance of this period, so they all use their full strength to participate in offense and defense during this period.

In the end, at the end of the third quarter, Donovan's dream of catching up with the score did not come true, and the two sides were still separated by double digits.

However, Donovan is still confident in his arrangements in the fourth quarter, and he doesn't know where he comes from.

During the break, George found Donovan.

"Coach, do you really want to arrange it this way?"

"Of course, you are the best defensive player on the team. If you don't play at this critical moment, who will play?"

"But, coach, in this case I will have to devote a lot of energy to defense, and I will not be able to participate in the offense."