NBA’s aging star system

The third game between the Lakers and Thunder ended. The Lakers defeated the Thunder 112-110, and the score reached 3-0.

In this game, in terms of statistics alone, Su Tian was not that explosive, scoring 33 points, 11 assists, 7 rebounds and 3 steals.

However, Su Tian's last extremely pretentious winning goal directly occupied the front page of basketball news the next day.

"O'Neal: God is playing basketball wearing No. 6!"

"The most handsome kill ever!"

"Why is he so ordinary yet so confident?!!"

"The best goal of the playoffs this season! Already booked!!!"

"You can see Su Tian's growth path from one goal!"

Various reports about Su Tian came one after another, and the photo of Su Tian when he made the winning shot was also published in the most conspicuous position.

But Su Tian was not disturbed by these outside voices.

I don’t know since when, Su Tian has become less and less concerned about the outside world, and he doesn’t pay much attention to the evaluation of the media. If such reports were placed in Su Tian’s first season, Su Tian would be so excited that he couldn’t sleep. .

But now, Su Tian just wants to end the series with the Thunder as soon as possible.

At the same time that the third game between the Lakers and the Thunder ended, the third game between the Rockets and the Warriors also ended.

In the third game, the two sides moved to Golden State and returned to their home court. Curry and Durant ushered in a big explosion.

Although the Warriors won the second game, they were mainly led by Durant, and Curry's contribution was not as obvious as Durant's.

但是第三场，库里总算是拿出了自己爆炸的表演，全场拿到35分8助攻3篮板1抢断，三分球11投6中。

As for the Rockets, they may have just arrived in the Warriors' territory and are not very familiar with it. The whole team's touch is not very good. Even Harden's three-point shooting percentage is only 35%.

In the end, 126-85, the Warriors won a big victory, the score came to 2-1, and the Rockets fell behind.

Su Tian had already expected the Warriors to win, and even prepared a text message mocking Harden.

But Su Tian didn't expect that he would also make a big news, so Su Tian silently deleted the information and sent the news directly to Harden.

And he said casually: "Enter the Western Conference Finals? That's it???"

Praise from others is more convincing than self-bragging.

Of course, after receiving Su Tian's text message, Harden also responded politely.

"****, you ****! **** is ***! I ***!!!"

Seeing Harden's furious look, Su Tian silently put away his phone and smiled with satisfaction.

If you show off but don't show it to your brothers, it's like walking at night in brocade clothes, pretending in vain.

Just when Su Tian was imagining Harden being so angry that he jumped up and down, Wharton came to Su Tian's room.

"Su, I'm here to discuss the next game with you. Do you think the Thunder will fight to the death or give up?" Walton started to say as soon as he entered the door.

"Isn't this the job of the coaching staff?" Su Tian asked.

"Of course, our coaching staff has already made a preliminary judgment, but I would like to hear your opinion again. Maybe you will have other opinions." Walton explained.

Su Tian nodded, thought for a while and said: "I think the Thunder are likely to fight to the death. Neither Westbrook nor George give up easily. Their personalities are quite competitive, especially Russell, since Durant left, Russell has become even more paranoid."

"However," Su Tian suddenly changed the topic: "Westbrook and George definitely want to defend one game, but Anthony does not necessarily want to. Moreover, once Westbrook wants to do something in particular, he will have very serious intentions. He is obviously not good at hiding. To put it bluntly, it is easy to get hit by the ball, so it is easier to defend. In this way, the Thunder's most dangerous player becomes Paul George!"

"As long as we find ways to limit Paul George, our chances of winning the fourth game will greatly increase!"

After Su Tian finished speaking, Walton thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay Su, I will consider these opinions carefully. You can rest first. The Lakers will need you in the next game."

After saying that, Wharton walked out of Su Tian's room.

In fact, Su Tian likes Wharton's approach. He will discuss everything with him and never treats himself simply as a player. This feeling of being valued and respected is something Su Tian has never experienced before.

Su Tian had to admit that this feeling was very refreshing.

On May 5, Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals began.

The game between the Rockets and the Lakers was held at the same time. Before the game, Su Tian once again "kindly" greeted Harden, and Harden also responded "politely" to Su Tian. The scene of the two "loving each other" was very warm.

Soon, the game time came and players from both sides began to take the field.

"We can see that players from both sides have begun to take the field. The Thunder have maintained the starting lineup from the previous game." Kenny Smith explained conscientiously in the commentary box.

"It was expected that the Thunder would not change, but we did not expect that the first to change the starting lineup would be the leading Lakers."

Walton took Su Tian's advice into consideration and increased the defensive pressure on George. As for the specific method, he pushed Su Tian to the third position.

Su Tian knows that Walton's level is limited. Of course, the Lakers' lineup is also limited, so he can only let Su Tian step up first.

The Lakers' starting lineup is Ball, Pope, Su Tian, ​​Randall, and Lopez.

Ingram was placed on the bench to enhance the strength of the bench.

At the start of the game, Adams once again took the lead.

Westbrook got the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. After observing the Lakers' defensive position, he decided to play with the ball himself.

At the beginning of the first three games, Su Tian always played against Westbrook, but this time he suddenly changed and ran to play against George. The Lakers' intention was obvious, that is, they wanted to limit George's performance. In this case, Westbrook decided to launch an attack from himself.

Westbrook first called Adams to come over and cooperate with the pick-and-roll, and directly initiated a breakthrough with the help of the pick-and-roll.

Ball chased around the pick-and-roll, while Lopez fell directly to the basket and squatted under the basket.

After Westbrook saw Lopez return to the basket, he stopped and shot a jumper.

Bang——shua——

The basketball hits the back edge of the rim and bounces into the net.

0-2

The Thunder started first, the ball changed, and it was the Lakers' turn to attack.

Ball advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, and also called Lopez to come over for pick-and-roll cooperation. With the help of the pick-and-roll, Ball broke through and entered the inside with the ball.

After encountering the assist defense, he passed the ball to Pope in the bottom corner. Pope received the ball and shot a three-pointer directly.

At this time, because Adams had to guard against Lopez's three-pointer, there were no big players under the basket.

boom--

Pope missed a three-pointer, and the basketball was playing hard.

The players under the basket began to compete for rebounds, while Su Tian took a step forward, rushed for the rebounds, and dunked directly after receiving the rebounds.

bang——

Su Tian succeeded in making up the dunk.

2-2

Su Tian's success in making up the dunk was related to the fact that George was not in a good position. Of course, even if George was in a good position, Su Tian could still grab the rebound with his superb rebounding skills.