NBA’s aging star system

During the break, D'Antoni had no intention of arranging tactics, but was paying attention to Harden's situation.

Harden is the foundation of the Rockets. If Harden decides to call a truce, the Rockets can surrender directly.

"How's it going? Can you play?" D'Antoni asked eagerly.

Of course, D'Antoni was not asking Harden himself, but the team doctor who was examining him.

The team doctor shook his head and said: "Although no bones were injured, I will definitely not be able to play in this game. As for whether I can play in the next game, it still depends on the specific examination and recovery status."

After hearing this, D'Antoni finally understood that this game was settled here.

The break ended quickly and players from both sides took the field again.

The Lakers were naturally led by Su Tian in the fourth quarter, while Harden did not appear on the Rockets' side, only Westbrook, Gordon and others were present.

"It seems that Harden's injury is not serious, otherwise he would not miss the opportunity in the fourth quarter." Su Tian thought to himself.

The first possession of the fourth quarter was given to the Lakers, and Su Tian advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

It was Gordon who was responsible for defending Su Tian, ​​but Su Tian easily broke through with an explosion.

Then came a pull-up jump shot.

The score difference came to 15 points.

The ball rights transitioned and the Rockets attacked.

Westbrook came to the frontcourt with the ball and faced Caruso's defense.

Westbrook stretched out his hand to call for a pick-and-roll, and directly initiated a breakthrough with the help of the pick-and-roll.

But at this time, the Lakers had thick eyebrows inside. After Westbrook attracted the thick eyebrows to help defend, he could only pass the ball to House in the bottom corner.

House received the ball and shot a three-pointer directly.

But unfortunately, the three-pointer failed to hit.

Boucher turned around to collect the rebound and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

Su Tian turned around with the ball and started a fast break. Gordon quickly chased after him, but he watched helplessly as the distance between him and Su Tian became wider and wider.

In the end, I could only watch as Su Tian succeeded in dunking with both hands.

At this time, Buckley also sighed in the studio.

"I feel that Su's inexplicable explosion in the fourth quarter will become an unsolved mystery in NBA history!"

"I can understand other players' explosions in the fourth quarter, but Su's improvement is simply outrageous! He can run faster with the ball than others without the ball."

Kenny Smith also added at this time: "And SU can break out in the fourth quarter of every game, unless it has entered garbage time."

At this time, the game on the field is also going on.

Under Su Tian's outburst, the Lakers completely suppressed the Rockets. Harden was furious when he saw it off the court, but it didn't help.

In the end, the Lakers won the game 117-93.

When the game ended, Su Tian could no longer see Harden. It turned out that Harden had been helped away by the staff 3 minutes before the end of the game.

"Hopefully the Harden guys are okay."

本场比赛苏天全场拿到35分11助攻8篮板2抢断1盖帽，依然是全场最佳。

As for the Rockets, except for the burst of three-pointers in the third quarter, which was remarkable, the rest was not very good.

The big score between the Rockets and the Lakers has also reached 2-0, and the Lakers have the advantage.

After the game, the media and reporters no longer focused on the game, but on Harden's injury.

"Mr. Coach, how is Harden's injury? Can he still play in the next game?"

"Coach D'Antoni, how do you use the Rockets without Harden?"

"Russell, when Harden is gone, what can you do to fill the void?"

"Eric, what does it mean for the Rockets without Harden?"

Because Harden had already taken a car to the hospital, these reporters found the Rockets coaches and players and conducted interviews frantically.

Even Su Tian asked about topics related to Harden.

Although the Rockets are not an opponent of the Lakers originally, the outside world still has expectations for the Rockets.

But now that Harden is injured, the Rockets have completely lost their ability to defeat the Lakers.

Not to mention that there are still Westbrook and Gordon in the lineup. These people do have a certain level of strength, but they want to make up for last season's regular season scoring champion.

That's simply impossible.

The next day, the entire Rockets team returned to Houston, including Harden.

"Mr. D'Antoni, I have some bad news here. Although James is not seriously injured at the moment, his right hamstring is currently at great risk of injury. We still recommend not to play in the next games."

D'Antoni looked at the team doctor in front of him and fell into deep thought.

"But if James doesn't play, we really have no hope."

On the day the Rockets returned to Houston, the second game between the Nuggets and Clippers also started.

In this game, the Nuggets' Jokic was very strong. He started to work hard at the beginning of the game and hit consecutive shots.

In order to limit Jokic's performance, Rivers could only assign Leonard to help defend and double-team Jokic.

After Leonard joined, Jokic's performance was indeed limited, but in contrast, the rest of the Nuggets began to exert their strength.

Moreover, when Leonard was distracted on the defensive end, he could provide less help on the offensive end, and James' offensive pressure suddenly increased.

At the end of the first half, the Nuggets led by 12 points.

In the second half, the Clippers began to exert their strength. James and Leonard made consecutive breakthroughs and caused damage. The two forwards began to show their strength.

At the end of the third quarter, the two teams returned to the same level again, with the Clippers trailing by only 1 point.

In the fourth quarter, just when everyone thought the Clippers were going to win the game, the Nuggets' Murray suddenly broke out and hit three consecutive three-pointers, directly widening the point difference with the Clippers again.

"Beautiful! The Nuggets just lack a player who can help Jokic at critical moments!" Barkley said.

"I just don't know how long Murray's performance can last. If he can perform like this in the next game, the Clippers will be in danger." Kenny Smith said.

In the next few rounds, the Clippers frantically chased points, but Jokic's slow and powerful inside attack was accurate.

So, at this pace, the Nuggets finally won.

117-111, the Nuggets didn't win much, only winning by 6 points.

So the two teams moved to Denver with a big score of 1-1.

In the two games between the Clippers and the Nuggets, fans can basically see the level of the two teams.

"There is no doubt that the strength of the Nuggets and Clippers is about the same. The gap is not big. It just depends on who is better on the spot."

"I think this game was the Nuggets' extraordinary performance. The Clippers' hard power is still stronger than the Nuggets', but their strength is limited, so it's not surprising that the Nuggets can win."

"The Clippers are stronger, but the Nuggets play better!"

"This is the charm of competitive sports! It is not impossible for the weak to defeat the strong!"