NBA’s aging star system

As Brunson and Nongmei cooperated to score, the Lakers' offense also entered a normal state, and the two teams began to show their own methods.

The Bucks still rely on Antetokounmpo to break through and distribute the ball with the ball, but the original second-in-command Middleton is invisible, so Holiday and Lopez can only be allowed to take more responsibilities.

Among them, Lopez was also involved in his energy because he needed to match his thick eyebrows. In the end, only Holiday was left who could provide some help to Antetokounmpo.

After playing back and forth for several rounds, although both teams continued to score, the point difference never changed much, hovering around 15 points.

The Lakers are not anxious at all about this situation, but the Bucks are extremely anxious.

So Budenholzer could only alleviate the situation by calling a timeout, but he still could not come up with an effective plan.

Halfway through the third quarter, Walton saw that there was still a 16-point difference on the court, so he took Su Tian and Nong Mei off to rest, and asked George to come on and lead the team as usual.

When the Bucks saw Su Tian's exit, they immediately felt that an opportunity had come again, so they immediately arranged for Middleton and others to appear.

In the previous series between the Suns and the Lakers, Booker faced Su Tian's defensive staggered travel. Although he did not have a good effect, he was not locked out.

The Bucks naturally want to learn from this experience.

So after Middleton came on the court, without Su Tian's blockade, his touch gradually returned, leading the bench to start showing off.

Middleton first held the ball and made consecutive jump shots. Then he held the ball and went to the basket. Just when the Lakers wanted to defend in a targeted manner, Middleton began to pass the ball again to assist his teammates.

For a time, the point difference between the two teams began to waver, and gradually tended to shrink.

"If the Bucks want to win this game, the first problem they have to solve at this stage is to find a way to reduce the point difference to single digits before the end of the third quarter." Barkley said.

"Actually, the Lakers still gave them a chance. Su could actually continue to play to suppress the Bucks, but obviously Su trusted his teammates more." Kenny Smith said.

"Yes, but I trust my teammates more because my teammates are trustworthy."

The third quarter soon ended, and although the point difference narrowed, George scored a few goals with his personal ability in the last few rounds, stabilizing the point difference at 11 points.

George was sweating profusely when he came off the field, obviously exhausted a lot of energy.

"Man, the rest is up to you." George patted Su Tian on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"Don't worry, man."

Facing a double-digit point difference at this time, the Bucks' bench naturally wanted to fight for it, so they arranged for Antetokounmpo to lead the team.

The Lakers still have a regular lineup.

Dort, Nunn, Su Tian, ​​Kuzma, thick eyebrows.

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

When Su Tian got the ball, he didn't rush to attack. Instead, he looked at the defender in front of him.

At this time, it was Antetokounmpo who was responsible for defending Su Tian.

"Actually, according to me, Giannis should have defended Sue long ago. After all, only Giannis can limit Sue," Barkley said.

Faced with Giannis Antetokounmpo's long hands and feet, Su Tian chose to directly call on his thick eyebrows to step forward and cooperate with the pick-and-roll.

Because Su Tian's shooting was so intimidating, Antetokounmpo did not dare to go behind the screen for the pick-and-roll, so he could only squeeze through the pick-and-roll from the front.

However, this gave Su Tian room to break through, so Su Tian took the ball and went straight to the basket. After reaching the basket, he directly made a layup.

Su Tian's speed was too fast, and the Bucks couldn't keep up if they wanted to help defend.

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

Regarding Su Tian's layup just now, Antetokounmpo was not surprised at all. He quickly adjusted his condition, held the ball and called his teammates for a pick-and-roll, and also wanted to hold the ball and go to the basket.

However, Su Tian, ​​who was responsible for defending Antetokounmpo at this time, did not choose the same defensive method as Antetokounmpo. Instead, he directly went behind the pick-and-roll to prevent Antetokounmpo from breaking through but not from shooting.

As for Antetokounmpo, he really didn't dare to take a shot, but still headed towards the basket with his head on.

But there is no doubt that Su Tian was forced to stop as soon as he took two steps. Su Tian's hands kept trying to steal, and Xi Jinping was not able to dribble and break through very well at all.

In order to avoid mistakes, Antetokounmpo could only collect the ball three steps in advance and go towards the basket again.

But Antetokounmpo finally managed to get to the basket despite Su Tian's defense, and immediately encountered a double-team with thick eyebrows.

Antetokounmpo, who was tightly guarded, couldn't find any passing opportunities and could only reluctantly make a shot.

boom--

Unsurprisingly, basketball is the best.

Kuz immediately stepped forward to collect the rebound, turned around and took the ball directly to the frontcourt basket.

The Bucks wanted to step forward to block, but Kuzma was also very clear-headed and immediately passed the ball to Dort, who was in a better position.

After Dort received the ball, there was no one in front of him, so he immediately took the ball to the frontcourt and made an easy layup.

The Bucks players responsible for chasing behind Dort did not cause any interference at all.

In the first two rounds of the fourth quarter, both were scored by the Lakers, but the Bucks had nothing to gain.

The point difference has reached 15 points again at this time, and it seems that the Bucks' hope of winning is getting slimmer.

The ball returned to the Bucks again, and Antetokounmpo still started the offense with the ball.

But this time Antetokounmpo broke through halfway and took the initiative to pass the ball to Connaughton on the outside.

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

Although the interference provided by Nunn was not in place in time, Connaughton still missed.

boom--

Playing basketball, his thick eyebrows stuck in position, he easily collected the rebound and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

Su Tian received the ball and launched another fast break, but Antetokounmpo also had quick eyesight and quick hands, and immediately stepped forward and hugged Su Tian.

It's just that after Antetokounmpo paid this foul, the cumulative number of fouls on his body reached 4. Antetokounmpo must be more cautious next.

The game fell into a trap, but it was still Su Tian who stepped forward to catch the ball. Facing Antetokounmpo's defense, he still started with a pick-and-roll.

But this time Su Tian encountered a double-team from the Bucks, so Su Tian immediately passed the ball to Xia Shun's thick eyebrows.

Nong Mei caught the ball and went straight to the basket. Because Su Tian was double-teamed, the basket was very empty at this time, so Nong Mei directly dunked with both hands and succeeded easily.

When the score difference reached 17 points, Budenholzer reached out and called a timeout.

"The point difference is getting bigger and bigger. If the Bucks can't think of an effective way, this game will probably be decided here." Barkley said.

"It's very difficult already. With a 17-point difference, as long as the Lakers are more secure, it will be very difficult for the Bucks to overtake." Kenny Smith said.

As the two commentators said, in this situation, unless some miracle happens to the Bucks, it is basically impossible to overtake the score.

The timeout soon ended and both sides took the field again.