NBA’s aging star system

After the game against the Suns, the Lakers rushed to San Antonio to face the Spurs, and it was two consecutive games against the Spurs.

Since the Lakers added Gasol, the team's internal defense has become a barrier, and the defensive abilities of other players have been better released. They also won the two games against the Spurs very easily.

After two games with the Spurs, the Lakers finally returned to Los Angeles and faced off against the Pacers and Trail Blazers.

Haliburton in the current Pacers team is still a young talent with quite good organizational skills and the potential to be the assist king. However, because Su Tian is still there, if Haliburton wants to snatch the assist king, We still have to wait a few years.

The Lakers also won both games steadily. Su Tian was surprised that Haliburton scored 14 assists in a single game. He looked at this young man with special eyes.

After the Lakers defeated the Trail Blazers 128-102, the Lakers will usher in a terrible six consecutive away games, which is a great challenge to the team's resilience, not to mention the lack of a main core player.

On December 12, the first stop of six consecutive away games was against the Milwaukee Bucks.

Before the arrival of Gasol, the Lakers could only rely on double-teaming by forward players if they wanted to deal with Antetokounmpo. But now that Gasol has arrived, although it cannot significantly improve the team's defense, it at least allows the Lakers to There are pillar players inside, which effectively curbs Antetokounmpo's performance.

It can be said that the Bucks were unlucky in this game. Many shots and even open shots were not made. When the three-point shot failed, the Lakers became more determined to double-team Antetokounmpo. The efficiency of the entire Bucks plummeted. , the Bucks fell into a vicious cycle.

In the end, the Lakers won the game 120-102.

On December 12, the Lakers played against the Wizards in an away game. If you just look at the Wizards' lineup, there is still a lot to achieve. With Beal on the back, Kuzma on the forward, and Porzingis on the inside, the entire team's lineup is pretty good. In addition, in the east, there is still some hope.

But this is only in theory. In fact, the current Wizards are not having an easy time at all. The team's record has been tepid. It can neither improve nor improve. It can neither hit the playoffs nor get better results. Signed.

Even facing such a Wizards team, the Lakers easily won without any effort and continued their winning streak.

December 12, Game 7, away game against the Cavaliers.

Su Tian can be regarded as a star who left Cleveland. What he encountered when he returned to Cleveland was more respect and regret. Obviously everyone knew that Su Tian would never be able to return to Cleveland, but they still had expectations and love for Su Tian.

In this game, Su Tian also used all his energy to repay these fans. Not only was he full of firepower on the offensive end, but he also curbed Garland's performance on the defensive end, causing the Cavaliers' offense to fall into a swamp.

In the end, Su Tian scored 51 points, 13 assists, 10 rebounds and 3 steals.

Su Tian has always been labeled as stable, leader, and key player. He rarely scores high scores. This is mainly because Su Tian pays more attention to team cooperation and is more willing to give some simple scoring opportunities to others. teammate.

After the game, Su Tian also commented on Garland's performance.

"Darius is a very talented young man. His passing is very threatening and his personal offensive performance is outstanding. However, it is difficult to become the leader of the team with these alone. He needs to strengthen his shooting. And the ability to make hard tackles when faced with double teams.”

In fact, Cleveland fans still have high expectations for Garland. Even with the arrival of Mitchell, Garland still has high expectations.

On December 12, the Lakers continued their road trip and faced the Toronto Raptors back-to-back.

But the consecutive away games really cost a lot. The Lakers were not in the right state from the beginning of this game. Except for Su Tian, ​​not only did the others fail to score, even if they received a pass from Su Tian, ​​they had a bonus. Still couldn't score, and the Raptors' basket seemed to have a cover added.

Boucher, who came to the Raptors, performed very well and completed his tasks well on the defensive end, but his starting position was still not very stable, and he was sometimes placed on the bench.

At the end of the first half, the Lakers trailed the Raptors by a full 40 points, 60-20, because of their poor shooting feel.

During the intermission, Wharton found Su Tian.

"Su, try in the third quarter to see if you can catch up with the score. If it doesn't work, we will have to give up this game."

Su Tian naturally knew the dilemma the team was facing now, so he nodded and agreed to Wharton's suggestion.

Soon the intermission ended and the third quarter began. The first possession of the third quarter was given to the Lakers. Su Tian advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

The Raptors' defense is naturally nothing to Su Tian, ​​but because of his teammates' poor touch, the Raptors are becoming more and more determined to double-team Su Tian.

This time, Su Tian still held the ball to initiate a breakthrough. Halfway through the breakthrough, he indeed attracted a double-team from the Raptors. Su Tian hesitated and passed the ball to George in the bottom corner.

Compared to others, George is still more trustworthy.

George also knew the situation Su Tian was facing now, so he directly shot a three-pointer after receiving the ball.

Putting aside whether he is right or not, this determination is what Su Tian needs.

Swah——

The first ball at the beginning of the second half was quite lucky, George hit a three-pointer directly.

When the ball was transferred, VanVleet came to the frontcourt with the ball. Facing Su Tian's defense, VanVleet reached out and called his teammates to step forward to cooperate with the pick-and-roll, using the pick-and-roll to break through.

But Su Tian was very fast and immediately caught up with Van Fleet. Van Fleet did not hit hard when he saw this, but passed the ball to his teammates to signal their teammates to cooperate tactically.

After a period of tactical movement and passing, Siakam got a chance under the basket, received the ball and hit a layup directly.

The ball was given to the Lakers again. This time Su Tian still broke through to attract double-teams, but it was no longer George who was left open, but Dort.

Su Tian immediately passed the ball to the ball, and Dort took the ball very resolutely.

But it is a pity that this time the three-pointer was not hit again.

boom--

Basketball strikes, Siakam grabbed the rebound and directly launched a fast break. VanVleet rushed to the front, received the ball and made a layup directly.

Dort missed the three-pointer and had hit three consecutive three-pointers. Su Tian also understood that Dort's touch was quite bad, and this game should not be counted on.

So in the next round, Su Tian began to increase the proportion of his shots, and the effect was still very good. Even if Su Tian encountered double teams, he could still maintain a good hit rate, but this consumed too much of his physical strength. , the third quarter is not even halfway through, and my physical strength is almost exhausted.

Halfway through the third quarter, the point difference between the two teams was chased to 12 points. Su Tian could only take a break and let George lead the team.

The Lakers were very good with George leading the team, but they could not catch up with the 12-point point difference. At the end of the third quarter, the point difference between the two teams was opened by two points to 14 points.

"With a 14-point difference, I feel like the Lakers have little hope."