NBA’s aging star system

On December 12, the Lakers faced the Suns back-to-back.

This is the second time this season against the Suns. The Lakers already have a lot of experience, and Su Tian has an absolute advantage in the matchup between Su Tian and Booker.

After the game started, it was also very obvious that the Lakers' advantage was relatively obvious, especially as George gradually woke up, Durant's matchup became easier.

In this way, Su Tian blocks Booker's performance, and George follows Durant to limit his performance. The Suns are left with only old Paul and Ayton under the basket who can still provide some combat effectiveness.

And Dort relies on his youth and energy, and his defense with Paul is also very tight. With Marc Gasol at the bottom of the basket, it is difficult for Ayton to perform as expected.

The entire defensive system of the Lakers is directly reflected in front of everyone.

The Lakers' defense showed an extremely efficient and three-dimensional side.

Moreover, the Suns were also afraid that Su Tian would score high points again, so they double-teamed Su Tian in a timely manner, which also caused Su Tian's passing assists to show great power.

So at the end of the first three quarters, the Lakers had already taken an absolute lead. In the fourth quarter, Su Tian only played for half a quarter, and the Suns surrendered and replaced the main lineup.

The Lakers completed a doubleheader against the Suns this season.

The Lakers' record has been advancing rapidly and seems unstoppable. In fact, this is completely different from the previous season.

In the first two years, the Lakers were really strong and had an absolute advantage no matter which team they met.

The current Lakers are strong on the outside and capable on the outside. Su Tian is solely responsible for the offensive end. Others can only provide help on the defensive end, but the help they can provide on the offensive end is very limited.

Although there are many people with independent offensive capabilities, apart from Su Tian, ​​there is only one George who can be trusted at critical moments.

On December 12, the Lakers faced the Kings again.

I thought it would be an undisputed victory, but I didn't expect the Lakers to lose to the Kings again.

But this time there was still a problem inside. It was not a big problem for Fox to have Su Tian guarding him personally, and Fox did not show any special performance in the whole game.

But on the inside, Marc Gasol seemed a little helpless when facing Sabonis Jr., who is gradually entering his peak period, whether it is strength, speed, coordination or various attributes, all are gradually entering their peak period. , and Gasol is already in the late stages of his career, and his weakness in facing Sabonis' slow pace is fully exposed.

And Sabonis once again produced super statistics, scoring 37 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists, which was the main reason for the Kings' victory.

Of course, another major reason why the Kings were able to win was that the Kings were very strong on the outside and had a high three-point shooting rate in this game, which in turn provided Sabonis with a better fighting environment.

After losing to the Kings, the Kings attracted some attention. After all, the Kings have beaten the Lakers twice this season and can be said to be the sufferers of the Lakers.

If the Lakers really meet the Kings in the playoffs, a bloody battle will be inevitable.

Of course, this is the view of most other teams.

In Su Tian's own opinion, the Kings are nothing to worry about, they are just a strong team in the regular season.

It's really the playoffs, and Su Tian doesn't mind teaching the king a lesson.

Immediately afterwards, the Lakers continued their schedule, followed by a wave of five consecutive away games.

The Lakers played against the Mavericks, Magic, Heat, Hawks, and Hornets one after another.

In the meeting with the Mavericks, Su Tian and Irving, two old friends, met each other, and there was a flurry of greetings. However, after the game started, Irving was guarded by Su Tian, ​​and it was difficult for Irving to show his due strength.

But in this case, Doncic will need more efforts from George.

In terms of inside, the Mavericks don't have any strong inside players. The Lakers did not suffer a loss, and the Lakers won this game steadily.

But in this game against the Magic, Walton considered the team's health issues and directly chose to rest.

Anyway, the Magic are an Eastern Conference team, so they don't have to be afraid of affecting each other's wins.

Of course, the most important thing is that after this game, the Lakers will face the Heat back-to-back.

The game against the Heat is the top priority. Walton naturally wants to keep the team's main players absolutely focused and physical, so he directly rests the entire main lineup for this game against the Magic.

The Magic naturally accepted the victory in this game, and the Lakers moved to Miami.

The whole Lakers team paid great attention to this game with the Heat. When Butler first came to the Heat, the Lakers didn't care about the Heat at all, because at that time the Lakers had an absolute advantage over the Heat and didn't care about the Heat at all. Performance.

But things are different now. The Heat have grown significantly in the past two years and have absorbed many players who left the Lakers. They are not only familiar with Su Tian but also the entire tactical system of the Lakers team, and are very good at playing against the Lakers.

Of course, the most important thing is that the Lakers' own strength has declined and they no longer have absolute dominance.

The Lakers' starting lineup is Su Tian, ​​Dort, Johnson, George, and Marc Gasol.

On the Heat's side, there are Vincent, Hiero, Butler, Dunro, and Adebayo.

However, the Lakers still have to adjust their matchups. George will face Butler, and Johnson will face Dun Luo.

Su Tian naturally defended Vincent, while Hiero left it to Dort, but the Heat would have to waste their brains if they wanted to defend Su Tian.

Soon the game started. Gasol took the lead and Su Tian got the ball and advanced to the frontcourt.

After arriving in the frontcourt, Su Tian directly stretched out his hand to signal his teammates to pull away.

After pulling away, facing Vincent's defense, Su Tian directly broke through Vincent's defense and quickly came to the basket. At this time, Adebayor wanted to step forward to help defend against the double team, but Su Tian used a small lever to dodge, and shot another layup, hitting it directly.

2-0

At the beginning of the game, Su Tian showed his strong desire to attack, which inevitably reminds people of that 60+ night.

But Spoelstra on the sidelines remained indifferent, with no wave of emotion visible on his face.

According to Spoelstra's observation and research, and of course for so many years, Spoelstra knows very well that Su Tian is not the kind of player who is obsessed with scoring.

Compared to scoring, Su Tian is more willing to pass the ball and assist his teammates to achieve the result of the joint efforts of the whole team.

Naturally, Spoelstra also watched the previous 60+ game. That game was entirely because Su Tian had no choice but to rely on such means to win. To put it bluntly, Su Tian still went there to win.

In the following games after that game, Su Tian has always balanced scoring and passing assists very well, and Su Tian's ultimate goal is only one, and that is to win.

The ball changed and it was the Heat's turn to attack. Vincent came to the frontcourt with the ball and saw Su Tian in front of him, so he passed the ball directly to Butler.

Butler received the ball and was very cautious when facing George's defense.

"Man, you can't guard me, you can't guard me." Butler kept repeating this sentence.

George is also a battle-hardened veteran and will naturally not be affected by Butler's monotonous trash talk.