NBA’s aging star system

The intermission ended quickly and the second half began.

The starting lineups of both sides came on the court again, and Davis and Jokic faced off again, but at this time Jokic's physical strength had been consumed a lot, and Davis's advantage in the matchup began to emerge.

Su Tian also grasped this point accurately, and began to cooperate with Davis in continuous pick-and-rolls and scored consecutively.

On the other hand, Walton's consumption tactics began to show on the Nuggets side, and Jokic's physical strength was obviously depleted.

According to the Nuggets' previous habits, Murray should have taken over the team's offense at this time, but at this time Murray was being closely guarded by Su Tian, ​​making it difficult for him to exert his full strength.

At the end of the third quarter, the score difference between the two sides had reached double digits, and the balance of victory was tilting towards the Lakers.

In the fourth quarter, Nuggets head coach Malone wanted to fight again and increased the playing time of the main players, but Su Tian also started to play like the king of the final quarter and no one could stop him.

In the end, the Nuggets lost and the Lakers won the game 121-106, winning their first Western Conference Finals.

Although they won the first victory of the game, Su Tian did not underestimate the Nuggets. The same went for Walton. Both of them were well aware of the Nuggets' resilience.

Soon, it was two days later, the second game of the Western Conference Finals, and this time the Nuggets played very tenaciously.

The two teams fought until the crucial moment at the end of the fourth quarter.

Just when the Nuggets were full of joy and thought they could win the game, Su Tian took the opportunity to launch a "god move" to complete a key steal!

With the help of the king at the end of the fourth quarter, the Lakers won the game without any danger.

With the score at 2-0, both teams moved to the Denver Plateau.

In the first game after arriving at the Denver Plateau, the Lakers had an extremely difficult time. I don’t know if it was due to the impact of the plateau or because they didn’t get enough rest the night before. In short, except for Su Tian, ​​everyone else on the team was not in good shape.

From the beginning of the game, the Nuggets took the lead. Although the score difference did not widen, the lead was still about 8 points.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Nuggets even widened the point difference to double digits.

After all, the score has reached 2-0. If the Nuggets do not fight hard to win this game, they will really have no chance once the score reaches 3-0.

But just when the Denver people thought they could win the game, Su Tian once again showed his energy.

First he stole Jokic's pass, and then made consecutive three-pointers to even the score difference.

At this time, Su Tian's state also motivated the players. He assisted his teammates to score continuously. Coupled with Su Tian's ability to launch super assists, the Lakers once again took the lead.

But this time the Nuggets failed to overtake the lead. Thanks to Su Tian's strong performance, the Lakers won the game again.

两队大比分来到3-0，苏天本场也拿到了51分12助攻10篮板2抢断。

Su Tian's 50+ triple-double data severely shocked the Nuggets and also gave a shot in the arm to the Lakers.

After all, with such a team leader, there is no game that cannot be won.

Soon, in the fourth game of the series, the Nuggets, under the banner of "refusing to be swept", wanted to fight for a victory and break the Lakers' unbeaten streak.

However, with Su Tian around, the Nuggets would have no chance of success.

The Lakers defeated the Nuggets 4-0 and swept into the finals.

At the same time, the game in the Eastern Conference is coming to an end. The Heat temporarily leads 3-2 with a more tenacious fight.

In the sixth game of the Eastern Conference Finals, the two teams came to the Heat's home court. The Bucks were already standing on the edge of the cliff. They had to win this game to drag the game into a seventh game, so that the Bucks could have a chance of survival.

But at this time, Butler had already opened the coffin lid and used all his strength to play this game.

Because Butler knows that he can't wait any longer, the Lakers have entered the finals, and the Heat must cherish every bit of energy.

Unsurprisingly, the entire Lakers team was watching this game.

After the game started, the Heat quickly took the lead, while the Bucks, who were lagging behind, were neither hurried nor slow, and the whole team was very stable.

When Spoelstra saw the Bucks' attitude, he knew that the Bucks had calculated that the Heat's bench was insufficient and there were few players who could fight tough battles, so they wanted to drag the game to the end and play crucial games with the Heat.

The first half ended quickly and the Heat temporarily led by 7 points. Although the scores were almost the same, they had led for the entire first half.

But correspondingly, the Heat team consumed significantly more physical energy than the Bucks, and even Butler was gasping for breath.

Su Tian knew clearly that Butler was an extremely strong person. If he had not really consumed too much physical energy, he would not have been panting heavily.

Soon the halftime break ended and the second half began.

After Butler showed his heavy breathing, the Bucks knew clearly that their strategy worked, so they continued to maintain this strategy.

However, just when the Bucks thought everything was going according to their script, the Heat launched a violent offensive in the third quarter and quickly widened the score to 15 points.

When Su Tian saw this, he understood that the Bucks had been deceived by Butler, and even he himself had been deceived by Butler.

It was also unexpected that Butler had already started playing tactics with the Bucks in order to win the game.

It seems that we need to pay more attention during the finals.

Yes, Su Tian has already determined that the Heat will win.

The difference of 15 points is not much, but the Bucks suddenly fell into a trap. The team's previous sense of stability disappeared and began to fall into a panic.

The Heat also took advantage of the Bucks' panic period, stepped up their offensive momentum, and at one point widened the score to 20 points.

In a life-and-death battle in the playoffs, the score difference can be as high as 20 points. As you can imagine, the pressure is enormous.

At this critical moment, Antetokounmpo still stood up, continuously dribbling the ball to the basket and scoring continuously.

But just when the Bucks were about to counterattack, Spoelstra responded quickly, using a foul tactic to force Antetokounmpo to the free throw line and block the Bucks' offensive momentum.

Antetokounmpo lived up to expectations and missed consecutive free throws, ruining the Bucks' best opportunity for a counterattack.

In the fourth quarter, although the Bucks caught up with the score, the difference was still 11 points.

Relying on this 11-point difference, the Heat successfully persevered to the end, winning the game with a score of 4-2 and successfully advancing to the finals!

Many fans felt incredible about this result, but Su Tian knew clearly that the Heat came prepared, but he also knew that the Heat were now out of ammunition and food and could not pose any threat to the Lakers in the finals.

After the Eastern Conference Finals, Walton immediately arranged for the team to conduct tactical training, mainly targeting the Heat.

The time between the two was not long, and soon it was time for the first game of the finals.

The entire Heat team came to Staples Center. This is not the first time the Heat has come to Staples Center, nor is it the first time they have played against the Lakers in the finals.

In other words, since Butler moved from the Lakers to the Heat, the Heat have become the Lakers' rival.

Moreover, the Heat currently have many players from the Lakers in their roster.

The Lakers' starting lineup is still Su Tian, ​​Dort, Johnson, George, and Davis.

The Heat's starting lineup is Vincent, Herro, Butler, Duncan Robinson, and Adebayo.

The game started soon, Davis took the initiative and Su Tian came to the frontcourt with the ball.

Su Tian had just taken two steps before the three-point line when he could see that the Heat were well prepared.

The Heat chose to switch defense at the beginning of the game, and it was Butler, not Vincent, who was responsible for defending Su Tian.

Vincent will defend Dort, who has a weaker offensive threat, Herro will follow Johnson, and Duncan will be responsible for George.

The confrontation in the interior was also fierce. Adebayo kept defending in front and did not give Davis a chance to receive the ball.

After a brief observation, Su Tian knew that George had the most obvious advantage in this matchup, so he immediately passed the ball to George and let George take the first shot.

Duncan Robinson's defense is not excellent. Although George's offense has deteriorated a lot in recent years, it is still very easy to deal with Duncan Robinson.

After George got the ball, facing Duncan Robinson's defense, he tried the triple threat, and then burst to the basket. Davis also blocked Adebayo's body. George squeezed through Duncan Robinson's defense and made an easy layup.

George's scoring seemed very easy, but Spoelstra on the sidelines looked very calm, as if everything was within Spoelstra's plan.

The reason why the Heat put up this lineup was, firstly, out of helplessness, and secondly, it was also to set a trap for the Lakers.

As George's ability declines, he has lost the ability to kill the game. Although Duncan Robinson will be beaten to pieces, as long as Su Tian does not perform well, the Heat will have a chance to win.

After Spoelstra's research, he believed that Su Tian still maintained the thinking of a point guard and would make the most reasonable arrangements and arrangements.

George's positional advantage is so obvious that Su Tian can't just ignore it.

This is where Spoelstra thinks the Heat have a fighting chance.

The ball possession changed, Vincent took the ball to the frontcourt, facing Su Tian's defense, and passed the ball directly to Butler.

The Lakers' defensive choice was different from that of the Heat. They let George and Johnson switch defense. George defended Butler, Johnson defended Duncan Robinson, and Su Tian kept an eye on Vincent.

Butler got the ball and faced George's defense. He reached out and called Adebayo to come forward for a pick-and-roll. With the help of the pick-and-roll, he passed the ball to Duncan Robinson who was running out.

Duncan Luo received the ball and made a shooting motion, and Dort on the side immediately stepped forward to interfere. Duncan Luo's three-pointer is the most threatening in the Heat team, and he must not let it go.

But at this moment, Duncan passed the ball to Herro on the side, and Herro took the ball and shot a three-pointer directly.

Swah——

The three-pointer was hit steadily.

"It seems that the Heat really came prepared, and the ball was passed very well."

"It doesn't matter. Just let George score back after scoring a goal."

"The Heat's three-pointers can't always be accurate, but George singled out Duncan and Robinson with ease."

At this time, the ball was given to the Lakers again, and Su Tian still came to the frontcourt with the ball. This time George took the initiative to ask for the ball. Su Tian frowned and felt something was wrong, but still gave the ball to George.

George got the ball and faced Duncan Robinson's defense again, but this time George was obviously much more confident, so he made a simple change of direction and went straight to the basket.

George easily broke through Duncan Robinson's defense and came to the basket, wanting to make a layup directly.

But this time Adebayo was prepared in advance and immediately interfered the moment George shot.

boom--

The basketball missed the target, Adebayo turned around, grabbed the rebound, and immediately passed the ball to Vincent.

Vincent got the ball and rushed to the frontcourt, wanting to make a fast break. Seeing this, Su Tian immediately stepped forward to block him, but Vincent did not argue with Su Tian too much, but immediately passed the ball to Butler.

Butler received the ball and ran straight to the frontcourt, and after reaching the frontcourt, he made a layup directly.

Spoelstra on the sidelines couldn't help but applaud and celebrate. The current development on the court is still going according to his script.

At this time, Su Tian had already noticed something was wrong, so after carrying the ball to the frontcourt again, he refused George's request for the ball and instead called on Davis to come forward for a pick-and-roll.

With the help of Davis' pick-and-roll, Su Tian quickly broke through, came to the basket and made a layup despite Adebayo's interference.

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Seeing Su Tian score a goal, Spoelstra couldn't help but frowned, but he quickly adjusted his expression.

On the stage of the finals, any small detail will be magnified, and Spoelstra naturally doesn't want others to analyze anything from his expression.

But in the next few rounds, Su Tian increased the proportion of his strong shots with the ball, and the Lakers successfully took the lead. Seeing that the score difference was about to reach double digits, Spoelstra couldn't help but call a timeout.

Although Walton is not smart, when he saw Su Tian holding the ball and attacking at the beginning of the game, which was unusual for him, he knew that something he didn't know had happened.

So at the first moment of the timeout, Walton immediately came to Su Tian's side.

"Su, what happened?"

"The Heat deliberately left a loophole for us, wanting George to play one-on-one all the time, wanting to reduce my shot ratio and lower the team's efficiency." Su Tian said with a frown.

The two did not avoid other people during their conversation, so George, who was standing next to them, could hear it clearly.

If it was George who had just arrived at the Lakers, he would naturally be unhappy with this situation and would step forward to kill the game.

But now George is very clear about his current level, and he knows that everyone, including himself, should play around Su Tian.

So he immediately stepped forward to express his position.

"Coach, Su, since the Heat have arranged it this way, we definitely can't do what they want. I think we need to increase Su's shots!"

Su Tian and Walton were not surprised by George's statement and remarks. After all, the team has had so many people coming and going, but these three have always been there and have a close relationship and tacit cooperation.

"Paul, I understand what you mean, but we can't change so obviously." Su Tian said.

Then Su Tian smiled and said, "Paul, you hold the ball and act like you're playing one-on-one, but you'll be in charge of organizing the play, and I'll finish it."

George and Walton understood as soon as they heard it. Su Tian wanted to take advantage of the situation and make the Heat mistakenly believe that their plan had not been seen through.