NBA’s aging star system

Chapter 526: Strong rivalry with the Bucks, 2023 All-Star (page 12)

In the next few rounds, Su Tian continuously launched his "super assists", and the point difference quickly widened, and the Lakers firmly won the game.

After defeating the Clippers, the Lakers quietly defeated the Spurs, and then the Lakers ushered in a wave of consecutive away games.

But fortunately, the All-Star Weekend is approaching, and the Lakers have something to look forward to. This is also one of the few days in the season that can be used to rest.

In the next wave of away games that the Lakers will face, there are basically no strong teams. The Boston Celtics in the first game are already the strongest among these teams.

However, facing Su Tian who was full of firepower, the Celtics were no match at all and were easily defeated by the Lakers.

Then the Lakers defeated the disintegrated Brooklyn Nets, the still chaotic Knicks, and the rebuilding Pacers.

On February 2, the Lakers returned to the West and faced the Pelicans away from home.

Walton chose to take a rest this time, because in these consecutive away games, although the wins were relatively easy, the fatigue of traveling and traveling still consumed the players' energy.

The game against the Pelicans was also back-to-back, so after comprehensive consideration, Walton made rotation adjustments for the main players and veterans.

The Pelicans were quite competitive. Ingram performed well against the Lakers. The two teams continued to play until the fourth quarter before the Pelicans had a clear lead. In the end, the game was won by the Pelicans. Not even happy.

You must know that this is the Lakers' substitute lineup and bench. The main players are all taking turns, and only these two teams are still entangled until the fourth quarter.

The Lakers ended their consecutive away games and returned to Los Angeles, and everyone could finally rest for a while.

Su Tian feels that this season is harder than any previous season.

But there is nothing that can be done about it.

There are only five games left for the Lakers before the All-Star Game, but there are many strong opponents in these five games.

The first game for the Lakers back at home was against the Thunder, led by rising star Alexander.

However, because the core of the Thunder is a defender, with Su Tian personally defending, Alexander can't make any waves at all.

The Lakers also easily won the game.

But then the Lakers faced a strong enemy at home, the Milwaukee Bucks.

Now Antetokounmpo has fully grown up and shows his charm as a superstar everywhere.

Moreover, the Bucks are currently in a strong position and are in the window period to win the championship.

When Marc Gasol is here, there is a defensive guarantee inside, and Antetokounmpo's impact has not yet been fully demonstrated, but when Gasol comes off the court, Antetokounmpo's impact is completely released.

Although George has worked very hard, he is no match for Antetokounmpo, and this is even more true for Su Tian. Su Tian can only ensure that there are no problems with the defender and ensure his offensive efficiency, but for Antetokounmpo, Su Tian It's so heartless.

At the end of the third quarter, the Bucks were already leading by 14 points. In the fourth quarter, Su Tian tried to catch up with the point difference while Antetokounmpo was not on the court, but Su Tian just caught up by a few points. Lu made substitution adjustments and brought Antetokounmpo up again.

As soon as Antetokounmpo came on the court, he immediately continued the Bucks' offense, and the two sides directly clashed with each other, but there was a point difference, so the Bucks were always in the lead.

Walton on the sidelines saw that something was wrong, so he changed into the entire starting lineup in advance, hoping to quickly catch up with the point difference.

After replacing the main force, the situation on the court was indeed stabilized, and the momentum of chasing points was gradually gained. Moreover, Su Tian also activated the "super assist" in time, and the point difference between the two teams began to approach.

But unfortunately, it didn't last long. The Bucks also replaced the entire starting lineup, and the Bucks once again took the lead.

This time, the Bucks were not overtaken by the Lakers until the end of the game.

"It seems that Davis' retirement from injury will have a huge impact on the Lakers."

"If you ask me, the Lakers are just a pseudo-strong team, and they will immediately succumb when they encounter a truly strong team like the Bucks."

"You can't say that. You have to know that the Bucks' three-point efficiency in this game is not low. Normally it is difficult for the Bucks to achieve such a shooting rate."

"The Lakers still have problems with their interior defense. When Davis was still there, it didn't seem very important, but now that he has lost it, we know how important Davis is."

The game was won by the Bucks. Su Tian's expression was natural and there was no special emotion.

After all, I have been fighting in the league for so long, and I am used to winning and losing.

And as fans said before, the Bucks' overall three-point shooting rate in this game was very high, much higher than the usual level. This is one of the reasons why the Lakers did not dare to double-team Antetokounmpo wantonly.

After losing to the Bucks, before the Lakers could recover, they immediately had to face the next powerful enemy, the Golden State Warriors.

However, Curry was absent from this game due to injury, so the Warriors started.

Jordan Poole, Klay, Wiggins, Green, Rooney.

The Lakers naturally played with their entire main lineup.

Su Tian, ​​Dort, Johnson, George, Gasol.

With Su Tian here, Poole can't fly, and Dort can also effectively contain Clay after a serious injury, which is not a problem at all.

On the forward line, Johnson doesn't have much of a problem against Wiggins, and Wiggins himself doesn't have a strong desire to attack. In the group of George and Green, George has the advantage.

Gasol also has an advantage over Rooney inside.

But the only thing the Lakers are worried about is the Warriors' reckless speed and rhythm.

If the Warriors speed up regardless of life and death, Gasol will only become a burden and will have to take a rest.

Although the Warriors don't have a particularly impactful player, it still lowers the team's defensive level, which will have an impact on the team.

Soon the game started, and the Lakers took the initiative. Su Tian held the ball and beat Poole in a single, and succeeded easily.

The ball was transferred, and Poole came to the frontcourt with the ball and passed the ball directly to Green.

Different from the original time and space, there was no conflict between Poole and Green in this time and space, and there was no such punch. Poole did not get the big contract, but only got a relatively common contract extension.

Green got the ball and observed the team's movement at the top of the arc, and then passed a pass to Wiggins, who was cutting through the air.

Wiggins received the ball and went straight to the basket, but at this time there was Gasol defending the basket. Wiggins' air cut failed, and the basketball was black.

Gasol turned around to collect the rebound and immediately passed the ball to George, who passed the ball to Su Tian again.

Su Tian received the ball and attracted the defense, and passed the ball to Johnson again.

Johnson came to the frontcourt and there was no one around him, so he went straight for a layup.

The Lakers relied on their exquisite coordination and team strength to easily take the lead.

This set the pace for the entire first half.

At the end of the first half, the Lakers already led by 13 points.

After the halftime break, the Warriors' morale improved a bit and they wanted to catch up with the score in the third quarter, so they started to speed up like crazy.

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