NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 167 Heads-up with Kobe
Both sides seized the first offensive round, and the ball was switched again to the Cavaliers.

Irving pushed forward with the ball. This time Irving did his part and was ready to start his own offensive mode.

Reached out to call Thompson's level, and used the pick-and-roll Irving to hold the ball and break through to the inside.

Although Russell is not a good defensive player, he can still do basic follow-up, quickly bypassing the pick-and-roll and then turning around to chase Irving.

But Irving's speed is indeed fast, Russell failed to catch up in time, Irving broke through all the way to the basket, met Hibbert's help defense, Irving directly collected the ball and took off, pulled the bar and scored a layup.

Although it is only two points, the movement is very stretched, and the drawbar is very beautiful.

4-2
The ball is switched, and it's the Lakers' turn to attack.

The performances on both sides have passed, and the following is the real fight.

Russell held the ball and ran a pick-and-roll with Randall, and rushed to the basket with the ball.

Irving went around the pick-and-roll to chase, and Frye followed Randle.

Seeing Russell entering the interior, Thompson hurriedly double-teamed the defense, but Russell did not make a direct shot, but passed the ball to Randall who followed the downswing.

Randall is much younger than Frye, and has faster speed and reaction. He can easily get rid of Frye's defense and shoot mid-range jumpers.

Swah——

Randall made a direct hit from the mid-range shot.

4-4
The two sides refused to give in to each other, and there were back and forth in the next few rounds.

But because the ball in the first quarter was basically concentrated in the hands of Irving and James, Su Tian didn't have too many outstanding performances.

At the end of the first quarter, the score came to 33-31, and the Cavaliers temporarily led by 2 points.

In the second quarter, Irving went to rest, and the Cavaliers lineup changed to Dellavedova, Su Tian, ​​JR Smith, James, and Mozgov.

James went to the fourth position and played a small lineup.

The first ball was given to the Lakers in the second quarter. Russell held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. Facing Dellavedova's defense, Russell already had some experience and was no longer as embarrassed as before.

Russell raised his hand and called Larry Nance for a pick-and-roll, and used the pick-and-roll to break through.

But Russell obviously paid too much attention to Dellavedova's defense, thus ignoring Su Tian who was next to him. Su Tian quickly attacked and quickly stole the ball from Russell's hand.

After grabbing the ball, Su Tian took the ball and began to dash.

Russell and Clarkson all turned around to chase Su Tian. When Su Tian came to the frontcourt penalty area with the ball, the double-teaming situation between the two was about to take shape.

Seeing the double-team defense of the two, Su Tian threw the ball unhurriedly, then quickly lowered his head and ran out of the range of the basket.

As soon as Su Tian ran out, Russell and Clarkson hadn't reacted yet, and James, who was running behind him, took off directly, and after catching the ball, he smashed vigorously.

boom--

After a loud noise, the two turned their heads and saw that James had already made the buckle.

The audience exclaimed for a while, and then looked up to see the replay just now.

I saw James following behind the three of them, his speed was not slow at all, he received a just-right pass from Su Tian, ​​and directly smashed and dunked vigorously.

The two people under the basket have successfully become James' background board.

James directly dunked two people with a dunk!
James, who dunked successfully, was expressionless, showing a domineering side.

Byron Scott urgently called a timeout. The ball was too demoralizing. I don't know if these two guys can stand it.

Seeing the Lakers call a timeout, James found Su Tian to celebrate the goal.

It's been too long, James hasn't dunked such a cool shot for too long.

Soon, the timeout ended, Scott also did a good job of psychological counseling, and the game continued.

35-31
Russell continued to advance with the ball, and after coming to the frontcourt, he continued to find his teammates to play pick-and-roll cooperation.

This time Russell broke through and passed the ball to Clarkson. Clarkson received the ball with the help of his teammates, but Su Tian covered him again.

The feeling of death entanglement is uncomfortable, so Clarkson also quickly sent the ball to Randall.

Randall was even more speechless, because James was facing up at this time, but the time was almost up, so Randall had to shoot directly.

Fortunately, the ball was not directly blocked by James.

boom--

But such a hasty goal is not so lucky, basketball strikes iron.

Mozgov turned around and got the rebound, and passed the ball directly to James who was on the sidelines.

James started to advance with the ball, and James did not stop until he advanced to the frontcourt. At this time, James' speed had already risen.

So James directly rushed to the inside with the ball. At this time, the Lakers' inside line had not entered the penalty area, and the outside players had to help defend and double-team.

After James attracted the help defense double-team, he passed the ball directly to Su Tian who was outside the three-point line.

Su Tian caught the ball and made a three-pointer.

Swah——

Enter the Nets cleanly.

38-31
The point difference continues to widen, and the cooperation between Su Tian and James is getting better and better.

The next few rounds continued to show that there was still a clear gap between the Lakers and Cavaliers.

At the end of the second quarter, the score came to 64-55, and the Cavaliers led the Lakers by 9 points.

If it weren't for Russell's lucky three-pointer at the end, the point difference would have come to 12 points.

Soon the intermission ended and the third quarter began.

The Cavaliers sent, Irving, jr Smith, Shumpert, Frye, Thompson.

With the lineup and score advantage, you can let James rest for a period of time, about 5 minutes or so.

For the Lakers, Kobe played again and returned to the second position.

Facing the advantages of the score and lineup, Irving also played very comfortably, and even the balance between personal offense and team connection was done very well.

The Lakers haven't changed much because of Kobe, and they are still in a state of being suppressed by the Cavaliers.

At the end of the third quarter, the score came to 95-82. The Cavaliers have already led the Lakers by 13 points, and the advantage is obvious.

So, in the fourth quarter, Tylen Lue sent out Dellavedova, Su Tian, ​​Shumpert, Frye, and Mozgov.

A lineup of substitutes except for Su Tian.

But Su Tian said that there is no problem.

As soon as the fourth quarter came up, the first ball was given to the Cavaliers. Dellavedova advanced with the ball, and passed the ball to Su Tian after coming to the frontcourt.

Su Tian faced Clarkson with the ball and called Frye for a pick-and-roll. With the help of the pick-and-roll, Su Tian passed Clarkson's defense in one step.

Swah——

An extremely silky ball, directly into the net.

97-82
Seeing that the Cavaliers' offense is still guaranteed, Tyronn Lue knew that the game was stable.

The ball was switched, and it was the Lakers' turn to attack. Russell took the ball to the frontcourt, faced Dellavedova's defense, and called Randall to pick and roll.

With the help of the pick-and-roll Russell broke through, this time Russell paid attention to the help defense next to him, did not make repeated mistakes, all the way to the basket and then passed the ball back to Randall who was downshun.

Randall held the ball and was about to go straight to the layup, but was blocked by Frye, so Randall directly backed up, pushed all the way to the basket, turned around and made a layup.

97-84
Although the Lakers also scored goals, they are not afraid, the point difference is still there, and chasing points is not so simple.

The possession of the ball was changed, and Dellavedova continued to advance with the ball and gave it to Su Tian.

Su Tian continued to call for pick-and-rolls. This time, in order to defend Su Tian, ​​the Lakers, Clarkson and Randall all came to Su Tian. It seemed that they wanted to block Su Tian and let Frye go.

According to normal principles, this is indeed the case. Compared with Su Tian, ​​Frye's efficiency is indeed low, and the price of being shorted will be very small.

But what's abnormal is that there is Su Tian, ​​who is such a big deal.

Seeing the two Lakers double-teaming him, Su Tian passed the ball directly between the two and accurately passed it to Frye.

Frye received the ball and felt very comfortable so he shot a three-pointer directly.

Swah——

Frye hit a three-pointer directly.

Frye felt that Su Tian was mostly responsible for scoring the goal, so he took the initiative to find Su Tian to give him a high-five after scoring the goal.

Su Tian smiled slightly, hiding his merit and fame deeply.With Su Tian's help, Frye can play like Love.

Within a few rounds, the Lakers began to be unable to withstand the Cavaliers' offense, especially the pick-and-roll cooperation between Su Tian and Frye.

With Su Tian's help, Fry entered several times in a row, which really allowed Fry to play Love's performance.

In the end, without waiting for Irving and James to play, the Lakers directly announced their abandonment.

At the end of the game, the Cavaliers defeated the Lakers 120-100 and won easily.

After the game with the Lakers, the Cavaliers were not in a hurry to return to Cleveland, because the next game was against the Clippers in Los Angeles.

There are two days of rest in the middle, allowing everyone to move freely.

James took this opportunity to contact Chris Paul to go to the party to feel the customs of Los Angeles.

Su Tian originally planned to feel the breath of Los Angeles, but was interrupted by a call from Kobe.

"Boy, there will be a car to pick you up soon."

Su Tian looked at the phone speechlessly, Kobe was so rude in inviting people to be a guest.

Not long after, a car stopped at the entrance of the hotel. Su Tian followed the driver into the car and arrived at Kobe's mansion smoothly.

"Kobe, why isn't your family here?" After greeting Kobe, Su Tian looked back and forth.

"Of course not. This is just one of my properties. They are at home." Kobe said as a matter of course.

"Uh, okay."

"Come on boy, come and try the Kobe steak, it's very authentic."

"By the way, let's play heads-up after eating." Kobe said while eating the steak.

The movements in Su Tian's hands suddenly paused. After all, he still didn't escape.In an instant, I felt that the steak in my hand was not fragrant.

Forget it, let him eat first.

Not long after, the two came to the court after eating.

"How many hits?"

"Take care of the elderly, five."

"Hehe, boy, don't be beaten and cried by me, an old man."

"I will cry? Impossible, come on and I will serve first."

Although Kobe has entered his twilight years, Su Tian still does not dare to take it lightly. After all, there is no king of the last quarter status bonus in singles.

As soon as Su Tian got the ball, Kobe went straight up to grab it. The oppressive defense put a lot of pressure on Su Tian.

Su Tian continued to test with his right foot, and after testing out the space, Su Tian broke out and started directly, breaking through directly from the right.

Kobe is getting older, and his explosive power is not as good as before. He couldn't keep up with the first step in time, but he has been fighting by Su Tian's side.

Su Tian broke through to the basket, collected the ball and took a European step, bypassed Kobe's defense, and hit a layup.

The two exchanged the ball, and Kobe held the ball from outside the three-point line to meet Su Tian's defense. Su Tian didn't let Kobe down, and directly gave Kobe the strength of the death defense.

Kobe turned around continuously, turned out of space, and began to break through with the ball.

Although Su Tian gave Kobe the space to break through, he always stayed in front of Kobe and did not lose his defensive position.

The two fought all the way to the basket, Kobe suddenly received the ball, turned around with his back, shook his shoulders, and shot a fallback jumper.

bang - swish -

The basketball bumped and fell into the net.

Su Tian shook his head. Even though he had the Defensive Deterrence Badge, Kobe's strong shot ability was still very strong.

The possession of the ball was switched again, and Su Tian got the ball.

This time Su Tian first changed direction in front of his body, and then broke out directly to break through from the left.

This time Kobe predicted the direction, but his strength was slightly insufficient, and the two went all the way to the basket.

This time Su Tian didn't take the European step, but made a throwing shot unexpectedly.

Swah——

The basketball obediently entered the net.

2-1
Seeing Su Tian's throw, Kobe couldn't help giving a thumbs up.

In the next few shots, Su Tian clearly felt Kobe's decline, not only in physical strength, but also in other aspects.

In addition, Su Tian had fused Kobe's template card and was quite familiar with Kobe's skills, so it didn't take long for Kobe to lose 5-3.

Kobe said while panting heavily: "Boy, not bad, next time, continue."

"Kobe, if you are not in good health, you should rest more. If you play heads-up next time, let's bet on something. How about betting on your helicopter?"

"You boy, do it! Who is afraid of whom!"

Although Kobe wanted to fight again, he was obviously not physically strong enough, so Su Tian said goodbye to Kobe and returned to the hotel.

Back at the hotel, Su Tian thought, if he really won Kobe's helicopter back, I hope it will be useful.

On March 3, the Cavaliers, who had a two-day rest in Los Angeles, ushered in the second game in Los Angeles against the Clippers.

This year's Clippers are still very strong, but now that Griffin is injured, the team's strength has declined significantly, but there is still no problem in keeping their place in the playoffs.

Soon, game time begins.

The Clippers lineup is Chris Paul, Redick, Mbah a Moute, Jeff Green, DeAndre Jordan.

The Cavaliers ushered in the return of Love, and the lineup became Irving, Su Tian, ​​James, Love, and Mozgov.

There is a gap between the two teams no matter in terms of paper strength or actual strength.

At the start of the jump ball, Jordan was even better at grabbing the first attack.

Paul got the ball and started to advance.

Seeing Paul coming over with the ball, Irving prepared to defend and improve his concentration.

In the past few years of Owen's career, he was taught a lot by Paul, and he paid a lot of tuition fees. Now that he meets Paul again, he still has lingering fears.

Paul, who came to the front court, did not rush to attack but directed his teammates to run. Seeing that the timing was almost up, he began to call Jordan for a pick-and-roll, and used the pick-and-roll to break through to the inside.

Irving speeded up to bypass the pick-and-roll, and chased after Paul. Paul made a sudden stop to shake off Irving's defense and shot directly.

Swah——

2-0
(End of this chapter)