NBA Old Age Star System

Chapter 307 Start winning streak, suffocating defense

The day after the Spurs game, Walton went to the team's current general manager, Rob Pelinka.

"Rob, there are some problems with our team's interior defense. Do you think we can strengthen our interior defense through trade?"

Pelinka nodded. Naturally, he knew about the inside problems exposed by the team in the last game, but there are not many good and cheap inside players now.

"Luke, I also know that you need an inside pillar, but there are no suitable players now." Pelinka said.

Wharton hesitated, and said, "How about Tyson Chandler? Although a bit old, it should still be available."

Pelinka pondered for a while, and said: "I will think about this matter carefully, but Luke, I want to remind you that now our team's bench and those undrafted picks are all selected by Su Tian himself. Compared with trading, you might as well see if you can tap those potential stocks."

Hearing what Pelinka said, Walton was obviously stunned for a moment. The biggest surprise for Walton this season was the bench, and those undrafted picks showed a strong effort.

It's just that I didn't expect that these were all recommended by Su Tian.

"Okay Rob, thank you for your reminder, I will pay more attention to it."

After leaving Pelinka's office, Walton quickly flipped through the reports of the team's big men.

Now, apart from Nance, the team's insiders are Wood and Boucher.

Wharton turned over and over the reports of the two men, reading and reading.

"Excavation? How to excavate this? A 15-year undrafted pick and one who has just been laid off. Is there still potential to be excavated?"

However, no matter what, this matter cannot be resolved in a day or two.

On October 10, the Lakers went to Phoenix to play away against the Suns.

The Suns won a center with the No. [-] pick this year, and formed an internal and external combination with Booker, but it is not known what kind of strength this combination can exert.

The starting lineup of the Suns, Isaiah Cannan, Booker, Ariza, Ryan Anderson, Ayton.

The Lakers' starters are Su Tian, ​​Butler, Ingram, George, Nance.

The sun's first offensive point faced Butler, and Su Tian could only pray for Booker.

In the past two days, Butler has made a lot of efforts to quickly integrate into the team, especially on the defensive end. Now Butler's defensive state is very good. In the last game, he directly defended DeRozan until he lost his way.

Soon, the game begins.

The Suns got the first attack, and Kannan advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, trying to pass the ball to Booker, but the ball was directly intercepted by Su Tian as soon as he took the shot.

"Steal! Just after the first round, Su completed the steal!!"

After Su Tian made the steal, he directly launched a fast break. Many people did not react, only Butler followed closely behind Su Tian.

The two came to the basket all the way, Su Tian threw the ball to the backboard, the basketball bounced back, Butler jumped up immediately, and directly dunked!
The two cooperated very tacitly, and they contributed an alley-oop cooperation at the beginning of the game.

"Although I know that the Lakers' perimeter defense is very good, it is still a bit unbelievable to steal directly in the first round of the game." Kenny Smith said.

"What's incredible about this, I think it's quite normal now, after all, these are three players at the best defensive team level." Barkley said.

At this time, the head coach of the Suns gestured towards the court, signaling to Cannan to slow down the rhythm.

Cannan nodded when he saw it, and advanced to the frontcourt with the ball again. This time Cannan and Booker cooperated with each other and completed their task safely.

Booker got the ball and wanted to break through Butler directly. Although Booker knew that Butler was very strong, Booker was a young man after all. Booker felt that after an offseason of strengthening, he should have been able to break through Butler's defended.

So Booker turned to the right and directly launched a breakthrough.

Butler didn't rush to steal, but kept confronting Booker. The two came to the basket all the way, and Booker took advantage of the situation to collect the ball and prepare for a three-step layup.

But the moment Booker received the ball, Butler made a quick shot,
Snapped--

Butler has quick eyes and quick hands, and directly patted the ball out of Booker's hand.

"Steal again! This time it's Jimmy Butler! The Lakers have made two steals in a row!!"

Butler regained control of the ball and passed it directly to George who was on the sidelines.

George got the ball and launched a fast break. When he came to the midfield line, he passed the ball directly to Su Tian in the frontcourt. Su Tian caught the ball and dunked with both hands.

4-0
"The Lakers started with two steals! I feel like the Suns have lost their minds now," Kenny Smith said.

"Although I really don't want to admit it, I have to say that I didn't expect two consecutive steals at the beginning. The Lakers' perimeter defense is indeed so strong." Barkley sighed.

At this time, the head coach of the Suns already wanted to call a timeout, but after thinking about it, he still didn't call, and signaled Booker to step forward to catch the ball and advance with the ball.

So this time Booker pushed forward with the ball himself, and the Suns began to pass the ball normally. Nothing happened again, and the Suns' head coach was relieved.

The head coach of the Suns is the new head coach this season. He has also heard about Su Tian directly resigning the coach before, and now he does not want to repeat the same mistakes.

After a while of basketball conduction, it was given to Ayton inside.

Ayton is the team's rookie champion, and the inside happens to be the weakness of the Lakers, so the Suns' attempt this time is very reasonable.

After Ayton got the ball, he began to hit Nance with his back continuously, and Nance struggled to hold it up. It seemed that the two were evenly matched in strength.

So Ayton collected the ball directly, ready to turn around and make a hook shot.

But just after receiving the ball, when he was about to turn around, Paul George suddenly appeared from the side and directly stole the ball in Ayton's hand.

"Another steal! Sue, Butler, George, the three start with one steal!!!"

After George made the steal, he passed the ball directly to Su Tian, ​​who was on the outermost perimeter. Su Tian got the ball and started a fast break. Su Tian's speed was unmatched by the Suns, so Su Tian rushed to the basket in the frontcourt and directly One-handed dunk and scored again.

6-0
The sun called a timeout.

"It's unbelievable, it's unbelievable, three people with one steal!! This looks like a movie!" Barkley said.

"Yes, it's as if the three of them had discussed it. You see, the three of them are still high-fiving each other. It seems that they are also very satisfied with these few defenses."

The Lakers' defense made the Suns feel suffocated, but it is not without loopholes, that is the inside.

Walton found Nance and said: "Larry, you just performed very well, keep it up, I don't need you to get me so many blocks or steals, you just need to stand him! Got it?"

"understand!"

"Paul, Brandon, both of you should pay attention to assisting in interference at all times, and give that champion a good lesson!"

"Good coach."

"Su, you performed well, keep it up!"

After the timeout, the two teams played again, and the Suns began to be cautious not to give the Lakers a chance to steal, but this also made the Suns miss a lot of opportunities to perform.

At the end of the first half, the score had come to 76-54, and the Lakers had led the Suns by 22 points.

"Kenny, I think it's going to be hard to come back in this game." Barkley said to Kenny Smith next to him.

"That's not necessarily true. What if the sun suddenly broke out in the second half?" Kenny Smith said while winking at Barkley.

Kenny Smith also knows that the sun is basically gone, but he can't say that because it will affect the ratings.

Although Kenny Smith made up for the Suns in terms of words, the result on the field is destined to be unchangeable.

At the beginning of the second half, the Lakers once again took out the starting lineup, and the Suns also took out the starting lineup.

But at this time, the Suns were not only behind in the score, but their energy was also broken by the Lakers.

Halfway through the third quarter, the point difference had reached 30 points, so Walton waved his hand, took down George and Su Tian, ​​and let Butler lead the team to the bench.

Vincent, Nunn, Butler, Wood, Boucher.

Walton directly equipped Butler with four undrafted picks, which made Sun fans feel insulted.

"What does the Lakers mean? They replaced all the water dispenser administrators? Do they think they can easily defeat us?"

"Speaking of which, solar energy can't compete! The Lakers have released water and released a Pacific Ocean! The Suns' starting lineup can't even beat this lineup!"

"The Lakers bully people too much! This is pure insult!!"

"Don't be in a hurry to start scolding, if this lineup can't beat the Suns, it will be really interesting."

"Can't beat this lineup? What are you kidding, how is this possible!"

Many Suns fans were dissatisfied with the Lakers' substitutions, but they couldn't speak after a while, because the Suns really haven't played this lineup.

Until the end of the third quarter, the point difference remained at 30 points.

"No, what the hell is the sun doing? Think one champion is not enough? Start competing for the next champion?"

"It's outrageous! This is really outrageous! The Suns' starting lineup can't even beat the Lakers' bench!"

"Aren't the Suns management ashamed? Isn't Booker ashamed?"

"I have completely lost confidence in the Suns, and I declare that I am now a Lakers fan!"

What the Suns did caused some fans to directly defect. This is something that many people did not expect, and it was also unexpected by the Suns management.

There is no suspense in this game until now. The Suns directly replaced all the main players and took all the bench seats.

The Lakers did not kill them all and replaced the bench, but even with the bench, the Lakers' offense is still not weak.

In the end, the game ended, the Lakers ended the game 131-97, and the Lakers beat the Suns by 34 points!
Su Tian's stats in this game were not outstanding, with 23 points, 10 assists, 7 rebounds and 2 steals. This statistic allowed Su Tianmeng to return to Cleveland.

乔治拿到26分9篮板4助攻2抢断，巴特勒拿到24分4助攻4篮板2抢断。

The trio combined for 73 points and 6 steals.

In the post-match interview, the three of them participated together.

"Su, hello, how do you comment on the performance of the Lakers?"

"We had a good hand in this game, and we seized many opportunities. This is a hearty victory."

"Paul, do you have anything to say about the past few games you have come to the Lakers?"

"The Lakers are a good team. Our relationship and harmony, we are all working hard for victory. Now the team has won four consecutive victories, but the regular season is still very long, and we still need to continue to work hard."

"Jimmy, what do you think your arrival can bring to the Lakers?"

"Defense, tough defense, and a winning heart."

The post-match interview ended perfectly. The Lakers' Big Three cooperated perfectly and won the next game wonderfully.

But the other half of the sun is not so comfortable.

"Mr. Booker, the team is in crisis now. May I ask how you want to lead this team." A reporter asked.

Booker hesitated for a moment, picked up the microphone and said: "We are still very young, we still have a bright future, we will not be knocked down by the current temporary difficulties, we will continue to work hard."

"Mr. Coach, the team is losing streak now. Have you made any adjustments? What adjustments have you made?"

The head coach of the Suns rubbed his chin and said: "Of course, we have made a lot of adjustments and efforts, but these cannot be completed in a day or two. It takes time."

After the game, the Suns suffered double pressure from reporters and fans, but these have nothing to do with the Lakers, because the Lakers have returned to Los Angeles.

After playing the Suns, the Lakers will have to play back-to-back against the Nuggets, but fortunately they are playing at home, so they can rest for a while.

From the beginning to now, the Lakers have won four consecutive victories, and the Nuggets who just came to Los Angeles have also won four consecutive victories. The confrontation between the two four-game winning streak has attracted a lot of attention.

But obviously, there are more people who support the Lakers.

Su Tian looked at the comments of netizens on the Internet and laughed, and was seen by Paul George on the side, so he came over.

"What are you laughing at, Su, so funny?"

"It's nothing, here is a fan who said that Jokic is no longer suitable for this era and will be eliminated by the era." Su Tian said.

"How funny is this?" George was at a loss.

"It doesn't look funny now, but it will be in two years."

"Two more years? Do you mean that Jokic will develop very well in the future? Are you so optimistic about that fat man?" George was still puzzled.

"If I say that Jokic will be a regular season MVP player in the future, do you believe it?" Su Tian asked with a smile.

"Regular season MVP? Don't be kidding, I haven't won the regular season MVP yet. If one of us will win the MVP, that person will definitely be me!"

Paul George's expression is full of confidence, but often things don't develop in the direction we expected.

(End of this chapter)