NBA Old Age Star System

The first game on the Western side has ended, and the Eastern Conference finals on the Eastern side are about to begin.

At the same time as the first game of the Western Conference Finals, the last game between the Eagles and Philadelphia in the East was finally played.

In fact, before the series between these two teams started, no one thought that these two teams could play a full 7 games. Even after the game started two games, no one was optimistic about the Eagles.

But no one expected that the Eagles would stumble and fight with Philadelphia until the tiebreaker.

In the tiebreaker, Trae Young led the Hawks to extraordinary performance, scoring 21 points, 10 assists and 3 rebounds. Although the shooting rate was not high, Trae Young still shouldered his own responsibility.

On the other hand, in Philadelphia, Embiid's statistics were pretty good, with 31 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists. However, although the statistics were good, he did not win the game.

Simmons, another core player in Philadelphia, only scored 5 points, 8 rebounds and 13 assists in the game. Although the assist data was good, as the core player of the team, Simmons only took 4 shots in the game!

This incredible number of shots is not worthy of the word "star".

So, under this situation, the Eagles completed the reversal and won the crucial tiebreaker!

So the Eagles also successfully advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals! We are about to play against the Bucks!

The Bucks also attracted a lot of attention during the playoffs. Now the Eagles are facing the Bucks, but they are still not favored by everyone. Some people even say that the Eagles will be directly blocked!

Discussions about the Eastern Conference Finals were so intense that some fans didn't even notice that the second game of the Western Conference Finals was about to begin.

June 6, the second game of the Western Conference Finals.

The thick eyebrows returned in this game, and the Lakers finally reached their strongest state!

"Davis is back in this game. I think it should be clear. The Lakers have a much better chance of winning than the Suns. The Suns are in danger today." Barkley said.

"The Suns are indeed in trouble, but this does not mean that the Suns have no chance to win. I think there is still a chance. After all, Davis has just come back, and his various states should not be adjusted to the best yet. The Suns can use this as an opportunity. Read the article!" Kenny Smith said.

But unexpectedly, Barkley on the side shook his head and said: "I think the chance of this is unlikely. Davis' injury is not serious in the first place, and the Lakers are very cautious and should not let Davis force his comeback."

This time Barkley's guess was indeed correct, but the state of thick eyebrows did have some influence, but it was very small.

Soon the game started and players from both sides began to take the field.

Lakers side: Brunson, Su Tian, ​​George, Kuzma, thick eyebrows.

Suns side: Paul, Booker, Bridges, Crowder, Ayton.

Booker is not the only one who will be judged in this game, but Ayton is also included.

Ayton and Nongmei stood in the center circle. Nongmei touched the ball first and successfully seized the right to attack. Brunson got the ball and advanced to the frontcourt.

When Brunson came to the frontcourt with the ball, he did not rush to pass the ball. Instead, he waited for all his teammates to be in position and then called on his thick eyebrows to step forward to pick and roll.

With the help of the pick-and-roll, Brunson held the ball and made a breakthrough directly. At the same time, the thick eyebrow also turned and went directly down the line.

Brunson saw that Nongmei was going smoothly, so he immediately passed the ball to Nongmei's hands.

The thick eyebrow received the ball and directly attacked the basket, dunking successfully with both hands.

boom--

2-0

Ayton, who was supposed to be responsible for defending at the basket, was watching from the free throw line as he dunked with thick eyebrows.

"DeAndre! What are you doing! Go up and defend! Are you just watching?"

Although Monty on the sidelines was mentally prepared, he was still furious when he saw Ayton watching his opponent dunk!

"Follow me closely! Don't let your guard down!"

Listening to the coach's reprimand, although Ayton felt very unhappy, he could only nod to show that he heard it.

"In this first round, Su didn't even need to take a shot. The cooperation of Brunson and Davis directly bombed the Suns' basket. It seems that the Lakers' advantage is very obvious and certain." Barkley said.

At this time, the ball was transferred, and Paul advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

Looking at Su Tian who was following Booker, Paul couldn't find any suitable timing to pass the ball. He could only temporarily give up the idea of ​​passing the ball to Booker and turn to the next tactic.

So then Paul stretched out his hand to signal Ayton to step forward to cooperate with the pick-and-roll. Paul wanted to use the pick-and-roll to hold the ball and get to the basket to attract the defense.

But I didn't expect that Ayton just came up to block it and immediately turned around and ran to the basket without even affecting the defender.

So Paul immediately fell into the situation of being double-teamed. At this time, Paul could not wait to curse. He was not afraid of opponents who were like gods, but was afraid of teammates who were like pigs!

In desperation, Paul collected the ball and hugged it tightly. After looking around to observe the position of his teammates, he suddenly jumped up and passed a pass to Crowder outside the three-point line.

Jumping to pass is basically not allowed in the NBA because it is too easy to be intercepted and cause a turnover.

But some experienced players can still take advantage of this action, such as the veteran in front of him.

Crowder got the ball. Although he had room to shoot, he did not dare to shoot directly because Crowder's touch has been bad recently, so Crowder passed the ball to Bridges again.

When Bridges received the ball, his shooting space and timing were not as good as Crowder's, but Bridges shot the three-pointer very confidently.

Swah——

The magic is that the basketball hits directly.

2-3

"Good shot! Bridges' mentality has really come out recently and he dares to take action! This is a good thing!" Barkley said.

"Indeed, Bridges' growth rate is surprising. Booker finally has a helper on the offensive end, although this helper has not yet fully grown up." Kenny Smith said.

At this time, the ball returned to the Lakers again. Brunson came to the frontcourt with the ball. This time Brunson passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

Su Tian got the ball, faced Booker's defense, and still stretched out his hand to call thick eyebrows to step forward to pick and roll.

With the help of the pick and roll, Su Tian broke through with the ball. When Booker struggled to get around the pick and roll, he was already two steps behind Su Tian.

At this time, the thick eyebrows in the pick-and-roll also turned around and followed suit. For a moment, Ayton didn't know which one to follow. He hesitated for a long time. Finally, until Su Tian made a layup, Ayton still stood still and did not move. .

"No! DeAndre! What are you doing! What are you thinking about!"

This time it was not Monty on the sidelines who reprimanded, but Paul on the court.

Ayton could endure the reprimand from the head coach, but he was very unhappy when Paul reprimanded him.

"It was difficult to defend in that situation just now, Davis is right behind!"

Paul looked at Ayton in surprise, his eyes seeming to say: How dare you refute?

But the Suns don't have time to engage in such infighting now. After all, the enemy is facing a big enemy, and Paul can only quickly shift his attention to the Lakers.

Although the Lakers only attacked for two rounds in the opening period, everyone who knows the ball has already seen that the Lakers' choice in these two rounds was to attack the basket.

Obviously the focus of the Lakers' offense in this game is at the basket.

On the Suns side, Booker was obviously restricted by Su Tian, ​​and Ayton was also suppressed by the thick eyebrows at the basket. Although Paul has a matchup advantage, Paul is old and is no longer good at scoring.

So at the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Suns by 33 points 22-11. "They led by 11 points in the first quarter. It seems that Davis' return has helped the Lakers a lot. The Suns are really in danger this time!"

The game entered a break, and Monty finally had time to scold Ayton.

But just after a few words of training, Booker stepped forward to make peace.

"Coach, let's lay out the tactics for the second quarter first, DeAndre already knows what to do." Booker said.

Ayton is quite grateful for Booker's rescue. After all, Booker is the boss of the team with a good temper.

Seeing that Booker had said this, Monty couldn't say anything more, so he had to pick up the tactical board and start explaining the tactical layout of the second quarter.

At the same time, Walton is also working hard on the Lakers' tactical arrangements.

"We now have a score advantage, but we cannot take it lightly. The Suns' weakness is still very obvious, which is still the inside. So Paul, after you come on the court, lead the team's tactics unchanged and continue to attack the basket!"

"Good coach!"

Soon the inter-section break ended and the second quarter began.

The Lakers still followed the usual practice of Su Tian and Nongmei resting off the court, and George led the team.

The Suns also made adjustments. Paul rested off the court and Booker came on to lead the team.

Booker can naturally avoid Su Tian if he comes on the court at this time, but when Su Tian comes on the court, Booker will not have the physical strength and energy to deal with Su Tian.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Booker seemed very active, holding the ball continuously to launch attacks and score points.

Without Su Tian's hindrance, Nunn alone would not be able to suppress Booker, and Booker's offense began to take off like a fish in water.

Although this is a huge drain on Booker's physical strength and is not conducive to subsequent games, the Suns, who are now lagging behind, have no energy to consider what will happen next.

So in the next few rounds, under the leadership of Booker, the Suns gradually caught up with some points difference.

But George is not that simple. Although Booker is sharp offensively, the Suns' defense at the basket is still weak, so there is still no good solution for the Lakers' choice to attack the basket.

Halfway through the second quarter, the Suns chased the point difference to 6 points. Although they did not completely catch up, they at least gave the Suns hope of chasing points.

At this time, Wharton raised his hand to make substitution adjustments. Su Tian and Nongmei came on the field to replace George.

"Okay, the Lakers have made substitutions! The Suns' test is coming!" Barkley said.

At this time, Monty also knew that the Suns were in danger, so he immediately made substitution adjustments, and both Paul and Bridges were brought on the court.

After Su Tian came on the field, he directly took the ball and came to the frontcourt with the ball. He faced Booker's defense. He made a simple and quick change of direction and directly shook Booker's defense away. Then he burst into the inside and directly attacked. basket.

The Suns' internal defensive strength has no chance, and they all rely on the forward players to make up the defense.

Su Tian made a pull-up layup before Bridges's defense arrived.

Bang——shua——

Basketball hits the board into the net.

The point difference returned to 8 points.

"Beautiful! As expected of Su! He showed an unstoppable offense as soon as he came on the field. It seems that it will be difficult for the Suns to catch up with this point difference." Barkley said.

At this time, the ball was transferred, and Paul advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, observing the situation on the court while protecting the ball.

It has to be said that Paul does have two skills. Just when everyone thought the Lakers' defense was tight enough, Paul suddenly hit the ground from a tricky angle and passed the ball accurately to Bridges who was cutting through the air.

Bridges got the ball steadily and went straight to the basket with the ball.

Paul's passing skills shocked everyone. Although the scene was Staples, the fans from Paul's Clippers era still retained their presence, so there was a burst of cheers.

But just before this wave of exclamations subsided, another louder exclamation sounded.

At this time, fans who didn't know the truth looked up one after another, and they didn't know what happened until they saw the replay on the big screen.

It turned out that when Bridges received the ball and hit the basket, he ignored the thick eyebrows waiting for an opportunity.

So Nongmei stepped forward and gave Bridges a big hot pot!

The basketball was hit hard on the ground and flew out of bounds.

And the thick eyebrows who succeeded in blocking the shot did not keep a low profile. Instead, they slightly bent their arms and let out a roar.

"what!!!"

The Lakers fans at the scene were also excited by the thick eyebrows. They stood up and roared in response to the thick eyebrows.

"Paul's passing is wonderful, and Bridges is also very good at seizing opportunities, but Bridges is still too young and forgets that the Lakers still have Davis inside!" Barkley said.

"Davis is simply a barrier for the Lakers inside. It is impossible to attack the Lakers' inside like he did in the last game." Kenny Smith said.

At this time, Bridges, who was stunned, slowly recovered, went to the sidelines to receive the ball from the referee, and served again.

Paul stepped forward to receive the ball. Time was running out at this time. Paul had to speed up his pace, so he passed a through ball to Saric under the basket.

Saric shot against the thick eyebrow defense.

boom--

As expected, the basketball hit the iron. He turned around with thick eyebrows, collected the backboard, raised the basketball high above his head, and then directly passed the ball with a long pass.

The basketball was passed very accurately in front of Su Tian who was making a fast break. Su Tian took a step forward, grabbed the basketball, and directly collected the ball for a layup.

Swah——

Basketball hits steadily.

"Another collaboration from Su and Davis! These two are really well suited!" Barkley said excitedly.

At this time, the score difference reached 10 points. When Su Tian returned to his own half, he even found his thick eyebrows and high-fived to celebrate.

Obviously, Su Tian was very satisfied with the cooperation just now.

In the next few rounds, Paul began to carefully organize the offense. Although the efficiency was not high, he finally started to score goals.

The Sun is also working hard to adjust and gradually embark on the right path. (End of chapter)