NBA’s aging star system

Occupying a 12-point difference, starting the second half, the Lakers still have a great advantage.

At this time, in the Clippers locker room, Doc Rivers looked at the two superstars in front of him and wanted to show off his great deception skills.

But after a period of chicken soup indoctrination, the two of them remained unmoved. James was better, and at least he responded politely to Rivers.

Leonard was too quiet here, with a calm face and no emotion, as if he were a real robot.

After the two left, Rivers sat there blankly, looked up at the sky, and sighed deeply.

"I can't carry it, I really can't carry it at all!"

At this time, after James and Leonard left, the two walked side by side.

"Kawhi, what do you think of Doug?" James suddenly asked.

"Oh? Average." Leonard's answer was concise and to the point.

James seemed to have gotten used to Leonard's answer and didn't mind it at all, instead smiling.

"Then let's change to a suitable coach? What do you think?" James asked tentatively.

Leonard suddenly paused on the spot, turned to look at James, and said, "It's okay, I don't have any objections."

After hearing Leonard's answer, James left with satisfaction.

At this time, Leonard looked at James' back and fell into deep thinking.

Soon, the halftime was over, players from both sides returned to the court, and the game started again.

Both sides still have the starting lineup, and no lineup changes have been made.

The first possession of the third quarter was given to the Lakers. Brunson came to the frontcourt with the ball and passed the ball directly to Su Tian.

Su Tian got the ball, faced Pope, changed direction and misled, then returned to the three-point line again, accurately seized a three-point opportunity, and shot directly.

Swah——

The three-pointer was hit steadily.

"Su's three-pointers are still accurate. It seems that the break at halftime did not cool down his hand." Barkley said.

The ball was transferred and the Clippers attacked. James came to the frontcourt with the ball, looked at the defensive formation on the field, and directly called Zubac to step forward to pick and roll.

James used the pick-and-roll to make a breakthrough, but halfway through the breakthrough, he was caught up by George and continued to struggle.

"It seems that LeBron is indeed old. It would have been impossible for George to catch up with this ball so easily." Kenny Smith said with emotion.

At this time, James got into an entanglement with George and struggled to pass the ball to Beverley on the side.

Beverley did not have any singles ability and could only look for teammates to pass the ball, but Beverley's passing movement was so obvious that he was accurately predicted by thick eyebrows and intercepted directly.

After stealing the ball, he passed the ball to Su Tian. Su Tian received the ball and started a fast break. Leonard and Pope wanted to step forward to help defend against the double team, but Su Tian easily dodged it.

Su Tian successfully came to the frontcourt and scored a layup.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Su Tian hit a three-pointer and a layup. The score difference instantly reached 17 points, and he was about to reach 20 points.

So when the Clippers organized an offense again, Leonard took the initiative to ask for the ball, used his speed to break through the thick-eyebrow defense and came to the basket, faked a fax, and scored a layup.

Seeing Leonard's layup, Rivers on the sidelines also breathed a sigh of relief, and some Clippers fans on the court also breathed a sigh of relief.

"As long as Kawhi can score, there is still hope for this game!"

"Yes, but this time LeBron is really here to assist others."

"I don't believe it. I don't believe LeBron is willing to assist others. The boss of the Clippers is still not in a certain state."

"Actually, it's certain that Leonard is the boss on the court and physically, but James is the boss mentally and in the locker room."

"You mean James is Haslem?"

"No, no, no, at least Kazakhstan is only on one team."

At this time, the scene on the court changed. The two sides had played back and forth for several rounds, but the point difference did not change much and remained stable at around 15 points.

Halfway through the third quarter, Walton called a timeout.

"Oh, I asked why Walton suddenly called a timeout. It turned out to be halfway through the third quarter." Barkley said angrily.

"I don't know whether Walton is capable or not. At least the substitutions were made on time, but it should only be a substitution."

Since this season, Barkley has had one more target to complain about, and that is Luke Walton.

It was entirely because Walton won the championship last season and became the championship coach that Barkley was sore.

Kenny Smith couldn't help but interject at this time: "Hey, Charles, so you gave him another nickname, right? Substitution coach?"

"Yes, the name sounds good, but you can also call him puppet coach or something like that."

As Barkley complained, the timeout passed and the two sides took the field again.

As expected, the Lakers made normal substitution adjustments. Su Tian and Nongmei took a rest, and George and Brunson led the team on the field.

On the Clippers side, Lou Williams and Harrell came on, and James came off to rest.

Due to physical reasons, James has not dared to play too much time during the regular season this season, just to maintain his body and leave him in good physical condition for the playoffs.

At this time, Su Tian was watching the game on the bench seriously. Although Walton made some arrangements, Su Tian was still afraid that someone from Lu Wei and Harrell would break out.

After all, this is what these two people do, they break out at every turn, with the characteristics of a crazy knife.

But fortunately, both of them were relatively normal in this game, or it could be said that Walton's arrangement worked. Everyone's defensive strength was indeed online, and the two of them failed to surge.

At the end of the third quarter, the point difference was still 14 points, and the Lakers still held a clear lead.

According to past experience, if you encounter a team with average strength, such a point difference can be given up directly in the fourth quarter against the Lakers.

But the Clippers are not an ordinary team. If the Lakers don't pay attention, they may capsize in the gutter.

Soon, the fourth quarter of the game began, and Su Tian came on the court with a substitute lineup and thick eyebrows.

As for the Clippers, although James was speechless about Rivers' behavior of pouring chicken soup, he still followed Rivers' instructions and played with the substitute lineup.

The first possession of the fourth quarter belonged to the Clippers. James took the ball to the frontcourt himself, and the person responsible for defending James was none other than Su Tian.

Originally, Dun Luo should be in the third position, but based on Dun Luo's defensive strength, he would only be eaten alive against James.

So Su Tian could only switch defense with Deng Luo and let Su Tian come to face James.

Seeing Su Tian defending him, James's expression became serious.

"Su, you can't guard against me, you can't guard against me."

While testing Su Tian's defensive focus, James interfered with Su Tian's words.

Su Tian was unmoved and said with a smile: "LeBron, don't forget, I'm a dpoy. If I remember correctly, you haven't taken it yet."