Chapter 1023: One-on-One Fight

On the Suns bench, Rondo pinched his fingers and shouted angrily: "He must have received money!"

"Keep your voice down." Hill quickly advised.

"Yes, he did!" Rondo shouted.

Beside the bench, Guoguo stretched out her little head to look at her father, and saw Rondo pinching his fingers. She immediately stretched out her little hand, pinched her little fingers and shouted: "Red envelope!"

"Haha..."

Jordan saw Guoguo pinching his fingers and laughed and pinched his fingers at Guoguo.

Guoguo was bold. When someone interacted with her, she also smiled and asked Jordan for a red envelope.

The referee was in front of the recorder and saw the actions of Jordan and Guoguo. His face suddenly turned black.

When Guoguo saw the referee looking at her, she smiled and stretched out her little hand to the referee, which made the referee's face darker and his eyes became colder.

When the girl saw the referee staring at Guoguo, she glared at him with dissatisfaction, pulled Guoguo's little hand back, and coaxed him in English:

"Guoguo, don't make trouble, be careful he will send you off the court."

The referee was so angry that his face turned from black to white.

Vanessa next to him held back her laughter, stood up and said to the referee: "Sir, you are so rude, you scared the child!"

Jordan, Michael Jackson and others nodded in agreement.

The referee was almost angry to death. Look at the little girl's appearance, how was she scared?

But he still had to apologize, said sorry, and then turned around.

The second quarter began.

The Lakers played half of the main players and half of the substitutes, and only Li Ba played on the Suns side.

The Lakers attacked, Kobe was ready to play against Li Ba, but he was disappointed. Li Ba returned to the paint area and Tony Allen stood in front of him.

In this quarter, Li Ba did not play fast break, but slowed down the offense and defense rhythm. Unless there was a good fast break opportunity, he usually played positional warfare.

The Suns did not play fast break, and the Lakers would not play even more.

At the end of the first half, the score was 60:60, and the Lakers led more main players to tie the score.

During the break, Zhang Heli analyzed on CCTV live broadcast: "Kobe didn't play much in the first quarter, but he scored 19 points in the second quarter and had an explosion.

But overall, the physical energy consumption of the Lakers' main lineup is higher than that of the Suns, which is not good news for the second half of the game.

I analyzed that at the beginning of the third quarter, both sides may have to use all the main players, and the Hammers may have to use the full-court pressing tactics again to further consume the physical energy of the Lakers' main players and take the lead in the score, so that the fourth quarter will be easier to play."

As Zhang Heli said, at the beginning of the second half, both sides used all the main lineups.

The first ball was attacked by the Lakers, and Li Ba directly issued a full-court pressing defense order.

From the beginning of the second half, the atmosphere on the court tended to be intense and tense.

At the end of the third quarter, the Suns led by 8 points, 93:85.

Barkley shouted: "The Lakers really can't defend against the Suns' full-court press and fast break tactics, and both offense and defense have lost balance..."

Kenny Smith said: "With the physical consumption of the main players, the Lakers will have a harder time in the fourth quarter, and the offense and defense will lose balance faster."

Barkley said: "But the main players of the Suns also consume a lot of physical energy, especially the Hammer. If the Lakers want to win the game, there are two chances, one is the Hammer's physical collapse, and the other is Kobe's super explosion."

Kenny Smith laughed: "The Hammer's physical energy has never been a problem, and consecutive series have not made him physically collapse. How can it be possible in the regular season?"

"Offense, frequently destroyed by full-court press defense, defense, can't defend Hammer's outside fast break, the Lakers' lineup really can't deal with the Suns." Zhang Heli shouted.

Yu Jia said: "If the Hammer had not retired last season, the Lakers might have dismantled this lineup."

Xu Jicheng said: "It seems that if they cannot defend their title this season, the Lakers' Big Three will definitely be dismantled."

Zhang Heli smiled and said: "It depends on the situation. The Heat is like this now. They will not completely rebuild because the lineup is gone, which will have an impact on the market. The Heat will keep Wade. If the Lakers dismantle it, they will definitely keep Kobe, and they are also likely to keep one of Yao Ming and Duncan."

The last quarter began, and the Suns attacked.

Alian was active on the right wing, and Duncan was defending with his old legs.

Gasol was active under the basket, and Yao Ming was defending.

At this time, Alian shook off Duncan and got a pass from Li Ba.

Unfortunately, he missed, and Yao Ming grabbed the rebound and passed it to Kobe.

Kobe made a fast break and successfully made a layup with Ginobili, pulling back two points.

Looking back, Li Ba continued to attack Alian and made a tactical gesture first.

Compared with Duncan, Al-Jazeera has a physical advantage. He used a back-run to get rid of Duncan and get the ball.

At the same time, Gasol pulled to the left wing low post and took Yao Ming away from the basket.

At the same time, Li Ba bypassed Artest and rushed into the basket, and then Al-Jazeera rushed in with the ball and directly made a one-arm slam dunk to score two points.

Yao Ming returned to defense and was blocked by Li Ba, which was one of the purposes of Li Ba rushing into the basket.

Another purpose is that if Al-Jazeera chooses to jump shot, he can protect the rebound and play a second offense.

In half a quarter, the Suns did not play fast break or full-court press, because their physical strength was not very sufficient. The offensive end has been focusing on Al-Jazeera, the fourth position tactics.

Duncan's lack of physical strength and lack of mobility on the wing were exposed by the Suns' fourth position tactics.

For the Lakers, Kobe Bryant, who did not leave the court, did not have much physical strength. He did not take over the offense, but was accumulating physical strength, leaving the offense to Yao Ming and Duncan.

105:99, the Lakers pulled back two points, but were still 6 points behind, so they called a timeout.

Zhang Heli said: "Both sides are accumulating physical strength. Tiechui did not play here, but he sent out three assists in half a quarter, and his assists were in double digits. Kobe did not play there either."

Yu Jia said: "It's three and a half quarters now, Tiechui scored 29 points, 18 rebounds, 12 assists, 9 steals, 7 blocks, 2 turnovers, and 4 fouls. There is a good chance for a five-double, but there are too many fouls, so be careful."

"It's only been 4 times today, he has been very careful, otherwise he would have left the court earlier." Xu Jicheng complained.

The three laughed, and Zhang Heli said: "Tiechui's movements today were really careful, without any unnecessary movements, and the referee couldn't find a reason to blow the whistle."

After the timeout, the Lakers attacked, and Kobe asked for the ball on the right wing.

Seeing Kobe's movement to ask for the ball, Staples was refreshed.

"Is it time to decide the winner? Be careful of Kobe's three-pointer!" Zhang Heli shouted.

Kobe received the ball, held it with both hands under his right ribs, and made a tentative step preparation.

This is the disadvantage of having small hands. At this time, you have to hold the ball with both hands. If it were Jordan or Li Ba, they would directly grab the ball with one hand, which would be more concealed and breakthrough.

Li Ba was one step away and covered Kobe's face with a big hand.