Chapter 1032 I Want to Defeat This Old Man

Li Ba received the ball at the top of the arc after serving from the front court sideline. LeBron James came up to defend and the two faced off at the No. 1 position.

This was the first match between the two since the Beijing Olympics, and it was also the second time they faced off at the point guard position.

Li Ba made a tactical gesture and shouted, "Guys, move aside. I'm going to break through this old guy in front of me."

LeBron was so angry that he almost vomited blood. Who is he saying is old? Am I as old as Oden?

He let go a step. Anyway, he had to defend against the hammer on the outside and not the shot. But he couldn't let go too much because he had to defend his pass.

"Squeak! "

Li Ba started, without any tentative steps, just using his fastest first step to break through James, and then crush him with more powerful force.

In terms of impact, the two are about the same, but in terms of absolute strength, Li Ba is obviously stronger than LeBron James, so in this kind of breakthrough, his strength is greater than the opponent, because his first step is faster and his absolute strength is greater, it is difficult for LeBron to stop him.

Bang, the two collided at the high shoulder.

LeBron was knocked back half a step, but his center of gravity was not completely lost. He took two steps back and retreated to the free throw line.

Li Ba also broke through above the free throw line.

At this time, Gasol and Alian, who had just been pulled out, turned around at the same time and rushed into the paint area.

At this time, Li Ba continued to break through, using his breakthrough to continue to pressure James to retreat.

LeBron James could only continue to retreat.

At this time, Li Ba suddenly stopped the breakthrough and jumped on the spot...

"High jump shot? "Yu Jia shouted instantly.

No, it was a pass. Li Ba saw that Al-Alian had blocked Gerald Wallace, grabbed the position under the basket, and passed it directly with one hand.

With a bang, Al-Alian caught the ball in the air and directly made a two-handed dunk.

2:5, the Suns led.

Zhang Heli shouted: "Gerald Wallace plays as a power forward, and he should not be able to do anything to Al-Alian on the defensive end. He is 12 cm shorter than Al-Alian, weighs only 98 kg, 10 kg less, and his wingspan is 6 cm longer than Al-Alian. He can't defend Al-Alian at all. He has no weight, no strength, and no height. He really can't play the fourth position. ”

The Cavaliers attacked.

LeBron tried another fast break, but Li Ba caught up with him, and the fast break failed, turning into a positional battle.

The two faced off at the top of the arc, James held the ball, very cautiously, and kept his left hand in a protective posture to prevent Li Ba from stealing him.

He tried another crushing breakthrough, but it didn't work either. His absolute strength was not good, and Li Ba moved faster, so he couldn't rush up.

But he also had advantages that Li Ba didn't have when playing point guard. That is, he now has the ability to shoot from mid-range and long-range, and he can't let Li Ba let go of the three things, and it's not easy to defend.

At this time, Valanciunas suddenly cut to the basket, and James faked a breakthrough and passed the ball at the same time. The former took the ball and made a layup.

In the first half of the quarter, Li Ba played point guard, and two positions were the main attackers, one was Alian and the other was Ginobili.

Whether it was a wing outside attack or a low-post attack, Alian was The Suns have advantages.

On the other hand, Al-Jazeera defended Gerald Wallace well, his turn and first step were fast, and he could keep up with the latter.

Ginobili played without passing, the former was faster, the latter was weaker in defense, and he also had an advantage.

Half a quarter, 10:16, the Suns led by 6 points.

Li Ba was not in the paint area, and the two teams were tied in rebounds.

Moreover, neither side played a few fast breaks, which was basically a positional battle with few rounds and not high scores.

The Suns led mainly because Al-Jazeera and Ginobili had advantages in these two positions.

On the defensive end, Li Ba mainly prevented James' scoring, blocked two of his shots, intercepted one of his shots, and prevented James' breakthrough, preventing him from causing damage to the inside, but James' passing ability was very strong and could not be sealed.

In the second half, the Cavaliers replaced O'Neal with , Valanciunas went down.

Li Ba did not return to the fifth position. He asked Yi Lian and Gasol to taste the taste of the big shark. Although this fat shark is old, he is still as good as ever.

He did not play fast break. According to O'Neal, he should have raised the rhythm of offense and defense. Even if James could keep up with him, O'Neal could not keep up with him, and he could use fast break to drag him down.

But Li Ba wanted to hone Yi Lian and Gasol, and the old shark was very suitable as a whetstone.

In this way, Gasol defended the shark, Yi Lian was responsible for assisting defense, and the Suns implemented early double-teaming on the shark.

In the second half, the shark did not score much on offense, but he attracted double-teaming, allowing Gerald Wallace to get a lot of open opportunities, and at the same time protected the rebounds, which also made a great contribution.

At the end of the first quarter, the two teams were tied at 28:28.

Li Ba made 2 of 3 shots in a single quarter , 2 free throws, 2 hits, 6 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks.

Sitting on the bench, Li Ba and the coaching staff discussed his strengths and weaknesses in the point guard position in this game.

Disadvantages, because he was facing LeBron, his outside fast break tactics were greatly restricted. At the same time, he was not in the paint area, which made the Cavaliers focus on inside offense and lost control of rebounds.

Advantages, limiting LeBron James's performance, of course, also limiting James' outside fast break.

But overall, there are more disadvantages. If he continues, he may limit James, but the Cavaliers will win.

If he returns to the fifth position, then James is likely to play an outside fast break, and he is too deep to keep up.

In the second quarter, in tonight's Christmas game, in order not to disappoint the fans, Li Ba continued to play, and James followed.

In this quarter, Li Ba returned to the five position.

As soon as he changed, James immediately returned to the three position.

Sure enough, when Li Ba was in the low post, James played an outside fast break and frequently bombed the Suns' basket. The Suns' outside line could not defend against this kind of impactful fast break tactics.

But Li Ba dominated the paint area in the face of Big Z, blocked the Cavaliers' offense in the positional battle, reduced the Cavaliers' offensive efficiency in the positional battle, and frequently hit Big Z under the basket and bombed the Cavaliers' basket.

After this quarter, 58:58, the two teams were tied again.

Li Ba made 8 of 10 shots in the first half, 6 of 7 shots in the second quarter, 4 of 6 free throws, and scored 16 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals, 4 blocks, 1 foul, and 1 foul.

James was blocked twice by Li Ba in the first quarter and didn't attack much. He made 0 of 3 shots and only got 3 assists. In the second quarter, he had a strong desire to attack and frequently made fast breaks. He made 7 of 10 shots and 2 of 4 free throws in a single quarter, scoring 16 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, 1 turnover and 1 foul, filling up the data position.

At halftime, both sides returned to the locker room.

On the TNT live broadcast seat, Barkley smiled and said, "The second quarter was good, and the ratings successfully exceeded 100 million, reaching 110 million."

Kenny Smith smiled and said, "It should rise in the second half."