Chapter 1036: Invite Jordan to Eat Boiled Cabbage at Home

The regular season schedule continued until the end of December. The Suns were still the first in the league, and Li Ba once again won the honor of the best player in the West in December, while continuing to maintain the first place in the MVP ranking.

In January 2009, the Suns had some injuries. Ginobili had some problems with his ankle, Hill's old injury required a period of rest, and veteran Antonio McDyess also had injuries, which affected the team's record.

With two main players injured, Payton decisively increased the rotation and increased the playing time of the main substitutes such as Tony Allen, Gasol and Kevin Martin.

Fortunately, these main substitutes are all young players, so the injury problem is not too serious and can be replaced.

Among the main players, Alian's playing time remained at 30 minutes, while Li Ba's playing time increased to 40 minutes.

As the main players' playing time decreased, Li Ba's data increased further than the previous two months.

Of course, he didn't achieve the triple-double and quadruple-double he boasted about, because he was too versatile and it was impossible to focus on just one statistic, so in fact it was difficult for him to achieve the triple-double and quadruple-double statistic.

By the middle of the month, the Suns had 31 wins and 5 losses, and they were still ranked first in the Pacific, the West, and the league.

Up to now, almost half of the season has passed, and the Suns' record has far exceeded the media's expectations.

The media's research on this can only be attributed to two points: First, Li Ba's superb performance; second, the rationality of the Suns' lineup configuration.

ESPN gave the official view: "From the Suns' record, the importance of reasonable configuration has been proved again.

Except for last season, the Suns have never configured a giant lineup in the past few seasons. They have always been characterized by reasonable lineup configuration, but they have completed the dynasty, which is worth learning for all teams.

At the beginning of the season, the Suns had a defect in the fourth position, and then quickly made up for this weakness through reinforcement. Now the Suns have a very reasonable lineup.

In contrast, the Lakers have improved their inside speed after trading Garnett. From this point of view, it is a reasonable trading configuration.

The Mavericks, with O'Neal and Stoudemire as the starting inside combination, plus Nowitzki, the speed of the three, four and five positions is too slow overall, which is unreasonable.

Grizzlies, the speed of Gasol in the interior does not match the speed of the two horses in the exterior. The interior is slow and the exterior is fast. This is unreasonable, and it is very unreasonable. In addition, the two horses are beginning to degenerate. This is why the Grizzlies have withdrawn from the first rank.

The Eastern Heat collapsed, but with the addition of Yao, Ray Allen has not been traded out. In fact, they still maintain strong strength. As long as the morale can be stabilized, the Heat will still be very competitive. Of course, from the perspective of lineup rationality, the Heat is actually good. Yao and Haslem are one offense and one defense, Ray Allen's three-pointer on the outside, and Wade connects the inside.

Of course, the lineup configuration of the Suns this season also has weaknesses, that is, the No. 1 position. "

Like the Suns, other teams also have various situations, and their records are not as strong as at the beginning of the season.

Grizzlies, the two horses are injured and their records are declining.

Mavericks, Stoudemire was injured for a week, and Kidd was suspended for several games.

Lakers, Duncan's playing time was reduced due to injury, averaging 25 minutes per game, Kobe was injured in his finger and stopped for three games, and Garnett was also suspended for two games.

Cavaliers, O'Neal was injured after playing against the Suns, and played only three games in the following games.

As for whether these injuries are true, no one knows.

Entering January, Li Ba's family also began to prepare New Year's goods, and hung a lot of preserved food in the backyard.

On the 20th, the Suns arrived in Miami and challenged the Heat away.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Dayao called and said that he and Wade and Ray Allen would treat us.

The four of them found a Chinese restaurant, asked the chef to prepare a table of traditional dishes, and started chatting.

"Dayao, you are still lucky. You have joined big teams in big cities." Li Ba said with envy.

"..."

The hand holding the water cup shook, and Dayao wanted to splash this guy in the face.

"Rookie, this is the sixth season, you are just hanging around in the Heat, no pursuit?" Li Ba said to Wade again.

Glancing at Li Ba and clenching his fist, Wade said expressionlessly: "We haven't collapsed, we will continue to fight."

"If the morale of the team is scattered, it will be difficult to lead, and it will collapse sooner or later."

After Li Ba teased Wade, he said to Ray Allen: "Ray, you are almost 34, and your state has been down since last season. Don't you have any ideas?"

"It depends on luck."

Ray Allen smiled and said.

He knew that he was past his peak, so it was difficult for the Heat to trade him now. It's not that they can't trade him, just like trading Garnett for Yao. It's difficult for the Heat to trade him for a good guy. There is no second Laker.

Li Ba said: "You can't rely on luck, you have to take the initiative. You came to the Heat, didn't you want to win the championship, why don't you continue?"

"Are you sure you will win the championship this season?" Wade shouted unconvinced: "You may not be able to beat the Lakers."

"We can't beat the Lakers? Unless we have a large number of injuries." Li Ba sneered.

"Stop showing off!" Yao Ming said unhappily.

Li Ba said: "Yao Ming, you have played for 35 minutes here, aren't you afraid of breaking your legs?"

"I am still in good condition in the last quarter." Yao Ming said.

"Can you do it in the series? Anyway, I have told you several times, it's up to you whether you listen or not." Li Ba sneered.

When leaving, Li Ba handed 200 ml of lubricating oil to Dayao and warned: "This is Guoguo's, there is no more. Don't apply it everywhere, just wipe it on your knees and feet."

"I know, I know." Dayao beamed when he saw this thing.

On the 21st, the Suns defeated the Heat.

On the 22nd, the Suns lost back-to-back games to the Cavaliers and then returned to Phoenix.

On the morning of the 23rd, Li Ba received a call from Jordan.

"Tie Hammer, I heard that your family has a good Chinese chef?" Jordan said with a smile.

"Yes, we also have the best wine in the world. Do you want to try it?" Li Ba said with a smile.

In the afternoon, the bobcat visited.

At six o'clock, Jordan came to Li Ba's house with the gifts he had prepared.

"Michael, this is specially prepared for you." Li Ba said, pointing to the dish that was just served.

"You just let me eat this?"

Jordan took a look and saw that the dish was made of a white porcelain jar filled with water, with a small cabbage heart soaked in it. He said in Li Ba's ear with some dissatisfaction.

When Li Ba heard this, he quickly said to the girl next to him: "Guoguo is getting more and more naughty. Let's punish her with some vegetarian food."

"Uh-huh."

The girl nodded repeatedly, stood up quickly, picked up Guoguo's small bowl, scooped out half a bowl of soup first, and then scooped out the cabbage heart, leaving more than half a can of soup for Li Dacheng and the three of them.

Guoguo didn't mind it, grabbed the spoon and ate it happily.

Liu Xiaoli, Zhou Yuehe, and Li Chengda couldn't say much. If the guests don't want to eat, they can just eat by themselves.