Chapter 1044: Full-Court Pressure

Some media interviewed Federer and asked him about his attitude towards Li Ba getting a wild card for Wimbledon.

"This is a shocking thing. I knew the news that Tiechui wanted to play tennis two hours ago, and now he got a wild card for Wimbledon. This is too fast!

Tennis is a completely different sport from basketball and boxing. I think his decision may be a bit hasty. Maybe he just wants to play?

Wimbledon gave him a wild card. This decision was also a bit hasty, but that's it. I have nothing to say."

"Would you like to play against him?" the reporter asked.

"Well, I like to watch his boxing, but tennis, I don't know. The media said that he has just started tennis training for a short time, a few months, too fast, I don't know his level. Well, I look forward to meeting him at Wimbledon."

On May 7, the G2 battle between the Suns and the Lakers started.

Lakers: Duncan, Garnett, Artest, Kobe, Parker.

Suns: Li Ba, Alian, Hill, Ginobili, Rondo.

Li Ba jumped the ball and won Garnett. The Suns attacked.

The Lakers switched defenses, Parker defended Ginobili, Kobe defended Hill, Duncan defended Yi Jianlian, Garnett and Artest double-teamed Li Ba in advance, and Rondo was left open.

Barkley said with some surprise: "Both Parker and Kobe are shorter than Ginobili and Hill, but the height of the mismatch is not big, which is okay. And using Garnett and Artest, who move better, to double-team the hammer, and letting Duncan, who moves slower, defend Yi, this change is also quite good and should be effective."

Li Ba moved to the basket, small forward Artest was below, and the center was using it, while Garnett went forward, and his two long arms cut off Li Ba's receiving line, and he pinched from front and back, so that the Suns' ball could not enter the low post.

Li Ba hurriedly ran to the left wing low post, and Rondo, who was unguarded, passed the ball in.

Garnett rushed up at this time, but Artest did not, and stayed under the basket to protect the rebound.

Facing Garnett's defense, Li Ba made a straight-arm throw, but missed, and Artest took the rebound.

"There is trouble. Garnett's arms are not shorter than Hammer's. Hammer must raise his shooting height, which will affect his hit rate, and rebounds cannot be guaranteed. This is not a good way to play." Zhang Heli immediately analyzed.

Xu Jicheng said: "This is the weakness of short centers. They are not tall enough and are easily blocked. Even if they cannot be blocked, their hit rate is affected."

Zhang Heli said: "Indeed, in the history of the league, if short inside players do not have the ability to shoot from outside and rely entirely on the restricted area to attack, their survival rate is not high. Only Barkley has played with his skills. But the reason why Hammer can play at the fifth position is that his strengths are in defense, not offense, so he and Barkley are two extremes."

Attack and defense switch, the Lakers attack.

Similarly, Garnett and Artest protected Li Ba in front, behind, left and right, and they were always there, with several hands grabbing Li Ba at any time.

"Do I need 24-hour protection? I'm not your bucket!" Li Ba complained.

At this time, the extra Hill began to double-team the ball holder.

But Parker passed the ball to Kobe. After Kobe received the ball, he made a simple fake breakthrough and shot a three-point jumper towards Ginobili. With a swish, it penetrated the basket of the Suns.

Kobe landed and immediately returned to defense.

At this time, the Suns played a fast break, forming a three-on-two situation in the frontcourt.

Li Ba quickly passed the ball to Hill who was not defended. Kobe rushed over to make up for the defense. Hill passed the ball to Ginobili, who made a layup.

3:2, the Suns were one point behind.

"The Lakers double-teamed Hammer on both ends of the offense and defense, resulting in a shortage of outside players, but still couldn't defend the Suns' fast break. But the Suns have to solve the problem of Hammer being double-teamed. Without Hammer's defense, the Suns can't win the game." Zhang Heli analyzed.

The Lakers attacked.

"Gary, Tony Allen comes up." Li Ba shouted loudly to the sidelines.

Payton nodded and turned back to signal Tony Allen to get up and get ready.

Parker broke through with the ball and was fouled by Rondo. When the whistle sounded, the Suns took the opportunity to replace Hill and put Tony Allen on.

"Keep an eye on Kobe, I don't want to see him catch the ball." Li Ba shouted at Tony Allen.

"Yes, boss." Tony Allen responded while rushing towards Kobe.

Kobe's eyes twitched, and he remembered some bad memories, which were some memories of the 0607 season playoffs.

Li Ba shouted the second sentence: "Listen, everyone, we will kill them with defense, full-court press!"

The Lakers double-teamed him, so he took the initiative to increase the speed of offense and defense conversion, thereby breaking the Lakers' 24-hour protection of him, making the Lakers players exhausted.

"Full-court press! Full-court press..."

The whole stadium in the American West Arena was boiling. Defense is the life foundation of the Suns, and full-court press is the Suns' ultimate move, so everyone was shouting non-stop.

The home court was too full of momentum, and the hammer looked a little crazy, and the Lakers players were a little nervous.

The Lakers attacked, Garnett served the ball from the backcourt sideline, and Rondo desperately pressed Parker to prevent him from receiving the ball.

Yi Jianlian defended Duncan alone in the paint area, taking a front-circling approach to prevent him from receiving the ball.

Kobe, on the other hand, was protected by Ginobili and Tony Allen, and enjoyed the same treatment as Li Ba.

Li Ba defended Artest and chased him around, but he couldn't get out of the open space.

"This is a headache for the Lakers!" Barkley laughed.

At this time, Parker barely ran out of the open space, received the ball, and began to advance to the frontcourt.

"Rajon Rondo, stick to him!"

Seeing Rondo take a step away from Parker, guarding and retreating, Li Ba was furious and yelled at Rondo: "Prevent him from committing an eight-second violation, or you will end the game."

Rondo's scalp jumped and he rushed forward.

"Take care of me! Come back to me to take care of me!" the Lakers assistant coach was jumping.

At this time Garnett entered the court and ran towards Parker.

Li Ba keenly focused on this opportunity. He knew that Garnett must be doing a pick-and-roll, so when the pick-and-roll occurred, Parker's sight would be temporarily affected, and this was his opportunity to double-team.

He was less than five meters away from Parker. At this time, Garnett's pick-and-roll started. Parker went around behind Garnett and his line of sight was blocked. He started, lost Artest, and pounced on Parker.

"careful!"

Artest warned loudly and ran over.

Parker heard it but didn't know what was going on and was just on alert.

He emerged from behind Garnett and saw Li Ba rushing towards him and a big hand grabbing the basketball he was carrying towards the floor.

Three steps later, Li Ba arrived. Seeing Parker dribbling, he stretched out his left hand and grabbed it.

"Snapped!"

With a soft sound, Li Ba swept past Parker, then drew a curve and rushed towards the paint area.

"yeah!"

A wonderful steal happened, and the whole audience was jubilant.

"boom!"

A tomahawk chop made the whole audience cheer again.

"Defense! Press the whole court!"

Li Ba landed, and a sharp roar immediately sounded.