Chapter 1046 Kobe, Where Is the One-on-One Duel?

"Boss!"

When Tony Allen saw Li Ba stealing the ball again, he excitedly rushed to the basket and shouted at the same time.

Li Ba passed the ball, Tony Allen made a layup and hit.

At 3:12, the Suns took the lead and the Lakers called another timeout.

Zhang Lili laughed loudly and said: "The Lakers' ball today is unwatchable. In less than three minutes, the Hammers have already intercepted the ball five times. It seems that the Lakers are double-teaming the Hammers and really pissed him off!"

"That's right, everyone is double-teamed, why are you bullying Tie Hammer like this?" Yu Jia yelled.

Xu Jicheng was speechless, Yu Jia, who is bullying whom?

At this time, something happened on the sidelines. Kobe walked to the Suns bench and said to Li Ba, "Don't be arrogant, Hammer, if you dare, let's fight!"

Li Ba laughed and said, "Aren't you going to double-team me?"

"One-on-one!" Kobe said.

"I'll challenge you one on one, are you afraid of me?" Li Ba chuckled.

After the timeout, the Suns replaced Gasol with Rondo, and Li Ba served as point guard.

The Lakers attacked, Ginobili defended Parker, and Li Ba followed Kobe and started a one-on-one duel between the two.

The duel between the two is not a pure battle of spirits.

For Kobe, it is the most cost-effective thing to hold Li Ba down by himself.

For Li Ba, after several full-court presses, it is also necessary to give his teammates a break and take a breath.

Kobe is still very cunning. Now is not a good time for him to duel with Li Ba, because the team needs to score the most now. If he gets the ball and lets Li Ba defend him twice, the team may lose in the first quarter today. It collapsed, so he didn't ask for the ball.

Duncan asked for the ball in the low post on the left wing.

Obviously, Li Ba is guarding Kobe on the right wing, and the Lakers' offense is carried out from the left wing, hitting Duncan.

Although Gasol's defense is good, it is absolutely no problem to beat him in isolation with Duncan's skills.

Li Ba took a step inside the 45-degree three-point line on the right wing and shouted to Tony Allen: "Tony, go double-team the low post."

Artest was let go. He was the weakest among the Lakers' five starters in scoring ability and had no explosive scoring ability. Li Ba let him go and asked him to make a few shots, but he couldn't kill the Suns.

On the left wing, Artest received the ball, and Ginobili came over from the top of the key.

Artest didn't pass back to the top of the arc, he shot a jumper and hit it.

5:12, exactly three minutes later, the Lakers fell behind by 7 points.

"Fast!"

Gary Payton was jumping on the sidelines and shouting.

Before the ball even entered the basket, Li Ba was already about to fall.

Kobe was faster, surpassing Li Ba by more than one step with his sheer speed, and was still accelerating.

They are on the left wing, with Parker in the center and Ginobili on the right.

Gasol retreated to the baseline, and Duncan waved his arms in front to prevent him from serving.

But Duncan didn't have Li Ba's stealing ability. Gasol passed the ball, and Li Ba caught the ball and pounced on Kobe.

As Kobe rushed to the free throw line, Li Ba pulled the ball up with his right hand, then held it high in the air, and started a three-step layup.

Kobe Bryant in front turned around in time, spread his arms, and guarded himself before the reasonable collision area.

Li Ba suddenly slowed down and changed direction. He stepped on Kobe's left side and stood up. He twisted his waist and waved his arms. After closing the distance to the basket, he used his super long arms to slam dunk with one arm. , smashed the ball into the basket.

At 5:14, the Suns took the lead.

Zhang Liyi shouted: "Kobe still can't guard against Hammer's fast break. If he retreats directly to the basket, he will be directly knocked away by Hammer. Like now, Hammer can still bypass him and attack the basket."

"Ron, watch your position and get back on defense." Phil Jackson shouted.

Artest, who took two breaths and ran in vain, nodded.

"Tony?"

Phil Jackson shouted to Parker again, and after the latter looked over, he made a gesture.

Parker nodded, which was a tactical gesture at the fourth position, asking him to play Garnett at this point.

This is a tactic the Lakers practiced yesterday. After passing the ball, he went to the left wing, and Artest strode to the top of the arc. The two exchanged positions, with Artest guarding the Hammers' fast break.

Garnett caught the ball and singled out the Arab League.

Li Ba was not under the basket, and the Arab League had to guard against Garnett's turnaround and fadeaway jumper, as well as his slider, so he took half a step back.

At this time, Li Ba suddenly turned around, took a step from the three-point line, and pounced on Garnett.

"Mistake!"

With a snap, Phil Jackson patted his thigh in a somewhat gloomy manner.

This is his fault. He should have asked Duncan and Garnett to switch positions. The offense should have been on the left wing away from Lee Dam.

At this time, Garnett turned and slipped. Because Duncan was double-teamed, if he wanted to shoot from the outside, Artest went to the top of the arc again, and the rebound was not guaranteed, so he had to go in and shoot.

But the moment he turned around and slipped away, Li Ba turned around and rushed in, but he didn't see it.

If you don't see it, you won't be able to see Kobe's opening in time.

And when he rushed into the paint area, not only was Ah Lian following him, but Li Ba also took a step outside the paint area, and then followed him into the paint area.

Garnett rushed to the basket, pushed back the Arab League above, and then stood up for a layup.

This is because he is old. If he was young, he would just get up and dunk. Now facing the UAE's defense, he can only choose to lay up.

But as soon as the ball was sent up, there was a bang. One of Li Ba's big hands suddenly pressed the ball on the backboard, and then snatched the ball away.

Barkley shouted: "Strong play under the basket is not Garnett's strong point. His strong point is jump shot."

Kenny Smith said: "The situation is a bit weird now. The Suns double-teamed Duncan, but Artest's open position did not work. He went directly to the top of the arc."

Barkley said: "He went there and accepted the frontcourt more. This should be to replace Kobe to defend against the outside fast break of the hammer."

Kenny Smith complained: "If it's just like that, then why does he go to the frontcourt? Anyway, he is left open and does not participate in the offense, so it's better to stay in the backcourt directly."

Barkley was speechless. He was right. What is Phil Jackson doing?

But in fact, they were wrong, because Phil Jackson's No. 4 tactics actually also require Artest to participate. That is, if Garnett is double-teamed under the basket, he can choose to pass the ball out, and Artest also has a three-pointer.

The Suns' positional battle started. Li Ba, as a point guard, personally carried the ball and advanced, and Artest defended in front of him.

"Kobe, where is the one-on-one match?" Li Ba shouted to Kobe in front of him.

"Do you have any shame? In a one-on-one duel, I attack and you defend, not you attack and I defend. I'm a shooting guard, and scoring is my job." Kobe said disdainfully.

"What about your offense? I'm already in position, why don't you attack me!" Li Ba said disdainfully.

"..." Kobe's face turned black with anger.

At this moment, while Li Ba was distracted and talking nonsense with Kobe, Artest suddenly came up to steal the ball.