Chapter 1047 Winning Streak

Under the coverage of the lock skill, Li Ba reacted too quickly. He stretched out his arm, and his right hand instantly touched the ball and pulled it back, then turned right, changed to control the ball with his left hand, broke through Artest, and rushed into the frontcourt.

Artest turned half a beat slower than Li Ba, and his first step was half a beat slower. When he caught up, he was more than one step slower, and was basically thrown off.

Li Ba rushed to the paint area from the left wing. After three steps, he got faster and rushed to the paint area with an extremely powerful impact.

"Flanking charge!" Yu Jia shouted excitedly.

In the low post on the left wing, Duncan came up to defend Li Ba, but was carried by Gasol and failed to make up. Li Ba rushed into the paint area.

At this time, Garnett had already defended from the right wing to the basket, but Li Ba rushed up to meet him. The former could only jump up to block the shot, and there was no second choice.

With a bang, Li Ba forcibly knocked Garnett over, held the ball in his right hand and smashed it forward, and with a bang, smashed the ball into the basket.

"Yeah!"

The dunk that knocked over the defender instantly made the American West Arena boil.

Li Ba stood in the Lakers' restricted area where people were lying on the ground, turned around and pointed at Kobe outside and shouted: "Kobe, I'm waiting for you to attack!"

"Give it to me!"

Kobe gritted his teeth and shouted at Duncan who was about to serve.

After letting Kobe receive the ball and advance to the right wing of the front court, Li Ba defended in front of Kobe one step inside the 45-degree three-point line.

Bang, bang, bang, while dribbling, Kobe took a deep breath, then leaned over and prepared to attack.

Suddenly, Li Ba took the lead in making a defensive move.

To defend against a top attacker like Kobe, you must take the initiative to attack and force Kobe to make the reaction that the defender wants him to make.

Li Ba rushed to steal the ball and directly implemented a steal while Kobe was dribbling.

Kobe urgently pulled the ball back and turned to protect the ball at the same time.

At this time, he had two choices, one was to break through directly, and the other was to fade away jump shot, or to step back and fade away jump shot.

At the moment when Kobe turned around, Li Ba "saw" that the ball stopped.

This means that Kobe had passed the ball.

The movement trajectories after dribbling and passing the ball are different. Kobe has small hands and cannot catch the ball with one hand. After pulling the ball up, if it is not a pass, he must dribble down immediately, but the pass will not move downward.

Li Ba is very clear about this. At this moment, he determined that Kobe passed the ball, so it would be impossible to break through again, but to shoot.

He reacted quickly and took a step forward.

At this moment, Kobe turned and took a step back, advancing and retreating with Li Ba, and the cooperation was perfect.

Kobe was shocked. This guy actually kept up with his rhythm again?

But he had no choice, and continued to connect with the next action, jumping up, leaning back in the air, and then shooting against Li Ba's block.

With a snap, without any surprise, Li Ba grabbed the ball with one claw.

"Yeah!"

The stadium was boiling with the wonderful block.

"How can I break through his defense?"

Kobe was a little confused no matter how determined he was.

Li Ba rushed down quickly, and Artest followed the tactics and returned to defense from the middle, followed the former, and took the lead to stand before the reasonable collision zone.

Li Ba rushed closer, suddenly slowed down and changed direction, which forced Artest to retreat half a step and retreat to the basket.

Then, Li Ba changed direction again and jumped up to meet Artest, who could only jump vertically to block.

"Bang!"

Just like knocking over Garnett just now, Li Ba also knocked over Artest in the air, and with a bang, smashed the ball into the basket.

Phil Jackson had no choice but to make a gesture, tactical foul, and cut Li Ba.

With Li Ba's free throw rate of 70%, this is definitely a tactic that hurts the enemy by 1,000 and hurts himself by 800 or even 1,000.

After one quarter, Li Ba opened fire and completely dominated both offense and defense. In a single quarter, he made 7 of 8 shots and 6 of 8 free throws, and scored 20 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 8 steals, 3 blocks, 1 turnover, and 1 foul.

He also committed a total of 5 fouls on the Lakers' inside line, including Artest, with great lethality.

At 12:38, under Li Ba's strong performance, the Suns led by 26 points, and the score not only doubled, but also tripled, which directly nailed the Lakers to the historical pillar of shame.

After one quarter, there was only heavy breathing on the Lakers' bench.

"The Hammer consumed a lot in the first quarter. Even if he plays again, he will definitely not attack again, so we need to score and catch up in the second quarter..."

Phil Jackson said repeatedly in front of the bench.

In the second quarter, Li Ba sat on the bench. He consumed too much in the first quarter.

"Terrible, 8 steals and 3 blocks in a single quarter, this is a terrifying defense!" Barkley shook his head and sighed.

"Fortunately, the Hammer played as a point guard, and the control of the rebounds was weakened by half, otherwise it would be even more terrifying." Kenny Smith said.

In the second quarter, most of the Lakers' main players played, taking turns to play, and chasing points with all their strength.

If they don't catch up in this game, with the strength of the Suns, this series will be difficult to recover. The consensus of the Lakers is that they must catch up.

The Suns sent Tony Allen to defend Kobe, relying on his persistent defense to reduce Kobe's offensive efficiency as much as possible.

Letting Kobe score does not necessarily mean losing, but as long as Kobe's scoring efficiency is reduced and he can still score more than 30 points, the Lakers have a 90% chance of losing.

But Kobe did not lose his composure, reduced his shots, and strengthened his defense, preventing the Suns' backup shooting guard Kevin Martin from making 0 of 5 shots.

At the end of the first half, the score was 44:56. The Lakers scored 32 points in a single quarter, allowing the Suns' substitutes to score only 18 points, and they pulled back 14 points, but they were still 12 points behind.

But at the beginning of the second half, Li Ba took over the game again on both offense and defense. The Lakers' main players played continuously and were too tired. Before they could react, he sent two steals and a block in succession, and played a 12:0 attack wave at the beginning, which pulled the score difference to 24 points again, making the Lakers' efforts in the second quarter fall short.

After the third quarter, the score was 56:90, and the Suns were leading by 34 points, which completely destroyed the Lakers' morale. The Lakers collapsed in the third quarter and changed players to admit defeat.

Li Ba only played a double-double, played for 24 minutes, and scored 32 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 14 inferences, 5 blocks, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls.

The playing time was too short, and he didn't play 5*5. He was completely unworthy of his current status in the basketball world and his performance was not satisfactory.

And there were only 5 rebounds, which was his lowest rebound record, which was a shame for him.

However, he did break his own record, raising the single-game steal record in the playoffs to 14 times.

14 steals in two quarters scared countless outside superstars.

The Suns won the G2 game, leading the Lakers 2-0, and both games were won by a large score, which was beyond the media's expectations.

Especially in the second game, Li Ba played only two quarters and broke the Lakers, which shocked the entire league and even the entire basketball world with Li Ba's strong defense.