Chapter 1053 Li Ba and A Lian’s Joint Blockade

At the top of the arc, Stoudemire came up to defend, and only his speed could keep up with Li Ba.

Of course, this is in terms of speed. In terms of defensive skills and defensive attitude, that is another matter.

Li Ba saw Stoudemire defending, turned around directly, and started to back-up at the top of the arc.

Bang, bang, bang, three consecutive quick back-up, he pushed Stoudemire to the free throw line.

At this time, he "saw" someone coming up under the basket, that must be O'Neal coming up to double-team him, he instantly swung his arm back, and with a bang, the basketball hit the ground from the other side and passed into the basket.

Neither O'Neal nor Stoudemire behind him reacted to this pass.

Gasol received the ball under the basket, and with a bang, he completed an unguarded double-arm dunk.

Barkley laughed at this time: "This is the first time I see the hammer use the back-up technique at the point guard position. What I want to say is, with his turn and first step, who can defend his back-up?"

"It is recommended that people under the basket never come up to double-team, otherwise it will be the result just now," Kenny Smith laughed.

Mavericks attack.

O'Neal was moving under the basket, Josh Howard was alone on the left wing three-point line, Stoudemire and Nowitzki were both on the right wing, the former inside and the latter on the three-point line.

One step inside the three-point line, Li Ba was under Nowitzki, close to him.

Nowitzki held Li Ba with his right hand and stretched out his left hand to ask for the ball.

At this time, Kidd passed the ball.

At the moment the ball was shot, Li Ba quickly took a step from Nowitzki and grabbed the ball in his hand with a snap.

"Congratulations to Kidd, you made a turnover!" Barkley shouted.

One of Stoudemire's tasks today was to defend Li Ba's fast break. In order to make it to the finals, he also tried his best and followed Li Ba with all his strength.

But he still couldn't catch up with Li Ba, who was in a more forward position. Li Ba's advancement speed was too fast. After entering the three-point line, he rushed to the basket.

At this time, Kidd had just run to the basket, but Li Ba, who had entered the paint area, took the ball, grabbed it in his right hand, and jumped up to meet the former.

"Shit!"

Kidd didn't have time to stop and turn around, and he didn't want to be knocked away, so he didn't slow down and rushed out of the baseline.

With a bang, Li Ba blew up the Mavericks' net.

0:4, the Suns led.

"Stoudemire must defend against the fast break of the Hammer's defensive counterattack, otherwise he will not be able to keep up with the Hammer."

Zhang Heli shouted.

The Mavericks attacked again.

This time, Li Ba didn't stick to Nowitzki, he let go.

He couldn't not let go. With his mobility and reaction speed, he could actually completely cut off Nowitzki's receiving line and completely freeze the latter, but he couldn't do that because he wanted Kidd to pass the ball over, otherwise where would he get a chance to perform?

Kidd looked at it and saw that from the top of the arc to the right wing three-point line, forty-five degrees, a distance of more than three meters, he should be able to pass it if he let go.

At this time, Nowitzki suddenly took a step out, and Kidd's hand shook and passed the ball over.

At this moment, Li Ba took the first step from the front and rushed towards Nowitzki.

Nowitzki was mentally prepared. He took the ball one step outside the three-point line, then instantly jumped sideways and finished the leg-lifting backwards in the air.

At this time, Li Ba jumped up and hit Nowitzki's right knee, but at the same time, he slapped the ball thrown by the latter.

"Ouch, did you hit it?" Yu Jia shouted.

"Fuck!"

Li Ba wanted to hit the old driver in the face with a ball. This damn shooting posture should never win the championship in his life.

"Bang!"

In a fast break, with an extremely heavy double-arm super dunk, Li Ba smashed the Mavericks' basket two feet.

"Dirk, if you dare to break my balls, I won't spare your balls, and it will also be buried with my balls."

Turning back, Li Ba whispered to Nowitzki.

Nowitzki's face twitched, and he felt a cool breeze under his crotch. It really was a cold wind blowing on his balls!

Next, Li Ba felt that he couldn't let Nowitzki receive the ball. If he bumped into him a few more times, he might end up with nothing.

In the next few rounds, Li Ba really froze Nowitzki completely.

Nowitzki had no choice but to play pick-and-roll with Stoudemire.

The first pick-and-roll was successful. Li Ba and Alian switched defense. Alian failed to defend Nowitzki, who made a three-pointer as soon as he received the ball.

But then, Li Ba and Alian were prepared to defend the pick-and-roll. The two teamed up to block and steal several shots for Nowitzki and Stoudemire, completely destroying the Mavericks' offense on the right wing.

The two main offensive points were blocked, and the Mavericks fell behind the Suns by a large margin in the first quarter, 14:36, losing 22 points.

The Suns used their strong defense, plus their strong defensive counterattack ability on the outside, to blow up the Mavericks on both offense and defense.

Barkley sighed: "This is a true combination of offense and defense, as well as inside. I think other teams should learn from the Suns in terms of team building ideas."

Kenny Smith nodded and said: "The Suns traded for Yi with David Lee, but the media actually did not agree with the deal.

But now it seems that Yi's arrival has provided the Suns with tremendous defensive energy inside, and at the same time can also pull opponents away on the offensive end, which David Lee cannot provide."

Barkley went on to say: "So, why did the Suns spend several years training David Lee, and even trained him into an All-Star player, but still want to complete this deal? This is the idea of ​​building a team with both offense and defense, which is also worth learning for other teams."

Li Ba exerted his strength on both offense and defense in the first quarter, making 5 of 5 shots in a single quarter, scoring 10 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 steals and 4 blocks.

And with the help of Alian, he completely blocked Nowitzki and Stoudemire. With the two of them working together, the Mavericks' entire right wing was blocked from attacking.

The old driver took the ball 7 times, was intercepted 2 times, and was blocked 4 times, not including the number of times he was intercepted before receiving the ball. He made 1 of 5 shots in the whole quarter and scored 3 points and 1 rebound.

Stoudemire also made only 1 of 4 shots, was blocked 2 times, was intercepted 2 times, and missed a shot.

Alian also sent 2 big blocks and 1 steal, and scored 6 points in 3 of 4 shots, all of which were received by Li Ba's pass in fast breaks and dunks.

In the second quarter, Li Ba continued to play and led the substitute players to fight against the Mavericks' main players.

The Mavericks put Dampier and Stoudemire on the inside, and Li Ba and Dio joined forces.

The Mavericks attacked, Stoudemire got the ball on the left wing, turned around and backed Dio, at this time Li Ba suddenly started and implemented a double-team on Stoudemire.

He determined that Stoudemire did not dare to enter the paint area, and Stoudemire's mid-range shot was good now, he would definitely connect and turn around and jump shot, so Li Ba attacked decisively.

Of course, even if Stoudemire made a mistake in judgment and chose to turn around and break through, it didn't matter, he was sure to block him before he passed the ball.