Chapter 1054: Jordan or Hammer, Who Is Greater?

Sure enough, Stoudemire turned and shot a jumper, and then Li Ba grabbed the ball directly.

Next, Li Ba blocked Stoudemire's jumper from the wing again, and then the Mavericks' offense turned to other positions.

In the 6th minute, Li Ba grabbed 4 rebounds in the first half, sent 3 blocks and 1 steal.

Although the Mavericks' outside offense was also good, the number of shots was not as good as the Suns, and the score was not close, so Nowitzki took the court again.

The Suns did not make any substitutions. Li Ba was still in the fifth position, focusing on defense. While ensuring rebounds, he drove the Mavericks' offense out of the paint area.

At the end of the second quarter, 44:60, the Mavericks only recovered 6 points and were still 16 points behind.

Li Ba made 7 of 7 shots and 1 of 1 free throws in the first half, scoring 15 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists, 7 steals, 8 blocks and 1 foul.

Not to mention the 5*5 in the first half, the gap from the quintuple-double is only 2 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, and there is still half a game. This is not a problem for him at all. The only thing that prevents him from getting a quintuple-double is that the Mavericks give up this game.

"Come on Mavericks!"

At the end of the first half, the American West Arena cheered for the Mavericks, which made the Mavericks' owner Cuban look very ugly.

Barkley laughed and said, "We must not give up in the third quarter, otherwise the Mavericks will be scolded to death. So how likely is it that the Hammer will get 2 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks in a single quarter?"

Kenny Smith laughed and said, "As long as he wants."

Barkley shook his head and sighed, "I have to say that the incredible data of the peerless quintuple-double is a bit ordinary under the strength of the Hammer!"

"What do you want? Let him get a six-double or a seven-double?" Kenny Smith laughed.

Barkley was stunned and laughed.

In the third quarter, the main players of both sides played.

Li Ba still played point guard, and then switched to defend Nowitzki on the defensive end.

But the Mavericks' offense avoided Li Ba's wing, using Nowitzki to pin Li Ba on the right wing, and the offense was placed on the left wing, and Stoudemire was also placed on the left wing, leaving Nowitzki alone on the right wing.

Stoudemire played pick-and-roll with Josh Howard on the left wing, and played several good shots in a row, chasing five points and only trailing by 11 points.

Soon, Li Ba made adjustments on the court. He returned to the paint area, played the fourth position, defended Stoudemire, and A-League came to defend Nowitzki.

The left wing played well, and the Mavericks did not immediately change their offensive route.

In the next three short rounds, Li Ba blocked Stoudemire once and stole his ball once, allowing Josh Howard to get only one shot, but he didn't make the shot, and quickly extinguished the Mavericks' offense on the left wing.

In the 5th minute of the third quarter, 55:70, the Mavericks were still 15 points behind.

The Mavericks called a timeout and rearranged the tactics. The timeout ended and the game returned.

The Mavericks attacked, and because Li Ba went to the left wing, Nowitzki on the right wing became active and began to ask for the ball.

"Alian, just reduce his hit rate, I will protect the rebound." At this time, Li Ba moved to the free throw line.

He used English, and Nowitzki understood it, and he was relieved, because Li Ba wanted to protect the rebound, and it was absolutely impossible for him to come out to double-team him.

"Snap!"

Next, Nowitzki turned over and made a fadeaway jumper, but was caught by Li Ba who rushed over.

There was Gasol under the basket. As a power forward, Li Ba would never stay under the basket. The first half of what he said to Alian was true, and the second half was used to confuse Nowitzki.

The purpose of everything was just to hope that the opponent would do what he wanted.

"Double blocks, triple doubles, come on Mavericks!" Yu Jia shouted excitedly.

Hearing Yu Jia say this, Zhang Heli and Xu Jicheng lowered their heads and laughed non-stop.

Li Ba took advantage of the situation and quickly went down and advanced from the left wing.

A-Lian ran desperately behind him, he wanted to give Hammer an assist.

However, Kidd and Stoudemire returned to defense quickly, and A-Lian ran to the left wing three-point line, stopped suddenly, and stopped at the 30-degree position.

Li Ba rushed into the paint with the ball, and suddenly passed the ball backwards without looking back.

A-Lian received the ball, took a look before shooting, and hit the three-pointer with a swish.

"Beautiful!"

Zhang Heli shouted excitedly: "This is the most reasonable way to play. If A-Lian misses the shot, Hammer can still protect the rebound, play the second offense, and have the opportunity to get assists, and let A-Lian share the scoring task."

There were 23 seconds left in the third quarter, and the whole audience cheered, and countless fists were raised: "Five-double! Five-double! Five-double..."

"Congratulations to Hammer! Congratulations to the Suns..." Yu Jia stood up in the live broadcast seat, raised his arms excitedly and shouted.

Li Ba successfully scored a five-double in three quarters. This is the seventh five-double in the world, the sixth five-double in the NBA, and the second time that the Mavericks have become the background board for a five-double.

At the same time, this is also the third time that Li Ba has scored a five-double this season, and the second five-double in the playoffs this season.

Zhang Heli happily shouted: "In the entire league, the Spurs, Mavericks and Lakers are the luckiest teams, and they have all become the background board of five-doubles twice."

Xu Jicheng laughed and said: "I'm afraid they don't want to have such luck."

At the end of the game, 84:107, the Suns won by 33 points at home and won the first victory in the Western Conference Finals.

Dayao called and said with envy: "You kid, you are really going to become a god!"

"Dayao, beat the Cavaliers, we will meet in the finals."

Li Ba only said one sentence, because there were too many calls and there was no time.

"Who is the greatest basketball player? Jordan or the Hammer?"

Six minutes after the game, a post appeared on a forum in China, which immediately triggered a small number of replies.

Soon, similar posts appeared on online platforms around the world, attracting countless attention.

In the United States, no one or the media has ever discussed this issue, but this time it was touched upon.

Jordan's phone was bombarded with calls, and he turned it off and hid in a casino in Las Vegas.

His agent David Falcao's phone was also bombarded with calls, but as an agent he could not turn it off, so he chose a few media and answered this question.

"There is no doubt that they are both the greatest basketball players."

He could only answer this way, because no one could professionally belittle Li Ba's achievements. Seven five-doubles were enough to trample all doubts underfoot, and any doubts would be slapped in the face.

He added: "It's a pity that they are not in the same era, otherwise they would attack and defend one another, and every attack and defense they have would be remembered by history, and would make this sport full of incredible charm."

Falcao put Li Ba and Jordan on a high level, but his attitude was not recognized by the media, for a simple reason, Nike would not agree, and Adidas would not agree either.

The two sides launched a massive public opinion war through their respective media platforms to help Jordan and Li Ba determine who is better.