Chapter 1057 LeBron Blocked From Behind?
In the TNT live broadcast, Barkley saw the two head coaches coming together and couldn't help complaining: "As far as I know, the Suns once contacted Mike Brown, but Brown refused, and Payton took over and got the best award." Kudos to the coach, that made Brown think it was the league's fault."
Kenny Smith smiled: "Now the two of them lead the team to face off in the finals. Whoever wins and who loses is the real best coach."
At this point the game begins.
Gasol and Shark jumped the ball, and the Cavaliers attacked.
On the offensive end, Billups still holds the ball, LeBron plays small forward, and Li Ba defends.
Billu is at the top of the arc, James is on the left three-point line, and O'Neal is in the low post below. Mobu passes the ball to the right three-point line, and Varejao is in the low post below.
Ginobili suddenly stepped forward to catch Billups off guard, trying to catch Billups off guard and create opportunities for the two wings to help defend and double-team the top of the key.
But Billu was too calm, quickly moved sideways to protect the ball, and then broke through.
Ginobili retreated to defend, but Billups faked a shot and hit a three-pointer from the top of the arc. With a bang, the Cavaliers opened the scoring.
When Billu made the move, James entered the rhythm of offense and defense transition. He first blocked Li Ba who was about to start his descent. The moment the basketball entered the basket, he immediately turned around and returned to defense.
The Suns still launched a fast break. Gasol fired quickly. Li Ba received the ball after crossing the center line, catching up with LeBron in front and heading towards the paint area.
The two teams quickly entered the rhythm of offensive and defensive transitions. Only O'Neal was left behind, and he was accompanied by Gasol who was serving.
The Suns did not have the rhythm of playing more and less in the frontcourt, but they still played fast breaks. This was because they had to seize the short opportunity when the Cavaliers did not have O'Neal inside and attack the inside.
Li Ba quickly rushed into the paint area with the ball, and James, who returned to defense in time, was already standing in front of the reasonable collision area, but at this time, the United Arab Emirates rushed in from the left wing and took a step away from Varejao.
Li Ba passed the ball to Ah Lian and continued to rush to the basket.
James hit two and quickly moved in the direction of UAE, but at this time, UAE received the ball and pushed the ball directly in front of the basket. He had to move again, but it was already too late.
Li Ba stepped on the ground two steps away from the front, grabbed the ball in the air with one hand, smashed it down with one arm, and smashed the ball in with a bang.
Before James could stand still, he was hit by Li Ba and knocked back two steps.
"Beep!"
The referee's whistle sounded, and James stepped on the line of the legal collision zone with his left foot, but did not take off to block the foul.
This is the effect of a fast break. If O'Neal cannot get into position in time, the strong will bully the weak and attack the inside.
Barkley shouted: "O'Neal can't keep up with the offensive and defensive rhythm, and Varejao can't keep up with Yi. In this kind of fast break, the Cavaliers can't cope with the Suns' inside attack. LeBron and a small forward have to defend the Suns at the same time. It is simply impossible to have two big insiders and one of them is a hammer.”
Kenny Smith said: "In the regular season, when facing the Suns, the Cavaliers exposed this problem, but unfortunately they were unable to reinforce it."
Barkley smiled and said: "O'Neal was traded by the Suns. Can we say that this was intentional by the Suns and deliberately tricked the Cavaliers?"
Kenny Smith was stunned and felt that it was really possible.
Cavaliers fans heard the two talking and immediately began to scold the Suns' management for being too cunning.
Li Ba made an extra free throw and the two teams tied at three.
The Cavaliers attack, Billups passes to James, and James passes to O'Neal in the low post on the left.
"Oh, the Cavaliers played a triangle offense? But it was indeed a good tactical choice, because O'Neal can definitely beat Gasol alone."
Buckley yelled as soon as he saw it.
O'Neal started to hit Gasol with his back. Li Ba took a step back with his back to him, but did not look back.
"Be careful of double teams!" LeBron warned.
At this time, the shark arched twice and entered the paint area. Hearing LeBron's words, he suddenly turned around and slipped into the paint area.
Gasol returned to defense in time, but was squeezed away by Shark's huge body and tonnage. Shark grabbed the ball with one hand and smashed the ball into the basket with a bang.
5:3, the Cavaliers lead.
When O'Neal squeezed Gasol away, Li Ba knew that the attack was over, and he immediately started the quick kick.
Similarly, LeBron, who is an excellent basketball player, has also entered the rhythm of transitioning between offense and defense, blocking first.
This time he adopted the method of running closely to limit Li Ba's speed and interfere with his catching the ball.
But he immediately knew that he was wrong. This was not going to work at all. He was pulling Li Ba while running, and he also looked back to pay attention to the pass from behind. Before he reached the center line, he was overtaken by Li Ba, and then Li Ba's crab elbow was thrown away. Two blows suppressed him behind him, and he could no longer surpass him.
At this time, Gasol passed the ball, Li Ba grabbed it back with one hand, and then strode forward with the ball.
At this time, Billups returned from the center to the paint area. Before he could reach the basket, Li Ba entered the paint area from the right elbow area. He had no time to block it and stretched out his hand to block it. It can only be regarded as a false response.
After knocking away Billu's arm, Li Ba flew up,
Barkley shouted urgently at this time: "LeBron takes his hat back?"
With a bang, Li Ba dunked his arms hard, and the basket suddenly sank.
"...It's useless, the hammer's bullet speed is too fast, faster than LeBron, he didn't keep up!" Barkley shouted.
"It's useless to keep up. The Hammers knew he was behind him and didn't pull back when he hit the basket. He had no chance to put the ball back."
Kenny Smith spat.
Five-all tie, Cavaliers attack.
The ball first went to James, Li Ba did not retreat, but went forward to steal the ball, forcing James to pass the ball.
The Cavaliers' current tactic is the triangle tactic, James passes the ball to the low post, let O'Neal play alone, and then he can pull away or cut into the basket.
So Li Ba made a steal, and James immediately chose to pass the ball.
As soon as the ball was shot, Li Ba immediately turned around and implemented help defense in the low post.
James saw that in order to receive O'Neal's ball, he also immediately implemented an empty cut to the basket.
At the same time, Billups at the top of the arc hurriedly moved to the left wing, James' original position, and prepared to receive O'Neal's pass.
O'Neal received the ball and saw Li Ba rushing over. His current ability was not enough to attack the basket in this situation, so he immediately chose to pass the ball.
James was still behind Li Ba, and he passed to Billups.
Li Ba was already one step ahead of O'Neal, out of reach, so he could only hang over, but could not really pass to Billups.
But at this moment, Li Ba jumped up with all his strength and grabbed the ball with one claw.
"Steal, beautiful!" Yu Jia shouted excitedly.
At this time, Li Ba passed the ball to Ginobili above, who was running down, and Bilu chased on one side.
Li Ba followed Ginobili and ran down, and James chased on his left.
Ginobili advanced to the paint area, shook his head left and right, and then jumped when he rushed to the basket, threw the ball from the air above his head to the right back, and then rushed out of the baseline.
Li Ba jumped into the air, stretched his right hand forward, and at the moment of grabbing the ball, he held the ball with one arm and hung it straight to the basket.
At this time, James on the left jumped at the same time, trying to cross Li Ba's body to block this ball.
"Bang!"
When James and Li Ba collided in the air, the basket exploded.
The two responded and opened up. The former stumbled several steps to the left front and almost fell to the ground, and the latter hung on the basket with one arm and swayed for a while.
5:7, the Suns led.