Chapter 1172: Big Victory over the Warriors

The game started, Li Ba won the jump ball, and the Suns attacked.

Today he faced Biedrins, an alternative center, a fighter among white players.

Biedrins's mobility is fast, comparable to that of a forward, and his mid-range and long-range shots can be completely ignored. He has no shots outside the paint area, but he has a good ability to hold the ball and attack the basket outside. He has a certain ability to back the basket near the basket, but he mostly attacks facing the basket.

He also has good pick-and-roll skills and awareness, and his shots are very fast, similar to throws, and he has a lot of dunks.

Li Ba moved to the basket, and Biedrins was very smart. He knew that he couldn't hold up, so he took a front defense, trying to cut off Li Ba's receiving line with his height and agility.

But unfortunately, Li Ba's overall mobility is definitely not slower than him, and his small area mobility in the paint area is comparable to the speed of top guards, so his plan did not come true.

Li Ba turned around and got stuck in front of Biedrins, using his strong strength and arm span to control the latter behind him, and then squeezed the latter back to the reasonable collision area in two moves.

At this time, Nash's pass came in.

After receiving the ball, Li Ba did not make a fake move. After turning sideways, he jumped up.

Biedrins' physical fitness is indeed very good among white people, but in front of Li Ba's top speed, it is nothing. He did not keep up with Li Ba's speed.

"Bang!"

Li Ba dunked Biedrins with one arm.

"Beep!"

The referee blew the whistle, pointed at Biedrins, and made a gesture of foul. The former was awarded an additional free throw.

Zhang Heli shouted at this time: "This Biedrins is good at blocking, but his speed of getting up can't keep up with the hammer, and his reaction is obviously slower than the hammer."

At this time, Li Ba added a free throw and hit it, 0:3, the Suns led.

The Warriors attacked.

Curry held the ball and came to the left wing three-point line.

He did not call a pick-and-roll, faked a breakthrough and shot, easily shook off Nash, and then took a three-pointer and hit a goal.

In his rookie season, he averaged 2.1 three-pointers per game, with a hit rate of over 40%, and 4.8 shots per game. This season, he decided to increase his three-point shooting.

After making this shot, he retreated and glanced at Li Ba under the basket.

He was even eager to challenge the first active player and to try out what kind of terrible defense this person who has been on par with the God of Basketball has.

Li Ba came to the basket and blocked Biedrins again, and then hit again.

But this time he made a fake move, first shaking Biedrins, and then stood up and dunked for the second time.

"Bang!"

"Beep!"

At the same time as the basket was smashed, the referee blew the whistle.

Biedrins had two fouls, the goal was valid, and one free throw was added.

Biedrins felt like he was defending a cunning beast, which made him feel very powerless.

This time the free throw was missed, David Lee grabbed the rebound, and the Warriors attacked.

Curry tried again, but missed. Li Ba protected the rebound and the Suns attacked.

"David, double-team in advance." Warriors coach Smart shouted on the sidelines.

In this way, Yi Jianlian was left open.

He received a pass from Nash and made a jump shot at the edge of the paint.

3:8, the Suns led.

Warriors attacked.

Point guard Ellis passed the ball.

Monta Ellis was the 10th pick in the second round of 2005. His pick was very low, but he was very strong. He was the Warriors' first scoring point in the first two seasons, averaging 25.5 and 24 points per game.

What people criticized was that he took too many three-point shots, but his hit rate was not high, which lowered his scoring efficiency. Coupled with his personality, he could not become an All-Star level star.

Ellis took the ball on the right wing, shook Ginobili, and made a three-pointer.

Ginobili blocked Ellis's eyes and interfered with the latter's shot. The basketball hit the basket and was protected by Li Ba.

The Suns attacked from the inside. After Li Ba attracted a double team, A-Lin got an open position again. At this time, the Warriors switched defense. A-Lin passed the ball to Carter, who shot a mid-range shot and hit a goal.

3:10, the Suns led, the Warriors attacked.

Outside the left wing three-point line, Curry asked for a pick-and-roll from Biedrins, and Li Ba followed the defense.

After the pick-and-roll, Li Ba switched to defend Curry.

Curry was very excited. Against Nash, he didn't need a pick-and-roll at all, but he asked for it because he wanted to see what the strongest defender in the history of the league was like.

Li Ba approached Curry and took the initiative to defend at the first time.

In perimeter defense, especially for those with strong three-point shooting ability, his principle is to take the initiative to go out and approach the opponent to make the changes he wants, rather than letting the opponent make the first move.

At the moment of approaching, he suddenly stepped out and completed the grab at the fastest speed, while grabbing the ball with his right hand.

"So fast!"

Curry was startled and instinctively pulled the ball back, but it was a little too late. The ball was touched by Li Ba's hand and slipped out of his hand. He quickly turned around to chase the ball and caught up with it on the sideline.

But by then Li Ba had caught up and stopped Curry on the sideline, making it impossible for him to turn around. At the same time, his right hand once again touched the ball that he couldn't see.

With a pop, Curry's ball was knocked away again.

This time it hit his foot and bounced out of bounds.

The linesman blew the whistle and the ball was exchanged.

"..."

Curry was a little confused. Is this the iron hammer's defense? He felt like he couldn't breathe.

Although he played four games against the Suns in his rookie season, he did not have the opportunity to play against Li Ba. Now he has tasted the strongest defender.

When the Suns attacked, the Warriors doubled Li Ba in advance, and the open A-Lian made another shot and hit a mid-range shot.

At halftime, 6:18, the Suns led by 12 points, three times the Warriors.

A-Lian, who frequently got open shots, took 6 shots in the half quarter, hit 4 of them, and scored 8 points, the highest scorer on the team.

Zhang Heli said excitedly: "The tactics of this game are more reasonable than the last game. The hammer must exert force on the offensive end and attract double teams, so that others can get open opportunities."

In the second half, the Suns made a change.

Li Ba did not ask for the ball under the double team in advance, which made the Warriors bolder and gave up the double team in advance, so he immediately attacked under the basket, and Biedrins was fouled out.

With the starting center off the court, the Warriors' inside line collapsed by half, and they could only resume the double team on Li Ba in advance, while reducing the inside attack and strengthening the outside attack.

Ellis and Curry took over the offensive power, throwing long shots one after another.

But in terms of rebounding, the Warriors were not guaranteed. David Lee's rebounding ability was very strong, but facing a rebounding super strongman like Li Ba, his rebounding ability was immediately weakened. Li Ba controlled the paint area on both ends of the offense and defense, and 12 rebounds in a single quarter made the Suns' number of shots much higher than the Warriors.

Without the number of shots, even if the Warriors' outside hit rate was close to 43%, it could not solve the problem of insufficient scoring ability.

Li Ba was double-teamed in advance, and the outside line got a lot of open opportunities, and Nash and others opened fire.

After one quarter, 15:39, the Suns won by 24 points.