Chapter 1210 Leading 2 to 1
Li Ba pretended to dunk.
Gasol could only jump to defend, otherwise it would be a blocking foul.
But this was a fake move, Li Ba did not jump up.
Just as Gasol landed, Li Ba stood up again, this time for real.
"Bang!"
Duncan squeezed Haslem away, blocked the ball, and hit it.
But Li Ba held the ball with both hands this time, and Duncan's one-handed block could not stop him from hitting the basket. With a bang, he broke Duncan's hand and then smashed the ball into the basket.
The whistle sounded, and the referee ran over.
Duncan quickly raised his hand to indicate that he had committed a foul.
Gasol looked at the referee and did not raise his hand.
He didn't dare to raise his hand. If the referee gave it to him, he would graduate.
The referee glanced at Gasol, pointed at Duncan, and gave Duncan a hand-hitting foul.
Li Ba made the free throw, 71:77, the Suns led by 6 points.
Yu Jia shouted, "Duncan has four fouls now. There is still one and a half quarters left. Come on, Hammer, beat them down, and the Suns will win."
The Lakers attack.
At the top of the arc, Parker dribbled past Nash and went to the right elbow.
This is Parker's shooting area with a high hit rate. Gasol is one step below, and Haslem is below Gasol. He could have taken advantage of Gasol's jump shot here and didn't defend, but he didn't shoot, but rushed from the outside of Gasol.
Haslem moved to make up for the defense, and Parker jumped up directly, hitting the former and making a layup.
"Beep!"
As the referee blew the whistle, the basketball went into the basket.
"Oh, I got a two-plus-one, and Haslem also got three fouls." Zhang Heli sighed.
"Now everyone is creating damage, let's see who succeeds first." Xu Jicheng said.
Parker made the free throw, 74:77, the Suns attack.
Li Ba was wandering in the upper area of the paint, Gasol was blocking the reasonable collision area under the basket, and Duncan was blocking in front of Gasol.
At this time, Nash passed the ball in, Li Ba took the ball, turned around and directly broke through Duncan, and rushed towards Gasol.
He was in front of Gasol in one step, and the latter raised his hands and did not move at all. Li Ba had to change direction with the European step, brushed Gasol and rushed into the basket, and with a bang, he successfully smashed the basket.
"The turnaround is too fast! The mobility of the hammer, coupled with his impact, is really invincible under the basket."
Barkley exclaimed.
"Gasol dare not move now, the quality of the Lakers' interior defense has seriously declined, and the problem is more serious than that of the Suns."
Kenny Smith said.
The Lakers attacked, and Duncan and Gasol still went up to the free throw line, pulling the Suns' basket empty.
At this time, Kobe broke through the baseline again, but this time Hallerem defended in place, and formed a double team with Ginobili who was chasing down on Kobe.
Kobe forced the ball to Gasol from between the two, but Li Ba, who was coming down, stole the ball.
Li Ba personally carried the ball this time, but not fast, and he let Duncan and Gasol get into position.
He suddenly became the point guard, which made the Lakers' defense a little confused. Parker followed for a while, and then Tony Allen changed.
If the current tactic was not to play inside and cause damage, this would be a very good fast break opportunity, because Ray Allen and Nash both had open opportunities.
"The Hammer didn't play a fast break, so we still have to force it this time and cause damage." Barkley said when he saw Li Ba's posture.
Seeing the Lakers' inside line in position, Li Ba raised his steps at the top of the arc and dribbled forward.
He ran over Tony Allen and entered the paint area.
Tony Allen wanted to use a foul to pull Li Ba, but he didn't have a chance, and the latter blocked him with one hand.
This time, Duncan and Gasol were very smart. They knew that Li Ba's purpose was to kill them and that he would not shoot a jump shot at all, so they stood directly in front of the reasonable collision zone. Duncan stood on the left side of the basket and Gasol stood on the right side of the basket, blocking the way to the basket.
Li Ba rushed straight in front of Gasol, suddenly stopped and turned around, leaning on the latter.
At this time, Tony Allen wanted to double-team him, but as soon as Li Ba approached Gasol, he leaned over and dribbled once, suddenly exerted force and arched Gasol into the reasonable collision zone, and then took advantage of Gasol's unstable center of gravity and immediately jumped sideways.
With a bang, Li Ba dunked with one arm, and dunked Gasol.
"Beep!"
The referee blew the whistle, ran over and pointed at Gasol, and made a gesture of blocking foul.
Gasol shook his head helplessly and raised his right hand.
"Great, Gasol graduated with six fouls and finally went down!" Yu Jia shouted excitedly.
The Lakers replaced Odom and took Gasol's position.
Next, Li Ba focused on Duncan.
As for Odom, the power forward who lacked the ability to fight, he was handed over to Haslem.
In the eleventh minute of the third quarter, Li Ba forced Duncan under the basket, causing Duncan to commit five fouls, and the Lakers' interior defense was in danger.
However, Parker and Kobe continued to exert their strength on the outside in these two minutes, making four three-pointers in a row, tying the score back, and the two teams tied at 85.
In the last twelve seconds of the third quarter, the Suns attacked.
Li Ba came to the basket, blocked Duncan with a quick move, received a pass from Nash, and then immediately started to push Duncan into the reasonable collision zone.
Haslem pushed Odom outside, making it impossible for him to double-team Li Ba.
After two consecutive arches, Li Ba arched Duncan into the reasonable collision zone. At this time, Tony Allen's double team came up. He immediately gathered the ball, turned down, and blocked Tony Allen behind him while facing the basket.
He stood up and shook, and Duncan immediately jumped up to block the shot.
But he was fooled. Li Ba didn't jump up at all. Duncan thought to himself that it was not good. Just after he landed, Li Ba stood up again.
"Bang!"
"Beep!"
The basket above Duncan's head was smashed, and the referee's whistle sounded, and the Suns fans cheered.
On the sidelines, on the Suns bench, Carter and Hill both stood up with one leg limping and cheered.
On the sidelines, on the Lakers bench, Phil Jackson closed his eyes.
"The Lakers are finished!" Barkley shouted.
"Beautiful! Duncan fouled out!" Yu Jia roared excitedly.
Zhang Heli excitedly shouted: "The Hammer's technical moves that cause damage are becoming more and more skilled. Duncan and Gasol's second jump ability is far inferior to his, and their knees are injured, so they can't keep up with his rhythm at all."
As Barkley said, after Gasol, Duncan left the court and the Lakers fell into a passive position.
Without the restraint of the two inside players, Kobe and Parker dared not to break into the paint area again, and could only passively jump shots from the outside.
In the first half of the last quarter, the two had a good touch and could barely support the situation, but Li Ba and Alian controlled the paint area. With the advantage of rebounds, the Suns still led the Lakers by 8 points after half a quarter, 95:103.
In the second half, the two lost their touch and the whole situation immediately deteriorated.
At the end of the game, 101:117, the Suns won by 16 points, won the G3 game, and led the Lakers by a big score of 2 to 1.
Li Ba scored 49 points, 27 rebounds, 7 assists, 10 steals, 11 blocks, 1 turnover, and 3 fouls, a quadruple-double + 5*5 data.