Chapter 1219: Alian Is in a Low State

Li Ba moved to the basket, and Stoudemire and Chandler came up to double-team.

Neither of these two people have strong physiques and are particularly prone to injuries, so they don't just carry on, but defend from the side.

Especially for Chandler, the Mavericks wanted to use his height and wingspan to defend forward and prevent Li Ba from catching the ball.

As for Stoudemire, who has stronger mobility, the Mavericks asked him to play support to prevent Li Ba from acting at will.

Arab Lian was left open, and he pulled to the right wing of the paint area to catch the ball in the low post. Stoudemire rushed over to defend, but was slow and made a jumper near the basket, but missed the two points.

Li Ba had already blocked Chandler, whose tonnage was less than 110 kilograms, with absolute force, and successfully made up for it.

"Ah Lian has to make the shot, otherwise the open shot will be meaningless, and the Mavericks will be more decisive in double-teaming the Hammers." Zhang Lili shouted.

"My hands are not warm, and I didn't even score the first goal." Yu Jin said with a smile.

Looking back, Terry ran out of an open position and missed again.

Arab League grabbed the rebound, Ginobili caught the ball and played a fast break, but missed the layup. Terry, who was returning to defense, grabbed the rebound and the Suns attacked.

Next, Ah Lian took another open shot, but still missed.

This time Li Ba failed to grab an offensive rebound. Chandler protected the backcourt rebound and the Mavericks attacked.

"Both sides feel bad today. Apart from the hammer dunk, they haven't made a single shot yet," Yu Jia complained.

At this time, Nowitzki was holding Ray Allen on the right wing to ask for the ball. After receiving the ball, he made a jump shot directly to the basket. It was useless even for the Golden Rooster to stand alone, and he hit a two-pointer.

"Two draws. Nowitzki beats Ray Allen. This mismatch advantage is too big." Xu Jicheng said.

"There is no way. If Ray Allen is not available, Carter is the same. If he is a substitute player, who can guard Nowitzki? I am not good at the offensive end, so I might as well let Ray Allen and Carter play, so that my offense can finally be good. Give it a dozen." Zhang Lili said.

"Anyway, the No. 3 position is going to be beaten by Nowitzki today." Yu Jia said.

Sure enough, next, the Suns focused on UAE's open space, while the Mavericks focused on Nowitzki.

In the first few minutes, Ah Lian felt really bad. Perhaps there was something wrong with his physical fitness. His condition dropped significantly. When he had an open shot, he made zero shots in the first four shots.

Nowitzki made two of three shots, including one three-pointer, and scored five points. He was obviously better than the United Arab Emirates.

A Lian failed to score, and Stoudemire became more determined to double-team Li Ba.

In the fifth minute of the first quarter, 12:8, the Suns trailed by 4 points.

Li Ba just added a ball and grabbed two offensive rebounds and a backcourt rebound, but made no other contributions.

The Mavericks didn't attack inside. Even if they grabbed an offensive rebound, they passed it out. Even if Stoudemire shot one, he pulled it out and didn't shoot in the paint.

"Fortunately, Ginobili, Ray Allen, and Nash each made a mid-range shot, which kept the score from falling further behind. The UAE may have been really tired. They were all jump shots, just in the low post on the right wing, only two or three steps away from the basket. From a distance, there is no way to rush in and fight." Zhang Liyi said.

"It has been almost 100 games in a season, and he is the main defensive force of the Suns. It would be false to say he is not tired. He is persisting." Xu Jicheng said.

"The Arab League can't attack here, the Hammer should take over the attack." Yu Jia said.

"That's for sure." Zhang Li said.

The Suns attack.

As Li Ba ran towards the front court, he asked Ah Lian: "Are you tired?"

"Fortunately, the muscles are a little tight." Ah Lian said.

"Come in and set a pick-and-roll for me, and I'll fight." Li Ba said.

"Okay." Ah Lian said.

"Chandler is slower. You just need to block him. Your tonnage and strength are greater than him." Li Ba said.

"I know, Brother Iron Hammer." Ah Lian said.

Next, Li Ba ran towards the basket, and Stoudemire and Chandler followed.

But at this time, Ah Lian blocked Chandler, and Li Ba immediately ran up and pulled up from the basket to catch the ball.

Nash's pass was timely. After receiving the ball, Li Ba turned around and drove towards the basket from behind the Arab League.

Chandler's athletic ability is actually very good, and his speed is not slow, which makes him very strong in single defense and assist defense, but this is compared with other insiders, and he is not on the same level as Li Ba.

He was underneath Ah Lian and wanted to move laterally to block Li Ba, but before he could move in place, there was a bang and his left chest was hit. With his center of gravity in motion, he immediately sat down under the basket.

Li Ba knocked down Chandler and slowed down slightly, which gave Stoudemire a chance.

Stoudemire took a step up from the basket and blocked Li Ba.

But Li Ba immediately turned left, bypassed Stoudemire, stepped to the right side of the basket, stood up from the ground, and with a bang, he hit a one-arm dunk.

At this time, the whistle sounded, Stoudemire blocked the foul, and Li Ba added a free throw.

"Beautiful, this ball is played beautifully!" Yu Jia exclaimed excitedly.

"I just turned around to hit Stoudemire hard. I knew he was going to turn around, but I couldn't stop him." Zhang Lili said with a smile.

"Now Stoudemire's take-off speed is much slower than at his peak, and he didn't even have time to take off!" Xu Jicheng sighed.

"This shows that the hammer's bullet speed is so amazing. In addition, Stoudemire was abruptly turned around by the hammer just now. He couldn't take off immediately. He had to adjust his position to have a chance to block the shot. But with the hammer's rising speed, He won't be given a chance to jump at all," Zhang Lili explained.

In the following time, Li Ba was responsible for the main attack inside the Suns, but the Mavericks had no inside attack, which allowed his defensive energy to be used only on rebounds.

At the end of the first quarter, the two teams were tied at 25:25.

Nowitzki was in great form, making 6 of 10 shots in the first quarter, including two three-pointers, plus 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 16 points.

Because of his high efficiency on the outside, Li Ba's rebounding number was affected, and the Suns did not get enough advantage in terms of the number of shots, so the score was not advantageous.

"Iron Hammer made 4 of 4 shots and 3 of 5 free throws in the first quarter, scoring 11 points, and also grabbed 6 rebounds, with only one steal and one block. From this point of view, as long as the outside attack is in great form, it is really possible to avoid his defense. But few people can maintain a great touch throughout the game. As long as the touch is down, Iron Hammer can use his defense to gain an advantage." Zhang Heli said.

Xu Jicheng said: "Nowitzki's outside attack just now was all on the three-point line, not close to the paint area. As long as his touch is down, he will move closer to the paint area to improve his hit rate, and this will give Iron Hammer the opportunity to go out and help defend."

"So unless he can shoot the ball away from Iron Hammer throughout the game, he will definitely take the initiative to move closer to Iron Hammer." Yu Jia smiled.

Zhang Heli added: "But the Suns also have a weakness, which is the problem of physical fitness. A-Lin made 0 of 4 shots and did not take any shots afterwards. He only set pick-and-rolls for the Hammer and was eliminated after playing for 7 minutes. Nash is also trying his best to persist. He is 38 years old and his physical fitness is very difficult now."

Xu Jicheng nodded and said: "After beating the Mavericks, there will be the finals later, which will be more difficult."

Yu Jia said: "Injuries to McGrady and Hill have a great impact. I hope they don't get injured again, otherwise they will really not be able to bear it."