Chapter 1231 Ray Allen Is Injured

But unfortunately, all this was Li Ba's trap. He took a half step back, but took another step forward in an instant. When he crossed with James, he cut off the ball that James had just shot with his big hand, and then quickly went down.

"Beautiful!" Yu Jia shouted excitedly.

James passed the ball, started, crossed with Li Ba, and then... he found something wrong, stopped and looked back, and Li Ba had already rushed out of the arc.

"Bang!"

Li Ba flew over and hit the basket, and scored another goal.

At the end of the second quarter, Li Ba gave James three steals and two blocks, and James made a total of five turnovers, which can be said to be an explosion of energy on the defensive end.

It was through his defense that James's performance was suppressed, affecting the Heat's ability to organize offense, thereby hitting the Heat's offense, and at the same time making up for the lack of scoring ability of the Suns' bench lineup.

One of the most important links is that Li Ba played 6 fast breaks from the outside in a single quarter, and succeeded 5 times.

At the end of the half, 55:43, the Suns led by 12 points.

Li Ba made 6 of 7 shots and 2 of 3 free throws in the second quarter, scoring 14 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks. He scored 21 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 steals, 9 blocks, 1 turnover and 2 fouls in the first half, with 5*5 data.

Barkley exclaimed: "20+10+5*5 in the first half. No one in history, including Michael, has ever played such data in the whole game, but Hammer often plays such a great performance in the first half. Such a super giant among super giants, doesn't he deserve to be called the God of Basketball?"

Kenny Smith said: "If Wade hadn't come on the court in the second half and scored 8 points in a row, the Heat would have been blown up by Hammer's defense and outside fast break in the second quarter."

After the halftime break, the game resumed and the Suns attacked.

Li Ba returned to the fifth position, Nash came to the top of the arc with the ball, and made a three-pointer, but missed. The ball bounced far away and was taken by James, and the Heat attacked.

At the top of the arc, Ray Allen stood in front of James.

Without Li Ba's terrifying defense in front of him, James felt like he had come from hell to heaven. He immediately broke through with the ball and crushed Ray Allen.

Ray Allen wanted to block James closely to create an opportunity for Li Ba to help defend, but just as he was sticking to him, James broke through with force, and the two collided with each other.

Under the powerful impact of James, Ray Allen fell to the ground at the touch of a button, and he subconsciously supported himself with his hands.

"Ugh!"

His left wrist suddenly felt a sharp pain, which made him cry out in pain.

James did not rush up, and barely ran over Ray Allen. Just as he was about to jump up and shoot, Li Ba arrived and slapped the basketball before he shot the ball, and then pressed him to the floor.

The whistle sounded, and the referee signaled James to travel.

At this time, Ray Allen stood up, covering his left wrist with his right hand, looking at Li Ba, with a face full of regret.

"Ray?"

Li Ba asked uneasily.

Ray Allen shook his head sadly.

"Damn it!"

Li Ba also cursed angrily.

James said regretfully on the side: "I'm sorry, Ray."

"It's none of your business." Ray Allen shook his head.

"Oh, Ray Allen should be injured. This is really a double whammy." Zhang Heli shook his head and sighed.

"Well, let's take advantage of Carter. This is the biggest weakness of the veteran lineup." Xu Jicheng said.

"These veterans have persisted for a season, but still failed to persist to the end. They are the most miserable people." Zhang Heli said.

"What should we do now? Carter was injured once in the playoffs. He can't play for long." Yu Jia was so anxious that he was sweating.

On the sidelines, Pat Riley was very excited. The Suns had no one.

On the other side, Payton scratched his bald head helplessly, turned to look at the bench, and called Dudley.

A role player is now the main small forward.

"Listen to the hammer when you are on the court and do a good job of defense." Payton urged.

"I know, I won't let the boss down." Dudley nodded.

Payton nodded and pushed Dudley onto the court.

The good thing is that Dudley is very young, only 25 years old, and has a good defensive attitude. He can defend multiple positions. Although he certainly can't defend James, compared with Ray Allen, his defensive disadvantage is smaller. The offensive end is not very good. He can only shoot mid-range shots, and he has no ball-holding ability, and he can't get into the basket to attack.

Ray Allen sat on the bench, put an ice pack on his wrist, and looked at the court. Although his face was calm, his heart was a mess.

Not only was he in a bad mood, but several veterans were in the same mood. They had made it to the finals and the ring was in sight. Would they fall at the last hurdle?

McGrady, who came to Miami with a back injury, was desperate at this time.

"Remember, your task is to slow him down and don't let him rush up. If you defend him, there will be a team that will give you a contract next season. In addition, you must be active in running on the offensive end, shoot when you have the opportunity, don't hesitate, and don't consider how many shots you have."

After Dudley came on the court, Li Ba grabbed his arm and exhorted him.

"Got it, boss." Dudley nodded heavily.

The Suns attack.

The Heat double-teamed Li Ba again, but this time they didn't let A-Lin, but Dudley, and James went in to double-team Li Ba.

Dudley received a pass from Nash and shot a mid-range shot, but missed.

Li Ba held off Marc Gasol and James, while A-Lin blocked his position, grabbed the rebound over Bosh's head, took off twice, and made a hook shot, but still missed.

This time Bosh grabbed the rebound, but as soon as he got the ball in his hand, Li Ba slapped the ball, and the ball bounced on the floor and was caught by Li Ba.

James, Bosh, and Gasol surrounded Li Ba. Li Ba stood up forcibly, shook James and Bosh, and passed the ball to Dudley on the left wing.

Dudley caught the ball, weighed it, and shot again.

With a swish, it hit the target this time.

57:43, the Suns led by 14 points.

"Iron Hammer already has a triple-double, and now he has 6 assists and 6 steals, so there is hope for a five-double." Yu Jia said.

"I hope Dudley can open up this point and defend James, otherwise it will be difficult to play. The current lead is not a real lead." Zhang Heli said.

Looking back, James got the ball on the left three-point line and crushed Dudley.

His explosiveness was much stronger than Dudley, who was only 105 kg, while he was 115 kg, which was really a crushing breakthrough.

This time, in order to avoid being double-teamed by Li Ba, he only broke through two steps into the three-point line, and immediately took a jump shot and hit a goal.

Barkley said: "After the three-block and one-break defense in the first quarter, the Heat's offense has been driven out of the paint area, but the Heat itself is pursuing a small ball style of play, and they even want to trade Gasol, so the outside offense is very strong. The Suns injured Ray Allen again, so be careful, the Suns may not win this game."