Chapter 1234 Preparing to Clear Veteran Contracts

Li Ba gasped twice and started to fight back.

"Don't you guard me anymore?"

James was surprised and quickly signaled Gasol to serve.

"Oh, the Hammers are no longer restricting James," Barkley shouted.

On CCTV, Zhang Lili also shouted: "This is right. Let James participate so that the Hammers can also participate. This is actually good for the Suns..."

Before he finished speaking, as soon as James advanced to the midline, Li Ba made a beautiful defense.

When James stepped across the center line, Li Ba suddenly made a move to press forward.

His arms were too long. After taking half a step to grab the ball, he leaned over and grabbed it, almost hitting the ball. James was so frightened that he quickly protected the ball.

This time, a low-level mistake occurred. He took a small step back and returned to the field.

The whistle sounded, and after seeing the gesture, James threw the ball to the referee angrily.

The Suns served the ball from the sideline. Li Ba ran to the left three-point line to receive the ball. He turned around and beat James, and entered the paint from the wing.

After so many years of fly-catching training, James actually turned around very quickly, but he was still slower than Li Ba, but he still followed up, only one step behind.

Haslem pulled to the front right of the basket, making room for the basket.

Gasol stood under the basket and stared at Li Ba who rushed in.

Li Ba stepped into the paint area, pulled the ball up from the floor, and suddenly threw it towards Haslem's position, making a passing motion.

This action was so realistic that James behind him and Gasol under the basket couldn't help but look at Haslem.

Then, Gasol knew he had been fooled. As soon as he turned around, his vision went dark, and then there was a sound of the basket being smashed above his head, and he was dunked.

"Damn it!"

James also grunted in annoyance.

At this time, the referee blew the whistle and pointed at Gasol, indicating that the foul was blocked and Li Ba added a free throw.

Yu Jia said excitedly: "This ball was played beautifully. Gasol committed five fouls. Give him one more time and send him off the field directly."

Zhang Lijia smiled and said: "The hammer will definitely go to Gasol next. Without Gasol, the Heat's rebounding will become a problem."

Li Bajia missed a free throw, Gasol grabbed the rebound, and the Heat attacked.

James carefully advanced to the frontcourt, not going to the top of the arc, but to the left wing.

From this position, he can see the entire field and give full play to his vision.

Inside the left wing, small forward Jones was carrying Carter for the ball.

"Vince, watch this little character."

Li Ba looked back at Carter and spat out trash talk, which made James Jones so angry that he almost suffered from depression.

Just then, LeBron James took off.

The moment James took off, Li Ba, who was still looking at Carter, immediately jumped up, turned sideways in the air, and pressed down with his backhand.

As soon as James' ball was pulled from his chest to his head, it was held down by a big hand, and then he was pushed to the floor with the ball.

"Beep!"

James fell, but the ball was still in his hands, and the referee signaled to walk.

"boom!"

James was furious and smashed the ball to the floor.

"Beep!"

The referee couldn't help it. Although this was the Heat's home court, he still gave James a technical foul.

"Did James commit the fourth crime?" Yu Jia immediately became excited.

"It should be." Zhang Li said with a smile.

The Suns made a free throw and Ginobili made a free throw. 90:84, the Suns led by 6 points and the Suns had the ball.

Li Ba advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, carried James and broke into the paint area, heading towards Gasol.

On the left wing, the United Arab Emirates suddenly started to move. After leaving behind Bosh, he cut the paint area diagonally and followed Li Ba in.

Gasol didn't learn anything else from the Suns, but he learned the toughness of defense. Even if he was committed five times, he still wouldn't be soft.

Li Ba carried James with his right hand and took off with the ball in his left hand to attack the basket.

Gasol jumped up to block the shot, raised his arms high, and did not make any downward movement. He just blocked the front of the basket.

Unfortunately, Li Ba was going for him. After he jumped up, he did not attack the basket. Instead, he passed the ball from his head to the back left. After he landed, he immediately rushed to the baseline.

Ah Lian caught the ball and hit Gasol with a two-arm dunk. With a bang, he dunked his former teammate.

Not only Gasol didn't react to this buckle, but James also didn't react. He also jumped up after Li Ba, but he didn't expect that there was a United Arab League behind him.

"Beep!"

The referee blew the whistle, Gasol blocked the foul and committed six fouls.

"The heat is over!"

Buckley yelled.

Zhang Liangli also said excitedly in the live broadcast booth: "Next, the Hammers should return to the fifth position, completely control the paint area, control the rebounds, and win this game by relying on the number of shots."

If it is as Zhang Lili said, next, Nash comes on the court, Li Ba returns to the fifth position, Dudley comes on the court, and takes down Carter.

In the 10th minute of the last quarter, James regained his freedom and began to burst out with energy in the last minute of the game, but it was already too late.

Li Ba and Ah Lian jointly controlled the paint area and completely controlled the game.

At the end, 101:91, the Suns won by 10 points.

Li Ba failed to score a five-double in the end and only got a quadruple-double, but victory is more important than anything else.

In 48 minutes, Li Ba scored 34 points, 26 rebounds, 10 assists, 9 steals, 13 blocks, 2 turnovers and 3 fouls.

After the game, Zhang Heli sighed: "It's not easy to win this game even though we lost Ray Allen."

Xu Jicheng nodded and said: "With the consumption of physical energy, the next game will be more difficult, and the advantages of the Heat's young lineup will be highlighted."

Yu Jia worriedly said: "Is it like the Heat playing against the Celtics?"

Zhang Heli nodded and said: "Now these veterans on the outside are injured. Ray Allen may not be able to come back. There are only Nash, Carter and Ginobili left. They can play about 75 minutes in total. Who will play the remaining 70 minutes? Dudley can't stand up to James on the defensive end, and can't make shots on the offensive end, and he doesn't have the skills to make shots. There are only two inside players, the water goods and Xidu."

Yu Jia shook his head and said: "The Hammer doesn't like the two water goods. He thinks they have no fighting spirit. Xidu has also degenerated badly. He can only shoot while standing and play while walking."

Although they won the G1 game, the Suns had nothing to be happy about. The management and coaching staff were so depressed that they held a coaching meeting overnight after returning to the hotel.

Payton said: "The team has been injured again and again. Now there are only five players on the perimeter who can rotate, including Ginobili, Nash, Carter, Dudley, and Hedo. Three of them are veterans, and Ginobili is also a quasi-veteran. My suggestion is to promote Dudley to the starting three position, Hedo to the backup three position, Ginobili and Carter to the starting and backup of the two positions, and the Hammer will still be the backup of the one position."

"No more injuries." David Griffin said worriedly.

Boss Sarver said to Griffin: "After the season, clean up a batch of veteran contracts immediately to make room for the renewal of the Hammer."

"Did the Hammer agree?" Griffin said excitedly.

Sarver shook his head and said: "It's just preparation, but there shouldn't be any big problems. Be prepared to pay a large luxury tax next season. We want more young players and can't sign so many veterans."