Chapter 1237 Where Is Your Defense?

At the opening jump ball, Li Ba took the lead and the Suns attacked.

Li Ba ran to the basket, Gasol and James double-teamed him, leaving Dudley open.

Dudley did not ask for the ball, but followed James into the paint, entangled with James, and covered for Li Ba.

As for A-Lin and Ginobili, they both pulled to the wing, the former on the left wing and the latter on the right wing, both pulled to the three-point line.

While James and Dudley were entangled, Li Ba used his faster mobility to pull out from the basket.

At this time, Nash's ball came in.

Li Ba received the ball, and he had "seen" that Gasol was blocking him from behind, so he immediately turned around to break through the latter and hit the gap behind him.

Gasol saw it and quickly retreated to the reasonable collision area under the basket.

This was exactly the purpose of Li Ba's turn. His first goal now was not to score, but to cause damage.

So as soon as Gasol retreated, he immediately followed, dribbled, and blocked Gasol. Started to back up at the basket.

At this time, James squeezed Dudley and rushed over.

Li Ba instantly back-butted Gasol, who weighed 120 kilograms, was bigger than him, but had a higher center of gravity and was not as strong as him, so he was pushed by him.

Through the lock-on skill, he "saw" Gasol move, and immediately jumped sideways, and dunked the latter with a bang.

James' double-team was half a beat late, and then he heard the referee's whistle.

"Good job."

Li Ba landed and shouted at Dudley.

Dudley nodded repeatedly, and was a little excited to be praised by the boss.

The referee indicated that Gasol blocked the foul and Li Ba scored an extra free throw.

Gasol also arrived at the scene today. At this time, he wanted to remind his younger brother, because this is how the Suns played against the Lakers, first beat him and Duncan, and then the Suns can control the paint area.

"Mark, don't push him too hard, take a half step back, and make sure to reduce the fouls." He shouted to the court in Spanish.

Gasol heard his brother's voice and nodded in this direction.

Zhang Heli analyzed at this time: "The Suns really play hard inside, which is right, so there is a chance to completely control the paint area."

"Yes, it's better to focus on one first, Bosh is outside, first hit Gasol down, and then force Bosh in." Xu Jicheng said.

"Hammer... made a free throw, now the Heat attack." Yu Jia shouted.

Bibby advanced to the frontcourt and immediately passed it to James, who carried Dudley on the left wing three-point line and advanced to the wing, while observing the position of his teammates, especially the weak side.

The weak side, now it is the right wing, Bosh is in the right bottom corner, and Wade is at the 45-degree position of the three-point line.

Bibby did not stay at the top of the arc after passing the ball, but ran to the left bottom corner and pulled Nash down, so that Nash could avoid playing a fast break during the offense and defense transition.

Suddenly, Bosh and Wade started at the same time and ran to the paint area.

A-Lian's speed was slower than Bosh, and Ginobili was not as fast as Wade, and both were left behind by half a step.

At this time, Gasol also suddenly moved to the basket.

Just as the three Heat players were about to rush into the basket, James shot against Dudley's defense.

"Bang!"

The ball missed and hit the basket.

Li Ba was pulled from behind by Gasol, and Wade was still in front of him. The three of them joined forces, Bosh got the rebound, and then dunked.

"Oh, the Heat played well with this cooperation, using faster movement to get rid of the defensive players, and then when James shot, they formed an advantage of more people against fewer people under the basket. Although A-Lian and Ginobili followed in, they both fell outside."

Zhang Heli said in surprise.

"The iron hammer is one against three, and the rebound is lost. Will the Suns respond?" Xu Jicheng asked.

2:3, the Suns attack.

With the same style of play, Li Ba once again forced Gasol.

Dudley was still entangled with James, Li Ba pulled out again to receive the ball, and then used the action of turning and breaking through to force Gasol into the reasonable collision zone.

This time, Gasol got the guidance of his brother. After being forced back, he retreated half a step when Li Ba approached him.

The next moment, Li Ba directly dunked and scored.

Gasol jumped up to block the shot, but he didn't keep up with the rhythm at all.

The good thing was that he didn't get a foul.

On the sidelines, looking at Gasol, Pat Riley frowned and his face was very cold.

Barkley immediately explained: "From a defensive perspective, this is a failed defense because the defense is too passive.

If Gasol has the same speed as Hammer, it's fine, but he doesn't. If you want to defend Hammer, you have to hold on and not let the opponent get up."

Kenny Smith laughed: "Anyway, the result is similar. He is not as strong as Hammer, and his center of gravity is too high. He can't bear the back arch of Hammer at all. It is very likely that he will not have the opportunity to get up like last time, and he will pay a foul."

Barkley disagreed with this statement. He said: "James is just one step away. Gasol only needs to hold on for half a second to get a chance for James to double-team. He must hold on to Hammer, otherwise what is the point of his defense?"

Kenny Smith shrugged and laughed: "Dudley played well in these two offensive screens. Although he can't hold on to James, he can still delay for half a second or a second. In other words, as long as Nash passes the ball in time, James' double-teaming will be difficult to succeed because Hammer moves better under the basket than him."

Heat attack.

This time, both A-Lin and Ginobili let Bosh and Wade go two steps to avoid being left behind again.

But Bosh and Wade made a run without the ball and then a pick-and-roll, forming two mismatch advantages, namely Wade's speed advantage over A-Lin and Bosh's height advantage over Ginobili.

At this time, James passed the ball horizontally to Bosh.

Bosh shot directly over Ginobili's head and hit a mid-range shot.

"The Suns should pay attention to defending the pick-and-roll! A-Lin and Ginobili are old champions, and the switching speed should be accelerated!"

Zhang Heli reminded loudly.

4:5, the Suns attack.

Gasol still adopted Gasol's passive defense method, but this time Dudley failed to hold James, and the latter rushed up when Li Ba was about to stand up and dunk.

Li Ba "saw" James coming, but he still chose to force the attack, which was exactly his purpose. If he couldn't hurt Gasol, it would be better to hurt James.

At the moment when James came up, Li Ba forced himself to stand up and dunk. The former could only jump to block the shot and slapped Li Ba's hand. As the ball flew up, the whistle sounded.

"Beautiful! James fouled." Yu Jia shouted excitedly.

"Mark, what are you doing? Where is your defense? Are you defending with your eyes? Do you still want a big contract?" Pat Riley couldn't help it anymore and roared at the court.

James glanced at Gasol, shook his head, and walked over to communicate.

"Mark, I need you to hold the hammer and don't give him too much space to stand up. You can do this, I believe you." James said.

Gasol also realized that there was something wrong with his defense at this time. He shouldn't be so weak. His brother's defensive skills may not be suitable for him. He learned from Li Ba that it is the toughest defense, not the most passive defense.

"Don't worry, LeBron, I will do it, I promise." Gasol nodded.