Chapter 1247 Collision
Their personalities are too gentle, just like Carter, who was repeatedly tripped by Bowen, causing him to be injured several times, and finally nothing happened, so now they are a little overwhelmed and look at Li Ba.
"I will teach them a lesson before that." Li Ba said coldly.
This sentence calmed everyone's hearts. This is the role of Optimus Prime. One sentence can stabilize the morale of the army, like Carter and Nash. Superstars like Ray Allen also calmed down.
The timeout ended and the Suns served the ball from the sideline.
On the left wing, Ray Allen ran and was knocked down by James, but the whistle did not sound.
Ray Allen climbed up and rubbed his chest. He felt a little stuffy after being hit.
With his small body, it is impossible to withstand James' collision.
Li Ba pulled out again and attracted Bosh. At this time, Alian also followed and stood behind Bosh, making an offensive screen pick-and-roll.
Li Ba received the ball and immediately turned around, breaking through the blocked Bosh, and formed a one-on-one with Gasol.
Relying on the home whistle, Gasol made an obvious hand-pressing action when he jumped up to block the shot under the basket, and hit Li Ba's right wrist.
But the whistle did not sound.
It was just that Gasol's defense was not successful. Li Ba was prepared, holding the ball with both hands, still pressing his hands, and forcibly smashing the ball into the basket.
11:10, the Heat attacked.
"The home whistle was really obvious." Yu Jia complained.
"The Heat's defensive actions were very large, and some actions were not restrained. The Suns should be careful of injuries, especially Nash and Ray Allen."
Zhang Heli reminded.
Bibby held the ball to the top of the arc and pretended to break through.
Nash did not have a defensive attitude, but he had no defensive talent and his physical condition was not good. Seeing Bibby break through, he immediately made the choice to retreat.
Unfortunately, most of his defensive choices were wrong. Bibby was a fake breakthrough and he was shaken off.
Nash wanted to defend again, but his body did not support it and he could not complete the action of grabbing quickly, so Bibby got the opportunity to shoot a three-pointer.
But just as Bibby jumped up, Li Ba appeared from behind Nash and blocked the ball with a brutal volleyball block, knocking the ball backwards. Then, with a bang, he hit Bibby and threw him to the ground.
"Ugh!"
Under the blessing of Li Ba's huge strength and weight, Bibby was hit hard on the floor, making him see stars and scream in pain.
"Oh!"
The whole audience exclaimed.
"Damn it!"
Seeing this scene, Pat Riley's face immediately twitched. He didn't care about being a gentleman and yelled at the referee on the court:
"The hammer didn't dodge. He hit people on purpose. This is a malicious foul."
The referee glanced at Riley and Stern who was sitting next to him. Stern's eyes were cold and he glanced at him. So he ignored Pat Riley's complaint and pointed to the baseline, giving the ball to the Heat.
Although his whistle favored the Heat, he would never dare to blow it on Li Ba in such a crucial game with the president in front of him.
In fact, he only didn't blow the foul on the Heat today, and didn't blow it on the Suns, and didn't give the Heat a few free throws.
"Mr. Riley, this is a normal collision."
Payton tightened the tie around his neck and shouted at Pat Riley.
"Shut up, Gary!"
Pat Riley said to Payton with a stern face.
Payton shrugged, spread his hands, and then made a weird face to the Suns bench with his back to Pat Riley.
He didn't dare to confront Pat Riley, unlike Frank in the past, who dared to confront Popovich.
"Haha..."
Seeing Payton's weird face, the Suns bench laughed.
Li Ba climbed up from Bibby, and didn't help the latter, and walked aside by himself.
He is now a villain, so he won't do superficial things, gentlemanly manners, etc., he will show them after the game.
Bibby was unlucky. He did nothing but was slaughtered by Li Ba like a chicken.
James and Wade were beside him, feeling sad. No one dared to go up and argue with Li Ba whether the collision was normal.
"This bastard must have done it on purpose." Wade came close to James and spoke loudly, intending to let Li Ba hear.
James nodded, glanced at Li Ba, and said nothing.
After hearing this, Li Ba said something frankly: "Boys, in the league, from the inside to the outside, I am definitely one of the cleanest defenders, so don't force me to attack you, otherwise you rookies will suffer.
If you want to play in the gray area today, I will play with you, and play to the end to see who has the most people standing off the court."
James' face twitched several times and he sighed secretly, is this a threat?
Bibby was substituted off the court. When Li Ba intentionally hit him with his body, his small body couldn't bear it. He had to rest for a while before playing again. The team doctor wanted to check him.
Next, the Heat's defensive intensity failed to rise, and they stayed within the normal range of action, and no longer tested the referee's bottom line.
After one quarter, the Suns led by 6 points at 28:22.
Li Ba's offense was not much, mainly attracting defense, then passing the ball, and playing from the outside.
The outside hit rate is definitely not as good as the inside, so although the Suns have an advantage in rebounding, the score did not exceed 30 points.
Ray Allen took a week off and his touch was average. He made 1 of 4 three-pointers, 2 of 4 two-pointers, and 3 of 8 shots in total, scoring 7 points.
Li Ba made 4 of 4 shots in a single quarter, with only one free throw, and scored 9 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.
On the defensive end, except for rebounds, his performance in other aspects is still weaker than normal, which is why the Heat's offense is still on the outside.
Moreover, Gasol and Bosh have great restraining power in the interior, which affects his help defense on the outside.
In the second quarter, Li Ba continued to play.
He replaced Nash, partnered with Carter and Dudley, and the interior was Polish Hammer and Haslem.
For the Heat, the interior was Bosh and Big Z, and the exterior was James and Eddie Jones and James Jones.
Li Ba faced James.
When the Heat attacked, LeBron James held the ball and advanced, and Li Ba defended and retreated.
He did not stop LeBron from receiving the ball. In fact, he had the ability to do so, but experience told him that when the ball was in James' hands, his own defensive energy could be used.
James didn't go to the top of the arc. He held the ball and came to the left wing near the top of the arc, and began to back-up Li Ba.
He knew that Li Ba was good at active defense, so he didn't delay. He just pushed Li Ba and immediately made the next move, not giving Li Ba the opportunity to display active defense.
"Squeak!"
With the sharp friction of the shoes, James turned and broke through.
He had practiced his turn with fly-catching training for several seasons, and it was already very fast. He almost passed Li Ba in one step.