Chapter 1315: Battle with the Lakers

At noon on the 11th, Kobe called A Lian, Paul, and Howard and invited Li Ba to lunch at the Senbei restaurant.

"Hammer, you have so many rookies, give us two." Kobe shouted when they met.

"What are you talking to me about? If you want a deal, let the management talk about it. I don't care about that." Li Ba said indifferently.

Even if he and Gao Yuanyuan acquire the team, he has no intention of intervening in the management of the management. It's not what he is good at without bothering about it.

Kobe is really not just saying that he thinks Li Ba's substitute rookie center is good, has strong rebounding ability, and has a good personality. He seems to be very aggressive, unlike Howard, the happy beast, who is happy even if he loses.

"Brother Hammer, the Suns are very strong this season. They have won 9 consecutive games." Ah Lian said with a smile.

"There is no way, the opponent is too weak, and we are too strong." Li Ba said with a smile.

Kobe rolled his eyes and the bastard started blowing again.

"The Heat strengthened the fourth position, and that fool from the Jazz gave Millsap to the Heat. Hammer, what do you think?" he asked.

Li Ba smiled and said: "Ask me what I think, and I will tell you, let alone Millsap, even if the Heat strengthen Duncan, who is at his peak, it will be useless."

"You will die if you don't brag?" Kobe said angrily.

"Hammer, when will our restaurant be put on the market?" Howard was not interested in talking about the game, he only cared about this. He was a little short of money recently.

"It's under planning, probably next year," Li Ba said.

"Oh, that's great." Howard shouted excitedly.

On the 12th, before the game, both sides announced their starting lineup.

Suns: Li Ba, Nene, Caron Butler, George Hill, Harden.

Lakers: Howard, Allen, Antawn Jamison, Kobe, Paul.

In the CCTV live broadcast, Zhang Lili analyzed: "In the Western Conference Finals last season, both Howard and Arab suffered injuries. In the end, the Lakers fell to the Thunder, but the Lakers lineup itself had problems."

Xu Jicheng nodded and said, "Yes, the Lakers have already gone to great lengths to get Howard."

Yujia said: "After trading Artest, the Lakers' small forward position has not yet been strengthened. I think even if the Lakers defeated the Thunder last season and met the Heat, they would be beaten by James at the third position. "

Zhang Lianda said: "This season, the Lakers did not hesitate to pay a high luxury tax to strengthen their position and traded Jamison, but they are indeed a little weak at the third position."

Xu Jicheng said: "Same as the Suns, at the third position, the Heat are too weak."

Yu Jia smiled and said: "There is no way, the Heat's small forward is a historical small forward."

Zhang Lianda said: "The Lakers are now on an eight-game winning streak, and the Suns are on a nine-game winning streak. The outcome of this game is very important. It will determine which of the two teams occupies the first place in the Pacific Region, the West, and the league."

Yu Jia said at this time: "Teachers, have you noticed that in the first eight games, Howard's condition has obviously declined a lot compared to last season. It should be caused by injuries."

Zhang Liyi said: "It's true. He is 27 years old, almost 28 years old. He is at his peak according to his age, but injuries have a great impact on center players. In this state, if his body can't hold it anymore, that's it. A sudden fall."

Xu Jicheng continued: "And Howard is still a physical player. If he can't improve, I think the Lakers may trade him."

Zhang Liji said cheerfully: "From Howard's point of view, the Hammers are 30 years old and are still at their absolute peak. Eight consecutive 5*5 games, four triple-doubles, three quadruple-doubles, my God, this is incomparable. ah!"

Yu Jia smiled and said: "Immortal's physique is as good as the sky, I think there will be no problem in fighting for another ten years."

"Haha..." The three of them laughed.

The game started, Li Ba and Howard jumped the ball.

The jumping beast lost, Li Ba touched the ball at a faster speed, and the Suns attacked.

The outside line is wide, the shooting ability inside is average, and Li Ba moves around the edge of the paint area under the basket.

Because his strength is not as good as Li Ba's, Howard adopts a forward approach, while the Arab League defends inside and outside, maintaining defense against Li Ba at all times.

At this time, Li Ba suddenly pulled out from under the basket and asked for the ball.

Howard quickly followed up and prevented Li Ba from getting the ball.

At this time, Li Ba suddenly turned around and ran back. At this moment, Harden passed the ball to the basket.

It turns out that this is a Suns tactic, first pulling Howard out of the basket, and then Li Ba uses a faster turn to return to the basket.

"boom!"

With a one-arm alley-oop, Li Ba smashed the Lakers' basket.

"This is a beautiful combination, making full use of the hammer's bug-like movement ability under the basket!" Zhang Liangli praised.

"Dwight, don't stay too far away from the basket when following the defense. The Hammers don't take many shots and focus on protecting the basket." Lakers head coach Mike Brown yelled.

The Lakers attack, Howard defends the basket, and the others pull away.

Paul held the ball on the right wing, first broke through Harden quickly, then suddenly slowed down, and under the control of fast and slow rhythm, shook Harden away, then shot a three-pointer and hit a goal.

"This is Paul's specialty. He changes speed very well when controlling the ball and can often get space to shoot." Zhang Li said.

"Paul, Irving, and Iverson all have different styles, each with their own characteristics. The same thing is that they can't get into the paint area guarded by the Hammers and can only shoot jumpers from outside." Yu Jia laughed.

At this point, the three of them laughed again.

"Comparing the lineups of the two teams, the Suns are much weaker on the outside. The No. 3 position is similar, both are weak. The combination of Kobe and Paul is likely to beat the combination of Harden and George Hill in both offense and defense." Zhang Heli said.

"If the outside line explodes, the Lakers may win, but the Lakers will have an advantage in the regular season at most. As long as they enter the playoffs, the Suns will have an advantage in the series." Xu Jicheng said.

"Yes, it is impossible to explode a series by playing with your touch. As long as the league does not introduce the kind of hair-level foul rules, then in the playoffs, once the defensive intensity increases, the outside shooting rate will definitely be affected, and then the inside advantage will be highlighted."

Zhang Heli nodded and smiled.

The Suns attacked, and Harden shot a three-pointer, but missed.

Howard went around to defend, and was in a disadvantageous position to grab rebounds, and was stuck outside by Li Ba.

Li Ba's two iron arms stretched out to the left and right, and his feet took root. Howard could not push, squeeze, or get in, and could only watch the former grab the rebound.

"Beautiful, the hammer grabbed the offensive rebound and dunked successfully." Yu Jia shouted.

"This is the weakness of the front defense, the rebound control is weakened. As a defender, you can choose to go forward when you are at both ends of the low post and far away from the basket, but if you go forward when defending at the basket, it means you don't want the rebound." Zhang Heli complained.

"The Lakers are already at a disadvantage in rebounding against the Suns. If the Beast goes forward again, the rebounding will be even worse." Xu Jicheng said.