Chapter 147 Miller's Three Points

"Oh, the Hammer jumped earlier than Jermaine O'Neal, which shows that O'Neill's everything is under his control. This is the top defense! At the same time, the Hammer showed everyone his toughness. But I want to What he said is that his toughness has always been face-to-face toughness, not from behind your back. We know that the Warriors are complaining to the league, but I don’t know what they plan to appeal? Could it be that Jason Richardson is in the iron Knee hits on the back of the hammer, should they be encouraged?"

The result of the league's handling has not yet come out, and the Suns on-site commentator used his commentary to put pressure on the league.

Xiao Ao got up, there was a red mark on his forehead, tears were poured out.

Li Ba regretted that the swatter was too heavy. His hand was very hard after the fly swatter was implanted, and it could have a great impact on the basketball when blocking the shot.

"It will be troublesome if we drive him out. I can't guard against his mid-range shot." He was a little worried.

Own himself doesn't play the low post very strongly. His real position is power forward, and he mostly shoots in the high post. Now he is worried that Ao won't come in.

The basketball hit Jermaine and rolled out of the baseline, so the Suns attacked.

Li Ba was on the baseline, ready to serve, when he saw that Marbury had turned around and rushed to the frontcourt, waving at him. There was only a Pacers point guard behind him, two steps away.

"Fast attack!"

With a flash of his mind, he swung his arm immediately, and the basketball flew directly to Marbury.

This pass was ahead of time. Marbury rushed to the three-point line to catch the basketball and made a three-pointer. The Pacers point guard rushed up from behind. Started, rushed to the basket,

"boom!"

A heavy dunk with one arm scored two points.

1:2, the Suns lead by one point at home.

The Pacers attacked again.

Al Harrington asked for the ball at the left-wing three-point line, then made a three-pointer after a feint.

James Posey didn't fall for it, jumping up to block the shot, forcing Harrington to raise his shot angle.

When Harrington made a shot, Li Ba immediately got stuck, relying on his absolute strength, he directly squeezed Xiao Ao behind him.

"boom!"

The basketball hit the hoop and bounced a little straight ahead.

Li Ba slammed back, borrowed strength from Xiao Ao, took the first step forward at full speed, jumped up, and grabbed the rebound on Marion's head.

He felt his bullet speed, and after increasing it by 30%, it should have reached Marion's bullet speed.

Marion jumped in the air, with a helpless expression on his face, Hammer, you are still the same, grabbing my rebound again?

At this time, Marbury and Joe Johnson were about to go down, and Li Ba smashed out the basketball.

The Suns played a fast break, but the Pacers' point guard and guard Reggie Miller were weak and old. They obviously reacted a beat slower and failed to keep up with the rhythm when returning to defense.

"boom!"

Marbury gave the ball to Joe Johnson and earned an assist.

1:4, the Suns lead by 3 points at home.

"Papa papa..." There was warm applause in the Meixi Arena.

"Xiao En, next time you play a fast break, will you give me an assist?" Li Ba said to Marion.

"Hammer, what do you mean, you say I can't pass the ball? It's been a long time since I didn't check the data." Marion said with a dark face.

The Pacers attack again.

Jermaine ran to the high post this time and made a pick-and-roll with the point guard.

Li Ba followed up to defend and blocked the dismantled point guard Kenny Anderson under the free throw line.

In fact, he didn't want to be blocked, the other party took the initiative to be blocked by him, and he was blocked.

"Snapped!"

Jermaine O at the free throw line received a pass back from Kenny Anderson and immediately made a jump shot.

The play was perfect and Kenny Anderson set a nice screen to get Jermaine open.

Marbury is next to Jermaine O. This is actually a dislocation after the pick-and-roll, but it is no different from an open position.

"boom!"

It's a pity that this tactic was played, but it missed. It was purely bad luck and had nothing to do with the tactic or the players.

The backboard didn't run away, it was just behind Li Ba's head, without turning around, while the audience was stunned, he jumped up with his back to the backboard and grabbed the basketball without missing a beat.

"Aww!!!!!!!!!!!!"

For this rebound without looking at the ball, the audience cheered fiercely.

"Oh, oh, can we call this a Ba's rebound?" the Suns commentator roared excitedly.

"YES!!!!!!!!!"

The American West Arena immediately gave a warm response.

"The Hammer's basket rebounding can be compared to Rodman's."

"I think he's even better than Rodman around the basket, just outside the paint."

"But after he grabs the rebound, his ability to launch a fast break is far superior to Rodman, which shows that he has the organizational ability to control the audience that Rodman does not have."

"OK, you're right."

Some media talked about it one after another.

"boom!"

With three fast breaks in the opening game, Marbury couldn't contain his excitement. This time he still gave Joe Johnson a dunk and earned assists himself.

"Lao Ma only cares about his own assists, and I lost two assists." Li Ba muttered depressingly.

"He's a point guard, aren't you? What do you want to assist?" Marion complained on the side.

"Yes, I only want rebounds." Li Ba said.

"..."

Marion doesn't want to talk anymore. His scoring average has increased, but his average rebounds have decreased. This is all a good thing done by the hammer.

The Pacers attack and call a long timeout.

"We must strictly guard against the Suns' fast-break tactics. We must return to the defense quickly from the outside, keep up with the opponent's fast-down, control the rebound inside, delay the rookie's long pass, and cut off the source of their fast-break..."

Pacers coach Rick Carlisle exhorted loudly.

This will become a famous coach in the future, but he is just a novice now. He only coached the Pistons in the 2001-02 season. This is his third coaching season.

In his two seasons in the live game, the regular season winning rate is 61%, which is very high in the East, but the playoff winning rate is poor, only 40% in the first season, and only 47% in the second season, which cannot meet the pursuit. The request of the Pistons for the championship, so it was replaced by coach Larry Brown.

The game restarted with the Pacers attacking.

When the basketball came to the frontcourt, Xiao Ao didn't play the low post, but directly waited for the pick-and-roll in the high post.

Li Ba went up to defend, when Pacers point guard Kenny Anderson suddenly activated, and before the pick-and-roll happened, he rushed into the paint next to Xiao Ao.

This caught Li Ba by surprise.

But luckily, there was Marion in the low post on the right wing, away from the Pacers power forward, and moved laterally to the basket to defend.

Kenny Anderson immediately changed direction and rushed down the baseline to the left wing.

At this time, Pacers shooting guard Reggie Miller was rushing from a 45-degree angle from the left three-point line to the left corner and reaching for the ball.

His defensive player, Joe Johnson, was young and strong, and although he was a little slower, he was only half a step slower.

But it was this half step that allowed Reggie Miller to receive the basketball.

The moment the basketball started, Reggie Miller made a long body movement after an emergency stop, directly shaking Joe Johnson, and then short body and then made another jump shot.

"Shua!"

The water splashed and the basketball was hollowed into the net.

4:6, the Pacers are still 2 points behind in the away game.

"Hey, why don't you send someone to guard me, don't you look down on me?"

After making a three-pointer, Reggie Miller, who was quiet for a while, started to talk trash again.

He didn't spray at Joe Johnson either, as if he didn't see such a person around him.

This made Joe Johnson very embarrassed, and his face was a little ugly.

"Joe, this old guy is from the toughest defensive era, and he likes to stretch his legs to get fouls when he shoots, so the next time he takes a shot in front of you, just bring him down. You have six fouls, look at his old man. How many more times can you carry the bones?" Li Ba's voice sounded immediately.

"Damn rookie!"

Reggie Miller's complexion quickly sank, but he stopped spouting dirty words at Joe Johnson.

He is really old now, almost 39 years old, and weighs only 84 kilograms. Joe Johnson weighs 25 kilograms more than him. How much can he carry? Pressing directly on him is a bit choking.