Chapter 203 Exploding the Basket Again
The Pistons attacked, Okur didn't ask for the ball this time, and he easily got rid of the slow Joe Johnson on the left wing and scored two points in the mid-range shot.
4:2, the Pistons trailed by 2 points.
The Suns attacked, the left wing was low, and Li Ba asked for the ball again.
"Hey, is the Hammer going to exert its strength on the offensive end today? Is he not afraid of the Pistons double-teaming him?" Barkley asked in surprise.
"Take the ball and double-team it! I don't want to see him near the basket."
Before he finished speaking, the voice of Pistons coach Larry Brown rang.
The Pistons play a three-two defense, mainly defending the outside of the Suns. To be precise, the main defense is Marbury, the first scoring point. Li Ba generally does not attack at this point.
But Larry Brown is now directly adopting the defensive tactic of double-teaming when he gets the ball. He doesn't want to see Li Ba score.
The reason is simple. Daben is the boss of the Pistons, the soul of the Pistons. Li Ba, who is also a defensive center, can easily score consecutive points on the head, or even repeatedly dunk, which will seriously damage the morale of the Pistons. Allow Li Ba to score points.
Big Ben began to frantically push Li Ba outward, while Prince, who was defending at the free throw line at the same time, looked this way, and would come down to double-team at any time.
Marbury hesitated.
"Give me."
Li Ba shouted.
What kind of character is he? You don't want me to get points, but I still want to get points. Even if I lose this game today, I will score 20 points on Big Ben.
Marbury said nothing, and immediately passed the ball.
After he became the boss in Liba, his statistics have increased a lot, and he has averaged 25+10 per game, and he has really entered the 20+10 club.
This is also his first season, with over 10 assists. As a point guard, no one can say that he is not good.
Moreover, so far, he is still the league's assist leader, one full higher than the second-placed Jason Kidd.
After the opening of the All-Star voting this month, he is now the No. 1 point guard in the Western Conference, beating Steve Francis of the Mosaic team.
Of course a lot of votes come from China, but isn't Francillo the same? Eldest brother don't talk about second brother.
Then his agent told him that a Chinese company was contacting him, and he had the opportunity to get a sponsorship and endorsement contract from China.
Not to mention other things, just these real benefits, so he fully supports Li Ba.
Li Ba catches the ball and starts to rely on the last ball.
That's when Prince pounced.
"Boom! Boom!"
While dribbling, Li Ba stepped into the paint with two quick hits in a row, and at this time Prince came to his side.
Li Ba could pass now, and without Prince, James Posey was empty, just below the free-throw line, looking at him with his mouth open and his hands outstretched.
But he didn't. He's going to blow up the offense today.
It is said that his template is Daben, and they are blue-collar superstars. Today he will step on Daben to prove that he is not a blue-collar, but a real superstar.
At the moment Prince jumped up to double-team, Li Ba suddenly leaned on the big body, and using his right foot as the axis, he turned over and turned right, and he made a slip.
Da Ben immediately started, and his right arm directly blocked him, but it was useless, the two were equal in strength, how could one arm block him?
Li Ba broke through Da Ben's entanglement in an instant, and stepped into the reasonable collision zone like a dragon out of trouble.
At this time, Pistons power forward Okur came to make up the defense.
But Li Ba didn't seem to see him, he grabbed the ball with his right hand and raised it high, and jumped up to face him with all his strength.
"Boom!"
Okur was hit directly from the air.
"boom!"
Heavy dunk with one arm, trembling at the basket.
6:2, the Suns lead away by 4 points.
"Aw!"
The people at the basket turned their backs on their backs, and the Palace of Auburn Hills had to let out a burst of exclamation.
"Good job, Mehmet! Do it again next time." Larry Brown applauded.
He has always been dissatisfied with Okur's defense, but just now he performed well this time, very hard-blooded and tough, which made him very happy.
"Oh, this bottom-sliding action is not bad. With the blessing of strength, except for O'Neal and Da Ben, other low-post players should not be able to deal with it. Unless they stand in advance, they will be directly knocked away." Barkley said the explanation.
"Even O'Neal and Big Ben must be fully prepared, otherwise it will be the same as Big Ben just now." Kenny Smith said.
"It can attract the Pistons to double-team and defend, so now the media doesn't give the Hammers a blue-collar name." Barkley laughed.
"well!"
Larry Brown sighed.
"Replacing Big Ben with a hammer and filling the fourth position is the truly perfect Pistons." He thought so.
At this time, Li Ba added a penalty.
"Be careful this time, I will keep scoring points on you, and I will step on you this time." Before the free throw, Li Ba stared at Da Ben and said.
"..."
Da Ben's expression changed, and a ferocious aura suddenly permeated.
"Just because you want to step on me? Don't even think about it!" He spit out the word through his teeth.
"boom!"
The free throw was missed and the rebound was taken by Big Ben.
"A hand that doesn't live up to expectations."
Li Ba muttered something, shook his abnormally thick wrist, and immediately turned back to defend.
This time Okur asked for the ball, and Billups saw that he was in the low post and passed it to him.
Marion pushed from behind this time, not daring to let Okur get into the basket easily.
But Okur weighs 113 kilograms, Marion is only 100 kilograms, and he doesn't use strength as the main quality like Li Ba, how can he stand up?
Under Okur's back hit, he arched into the paint twice, and then shot, a small hook.
The small hook is his most proficient post-up finishing method, which can keep the ball away from the defender.
Sideways, Okur completed a small hook.
Marion didn't jump up, because he was pressed by Okur, so he had no choice but to hit Okur's arm heavily, stopping the latter's attack.
Okur made nearly 80% of his free throws and made 2 of 2 free throws, which made Li Ba very jealous.
6:4, the Pistons trailed by 2 points.
The Suns attacked, and Li Ba made another big move.
The generals of the sun also had no objection, after a hard fight with the hammers, they happened to take a break.
This time Prince double-teamed faster, and the momentum did not allow Li Ba to enter the paint.
Seeing that James Posey was empty, Li Ba immediately raised one hand and threw the basketball to Posey at the free throw line.
Prince was startled, and instinctively stopped and turned around.
"Boom! Boom..."
Right here, Li Ba started to back the big books, and the basketball was still in his hands.
That's why big hands are good, and the fake moves are so realistic that even Posey was fooled into thinking he would catch the ball, let alone Prince.
When Prince pounced on Li Ba and Da Ben again, Li Ba stood in the paint again.
"Turn over and turn right!"
Seeing Li Ba's turning around, Barkley shouted.
Daben was prepared this time, and moved in parallel one step ahead of time, standing on the edge of the bottom line, blocking Li Ba's way to slip to the bottom.
At the same time, Prince also took the position of Da Ben, standing behind Li Ba.
The cooperation between the two was very good, as if they were connected to one wall, they moved a step towards the bottom line almost at the same time. If Li Ba turns right and hits Da itself, the breakthrough will definitely fail, and mistakes are likely to occur.
"Did the slide fail?" Kenny Smith yelled.
"Ben moved."
Li Ba's buttocks could no longer touch Da Ben, so he immediately knew that Da Ben had moved, but then someone posted it, and he knew it was Prince.
Through the feeling of his hips, he clearly knew the positions of the two defensive players.
So, he immediately made a left turn.
Taking the left foot as the axis, when turning around, the left shoulder hit Prince's right shoulder, the latter fell directly backwards, and then stepped on the outer edge of the reasonable collision zone with his right foot, and jumped up.
"flute!"
The whistle sounded.
"boom!"
Li Ba blew up the basket again.