Chapter 206 The Similarities Between Ben and Hammer

Turning back to the Pistons offense, they did not enter the paint area and started pure outside shooting, including Okudou pulling out to shoot.

Li Ba on the Sun's side didn't ask for the ball anymore, he couldn't really play alone, and the physical exertion couldn't stand it, so he stopped playing and defended with all his strength.

After the first quarter, at 27:23, the Suns led away by 4 points.

Li Ba made 3 of 3 shots and 0 of 1 free throw in the first quarter. He scored 6 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls.

He dominated the rebounds from behind, grabbing two rebounds outside the paint.

In terms of rebounds, there were a total of 21 rebounds in the first quarter, the Suns grabbed 12 and the Pistons grabbed 9.

Daben scored 0 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 foul in the first quarter.

"Judging from the data of the two, Big Ben can only be called a blue-collar star, and his ceiling is a blue-collar superstar. As for the Hammer, as long as he wants to score, he can still score. Even the top defensive center Big Ben can't stop him. .So, his ceiling is indeed not a blue-collar superstar."

During the break, Barkley explained.

"Yes, Big Ben can't prevent the Hammer from scoring, so how many people in the league can prevent the Hammer from scoring in the low post? But there are still ways, such as using..."

Kenny Smith paused pointedly.

"Ha ha!"

The two looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Big Ben played again, and Prince was also on the court.

"I'm really shameless. I've never done this when I'm using statistics on the bench." Li Ba said with contempt.

For the Suns, Joe Johnson continued to play.

Marbury didn't play, and Frank was deliberately controlling his playing time to ensure that his physical energy consumption would not be excessive.

However, Barbosa has been tempered to a certain extent in the Suns' bench lineup, and Battier can provide help on both ends of the offense and defense. Later, Marion played for a few minutes and played well.

At halftime, 47:47, the two sides tied again.

After 15 minutes, the game restarted, and the Pistons served from the bottom line.

Hamilton kept penetrating, then received the ball on the right wing and cut right into the paint.

At this time, Big Ben moved to the basket and caught the ball.

"Ben, you got five rebounds in the second quarter, are you shameless?"

But Li Ba was so desperate, he stood behind, harassed with trash talk, and kept trying to steal Daben.

"Shut up rookie, you can brush too."

Big Ben raised the ball forward and upward with both hands, and chose to pass the ball.

As soon as Hamilton saw it, he immediately turned his head to catch the ball.

As soon as Da Ben dropped the ball, Li Ba suddenly appeared from behind, stretched out his long arms, and a big yellow hand suddenly appeared on the passing line, intercepting the pass.

"Oh, the Hammer intercepted Big Ben's pass and gave him a turnover." Barkley's roar sounded immediately.

The sun turned into a fast break.

Marbury dribbled wildly while looking back at his teammates.

Compared with scoring, he wants assists now, because scoring champions are hopeless, but assists champions are reliable.

The current fast break of the Suns has a weakness. Neither Joe Johnson nor James Posey are fast players. Turn to positional warfare.

Fortunately, Billups' speed is not fast. He belongs to the kind of person with average athletic talent. He couldn't keep up with Marbury, and he ran a par with Joe Johnson.

Marbury ran to the basket and passed back to Joe Johnson, who scored a layup and gave Marbury an assist in return.

"Hey, that's how the data is generated." Li Ba laughed.

49:47, the Suns lead away again.

"Chauncey, follow him closely and don't let him go."

The Suns played fast breaks many times today, and Larry Brown roared angrily.

Chauncey Billups nodded, he decided, from now on, when Marbury turned around, he turned around too, without taking half a step.

Pistons attack.

Hamilton drilled all over the place, and Joe Johnson wanted to finish ten downs at once, but he still had two shots and couldn't bear to give up.

Okura went to the right wing, the ball was in his hands, and he made a jump shot.

Marion defended with all his might.

That's when Hamilton emerged from behind Okur and cut past Marion into the paint.

As he cuts into the paint, he looks over his shoulder and reaches for the ball at Okur.

Okur passed the ball, an overhead pass, over Marion's head.

"Snapped!"

Hamilton turned back to catch the ball and immediately turned...

"careful!"

Billups made a rush at the top arc.

"What?"

Just as Hamilton turned around and was about to go straight to the basket, he heard Bilu's reminder, and at the same time his eyes went dark, and the wind was rustling.

"Snapped!"

With a move of both hands, Li Ba directly snatched the basketball from Hamilton.

He had just started off as Hamilton charged past Marion and then completed the tackle.

Big Ben's reaction was a beat slow, and he didn't do a good job of offensive cover.

To be honest, on the defensive end, Daben's defense is stronger than a single defense.

One of his blocks in the first quarter was directly out of the paint and sent to James Posey.

But on the offensive end, Daben really has no talent, and even his offensive cover ability is only average.

Just now, he didn't look at Li Ba.

As soon as Billups finished yelling "be careful", he realized that Marbury was missing. He turned around quickly and saw Marbury rushing towards the center line, and hurriedly followed.

At this time, Li Ba threw the basketball and threw it in front of Marbury.

Marbury took the lead, and Billups fell farther and farther. When the former made a layup, the latter did not reach the free throw line.

This is not to say that the Pistons did not return to defense in time, what it ate was defense, how could it not return to defense? However, none of the Pistons' players has a super athletic talent, and they can't keep up with Marbury.

51:47, the Suns led by 4 points.

Larry Brown didn't yell at Billups this time.

The Suns are now good at fast breaks, and their own disciples can't keep up with the speed, and they are forced to eat. This is normal, and it will happen again later.

He yelled at Big Ben: "Ben, do you want me to replace you? Use some snacks, regardless of the offensive and defensive ends, look at that kid!"

After yelling at Ben, he yelled at Hamilton again: "Richard, be careful when entering the paint, can't you see it? They are zone defense, not man-to-man."

Being yelled at by the head coach, Da Ben stared at Li Ba.

"He sprayed you, why are you staring at me, stupid?" Li Ba said angrily.

Next, when Li Ba didn't ask for the ball, the Suns' offense shifted to the outside. Including Marion is the same, mainly in COSCO.

But the Pistons' defensive strength has gone up a notch, even comparable to the playoffs, which made the Sun's outside shooting percentage begin to decline.

Within five minutes, he made 3 of 8 shots and the team only scored 7 points.

As for the Pistons, with Li Ba at the basket, they don't have any offense around the basket. They are all outside, and their shooting percentage has not changed.

The Suns' perimeter defense is really not very good, especially on the back line. Hamilton and Billups hit 2 consecutive three-pointers, plus 3 two-pointers. Within five minutes, they made 5 of 7 shots and scored 12 points.

In the 7th minute of the third quarter, 58:59, the Suns trailed by 1 point away.

This is still an extra shot by the Suns, otherwise the Pistons will make one more shot, and the point difference may be even bigger.

Because most of the shots were made by COSCO, Li Ba only grabbed 3 rebounds in the past few minutes, which is not too many.

Frank called a short timeout and replaced Joe Johnson with Barbosa on top.

Joe Johnson ran out of ten shots today. Relying on two fast breaks, he made 5 of 10 shots, 1 of 1 free throws, and scored 11 points. Even without the two fast breaks, he shot 3 of 8 from the field, and the offensive performance is actually not bad.

And Barbosa's playing is more beneficial to the Suns' fast break tactics. His speed can keep up with Marbury, and the first and second positions can cooperate in the fast play.

Of course, on the defensive end, his contribution is similar to that of Joe Johnson, and both can be said to be a black hole.

Li Ba took a look at his statistics, 6 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 3 blocks, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls. We still have to work hard today.

"You know, Big Ben and Hammer are really similar in some ways." Barkley said looking at the data in his hand.

"Like?" Kenny Smith asked.

"For example, fouls. Daben has averaged 1.9 fouls per game so far in his career, while the Hammers have 1.2. As a top defensive center, this shows that their defense is extremely clean, and their actions are very good. Defensive action is very accurate," Barkley said.

"That's defensive talent," Kenny Smith laughed.