Chapter 312 Passing the Ball

The Lakers attack.

On the right wing, Kobe holds the ball and prepares to break through.

This time he didn't want a pick-and-roll, he wanted to single out the Suns and blow up that big pest of the Hammers. He wants the Hammers to know that the NBA relies on skills, not elbows. Like him, there are very few elbow people.

"James, don't guard against the shot!"

Li Ba, who was running around in and out of the paint area, roared at this moment.

"OK, boss." Percy replied.

He immediately stuck it up, and put his hand directly on Kobe's body.

"asshole!"

Li Ba's words immediately made Kobe spit out the word.

This is clearly letting him in, trying to block him, damn rookie, let me see how sure you are to block me?

He broke through.

After turning around and throwing Posey half a step away, he suddenly activated and forced Posey with one step.

Two steps later, he ushered in Battier's first defense.

"Boom!"

Bryant stopped and turned around, leaning on Battier.

Shane Battier thought that Kobe was going to hit him on the back, so he immediately prepared with all his strength.

But at this moment, Kobe turned right (front) again, dribbled the ball with his left hand, and sent his right elbow to Battier behind him.

Battier took an elbow, grunted, and froze in place.

Taking this opportunity, Kobe broke the first layer of defense.

Malone blocked Marion, who was unable to make a second defense, but Posey followed up at this time and got in front of Kobe just in time.

Kobe immediately made a pull-up jump shot, shook Posey, then collected the ball into his arms, and rushed past Posey's left side.

So far, he alone has singled out the entire Suns' perimeter defense and entered the paint.

Li Ba has been spinning around O'Neal, letting him go, blocking his receiving line, and at the same time avoiding being entangled by O'Neal.

When Kobe was blocked by Posey, he rushed over immediately.

Regardless of whether Posey can guard Kobe or not, he must pass.

When Kobe breaks through Posey, he can make up the defense in time, but if he can't break through Posey, he can double-team in time.

Of course, if Kobe passes to O'Neal, this is a problem, and he can't be sure that he can defend back in time.

But he has formed the habit of taking the initiative to defend against outside breakthrough masters such as Kobe, Parker and Ginobili.

Taking the initiative and forcing the opponent to make mistakes is the right choice for defense.

As soon as Kobe broke through Posey, he ushered in Li Ba's frontal defense.

Li Ba poked his right arm down and was about to steal the ball.

Kobe made a sudden stop and retracted his hands, quickly pulled back the basketball that bounced off the floor, then held the ball with both hands, stood up long, and made a jump shot.

Li Ba didn't jump, but reached out with his left hand again, and with a slap, it hit the lifted basketball, and the ball immediately jumped up.

For him, it's very simple, the distance is only one meter, and his success rate of catching flies from the front is as high as 46%. Every shot is accurate, and no pests can escape, including mambas.

The ball was caught by Posey and passed out immediately, and Marbury started to play quickly.

"Nice frontal steal! This is the Hammer's 6 steals tonight, and he gave it to Kobe." The Suns' on-site commentator began to roar loudly.

"Thugs, thugs!"

He didn't hear the whistle, Kobe jumped up anxiously, making a thug gesture.

Phil Jackson was a little helpless, Kobe was so emotional, since the whistle didn't sound, what's the use of talking about it?

"Smack your brains!"

Li Ba complained in his native language, he didn't play fast, and he played three against two in the frontcourt, and there were enough people.

Marbury and Payton are in front of each other, the former takes a half position, behind Battier and Devin George, and the others are behind.

Pushing to the bottom line, and concerned about Payton's defensive skills, Marbury didn't make a layup, but changed direction and pulled to the left wing.

Battier didn't have a good chance either, and Devin George followed closely.

At this time, Marion entered the paint area, Payton and George were both taken out of the paint area, there was no one in front of him, the ball flew from the left wing, he jumped up to catch the ball with both hands, and smashed hard.

"boom!"

The rim shook violently, and there were cheers everywhere.

49:44, the Suns trailed by 5 points.

The Lakers attack.

Kobe tried a long shot, missed, the ball rebounded, was rebounded by Posey, and the Suns attacked.

It's a pity that Marion missed a mid-range shot. Li Ba took the rebound and passed to Marion again, but it still missed. The rebound was taken away by Malone, and the Lakers attacked.

"Kobe, call in."

Phil Jackson reminded Kobe passing by on the sidelines.

But Kobe still made another three-pointer, still missed, Li Ba grabbed the rebound, and the Suns attacked.

Marbury made an outside shot, but still missed.

In the next few rounds, the two teams fell into an embarrassing situation of striking iron.

In the fifth minute of the third quarter, 51:46, each made only one mid-range shot, and the Suns were still 5 points behind.

The sun called a timeout.

"The two teams are now facing the same problem. They can't make outside shots, so they will definitely have to play inside." Zhang Lili said.

"Today, the Hammers still missed O'Neal a lot of the time, but O'Neal didn't catch the ball behind him." Yu Jia said.

"It will definitely be given. There is such a big vacancy that the Lakers can't see it. At the risk of being robbed, they will pass it on." Zhang Lili said.

"In fact, shorting O'Neal, as long as the hammer can cut off his receiving line in time, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. His range of activities has increased, without O'Neal's restraint, and his control of rebounds has also been restored." Yu Jiadao.

"It's just that the physical energy consumption is relatively high. However, in the fight against the Lakers, the Hammers rested in the second quarter, so they should be able to persevere." Zhang Reasonable said.

The timeout is over, the sun ball is right.

At the top of the arc, Marbury gestured to pull away.

Except for Li Ba, the other three Suns all pulled away from the paint, including Marion in the low post.

Marion, Posey, and Battier are all capable of long-range shots. Although they don't feel good today, the Lakers dare not completely let them go.

Malone played halfway, and Marion pulled to the right bottom corner, always making moves to ask for the ball, attracting the former's defense.

At this time, Li Ba suddenly stepped up, from the low position to the high position, and set a pick and roll for Marbury.

O'Neill didn't dare to follow up completely. Once he got up, he couldn't go back. He only followed halfway and stayed in the middle of the paint area.

Marbury broke through, and Payton went around Li Ba and chased after him, more than a step slower.

Payton will not switch to defend Li Ba, because Li Ba has no shooting ability at all. Like O'Neal, he doesn't need to defend at all outside, he is not threatening, and you can shoot if you have the guts.

Li Ba also went down at this time and returned to the paint area.

O'Neal opened his arms to block Marbury, and it only took half a second for Payton to come up.

He also looked back at Li Ba, and saw that Li Ba went to the low post on the right wing to stop Ma Long, which reassured him.

"squeak!"

The sneakers rubbed against the floor sharply, and Marbury suddenly changed direction and pulled horizontally to the left, seemingly going out of the paint.

O'Neill immediately turned sideways to avoid being suddenly killed by Marbury.

But at this moment, Marbury, who had his back turned to him, suddenly threw the ball high over his head and backward.

This is a pass to Li Ba.

This pass was not designed, he was trying his luck, he hoped that the Hammer could "see" it, and he hoped for the Hammer's talent of not looking at the ball.