Chapter 448 Drinking Coffee with Pat Riley
Heat attack.
It was still O'Neal holding Li Ba in the low post on the left wing, and Wade looking for opportunities to cut in on the weak side.
On the strong side, Eddie Jones received the ball. At this time, Wade suddenly ran back and accelerated the cut from the right elbow area. While getting rid of Battier, he also avoided the low-post Marion's supplementary defense.
At this time Eddie Jones passed the ball.
Li Ba let O'Neal take a step. He felt that the latter's physical fitness had declined, and his mobility had slowed down significantly, which was conducive to his defense.
"Snapped!"
Cut, catch, Wade sprints to the basket.
At this moment, Li Ba moved laterally and reached the reasonable collision zone under the basket.
Wade suddenly moved his hands and made a pass to O'Neal.
Li Ba didn't even move his eyes, like a blind man.
Wade faked a fax jump, jumped up to face Li Ba, and made a throwing motion with both hands.
Li Ba jumped up almost at the same time, and sealed the basketball with his left palm.
At this moment, Wade suddenly received the ball in his arms, turned around in the air, avoided Li Ba's left hand block, and at the same time turned to Li Ba's right side, holding the ball in his right hand, and kicked back to the basket.
Li Ba was falling, he could clearly "see" where the ball was, and his right hand, which had been prepared for a long time, pulled back in an instant.
"Snapped!"
The basketball that Wade just picked out was instantly drawn down and jumped up.
"Yeah! The hammer sent a block..." the Sun commentator roared.
O'Neal rushed to the left side of the basket, saw the ball, jumped directly, and grabbed the ball with both hands.
At this time, Li Ba had just landed, with his back to the basket, "seeing" the ball stop falling in the air, and when it recoiled, he knew that O'Neal was coming.
He turned right in an instant, took half a step forward with his right foot, kicked his left foot, and when his figure exploded, he pressed his right palm against the basketball.
"Snapped!"
"Snapped!"
O'Neal had just caught the ball with both hands when he was held down by a big hand.
"Go down!"
Li Ba yelled violently, and with all his strength, directly pressed O'Neal who hadn't had time to exert his strength.
"Boom!"
O'Neal didn't stand firmly on the ground, staggered two steps back, and sat directly on the floor with the ball still in his hands.
"oh!"
The audience exclaimed.
"yeah!"
There was joy on the Suns bench, and white towels kept dancing.
"Yeah, the Hammer sent out a brutal block again, and he blocked O'Neal to the floor again." The Suns commentator roared excitedly.
"The defense this time is really beautiful! Especially defending Wade, the continuous fake moves have not fooled the hammer, so beautiful!"
Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.
"The hammer's arm is really long. Wade even flipped it back, but he still couldn't dodge it." Yu Jia laughed.
"Each has its own talent, and this is the talent of the hammer." Zhang Lili said.
After this defense, O'Neal lost his energy and physical fitness, so he changed the game directly.
Without O'Neal and Haslem, the Heat surrendered directly and replaced the main players.
The Suns naturally also replaced the main force,
At the end of the game, 104:82, the Suns won by 22 points.
Li Ba played 30 minutes, made 5 of 5 shots, 5 of 9 free throws, scored 15 points, 21 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, 3 blocks and 1 foul, and won the best of the game.
Wade made 7 of 16 shots and 3 of 4 free throws in this battle. He scored 17 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 turnover and 2 fouls. His performance was lower than the average per game.
"Iron Hammer, do you intend to leave Phoenix after the end of this season's contract?" A local reporter asked without asking about the situation of the game.
After thinking for a while, Li Ba said, "I have no desire to leave voluntarily..."
As soon as this was said, some people were laughing, and some were frowning.
"...But everything is still undecided. I will carefully consider this issue during the offseason." Li Ba continued.
"That's right, Phoenix gave Hammer a two-year minimum salary, which can't even buy a finger of Hammer, and naturally can't buy Hammer's loyalty."
Pat Riley, who has been paying attention outside, heard this, and his eyes lit up, there is a chance!
"Frank, let the management pay attention to the communication with Hammer." Similarly, Ron Adams and Frank also noticed, the former reminded.
"Of course, I'll talk to Jerry," Frank said.
After finishing the on-site interview, Li Ba attended the press conference half an hour later.
A reporter mentioned the question just now and asked: "Hammer, if you want to leave, which team would you choose?"
"Of course...haha, where there are beauties." Li Ba laughed.
"Everyone knows that on the beaches of Miami, there are the hottest beauties in America, but in the desert of Phoenix, there are only cobras everywhere."
At this time, Tepalelli, who was standing aside, laughed.
Li Ba smiled, but didn't answer.
"Damn it, Hammer won't leave Phoenix." Frank glared at Riley, feeling a sense of urgency in his heart.
"What the hell is Pat Riley trying to do?"
O'Neill, who was sitting behind the table, was furious as he watched Pat Riley ruthlessly seduce Hammer.
Wade knew that Pat wanted to trade the Hammers last season, and he didn't care at that time, but the situation is different now, his strength has improved, his ambition has also increased, and he wants to be the boss, so he has some thoughts on Pat. repulsed.
Even though he is following O'Neal now, O'Neal is already old. Sooner or later, he will be the boss of this team, but if the hammer comes, he will fight for the boss again, and won't he be beaten to death by that violent madman?
The next morning, Li Ba received a call from Pat Riley, asking him for coffee.
Li Ba took a leave of absence and told Frank that it was an appointment to go to Riley.
Of course, Frank couldn't stop him. He just said, "Iron Hammer, Phoenix will definitely give you a top-level big contract, as big as you want."
"Don't worry, Frank, you know my character, usually I won't leave." Li Ba smiled.
Nodding, Frank's heart fell from mid-air.
In a coffee shop, the two were sitting opposite each other, and beside them was a white blonde girl playing the violin. Li Ba didn't know what she was playing, but she wanted to doze off, so it should be a lullaby.
"Hammer, how do you feel about Miami?" Riley asked kindly with a smile on his face.
"good."
Li Ba stared intently at the girl's delicate collarbone and the tenderness underneath, and the song the girl played became a little jerky.
"I know you are a straightforward person, tell me, if the Heat want to get you, what are your personal requirements?" Riley said seriously.
Li Ba looked away from the girl, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Pat, first of all I want a contract that matches my status and influence, then the team must give me enough publicity, and finally, of course, I need a contract." The last lineup was pretty good."
"The three requirements are a matter of course for you, which is very reasonable." Nodding, Riley said, "Don't you want to mention something more?"
"I also want Kobe's right to veto trades, but I'm not eligible yet. As for the others, well, I'm only interested in beautiful women, such as..."
As Li Ba said, he looked at the girl playing the piano next to him.
The girl's hand trembled, and the beautiful tune suddenly turned into noise.
"Feel sorry!"
She hurriedly raised her skirt and bowed, glared at Li Ba, turned and left.
"She's really pretty." Riley smiled.
"It's a pity that I don't have time today." Li Ba said with regret.
He thought for a while and said, "If one day I play for the Heat, if that day I have a girlfriend, if she wants to go to the away game to watch me play, I hope she can board the Heat's special plane."
"Of course." Riley agreed without thinking about it.
"But it doesn't mean what I will do. This is a matter for the Suns and the Heat." Li Ba said.
"Of course. I just need to know that you are willing to come to the Heat." Riley laughed.