Chapter 462 Insiders Are King

"Papa..."

Madison finally got some applause, and a handful of Knicks fans mutinied.

"well!"

D'Antoni sighed, the Knicks' lineup still needs some trades, he can't stand clumsy insiders like Steweney and Wen Baker, this is ruining his running and bombing.

After Li Ba won this steal, he felt a sense of waning enthusiasm.

With Stoudemire gone, the Knicks are no longer the entire Knicks, and their strength has had a great impact. It is no longer necessary to crush such a Knicks with all their strength.

What he wants to win and crush is the most powerful Knicks, not an incomplete Knicks.

"It's really useless, it's so easy to get hurt, why do you jump? What do you hit?" Li Ba cursed Xiaosi in his heart.

For the rest of the first quarter, the Knicks' running and bombing changed, and the Suns stopped chasing it, and it became a normal regular season.

But even if the Suns' defensive intensity returned to normal, Nash and his teammates also had a change, that is, the passing line, intentionally or unintentionally avoided Li Ba's part.

At the end of the first quarter, 34:13, the Suns won by 21 points in a single quarter.

Li Ba made 4 of 4 shots in a single quarter, scored 8 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 9 steals, 3 blocks, 0 turnovers and 1 foul.

He still played in the second quarter because he had to record a double-double.

His consecutive double-double record is unnecessary, because he was sent off in the game against Reggie Evans, which has been interrupted, but he can set the season double-double record.

He played more than half a quarter, not only had a double-double, but also completed a steal and a triple-double, and then sat on the bench, letting Chandler and Dazhi go to the court to toss.

At halftime, 55:38, the Knicks pulled back some points, but the hole was too big and they were still 17 points behind.

When returning to the locker room, Li Ba was surrounded by reporters.

"Hammer, will you still play tonight?" Barkley asked.

"It depends." Li Ba said.

"Tie Hammer, why did the defensive strength in the back drop?" Zhang Lili asked.

Hammer smiled: "Because of the incomplete Knicks, we are not qualified to let us go all out. I hope Stoudemire recovers as soon as possible, before our next game."

"The end is February 5th, only ten days." Yu Jia reminded.

"I hope he comes back, let's have a good fight." Li Ba said.

"Who do you think is better in tonight's game, traditional center tactics or running and bombing?" Yu Jia asked a good question.

Li Ba laughed, and said with a look of disdain:

"I didn't see any running and bombing. I only saw that under our full defense, they only scored two points. Such running and bombing, after entering the playoffs, what is the significance of it? I closed my eyes Eye throws get two points, so it's just a joke."

"oh!"

The reporters couldn't help exclaiming when they heard that Li Ba's run-and-bomb tactics, which led to the league's second record, had been belittled to such an extent.

"I'm so sorry that Stoudemire got fired because I wanted to blow the Knicks tonight, and I wanted to prove that running and guns were a piece of shit. Now that he's injured, it's made the Knicks and him get away with it." Jie. But next time, I won’t stop.”

Li Ba said coldly.

After thinking for a while, he said again: "I want to give some advice to some teams, don't try to build a run-and-gun lineup, it's just a waste of effort. This league is always..."

He pointed to his feet and said coldly: "The inside line is king."

"Insider is king?" Everyone asked suspiciously.

"Isn't it? This is an era where insiders are king. I will prove it. I will sweep those teams that don't even have a serious center, and prove that they are rubbish, not the future of the league." Li Ba finally said.

In this game, he did not play again after all. Chandler and Dazhi withstood the Knicks' counterattack in the second half, 106:82, a big victory of 24 points.

The Suns have a record of 36 wins and 7 losses.

Facing the almost non-existent weak defense of the Knicks, in 33 minutes of three quarters, he made 11 of 14 shots, 3 of 4 3-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 27 points.

This is his highest score in the league, surpassing the Clippers' 21 points against the Nuggets in 2003.

In that game, he played 25 minutes and made 9 of 12 shots, 2 of 2 three-pointers and 1 of 1 free throw.

The best of the game was given to Marbury, who scored 18 points in the first quarter and scored 26 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists in 26 minutes.

"Great, isn't it good to get so many points?" Sitting in the locker room, Li Ba asked with a smile.

"Oh, it's so cool!" Dazhi was very tired, but his spirit was very high.

"In the second half, the main players will rotate, and you will have more opportunities." Li Ba laughed.

"I'm ready." Da Zhi smiled.

After chatting for a few more words, Li Ba took a shower and left suddenly without going to the press conference.

"Looking at how he and Anne Heather looked like before the game, I guess they got into her car. Alas, a couple." Marbury shook his head and sighed.

"Stephen, don't you want to die of envy?" Marion laughed.

"Haha..." Everyone laughed together.

At noon the next day, the Suns flew to Milwaukee, where they will challenge the Bucks tomorrow.

"Boss, how many dozen TTs did you consume yesterday?" On the plane, Barbosa approached Li Ba with a smile and asked.

"Do you think I'm an eDonkey?" Li Ba said helplessly, curling his lips.

He looked at Barbosa, and suddenly said with a smile: "Leandro, I heard that you are rich in beautiful women in Brazil, tell me, let me see."

Speaking of this, Barbosa's eyes lit up in an instant, and he shouted excitedly: "We have a lot of beauties in Brazil, hot sex is still open, and there are many supermodels, Boss Hammer, you have such influence, give me a hand, the beauties are super Don't come too much..."

"How about we go to Brazil for vacation during the offseason?" Li Ba rubbed his hands and suggested immediately.

"I want to make ten."

"It's a deal, we're going to Brazil to pick up girls."

"It's a vacation."

As the Suns flew, yesterday's game was being hyped by the media.

"Knicks, a paper tiger with 2 points in half a quarter!"

"The Hammer made 9 steals in half a quarter, which fully shows that the run-and-bomb tactic is a bad tactic!"

"In the playoffs, the Knicks are going to be crushed."

"Facts have proved that traditional center tactics are still the foundation of this league."

"Insiders will...continue to be king!"

Although the Suns only maintained a high-intensity defense for half a quarter yesterday, the extremely poor performance of the Knicks was still criticized and belittled by other sports media except the New York media.

But some basketball commentators still expressed different opinions, such as Craig Sager, a commentator who used to disagree with Li Ba.

He said in the column: "The Knicks did not perform well in this game, but I think the performance of one game, or even half a quarter, cannot fully explain the problem.

In the first half of the first quarter, the reason why the Knicks performed poorly was because they did not expect the Suns to play the defensive strength of the playoffs. I don't think that is a reflection of the Knicks' true strength.

At the same time, in that half of the quarter, the biggest villain in the league just caught the Knicks by surprise with his steals, instead of the traditional center tactics defeating the Knicks' running and bombing, so yesterday's game was not a victory for the traditional center tactics, of course it was Not a run and bomb failure. "