Chapter 572: Halftime Lead

At the end of the first quarter, at 21:31, the Suns led by 10 points.

Li Ba made 5 of 5 shots in a single quarter, scored 10 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks in a double-double.

"This 5*5 is stable." Yu Jia laughed after getting the data sheet.

"It's basically stable." Zhang Li said with a smile.

In the second quarter, the Pistons were half the main force and half the substitute, and the Suns did the same. Even Li Ba played for half the quarter.

At halftime, 45:51, the Suns still led by 6 points.

The main force of the Pistons played longer and narrowed some points.

During the halftime break, a group of reporters blocked Li Ba and asked for an interview.

"A question, you can ask it." Li Ba randomly clicked on a reporter.

"Iron Hammer, you have already scored 14 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals and 5 blocks in the halftime. Today you basically got 5*5, so will you try to get 4 doubles again?"

The reporter immediately asked.

"Is it still necessary to get 4 pairs? I don't want to get 4 pairs anymore. My goal now is to get 5 pairs. You guys are so bad that you don't know my goal?"

Li Ba looked disdainful, and then asked in surprise.

The reporters were not angry when they were ridiculed. This is Hammer's normal attitude and he is used to it.

Back in the locker room, Frank asked the team doctor to check Li Ba.

In the second quarter, the two sides have already elbowed in the paint area. Although it is still not too intense, we should pay attention to it.

At this time, Barkley was analyzing the first half of the game in the TNT live broadcast seat, and said: "The Pistons allowed the Suns to score 31 points in the first quarter, and regained some points in the second quarter, but it relied on the physical consumption of the main players.

Judging from the process of the game, the Pistons defended the Suns at positions 2, 3 and 4 well.

In this way, the Suns only have positions 1 and 5 left, and the internal connection is interrupted. This is also the reason why the Suns' offensive efficiency is not high in positional warfare, because positions 2, 3 and 4 did not participate.

But the Pistons did not do well at the key point, that is, the limitation of the hammer. "

"Yes, the Hammers aren't restricted enough, and the Suns are going to get a lot of rebounds, a lot of second-downs and quick plays, and then a lot of blocks and steals and a lot of possessions.

In the end, relying on these ball possessions, even if the Suns did not play efficiently in the positional battle, and their outside shooting percentage was less than 40%, they still had an advantage in the score. "

Kenny Smith said.

"If the Pistons don't strengthen the restrictions on the hammer, then from the first half of the game, I can make a prediction that the Suns will win the championship." Barkley said.

"In last year's finals, the Pistons still made a lot of help defenses against O'Neal. Then I can be sure that in the next game, the Pistons will definitely double-team the Hammers." Kenny Smith said.

"But the Hammer is different from O'Neal. O'Neal is on the offensive end, and the Hammer is on the defensive end. How do you double-team the Hammer on the defensive end? If you don't attack yourself, send a pair of Wallaces to wrap around the Hammer? Haha!" Barkley laughed.

"Defend the Hammers on your own offensive end, that's why the Hammers are hard to limit, haha! It's funny."

Kenny Smith also laughed.

In the visiting team's locker room, Larry Brown let go of his collar.

Earlier, he sent Rasheed Wallace to help the Hammers on the defensive end, which did limit the Hammers' scoring on the offensive end.

However, now he is considering whether to send Rasheed Wallace to help defend the Hammers on his offensive end.

This is funny, but this is a problem facing all teams in the league now, on their own offensive end, to defend the Hammers.

This is what the Spurs did, letting the super giant Duncan defend the Hammer on the offensive end alone, but it failed. Duncan's single defense could not limit the Hammer on the defensive end.

So, is it really necessary to send two insiders to defend the Hammers on the defensive end now?

In this way, on the offensive end, there are only three people left, how to fight?

He smiled wryly, how could there be such a defensive monster in the league? Who brought this monster in?

In fact, in the regular season, he has actually done it, using the zone defense, and then let the double Wallace limit the hammer.

But that time, it failed in the end. Rasheed Wallace couldn't bear the elbow of the hammer, and he was afraid.

"Rasheed, you have to take it this time, you have to!" He growled at Rasheed Wallace in an irresistible tone.

Rasheed Wallace suddenly remembered the elbow fight in the regular season. The hammer's elbow was a real iron elbow, which made him feel so painful. He had more elbows than Big Ben, and it took him half a month afterwards. , so that the elbow marks on his body disappeared, which is still fresh in his memory.

He swallowed, it was so hard.

This is not a regular season, this is a series, if you really want to open your elbows, after a few games, who knows how many elbows you will suffer? Can he still live?

Thinking of this, his face turned dark.

"Rashid?"

Larry Brown rushed in front of Rasheed Wallace, and the two faced each other within a few centimeters. He roared in a low voice:

"You must persevere, as long as you carry it down, you can wash away the shame he gave you. Do you know what the media says about you now? Don't you know? They say you knelt in front of the hammer and wailed..."

"No, no!"

With a roar of rage, Rasheed Wallace rose from the bench and knocked Larry Brown to the floor.

But Larry Brown was not angry, he laughed instead, got up and shouted to Rasheed Wallace: "This is your best chance to prove your toughness, you need this chance. Even if your bones are broken Yes, you have to persevere."

Rasheed Wallace was about to grit his teeth, and he growled at Larry Brown: "Don't worry, I will let him kneel on the floor and cry at me, I promise!"

Come back at halftime and the game continues.

The two sides resumed their main lineup, and the Suns attacked.

Marbury advanced to the top of the arc.

Both Battier and Posey were closely followed by Prince and Hamilton and had little chance to catch the ball.

In terms of mobility, Battier and Posey are indeed weaker than Prince and Hamilton, and it is not easy to get rid of them.

Marbury felt that the offensive organization was not smooth, and seeing that the hammer didn't want a position, he had to throw one himself.

The ball was missed, Li Ba was entangled by Big Ben, the rebound was taken away by Rasheed Wallace, and the Pistons attacked.

Seeing this, Zhang Lili said at this time: "This is also the first half, the plight of the Suns. The lead in the score still relies on defense to win more possessions and play a good fast break and second offense. In positional warfare, The Suns' positions 2, 3, and 4 didn't perform much on the offensive end, and their efficiency was very low."

"That is to say, the Pistons did a good job of defending against Marion." Yu Jiadao.

"Half. The Pistons still haven't put in place the restrictions on the hammer, so they can't suppress the fast break tactics and second attack. It can't solve this problem. It will not be easy to win the Suns." Zhang Lili said.