Chapter 671 News of the Cross-Boundary Battle

At this time, Lewis suddenly ran to the bottom corner, Potapanko passed the ball, and the former immediately took the ball.

Marion was thrown half a step away, but his athletic ability is far stronger than Lewis. Lewis has no athletic ability and his knee is still injured. When he jumped up and shot, Marion blocked him again. Although the block was not blocked , but the fingertips have rubbed the ball.

"Rebound!"

Marion yelled back as soon as he hit the ground.

Potapanko's task is to rebound, so he moved to the basket immediately after passing the ball, and he was already at the basket and grabbed position.

Li Ba didn't go up to grab the position, but stood behind Potapanko and blocked the latter.

He judged that the ball would rebound and the ball could not be grabbed under the basket.

"boom!"

The basketball bounced off the hoop.

Li Ba stuck Potapanko in the back and took off and grabbed the rebound.

Barbosa turned around when Lewis made the shot, crossed the center line at this time, continued to advance after receiving the ball, and made an easy layup.

At 6:14, the Suns led by 8 points.

"The Supersonics lack athletic ability in positions 1, 4, and 5, which slows down the team's offensive and defensive speed. The current Supersonics are no longer the team that could trouble the Suns in the 2003-04 season. team."

Buckley said.

"It's not that the supersonics are weak, but the sun is strong." Kenny Smith said.

In the following time, the Sonics continued to focus on outside tactics.

But under the strong personal defense and zone defense system of the Suns, the shooting percentage is not high.

After the first quarter, Li Ba had 9 rebounds, 7 of which were backcourt rebounds.

There are not many offensive rebounds, because the Suns have too many fast breaks and have a high shooting percentage.

At 15:32, the Suns led by 17 points.

In the second quarter, the Suns played all the substitutes, and the Supersonics wanted to chase points, half the main force and half the substitute.

But Payton was so strong that he defended Ridnor so desperately that Ray Allen had to take over the ball in the end.

Fortunately, with Payton on the court, the Suns' fast break ability is average, their scoring ability is limited, their efficiency is not as good as that of the main lineup, and the point difference has not been widened.

After halftime, 37:52, the Suns still lead by 15 points.

In the third quarter, the Sonics had no other tactics to play, but outside tactics.

After the third quarter, in only 24 minutes, Li Ba grabbed a total of 21 rebounds, including 16 backcourt rebounds.

Barkley said: "The Sonics' shooting percentage has dropped to 28.2%, and all the rest have become rebounds for the Hammers, which have been converted into points for the Suns."

"Three quarters, 51:92, the Suns actually led by 41 points. For a team like the Suns without a scoring superstar, it is very rare to score 92 points in three quarters and 40 points in the third quarter." Kenny Smith said.

"In the first and third quarters, the Suns made a total of 25 fast breaks starting from serving and grabbing backboards, 18 of which were successful, with a success rate of 72%. The success rate is terrifying," Barkley said.

"From the perspective of the Suns' fast break tactics, it is somewhat similar to the Knicks' running and bombing." Kenny Smith said.

"Yes, but the biggest difference is that the Suns also have the most powerful defender and defensive system in the league, while the Knicks have no defense." Barkley said.

"Christmas is coming, we will once again see the Suns and the Knicks duel. If they can not meet in the finals, this will be their last duel this season." Kenny Smith said.

In the fourth quarter, the Sonics came on the bench and conceded directly.

At the end, 78:115, the Suns won by 37 points, won the 19th victory, and avoided losing streak.

Li Ba didn't play again in the 4th quarter, but still almost hit 5*5 data.

Three days later, the Suns played against the Wizards at home.

The Wizards are 10-24 this season and are in ninth place in the Eastern Conference.

But Wizards boss Arenas broke out this season, averaging 29.5+3.5+6.1+2+0.3 per game, showing the level of a superstar.

Under his leadership, the Wizards are struggling to catch up and are very hopeful of reaching the ranks of the playoffs.

In this game, it was under the explosion of Arenas that they defeated the Suns.

Li Ba's defense against Arenas was not good enough, because the latter all shot from outside the three-point line, sometimes even one or two steps away from the three-point line.

But in this game, failure has nothing to do with the Suns. The important thing is that Barbosa was injured, and the Suns lost their main point guard.

Next, the Suns will usher in five consecutive away games. The first away game is the Christmas game with the sworn enemy Knicks.

The team will depart for New York at noon on the 24th.

On the morning of the 24th, as agreed, Mrs. Liz and Arum came to the door, as well as Gao Yuanyuan and Bill Duffy.

In addition to them, there are several lawyers.

There are several types of lawyers, and Li Ba also has two.

Mrs. Liz told Liba that the MWA Board of Directors had formally approved her plan to spend $30 million to promote the fight.

And Arum also put in $30 million.

Together, the two parties invested $60 million in promotional funds.

Among them, 5 million was used to buy an insurance worth hundreds of millions of dollars for Li Ba, followed by Li Ba's 20 million appearance fee, and the appearance fee of the opponent's boxer, and the rest was promotional funds.

After Li Ba did the math, after dividing the appearance fees of both parties and his insurance premium, there was not much money left. How can this be promoted?

Arum saw Li Ba's doubts, laughed, and explained:

"Hammer, don't forget that we will also get a large sponsorship contract. For a top-level boxing match, a contract worth tens of millions of dollars can still be obtained. This will be our promotion funds, and we guarantee that the promotion funds will not It will be less than $3 to $40 million."

"The viewing contract for PPV will not be small. We will strive to turn this cross-border boxing match into a feast worth hundreds of millions of dollars."

Mrs. Liz said excitedly.

"Now there is one more thing. We must communicate with the Suns management. After all, you are their player, which requires you to come forward."

Gao Yuanyuan said at this time.

"They still don't know?" Li Ba said.

"Mr. Stern said let us do the communication ourselves, and the league will not come forward." Bill Duffy said.

"Okay, let me do it." Li Ba nodded and said.

Next, he called Jerry Colangelo and invited him over to his house.

Colangelo had no time for the festival. The team was going to New York at noon. He was very busy and was at a loss when he received the call, but he rushed to Li Ba's house quickly.

Li Ba, Bill Duffy, and Gao Yuanyuan greeted Colangelo at the door, and the latter asked, "Hammer, what happened?"

"A good thing." Li Ba chuckled.

Colangelo was invited into the living room in a daze, and was obviously taken aback when he saw Arum.

He is a celebrity in the sports world, and Arum is the top figure in the professional boxing world, and he is more famous than him. Of course he knows him, but Arum came to Li Ba's house, which made him suddenly feel bad. Feel.