Chapter 728: Assist Ability

Phil Jackson nodded, that's it.

This time he didn't sit down, but stood all the time, and shouted loudly: "Quickly get back on defense!"

But without a fast break, Li Ba started to run forward without any haste.

"It's the same style of play as in G3 again, with a strong effort in the second half?" Phil Jackson secretly thought.

The Suns' offense is dominated by Marion. Although Cook can be pulled out, his defensive ability can be ignored from any angle.

"Sean, as long as Cook is on the field, I will hit you." This is what Frank said to Marion before going on the field.

On the right wing, Marion made a reverse run, dropped Cook, and cut into the paint.

At this time, it is time to test Barbosa's passing ability.

Unfortunately, this time, the Lakers' defense has also changed. Kobe and Marbury switched defenses.

So far, Kobe has defended the first team three times and the second team twice, and his defensive strength far exceeds Marbury.

"Steal it!"

The Lakers commentator roared excitedly.

"Return to defense and increase defense!"

Frank jumped to his feet, roaring loudly.

But it's useless, Kobe's speed is better than Barbosa, the fastest of the Suns.

"boom!"

Kobe took the lead and smashed the ball into the basket.

4:2, the Lakers lead.

Kobe turned around on the ground, his face was cold and his expression was cold. He pointed with his right hand and pointed at Li Ba with his sword, but he didn't say a word.

"Is Kobe going to explode?" Barkley asked in surprise.

On the sidelines, Phil Jackson looked at Kobe, feeling familiar. The old Kobe had returned.

"Now that Kobe has switched to defending Barbosa, the Lakers have seized on the weakness of the Suns. Let's see how the Suns deal with it." Zhang Lili said.

How did Frank deal with it? He looked at Payton, but shook his head. Payton moved slowly and still couldn't deal with Kobe.

"Give me."

At this time, Li Ba was standing in the low position on the left wing, carrying Dayao with his left hand, and wanted the ball with his right hand.

Barbosa immediately passed the ball in before he even got close to the top of the arc.

Li Ba grabbed the ball firmly with his big hand.

His two locked targets, one for Marion and one for Tony Allen, were teammates on the right wing behind him.

That's when he "sees" Marion making a quick cut to the paint.

Half a second later, he suddenly took a step up with his right foot. After avoiding Dayao, he smashed his right arm and smashed the ball to Marion who had just cut into the paint.

Marion catches the ball, jumps, bangs it, and smashes it into the hoop.

"Beautiful! This pass is too beautiful, and the timing of the pass is too good!" Zhang Li shouted excitedly.

"Organizing center, has Hammer transformed into Chris Webber?" Yu Jia said excitedly.

"Organized by the Hammers, we can prevent Barbosa from being targeted by Kobe for this weakness. Let's see how the Hammers perform next."

Zhang Li laughed.

The Lakers attack.

After pulling away, Marbury once again broke through Barbosa with his hard power.

But this time Li Ba's supplementary defense against Marbury was more active and fierce.

When Marbury just broke into the paint, he was greeted by Li Ba's frontal press.

Marbury was forced to stop, and when he stopped, Barbosa double-teamed behind him.

Soon, Marbury forcibly passed the ball to Dayao, but was intercepted by Li Ba.

In the following time, except for the fast break after grabbing backboards, the Suns continued to play positional warfare, and the Hammers took on the responsibility of organizing in the low post.

In a single quarter, he sent 6 assists, 4 of which were given to Marion and 2 to Tony Allen.

But there was also 1 turnover. The ball passed to Tony Allen was intercepted by Marbury.

He locked on Marion and Tony Allen, so he couldn't lock on the opponent again. He didn't observe the position of Marbury as a defender.

This is also his height disadvantage. Under Dayao's defense, his vision has been affected to a certain extent.

As for the Lakers, Kobe significantly increased the ball.

But the Lakers stretched too far, and the Suns' defense was not in place. He almost singled out Tony Allen.

In a single quarter, he made 3 of 8 shots, 1 of 4 three-pointers, 4 of 5 free throws, and scored 11 points. His efficiency was higher than the previous three games, with more breakthroughs, more kills, and more free throws.

There were gains and losses, Cook played, although the Lakers were weaker on the defensive end, but on the offensive end, Marion was pinned to the right bottom iron, and the defense against Kobe was gone.

Kobe played on the right wing, Marbury made a breakthrough on the left wing and the top of the arc, and then passed the ball to Dayao, contributing 3 assists but 2 turnovers.

Dayao made 3 of 5 shots and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 8 points.

He's still shooting 60 percent of his shots away from the paint, which is pretty good.

For him, Li Ba can't do anything about it. Marbury's breakthrough is too strong, and Dayao can only rely on Battier's help to defend.

Both teams played well in the positional battle, and the Lakers had a certain advantage.

But a total of 20 rebounds were produced in a single quarter. Li Ba emptied Dayao and controlled the paint area. One grabbed 8 rebounds, and Dayao, who was far away from the paint area, grabbed 2 rebounds. The two teams 13:7, the Suns still Gained the upper hand in the number of shots.

Relying on more shots, 31:26, the Suns led by 5 points.

"According to habit, the Hammers will not play in the second quarter, and the Lakers have a chance to chase points." Barkley said.

"I'm still not optimistic about the Lakers in this game. The Suns didn't play a fast-break tactic, but the Hammer's control of the rebound and the offensive end played a good performance as a playmaker. The Lakers are still behind.

Although the Lakers have made a breakthrough, they still don't have a low-post offense. All of them are scoring. This is still an outside shot, and the efficiency is the same. Once the Suns played an efficient fast break in the second half like a G3 game, what would the Lakers do? "

Kenny Smith asked.

Barkley said with a smile: "I think the Lakers have a good tactic in the G2 game. They put Yao on the bench and scored points in the second quarter."

"Today, when the Lakers were playing the scoring tactic, Yao would let the hammer go. He scored a lot of points, but because he was far outside the paint area, he contributed very little to the rebounds.

But you let him go to the bench lineup, which is not good, because without him, will the Hammers still stay in the paint quietly? His defensive zone will definitely extend to the three-point line.

You have to know that through Yao's containment, the Lakers managed to suppress the Hammer's ability to help the Lakers' perimeter defense. Once he goes to the bench, this suppression will be gone. "

Kenny Smith asked.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Kobe continued to play.

"This guy, has he started to exert his strength?"

But he was a little surprised because he saw Li Ba also stood up.

"Oh, the Hammers are on the court. This is the first time he's played in the second quarter this playoffs. Now the Lakers are in trouble. They could have chased points in the second quarter, but now, they're in trouble. Their The rebounding will continue to get out of control."

cried Barkley.

"In the first quarter, the Hammers didn't do much offense, and the defensive consumption was very small. They only grabbed rebounds, and their physical fitness should be full." Kenny Smith laughed.