Chapter 875 My Hands Are Bloody Now

Li Ba played in the second half, and the Suns regained complete control of the paint area and controlled the rebounding.

At the end of the third quarter, 70:100, the point difference widened to 30 points.

The fourth quarter became garbage time, and both sides withdrew their main players.

In order to increase his average data per game, Li Ba deliberately increased his shots in the third quarter. In two quarters, he scored 18 points, 20 rebounds, 10 assists, 6 steals and 6 blocks, a triple-double + 5*5.

However, too little playing time still lowered the average.

After beating the Bucks, the Suns' record is 12 wins and 3 losses.

In the next week, the Suns defeated several weak teams and achieved a winning streak, reaching 16 wins and 3 losses. After three consecutive losses, they achieved 15 consecutive victories.

On December 10, the Suns left Phoenix. They will challenge the Magic away from home on the 11th and the Heat back-to-back on the 12th.

Continuous weak teams have limited Li Ba's playing time. His average data per game is barely on the verge of double 20+5*5, which is not as good as last season.

Moreover, he has been single for more than thirty days and has insufficient playing time. His energy is becoming more and more excessive and he is more and more eager to vent.

He's eyeing the Magic and Heat.

The Magic are doing okay this season, with 15 wins and 7 losses currently, third in the Eastern Conference, only behind the Heat and Pistons. He believes that the Magic can let him play longer.

In order to encourage the Magic, after the Suns arrived at the away game, he accepted an interview with the media and said:

"Dwight Howard's performance this season is okay, but he must show more aggressiveness. What I want to say is that Warcraft is getting better and better, but the Magic, a bad team, is not worthy of Warcraft. of."

The reporters were in an uproar. Hammers, this is Orlando, can you be more polite in your evaluation of the home team?

But Li Ba just wanted to arouse resistance and resistance from Magic. He continued:

"They didn't give Warcraft a higher tactical status, they didn't give him the ball, they didn't give him relevant offensive tactics, they just let him grab rebounds, play secondary offense, be responsible for low-post defense, and use him like a blue-collar player.

The Magic treated Warcraft just like they treated Shark back then, then sold him and then went to play for the No. 1 pick.

The last thing I want to say is that such a bad team without any enterprising spirit is very likely to be eliminated during the next most critical development period of the league.

Finally, I want to say something to Warcraft, leave here as soon as possible, just like O'Neal back then, there are many teams you can go to, such as the Cavaliers. "

"Hammer, you can't belittle the Magic like that. You can't say that. You can't encourage Dwight to leave the Magic. Please take back what you said."

a local reporter shouted excitedly.

"I don't! If you win against the Suns tomorrow night, I will take back what I just said." Li Ba said disdainfully.

Li Ba's words stirred up excitement throughout Orlando, and a large number of fans ran to the hotel to boycott the Suns.

"Hammer, I am a fan of the Magic, and I am also a fan of yours, but you can't say that, you can't let Warcraft leave us!"

"Hammer, Orlando has a lot of your fans, and so do I. We like your dunks, your blocks, and your five-double, but don't make us sad. Please take back your words."

Many fans held loudspeakers and kept shouting outside the hotel.

Li Ba was helpless. Didn't I just want to boost the morale of Magic? Am I wrong? Well, for your sake, I'll try to get another five-double with the Magic?

He left the room, went outside the hotel, and talked to the fans in person.

When he appeared at the gate, many fans cheered, which shows that many of these people are indeed his fans.

Facing these people, Li Ba said sincerely: "I'm not really encouraging Howard to leave here. I just hope to put some pressure on the management to improve the tactical status of that Warcraft and increase some pressure.

That fool needs a whip in the back, otherwise he'll be grinning all day, pulling his opponent off the floor and saying, you okay, bro?

I want to say that this kind of Warcraft will not bring you victory and championship. A bloodthirsty Warcraft is what you need. "

After saying this, he turned around and entered the hotel.

The fans outside looked at each other in confusion. Regardless of whether they understood Li Ba's words or not, they did not harass Li Ba any more.

Many reporters came to the Magic headquarters and interviewed the management. Magic general manager John Gabriel was interviewed.

Gabriel took over as general manager after O'Neal left, but he still knows what happened back then.

From 1994 to 1995, O'Neal averaged 29.3 + 11.4 rebounds + 2.4 blocks per game, but was swept by Jordan's Bulls in the 1996 season. After his rookie contract ended, he asked the Magic for a $115 million contract. , but was rejected.

At that time, Mourning and Juwan Howard, who were not as good as O'Neal, both received large contracts worth 100 million yuan. In his opinion, O'Neal was certainly qualified to receive such a contract.

It's just that the Magic valued Anfernee Hardaway too much at the time. Hardaway was the absolute core of the team. The Magic rejected O'Neal's request several times. The reason given was that we didn't want to disappoint Hardaway and couldn't give you more than him. high contract.

Then, there was no more, the Lakers offered the contract O'Neal wanted, and then the Sharks traveled west.

There was even a survey report in Orlando at the time that 91% of locals believed that O'Neal was not worth a billion-dollar contract.

This incident, because of the success of the Sharks, still makes the Magic the laughing stock of the league to this day.

This time he was mentioned again by the number one active player, Iron Hammer, and he also had a headache.

But he knew that Li Ba was not wrong. The team did not give Warcraft enough tactical status. Warcraft was a blue-collar player in the Magic.

He told the media cautiously: "Thank you to the Hammers for their appreciation of Dwight. Our management and coaching staff will treat him with caution. We hope that Howard can become the next O'Neal of our team. Of course, he deserves it. Everything will be gained.”

Howard also accepted media interviews.

Thinking of what Li Ba said to the media, he wanted to laugh from the bottom of his heart, but held it back and said seriously: "I have been practicing fly-catching training, and I have been getting stronger. My hands are bloody now, and I feel that I I’m so bloodthirsty that the Animal Welfare Association is coming to find me..."

In the evening, when Li Ba saw this news on TV, he burst out laughing.

As the saying goes, a country is easy to change, but its nature is hard to change. The monster is probably still the same monster.

The next day, on the night of the 11th, the Suns faced the Magic.

This game attracted a lot of attention because of the Suns' own attention and Li Ba's remarks.

Before the game, the starting lineups of both sides were announced.

Suns: Li Ba, Marion, Battier, Ginobili, Rondo.

Magic: Howard, Tony Barty, Hido, Grant Hill, Jameer Nelson.