Chapter 889 Great Victory

At this time, Duncan and Dayao were both on the fast break, but Li Ba was standing on the free throw line. He did not participate in the fast break. When he saw Kobe stealing the ball, he immediately followed him.

Kobe intercepted the ball in the middle and quickly counterattacked. After crossing the center line, he saw Li Ba blocking the free throw line. He did not change his direction and rushed straight over.

Li Ba's knees were slightly bent and he was ready.

Kobe accelerated and accelerated again, rushed over the top of the arc, suddenly changed direction and hit Liba, and entered the low post from the left elbow area.

Li Ba also turned around very quickly and followed Kobe down.

Kobe felt tremendous pressure from Li Ba behind him, and his hair stood on end. He even felt that Li Ba let him in on purpose, but he still jumped up.

He came in from the left elbow area at a certain angle. When he flew to the basket, he sent the ball towards the basket with both hands, and then suddenly took it back.

In this kind of defense, Li Ba's first consciousness is to hold himself down, don't jump easily, and don't stagger.

Only when the basketball is released is the best time to take off.

Of course, this is also half a beat slower, making it difficult to block shots.

But his current bullet speed is amazing, and he has enough confidence to do so.

Therefore, Kobe was flying in the air. When he took the shot for the first time, he pressed himself firmly to the floor. He did not take off, but kept his left hand raised, shrouding the sky, giving Kobe great pressure.

He believed that with his defensive deterrence, Kobe would not dare to take direct action and would have a higher probability of making fake moves.

It sounds like a long time, but it's actually just a moment.

Kobe flew under the basket in an instant. The hands he had just retracted were sent up again, and with his right hand, he picked the ball toward the basket the moment it passed the basket.

There was no need to wait any longer. When Kobe made a fake move, Li Ba already knew that his defense was successful, and he jumped up in the next moment.

When he jumped up, Kobe's ball was sent upward again, right into his hands, and the two completed a ball handover in the air.

"oh!"

Staples, for this magical defense, there was a huge exclamation and even a lot of applause.

"Incredible shot! Kobe simply put the ball into the hands of the Hammers himself. This is incredible!"

Buckley hissed excitedly.

Seeing Li Ba grabbing the shot, the Suns players desperately returned to defense and turned around again.

Duncan, who had just reached the free throw line, and Dayao, who was one step behind, had to turn around again and fight back to defend.

This time without Kobe, the Suns' fast break went smoothly.

Li Ba passed the ball to Ginobili under the basket, and the latter bypassed Cassel who was defending and made a layup.

66:57, the Suns lead by 9 points.

The Lakers attacked, and this time the ball was passed to the basket. Duncan and Dayao double-played Li Ba. Marion wanted to help, but the tonnage was too small and could not squeeze in.

With a bang, after Duncan blocked Li Ba, Dayao dunked one on Li Ba's head.

"Iron Hammer, I have to hit you like this to feel comfortable!"

After dunking Li Ba, Dayao smiled widely.

"Come again!"

Li Ba shouted as he quickly picked up the ball and rushed to the baseline.

When Duncan and Dayao saw each other, they quickly returned to defense.

The sun was about to go down. After Li Ba threw the ball to Rondo, he didn't go down quickly. He yelled at Dayao in Chinese under the basket:

"Run, brother!"

"What the hell!"

Just after crossing the midline, Rondo hit a layup, and the panting Dayao cursed angrily.

Barkley said very seriously: "No, no, this configuration of the Lakers has failed. The weaknesses are too great. Apart from Kobe, there is no other person in the team who can run.

The main problem is the point guard. Not only is Cassell too slow, but his two backups are also not fast enough to keep up with Rondo.

With the current lineup, there is no problem against other teams, but against the Suns, they will be eaten alive.

Let's not talk about the regular season. Let's talk about the playoffs. The two big men Duncan and Yao will definitely be dragged down by the Suns' fast break throughout the series. "

Kenny Smith nodded and said: "The Lakers must seek a trade immediately. Cassel must be placed on the bench like Payton. But the Lakers' backup point guard does not have a fast one. Their rookie this year Jordan Farmar The speed is far behind Rondo, and they must trade for a faster master.

Speaking of fast point guards, they traded Marbury, a guy with both offense and defense and top speed, away. Now the Lakers will regret it. "

Barkley nodded: "If Marbury was here and he and Kobe teamed up, would the Suns have a chance to play such a fast break? Impossible.

You must know that this is not a fast break with the participation of the Hammers. Marbury and Kobe can completely defend such a fast break. "

At this time, Kobe on the court was also extremely regretful.

But, it's too late to regret.

"There is no way to play this game. There is a problem with the Lakers' lineup. Just this one weakness is enough to be beaten to death by the Suns." Zhang Li said.

"Now let's see the hammer's fifth pair." Yu Jia said excitedly.

The game is still going on, and the Lakers still use their two big insiders to fight Li Ba under the basket.

Li Ba was one on two, and it was still very difficult to play such two levels of inside players under the basket. With two fouls in a single quarter, the two teamed up to make 9 of 14 shots and 2 of 3 free throws, scoring 20 points. .

However, he still played excellent defense. In one quarter, he blocked Duncan and Dayao once each, and stole Dayao once. In addition, he also allowed the two of them to miss 3 shots through defense.

On the offensive end, the Lakers were directly overwhelmed by the Suns' fast break.

At the end of the three quarters, 100:80, the Suns led by 20 points, breaking 100 points in the third quarter.

After three quarters, under the Suns' constant fast breaks, it was obvious that Duncan and Dayao were physically exhausted, and Kobe, who was responsible for chasing and defending, was also almost exhausted and could no longer run.

Barkley said: "The game has entered garbage time. If the Lakers continue to fight, someone will definitely get a cramp. This game is over."

Kenny Smith said: "The Hammers scored 15 points, 22 rebounds, 8 assists, 9 steals, 10 blocks, 1 turnover and 2 fouls in the third quarter. If he plays in the final quarter, with the current state of the Lakers, he has a 99% chance of recording a five-double."

"Now our ratings have exceeded 100 million. This is the third time that our NBA league's ratings have exceeded 100 million. We hope that the main players of the Lakers will continue to play and let the Hammers achieve their third unparalleled five-double. Unfortunately, the Lakers will give up the game."

Buckley said regretfully.

"Lakers, don't let us down, go up and fight!"

"Kobe, come on, you can't give up the game!"

At this time, countless basketball fans around the world began to cheer for the Lakers in various ways.

In front of the Lakers bench, Phil Jackson observed the players' condition and shook his head.

Kupchak and Colangelo sat together. Next to them were the owners of the two teams, Sarver and Buss Sr., as well as several descendants of the Buss family.

"Jerry, make a deal and give us your No. 1 rookie," Kupchak said.

"You're crazy, Mitch, that's our controller. You gave up on Marbury, and now it should give you a headache."

Colangelo was a bit gloating.

"well!"

Glancing at Kobe on the bench, Kupchak shook his head.

Old Buss next to him was very disappointed. Such a luxurious lineup was actually overwhelmed by a blue-collar lineup like the Suns.

The most disappointed in the game was not them, but Dayao, Duncan, and Kobe.

The Lakers gave up in the final quarter, and Li Ba also chose to sit on the bench. Fans around the world sighed and complained that the Lakers' five-star lineup was a mess.

118:105. In the end, the Suns won this key game and evened their advantage in the playoff rankings.