Chapter 109 Halftime

Da Ben's right arm is against Li Ba behind him, and his left arm is ready to catch the ball.

Li Ba pushed forward with all his strength, and at the moment when the ball crossed the peak of the parabola and fell from the sky, he suddenly withdrew his force, and when Da Ben staggered backward, he turned sideways to meet the ball from Da Ben's side.

"Damn it! I knew something would go wrong. I shouldn't care about Da Ben's face. This is not what I should do." Billups cursed immediately when he saw Li Ba's actions.

Big Ben was not easy to get along with. The top defensive center immediately stabilized his foot and wanted to regain his position, but it was already too late.

Li Ba's first action after passing Daben was not to wait for the ball to fall, but to block Daben behind him, which completely made Daben lose the possession of the ball.

"Snapped!"

He successfully snatched the ball with his left hand, and without waiting for Big Ben behind him to take action, he swung forward and threw the ball from Billups' head to the frontcourt.

The ball was not smashed, because it was a steal. Marbury's reaction was not so fast, and he hadn't turned around yet.

Marbury immediately turned around and went down quickly, caught up with the ball on the center line, and then rushed to the frontcourt under the chasing of Billups.

"Chauncey, use your brains. Remember, there's no big money on the offensive end today, no!" Billups yelled at him as he ran along the sideline as he quickly followed up.

Marbury didn't have a chance to break fast, and Billups' defense was a little better than his. He stabilized outside the three-point line, began to control the time, and waited for Li Ba to settle down.

Facing the super defensive Pistons today, we must hit the success rate. As for the Suns, Li Ba has the highest success rate. Not counting free throws, 100 percent. Counting free throws, there are more than 95 points.

When the success rate goes up, it can reduce Daben's rebounding effect and weaken his defensive function. And Daben is the soul of the Pistons. As long as his defensive function is weakened, the Pistons, which rely on defense to survive, will lose half of their strength.

This is Frank's tactical thinking today.

The key point is whether Li Ba's offensive ability at the basket can defeat Daben's defense.

"Tough! Ben, I want tough defense! You are the leader, you need to do this, it is your responsibility!"

Larry Brown's roar sounded again when he saw Li Ba start to play low on the left wing again.

"Aw!"

Da Ben, who was pushing against Li Ba, roared like a monster.

"The basic strength is really strong!"

As waves of ferocious force hit, Li Ba felt he was being pushed off the edge of the paint.

"Give me!"

He stretched out his right hand and roared towards Marbury.

If you want to be tough, I will give you a chance to be tough. I want to see how tough you can be, and I want to see how strong your single defense is.

Li Ba suddenly asked for the ball. At this moment, the audience fell silent, and everyone looked at the low post on the left wing.

Marbury didn't hesitate, and immediately passed in.

Li Ba suddenly took the initiative to take a step up to catch the ball, and he didn't give Da Ben a chance to withdraw his force suddenly.

"Snapped!"

After successfully catching the ball, Daben stuck behind Li Ba again and began to push him away from the paint.

"Boom!"

After receiving the ball, Li Ba didn't make a second move, and immediately pushed back with all his strength frantically.

The dull impact sounded in the silent American West Arena, making people feel a little bit sour.

The first back bump was from the back.

Li Ba's back hurt, because Da Ben raised his elbow quietly, and then put it down quickly, avoiding the referee's sight.

"boom!"

Li Ba dribbled the ball once.

"Boom!"

The second post-top happens again.

This time, it's a recoil.

Li Ba is not brainless, he has a good golf quotient and knows that Daben’s upper body strength is the strongest, but his lower body strength is only average, so he used the first back push to loosen Daben’s upper body, allowing his strength to concentrate on the The upper body, and then attack the lower body, so that the balance between the upper and lower will be broken.

Sure enough, there was a problem with Big Ben's balance, and he took half a step behind his left foot.

Back hit, when sitting back, the role of the buttocks is not only impact, but also observation.

Through the touch of the hip, get the position of the defensive player behind.

Whether it is retreating or not, which foot is retreating, you can feel it all through the buttocks.

The moment Da Ben's left foot stepped back, Li Ba knew it.

Subconsciously, he immediately turned to the left, followed the retreat of Da Ben's left half of the body, and completed the breakthrough in one step.

"Shet!"

Seeing this, Brown couldn't help scolding angrily.

"Good!"

Frank raised his fists excitedly.

Facing the league's top defensive center, this back-up breakthrough shows that the Hammers not only have the ability to attack the basket in the low post, but also have the ability to attack with the back to the basket.

"Snapped!"

Da Ben came to his senses and slapped Li Ba on the neck from the side, making him grunt.

"Boom!"

But this failed to stop Li Ba's progress. He stepped heavily on the floor in the second step, and he flew up, flying towards the Pistons' basket like a mountain.

"flute!"

The whistle sounded.

"boom!"

Heavy dunk with one arm, trembling at the basket.

At 7:14, the Suns led by 7 points at home.

"Aww!!!!!!!!!"

Li Ba made four heavy dunks on Ben's head, and the entire American West Arena was detonated.

"Hey, Ben, your defense is not very clean, do you want me to defend you like this?" After jumping off, Li Ba stared at Da Ben.

Da Ben twitched his face and growled in a low voice: "Get used to it, rookie, this is the NBA."

"Look, Ben, if I put you on equal defense like that, I can knock you out with a slap. So you can pull me, hit me on the hand, but hit me on the neck, that's where it's going to kill you, that's not okay, So don’t do this kind of thing in front of me again.”

Li Ba said coldly.

"Rookie, what you say doesn't count." Da Ben's eyes widened, with a fierce expression on his face.

"Oh, Ben, I'm saving face for you. Are you sure? If you're sure, I'll return it to you right away, and then you'll go straight to the hospital to add a few steel nails to your cervical spine."

A fierce look flashed across Li Ba's face, and he said coldly.

What the hell, I have a fly swatter, and the bones in my arms and hands are at least twice as hard as yours. If a stone hits an egg, it will beat you to death?

Da Ben swallowed dryly, thinking of what would happen to Malone and Jackson, his face darkened and he remained silent.

Li Ba made an extra free throw and missed.

In the next first quarter, the Pistons implemented a systematic defense against Li Ba.

Billups started by cutting off the passing line, and then double-teamed Ben and Prince after the catch, and even Okur was involved.

This limits Li Ba's strong attack at the basket.

Later, he caught the ball four times, made a turnover, and was intercepted by Prince's double-team during the offense.

In the other three times, he made a strong attack again, and twice he was double-teamed and then passed out, directly assisting Marion once, and the other time Marbury missed a three-pointer, and Marion grabbed the rebound and scored a second offense.

Generally speaking, the last four goals were scored three goals, and the success rate is still good.

And Daben's defense against him did not appear that kind of whipping defense. Of course, there are still pulling these moves, which is also a common defensive method in the interior.

As for the Pistons, intimidated by the strength of the inside defense composed of Li Ba and Marion, they played more outside.

After the first quarter, the score was 20:28, and the Suns led by 8 points at home.

There was a lot of discussion in the media at the scene.

"The Pistons scored 6 points inside and 14 points outside. The Suns scored 18 points inside and 10 points outside. The Pistons had a difficult game, and the strongest inside defense was blown to pieces."

"The Hammer's wingspan is dominant, which allows him to gain height in front of Da Ben in disguise, and Da Ben's single-handed defense against high center forwards has never been very good. I am optimistic about the Suns in this game."

"The Pistons still lack a strong four."

"It's said that the Hammers didn't attack. Today, the Hammers performed well at the basket. In addition to 4 blocks, 2 steals, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, they scored 10 points on 5 of 5 shots in a single quarter."

"I'm not optimistic about his offense. His offensive area is still too small. Even if it's just attacking at the basket, the offensive method is too monotonous. He only has one scoring method: directly attacking the basket and dunking. In the next four times, he only played once. That's his weakness on offense right now."

"The offensive ability is still not good, and he can score 10 points in a single quarter, which only shows that Daben's defense did not pose a threat to him. When he was really double-teamed, he only scored one goal, made one turnover, and passed the rest. This can show that his ability to attack the basket is still lacking, and he can't attack the city like O'Neal and push everything horizontally."

"What I want to say is that he is only holding a basic salary of 370,000 US dollars, and you are comparing him with O'Neill's request?"

"Ha ha!"

"You said, the hammer in the frontcourt faced the high center Yao, and this time he played against the powerful center Ben, and he played well. It can be said that he has formed restraint. What does this mean?"

"It shows that his defense is different from that of Daben. Daben can't defend against high center forwards alone, but he can on the defensive end. It shows that on the offensive end, the defense of a powerful short center forward cannot pose a threat to him, such as Daben."

"It can only be said that his offensive ability is still stronger than Daben. In terms of defense, his single defense is better than Daben. In terms of assist defense and defensive area, Daben should still be better than him. He can't get out of the paint. area, and Big Ben can.”

"So, is his template still Daben?"

"This, of course not."

"The Hammer's rebounds are a bit weak today, and only caught 4."

"That's three big points. The next few minutes are all outside shots. The rebound is too far. It depends on luck to catch rebounds."

In front of the Suns bench, Li Ba took a look at his stat sheet and felt that it is very possible to play an all-around performance of 5+5+5+5+5 today.

"Hammer, when will your little hook throw and near-basket shot be available?" Marbury asked.

"The season has only started for more than half a month, what are you in a hurry for? Don't you like me to take fewer shots?" Li Ba laughed.

"Idiot, you have these scoring methods in the paint area, the ability to attract double-teams can really be reflected, and the outside line can really get open opportunities. Besides, you always stay at the basket, how can I get in?" Marbury scolded road.

Li Ba thought, yes, although he was double-teamed just now, but Prince’s several double-teams were not so thorough. He still looked at his original defender Joe Johnson, which caused Joe’s open chances to be not so thorough. so good.

What does this mean? It means that the Pistons still don't pay much attention to his offense.

"Soon, it should be available at the end of this season. Anyway, it will definitely be available in the playoffs." Li Ba estimated.

"Then use it in the playoffs, as your trump card, and don't use it in the regular season." At this moment, Frank urged.

"OK." Li Ba said.

Substitutes for the second quarter.

The Suns were led by Penny, with backup power forward Jahidi White, backup center Jack Voskull, small forward Kathy Jacobson and point guard Brian Knight.

The Pistons consisted of center Ben, power forward Campbell, small forward Collis Williams, shooting guard Lynch Hunter and guard Bob Sura.

"Ben is really shameless, he went to the bench to grab a rebound." Li Ba couldn't help complaining when he saw Da Ben grabbed a defensive rebound when he came on the court.

However, although Daben played, the Suns' two substitute insiders still achieved a certain degree of protection in terms of rebounds.

In seven minutes, the bench lineup headed by Big Ben grabbed six rebounds, while the Suns grabbed five rebounds.

In seven minutes, Ben played a top-level defensive performance, controlled the paint, participated in three outside help defenses, completely controlled the defensive end, grabbed four rebounds by himself, including an offensive rebound, and blocked two. Cover and two-point performance.

The score was 32:36, and the point difference was reduced to 4 points.

In the eighth minute, the main lineup came on the field.

"I will attack this ball!"

The right wing was low, and Li Ba roared.

"Don't think about it!"

Da Ben roared and pushed Li Ba hard.

"..."

Li Ba glanced at Marion, who was low on the left wing, and then at the basket, who grinned.

"here!"

Li Ba stretched out his hand towards Marbury, shaking it continuously.

"Whoosh!"

This was Li Ba's urgent gesture for the ball. Without any hesitation, Marbury jumped up to pass the ball, and sent it directly over the top with a straight pass.

As soon as Da Ben saw it, he immediately prepared to push Li Ba with all his strength, trying to block the ball and break the ball.

"Snapped!"

But Li Ba took a step up before Marbury's ball was shot, jumped up ferociously, caught the ball with one hand with his left arm, and then threw it directly to the basket.

"Pass?"

Big Ben's heart beat violently, and when he looked back, he saw that Marion had thrown off Campbell, jumped high, caught the ball with one hand, and smashed it into his own basket.

"boom!"

Dunk into the basket, the basket trembled.

32:38, the Suns widened the score.

"Wow, the penetrating pass from the outside line directly breaks through the defense line, and then the two inside lines connect in the air. This shot is so beautiful!"

Zhang Lili was just behind the bottom line and could see clearly.

The success of this goal, Marbury's pass was very good, and then Li Ba attracted all of Daben's defensive attention, which prevented his strongest defense ability from being brought into play, and finally allowed Marion to successfully complete the attack.

This ball at Li Ba's point shows his golf intelligence and assist ability. What else is there is imagination.

Imagination is an essential quality for a talented player.

"His template is definitely not Daben!" Zhang Lili said excitedly and with certainty.

"I've talked with Li Ba many times, and his template for his own development direction is not a big deal at all." Chen Hongdao.

"Oh, you are with him every day, do you have any inside information?" Zhang Lili asked quickly.

"This, Mr. Zhang, without his permission, I can't talk nonsense, otherwise he will definitely not share the apartment with me. I also have a confidentiality agreement with his agent, which cannot be violated." Chen Hong said apologetically.

"That is, who usually lives with the reporter?" Zhang Lili nodded and smiled.

On the sidelines, Larry Brown didn't keep yelling like he did in the first quarter.

He understands that if the Pistons don't make up the fourth position, the inside defense that the Pistons are proud of will be blown up on both offense and defense in front of the Suns' two insiders.

"Stoudemire's offense is good, but the defense is not good. However, he can barely match up with Big Ben. And the defensive ability can be built. He has good physical conditions and should be able to complete a good defense. .”

There is no good candidate, and he is going to go back and talk to general manager Joe Dumars about this issue.

In the next few minutes, the Suns still focused on the inside, with Li Ba holding back Ben's defense, Marion continued to attack, and after Campbell was blown up, he was replaced by Okur, who was blown up again.

Within four minutes, Marion made four of five shots and scored nine points. He also fouled Campbell and Okur each, made a free throw, and scored a two-plus-one.

Li Ba didn't attack again, grabbed three rebounds, one of which was an offensive rebound, then blocked a Prince's attack basket, and then had two assists to Marion.

In terms of rebounds, there were 6 near-basket rebounds, two were snatched by Big Ben, and one was snatched by Marion.

For the Pistons, the main focus is on the outside of the COSCO.

Hamilton made many shots on the two flanks and the short corner. In just four minutes, he took four shots and made two shots. He also drew two fouls from Barbosa.

Billups also took a shot and sent Li Ba a backcourt rebound.

Okur hit a small hook over Marion's head for two points.

Prince mainly devoted his energy to defending Joe Johnson and helping defend Li Ba, but he didn't make much effort on offense.

At halftime, 38:45, the Suns led by 7 points.

"10 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, 5 blocks, 1 turnover and 1 foul, definitely a double-double today!" Chen Hong smiled while holding his record sheet.

"NBA records sometimes have differences, especially in terms of assists." Beside Zhang Reasonable said.

"Li Ba is an all-round insider. Teacher Zhang, guess who is his template?" Yu Jia asked.

"Li Ba is indeed versatile. Especially the rare assist ability inside. If you want to say an all-round insider, Duncan is one. So far, he has averaged 21 points, 11 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.1 steals and 2.3 blocks per game in his career. There is also O'Neal. Averaged 25 points, 12.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 0.7 steals and 2.4 blocks. Both of them have sufficient dominance on both ends of the offense and defense.

Compared with the two of them, Li Ba is no worse than them, whether it is single defense or cooperative defense, or even stronger, but the scoring ability is far worse, each has its own strengths. Chen Hong, is it one of them? Zhang asked after reasonable analysis.

Chen Hong smiled and shook his head, "No."

"Jabbar and Russell? Forget it. If I have a chance, I will ask him myself. I won't get confused with you." Zhang Lili laughed.

Fifteen minutes later, the second half began, and the Suns kicked off from the baseline.

Big Ben played the first half, and then played again in the second half.

"Hey, Ben, don't you take a break?" Li Ba asked curiously.

"I won't end, because I have more time to rest after I die." Big Ben said coolly.

"Ha, do you want to lose face? This is Barkley's famous saying, you should have your own famous saying." Li Ba taught.

"Do you have it?" Da Ben twitched his cheeks and shot back.

"Of course. My famous line, 'No one is allowed to fly over our heads,' has become the new Suns motto."

Li Ba said triumphantly.

Mentioning this, Da Ben's face darkened.

The rim he guarded today was bombed by the Suns, but the Pistons never bombed the Suns rim, which is an absolute shame for him.

"Ben, come to the sun, let's guard the basket together." Li Ba said with a smile.

"Besides, I'll beat you!" Big Ben growled helplessly.

"You can't beat me, I'm sure of that." Li Ba laughed.

At this time Marbury reached the top arc.