Chapter 1132: Sweep the Thunder, Fight the Lakers

The actual point guard of the Suns is Ginobili, who is advancing with the ball.

Dayao was not in the high post, but went directly to the basket. After blocking Kostic, he asked for the ball. After getting the ball, he easily took the latter's small hook and hit a goal.

Zhang Lili said with a smile: "It's very easy for Dayao to beat Krstic. The advantage is too great."

Looking back, Westbrook broke through again.

Tony Allen didn't perform well today. He just couldn't defend himself and was forced to pass again.

In addition to Ah Lian, Li Ba also returned to defense this time.

Originally, he wanted U-Lian to be in the limelight and put up good numbers, but seeing that Westbrook's ability to draw fouls is still very strong, in order to avoid capsizing in the gutter, he personally returned to defense this time.

Westbrook thought he could get an empty basket this time, but then a big hand arrived from the left and directly pushed him to the floor with the ball.

"Beep!"

The ball rolled out of the baseline from the hands of Westbrook who fell to the ground, and the referee signaled for the exchange of ball rights.

"Boss, are you too cruel?"

Westbrook was shattered by the fall. He yelled and stretched out his hand to ask Li Ba to pull him up.

"Climb by yourself."

Li Ba didn't bother his opponent, he just ran away after saying a few words.

"Boss, you are so heartless!"

Westbrook got up and complained to Li Ba's back.

"Russell, are you okay?" Durant ran over and asked.

"It's okay." Shaking his head, Westbrook said: "Kevin, next time the boss comes to guard me, you shout and I will give you the ball."

"OK!"

Durant nodded quickly.

Although he is the team's leading scorer and a person the team focuses on cultivating, he is only Du Lao's second choice. However, Russell treats him well and does not steal his shots, and he has no ambition to be the boss, so the relationship very good.

When the Suns attacked, Dayao once again forced his position under the basket, and used his tonnage to block Kostic. The position was successful and he hit another goal.

"The advantage under the basket is too great. Playing like this, the Thunder can't defend at all." Zhang Li said.

Thunder offense.

This time Westbrook's breakthrough was finally blocked by Tony Allen and blocked in the right elbow area. At this time, he wanted to pass the ball to Durant.

At this time, Durant and Kostic created a pick-and-roll on the left three-point line. Dayao and Li Ba quickly switched defenses, but after the switch, Durant easily dropped Dayao and received Westbrook's pass. .

However, Li Ba had already prepared. How could Dayao keep up with Durant's movements, so as soon as he changed defense, he immediately attacked Durant.

As soon as Durant took off, Li Ba jumped up from below and caught the ball as it was rising.

"yeah!"

The American West Arena suddenly burst into cheers, and countless palms began to shake.

"Mom, dad blocked the shot again!"

On the sidelines, Guoguo leaned on the girl's arms, shaking her two little hands, smiling happily.

Yu Jia praised: "Durant's shooting height is really high, but with the bounce of the hammer and his wingspan, there is no problem in blocking him."

Zhang Lianda said: "The Hammer has a better wingspan than Durant and has stronger bounce. Durant's vertical jump is 65 centimeters. The Hammer has more than that. The existing data is 78 centimeters, and the Hammer The bullet speed should be much higher than Durant’s.”

Xu Jicheng smiled and said: "The Hammer has better mobility. Durant's offense is useless in front of the Hammer and is completely restrained."

At the end of the first quarter, at 16:34, the Suns took the lead and the score more than doubled.

After the entire game, just like the first quarter, the Thunder had no chance to take the lead and were defeated 72:115.

Barkley analyzed after the game: "The Thunder are too young, Westbrook's passing ability needs to be improved, and his finishing ability needs to be improved;

And Durant was helpless when facing the hammer and relied heavily on pick-and-rolls. But even after the pick-and-roll, he swallowed five big blocks of the Hammers, was intercepted 5 times, made 1 of 9 shots from the field, made 8 turnovers, and was bruised and bruised by the Hammers. "

Kenny Smith said: "He is no longer a rookie. This is his third season. This season he averages 30 points per game. His offense is unstoppable. He is already very strong. But his defender is a hammer, just like Kobe and the others are the same. His performance today is not surprising. It can be said that the Hammers are more advantageous in defending him than Kobe."

"Of course, Kobe is a guard after all, and his overall speed is stronger than the Hammer, while Durant's overall speed and his first step are slower than the Hammer, and the height of his shot is not much advantageous to the Hammer. "Buckley said.

Kenny Smith smiled: "Judging from this game, the Thunder have no chance. The Suns will definitely be able to complete the sweep in the first round."

On the 24th, the Suns swept the Thunder and completed the first round.

The second round will start on May 3, and the first round of the East and West will be completed on April 30.

In the West, the Suns and Lakers, and the Mavericks and Jazz advanced to the second round.

In the Eastern Conference, the Heat and Magic, and the Celtics and Hornets advanced to the second round.

On May 1st, the league announced the MVP winner. No surprise, Li Ba won his fourth MVP.

At noon on the 3rd, the Suns went to war with the Lakers.

The two teams also met in the second round last year. The Lakers had the advantage of home court, but were swept by the Suns. This year, the two teams had four regular season games. The Suns won the first three games and lost the last one. This time they met in the second round, the media generally Be optimistic about the Suns.

Before the game, both sides announced their starting lineup.

Lakers: Duncan, Gasol, Artest, Kobe, Parker.

Suns: Dayao, Gasol, Alian, Li Ba, Ginobili.

After getting the list, Barkley shouted on the TNT live broadcast: "Kobe will have to endure the test of the strongest defender in the league's history again this time, but I can be sure that on the offensive end, the hammer will definitely get into the basket."

Kenny Smith laughed: "So, the Suns have Yao, Mark, Yi, and the hammer, a total of four big inside players? Haha!"

Barkley also laughed: "Yes, from this list, the Suns don't seem to plan to play fast breaks, and use traditional positional warfare to solve the Lakers."

On the CCTV live broadcast, Zhang Heli also laughed: "The starting lineup is a bit problematic. Except for Ginobili, they are all inside players, but if you look closely, it's still reasonable. ”

Xu Jicheng nodded and said: "First of all, there is no problem with the Hammer point, he can play any position. Then it's A-Lin vs. Artest, because Artest's style is jump shots, no breakthroughs, not many cuts, A-Lin's defense is no problem.

Then there is no problem with the Gasol brothers, because Gasol also has no breakthroughs and poor cutting ability, he must be pulled out to play, Gasol is a little slower, but can also handle it. Finally, Yao Ming here, at most he and Duncan exploded, which is also no problem. ”

Yu Jia smiled and said: "This time it is a real traditional positional battle. In fact, the Lakers should be most afraid of the Suns' fast break tactics. "