Chapter 1143: Lakers' Inside Line in Crisis

"Kobe, here!" Parker shouted in the middle.

But there was no chance, Li Ba stepped up and completed the double team.

Kobe was forced to pass the ball, and Li Ba put his hands on it, lifted it up suddenly, and grabbed the ball very roughly.

"Bang!"

Kobe fell to the floor without standing firmly and losing his balance.

At this time, Li Ba quickly went down and personally carried the ball into the frontcourt.

Kobe also immediately got up and chased, but he was a few steps slower and could only watch Li Ba enter the paint area and hit the Lakers' basket again.

29:23, the Suns led by 6 points.

"Kobe, use more screens." Phil Jackson shouted on the sidelines.

The Lakers attacked.

In the backcourt, Kobe personally carried the ball and pushed forward, completely controlling the ball.

In order to avoid being double-teamed, his advancement speed was very fast, and he pushed forward at full speed. As expected, he broke the double team of Tony Allen and Hill and killed to the right wing of the frontcourt.

"Squeak!"

After stopping suddenly outside the three-point line, Kobe stood up and shot a three-pointer.

"Shua!"

Water splashed.

The moment the ball went in, Kobe raised his chin towards Li Ba under the basket, his eyes were extremely sharp.

29:26, the Lakers were still 3 points behind.

Seeing the sharp Kobe, Staples was filled with warm applause and cheers.

"He shoots his three-pointer, we play ours, and give him one back." Li Ba shouted calmly.

The Suns attacked, Iverson came to the top of the arc with the ball, saw Li Ba raising his hand inside, and immediately passed it in.

The next moment, Li Ba faced the Lakers' substitute inside, turned around and dunked with both hands, smashing the basket, and fought for a free throw opportunity.

The free throw was made, 32:26, ​​the score difference returned to 6 points.

Looking back, Kobe missed a three-pointer, Li Ba grabbed the rebound, and still played steadily in the inside.

In the 4th minute of the second quarter, the score difference was 8 points. Phil Jackson replaced Duncan and Gasol and restored the main lineup.

On the Suns side, Yao Ming came on the court, plus Yi Jianlian, and the outside line was Li Ba + Tony Allen + Ginobili.

Although the Lakers played the main inside line, they still focused on the outside line and shot three-pointers.

The Suns still played inside.

After the second quarter, 52:46, the Lakers were still 6 points behind.

Kobe made 4 of 7 three-pointers and Parker made 2 of 5 three-pointers. Both of them had a very good touch.

Although some points were recovered, the weakness of the Lakers' inside line was almost broken.

Duncan had four fouls, Gasol had three fouls, and even small forwards Artest and Odom had three fouls each.

Zhang He understood and said: "The Lakers will be passive in the second half. Once Duncan is beaten, the Lakers' inside line will lose its barrier and will be at the mercy of the Suns."

Xu Jicheng said: "Unless the Lakers can open up a big gap before Duncan is beaten."

The second half began, and the Lakers attacked.

Kobe was still the main attacker and still shot three-pointers.

The two inside players entered the basket and fought for rebounds.

Defending against Kobe, the Suns gave up double-teaming and let Kobe shoot.

Such a result has both good and bad results. Once Kobe plays superbly, it is likely that the Suns will be killed, but as long as Kobe does not play so superbly, the Suns will win.

The reason is very simple. When Kobe got most of the shots, his teammates were already defended by him. In this way, the Suns achieved the goal of defending the other Lakers by defending Kobe alone.

"A last-ditch battle, Kobe really broke out!"

The first ball in the second half was a three-pointer over Tony Allen's head, and Yu Jia exclaimed.

"If we defend Kobe alone, as long as Kobe really wants to score, no one can stop him except Hammer." Zhang Heli shouted.

"Hammer is determined to play inside today." Xu Jicheng said.

At this time, the Suns attacked, Gasol defended Yao Ming, Duncan defended Li Ba, Artest defended Yi Jianlian, Kobe lost Tony Allen in the backcourt, and double-teamed Ginobili with Parker.

In the high position in the frontcourt, seeing Kobe's move, Li Ba turned around and blocked Duncan, reaching for the ball.

Ginobili reacted quickly, and before the double team came up, he smashed his hands and passed the ball to Li Ba.

Li Ba caught the ball with one hand, dribbled immediately, and arched back to move Duncan, then turned left and broke into the paint area.

Yao Ming and Gasol were fighting for position under the basket.

Li Ba grabbed the ball with one hand and jumped up in two steps to hit the basket.

Gasol and Duncan jumped up and blocked and chased the block at the same time, one in front and one behind.

"Bang!"

The basketball jumped up with a fierce slam, and several people under the basket also fell to the ground.

"Beep!"

The referee blew the whistle and pointed to Gasol on the floor, making a foul and two free throws.

"Gasol also has 4 fouls." Yu Jia shouted excitedly.

Li Ba made one of two free throws, 53:49, the Suns still led by 4 points, the Lakers attacked.

This time Parker took a three-pointer and missed. Li Ba blocked Duncan, and Yao Ming grabbed the rebound over Gasol's head, and the Suns attacked.

Li Ba personally carried the ball forward, and when he reached the top of the arc, he made a gesture of pulling away with his left hand.

"Okay, the position of the hammer has changed. Now it's the point guard. Now it's the Lakers' turn to have a headache." Yu Jia shouted excitedly.

"Except for the hammer, everyone on the Suns' court can be pulled away. Now the Lakers' basket is empty." Zhang Heli shouted.

Artest stood in front of Li Ba, with his arms spread out, ready to fight.

Li Ba continued to dribble the ball, and suddenly he stepped out with his right foot and broke through Artest on the opposite side in one step.

Artest tried to grab Li Ba's arm, but the latter elbowed him away, causing him to tear his teeth in pain.

Duncan and Gasol knew that Li Ba wanted to hurt them, but they still had to go back to the basket and implement closed defense.

Li Ba didn't know how to pass the ball. He rushed to the free throw line, grabbed the ball with one hand, and rushed to the gap between Duncan and Gasol after two steps.

Duncan and Gasol jumped at the same time, trying to close the gap first.

At this moment, the older Li Ba took the lead. He jumped higher and faster, and crashed from top to bottom.

In the moment before the collision, his body was on one side in the air, and he got into the gap first, holding the ball with one arm and smashing it into the basket.

"Bang!"

The three collided in the air.

The next moment, with a bang, the basket exploded, Li Ba was hanging on the basket, Duncan and Gasol were blown apart, and they staggered back and fell to the ground after landing.

"Oh!"

The Lakers fans screamed as the crowd in their own basket was in chaos.

"Yeah!"

On the contrary, the Suns bench and 3,000 away fans were instantly excited.

"Beep!"

The referee blew the whistle and pointed at Duncan.

Li Ba scored an extra free throw for a hand-hitting foul.

"Five fouls, the second half just started, Duncan has five fouls, the Lakers' inside line is in danger! The Lakers' inside line is about to collapse!" Yu Jia shouted excitedly.

Li Ba high-fived his teammates and walked to the free throw line.