Chapter 150 Come Down, I Won't Cover You Anymore

Back at halftime, the Suns served from the bottom line.

After Marbury and Joe Johnson picked and rolled, they didn't pull it off. They directly relied on the latter's screen and made a long two-pointer to rewrite the score to 42:45.

"Jermaine, come down, I won't cover you."

When it was the Pacers' turn to attack, Li Ba saw that Xiao Ao didn't go down at all, so he was anxious, and waved and shouted.

"Ha ha!"

A group of Chinese journalists sitting behind the baseline laughed.

"Who will believe you? Come out if you have the guts!"

Xiao Ao glanced at Li Ba, curled his lips in disdain and replied.

I was blocked four times in half a quarter, so I won't be fooled. I will stay in the high position and move between the left and right elbows. It depends on what you do.

He's shooting very well in this area, the mid-range area he's most familiar with.

Of course, his style of play that doesn't go into the low post is also one of the reasons why he is called a softie.

Li Ba had no choice but to switch defenses with Marion, let him guard the opponent's power forward Foster, and Marion guard Jr. Ao.

"Jeff, your job is to drag that rookie," Reggie Miller yelled at Jeff Foster.

Foster's strength is average, he nodded immediately, and began to implement the tactical guidance of the team's real boss.

"Look, Jermaine, who is the boss of the Pacers?" At this moment, Xiao Ao received the basketball, and Li Ba joked.

Little Ao looked back at Reggie Miller with dissatisfaction.

"This kid, this psychological quality has not improved at all, it's too simple!"

Seeing Xiao Ao like this, Reggie Miller secretly sighed, I'm about to retire, I just want to get a ring, can't you fight for it?

He glanced at Li Ba, who was provoking dissension, his fists were a little itchy, but he thought in his heart that this was the boss of a team.

"careful!"

When he looked at Li Ba, his face suddenly changed, and he yelled at Xiao Ao.

"Are you still yelling at me?"

Xiao Ao was taken aback for a moment, but at this moment, the corner of his left eye dimmed, and a figure rushed past him, taking his basketball by the way.

"Oh, the Hammer contributed another steal!" The sun's commentator roared immediately over the arena.

After grabbing the basketball, Li Ba threw it to Marbury and chased after him.

This time it wasn't a fast break because the steal was sudden.

When Li Ba ran past the three-point line, the two teams were all in position except for the Pacers power forward.

Li Ba went down from the top arc, passed by Marbury, and yelled: "Two!"

This is an agreed signal between him and Marbury, and it can be changed temporarily every game. This "two" means, ask me to play.

In the past, it was a gesture, which would be seen by others, but it is more concealed with numbers.

Li Ba speeds up and crosses the free throw line.

Under the basket, it was Xiao Ao, standing in a reasonable collision zone.

The moment Marbury heard the "two", he made a fake pass to the left wing, fooled the opposing player, and then threw the basketball over the basket.

Marbury's passing action not only fooled point guard Anthony Johnson, but also fooled Jermaine O'Neill under the basket. He glanced to the left wing, then found that there was no ball passing, and immediately knew he had been fooled.

As soon as he looked back, he saw that Li Ba, who had rushed in ahead, jumped up, and ran towards him like a mountain.

Seeing Li Ba's ferocious face, Xiao Ao shuddered all over, took a step back in an instant, and retreated directly to the bottom line.

After this retreat, he regretted it again and felt that he should be tougher.

"..."

Seeing this scene, Reggie Miller, who was defending James Posey on the left wing, suddenly had a look of disappointment in his eyes.

"boom!"

Without any interference, Li Ba's right hand caught up with the basketball and pushed it into the basket.

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

Huge cheers broke out in the American West Arena.

This is the Hammer's first offense in this game. Although his defense is equally exciting, fans also want to see his ferocious dunks.

Last season, fans wanted to see Stoudemire's violent dunks, but now they are used to Li Ba's ferocious dunks based on strength, and they like to see the basket trembling under Li Ba's heavy dunks , that is another completely different stimulation.

And they especially like the lob dunks from the inside and outside through train between Marbury and the Hammers, which is the so-called Ba's lob.

"Oh hoo, gorgeous Ba's lob, it comes from the Hammers, and the close cooperation between Marbury."

The roar of the Suns commentator sounded, and then he thought of one more thing, saying: "This season, Marbury averaged 8.2 assists per game, especially in the last 6 games, his average assists per game reached 9.2 times. , and our locker room is very harmonious, I think the nickname Lone Wolf doesn't suit him anymore. Friends, give him a new nickname, OK?"

"OK!!!!!!"

The audience responded.

Marbury was a little confused when he heard the commentator's words and saw the audience's response, but he couldn't help laughing.

"Old Ma, as I said, you will no longer be a lone wolf." Li Ba yelled at Marbury.

Marbury smiled and gave Li Ba an OK gesture.

He has publicly stated that he doesn't like the nickname of the Lone Wolf, but it is a pity that he has been carrying the nickname of the Lone Wolf, which makes him very depressed. Now it is best for the Suns fans to give him a new nickname.

At this moment, he even thought about fighting in the sun forever.

In the third quarter, because of Xiao Ao's physical problems, he went down after playing for eight minutes, and then the paint area of ​​the two teams was completely dominated by Li Ba.

In order to train troops, Frank was also bold. He moved Joe Johnson to the third position, replaced Barbosa, and replaced James Posey.

57:68, the Suns played a 25-15 in the third quarter, winning by 10 points and widening the point difference to 11 points.

This is still to hone Joe Johnson and Barbosa, wasting some possessions, otherwise the point difference may be twenty.

14 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 turnovers and 3 fouls. These are the statistics from Jr.'s three quarters.

His scoring is not bad, he averaged 20+10 per game last season, but don't forget, 8 of his points came off the bench in the second quarter, as did 2 of his 3 rebounds.

Against Li Ba, he only scored 6 points and 1 rebound. In the third quarter, he didn't play low post and didn't pick up a single rebound.

Both coach Rick Carlisle and spiritual leader Reggie Miller were a little disappointed.

A regular season, especially a loss to a western team, actually doesn't matter much, but what they think is the strongest point, the inside all-star power forward, was actually given only one shot by Li Ba, who scored two points. It exploded, and this is where they were disappointed.

"If I knew this earlier, I should let him rest this time." Rick Carlisle secretly thought.

Think about it too, who can stand being blocked by the opposing player four times in a row? What's more, it was Xiao Ao who had a poor psychological quality.