Chapter 307 Shorting O'Neill

Li Ba still defended with all his strength this time, focusing on rebounds.

But in the first few minutes, the Suns lost two rebounds, which is unfavorable.

Since he entered the Suns, none of the games he lost to opponents in rebounding was won.

Today, O'Neal and Malone's control of the paint area has been significantly strengthened, and every rebound must be contested. He feels that if he continues to play like this today, he will be in danger.

"How?" he asked himself.

At this time, Kobe bypassed Battier's defense from the right wing, ran off the ball, and began to cut into the paint.

But Kobe's right wing is not the strong side, the strong side is on the left wing, the ball is on the left wing, and the sun's defensive formation is also on the left wing. Kobe's cut formed a back cut to the sun.

O'Neal received a pass from Payton, and Li Ba fought hard behind him. He had no chance and passed the ball to Malone.

Malone has pulled up to the high position. He saw Kobe's back cut, caught the ball and threw it to the basket, deflecting to the right side of the basket.

It's a lob pass.

Kobe stepped into the paint area step by step, while watching the incoming basketball, he adjusted his pace and prepared to jump.

"Be careful with backcuts!"

Seeing this, Zhang Lili shouted anxiously.

When O'Neal passed the ball, Li Ba immediately turned around and stuck the former firmly behind him.

But at this moment, Malone received the ball and passed it. In an instant, he made the next reaction, slammed O'Neill behind him, borrowed enough reaction force, and immediately started the first step forward, and the whole person sprinted forward .

Kobe watched the ball while taking off.

At the moment of jumping, he seemed to see someone rushing towards him out of the corner of his right eye.

Then after he vacated, someone flew past him, and he was startled.

This scene reminded him of the last time he was sitting in a helicopter when suddenly a big bird flew by.

"Boom!"

Li Ba further stepped on the ground, passed Kobe in the air, and took away the ball passed to Kobe with a snap.

"pretty!"

Excited, Zhang Lili gave a loud shout.

"Steal! A perfect steal!"

The passionate voice of the Suns' on-site commentator sounded.

"Fast break! Fast break! Fast break..." The Suns fans in the audience immediately started shouting.

"What a beautiful steal!"

In the front row, Jordan shook his head, smiling and admiring.

This time the Lakers couldn't delay Li Ba's pass, because O'Neal and Malone were far away from him, and he passed it to Marbury in time.

"boom!"

The two horses cooperated, and the hacker gave Marbury an assist by bombing the Lakers' basket.

Kobe couldn't return to the defense, and the Lakers couldn't make a timely return to the Sun's fast break.

4:9, the Suns lead by 5 points.

The Lakers attack.

"Get ready to go!"

When passing by Marbury, Li Ba whispered.

Marbury didn't understand, but nodded, he trusted Li Ba 100%.

This time, Li Ba suddenly made a change on the defensive end.

He didn't stay in the low post on the left wing to defend O'Neal, but moved in and out of the paint from time to time, as if the Suns were attacking.

O'Neill was a little dazed at first, but he immediately reacted and immediately took the opportunity to ask Payton for the ball.

Payton saw that O'Neal was vacant and immediately passed it over.

"Oops!" Zhang Lili yelled.

"coming!"

The locking skill was triggered, and Li Ba, who had just entered the paint and faced the right wing, "saw" the basketball flying in the air behind him.

The first moment of the trigger, five meters, he started to turn around.

The second moment of the trigger, three meters, he turned around and took a step forward.

At the third moment of triggering, one meter, he landed on the ground with one step, stretched his right arm, and swept past O'Neal, taking the basketball away by the way.

"Oh oh oh……"

Teacher Zhang Lili kept screaming excitedly.

"Oh! Incredible deduction!"

In the front row, Jordan's eyes widened.

"Steal! Steal! Steal! Steal..."

Sun's on-site commentator's mouth was like a machine gun, shaking non-stop, frothing, repeating the word over and over again.

"Fast attack..."

Sun home fans started shouting again.

Amidst their shouts, Marbury went down crazily.

And the Lakers haven't reacted yet, including Kobe, this steal is the same as the last one, it's too sudden.

When Marbury was about to advance to the basket, he turned around and looked around. The fastest Kobe of the Lakers was on the right wing, four meters away from him, and Marion was on the right wing, only three meters away from him. He immediately changed direction and turned around. The ball was thrown into the air in front of Marion.

"Boom!"

Marion jumped to his feet.

"boom!"

One-arm dunks, the Lakers' basket was blown up.

"oh!!!"

Sun fans cheered in unison, and the atmosphere was hot.

Far away in San Antonio, Popovich saw this scene, sneered, and said to himself: "Phil Jackson doesn't suffer a bit, I'm afraid he won't guard against that pest's move."

In the first round of the series, he suffered enough from Li Ba's steals. Duncan was robbed many times. Don't be careless, as far as you can pass and receive the ball from Li Ba.

He was eliminated by the Suns in the first round and lost the chance of consecutive championships. Now he really thinks that Li Ba is a pest.

"Stephen likes to steal my assists." Seeing Marion's dunk, Li Ba complained.

The steal just now was inspired by the previous steal.

He deliberately didn't stick to O'Neal, he was digging a hole, gave him a chance to open up, and tempted him to ask for the ball.

And his own movement is actually a purposeful movement.

His walking range is about two meters within the range enough to cut off the passing line between O'Neal and the ball holder, so that he only needs to turn around one step and add his arm to complete the steal.

Of course, this refers to a long pass and the ball is still on the outside. If the ball comes in and there is a possibility of a short pass, he will quickly return to O'Neal's side.

This distance is actually very tempting, because for a super player like Shaquille O'Neal, the space created by the distance of two meters is as big as a sea of ​​open opportunities. Who can't resist not wanting the ball?

Sometimes, in order to pursue half-length shooting space, players have to run desperately. This kind of wide-open opportunity will ask for the ball every time it appears.

The Lakers attack again.

Li Ba repeated his old trick and let O'Neill go.

O'Neill didn't know what Li Ba was doing. He was already the most dominant center, and it was impossible for him to study every opponent, even those who were not, like the rookie Li Ba. I want the ball.

Payton didn't know Li Ba even more and passed the ball.

So, the last steal, the same position, almost the same passing line, was repeated.

"Snapped!"

Li Ba swept across half a meter in front of O'Neill and took the ball away.

But he didn't stop, but grabbed the ball with one hand and took two steps before jumping up and throwing it at Marbury.

Marbury went down faster this time, he had already passed the center line, and he was already on the three-point line when he received the ball.

"What an incredible steal!" Jordan shook his head in the front row.

"boom!"

Marion once again gave Marbury an assist.

At 4:13, the Suns led by 9 points.