Chapter 527

"In the first two minutes, the Hammer made 2 of 2 shots, 1 of 1 free throw, scored 5 points, 2 assists and 2 blocks. He performed well. He blasted the Spurs on the offensive end, and completed an absolute defense against the Spurs on the defensive end. The Spurs went to the rim twice and missed one."

Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.

"In the Sun's 4 offenses, he assisted two and played two of his own. This is the complete core of offense and defense." Yu Jia boasted.

"Yep."

Zhang Lili immediately echoed cheerfully.

This offense, Duncan took over.

He stuck Marion in the low post on the right wing for the ball.

Li Ba moved to the basket.

Parker moved to the right wing, out of the way of Marbury's defense and passed the ball down.

At this moment, Li Ba accelerated to the right wing and double-teamed Duncan.

Battier on the left wing saw it and immediately rushed into the paint to defend Nazl.

As soon as Duncan caught the ball, he realized that he was double-teamed. He immediately held the ball with both hands in front of his chest, with his elbows flat, and was about to elbow sideways.

Marion who was behind immediately took half a step back.

But without any hesitation, Li Ba leaned close to his body and pressed his chest up.

As soon as he retreats, the double-team will be completely broken.

"Boom!"

Duncan turned sideways, and swept his left elbow on Li Ba, but the latter didn't take a step back, but instead took the opportunity to put his hands on the basketball.

"Give me."

With both hands, Li Ba grabbed the basketball directly with brute force, and got a serious steal.

The first time he grabbed the ball, he moved his feet, made a right turn, and swept his left elbow fiercely between Duncan's chest and abdomen.

"Well!"

Duncan snorted, blushing and took half a step back.

"This is a hand-to-hand battle, the brave wins!" Zhang Lili exclaimed.

Marbury had already reached the frontcourt, and when he saw Li Ba double-teaming, he immediately turned around and got away from Parker.

At this time, Li Ba made a long pass, and Marbury caught the ball and pushed it to the basket for a layup.

3:12, the Suns led by 9 points.

"The Hammer used the toughest defense to turn Duncan's offense into a mistake." Barkley yelled in the TNT live broadcast.

"If Marion is replaced by Raheem Wallace, the Suns lineup will be more perfect." Kenny Smith said.

"No, no, it's not much better. Have you forgotten that during the regular season, the Hammers and Double Wallace elbowed each other in the paint. If he is dead, his toughness is just like that, Roaring Tianzun is nothing more than that, not much stronger than Hardite, just relying on roaring." Barkley said disdainfully.

"hehe!"

Kenny Smith laughed.

In the CCTV live broadcast, Zhang Lili said: "Although the Suns did not implement a pressing tactic, the zone defense is still very strong, especially the Hammer, which has become a difficulty that the Spurs cannot overcome. So far, the Spurs have only made one three-pointer , The interior offense was continuously blocked, Popovich called a timeout, let's see how the Spurs play next."

In front of the Spurs bench, Popovich yelled at Nazr with a livid face and distorted face:

"Where is your restraint on that guy? Our powerful U.S. Army does not have him free, he can double-team Tim at will, what is your role? If you can't do anything, then go down."

Nazir was sprayed with saliva all over his face, disgusting, but he just didn't dare to wipe it off, and he didn't even dare to hide.

After spraying Nazr, Popovich pointed at Duncan, and he yelled:

"Tim, this is our Finals. As long as we kill the Suns, neither the Pistons nor the Knicks will be our opponents, so use all your strength..."

"Kill the horse! Kill the horse! Kill the horse..."

At this moment, a roar sounded from the side, interrupting Popovich's words. He couldn't help but hate, turned his head to look, and saw the big pest of the hammer walking in front of them, roaring loudly.

"Kill the horse! Kill the horse..."

At this time, the fans in the audience roared.

"..."

This made Popovich unable to open his mouth even more, and he was so angry that he wanted to pounce on him and take a bite.

"Cheer up for me, whoever doesn't work hard, let me down." He gestured for the players to get together and shouted with all his strength.

The timeout ends and the game begins.

Parker pushed forward.

Duncan was in the low post on the right wing.

With his strength, he could even get to the basket directly against Marion, but he didn't dare, because that would directly face Li Ba's defense, so it is still safe to play in the low post.

Li Ba moved from the low post on the left wing to the basket as he called for position.

Nazr tried to entangle him, but he gave him an elbow secretly, and stopped immediately.

In this Western Conference Finals, Li Ba was bound to win. Today's elbow was not easy for him, and Duncan couldn't stand it. With Nazr's tonnage, he couldn't bear it at all.

Marbury tried his best to prevent Parker from passing the ball. Parker quickly moved to the right wing, and suddenly ran back and passed the ball.

"Hammer?"

Just as Duncan was about to catch the ball, a big hand emerged from behind and broke the ball away.

"Yeah! Another perfect defense, the hammer gave Parker a turnover." The Suns commentator roared excitedly.

Marbury got off quickly and was entangled by Parker. At this moment, he saw Li Ba following up, so he stabilized himself.

Li Ba strode forward, crossed Parker and Marbury, and rushed towards Ginobili and Posey.

Seeing that Li Ba was like a rampaging bison, Ginobili didn't dare to stand in front of him. He pulled Li Ba's arm aside, a huge force immediately went up to his body, and with a bang, he was brought to the floor , fell five meat and six vegetarian.

Li Ba, on the other hand, stepped on Ginobili's head, jumped up, grabbed Marbury's pass behind him with both hands, and smashed violently.

With a bang, as the Spurs rim was blown, the entire American West Arena erupted instantly.

3:15, the Suns lead.

Just after a timeout, Popovich called a timeout again because the Spurs' offensive problems had not been resolved.

"I suggest that Duncan leave from the low post. He must withdraw from the Hammer's defense area." Kenny Smith said at this time.

"In Duncan's career, the shot percentage and shooting percentage at the basket are 30.9% and 69.4%, the two-pointers are 33.4% and 44.2%, the two-pointers are 19.5% and 40.3%, and the two-pointers are 15.3% and 40.3%. So I agree with Kenny's suggestion, leaving the low post, Tim Duncan still has a shooting percentage of more than 40%."

Buckley said.

But he went on to say: "Karl Malone also has a 40% mid-range shooting percentage, and his mid-range and long-range two-pointers accounted for nearly 60%, but he has not won a ring in his career. It's also the difference between him and Duncan, because Duncan's shots at the basket and close to the basket accounted for 64%, while Karl Malone only had 40%. Duncan's dominance in the paint area is not comparable to Karl Malone. This is why Duncan is now called The reason why he is the number one power forward in history.”