NBA Absolute Flood Dam

Chapter 114 Covering McGrady

"Snapped!"

Li Ba took the lead to touch the ball and hit it to Marbury, completing his first jump ball.

The Suns gave Li Ba the first offense.

Li Ba easily took a position in the low post on the left wing, successfully received the ball, and then headed past Hunter and entered the paint area. At this time, the Magic's power forward Drew Gooden entered the basket to help defend.

Gooden is 208 cm tall and weighs 113 kg. He was the No. 51 pick in the first round last year. After playing 28.6 games with the Grizzlies, he was traded to the Magic. He averaged 13.6 minutes per game in the Magic, scored 8.4 points and [-] rebounds, and was selected as the best Rookie First Team.

He has offense and rebounds, but his defense can only be said to be average, averaging less than one steal and block per game.

After he assisted in entering the paint area, Marion did not follow into the paint area, but reached out to Li Ba for the ball.

Li Ba stepped into the paint area, jumped high, and after attracting Gooden's help defense, he threw the basketball over the basket.

At this time, Marion rushed over quickly, raised his left arm high, and pressed the basketball to the basket.

"boom!"

"Aww!!!!!!!"

The opening lob, the audience was boiling.

"Ohoo, alley-oop! Nice alley-oop!"

In the TNT live broadcast seat, Barkley roared, and then shouted excitedly: "Can I think so, has the lob become a standard tactic for the Suns?"

"I also think so. The Suns often play this kind of cooperation inside. The two guys have a strong defense. After the Hammers have shown a certain ability to play hard at the basket, they have shown such cooperation on the offensive end. I think They're a perfect combination inside," Smith said.

"Hammer's surname is Li, why not call them the Li-Ma combination?" Barkley suggested.

"Good idea." Smith laughed.

"Your mother's combination? That's a really bad name."

When Li Ba heard Buckley's words, he immediately complained, and planned to have a good talk with that illiterate later.

The first ball was an alley-oop dunk, and Marion was very excited.

He has taken two or three more shots in these few games than last season, and his efficiency is much higher. In terms of scoring, he is on par with Marbury, occupying the top two positions in the team. He is very satisfied with this change.

A boss who doesn't occupy the ball, he thinks this is the best boss.

When the Magic attacked, Li Ba took the initiative to switch defenses with Marion, and he would defend the stronger left-wing low-post Drew Gooden.

Not only does he have to guard against Gooden, but also because McGrady is also on the left wing three-point line now.

Marion readily agreed that he lost more than ten kilograms, and it would be very difficult for Gooden, who has good firepower to defend in the low post.

But Li Ba didn't actually need to switch defenses, because the ball was in McGrady's hands.

"Make it or miss it, I don't want anything else, as long as the ball is in my hands."

Since last season, on the offensive end, McGrady has been in a state of madness. After getting the ball, the only choice is to attack, and passing the ball is not an option for him.

And the team also supports his style of play, because the Magic need McGrady with an elegant style of play to maintain the ball market.

So did head coach John Davis.

He is a former NBA player with no achievements, and he has no achievements after turning into a coach. He only coached the Philadelphia 96ers in the 97-76 season, with a winning percentage of 26.8%.

He expects McGrady to continue to explode this season, and then lead the Magic into the playoffs, thus continuing his own coaching career.

So his offensive tactic for the team is to leave everything to McGrady, and it will be no problem to fight five.

McGrady received the basketball from Tyronn Lue on the left-wing three-point line, and Posey immediately stepped up to defend.

The first step in the history of the second, this is not false, riding Posey just up, McGrady dribbled the ball and suddenly started the first step.

"So fast!"

The thought flashed through Percy's mind, and his body moved back instinctively.

But it was too late, McGrady rushed over with one step, and then cut directly to the left elbow.

Li Ba has mentioned above the left wing waist in the paint area, and he will enter the basket before McGrady enters the paint area.

But at this moment, McGrady, who had just broken through to the left elbow, made an emergency stop jumper.

"This guy, jump so high!" Li Ba thought this in his mind when he saw the jump shot.

Then, with a swish, he turned his head to look, and the basketball had already penetrated his own basket.

Looking back, I saw a trace of disdain flashing on Madonna's lazy face.

"It's really difficult to guard against such a scorer with an emergency stop jump shot. It's difficult today." Li Ba didn't care about McGrady's expression, who can have a temper?

As he ran to the front field, he summed up his defensive experience this time.

"James..." Li Ba greeted James Posey.

"Sorry, Hammer, I was passed by that guy, I will be careful next time." Posey said.

"Remember, you don't have to prevent him to death, you can't prevent him, just reduce his hit rate. Let him come inside, let me greet him." Li Ba said.

Percy nodded, but was very surprised in his heart.

He couldn't help being surprised that the rookie boss dared to let him in when he met a league scoring champion like McGrady.

"This kind of responsibility really deserves to be the guy who snatched the boss position in half a month." He secretly said in shock.

In the next few rounds, McGrady showed a strong desire to attack and continued to attack.

In the first 6 minutes, half of the quarter, the Magic took a total of 8 shots, and he accounted for 6 of them alone.

He took 6 shots and made 3 goals, including a three-pointer with a 5% hit rate, which is not low.In addition to making 4 of 3 free throws, he scored 10 points in half a quarter alone, showing the strength of the league's scoring leader.

In contrast to the Suns, on the defensive end, with the help of Marion, Li Ba completely controlled the paint area, and on the offensive end, he and Marion continued to play low-post connections inside.

Because of the guarantee of rebounds, the Suns took as many as 13 shots, 5 more than the Magic, and scored 7 goals, 12:17, leading the Magic at home by 5 points.

But to Li Ba's regret, McGrady never came in. He either made a three-pointer or broke in and made a mid-range shot.

The game continues, the Magic attack.

McGrady holds the ball in the top arc.

Posey was strict, and McGrady chopped [-] points on his head in half a quarter. His head was bleeding, and the movements of his hands were getting bigger and bigger.

Attack time No. 15 seconds, McGrady suddenly made a three-pointer.

Percy was shaken, and then he found that Maddie in front of him was gone.

"Ganba... No, this is a breakthrough!" Barkley screamed strangely.

McGrady entered the paint directly from the front of the top arc, and Li Ba immediately dropped Gooden to defend in a reasonable collision zone.

"squeak!"

There was a sharp sound of sneakers rubbing, and just as Li Ba was standing firmly under the basket, McGrady, who had taken a step into the paint, suddenly made an emergency stop.

This action was so sudden that Li Ba had an instinctive reaction, that is, he immediately launched a forward pounce to prevent McGrady from making an emergency stop for a jump shot.

This is McGrady's first emergency stop jump shot after entering the paint area. McGrady has not directly attacked the basket today, and all of them are mid-range and long-range jump shots. Li Ba really wants to defend this shot.

However, just as he took a step, McGrady, who was 1.5 meters away and just made an emergency stop, started again.

Another second-quickest first step in history, he went straight to the basket.

"The first step is so fast!"

At this moment, this thought flashed through Li Ba's mind.

His frontal first step is okay in the fifth position, but compared with McGrady, there is no comparison.

Returning to his thoughts, the moment McGrady restarted, he also began to withdraw his strength, and then began to turn around.

He believed that McGrady would go straight to the basket and he would make the most explosive dunk, so he turned around.

Of course, if McGrady makes a sudden stop for a jumper again at this time, he will admit it.

But this kind of McGrady, he thinks he won't be able to play for a few years, and no one's knees and ankles can often withstand such actions.

If so, such a McGrady will not pose a threat to him, and he is not someone who cares about one or two victories.

"call!"

Just after Li Ba completed his turn, McGrady swept past Li Ba's right side with the sound of the wind, and then jumped up.

At the moment of jumping up, he grabbed the basketball with his right hand and began to lift it upwards. When he was gliding in place, he hit a tomahawk dunk.

"No one is allowed to fly over your heads? Except me!" At this moment, this thought flashed through McGrady's mind.

At this moment, the attention of the audience is here.

At this moment, Barkley got up from his seat and stared at him.

At this moment, Li Ba didn't look at the ball. After turning around, he lowered his head and started the first step with all his strength, stepping into the reasonable impact zone, and then jumped up, drawing his left palm from the side and back to McGrady's goal of hitting the basket. basketball.

McGrady swung his right arm and hit the basket with the tomahawk. Just before the basketball was about to enter the basket, a giant yellow palm hit the basketball.

"boom!"

The huge force instantly slammed the basketball into the air, and even flew out of the field.

"Oh!!!!!!!!"

There was an instant exclamation in the American West Arena.

"Zhan...cough cough cough...terrible!"

Barkley was about to roar out a tomahawk dunk when he suddenly found that McGrady had been blocked. He choked on his breath and coughed a few times before recovering.

"Ha ha!"

Smith laughed and hurried over with a bottle of water.

"Oh!"

Mai Di couldn't stand firmly on the ground and fell at Li Ba's feet.

He looked up and saw Li Ba's fierce eyes and teeth reflecting cold light, which looked like a hungry beast, which made his heart skip a beat.

(End of this chapter)