NBA Absolute Flood Dam

Chapter 23 Locker Room Contradictions

"Whoosh!"

Ginobili threw the ball the first time.

Parker ran two steps after receiving the ball, and then went straight to the layup and hit a goal.

0:2, the Spurs lead.

"Om!!!!"

In an instant, nearly [-] fans at the AT&T Center burst into cheers and shouts for the Spurs' first goal of the season.

The intense scene, like an earthquake, made Li Ba's scalp tingle.

He saw Marbury stop at the halfway line and shook his head.

Then turned his head to look, Frank was also shaking his head in front of the bench.

"Amare, make bold moves, you can jump higher than that idiot." Frank shouted at Stoudemire on the sidelines.

The decibels at the scene were too high, and Xiaobawang didn't know if he heard it clearly, so he nodded when he saw it.

The next game was very intense.

Xiaobawang lost the first goal, which affected his subsequent performance, and began to commit consecutive fouls, committing six fouls in the third quarter.

Played 22 minutes, 10 of 4 shots, 10 free throws, 7 points, 2 rebounds, 6 turnovers and [-] fouls, no other statistics.

Li Ba was a little stunned. Is this the new best rookie who overwhelmed Dayao last year?

He didn't think that Xiaobawang's statistics were bad, but his attitude.He thinks the Bully doesn't have a defensive attitude.

He made six fouls, but only got two free throws.This shows that he is weak and intimidated on the offensive end.

What makes Li Ba even more disdainful is that on the defensive end, although he got six fouls, four of these six fouls were pointless fouls on Duncan, such as stretching his hands indiscriminately.The remaining two were fouls by thugs while blocking shots.

In other words, none of the six fouls belonged to a tough defense.

As the core insider, how can he do without a strong defense?

Not to mention offensive players, defense is all about attitude. Even if [-]% of the energy is devoted to offense and [-]% to defense, the [-]% energy can still play tough defense in a limited number of defenses.

Therefore, he believes that the weakness of Xiaobawang's defense is a problem of defensive attitude.

But this game did not show a one-sided situation, because the lone wolf Marbury and the all-round fighter Marion played very well, scoring consecutive points, and the scores of the two sides have been rising alternately.

Li Ba realized that he had no chance in this game. Frank would not allow himself, a rookie who was not drafted, to play in such an intense game.

But he still gets up and moves every now and then, warming up and getting ready to play.

Sure enough, until the end of the game, he did not get a second chance to play.

In the first game of the Suns, they also lost by one point.

The final score was 82:83.

"A good game! But our rookie of the year let us down a bit. Against Duncan, on both ends of the floor, he was useless."

In the end, Barkley said so.

Back in the locker room, Frank regretfully said nonsense: "Today was too bad luck, we only lost one point."

"Let's take a look at the data comparison." Holding a few pieces of paper, he continued.

"43 rebounds to 38, we won five."

"Because we had more rebounds, we took more shots, 83 times. But unfortunately, it didn't translate into points, because our shooting percentage was too low. 36.1%, only [-] shots were made. Among them, [-] three-pointers were shot and [-] hits So, Sean, you shoot a few more threes next game."

In order to keep the atmosphere from being too bad, Frank joked.

"Okay, sir." Marion smiled.

"They only shot 73 balls, but their shooting percentage was as high as 42.5%, and they scored 31 goals. We lost on this one ball."

"Also, our assists are only 14, while they have 20." Having said that, Frank glanced at Marbury.

"I have eight assists." Mabu said deadpan.

"In addition to assists, we also have problems defensively. In terms of blocks, we only have five, while they have eleven. Amare, you need to work harder on the defensive end." Frank looked at the bully.

Stoudemire shrugged. He doesn't like defense. He wastes his energy on offense.

Of course, he also likes to block shots, except for dunks, which is the coolest move he likes most.But alas, defense isn't just about blocking shots.

"I can provide this energy to the team." Then a voice sounded.

Everyone saw that it was Li Ba sitting in the corner.

Frank frowned. He was not angry with Li Ba for saying this, but worried that this sentence would cause conflicts in the locker room. After all, Li Ba was just a rookie.

"You just need to keep an eye on the water dispenser." Barbosa teased.

Not only did Li Ba not get playing time in this game, neither did he.He also sat all night, so he also felt a little resentful.Now the resentment is directed at Li Ba, because Li Ba took his position and made him farther away from the head coach. He thinks this is the reason.

"Rookie, it's not your turn to speak in the locker room." Xiaobawang stood up, with a straight face, pointing at Li Ba and yelling.

His reaction was the most intense, because just now Frank asked him to provide more energy on the defensive end. Now that the rookie said this, is he trying to grab his position, or is he laughing at him for not defending?

If he was annoyed with Li Ba for not lifting his shoes last time, he would be very annoyed now.

Xiaobawang's voice was loud and harsh, and it spread outside the locker room.There were a bunch of reporters waiting outside, and they immediately became excited. Did the losing Suns carry it?

Among them, Chen Hong was also inside, and he was a little worried.Li Ba has a bad temper, it would be bad if he got involved.It never occurred to him that what happened inside was triggered by Li Ba's words.

"In this game, as far as I remember, you made four shots, got [-], seven rebounds and six fouls, and didn't even block a single shot. Duncan, does that scare you?"

Li Ba didn't yell at him directly, but read out some of the little bully's data he knew. He just read the data sheet in Frank's hand.

Xiaobawang's face turned red instantly, and he made a gesture to walk towards Li Ba.

Frank has a big head and a hammer, aren't you just stabbing Amale's sore foot with a knife?

In this game, he must be dissatisfied with Xiaobawang.If it weren't for Marbury scoring 24 points and Marion scoring 20 points and 4 blocks, the game would have collapsed long ago, and the third quarter would have entered garbage time.

In fact, Li Ba is annoyed by the little bully. What's more, it's because of you that there is no garbage time in this game. I didn't get a second of playing time. If I don't hate you, who do you hate?

"Okay, rookies, sit down for me, do you want the Spurs to see what we are doing inside?" Penny stood up, stopped Xiaobawang, and shouted at the two.

"Amale, don't pay attention to this Chinese." Barbosa began to win over his comrades, and pulled Xiaobawang back to the bench.

(End of this chapter)