NBA Absolute Flood Dam

Chapter 33

On the Suns side, the five called, in addition to Li Ba and Penny, were Tom Gugliotta, Zako Kabakapa, and Bunavin Knight.

Knight played at the No. 97 position. He was the No. 16 pick in the first round of [-].

Tom Gugliotta, who is a mixed bag, is 208cm tall and is placed in the fourth position.

This year's No. 17 pick in the first round, Zako Kabakapa, is 211cm tall and was placed in the fifth position by Frank.

"I play number three?" Li Ba was startled.

In this position, his movement is too slow, and the effect is not good. Isn't this to punish him?

"I need to see your perimeter defense ability. Also, pay attention to rebounding. If you want to attack, grab offensive rebounds and play second offense. Don't ask Penny for the ball from the outside." Frank said to Li Ba.

"Okay, no problem." Li Ba said confidently.

"Take the ball across the court and hand it over to Penny," Frank explained to point guard Knight.

"Okay, sir," Nate said.

"Penny, you can shoot from the outside as you like, and Zako can try it from the inside. If it doesn't work, it's up to you to decide the tactics and the possession of the ball." Frank said to Penny.

"OK." Penny nodded.

The break ends and the second quarter begins.

"Hurry up, this is the second quarter, right?" In a hotel room in Houston, a large group of reporters poured in, including Yao Min.

They just finished attending the Rockets' press conference, and now they are going to write a press release while watching the Suns vs. Cavaliers game.Yao Min also came to join in the fun.

"Dayao, Li Ba really deducted one?" Zhang Lili asked Yao Min.

"It's quite violent! That guy's muscles seem to be inflated." Yao Min shook his head and sighed.

"Our weekly report Chen Hong's information said that Li Ba's family is a blacksmith, and he must have trained his muscles like that when he was young."

A reporter from Sports Weekly said.

"It should be." The others nodded.

"It's coming, it's starting!" Yang Yi shouted at this moment.

"There is him and there is him, this is the next step." Zhang Lili's eyes were sharp, and he immediately saw Li Ba on the field.

"This guy, he was lucky, he played in the second game. I think they have a first-round rookie in the Suns, haven't they played yet?"

"The highest one is also the Suns' first-round pick this year, with the 17th overall pick."

Zhang Lili said at this time: "It's a pity, we, alas, didn't do any publicity for Li Ba, and we didn't get a second-round pick."

After saying this, the others fell silent.

Of course they all know about Li Ba's draft, and the league officials have information.But they didn't take a fancy to Li Ba, thinking that he was just a young man who wanted to join in the fun.Later, the scouting report came out, which made them even less interested.And there is another very important point, Li Ba is not from the system, he belongs to the wild.

"That's his name, it's a bit of a prank." Suddenly someone said.

"Haha!" Zhang Lili laughed first, and after the others laughed, he said: "I watched the Suns' first game the day before yesterday. There was a tidbit before the game. Barkley and Smith called Li Ba over for an interview. You guys Do you know what Li Ba asked them to call him?"

The others watched the game only Yang Yi, but he smiled and didn't interrupt Zhang Lili's words.

Zhang Lili couldn't help laughing again, and then said: "He's called Iron Hammer, or Dam."

"Puff! Cough cough..." A reporter who was drinking water spat out, almost choking to death.

"Haha!" The other reporters also laughed.

"Ha ha!"

The same is true for Dayao, laughing into embarrassing Yao.

"This is so bold, there is no limit! You know, at that time I almost gave up laughing." Yang Yi said with a smile.

"Look, James is coming up next. Wow, he walked towards Li Ba, they have the same position? Li Ba plays the third position?"

A reporter pointed at the TV and yelled.

"Li Ba is in trouble. His speed is not good, and James' sprint speed can be used to participate in the [-]-meter trapeze competition, and he will be blown into scum."

Zhang Lili frowned.

When Li Ba played against James, the hearts of 20 people in the room were all raised.

"Hey, little rookie, do you want me to breastfeed you?" Seeing James walking beside him, Li Ba immediately started talking trash.

This skill was not taught to him by coach Liu of the university team, but by Suns defensive coach Boris.He likes this mental skill very much.

When James heard this, his face turned darker, and he didn't know what was going on in his mind, but he looked very serious anyway.

The players next to him, whether they were from the Suns or the Cavaliers, all burst out laughing.

At this point the game begins.

In the first quarter, the Suns won the first attack. According to the rule of alternating owners, the right to serve the bottom line in the second and third quarters will automatically belong to the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers' backup point guard pushed upfield, looking for James.

This is their tactic, go to the frontcourt, find James, let him handle everything.

James and Li Ba were mixed together. They were originally on the 45-degree three-point line on the left wing. At this moment, they suddenly moved to the elbow area.

The No. [-] of the Suns, the third-highest-paid owner in the team with mixed money, Tom Gugliotta was standing in the low position on the left wing at this time, entangled with the Cavaliers' backup power forward, not only could not be raised to defend, but was pushed away up the basket.

Like him, the Suns' No. 17 rookie in the first round this year is also entangled by the Cavaliers' backup center and unable to defend.

At this moment, the Suns, which implemented zone 32 zone defense, lost their zone defense capability.

"Snapped!"

James catches the ball at the left elbow, there's no defender around him, there's no backup defender, so he doesn't pause, he just goes down, gets into the paint, and goes straight to the hoop.

"Defense!"

It was neither Frank nor Penny, but Li Ba who was chasing after him.

He lost James. When James rushed into the paint, according to the rules of the zone defense, the defense there would be replaced by the fourth and fifth positions.

But it's a pity that the fourth and fifth positions on my side can only defend with their eyes, and they are all pushed away from their positions.

So, he followed it all the way through the elbow and into the paint.

But his speed is really incomparable compared to James.

In terms of starting, Li Ba's first step is not slow, because his frontal fly-catching training is the best, and the first step of frontal starting is the fastest step in his steps.

Even his first step in front of him, at the fifth position in the league, is considered very fast.

But it depends on who you compare with, compared with James, then there is no need to compare.

So his start was slow for a while, and his sprint was slow for a while. When James rushed into the paint area, he had already lost one meter in just four meters.

"too slow!"

Many people had this idea, including Yao Min, Zhang Lili, Yang Yi, Barkley and Frank at the scene, and countless spectators.

At this time, James, like a heavy tank, has both speed and weight, and the momentum of rolling and pushing violently makes the fans in the audience shocked.

"This is our No. [-] pick!" In the VIP room, Cavaliers owner Gilbert Sr. stood up excitedly and shouted.

Suns general manager Colangelo also stood up, staring at the Suns half court.

(End of this chapter)