NBA Absolute Flood Dam

Chapter 451 Who Do You Want To Guard You?

The Suns attacked, Marion pulled to the flank and returned a mid-range shot.

"Grab the basketball!"

Larry Brown was roaring.

Rasheed Wallace takes a block, misses it, and returns to the paint as best he can.

As soon as he turned around, he saw the basketball hit the rim and bounce back, right in his direction.

"Snapped!"

Li Ba jumped up on the right-wing sideline of the paint area and grabbed the defensive rebound first.

At this time, Big Ben was defending in front of him, and Rasheed Wallace was on the back. When he landed, the double-team was just right on his upper body, forming a sandwich.

"boom!"

Grabbing the ball with his right hand and throwing it backwards, Li Ba immediately hit the ground and passed the ball to Marion behind.

Marion catches the ball and makes a mid-range shot.

"Shh!"

Two points hit.

8:4, the Suns lead.

"Oh, beautiful pass!" The Suns announcer shouted excitedly.

Pistons attack.

Rasheed Wallace succeeded in securing a low position on the right wing, took the ball to attack, and also turned around and made a jumper with straight arms, but this time he was slapped by Marion.

Prince was about to come down for a pick-and-roll and just got the ball.

As soon as he got the ball, he rushed straight into the paint.

Li Ba blocked the basket, and Da Ben came up from behind and blocked the underside of the former.

At this time, Prince changed direction a little, rushed from behind Big Ben to the basket, held the ball in his right hand, and took off with one step.

At this moment, Li Ba, who was blocked, suddenly took a step back, jumped up at the same time as Prince, and pressed his left palm towards the locked target.

"Snapped!"

Li Ba held down the ball that hit the basket with one palm, pinched with five fingers, and snatched the ball away.

"Quick attack!"

The Suns commentator was roaring.

Marbury has turned around and is about to get off.

Li Ba landed, turned left, stuck behind Da Ben who was rushing over, grabbed the ball with his right hand, and threw it in front of Marbury.

"Snapped!"

Marbury turned his head to look, successfully received the ball, and rushed into the frontcourt.

Billups dropped a step, his speed was not as good as others, and it was useless to try his best.

"Shh!"

Marbury made a layup.

10:4, the Suns lead.

"I can't do without assists today." Li Ba had a grin on his face.

After laughing, he sprayed at Big Ben: "Ben, you idiot, you are about to attack with the ball, let the uncle give you some caps."

Da Ben gritted his teeth, if he didn't think he couldn't beat him, he would have punched directly.

Rasheed Wallace next to him didn't look well either, staring at Li Ba without blinking.

"What are you looking at me for? If you look at me again, I won't spoil you." Li Ba said angrily.

"Who wants you to gel?" Rasheed Wallace shouted.

After speaking, he felt that this was not quite right.

"Haha, then who do you want to be a gelding? A veterinarian?" Li Ba laughed.

"You bastard!" Rasheed Wallace cursed.

"Okay, stop arguing." Da Ben pushed the two away with a headache.

"There was no fight." Barkley said disappointedly.

"Don't worry, it's just the beginning, there are a lot of opportunities." Smith laughed.

The Pistons attacked, and Billups made a three-pointer himself, 10:7, regaining some points.

The Suns attacked, Posey singled Hamilton on the right wing, Rasheed Wallace suddenly raised his defense from the low post, Posey made a mistake, and the ball was intercepted by Hamilton.

Billups made a quick move and was entangled by Marbury. The Pistons lost the opportunity for a fast break. Hamilton advanced the ball to the frontcourt and handed it to Billups.

At this time, Prince, who was active on the right wing, suddenly started, forcibly threw off Battier half a step, and cut into the paint from the right wing.

Billups did not pass, this is not a good opportunity, Battier has cut off the passing line, and not out of position.

Li Ba didn't look at Prince either. Battier defended well, and he focused on Hamilton.

At this time, after handing the ball to Billups, Hamilton entered the left elbow of the left wing, and when Prince pulled from right to left, he suddenly ran from the left elbow to the right.

Posey followed closely, but once on the right flank, Rasheed Wallace blocked him.

Another pick-and-roll, and Hamilton dumped Posey to the empty right wing.

At this time, Billups passed the ball.

Hamilton caught the ball sideways, turned around, and just about to take off, he saw a figure had already jumped in front of him.

"careful!"

Behind, Da Ben's voice came late.

"Snapped!"

As soon as Hamilton turned around, Li Ba put his palm on the basketball and grabbed it with his claws.

This steal, he has been keeping an eye on Hamilton.

Hamilton moved in the high post, he moved in the low post, and finally took advantage of Hamilton's chance to catch the ball sideways to complete the assist defense steal.

At the end of the first quarter, at 24:18, the Suns led by 6 points.

The Suns' shooting percentage was 41%, lower than the Pistons' 45%, but in terms of rebounds, the Suns scored 12, while the Pistons only had 9. In addition, the Suns had 4 steals and 3 blocks, which were twice more than the Pistons. In order to lead the score.

Overall, although the Suns feel slightly worse, their defensive efficiency is higher.

李坝单节1投1中，1罚1中，拿下3分7篮板4助攻1盖帽3抢断的数据。

Double Wallace grabbed 6 rebounds together, and the efficiency was not bad.

"The Suns took the lead in the first quarter, which is still the result of the Hammer's efficient performance on the defensive end. His assist defense is getting better and better. The ball he grabbed is the source of the Suns' victory." Barkley said.

"As the Suns become more and more mature, if other teams want to win the Suns, they must solve the role of the hammer on the defensive end. Limiting the hammer can limit the Suns." Smith said.

"I think we can only double-team early and let the Suns alone. The Suns don't have pure outside shooters, whether it's Posey or Battier, how many points can they score? And limiting the hammer is more important, think about it How many balls can he grab in a game? So I think it is not fatal to put one selectively, and the advantages outweigh the disadvantages." Barkley said casually.

He didn't know that at this time the Spurs coach Popovich was also watching the game, and when he heard his words, he was thoughtful.

After the second quarter, the strength of the Suns bench was better than that of the Pistons. Several main players of the Pistons took turns to play for a few minutes, but they failed to completely change the situation in the second quarter. 46:38, the Suns led by 8 points.

In the locker room of the home team, the atmosphere was a bit dull.

When they played against the Suns last season without Rasheed Wallace, the Pistons had a bad record against the Suns. Now it seems that the situation is also not good, and they are very passive on both offense and defense.

The defense that the Pistons are proud of has a good effect on the Suns in positional battles, making their shooting percentage not very good, but facing the Suns' fast break, they are very weak.

And precisely because of Li Ba's ability, the Suns have a lot of fast break tactics. If they don't take countermeasures, failure is expected.

Larry Brown thought for a while, and then said: "Chauncey, you're going to follow Marbury to death next. After you catch up, the main goal is to cut off his receiving line, so that their fast break can't be done."

"I see," Billups said.

Larry Brown looked at Rasheed Wallace again, and said, "Rasheed, next, you must be in the low position on both ends of the offense and defense. Our first priority is to limit the Hammer guy."

"Sir, I'll do it." Rasheed Wallace nodded.

"Next, on the offensive end, we gave up the tactic of cutting in, controlled the paint area from the inside, and focused on shooting from the outside. In this way, the paint area is crowded with people, which can limit the activities of the hammer in disguise, and Wallace and the others strengthened The control of him must be able to limit him. Outside, after running out of open space, you must shoot decisively." Larry Brown said.

"Yes, sir." The players said.

"On the defensive end, the focus is on the inside. You must control the rebounds in the backcourt. You two must be tougher. If you need to move your elbow, you must move it."

Larry Brown finally confessed to Double Wallace.

(End of this chapter)