NBA Absolute Flood Dam

Chapter 721 One to One
"What do you think of Kobe's performance?" he asked immediately.

"He's fallen, he's lost his chance for greatness, he's let me down."

Li Ba's voice was very cold. Having said this, he stood up, separated from the reporters, and walked towards the Lakers bench.

Kobe and the others were also surrounded by reporters. Dayao and Marbury were being interviewed by reporters, but Kobe didn't answer and sat there wiping his sweat.

Seeing Li Ba approaching at this time, the reporters stepped aside one after another.

"What are you doing here?"

Kobe looked up, then lowered his eyelids again, speaking coldly.

Li Ba stared at Kobe, and said coldly: "I'm here to tell you, you are falling, so I can only be great alone. This is the last time I will talk about greatness with you, because the future you are no longer qualified to talk about greatness. "

"Oh!"

The reporters all exclaimed.

"What did you say?"

Kobe stood up, stared at Li Ba and said, "It's just a win, what right do you have to look down on me?"

"I just have the qualifications. I am looking down on you, but you are helpless." Li Ba said.

"You?" Kobe's face was livid.

He swore that this was the worst provocation and humiliation he had ever received, and he must pay it back.

Li Ba was not interested in saying anything more, so he turned and left.

For Kobe, he just hopes to have a stronger opponent, that's all.

"Tie Hammer, the audience played fast-break dunks today, and they played really well!" Cheng Long said excitedly when he came to Liu Yifei and the others.

"It's okay!" Li Ba raised his chin proudly.

"We're going to have supper. We've made a reservation. Are you going?" Li Lianjie asked.

"I won't go. I can't act alone in the playoffs. It's enough for my family, Sissy, to go instead of me." Li Ba laughed.

After sending Liu Yifei and the others away, Li Ba went back to the locker room, changed his jersey, and went to the press conference.

He didn't see Bryant at the press conference and seemed irritated.

"Phil, do you have anything to say about today's loss?" A team reporter from the Lakers got the right to ask questions first.

Phil Jackson spread his hands and said: "I don't want to shirk responsibility. I really didn't expect before the game that the Suns would play fast breaks. To be honest, thinking about it now, that is also a crazy tactic. Of course, they actually only I played two and a half quarters, but that was also surprising. Yes, I didn’t expect the physical fitness of the Hammers to be so good. Today’s loss is my responsibility.”

After attending the press conference, Li Ba returned to the locker room and had someone massage him for an hour, especially his calves, which needed special relaxation.

The G2 battle was on the 10th, and on the second day, all the sports media were hyping up yesterday's G1 match.

"The Hammer completely smashed the Big Three of the Lakers with dozens of fast breaks!"

"The Hammer hit a terrifying quasi-quadruple-double of 49+28+8+11 in the playoffs. He has grown from an undrafted player to a true superstar! He can be called a great superstar!"

"Terrifying fast attack ability, Hammer has completely released his energy on the offensive end!"

"Phil Jackson has a problem with Yao's use. After the Suns played fast break tactics, he should replace Yao in time and replace him with a faster and more physical substitute insider to stop the fast break of the Hammers."

"The Suns ran out of energy in the G1 game, and the G2 game is bound to fail."

That night, the Spurs easily defeated the Nuggets and won the G2 game.

In the East, the Pistons and Cavaliers drew one to one.

On the 10th, the G2 battle started.

Frank once again resorted to the fast break tactic, which is also the only tactic he can deal with the Big Three, which can greatly increase the scoring efficiency of the Suns.

But in this game, Phil Jackson actually let Dayao play as a substitute. The starting lineup consisted of Bynum and backup power forward Rory Turiaf.

Moreover, during the Suns' fast breaks, the Lakers strengthened their defense against Barbosa and even double-teamed, which destroyed many Suns' fast breaks and caused the Suns to make many mistakes.

And Dayao entered the bench lineup, which is a real killer for the Suns' bench lineup. In the second quarter, he made 9 of 8 shots and 8 of 7 free throws. He scored 23 points in a single quarter and completely blew up the Suns. Substitute for the team.

But even so, in the first half of the third quarter, the Suns still maintained a balance overall by relying on efficient fast breaks.

However, with Dayao playing again, the Lakers stepped up their offense inside and forced Li Ba to shrink his defense. This immediately released the Lakers' outside firepower.

In the end, 104:111, the Lakers won the G2 game and the two sides tied.

李坝在G2战中依然表现高能，18投17中，扣飞一个，6罚4中，拿下38分25篮板2助攻7抢断9盖帽2失误3犯规的数据。

It's a pity that he lost the game, and he was honored to join the empty slashing group.

In this game, Kobe's performance is still depraved.

Of course, this is Li Ba's opinion.

In his opinion, Kobe who plays very well as a team is not a good Kobe, and Kobe who is not alone is not a good Kobe.

"Listen, Hammer boy, G5 battle, here, we will eliminate you."

Coming in front of Li Ba, Kobe raised his chin, pointed to the floor with his finger, and said in a cold voice.

"Thank you, Kobe boy, you said this sentence for me. I actually didn't want to say it, for fear of hurting you."

Li Ba said coldly.

"Hmph, then let's go and see!"

Kobe turned around and left.

This night, losing like the Suns, and the Knicks, the old enemy, the Heat won their second game in a row.

With a score of one to one, the Suns returned to Phoenix at noon on the 11th.

That night, the team held a tactical meeting and decided on the basic tactics for the G3 battle.

That night, two more games were played in the second round. The Pistons won the G3 game and led the Cavaliers by a big score of [-] to [-].

The Spurs won the G3 game, and the Nuggets are likely to be swept.

For the most popular G3 game between the Suns and the Lakers, the media have given their own predictions.

Because the Lakers won the G2 game, [-]% of the media are optimistic about the Lakers, [-]% remain neutral, and only [-]% believe that the Suns still have the strength to defeat the Lakers.

The G3 game started on the 12th, and that night, the American West Arena was crowded with people.

At home, Li Ba got more courtside tickets this time.

Ross Bruce, director of operations, knew that the Lakers had given Li Ba a lot of tickets, so he didn't dare to be stingy, so he doubled them and gave them to Li Ba himself.

The one-to-one record not only did not reduce the attention of the G3 game, but increased it.

This is a true matchup series, not a one-sided game, as evidenced by TNT's ratings surge.

A large number of Hollywood stars transferred to Phoenix, as well as other sports stars, decorated the American West Arena with starlight.

Liu Yifei also brought a large group of domestic stars into the arena. Tonight there are ten front row seats, enough for all first-line stars to line up.

Before the game, the first release was announced.

Lakers: Bynum, Ronnie Turiaf, Luke Walton, Kobe, Marbury.

Suns: Lee Ba, David Lee, Marion, Tony Allen, Payton.

(End of this chapter)