NBA Absolute Flood Dam

Chapter 777
After Kurt Thomas came on the field, he faced Mourning, and the disadvantage was not big.

Although Mourning is strong defensively and has a tenacious style, Kurt Thomas is also known for his low-post defense and good rebounding ability. The difference in height and weight between the two is not much different. After getting entangled, Mourning's role in assisting Li Ba's defense will be small. a lot.

Of course, his strength is greater, and his weight is 4 to 5 kilograms, which still has some advantages.

Li Ba singled out O'Neill, not afraid of him at all.

The left wing wanted the ball in a low position, and after getting the ball, he hit O'Neal with his back.

After an arch, Li Ba used his top-level turn to complete the bottom slide, broke through O'Neal, and went straight to the basket.

At the basket, Mourning tried his best to break through Thomas' offensive screen, but it was too late. By the time he caught Thomas and was about to defend Li Ba, Li Ba had already jumped up.

With a bang, Mourning was knocked back two steps by Li Ba, and then the sound of exploding baskets sounded above Mourning's head, and he was dunked.

"Di!"

The referee whistled, Mourning blocked the foul, and Li Ba added a free throw.

"Kurt, you are not old, you did a good job!"

Li Ba thumped Thomas on the chest.

The 34-year-old Thomas smiled. His contract is over this season. He feels that after the finals, with his current performance, he can still get a good contract.

Li Ba made an extra free throw, leading 9:3 by 6 points, and the Heat attacked.

The sun quickly returned to the defense. When Li Ba ran to the backcourt, he noticed Williams' position. The right wing was close to the middle. He immediately adjusted his direction and accelerated to rush over.

"Whoosh!"

At this moment, Mourning passed the ball to Williams.

As soon as the ball was released, the locking skill was instantly triggered, and Li Ba accelerated with all his strength and rushed towards Williams.

"not good!"

On the sidelines, Pat Riley couldn't help but jump when he saw Li Ba's actions.

"Snapped!"

Before Williams took a step, Li Ba stretched out his right arm, cut between the passing lines, and intercepted the ball with a backhand.

"Good job!" Yu Jia shouted excitedly.

"Go back, go back!"

On the sidelines, waving his hands, Frank drove back the Suns players who had returned to defense like ducks.

Li Ba gave the ball to Barbosa, and then went to the left wing to ask for the ball in a low position.

After getting the ball, he scanned the position of his teammates, and there was no target to pass the ball to.

"Haha, apart from Hammer, the Suns don't have a second player capable of attracting double-teams, and their running ability is average. There is no open space for passing the ball from the outside. Hammer, you should play by yourself, smashing Shaq ’” Barkley laughed.

"Barbosa and Ato Allen still have a certain ability to hold the ball, and they can both break through, but now the paint is full of people, and they don't have Wade's strong breakthrough ability, so there is no room for breakthrough at all. Waiting for a chance to make a shot from the outside."

Kenny Smith said.

Li Ba saw that Mourning had already blocked Thomas under the basket. As long as he hit one side, the other side would definitely double-team him, so he immediately locked on Thomas and Mourning, and then began to back-hit O'Neal.

At the basket, Mourning saw Li Ba turn around, and immediately rushed to this side, decisively double-teaming.

As soon as Li Ba arched once, he "saw" Mourning coming, and also "saw" Thomas coming.

If he turned around at this time, whether it was an upswing or a slip, he would probably bump into Mourning's double-team, so he waited for a while.

This moment put Mourning in a difficult situation, because he had to make a decision to double-team up or down, and he chose to go down. If Li Ba slipped, he would just block it.

And Thomas chose to stand directly behind O'Neill.

Just when Mourning and Thomas made their respective choices, Li Ba turned upwards to avoid Mourning's double-teaming, and at the same time broke through O'Neal and rushed to the basket.

O'Neill turned, slammed, and knocked Thomas down behind him.

The next moment, the referee blew his whistle.

Li Ba was just about to jump and dunk, but there was no chance.

O'Neal made a foul and missed a free throw. The Suns attacked again with 18 seconds left.

"Kurt, the offensive cover just now was good." Li Ba gave Thomas a thumbs up.

Thomas cracked a laugh.

The Suns attacked, and Li Ba was still in the low position on the left wing to get the ball.

He went up, carrying O'Neal in his left hand, holding the ball in his right hand, paused first, and suddenly stepped forward with his right foot and broke through upwards.

Concentrated, O'Neal moved up in time, intending to force Li Ba out of the low position, and even forced him to make a mistake to move.

But just as he was moving upwards, Li Ba withdrew his right foot, and then suddenly turned and slid to the bottom.

Mourning's double-teaming was not so fast this time. He deliberately slowed down. After Li Ba's breakthrough direction came out, he grabbed a reasonable collision zone in one step and stopped in front of Li Ba.

But at this moment, Li Ba took a step into the paint and jumped up, throwing the ball over Mourning's head.

With a bang, Mourning heard a violent smashing of the basket from behind, and looked back, Kurt Thomas was hanging high above the basket.

11:3, the Suns lead by 8 points.

"Completing an alley-oop with Thomas, the Hammer is trying to tap the few scoring potential of his teammates!" Zhang Reasonable sighed.

On the sidelines, Pat Riley scratched his head.

"Defense, positional attack, fast break, assist, the hammer can do it all!" He sighed in his heart.

what to do?He knew that O'Neal couldn't defend Li Ba in the low post, but the help defense at the [-]th position was now being restrained by the Suns' [-]th position, so this game was not easy.

If the defensive end cannot help defend Li Ba, then the offensive end is even more difficult to suppress Li Ba's defense.

In the next first quarter, just as Pat Riley expected, the Heat's suppression of Li Ba was not as good as in the previous game.

As a result, Li Ba blocked Wade's breakthrough in the paint, causing the Heat's offensive efficiency to drop drastically.

Secondly, on rebounding, Li Ba regained his original control.

Pat Riley came on for Haslem, but Frank came on for Antonio McDyess and things didn't get any better.

Although Antonio McDyess is old, he is in good condition. He has defense and offense, and his performance is even better than Thomas.

At the end of the first quarter, 34:21, the Suns led by 13 points.

李坝并没有全力出手，单节仅5投5中，3罚2中，拿下12分9篮板3助攻3抢断3盖帽的数据。

This game is very important. Whoever wins the G3 game will have a psychological advantage, and if they win the G4 game, they can basically settle the game.

Therefore, Li Ba continued to play in the second quarter, focusing on defense and trying to save energy for the second half.

The fourth position is David Lee, and the third position is handed over to Dazhi. The two are one inside and one outside, responsible for scoring. The back line is composed of Payton and Lagabel, and David Wesley rotates.

This lineup, not counting Li Ba, David Lee, Dazhi, Lagabel, and Wesley can all score, and their scoring ability is even stronger than that of the main lineup.

(End of this chapter)