Chapter 1024 Hammer's Fast Break and Kobe's Defense

Suddenly, Kobe faked a breakthrough and shot a real shot, and then he stood up.

Li Ba stepped forward and made preparations for jumping to block the shot.

But his defensive action was very rational. He would rather let Kobe shoot than jump randomly.

Since his nerve reaction speed reached the top level, his bounce speed reached the top level, and he was more determined to wait for the opponent to jump before jumping.

He knew a lot about Kobe. He knew Kobe's jump shot habits. When he jumped, his ball was above his head.

The ball went from the right rib to the upper abdomen, and then rose to the top of the head. This time was the time for Kobe to bend his knees and jump.

At this time, Li Ba could steal the ball, but he couldn't jump.

If he could steal the ball, he would steal it. If not, he would be ready to jump when Kobe's ball reached the top of his head.

This time, Kobe's action was very fast and sudden. When the ball came out from under the right rib and rose to the top of his head, Li Ba didn't seize the opportunity to steal the ball.

However, when the ball rose to the top of his head, he didn't see Kobe's feet leave the ground.

At this moment, Li Ba suppressed the impulse to jump.

Then, he saw Kobe suddenly lower his body from the state of standing up, and he understood that Kobe was going to break through.

At this moment, he suddenly stepped back.

At the same time, Kobe took a step forward with his right foot, dribbled the ball with his right hand, and broke through from the right side and Li Ba's left side.

The two of them retreated and advanced, and their positions did not change.

But unlike before, the ball was not in Kobe's hands, but on the floor.

At this time, Li Ba stretched out his left arm and caught the ball that bounced from the floor.

"Steal! The hammer stole Kobe!" Yu Jia roared excitedly.

"Damn it!"

Kobe was anxious and rushed to steal.

But Li Ba turned suddenly, relying on his top turning speed, let Kobe's counter-steal pass, and rushed to the front court.

The Lakers retreated at full speed, but in addition to Kobe, only the small fish Fisher at the top of the arc and Luke Walton on the wing could keep up with Li Ba's speed.

Li Ba advanced to the left wing, Kobe went around from behind him to the right, and then Luke Walton and Fisher rushed to the basket, gritting their teeth and looking at Li Ba.

They were sure that the whistle was in favor of the Lakers today, and Li Ba dared to rush in, which was definitely an offensive foul.

But Li Ba chose to pass the ball to Kevin Martin outside the three-point line behind him, and then rushed to the basket to grab the rebound.

Martin, who was not guarded, shot calmly, splashed, and hit a three-pointer.

108:99, the Suns led by 9 points.

"Steals in double digits, quadruple-double!" Yu Jia said excitedly.

Barkley then explained: "After more than two years of fly-catching training, not only has the defense been better, Kobe's first step is faster, and his breakthrough ability has been further strengthened.

But facing the outside defense of the hammer, Kobe was still intercepted, so I want to advise all ball holders: cherish the ball and stay away from the hammer."

"Puff!"

Kenny Smith burst into laughter instantly.

The Lakers attacked, and Kobe got the ball again.

At this time, Duncan, whose physical strength was almost exhausted, suddenly rushed into the basket, carrying Dio below and asking him for the ball.

Kobe suddenly jumped up and smashed the ball into the basket with both hands from above Li Ba's head.

No matter how fast Li Ba reacted, he couldn't catch up with this ball. When he turned around, he saw Duncan received the ball, then turned around, bypassed Dio and sent the ball to the board, hitting a goal.

108:101, the Lakers were 7 points behind.

Attack and defense changed, when the ball just hit the board, Li Ba directly launched a fast break in one step inside the three-point line and rushed to the front court.

Under the basket, Dio picked up the ball and quickly retreated to the basket.

Duncan hurriedly stood behind the baseline, but he was not Li Ba, and his lateral movement was far inferior to Li Ba, so he couldn't stop Dio from sending a fast ball.

Li Ba received the ball after crossing the midline and rushed to the paint area.

Kobe tried his best to catch up, but he couldn't squeeze, break, or overtake. He was very helpless and could only follow Li Ba into the paint area.

Fisher returned to defense in time and ran to the basket, but he didn't have time to turn around and stand to commit a foul, and he didn't dare to stop, so he could only rush out of the baseline.

Luke Walton on the wing was farther away and didn't catch up.

Behind Fisher, Li Ba flew up, and Kobe followed behind him to jump and block the shot.

With a bang, the Lakers' basket was smashed.

110:101, the Suns led by 9 points.

"Will the Suns play a full-court press? Oh, no, they all retreated." Yu Jia shouted.

Yao Ming and Duncan took their positions, and this time Yao Ming came to the right wing, close to Li Ba.

Kobe crossed the center line from the right wing and asked for the ball.

Fisher passed the ball, Kobe took the ball two steps away from the three-point line, and Li Ba defended him.

At this time, Li Ba "saw" someone coming up behind him, came out from the wing, and ran to his side.

"Pick and roll. Left or right?"

At this moment, he began to guess the direction of Duncan's pick and roll.

Yao Ming went outside from the low post, stood on Li Ba's right side, and made a screen for Kobe.

Kobe broke through, but did not go behind Yao Ming.

"Kobe is too cunning, I was fooled!" Li Ba cursed inwardly.

When Yao Ming set a screen on his right side, he was ready to retreat one step and intercept Kobe behind Yao Ming, but Kobe broke through head-on.

He did not retreat, but his center of gravity had moved, so when Kobe started, he was half a beat slower and was penetrated by Kobe.

But his turn was too fast, and he turned around in an instant, took a step, and chased Kobe.

But at this time, Kobe made another sudden move. He just broke through Li Ba and took off from outside the three-point line.

Li Ba rushed past in one step, but it was too late to stop and look back.

As soon as the ball was shot, Kobe turned back to defend.

At this time, Li Ba also started to get off.

At the moment they started, the basketball brushed the basket.

110:104, the Lakers were 6 points behind.

When Staples cheered for Kobe's three-pointer, the two had already started another offensive and defensive contest.

The two started almost at the same time, but Kobe was still faster and in a forward position, leaving Li Ba behind by one step.

But one step was not enough. He had to get back to defense before Li Ba, and it took at least two steps just to turn around and stand.

He had accumulated physical energy for a long time, and now it was time to put it into use.

The same was true for Li Ba.

Alian was quick to send, and Duncan stopped him from sending, but the former suddenly moved sideways and missed the latter, and threw the ball with both hands. Like a meteor, it flew towards Li Ba in an instant.

Li Ba ran at full speed, he wanted to keep up with Kobe, not let Kobe have the opportunity to turn around and stand, not let Kobe have the opportunity to make him commit an offensive foul.

At this time, the ball came, and he instantly grabbed it with his right hand back in the charge state, and with a snap, the ball fell into his hands.

Even though this kind of catch without looking at the ball has appeared countless times, the fans are still amazed, and Staples even applauded a lot for this catch.