Chapter 1194: Storm and First Battle

At this time, Li Ba said very seriously: "Lebuun, the Grizzlies must publicly and formally apologize to us Chinese people, don't try to make a big deal out of it."

"..." Little Colangelo was stunned.

Li Ba had to do this. If he endured it today, someone would continue tomorrow and it would be even worse. He had to make the strongest response.

The media finally contacted Li Ba by phone, and Li Ba only said one sentence: "Don't bother me with an insignificant person, okay?"

"Iron Hammer, what will you do to him?" the reporter asked.

Li Ba said: "Don't worry, I won't buy the Grizzlies and then deal with him. There are too many people like him, everywhere here, I am not surprised.

But I want to remind everyone that we must firmly oppose this stinking thought hiding in the sewer. So, don't be silent, we must openly oppose them, we must stand up and criticize them, otherwise the next target will be you, or your family and friends."

Well, after Li Ba's words were made public, countless public figures stood up and publicly criticized racial discrimination, following Li Ba's words and calling this thought a stinking sewer thought. Li Ba once again became the leader of anti-racial discrimination.

Before the first round of the playoffs, North America launched a vigorous anti-racial discrimination movement.

The Grizzlies ushered in huge pressure, and even a large number of fans wanted the Grizzlies to withdraw from the NBA.

But everything has two sides, and a wave of public opinion supporting the Grizzlies and Mayo gradually emerged.

Boss Robert Pera could only call Li Ba in person to deal with this matter.

Both of them are billionaires, but Li Ba's personal assets are even greater than his, and their influence is even more different. So in this matter, Li Ba is very tough, and the Grizzlies must formally apologize. The two talked for a few minutes, but they didn't reach an agreement, so they ended the call.

Stern's head was almost in pain, and he directly issued a $5 million fine to the Grizzlies, which made the Grizzlies want to vomit blood.

In addition, he issued a $1 million fine to OJ Mayo, and also suspended him for 30 games.

Mayo was completely dumbfounded after receiving this ticket.

Garnett was really desperate. He wanted to beat Mayo up. You can mess with anyone else, but I don't even have the courage to mess with him.

And recently he has another thing bothering him. His investment consultant has a big problem, which makes him even worse.

On the 16th, the first round starts.

At 6 pm, when the demoralized Grizzlies left the hotel, they were still besieged and insulted by a large number of fans.

Along the way, countless fans of the Suns and Li Ba surrounded the Grizzlies' bus. It took only 20 minutes to get to the West Coast Arena.

Before the game, both sides announced the starting lineup.

Grizzlies: Randolph, Garnett, Sean Battier, Rudy Gay, Harden.

Suns: Li Ba, Yi Jianlian, Ray Allen, Ginobili, Nash.

When the starting lineup came out, the two teams met at the exit.

"Boss, that rubbish has been suspended for 30 games, he's done!" Harden ran over and shouted.

"I know." Li Ba said.

"I'm sorry." Battier walked up and said.

"Sean, are you okay in the Grizzlies?" Li Ba hugged him.

"Not bad." Battier smiled.

The Grizzlies came out and were greeted with huge boos.

The Suns fans were not polite and even threw a lot of debris, even Battier was hit a few times.

David Griffin had to dispatch a team of security to maintain order at the scene.

When it was the home team's turn to play, especially when Li Ba was the last to play, the West Coast Arena was filled with cheers like a tsunami.

It was time for the dynasty to defend its title again. The West Coast Arena welcomed a large number of stars from all walks of life, decorating the Suns' home court with stars.

Li Ba walked around the court, and Guo Guo followed him and ran a lap.

In the TNT live broadcast, Barkley laughed and said, "I feel that there are more stars here than Staples."

"This is not surprising." Kenny Smith laughed.

The game started, Li Ba won the jump ball, and the Suns attacked.

Li Ba ran to the basket, and the Grizzlies did not double-team him in advance, and Randolph defended him alone.

Randolph is the same height as Li Ba, currently 118 kilograms, 3 kilograms heavier than Li Ba, but his body fat rate is very high. His low-post defense relies on tonnage, not strength, and of course not on technology. He is definitely a strong offense and weak defense type.

Li Ba squeezed Randolph to the basket with absolute strength, and then Nash's ball came in.

After dribbling once and arching his back vigorously, Li Ba jumped sideways and dunked with one arm when Randolph's center of gravity was shaken.

"Yeah!"

He dunked over the opponent's center at the beginning, and the whole audience cheered.

"Beep!"

The referee blew the whistle, Randolph failed to jump to defend, blocked the foul, and Li Ba made an additional free throw.

Barkley complained: "Randolph's defense can only be said to be average. If the Grizzlies don't double-team Hammer in advance, with Hammer's physical fitness, he can even play forty such balls in a game."

"Haha..." Kenny Smith shook his head and laughed: "The Grizzlies are concerned about Hammer's passing ability, but I also think they must double-team Hammer because Hammer's strong ability to play under the basket is too strong."

Li Ba made the free throw, 0:3, the Suns led.

The Grizzlies attacked.

Harden advanced to the left wing with the ball, paused for a while, and then immediately started again, easily breaking through Nash, breaking into the left wing, and then stopped and jumped, hitting a mid-range shot.

Looking back, Li Ba once again attacked Randolph under the basket.

This time Randolph didn't dare to hold on, fearing that he would be hit with a two-plus-one again.

But in this way, his defense was useless.

Nash passed the ball, Li Ba first used a fake move to shake Randolph, then stood up and dunked Randolph again.

Grizzlies coach Hollins shook his head helplessly and instructed Garnett on the court to double-team Li Ba in advance next time.

The Grizzlies attacked, Harden shot a three-pointer at the top of the arc, but missed. Li Ba protected the backcourt rebound and the Suns played a fast break.

Randolph was too slow, and the Suns created an advantage of more people against fewer in the frontcourt.

Garnett barely caught up with Li Ba and rushed into the paint area with Li Ba.

After a season, Nash was very familiar with passing the ball to Li Ba. At this time, he didn't think about it, and pushed the ball to Li Ba's left with one hand.

Li Ba carried Garnett with his right hand, received the ball with his left hand, and jumped up with the momentum, and was about to hit the basket with one arm.

At this time, Garnett jumped up to block the shot, trying to use his super long arms to block the ball through Li Ba's body.

But when he jumped up, a huge force hit him and he was knocked away by Li Ba in the air.

"Bang!"

The next moment, Li Ba smashed the Grizzlies' basket with a single-arm dunk.

The Grizzlies attacked.

Randolph entered the paint area and wanted to get a position directly under the basket.