Chapter 1195: Breaking the Blocked Reporter

Randolph's general low-post play is to rely on his weight to directly squeeze out the defender and get to the basket.

But this time, he failed. He was not as strong as Li Ba, and his weight was not advantageous. He could not squeeze in at all. When the time was up, he could only leave the paint area and go to the left wing low post to renew the attack three seconds.

But as soon as he got to the left wing low post, he was pushed outside by Li Ba and could no longer get in, so he had to rely on Li Ba to get the ball.

This time Harden did not shoot rashly. Seeing Randolph asking for the ball, he passed it in.

At this moment, Li Ba withdrew his strength, and Randolph leaned back. At this time, the former quickly took a step forward and successfully stole the ball.

The Suns played a fast break, Nash received the ball, and made a layup.

"The Suns played a good fast break today, and it should be played like this. Randolph is too slow. The Suns' three-guard strategy has an advantage in overall speed."

Zhang Heli said.

"If you play a fast break and lay up directly, the hit rate is much higher than outside shooting." Xu Jicheng smiled.

The Grizzlies attack.

Garnett receives the ball on the right wing and singles out A-Lin.

A-Lin defends shooting but not penetration, and sticks very close to Garnett, making him feel very uncomfortable. He stands up and jumps directly, but there is no space, so he has to turn around and play with his back.

At this moment, the moment Garnett turns around, Li Ba moves.

"The hammer is helping defense!" Yu Jia suddenly shouted at this time.

After Garnett pushed A-Lin twice, then turned back and took a step to jump, he was blocked by Li Ba's big hand.

"Get out!"

Li Ba rushed up beside A-Lin, shouted loudly, and slammed his big hand wildly, giving Garnett a volleyball cap. The basketball flew backwards and went straight to the top of the mountain.

"Yeah!"

The whole audience cheered immediately, and countless hands were shaking.

Seeing tens of thousands of shaking hands, Garnett felt dizzy, as if he suddenly suffered from intensive phobia.

Huge pressure rose from the bottom of his heart.

Li Ba returned to the basket, waiting for the Grizzlies to attack again.

Harden received the ball on the outside, dribbled the ball, and approached the top of the arc against Nash's defense.

"Stick to him!"

Li Ba suddenly shouted.

Hearing Li Ba's voice, Nash was shocked and instinctively rushed forward to close the arc.

Harden reacted very quickly, protecting the ball with a sideways step, and then immediately broke forward, and took the opportunity to deliberately bump into Nash.

Nash's confrontation was too poor, and he was knocked away at once, and Harden broke through to the top of the arc.

But at this time, Li Ba's backup defense had already reached Harden.

"Boo!"

Just when Harden wanted to pull the ball up from the floor and close the ball, Li Ba poked the ball with his big hand and poked it away with unusual accuracy.

Harden turned around to pick up the ball, but at this time Li Ba took a step to his side and easily squeezed him aside.

At this time, Nash immediately started to turn around and quickly go down, and Li Ba leaned over to grab the ball, and then passed it to the former, who quickly went down and made a layup.

"James, pay attention to your teammates' open space, don't stick to the ball." Hollins shouted loudly.

2:11, the Grizzlies attack.

Barkley said at this time: "The Grizzlies failed to limit the defense of the Hammer on the offensive end, so the defensive energy of the Hammer can burst out recklessly. If they continue to play like this, the Grizzlies have no chance of winning."

Kenny Smith laughed and said: "How do you think Randolph should limit the Hammer? He has no awareness of defending the Hammer on the offensive end.

To be honest, let alone him, after so many seasons, including Tim Duncan, they have not done this well. This is an unsolvable problem."

The Grizzlies attack.

On the right wing, Rudy Gay saw Li Ba defending Randolph on the left side of the basket. He immediately squeezed Ginobili away, implemented a back cut, and asked Harden for the ball.

Harden jumped over Nash's head and passed the ball. After Rudy Gay received the ball, he took another step, held the ball with one arm, and his body suddenly jumped up.

"Snap!"

Li Ba turned around and took a step and slapped the ball.

Amid the cheers of the whole audience, Randolph squeezed up and got the ball first. He immediately hooked the ball to the basket.

But at this time, Li Ba blocked the ball again and grabbed it directly.

The Suns played a fast break again, and Nash assisted Ginobili to make a layup.

"The Grizzlies must turn their offense to the outside line." Barkley said.

"Garnett can enter the basket and fight for rebounds, which is his strength." Kenny Smith said.

"The Suns are actually an outside team. In addition to the hammer, including Yi, they can shoot three-pointers. The two teams will fight for the outside line. If the Grizzlies don't lose rebounds, there is also a chance to win." Barkley said.

In the next game, as the two expected, the Grizzlies began to shoot from the outside, while Randolph and Garnett grabbed rebounds at the basket and were responsible for the second offense.

But under the joint efforts of Li Ba and Yi, the Grizzlies' rebounds were still not as good as the Suns.

At the same time, Li Ba continued to use his strong steal and block abilities on the defensive end to prevent the Grizzlies from launching a second offense, and in the offensive positional battle, he attracted double teams to create open opportunities for the outside line.

After the first quarter, at 15:30, the Suns beat the Grizzlies and doubled their score.

Li Ba delivered 6 blocks and 4 steals in a single quarter, making the Grizzlies dizzy.

Zhang Heli analyzed: "In fact, the Suns could have led more. After the substitution in the 8th minute, they only scored 6 points in the following time. This is because Carter and McGrady's hands were still cold when they came up. They needed time to warm up their hands, so they wasted several ball possessions."

Xu Jicheng said with a smile: "This is the disadvantage of veterans. They can't play as long as young people. Their time is fragmented, which affects their touch, making it difficult for them to play superstar-level performance in a short period of time."

Yu Jia said: "But the good thing about the Suns is that after a season, the playing time is reasonably allocated, and the veterans have not suffered large-scale injuries. Their team doctor performed well and deserves the title of miracle doctor."

Zhang Heli said: "Judging from this quarter, the Grizzlies can't beat the Suns. The most important thing is that they can't play inside. Randolph averaged 20+ in the regular season, but he was shut out by the Hammer in the first quarter and didn't score a single point."

Xu Jicheng said: "He was beaten by the Hammer on both offense and defense, and Kevin Garnett was useless. The inside combination of the Hammer and A-League still beat them."

Yu Jia said with a smile: "Although the Grizzlies' outside line is young and fast, their overall speed is not as good as the Suns. Today, the Suns played a lot of fast breaks."

As Zhang Heli expected, in this game, 73:115, the Suns finally defeated the Grizzlies by 42 points.

Li Ba played for 28 minutes and scored 24 points, 20 rebounds, 6 assists, 11 steals, 18 blocks, 1 turnover and 2 fouls.

He not only scored 5*5+ quadruple-doubles, but also broke the league's record of 17 blocks in a single game. He also maintained the record of 11 blocks in a single quarter.

In this game, all the veterans played well, with a 44.5% outside shooting rate, which was an important basis for the team's victory.