Chapter 1209: Lakers Foul on Al-Alian

The Suns attack.

A-Lian pulls out, but Odom doesn't follow him, but double-teams Li Ba in advance.

Nash passes the ball to A-Lian on the right wing, who takes the ball one step outside the paint area, so Odom has to go back to defend.

At this time, A-Lian passes the ball to Li Ba, who immediately hits Gasol after taking the ball. He first shakes Gasol with a fake jump, then jumps up after Gasol lands, and dunks the opponent, causing the opponent to block and foul.

"Four fouls!" Yu Jia shouted excitedly.

"Iron Hammer plays too well in this basket attack. His bounce speed is really too fast. Gasol doesn't have time to take off twice." Zhang Heli shouted.

Li Ba made a free throw and hit the free throw. 55:58, the Suns lead.

The Lakers attack.

On the right wing, Kobe runs without the ball this time, first cutting into the wing from the three-point line, then suddenly running back, receiving a pass from Parker, and shooting a three-pointer.

Li Ba shook his head helplessly under the basket. Ray Allen's mobility had deteriorated and he could no longer keep up with the sports car. The double team with Nash could not limit Parker's passing.

"Swish!"

Water splashed and a three-pointer was hit.

Barkley shook his head and said, "Now the offense of both sides is one inside and one outside, which is completely opposite. Obviously, the Suns want to cause damage. If they take down one of Duncan or Gasol, the Suns will have a sure win; and the Lakers can only play outside because Duncan did not come up."

Kenny Smith said, "So don't look at Kobe scoring five points in a row, but in fact the Lakers are not strong enough inside and do not have enough restraint, so they are very passive."

Barkley nodded and said, "Yes, that's it. Tactical passivity will cause problems sooner or later, unless Kobe can make seven out of ten shots or eight out of ten shots."

The Suns attacked, and this time Alian made an open jump shot and hit a mid-range shot near the basket.

The Lakers attacked, Parker shook Nash away, broke through to the right elbow area and made a jump shot, which also hit.

60:60, the two teams tied again.

The Suns attacked.

On the right side of the basket, Al-Alian held Odom, and then Li Ba took two steps out of the basket to receive the ball, and then turned to attack the basket.

This time Gasol defended well, followed Li Ba and took a step forward, standing in front of the reasonable collision zone, trying to make Li commit an offensive foul.

But Li Ba knew Gasol's movement and position clearly. After one step in front of Gasol, he suddenly made a prepared change of direction to the left, using Ginobili's European step.

This action made Gasol react instinctively. He moved his feet and tried to block Li Ba with his body. The two of them collided with their shoulders with a bang.

Li Ba was mentally prepared when he changed direction. He jumped up at the moment of the collision and made a one-handed dunk with his left hand.

Gasol was knocked to the ground and fell under the basket.

At this time, the whistle sounded, and the basket was hit but missed.

The referee ran over to signal that Gasol blocked the foul and Li Ba took two free throws.

On the sidelines, Phil Jackson shook his head slightly on the Lakers bench.

"Haha, five fouls, the second half has just begun, the Lakers will have a hard time now." Yu Jia shouted excitedly.

Li Ba added free throws and made the first one.

At this time, the Lakers made a substitution, Duncan came on the court, and Odom left the court.

For the second free throw, Li Ba aimed for three seconds and threw it out.

"Short!" Zhang Heli shouted immediately.

Sure enough, the ball hit the front of the basket and bounced back.

Gasol and Duncan blocked Yi Lian and Ray Allen behind at the same time, and Duncan grabbed the rebound.

Xu Jicheng said: "The Suns are too low, and the hammer is not under the basket, so the rebound is at a disadvantage!"

Yu Jia said: "There are two fakes on the bench, and they have no chance to play."

At this time, Duncan passed the ball to Parker on the midline, who ran down with the ball.

After Li Ba shot, he had retreated and chased Parker.

Parker quickly advanced to the basket, ignored Nash's pursuit, and jumped for a layup.

At this time, Li Ba arrived and slapped the ball on the backboard.

The basketball rebounded, Kobe rushed from the wing, caught the ball in the air, and slid past the front of the basket with his back hand.

At this moment, a big hand grabbed the ball in the air.

"Shit!"

Kobe cursed indignantly.

He clearly saw that Li Ba had his back to him and was facing the baseline. How could he block his layup?

Amid the cheers of the whole audience and the shaking of countless hands, the Suns attacked.

Li Ba continued to hold the ball and hit the basket. Because of the limit on the number of fouls, Duncan and Gasol's defensive strength weakened, and he scored another goal.

Looking back, Kobe took advantage of Parker's pick-and-roll, broke through Ginobili with the ball, and rushed to the paint area along the bottom.

At this time, Alian took the initiative to defend out of the paint area and wanted to block Kobe, but Kobe took the initiative to foul, hit Alian and shot, and the ball went in and the whistle blew.

Kobe made the free throw and tied the game at 63.

At this time, Zhang Heli reminded: "This is the third foul of A-Lian. Be careful."

The Suns attacked, and Li Ba attacked the basket again.

He asked A-Lian to contain Duncan, and he attacked Gasol himself.

Gasol committed five fouls and dared not move at all under the basket. Li Ba easily succeeded in dunking.

Looking back, Kobe broke through the baseline with the ball again.

A-Lian still made active defense, trying to block Kobe out of the paint area.

This time he moved a little faster and got into position first, but Kobe turned around and broke through A-Lian along the baseline, and then immediately jumped up and shot.

But at this time, Li Ba had already made up for the defense and grabbed the ball with a slap.

The Suns attacked, and Li Ba attacked Gasol again.

Faced with Li Ba's extremely strong attack under the basket, Gasol could only raise his hands high and defend with his eyes. He didn't dare to move his feet casually, fearing that Li Ba would take the initiative to hit him and commit a foul.

In this way, Li Ba dunked again.

63:67, the Suns led by 4 points.

Barkley said at this time: "The hammer has been successful in causing damage. Now the Suns will be very efficient in the interior."

Kenny Smith said: "The Lakers want to counterattack, Yi also has three fouls. Like Duncan, Kobe and Parker can cause damage to Yi."

Then, as Kenny Smith said, Kobe and Parker did start to rush to Yi.

In the 6th minute of the third quarter, 68:74, the Suns led by 6 points.

Yi committed four fouls, and his defense was a little hesitant.

At this time, Payton replaced Haslem with Yi.

Li Ba still held the ball to find Gasol, chasing him and hitting him, determined to beat him down.

In the 7th minute, Kobe hit Haslem with a two-plus-one, 71:74, the Suns led by 3 points.

Li Ba pulled out from the basket and pulled to the left wing low post, Duncan followed to defend.

Haslem and Gasol were still under the basket.

At this time, Li Ba suddenly ran back as soon as he got outside the paint area, raised his right hand, and rushed to the basket again.

Nash's passing ability is really amazing, the ball came in at once.

Li Ba received the ball, and Haslem made the best offensive screen at this time, blocking Duncan who was chasing him.

In this way, Li Ba held the ball, turned around, stuck Gasol under the basket, and started to back Gasol.