Chapter 1241 Big Z's Sixth Foul
Before the free throw, the Heat replaced substitute center Big Z.
Li Ba made an extra free throw, 54:54. Amid the warm applause of the audience, the two teams tied.
"Big Z committed a foul in the second quarter, which was also caused by a hammer. If you try harder and beat him down, the Heat will be finished."
Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.
Next, Li Ba continued to attack the inside, but the old Big Z seemed too slow in front of him, and was beaten by him one after another.
At the same time, on the defensive end, he stole Wade once again, blocking Wade's impact on the basket outside the paint area. At the same time, he allowed the United Arab Emirates to take the initiative to let Bosh open and implement the most active defense, thereby trying his best to The greatest ability to control the Heat's outside shooting percentage.
At the end of the third quarter, the two teams were still tied at 70:70.
But at this time, Big Z had already committed four fouls, James also committed four fouls, and only Bosh, who was cleaner, committed two fouls.
Barkley shook his head and said: "The Hammers did not give up the ball. In the third quarter, he almost took over all the offense. He scored 39 points in the three quarters, more than half of the team's total points. He shouldered both offense and defense by himself. This should be a great test for his physical fitness.”
"The pace of tonight's game was slow, and the Hammers were double-teamed throughout. Although Yi was able to carry Bosh in the second half, he was still double-teamed, which was indeed a test for his physical fitness. Withstanding the fourth quarter, the Suns You can win. If you can’t hold it back physically, the Suns will definitely lose.”
Kenny Smith said.
On the sidelines, Dayao and Dazhi were sitting together, and next to them were Jay Chou and others, who were also discussing Li Ba's physical problems.
"This kid should be fine. He is an absolute physical monster. Believe it or not, after playing in the finals, he will definitely play Wimbledon."
Dayao smiled.
He even said with some worry: "But the double-teaming tonight was too severe. In the first half, he was almost double-teamed by three people. The physical exertion was so great that one half of the game was equivalent to the entire game."
"It should be okay."
Jay Chou said looking at Li Ba on the bench.
"My dad is very powerful, even more powerful than me."
Next to her, Guoguo stared at her big beautiful eyes and shouted proudly.
"Haha!" Dayao and others laughed.
"How awesome are you?" Jay Chou teased Guoguo.
"I'm amazing. I can play the piano, basketball, tennis, catch fish, and fight. I'm the eldest among the children in our village..."
Guoguo raised her chin and boasted vigorously, and then her mother covered her mouth.
"This little guy looks like a little hammer..." Dayao and the others fell down laughing.
"Hammer, how is your physical condition?" Payton asked seriously in front of the bench.
"good."
Li Ba replied while wiping his sweat.
His physical exertion today was indeed too great, but it was still far from his limit. He knew his physical strength well, and it would not be worse than Zhang Twenty Thousand.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Suns attacked.
Although the Heat still double-teamed Li Ba, James and Big Z both committed four fouls, and their defensive actions were somewhat timid.
This is very conducive to Li Ba's offense. He first pulls out to catch the ball, then turns back, arches left and right in the double team, and forcibly gets up to dunk the ball.
70:72, the Suns lead.
Heat offense.
James singled out Dudley and hit a goal to regain the score.
The Suns attacked, and Li Ba successfully hit again and caused Big Z's fifth foul.
"The Hammers have no physical problems, but now the Heat are in real trouble!" Barkley shook his head and laughed.
"The situation is tilting in favor of the Suns. Although the Heat are attacking on the outside, if they lose the rebounding and containment inside, the outside will also collapse."
Kenny Smith said.
Li Ba missed the free throw, Big Z grabbed the rebound and was knocked away by Arab League. James behind him had quick hands and quick eyes and grabbed the ball from the floor first.
But at this time Li Ba came up and grabbed the ball from James. The latter tried his best to protect the ball, creating a competition for the ball.
"This should be the hammer win. James has no experience in jumping the ball." Zhang Li said with a smile.
The two stood on the free throw line. When the ball was thrown, Li Ba took the lead in touching the ball, flicked it towards the Arab League, and then rushed towards the basket.
Bosh and Big Z closed the door to intercept Li Ba, who forced his way through. At this time, the Arab League passed the ball to the basket.
Li Ba took off the ball and dunked.
72:76, the Suns lead by 6 points.
Heat offense.
James missed the jump shot and the ball bounced towards Big Z. He grabbed the rebound and shot a hook shot.
Li Ba tried his best to block the shot, but couldn't block it through Big Z's body.
But the ball was still affected by his block and missed. Li Ba turned around and grabbed the rebound and passed it to Nash. The Suns counterattacked.
Nash and Carter quickly went down, and Wade and Bibby quickly returned to defense.
Nash advanced to the basket, and Wade followed first. He didn't force a layup and pulled to the right wing. At this time, Carter cut into the paint from the left wing and he immediately passed the ball.
Carter caught the ball, made a layup, and hit a goal.
72:78, the Suns lead by 6 points.
Heat offense.
Bosh received a pass from James, and the UAE returned to defense and scored a goal, causing a foul on the UAE's thugs.
"Ouch, this is the fifth foul of Arab League. If he goes down, he can only go up to Haslem, and he can't get away. But it doesn't matter, Bosh is letting him go anyway." Zhang Liyi shouted.
Bosh made a free throw, 75:78, and the Heat were still 3 points behind.
The Suns were attacking, and Li Ba suddenly pulled from the basket to the left wing low post to ask for the ball, and refreshed the three-second time at the same time.
James kept up with his speed, but Big Z didn't keep up, so he got the pass from Nash.
As soon as he got the ball, he immediately turned around and slipped to the bottom, broke through James, pressed James by the way, and then dribbled into the paint area.
James immediately turned around to chase, but he had no experience in low-post defense. Just when he was about to start, he was pressed by Li Ba's palm. He could only watch Li Ba rush in with the ball. When he started again, he was two steps late.
Big Z immediately turned back to defend the basket.
Li Ba's speed was not fast, and he intentionally left Big Z some time.
When he rushed to the edge of the reasonable collision zone under the basket, he suddenly stopped, but did not jump directly to attack the basket, which allowed Big Z to smoothly return to the basket.
When Big Z stepped into the reasonable collision zone, Li Ba took a step and then jumped up, ending the attack with a dunk.
At the same time, the referee's whistle blew, Big Z blocked the foul, and was sent off for six fouls. Li Ba added a free throw.
"It's done, the Heat's inside line has been completely blown up, and now there is only one Bosh left!" Yu Jia shouted excitedly.
Pat Riley could only replace the backup center Joel Anthony, a marginal player who averaged 2+2 per game and was undrafted in 2007.
Seeing Joel Anthony stand up and pull off his buttoned pants, Barkley said: "In the Heat where big names gather, blue-collar workers like Joel Anthony don't have much playing time and can only do some dirty work. He is the shortcoming of the Heat. Not only does he have no offense, but his defense is also not good, and he can't even grab rebounds. Let him go up now, I think there is only one purpose, to stop the Hammer from attacking."
"If Bosh doesn't go in, the Heat's rebounds will be completely out of control, so Bosh will go in." Kenny Smith said.
"Foul, let the Hammer go to the free throw."
Before going on the court, Pat Riley gave Anthony a unique task.
Then he gave Bosh another task, to beat A-Lin, who had five fouls, as soon as possible.
At the critical moment, Li Ba made the free throw, 75:81, the Suns led by 6 points.