Chapter 1249 Give up G6?

Fifteen minutes later, the third quarter began.

The Heat attacked.

Carter defended Wade, who broke through with the ball, and with a light step, he knocked down old Carter, and then made a two-pointer at the edge of the paint area.

"Vince?"

Li Ba saw Carter still sitting on the floor, and his heart skipped a beat.

Vince Carter's face was extremely ugly, and his left ankle was sprained.

"Fuck!"

Li Ba glared at Wade.

"What does it have to do with me? I didn't touch him." Wade knew it was an insult, and immediately defended himself.

"It's none of his business." Carter said hurriedly.

"Sooner or later you will break your ankle." Li Ba said to Wade unhappily.

"That's impossible, my flexibility won't let me get hurt." Wade said proudly.

Carter went off the court and was replaced by Ray Allen, and Dudley was still at the third position.

But two minutes later, Nash fell down.

It's not an injury, but a physical failure, calf cramps, can't play.

Payton could only call a timeout and adjust the lineup.

"This is trouble!" Zhang Heli scratched his head and shouted.

"The two can't play, only Ray Allen is left, this is really troublesome!" Xu Jicheng said.

"There is no one on the outside, Tiechui has to play point guard, and Xiaoha can only play in the inside, so the advantage of the inside is gone." Yu Jia sighed.

"It's not that there is no advantage, but a disadvantage. Xiaoha is a head shorter than Gasol, and with his arm span, his height is almost one and a half feet shorter. So the Suns are in danger in this game." Zhang Heli sighed.

Dayao was also scratching his head on the sidelines, worried about Li Ba.

He also knew the importance of this dynasty's defense to Li Ba, which was related to Li Ba's historical position in the league, which was very important.

"What should I do?" Jay Chou shouted while wiping his sweat.

Unfortunately, no one could answer him.

At the scene, most of the media were happy, just like the Heat bench.

The Suns bench was frustrated.

Among the veterans, McGrady had the biggest reaction. Seeing that the championship was about to be won, Nash and Carter could not play. He was stunned and in a very bad mood.

Li Ba could only sigh that he was unlucky. He went over to ask the team doctor: "Sir, can Steve still play in this game?"

"I'm afraid not, Hammer. Steve has a serious cramp. If he is forced to play, it is easy to get injured." The team doctor replied regretfully.

"I'm fine, I can play." Nash, who was sitting on the floor, was very anxious and wanted to get up and play.

He absolutely did not want to give up this game. As long as he could hold on and get the ring, his career would be complete. Moreover, he was close to retirement and could accept breaking a leg.

But unfortunately, his legs were completely unable to exert force, and his muscles lost their elasticity, and he fell directly to the floor again.

This made him desperate, and his eyes turned red.

This also made the Suns bench fall into silence, and then they all looked at Li Ba.

But the facts proved that Li Ba was indeed not a god, he was still a human being. In the end, the Suns lost this G5 game.

Li Ba was not in the interior, and the Suns were at a disadvantage in rebounding. Then Wade began to frequently attack the basket, causing great damage to the Suns' interior.

Ray Allen and Ginobili fought hard at the second and third positions, and they could still hold on in the third quarter, making many shots. At the same time, Li Ba frequently broke through and scored, so that the Suns did not fall into a scoring drought. At the end of the third quarter, 76:78, only 2 points behind the Heat.

But after entering the final quarter, Ray Allen and Ginobili's physical fitness declined, and their scoring efficiency gradually declined. They could no longer bear the scoring task of the outside line, so the score difference became larger and larger.

In the 7th minute of the final quarter, the Suns were already 6 points behind. At this time, A-Lin was fouled out. Without A-Lin in the interior, Xiao Ha and the Polish Hammer's scoring ability was also weak, and the entire Suns fell into a scoring drought.

Li Ba controlled the ball and took on the scoring task alone, desperately breaking through and scoring, but after A-Lin left the court, the interior could not be opened, and he had no breakthrough space. In the case of double-teaming, he could only frequently jump shots near the basket, so his scoring efficiency could not be compared with the basket at all.

In addition, the Suns had few people to score, and the Heat went all out to siege him, causing his hit rate to drop significantly.

At the same time, on the defensive end, James no longer played point guard, and his speed could not keep up with Bibby, so he could only run with James, which made his defensive energy unable to play.

He tried to get into the basket on the defensive end, but James followed him in, and the basket was full of people, and there was not much room for him to play.

93:115, the Heat won by 22 points.

3 to 2, the Suns still had a big advantage and still controlled the match point, but this game completely exposed the Suns' weakness of no one available on the outside.

Barkley analyzed after the game: "If Nash can't come back in the next game, then the Suns will lose."

Kenny Smith nodded and said: "There are too few people in rotation, and the hammer is not in the interior. The Suns' strongest interior advantage has turned into a weak disadvantage. The Suns really have no way to win. It's really difficult."

Most media were jubilant about the Suns' defeat and cheered for the Heat.

During the on-site interview, the media surrounded Li Ba and refused to let him leave, forcing him to accept the on-site interview.

Someone asked loudly: "Iron Hammer, do you still have the confidence to win now?"

Li Ba looked at the smiling reporter with disgust and said coldly: "Don't laugh too early, I'll teach you a lesson, the one who laughs last is the final winner."

"Just tell me if you have confidence?" the reporter asked.

"Why not?" Li Ba asked back.

"Then where does your confidence come from? Do you have anyone else on the bench? You won't use Milicic and Kwame Brown, right?"

The reporter continued to ask proudly.

Li Ba said coldly: "I will tell you where my confidence comes from when the next game is over."

After that, he pushed the reporters away and left.

"Haha..."

Some reporters laughed proudly behind him.

Li Ba left the court with Yatou and Guoguo in a depressed mood, and did not attend the press conference, but got on the bus directly.

At two o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, the Suns returned to Phoenix.

The team went directly to the headquarters and held a tactical meeting immediately.

David Griffin first reported the injuries of Carter and Nash.

After a night of treatment, Nash's leg cramps were resolved. In general, he can play in Game 6, but he cannot be the starter. He must control his playing time and cannot have strong confrontations.

As for Carter, his sprain was a bit serious, and his finals were over.

Payton stood up and said, "Now we must first determine whether we can win Game 6 with the current lineup. If there is a high probability that we cannot win, we need to strategically give up Game 6 and wait for Nash to fully recover and go all out to win Game 7."

The meeting room was silent.

"Hammer?" Payton looked at Li Ba.