Chapter 1337 The Dirtiest Defense, a Blasphemy Against Basketball

With the end of G1, public opinion about Li Ba continues. Now there is another reason to attack him, that he is too cold and has no humanitarian care.

As many people love him as there are people who hate him. Li Ba doesn't care about all this. He rests quietly at home and helps Yatou take care of his twin sons.

Li Yi and Li Yang are only half a month away from turning one year old. They are strong and now they are running around everywhere. They obviously have too much energy and need several people to keep them under control.

However, the son takes after his mother and his personality takes after his mother. He is not as lively as Guoguo and is a little quieter.

Judging from his current height, Li Ba thinks that if these two sons play basketball in the future, they can only play outside at most, and they can't play inside because they can't catch up with his height.

On the afternoon of the 22nd, the league announced some personal honors.

Li Ba won the honors of DPOY and the steals king, rebounds king, and blocks king.

He played a total of 79 games in the regular season this season, averaging 30.1 minutes per game, with an average of 20.8 points, 20.2 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 7.7 steals, 7.4 blocks, 1.7 turnovers and 1.85 fouls.

Until the end of the regular season, he was still the first in the official MVP rankings, and he has dominated this position for a season.

The public opinion storm did not affect the Suns' game. The Suns continued to work hard and swept the Nuggets after the G1 game.

On April 28, the Suns returned to Phoenix.

The second round will start on May 5, and the Suns' second round will start on the 6th.

The current situation is that in the West, the Lakers lead the Jazz 3-1, but failed to complete the sweep and was pulled back after leading 3-0.

Spurs vs. Warriors, as the creators of this round of public opinion, the two teams played with real fire. Curry and Thompson fired fiercely on the outside, but overall, the Warriors could not cope with the Spurs' tough defense on the outside, and the inside disadvantage was too great. After losing Game 2, they lost Game 3, but in yesterday's Game 4, like the Jazz, they won back a game with their strong three-point shooting ability.

Thunder vs. Grizzlies, Thunder had the upper hand. After the two sides tied, Thunder won two games in a row, and like Spurs and Lakers, they led their opponents by a big score of 3 to 1.

In the East, Heat swept Bucks, Pacers tied with Hawks, Nets and Bulls tied 3 to 1, Knicks also led Celtics 3 to 1.

That night, Yao Ming called Li Ba and asked how to play Knicks.

"I'm familiar with playing Knicks, you asked too late, if you asked earlier, you would have swept Knicks." Li Ba boasted.

"Give me some real advice, stop bragging." Yao Ming said unhappily.

"It's easy. Just guard the others and let Anthony go. Let him help you beat the Knicks." Li Ba laughed.

"Puff!" Yao Ming burst into laughter and immediately asked, "Does it really work?"

"Just give it a try. We are already 1-3 behind. What else can't we fight for?" Li Ba said.

"Then I'll go find the coach and try." Yao Ming said.

He hung up the phone and really went to find head coach Doc Rivers.

That night, Li Ba sat in front of the TV and watched the Game 5 between the Celtics and the Knicks.

The Celtics were suppressed by the Knicks at the start. The inside combination of Chandler and Stoudemire was still very strong. Both of them were still strong, and the aging Yao Ming couldn't deal with them.

In the 7th minute of the first quarter, Doc Rivers started to make substitutions and adjusted the tactics.

Li Ba saw that the Celtics really did what he said and started to let Anthony go.

At the beginning, Anthony made a few shots, and gradually, the Knicks' ball rights were concentrated in his hands.

Invisibly, several other players of the Knicks became spectators of the game. Even the two inside players were staring blankly inside, and they didn't run around, just watching Anthony play alone.

After the first half, the Celtics had surpassed the Knicks by 6 points from 6 points behind.

In the second half, Anthony reduced his shots, but it was too late. His teammates' hands were cold, and the Celtics continued to implement the tactic of letting Anthony go, so his shots still accounted for more than half of the team.

In this way, the Celtics took advantage of the victory in the third quarter, and after three quarters, the lead reached 18 points.

In the end, the Celtics pulled back a game, with a big score of 2 to 3, and still behind by one game.

After the game, Stoudemire and Chandler couldn't help it, and they fired directly at Anthony, accusing him of monopolizing the ball, and the conflict of the Knicks broke out.

Anthony was also wronged. I have more open shots, who will shoot if I don't?

That night, the Spurs and Warriors' Game 5 game also started.

The Warriors' outside line went crazy. Curry and Thompson shot like crazy, scoring 77 points together. The three-man team made 16 of 24 shots and tied the game with the Spurs 2 to 3.

The Lakers and Thunder defeated their opponents and advanced to the second round with a score of 4 to 1.

A day later, the Celtics returned to their home court and played the tactics of the previous game again.

In this game, the Knicks, who were demoralized, fought on their own. After the whole game, the team only had a pitiful 7 assists in total, and there was a collapse. The Celtics tied the score and the two teams entered the seventh game.

That night, the G6 game between the Spurs and the Warriors began.

The Spurs once again played a suffocating defense and defeated the Warriors. With a score of 4 to 2, they eliminated their opponents and advanced to the second round.

In this game, the Spurs played hard. Two Warriors players were injured and left the court. The Spurs swallowed three technical fouls.

"The dirtiest defense, this is a blasphemy against basketball." After the game, Mark Jackson angrily accused the Spurs of the crime to the media.

After the Warriors were eliminated, public opinion began to hype the issue of restricting defense and encouraging offense.

This time, unlike the public opinion storm before the first round, some people in the league and the team began to cooperate with public opinion and stood up.

The first one was Warriors General Manager Chris Mullin, who told the media: "It is imperative to modify the rules. Fans want to see gorgeous offense, not ugly defense..."

After him, Pat Riley also stood up and expressed his support for Chris Mullin and the Warriors.

Following these two people, some team managements stood up.

Among them, even Lakers General Manager Kupchak.

In addition to these people, many players also stood up.

These people are increasing, and nearly two-thirds of the team management have expressed their support for the Warriors and hope that the league will modify the rules.

This wave of public opinion is coming in full force.

Stern has been observing public opinion. This time many people in the league stood up, and he felt that there was a great force stirring.

He analyzed the team management and players who stood up. These people and teams belong to the small ball style.

These players who stood up have one thing in common, they are all Nike players.

In Stern's view, these people and teams are also victims of the Hammer Era. They have no way to succeed and can only huddle together, hoping to use this wave of public opinion to force the league to change the rules.