Chapter 28 Back to Big Z

Because Marbury withdrew from the three-point line, the Cavaliers' second position, Myers, who was going to help defend Marbury, returned to the player he was defending, Penny Hardaway.

The Cavaliers are currently playing man-to-man defense, and under normal circumstances they will not double-team unless they are big-name players.

Li Ba did not directly enter the inside line from the left wing, but made a detour and entered from the top of the arc.

At the top of the arc, Cavaliers boss Davis is defending Marbury.

When Li Ba passed by, he glanced at Marbury, then ran directly to Davis, and took the initiative to set a pick and roll for Marbury.

Marbury subconsciously activated, and Xiang rushed to the top of the arc from behind Li Ba, crossed the free throw line in an instant, and scored into the paint.

"Wow, the rookie's pick-and-roll awareness is good!" Barkley praised.

Frank, who was strolling in front of the bench, nodded to this action.

"close the door!"

The Cavaliers center Big Z, who was standing in the low post on the right wing, yelled at Boozer who just ran to the low post on the left wing.

The defense of these two is not good. Facing the breakthrough of star point guard Marbury, they began to double-team without hesitation.

They immediately began to move from the low sides of the paint to the basket, intending to block Marbury's path to the basket.

The Cavaliers played man-to-man. After Marbury broke into the paint, Ricky Davis, who was defending him, also chased him in. Li Ba behind him was temporarily unattended.

In the top arc pick-and-roll, as a low-post player, there are two choices to be made after the pick-and-roll, one is to stay still or cut outside the three-point line, wait for the breakthrough player's return pass, and then shoot a long shot, and the other is to follow along , hit the basket after receiving the ball, or make a mid-range shot.

If it is a low post player with outside scoring ability, then it is open.

It's a pity that Li Ba didn't have a long shot. Of course, he chose to go down and followed Marbury into the paint.

For a while, the paint area was overcrowded.

Seeing that the front was blocked, Marbury immediately changed direction to the left and broke through horizontally.

As soon as he changed direction and faced the left side, he saw that three steps away, on the left wing, the Cavaliers' rookie No. Defensive black hole Johnson has no power to resist.

At this time, no matter the person or the ball, there is no way forward.

But at this time, his left eye also saw Davis chasing down and Li Ba behind him. Finally, Marbury remembered the rookie who had just made a wall for him.

So, with a flick of his right hand, the ball flew to the top of Davis' head.

Davis was taken aback. He never thought Marbury would pass the ball over his head. His reaction was slow, and he didn't have time to jump.

After the pick-and-roll, players who roll down should be prepared to catch the ball, and Li Ba is no exception.

When the ball comes, even if it is very fast and the distance is very short, he will catch the fly with his left hand and catch it in the air.

"Snapped!"

He firmly grasped the ball with one hand, and the moment he caught the ball, he rushed past Davis and stopped in front of Big Z.

At this time, Marbury ran to the top arc, and by the way, Davis was also taken out, leaving the basket a little empty.

At this time, Boozer, who was about to close the door, went back to defend the player Marion he was defending, and gave up the basket to Big Z to defend Li Ba alone.

"Rookie, come on!" Big Z encouraged.

"Big pest, are you defensive?" Li Ba spit out this sentence.

When speaking, he turned from the face basket to the back.

"Big pest?"

Big Z was taken aback for a moment, but when he saw that the rookie was going to attack back, he didn't have time to think about it, so he posted it immediately.

Li Ba made full preparations before the game and had a good understanding of his inside players.

Big Z is 221 centimeters tall, but his weight is only 108 kilograms, which is not as heavy as him.

Last season in the Cavaliers, he averaged 17.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 0.7 steals, and 1.9 blocks per game. This is a first-class center and last year's All-Star backup center.

His understanding of Big Z is that he is a technical center, not a strong center, especially in defense, not tough. But no matter what, this is an excellent center.

Now at this moment, he has to face such a center with excellent offense and defense.

After the big Z posted it, Li Ba immediately bowed and sat back hard with his buttocks.

This trick was taught to him by his offseason personal defensive coach Boris and the team's coach Rocky. The action template is the Suns star Barkley.

"Boom!"

After all, Big Z is not a defensive center, so he was unprepared for the rookie's move, and Minggen was hit hard, his face turned pale from the pain, and he was immediately pushed back a step.

At the moment when Big Z was pushed back, through the contact of his buttocks, Li Ba felt that Big Z had retreated, so he immediately turned around and attacked the basket.

At the moment of jumping up, the waist and abdomen contracted and pulled forward, and both arms vigorously filled the basket.

"boom!"

Under the watchful eyes of the fans booing him, the basket jerked violently, and the ball was smashed into the basket.

"oh!!!!!!!!!"

There was a silence, and then a burst of exclamation broke out.

"Oh hoo!!!!!!"

Several substitute players stood up on the Suns bench and began to applaud the ball.

"Shet! Defense like shit!" Toronto, Canada, Bosh hit the sofa with a fist and cursed dissatisfied.

"This guy is really strong and full of strength!" Wade sighed when he saw Big Z being pushed back in Miami.

"Ha! Beautiful dunk! This is an absolute dunk! Absolutely brutal dunk! The rookie hit the big Z with his back and completed the first goal of his NBA career. It should be noted that he did not pay me the patent fee , that's my technique."

In the TNT live broadcast, Barkley stood up excitedly and shouted with the microphone.

He didn't lie, this is indeed his unique skill. Not only this, even the five-second post-up offense was made because of him.

At his peak back then, he was unrivaled in the world in post-ups. He started arching and arching from the three-point line, and then arched all the way to the basket, seriously disrupting the league's offensive and defensive balance, so the league formulated a five-second post-up violation rule. The meaning of this rule is that if you hit the back, you must shoot or pass the ball within five seconds, otherwise it will be a violation.

And the reason why he is invincible in the back fight is first of all because he has a big buttocks.

"Yes, his hips are not as big as yours. But I bet, his strength must be better than yours. Look at his big arms, I say it can be compared with Karl Malone." Smith laughed.

"That's not necessarily true." Barkley said unconvinced.

In the auditorium, the fans began to whisper and discuss.

"It seems that this rookie bastard still has a hand!"

"No, his explosive power is far inferior to Amare's, so he just relies on a little brute force."

"But his back-up skills are better than Amare's. Amare doesn't have back-up skills."

"But Amare's face-to-basket technique is a hundred times better than him."

"Not bad, a hot start, this guy!"

In the home team locker room of the Toyota Center, Yao Min, who was about to go to the press conference, looked at the live TV broadcast on the wall and said in surprise.

He was particularly envious of Li Ba's arms and hands, what the hell would he be upset if they were transplanted to him?

"Yao, you Chinese compatriot are not bad, and your strength should be greater than yours." Steve Francis said beside him.