Chapter 42 Blocking Kobe

"Tie Hammer, you play the fifth position."

Before the Suns came off the bench, Frank also began to adjust the lineup. He first won the rookie middle pick Zako Kabakapa, and let Li Bading reach the center position.

"OK!"

Li Ba prefers this position now, and his mobility weakness can be concealed.

"Marion, you go."

In the fourth position, Frank replaced the main force.

That's it for the time being, after all, it's only the second minute of the second quarter, and it's not time for the main players to play.

And by replacing Marion, he can use his outside ability to open up the Lakers' inside defense, which is conducive to Li Ba's inside offense.

At the same time, Marion's defense is also very much needed by the team. His defense can go from the outside to the inside. In particular, his ability to assist in defense is very good, and his awareness of assisting in defense is very strong.

For the Lakers, Jackson didn't make any substitutions, but changed his tactics.

"Kobe, don't throw the ball outside, go in, use foul tactics to solve that rookie, it's easy for you." He said.

Kobe nodded, but said nothing.

He thinks that rookie is not qualified enough to let him use foul tactics, which is too high for him. But he doesn't want to refute Phil face to face. His current public opinion is not good, and he doesn't want the media to talk about his relationship with Phil.

The Lakers attacked, Fei Xiaoyu controlled the ball in the frontcourt, and Kobe moved to the top arc to catch the ball.

The Suns still have a 32 zone defense, and the backup small forward Jacobson is defending at the free throw line. At this time, he takes a step forward and defends on the three-point line.

Kobe wanted to throw a three-pointer here. Facing this substitute, he thought it was easy. But at this moment, he saw the rookie of the Suns on the inside waving at him, and immediately became angry.

With a cross dribble, Kobe made a breakthrough from the left side of Jacobson, and began to break in along the left edge of the paint area.

In front of him is Li Ba who defends the low post on the left wing.

Li Ba stuck the Lakers' backup center Grant behind him. The center weighed less than 100 kilograms, and his strength was far inferior to him. His position was quite easy.

After he asked for the seat, he saw Kobe taking the ball and waved provocatively. Then, he immediately saw Kobe coming this way.

He reacted immediately, taking a step laterally into the paint, putting Kobe between Bryant and the basket.

With his arms raised high and his feet rooted, he stayed in his cylinder, waiting for Kobe to come up.

Kobe has many ways to solve the problem at this time, a jump shot or a drop shot, and the rookie who is two meters away from him can't block him, but he still wants to give Phil a face, so he continues to rush up.

When approaching in front of Li Ba, he suddenly turned his ankle and bent his knee. He suddenly accelerated and changed direction. He made an extraordinary change of direction and wanted to attack the basket from Li Ba's right side.

He did this acceleration action just to stimulate the Suns, a rookie.

Everyone has an instinctive reaction. When he suddenly accelerates, he can bet that there is a 90% chance that this rookie will reach out. And he can make a foul, make another shot, and hit a 2+1.

Kobe accelerated and changed direction, hit Li Ba with his left shoulder, then jumped up immediately, and began to pick the basket with his right hand.

Li Ba did reach out.

He didn't move his feet, and he didn't even turn his head much. He didn't even look at where the ball was, and smashed it to the side with his left hand.

"flute!"

The referee's whistle blew, but it couldn't stop what happened.

Li Ba's super long wingspan came into play at this time, it crossed Kobe's body and came to Kobe's right side.

Like swatting a fly, it slapped heavily on the ball that Kobe had just picked out. After flying the ball, the giant palm landed on Kobe's head.

"ah!"

Kobe groaned and hit the floor with a thud.

He guessed wrong. One is that he miscalculated Li Ba's wingspan, thinking that he picked the basket with his right hand, and it was impossible for a rookie to touch his ball, but Li Ba just missed it. Second, although Li Ba stretched out his hand, he went for the ball instead of pulling him.

"oh!"

Now the real audience exclaimed, and when they saw Kobe was covered, everyone gasped.

In front of the Suns bench, Frank was stunned.

On the Lakers bench, Phil Jackson, who was in the presence of God, opened his mouth wide.

In the ESPN live broadcast, Brin froze for a moment.

"Flute!"

The referee blew the whistle continuously.

All the players on the field surrounded him, but unexpectedly, there was no conflict. This is very strange, no one gave Kobe a head start.

"Damn rookie, this is a malicious foul!" On the Lakers bench, Karl Malone got up and shouted at the court.

O'Neill also threw away the towel and stood up.

The other Lakers players stood up, of course, but no one spoke for Kobe.

"Oh, Kobe, Kobe, he was slapped by a rookie!" Brin finally reacted and began to explain.

"Sir, I'm a normal blocker, there is no problem at all." Li Ba said to the referee with a serious face.

"Tie Hammer, don't talk, let me do it." Penny said as he squeezed between Li Ba and the referee.

Then Kobe got up. He was fine, his buttocks were a little sore, his forehead was a little red, and his face was so gloomy that it was watery.

Defensive foul, two free throws and one throw, this is the penalty given by the referee.

Both sides are not satisfied with this penalty.

"Mr. Referee, have you watched the replay? Even if you don't go to the scoring table to watch the replay, please look at the big screen. Look, that is a good hat, a good hat that can be used as a template!"

Frank saw the referee's gesture and jumped straight away.

"Sir, he should be sent off directly. That's a malicious foul, at least a first-degree malicious foul!" Phil Jackson politely gave his suggestion to the referee.

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

The fans at the scene were the most dissatisfied, because the playback on the big screen above their heads told them that this is an absolutely good cap. They all stood up and booed loudly.

"Boy, just wait for me." Karl Malone shouted at Li Ba from the audience.

He was very angry. He joined the Lakers with a basic salary for a ring. If Kobe was injured by this rookie, it might affect his ring. So at this moment, he can't wait to play immediately and teach this rookie a lesson.

Li Ba sneered. Compared with Malone, he is simply too kind.

In 1989, Thomas, the boss of the Pistons Bad Boys, was elbowed by Malone for a layup. The latter's brow bone was broken and he needed 40 stitches. The scar is still there more than ten years later, and the price he paid was only a suspension and a $10,000 fine.

In the regular season from 1997 to 1998, Dr. Malone elbowed Admiral Robinson, one of the four major centers who was taking off, on the back of the head, causing the latter to go into shock and concussion afterwards. And he didn't even get a foul. Also in the second round of the playoffs this season, he kicked the neck of Robinson who fell to the ground again, and also did not get fouled.

He also elbowed Jordan. Jordan was carried off the court on the spot, unable to open his eyes for a long time, and he didn't get a single foul.

There are also Nash, Barkley, Grant, etc., all of whom have been elbowed by him. Nash changed his teeth because of this, and Barkley tore a muscle. He even kneed Donnie Marshall in the lower body, causing the opponent to be reimbursed for the season. He even used an elbow in school to cause a classmate to directly ruin his basketball career.