Chapter 27

"Li Ba?"

Chen Hong, who was sitting behind the baseline, stood up and waved to Li Ba.

"Calm down, fight for playing time first."

After Chen Hong finished speaking, he told Liba Mosaic the result of the first game of the season. They defeated the Nuggets 102:85. Yao made 6 of 13 shots and scored 19 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

The data of the No. 3 pick named Anthony made 5 of 14 shots, scored 18 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists, but had 8 turnovers.

Li Ba was under some pressure. They were all Bill Duffy's players, and he was still a piece of cake.

Many fans in the American West Arena pointed at him, not quite understanding why the team would choose an undrafted pick who was still a Chinese.

Last year's No. 1 pick, Yao Min, was overwhelmed by their rookie Amare. They didn't have much confidence in Chinese players.

In their hearts, the No. 1 pick in 2002 was Amare Stoudemire. What's more, what Li Ba did in the away locker room made them extremely dissatisfied.

Today the mascot gorilla does not come to play with Li Ba. After warming up, Li Ba still sat next to Barbosa.

"Hey, Chris, are you watching?" Wade called Bosh from his home in Miami.

"Of course, I want to see how James teaches that guy." Bosh said coldly.

Game start.

The Suns start unchanged, Marbury at No. 1, Penny at No. 2, Joe Johnson at No. 3, Marion at No. 4, and Stoudemire at No. 5.

The starting lineup of the Cavaliers, the big Z at the fifth position, that is, Zajunas Ilgauskas, Carlos Boozer at the fourth position, the little emperor James at the third position, Darius Miles, " Boss" Ricky Davis.

Li Ba took a look. The Cavaliers played Davis at the first position and Miles at the second position. In fact, there was no real point guard, because Davis was an authentic shooting guard.

He checked on the NBA official website the day before the game. The boss of the Cavaliers last year averaged 20.6 points, 5.5 assists and 4.9 rebounds per game this season. He is very strong, but his organizational skills are not outstanding.

At the 11th minute of the first quarter, the two teams were basically tied, 31:28, and the Suns trailed by 3 points at home.

In this quarter of the game, Xiaobawang played well, 5 of 7 shots, 71.4% shooting, 10 points, 5 rebounds and 1 block.

And the little emperor James, so far, made 6 of 12 shots, scored 14 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, and his performance is still very impressive.

With 46 seconds left in the game, the Cavaliers caused a dead ball and the Suns had the ball.

Frank signaled the Bully to leave the field. Except for Tom Gugliotta, the team's third-highest paid player, several inside substitutes immediately looked at Frank. Li Ba was no exception, his eyes were fixed on Frank's face, and he almost went up to grab the latter's neck.

"Frank, let Jack go." D'Antoni said at this time.

Jack Voskull, center, 211 cm, weight 111 kg, 4th pick in the second round of 2000, played 65 times last season, averaged 14.6 minutes per game, 3.8 points, 3.5 rebounds, 0.6 assists and 0.3 per game Steal 0.4 blocks.

Frank recalled the approximate stats of the center forward in his mind. The stats are not bad, after all, he only played a little over a quarter. He was about to call Voskull, but when he saw Li Ba's burning gaze, he couldn't help but feel his heart move.

Seeing Li Ba, he immediately thought that D'Antoni was waiting behind him to take over the team, and immediately had a rebellious mentality. He pointed at Li Ba, hooked his fingers, and signaled him to get up.

"Ha ha!"

Li Ba's eyes lit up, he laughed loudly, got up suddenly, tore off the buttoned trousers outside, threw it aside, and then ran to Frank.

"Fack!"

Barbosa grabbed the smelly button-up pants and fell down on the vacant seat next to Li Ba in resentment.

"Shet!"

"Why let this unruly chink on?"

Several inside substitutes started discussing in the back.

"Oh, Kenny, look, Coach Frank of the Suns called that Chinese kid named Iron Hammer." Barkley yelled in the TNT live broadcast.

"That kid is a bold guy. He and Marbury can be paired to form the league's most ambitious combination of inside and outside. Charles, what do you think?" Kenny Smith laughed.

"I think you're right, haha!" Barkley laughed.

In front of the Suns bench, Frank said to Li Ba seriously: "You take over Amare's position and play center forward. Remember, what I want is your defense. Watch Big Z and our penalty area, you can do it ?"

Li Ba said excitedly: "Coach, I'm ready, I'll rub the inside line of the Cavaliers on the ground."

"Go, let me see whether you have a big mouth or some strength." Frank patted Li Ba on the shoulder and pushed him towards the scoring table.

At this time, the referee signaled that Li Ba should play.

"Hush!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Because of Amare's beautiful performance in the first quarter, more intense boos broke out at the scene.

"Papa..."

Behind the Suns baseline, Chen Hong, who was sitting on the ground, clapped his hands vigorously, cheering and encouraging for Li Ba's first game on the NBA court. He was also the only person at the scene who applauded Li Ba.

The Suns attack.

Because the score was tight, neither side was on the bench at this time, ten starters, only Xiaobawang.

Li Ba served the ball from the sideline of the center line, and the opposing power forward Boozer stepped forward to interfere.

He also knows the situation of Boozer, because this German is a rookie with Dayao for one year, and he was the fourth pick in the second round. The offense is strong, the defense is nothing, and the defense ability is worse than that of Xiaobawang.

Boozer interfered, and Li Ba only did one thing to make Boozer's interference come to naught, that is, grab the ball with one hand and raise his right arm upwards.

With his long arms and hands, he was the least afraid of this move. His shoulder width is not too wide, which leads to his standing height is definitely in the forefront of the league. As long as he catches the ball with one hand and raises it up, there are not many in the league who can grab the ball from him without fouling.

Boozer is 206 centimeters, weighs 120 kilograms, and has a wingspan of 221 centimeters. In addition to the difference in shoulder width, the standing height is 2.70 meters, which is 16 centimeters behind Liba.

With such a gap, Boozer, who defended nothingness, gave up immediately after two jumps, so he didn't give up that effort.

"Chinese boy, does it feel good to be booed by the home fans?" But he began to irritate Li Ba with trash talk.

"Pests from Europe, what did you say?" Li Ba asked.

"I said... Shet, what did you call me? Oh, damn rookie!"

Boozer was furious, but found that the Chinese rookie had already thrown the ball with one hand.

Marbury received the ball at the eight-second line and immediately rushed into the top arc. With the momentum of going directly to the inside, he immediately attracted the blocking of Cavaliers point guard Ricky Davis, and Darius Miles nearby. defense.

Marbury didn't charge hard and immediately exited the three-point line.

At this time Li Ba officially stepped onto the field and rushed forward.