Chapter 281 Absolute Defense
Duncan stayed in the low position on the right wing, and the duzi tactic was cracked, so he stopped seeking to pester Li Ba.
Li Ba was low on the left wing and Kevin Willis defended.
Willis is 213 centimeters, 100 kilograms, a 62-year veteran, the third best team in the 9192 season, and the All-Star forward substitute in that season, but now he is old and can't threaten Li Ba at all.
"Leonard, Joe, Sean, remember, don't give him a chance to break through! Don't give him a chance to shoot! Don't be afraid of fouls. You may only have this chance today. Give him 18 fouls. Bar!"
At this time, when he saw Ginobili coming to the top of the arc and was about to break through, Li Ba pointed at him and shouted sharply.
"Yes, boss." Barbosa shouted immediately.
The other two responded each other and started to move towards Ginobili.
The players they defend are all players with very weak scoring ability. Devon Brown is 5+2 this season, and Max Rose is 1.4+2.4. They are even weaker. If they let them go and let them shoot, they will not lose many points.
Ginobili was a little dumbfounded, damn hammer, I'm not a super giant, I'm not even a superstar, do I need three people to double-team me?
This isn't the regular season, this is the playoffs, three big guys fuck him, and he'll be torn apart.
"Give me!"
As soon as Duncan saw Ginobili facing a three-man double team, he immediately asked for the ball.
At halftime, 47:42, the Suns led by 5 points.
Because of the high defensive intensity, the scoring efficiency of both sides is not high.
Li Ba grabbed 8 rebounds in the second quarter, including 3 offensive rebounds and a blocked shot, but nothing else.
In this quarter, Duncan made 5 of 9 shots and an amazing shooting percentage. In addition, he made 1 of 2 free throws and scored 11 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.
In terms of statistics, Duncan scored 23 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 turnover and 1 foul in the halftime. Li Ba scored 4 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals, 3 blocks and 1 foul. His performance was better than Li Ba, but the Suns are now leading.
Ginobili was not comfortable throughout the quarter, 0 of 5 shots, 5 of 11 free throws, and scored 5 points.
Although there are a lot of free throw opportunities, his two arms are almost discounted and numb. His hands are shaking when he makes free throws, resulting in a very low shooting rate, and he doesn't dare to shoot later.
Fifteen minutes later, the second half came back.
For the Spurs, Duncan and Rasu remain unchanged, Ginobili is on the second position, Bowen is on the third position, and Hedo is not. This is to strengthen the breakthrough and offensive capabilities.
The Suns kept the first quarter starter unchanged.
The Spurs attacked, Parker and Ginobili played at the same time, sharing the Sun's perimeter defensive energy, and their sharp breakthrough began.
Ginobili has the ball at the top of the key, and then he bursts to the left wing.
His breakthrough immediately attracted the sun's defensive formation to shift to the strong side.
At this time, Parker was on the weak side, that is, the right wing, and suddenly cut into the paint, and Marbury quickly followed up.
Before entering the paint area, Parker made an emergency stop, shook Marbury, then suddenly started again, and he entered the paint area.
At this time, Ginobili on the left wing crossed the ball.
This pass completely tore through the Suns' perimeter defense.
The unguarded Parker just entered the paint area and didn't go deep, so he took the ball and shot it.
"Shua!" Two points hit.
47:44, the Spurs were only 3 points behind.
"Oh, the Spurs started to enter the paint area in the third quarter, and they are going to exert their strength!" Barkley said excitedly.
"This ball is just a test. If Lasu can hold the hammer, I think they will go deep. That way the hit rate will be higher and it will also cause damage." Smith said.
Sun attack.
Marbury pushed forward in the backcourt, and when he was close to the center line, Parker suddenly pressed. The former turned around and ran into Ginobili's steal, and the ball was lost.
Parker ran with all his strength, received a pass from Ginobili and made a layup.
47:46, the Spurs are still 1 point behind.
"Parker and Ginobili are very strong now, the sun should not be careless, they need to arrange someone to support Marbury." Zhang Lili shouted anxiously.
The Suns attacked, and under the support of Posey, Marbury advanced to the frontcourt, and the two made pick-and-rolls at the top of the arc.
At this time, the insiders of both sides poured into the basket.
After the pick-and-roll, Marbury didn't break through, but shot directly outside the three-point line.
"boom!"
The ball missed, smashed the basket and then hit the board.
Li Ba was about to jump, but Rasu quietly pulled his arm in the confusion, preventing him from jumping, and the rebound was taken away by Duncan.
Duncan swung his elbow to protect the ball, and Li Ba immediately turned around and went down quickly without a chance to steal the ball.
However, he deliberately approached Parker, and he saw Parker waving for the ball in front of him.
The ball came, triggering his lock-on skill.
"squeak!"
Li Ba suddenly started the first step forward, took a step forward to the left, and then jumped high.
"not good!"
Duncan's eyes widened as he passed the ball.
"Snapped!"
Li Ba successfully intercepted the ball in the air.
"Beautiful steal! Hammer steal +1! Duncan turnover +1!"
The roar of the Suns' on-site commentator sounded, and the content made the Spurs fans a little uncomfortable, sending out a burst of boos.
Seeing that the boss steals the ball, the player who is about to set in the sun immediately turned around and ran.
Parker was not reconciled, wanted to come up to grab the ball, and jumped in front of Li Ba.
Li Ba had only one reaction. He turned around and pointed his elbow at Parker's head. Parker shrank his head in fright, covered his head with his hands, turned and ran away.
"Hush!"
There was booing for Li Ba in the auditorium.
Marbury came over to take the ball away and came to the top of the arc again.
"Stephen, let go of the shot, I'll grab the rebound." Li Ba roared, then turned around and entered the paint.
With Li Ba's words as the foundation, Marbury jumped up to meet Parker.
"Shua!"
Three-point hit.
50:46, the Spurs trailed by 4 points.
Spurs attack.
Parker broke from the top of the key, bypassing the high post Posey, and entered the paint from the right elbow.
Under the basket, on the right side of the basket, Duncan blocked Voskull behind him at this time, and made a gesture to ask for the ball, attracting Li Ba's defense on the left side of the basket, and Li Ba defended in front of him.
When Parker saw the opportunity, Li Ba faced him sideways, and he directly passed the ball to Rasu on the left side of the basket. The latter caught the ball and jumped directly behind Li Ba.
The moment Lasu received the ball, Li Ba turned around, leaped over the basket with one step, and slapped the basketball that Lasu slammed into the basket.
"Snapped!"
The basketball jumped high, and Lasu fell to the ground in panic.
"A block happened! The hammer... oh, it's coming again!" The voice of the sun commentator sounded, and before he finished speaking, there was a burst of exclamation.
Parker was clever and picked up the ball behind Rasu. He saw that the boss Duncan had moved to the front of the basket, and immediately passed the ball.
"Snapped!"
Duncan received the ball, then jumped high, catching the ball with one arm, intending to hit the basket.
At this moment, Li Ba also jumped up.
He didn't turn around, but jumped sideways on the spot, jumped up at a faster speed, and pressed the palm of his left hand.
"Snapped!"
Duncan slammed with one arm. Seeing the block coming, he couldn't change the trajectory of the dunk, so he slammed the ball directly on Li Ba's left palm. With the sound of slapping, the basketball jumped up and went to the ground. The back of Duncan's head.
"... Another block!"
The roar of Sun's on-site commentator sounded continuously.