Chapter 43 Rebounding with Malone

Li Ba didn't like this guy who elbowed the back of his head at all, and when he was jumping, even if it was an era of tough defense, he was a guy with low quality.

In response to Ma Long's provocation, he raised his right hand and hooked his index finger towards the former, signaling the opponent to come on stage.

"Shet! Phil, let me play, I'm going to kill him!" Malone roared with foam at his mouth.

Next to him, O'Neill opened his mouth wide, looking at the rookie Li Ba, feeling incredible.

To be honest, he didn't dare to provoke Malone like this. He had suffered from Malone's big elbows before. He didn't expect this rookie from the Suns to dare to be so provocative?

"Rookie, watch out for his elbow!" Penny came over and whispered.

"Pence, I will treat him to a good meal as you said." Li Ba sneered.

"Huh?" Penny gaped.

What did I just say? Why can't I remember anything? Am I losing my memory?

Then Kobe made free throws in person and made one of two free throws. The score reached 35:27.

At this time, the Lakers called for a long timeout.

On the Suns side, Frank started to make substitutions.

It is now the third minute of the second quarter, but the main force can no longer rest. He guessed that the Lakers are going to be the main force, so the Suns have to keep up.

Marbury in position 1, Joe Johnson in position 2, Marion in position 3, Stoudemire in position 4, and position 5. Frank pointed to Li Ba.

Not being replaced, Li Ba cracked a smile.

"Man-to-man, pay attention to assisting defense. In addition, pay attention to cutting off their passing lines inside and outside the line, and don't let their ball enter the inside line easily. If the ball reaches the inside line, the foul must be tough."

Frank first explained the defensive tactics.

"Amare, give the basket to the hammer, you pull it out to fight, and pull Malone out." He said to Xiaobawang again.

The bully accepted it readily, he didn't like to stay under the basket all the time, and he was almost tortured by Malone and O'Neal in the first quarter.

"Play more on the outside, pay attention to the rebound inside." Frank said again.

He finally told Li Ba: "From now on, the offense will be handed over to the outside line and Amare. I want your defense."

"No problem, I'll loosen up those two old guys." Li Ba smiled harmlessly to humans and animals, but there was a hint of ferocious coldness in his eyes.

"flute!"

Pause ends.

ESPN Brin took a look at the players and commented: "The Lakers played all starters, Gary Payton at No. 1, Kobe at No. 2, Devin George at No. 3, Karl Malone at No. 4, and Karl Malone at No. 5. O'Neal. For the Suns, the No. 1 position..."

The Lakers are ready to serve from the bottom line, and the inside lines of both sides are directly positioned in the frontcourt of the Lakers.

Li Ba passed by Kobe's side and shouted to him: "Hey, the Lakers boss, you made me lose a block, and I will double it back from you."

O'Neill, who was passing by, heard Li Ba's words and gave him a sneaky look.

Kobe was very angry, and said to Li Ba with anger in his eyes: "You idiot rookie, you intercepted me and made me make an extra mistake, you know?"

"On the 8th, you read less, will you settle the score? I lost one data, but you have one more data, you have a big advantage." Li Ba shouted.

"Puchi!"

O'Neill, who was about to sit in the low position on the left wing, burst out laughing.

Kobe was so angry that his face was shaking. Is there such a thing for reckoning? It was the first time he saw such an idiot.

"Hey, rubbish rookie, are you enough witty words?" Ma Long, standing in the low position on the right wing, said coldly to Li Ba.

Li Ba came to O'Neill and said, "I only talk to people with rings."

Malone's eyes widened and his nostrils expanded to the extreme, obviously extremely angry.

"Shaq, switch defenses." He said to O'Neal.

"Idiot!" Li Ba scolded.

You put it another way, when the Suns are attacking, the little bully pulls out, do you let the fat shark of several hundred catties run around with him?

But that was later, now, O'Neill still did not object to Malone's words, and exchanged positions with him.

As soon as the positions were changed, Li Ba and Ma Long stood together and immediately began to wrestle.

Many eyes in the audience were looking at their position.

"Oh, now is the time to test the Suns' undrafted pick. If he can stand up to Malone, then he will gain a firm foothold in the league's interior."

ESPN Breen roared with excitement.

The two muscle sticks wrestled for three seconds, and neither of them pushed the other away from the low position on the left wing.

Ma Long was a little surprised, he can still maintain a bench press of 190 kg, this stupid bird can actually carry him?

Li Ba was also a little surprised, he was almost old, and he could still carry it like this?

"Look, Li Ba doesn't seem to be at a disadvantage?"

"This power is too strong!"

"Be careful of Malone's elbow, don't get hurt, it's better to avoid it."

Under the bottom line, a group of Chinese reporters discussed with joy and worry.

At this time the ball passed the center line, and Kobe immediately asked for the ball.

Payton is an organizational point guard. He originally organized the offense, but he has no choice. He doesn't want to offend Kobe and cause conflicts in the team. He also counts on Kobe, the youngest of the four, to explode this season. Let him realize his championship dream, so he handed the ball over.

Kobe catches the ball, he doesn't go inside, four big guys inside, no room at all, he just dangles on the three for a few seconds, then dangles Joe with a shot fake at forty-five degrees on the right wing Johnson, throwing a picturesque fadeaway three.

"Bang!" The ball smashed out of the basket.

"Fib! Three-point shooting! Oh, hit the iron!" ESPN Breen yelled loudly.

The left wing is low. At the moment Kobe shot, Li Ba and Malone immediately started to get stuck.

Ma Long's turn around was faster than Li Ba's, and his positioning skills were of course much stronger, keeping the latter behind him.

This was the second contest, and Li Ba lost a bit.

But Li Ba couldn't admit defeat. The moment the ball hit the basket and popped out, he suddenly let go of Malone's back and moved to the upper elbow area.

His lock-on skill is triggered, and he knows the trajectory of the ball without looking. This allows him to move at full strength from the start.

But Malone can't. He has to look up at the ball, judge the direction, and then move.

After he judged the direction of the ball, he was already half a beat behind. Just when the force behind him disappeared, his center of gravity swayed back, and he was half a beat slower.

When these two and a half beats were put together, he was a whole beat slower. When he started to move, Li Ba had already jumped up and caught the ball in mid-air.

Li Ba didn't even wait for the parabolic drop of the ball before grabbing it, because at that time Ma Long might have rushed over, and others might have rushed over. And he was the only one who intercepted the rebound halfway, and no one competed with him.

His jumping is not good enough, but his assist jump is 78cm, and with his wingspan, his run-up reach is not inferior to those super jumpers, and the average rebound height is enough.