Chapter 729 Will the Small Ball Era Be Ripened by a Hammer?

For the Lakers, Turiaf and Bynum partnered on the inside, Kobe, Devon George, Vujacic on the outside, and Kobe was the point guard.

The Sun's inside line is partnered by Li Ba and David Lee, and the outside line is composed of Battier, Lagabel, and Payton.

The Lakers attack.

Without Dayao's restraint, the offensive ability of the Lakers' two substitute insiders can almost be ignored. Li Ba felt the breath of freedom, and he directly mentioned below the free throw line.

Bynum is entangled with him, and Turiaf is active around the basket.

Li Ba carried Bynum with his right arm, preventing the rookie from getting close.

At this time, the strong upper body strength shows its role.

"The Lakers have to be careful outside this section, the Hammer may be defended at any time." Barkley shouted.

"You know, Charles, before the series, everyone was optimistic about the Big Three of the Lakers, but now you look at the bench lineups of the two teams, what do you think?" Kenny Smith said.

"The Lakers are so weak!" Barkley blurted out.

As soon as the words came out, he couldn't believe it himself.

But really, compared to the Suns' bench, the Lakers are blown out on both ends.

On the defensive end, the Suns only have David Lee as a weakness, while the Lakers are two rookies on the inside, and their outside defense is not as good as the Suns.

On the offensive end, except for Payton's poor scoring ability, the other four can score.

As for the Lakers, under the defense of the Hammers, their inside scoring ability is slightly equal to zero, and the outside line is still barely.

"In the first three games, the Lakers were able to pull back a little point in the second quarter because the Hammers were not on the court. The Lakers didn't suffer on the rebounds, and then relied on the scoring ability of Kobe and Marbury to chase points. But now the Hammers are in the second quarter. Playing the second time, the Lakers will lose control of the rebounding. I'm not counting the other defensive abilities of the Hammers."

Kenny Smith laughed.

At this time, Kobe attacked, and Payton went directly from the top of the arc to help defend and double-team. Kobe hit hard and missed a ball.

Li Ba rushed back to the basket and grabbed the rebound over Turiaf's head.

However, this bench lineup couldn't play a fast break, and Payton advanced steadily after receiving the ball.

After arriving in the frontcourt, Li Ba held up Bynum, handed the ball to David Lee, and he singled Turiaf. After a few shakes, he hit a layup.

"Rookies peck each other, and David Lee obviously wins." Barkley laughed.

"David Lee got a lot of opportunities in the Sun's bench lineup, and Turiaf had fewer opportunities to play." Kenny Smith laughed.

Then the Lakers attacked again, and Kobe met Payton's double-team again. This time he chose to pass the ball to Vujacic, who was dropped by Payton at the top of the arc.

But at this moment, Li Ba, who was below the free throw line, made a steal and stole the ball.

"Marbury is coming."

Seeing this, Barkley is very authentic.

As soon as he finished speaking, Phil Jackson signaled the assistant coach to go to the scorer's table to ask for a timeout on the sidelines.

On the field, after stealing the ball, Li Ba rushed to the frontcourt and played a fast break.

35:26, the sun began to open the score.

After the timeout, Marbury played.

The Suns did not. The goal of the second quarter was to prevent the Lakers from widening the gap. Even if they were behind by a few points, it was fine. With Li Ba and the current bench lineup, it was enough.

In this quarter, Kobe and Marbury tried to attack the paint area. After being rewarded with a few caps and steals by Li Ba, they turned off again, and then entered the era of outside jumpers.

"With the breakthrough ability of Kobe and Marbury, they can't break through the defense of the Hammers, so can I think that this league is about to enter an era of change?"

Barkley sighed suddenly.

"What do you mean?" Kenny Smith asked.

"How many years can O'Neal play well? What is that rookie in Warcraft in front of the Hammer? Look at the Lakers, the Big Three, with such a strong strength, they can't break through the Suns' restricted area, and they don't even dare to go in. Others How does your team play?"

Buckley said.

"The hammer on the defensive end is indeed a bug!" Kenny Smith said.

"Yes, don't look at this series where the Hammers played a frightening fast break and scored high points, but if the Lakers can break through his penalty area, then in terms of scoring, they can also be evened. But it is a pity that the Lakers broke through. No."

Buckley said.

"Maybe Kobe will explode on the outside?" Kenny Smith said.

"What's the use of blasting one or two games? He can score 60 or 80 per game? But the Hammers can play such a terrifying defense every game."

Barkley said disdainfully.

"So you mean change?" Kenny Smith asked.

"The Hammer's defense is actually destroying the balance of the paint area. They must go out! Expand the scoring area and living space outward.

All will be evicted by the Hammers, or have already been evicted, and all will be close to the three-point line, where they will have room to survive. "

Barkley said solemnly.

Kenny Smith gasped and said, "Has it reached this level?"

"Kenny, don't you see the predicament of the Lakers? Let alone entering the paint area, they must be careful even when approaching the paint area.

They even used Yao as an offensive weapon to keep the Hammer in the low position, so as to avoid the Hammer's defense of the Lakers' perimeter. "

Buckley said.

"After that, the inside line that can pull out and shoot will be very popular." Kenny Smith said.

Barkley suddenly laughed: "The Hammer has been trying to continue the era of the traditional center, but now his terrifying defensive ability may destroy this era with his own hands."

Kenny Smith froze.

At the same time, everyone who watched the game, including a large number of players and coaches in the league, was also stunned.

Barkley continued: "We can imagine, when the big men are driven to the perimeter to survive, what will happen to them?"

"I will lose weight, make myself move faster, make my arms thinner, so that the hand will feel better. There is no confrontation, only projection."

Kenny Smith said.

Barkley went on to say: "They are all on the outside, and the distance between the front and rear courts is shortened, which will inevitably lead to faster transitions between offense and defense. At that time, there may be no positional warfare, and it is all fast breaks. My God, I can't imagine what that is." What kind of era? Like running and bombing, fighting a round in a few seconds?"

"If that's the case, can Hammer survive?" Kenny Smith suddenly asked.

Barkley was stunned, and suddenly burst out laughing, and then Kenny Smith laughed too.

After a long time, the two who laughed until tears came out stopped.

Barkley said: "With the current speed of the Hammer, he should be able to survive in that era. We can call that era the small ball era. Well, haha, if that era was born, he is the creator of that era, But he's likely to be thrown out of that era because he didn't shoot the ball and he couldn't match the speed of the guards."

"No, he can still defend the basket and grab rebounds, and then wait for a pie or a second attack." Kenny Smith complained.

The dialogue between the two aroused great reactions in the entire league.