Chapter 766: The Grand Final Begins

On the night of the 7th, Li Ba received a call from Frank.

"Iron Hammer, we have determined the starting lineup, and the decision will be brought up." Frank said.

When Li Ba thought about it, he understood that it was big enough to be pulled out to shoot, and if Haslem was pulled out, he would empty the basket. This is the first advantage.

The second favorable point is that after Haslem left the basket, when he transitioned from offense to defense, his opportunities for fast breaks increased. O'Neal's current speed definitely cannot keep up with him.

On the downside, the Suns' rebounding will suffer.

Of course, the Heat's rebounding will also be affected by Haslem's departure, which can be offset.

Another point, Dazhi's defense? Can it handle Haslem and Mourning?

He has some objections to Frank's adjustment. He believes that David Lee should indeed return to the bench, but it should not be Dazhi, but Kurt Thomas or Antonio McDyess.

Thomas' low-post defense is strong enough to handle one of Mourning and Haslem, and Antonio McDyess for the other.

Antonio McDyess's defensive skills are also very good. This season's physical condition is good, and his state is much better than the previous two seasons. It should be the best for him and Thomas to play the fourth position.

Frank will mention the starting lineup in order to increase his scoring ability, but he may have overlooked one point. The Suns are a defensive-oriented team. Any tactics and adjustments that ignore defense are wrong.

The Suns' scoring should get more possessions through defense instead of sacrificing defense to increase scoring points.

However, on the one hand, Frank is the head coach, and on the other hand, he does not want to deprive Da Zhishang of the opportunity to start.

"So the rebounding depends entirely on you." Frank said at this time.

"Okay, I guarantee that rebounding is fine. However, outside defense, they have to rely on themselves." Li Ba said.

"I see."

Frank also understands that Li Ba is trying his best to control the paint and rebounds, and of course he can't care about the outside defense.

After finishing the phone call with Frank, Li Ba thought about it and called Da Zhi.

He didn’t even start in the regular season, nor in the previous three series. If he was allowed to start directly in the finals, if he wasn’t told in advance, it might have a psychological impact. As the boss of the team, he must consider To the maximum psychological pressure to bear the problem.

"I'm the starter?"

Sure enough, after hearing the news about Li Ba, he was very surprised.

"Big to say, Haslem doesn't have much offensive ability, he's a rebounding machine for the Heat, and your job is to use your offense to pull him out.

You have the advantage of playing Haslem on the outside, shaking him with your pace, scoring points on his head with the height of your release, you can do that.

In addition, on the offensive end of the Heat, Haslem's offensive ability is insufficient. He will definitely come to me. You have to try your best to contain him and entangle him. "

Li Ba didn't say anything to relieve the pressure, he was not a rookie at all, so he could just tell him in advance.

On the evening of June 8, Phoenix was star-studded.

The price of the first row is as high as 50,000 US dollars, and the black market price has more than doubled.

But at such a price, the management still arranged ten seats for Li Ba, and it was the best position.

"A series of hundreds of thousands of dollars, our favor is really not big."

Chen Daoming smiled as he took the first row of tickets handed over by Liu Yifei.

"I'm also addicted to this, and I may have to pay it back next year." Jiang Wen laughed.

"Haha..." Everyone laughed.

"The favor has to be paid back, otherwise it won't last long. I can't pay it back here with the hammer, I can only pay it back to Xianbei." After laughing, Chen Daoming said.

Everyone nodded.

The girls from the Xianbei company were overjoyed. Boss Sissi doesn't make movies all the time. Isn't this going to exhaust them to death? Very good!

Fan Bingbing in the crowd regretted that he didn't leave with Wang Jinghua last year. If he went to Xianbei, wouldn't she be in the same group?

Before the game, the two sides announced the starting lineup.

Heat: O'Neal, Haslem, Antawn Walker, Wade, Williams.

Suns: Li Ba, Dazhi, Battier, Tony Allen, Barbosa.

"My God, Dazhi? Dazhishang started the finals?" After getting the list, Yu Jia still couldn't believe it?

Zhang Lili was also a little caught off guard, and after calming down, he shouted excitedly:

"Reasonable, it's reasonable. As far as pulling out and taking Haslem away, the basket will be empty, which is conducive to the movement of the hammer.

Neither David Lee nor Kurt Thomas has the ability to score outside. They can't empty the basket and take Haslem away. Therefore, it is reasonable and absolutely reasonable to start with the big first. "

"Yes, it would be unreasonable not to arrange it this way." Yu Jia quickly agreed.

In the TNT live broadcast seat, a similar analysis was also carried out. Finally, Barkley said: "How effective it is depends on whether Wang can score from the outside. If he is not efficient outside, Haslem will definitely let him go. Under the basket."

"Let's go, let's go to the locker room." Kenny Smith greeted.

In the locker room of the home team, a group of reporters were brought in.

"Hammer, are you really going to sweep the Heat?" Barkley shouted.

"Did I say that?" Li Ba asked in surprise.

"Fooled us again."

Zhang Lili grumbled in the crowd.

"So what do you do with that fat shark?" Barkley pressed.

"I will buckle twenty on his head." Li Ba vowed.

"Oh hoo!"

The reporters were so excited that they couldn't wait to go to the visiting team's locker room.

"Fudge again." Zhang Lili muttered again.

"Oh, Yifei's news is not accurate now, this guy even fooled his own wife." Yu Jia sighed.

"I will buckle thirty on his head!"

In the locker room of the visiting team, after hearing what the reporters said, O'Neill's small eyes instantly widened.

At the exit, the two teams started to meet.

"Shaq..." Li Ba greeted.

"Boy, I heard you said that you want to buckle twenty times on my head?" O'Neill shouted angrily.

"Did I say that?" Li Ba asked innocently.

"They lied to me?" O'Neill suddenly realized.

"No, I said thirty." Li Ba laughed.

"Asshole!" O'Neill was instantly annoyed.

"Hey, Hammer." Wade next to him jumped up and down.

"Big swollen face, what makes you so happy?" Li Ba asked suspiciously.

Wade jumped suddenly and shouted: "Don't bark, you big mouth Li!"

Li Ba laughed and said: "When did I talk too much? I said I won the championship, and I already won it last year. I said I won the 5-double, and I already got it. I am a gentleman who keeps what I say, everyone They say I am the number one active player, haha!"

When it comes to 5 pairs, the atmosphere in the channel suddenly became dignified.

Of course, this refers to the Heat.

5 pairs, mythical data, is still hot until now, and it is still the most searched word these days, suppressing all topics, and putting pressure on the Heat, it is really great.

In fact, O'Neal is no exception. He rarely even has a triple-double, never thought of a quadruple-double, and never even dreamed of a five-double.