Chapter 882 Restrictions

In this way, Wade is approaching the paint area, and Li Ba can only defend him and cannot follow Garnett to the high post.

Hayter rushed toward the paint area behind Garnett. At this time, Li Ba blocked Wade from the paint area. After locking Wade, he immediately turned around and made a move to defend Hayter.

Forced by Li Ba's strong defensive deterrent, Haite immediately changed direction to the left and pulled to the left.

At this time, Garnett went down, invaded the paint area, and went straight to the basket.

Li Ba quickly returned to defend the basket and withstood Garnett, while Wade was caught by Kevin Martin who was following him. At the same time, because of the change of direction and deceleration, Hayter was also caught up by Rondo.

Posey on the left wing didn't get out of the way, so Hayter could only pull to the outside and reorganize the attack.

Through continuous defense changes and supplementary defenses, the Suns did not allow the Heat to get an open shot, once again demonstrating the strength of the defensive system.

Moreover, through quick defense changes and returns, the Suns have not allowed the Heat to get a chance to mismatch.

Among them, Li Ba played the most important role in the paint area through two supplementary defenses and one return defense, shouldering the important task of being the core of the defensive system.

The only weakness is that Martin at No. 2 can't keep up with Wade's rhythm and is frequently thrown away.

In the second quarter, Patele did not achieve tactical success. He still failed to solve the Suns' defense and the score was not narrowed.

However, Wade took advantage of his matchup with Martin and hit a few shots, preventing the point difference from being widened and offsetting Li Ba's advantage in rebounding.

At halftime, 67:52, the Heat trailed by 15 points.

Li Ba did not attack much in the second quarter. After grabbing offensive rebounds inside, he mainly played for David Lee. One was to train his younger brother, and the other was to save physical energy.

At halftime, he scored a double-double with 20 points, 19 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, 4 blocks and 1 foul.

On the offensive end, the Heat still piled people in the paint area, which restricted Li Ba's defense. Except for rebounds, other defensive statistics were average.

At halftime, Barkley explained: "From the first half, Pat Riley played no fewer than five tactics. He did not find a tactic to completely suppress the Hammers. On the contrary, I think it was because he wanted to suppress the Hammers too much. , lost oneself.”

"What do you mean by self?" Kenny Smith asked.

Barkley smiled and said: "The Heat's scoring is okay, 52 points at halftime is not low. The Suns' defense today is actually average. They are still holding up the hammer, and they have a great rebound advantage.

But I think the scoring ability of the Big Three has not been completely released, especially Garnett. He only took 6 shots in the first half, three of which were secondary attacks, and only three of which required the ball to attack, and he only scored 4 points. "

Kenny Smith said: "The six attacks were all under the basket, which was not very efficient. He was blocked twice by the hammer and intercepted once. He missed one shot and did not get a free throw opportunity. He still had to be pulled out to play, under the basket. There was too much pressure on the Hammers defense.”

In the second half, Pat Riley kept changing tactics.

Now he can't find anyone who can deal with Li Ba, so he can only hope to use tactics to suppress Li Ba.

It's a pity that he can suppress Li Ba's other defensive abilities, but in terms of rebounds, the Suns allowed Li Ba to exercise absolute control on offensive rebounds by emptying the Heat.

In this game, 121:105, the Suns finally defeated the Heat by 16 points.

Zhang Lili said after the game: "The Heat have been working hard for more than a month, but facts have proven that they are still no match for the Suns. Its current strength is at most similar to the Lakers of the Big Three last season."

Li Ba came off the court in the 9th minute of the final quarter and played 45 minutes, scoring 33 points, 25 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 steals, 6 blocks, 2 turnovers and 1 foul.

In an on-site interview after the game, he was a little dissatisfied with his performance and said: "Today's defense was average. I mainly played inside and limited Garnett's second offense, but I didn't help the Heat's outside defense enough. I originally thought the Heat The strength is enough for me to have a five-double. Looking at it now, the Heat's strength is still good and they have successfully limited my ability to help defend, which is worthy of praise."

A reporter asked: "Hammer, today the Heat used tactics to limit your defense. Can it be said that other teams can follow suit?"

Li Ba thought for a while and said with a smile: "It's possible. Congratulations to everyone, you finally found a tactic to restrict me."

A reporter immediately asked: "This season you have no chance to meet in the regular season. With the Heat, what will happen if you meet in the finals? Do the Heat have a chance?"

Li Ba didn't think about it at all, shook his head and smiled: "Not enough, the current Heat are not enough to impact us. At most, they are about the same as the Lakers last season, and we are stronger than last season.

If they can control the point difference within five points tonight, then with the explosive scoring power of the Big Three, they still have a chance to beat us. But outside of five points, we could handle them very securely and they had no chance of a comeback. "

After this game, the Suns, with 17 consecutive wins and 18 wins and 3 losses, rose to second place in the Western Conference.

The Grizzlies have 17 wins and 3 losses, ranking third, followed by the Mavericks.

This game triggered a discussion in the media, and many league coaches and stars also participated.

Basically, everyone agrees that the Heat's tactics on the offensive end have indeed limited the Hammers' performance on the defensive end.

Another very important thing is that it limits Li Ba's fast break tactics. When the paint area is blocked, he cannot get off quickly.

These two effects make other teams in the league very excited.

Of course, using a crowd tactic in the penalty area is not a new tactic. The Spurs have used it before, but they also lost to the Suns.

But Li Ba was limited on the defensive end and couldn't play fast break. This is a fact after all, which still makes other teams happy.

The Suns returned to Phoenix the next day and faced the visiting Mavericks on the third day.

In this game, the Mavericks followed suit. Like the Heat, they piled people in the paint on the offensive end, let Stoudemire start, and worked with Dampier to limit Li Ba's movement and help defense, and then Nowitzki launched the attack from the outside. .

Don't worry about Li Ba's assisting defense. Nowitzki had a blast, making 16 of 24 shots, including 6 of 9 three-pointers, plus 4 of 5 free throws. He scored 42 points, 111:105, shooting from the outside. Exploded the sun.

The Suns still hit three-pointers, shorting the Mavericks, and Li Ba still controlled the offensive rebounds. However, the Mavericks did a better job than the Heat in defending the Suns' second offense, returning to the basket in time to defend Li Ba. The double-teaming made his secondary attack efficiency average. He only made 5 of 9 secondary attacks in the game.

He often walks by the river, and his shoes got wet today. He was blocked once by Stoudemire and Dampier each, and also had 2 dunks. He made 4 turnovers in the game and was in poor offensive condition.

The reason for the poor condition is that he didn't feel good from the outside today. Battier made 2 of 10 shots, and he didn't dare to take shots later. Rondo couldn't shoot well. Terry and Josh Howard frequently helped defend the basket and implemented three-and-one. , or even four-to-one, he made many mistakes and was not efficient.

In addition, on the offensive end, Stoudemire defended Li Ba's quick play well. His speed could keep up with Li Ba, which prevented the Suns from successfully playing fast break tactics. This was also one of the important reasons for the defeat.

Li Ba made 8 of 12 shots and 2 of 3 free throws in 48 minutes, scoring 18 points, 29 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 steals, 7 blocks, 4 turnovers and 3 fouls. His performance was average, and his shooting percentage was the lowest in his career.

18 wins and 4 losses, the same winning rate as the Grizzlies, but the Suns won against the Grizzlies, so they are still second in the Western Conference.