Chapter 978 Frank’s Pressure

The atmosphere on the bench of the Chinese team was lively.

"Today was good from the outside. I hit two, but I took a little less shots. Come on in the second quarter and try to take more shots. Don't be afraid of taking shots. With Dayao and I under the basket, what are you afraid of? Just these guys from the US team. , can you still steal our rebounds?"

Li Ba drank water to wipe his sweat, and then started to encourage morale.

"Iron Hammer, the success rate inside is high, why don't you reduce outside attacks?" Coach Sun Jun asked immediately.

"Of course we can't reduce it. If our outsiders don't take action, why don't they all rush in to double-team our insides? The outsiders still need to take appropriate shots and have good opportunities to make a few shots to help the inside line open up." Coach Guo Shiqiang said quickly.

Sun Jundao: "I know this. I just want to keep this number of shots and waste the ball any more."

These words made several players on the outside feel very hurt.

"It depends on the situation. If there is an opportunity for an open shot, the outside line must dare to take a shot. If there is an open shot and you still don't shoot, then you can ask for a dismissal."

Li Ba said seriously.

Everyone nodded.

At the beginning of the second quarter, both sides took the field.

Li Ba continues to play, and is paired with Da Zhi, Zhu Fangyu, Li Nan and Liu Wei.

The American team fought hard, and Howard, James, and Kobe stood up again, and then Reid and Wade.

When Li Ba saw it, his scalp tightened. What did this lineup want to do?

He quickly shouted to his teammates: "They play three defenders, so they must be fast. Everyone should pay attention to the speed of transition between offense and defense.

In addition, Wade must be playing the No. 1 position. Liu, you have to prevent him from breaking through. Try to keep up with him in the first three steps. Once he gets close to the penalty area, let me handle it. "

The game started and the Chinese team attacked.

Li Ba still plays point guard. The three guards of the US team, including Reed, are all good at defense. Kobe is a top defensive player. It will definitely not work if Liu Wei is allowed to advance.

He advanced with the ball, and James still guarded him, but all three of Kobe looked over.

"He who can do the hard work, the Chinese team's outside line should work hard!" Seeing this scene, Zhang Lili sighed.

"Come on, boys, grab my ball!"

Dribbling with one hand and hooking his fingers with the other, Li Ba said provocatively.

Wade didn't believe in evil, threw Li Nan away and rushed over.

When Li Nan saw it, he hesitated, turned back and rushed across the center line, and turned back to ask Li Ba for the ball.

Li Ba suddenly accelerated, forced James back, and then easily passed the ball straight to Li Nan in the frontcourt.

Li Nan took the ball and advanced two steps to the left wing three-point line. At this time, Reid rushed over to cover, but it was too late.

Swipe, Xiao Li flies the knife, the sword is not old, the water splashes, and he hits the three-pointer.

17:29, China leads by 12 points.

"Rookie, don't forget to double-team me next time." Li Ba spat trash talk at Wade, making Wade's face swell with anger.

Team USA attacks.

James served, and the three defenders plus Howard were so fast that Li Nan and Zhu Fangyu couldn't keep up. Liu Wei barely kept up with Wade, but there were signs of being left behind.

Li Ba quickly returned to defense, guarding the basket alone.

At this time, the three defenders crossed the center line, and James' ball came out and was given to Kobe.

Kobe received the ball and ran into the penalty area with the ball from the center.

At the same time, Wade came in from the right wing and Reed stopped at the three-point line on the left wing.

Kobe rushed towards Li Ba.

Li Ba stood one step in front of the basket, not under the basket. This position is the edge of the reasonable collision zone in the NBA.

Facing Kobe's strong impact, his eyes remained motionless, as if he was staring at Kobe, but he didn't seem to be focusing.

Kobe suddenly changed direction to the right and flew away from Li Ba.

However, his ball was a backhand pass to Howard who followed up.

When Li Ba was attacked, he followed Kobe back half a step with his left foot and was ready for Kobe to attack the basket, but at this time he "saw" Kobe's pass.

Next, Howard caught the ball and exploded, holding the ball with both arms, and crazily smashed it towards the basket through Li Dam.

There was movement at Li Ba's feet, and if he was hit, it was a blocking foul.

But at this moment, Howard suddenly discovered that Li Ba had risen into the air, and a big hand suddenly and extremely accurately pressed on the basketball, preventing him from hitting the basket.

"Bang!"

The next moment, the two collided in the air.

The huge impact brought by Howard made Li Ba take two steps back after landing and hit the basket frame before stopping.

As for Howard himself, he failed to take a single step and fell directly to the basket.

But the whistle didn't sound, Li Ba took off to block the shot, and there was no foul in his own cylinder. This was a normal collision in the penalty area.

And Howard made no extra moves and didn't foul.

The ball was not dead yet. When Howard fell to the ground, the ball fell from the air.

Kobe also rushed out of the baseline, and when he rushed back, he just picked up the ball.

As soon as he turned sideways, his figure suddenly rose.

But at this moment, Li Ba came back and slapped him down with the ball.

"Beep!"

This time the whistle blew and Kobe walked.

"Kobe, you should be outside, don't come in and get hit, okay?"

After giving away a hat, Li Ba was not polite and added another trash talk, which made Kobe's face darken with anger.

"This defense is really, my god, two consecutive blocks. Who else can break the Hammers' basket?" Yuga De asked.

The Chinese team attacks.

Li Ba advanced with the ball, and no one came to double-team him this time.

He reached the frontcourt, handed it to Liu Wei, and then quickly rushed to the basket.

James, who was guarding him, also quickly switched defenses with Wade. Wade guarded Liu Wei while he guarded Zhu Fangyu.

Li Ba entered the basket, and the other four players all pulled outside the three-point line. They all had three-pointers, including Da Zhi. The tactics of this quarter were one star and four shots.

"You can just throw it away with your eyes closed." Li Ba encouraged.

With his words, Liu Wei took the lead in firing. He stopped passing the ball. He shook Wade first, and then shot a three-pointer directly from the top of the arc.

As soon as he took the shot, the four American players defending on the outside immediately shrank and rushed into the penalty area, preparing to grab rebounds.

With a bang, the ball missed and bounced up.

Li Ba stuck Howard under the basket. After the ball bounced out, he stood up, pressed up with his right hand, and pushed the ball into the basket with a bang.

"Nice patchwork!" Yu Jia shouted excitedly.

Howard was very depressed. He was too familiar with the one-star, four-shot tactic. He was using this tactic in the Magic now, but he just couldn't stand up to Li Ba and couldn't get stuck. What should he do?

On the sidelines, Coach K was discussing tactics with Frank and Adams.

"We still can't break through his defense, and we can't draw any fouls on him. Do we still need to continue the strategy of attacking the inside?" Coach K asked.

Frank sighed in his heart. For the first time as an opponent of the Hammer, he felt powerless.