Chapter 1139 I Want to Take Action

In the on-site interview after the game, Li Ba answered some questions.

"Iron Hammer, Kobe scored 51 points and still lost to your five-double. What do you think of his performance in this game?"

a reporter asked.

Li Ba smiled and said: "He should try to score 60+ or ​​80+. 50+ will never beat me."

"You mean his performance was poor?" the reporter asked.

Li Ba shook his head and said: "The performance is very good, but it cannot be said to be great."

The reporter shrugged helplessly. Michael Jordan was not qualified to talk about greatness in front of five pairs.

"What are your expectations for the G3 game? Will you try to hit a five-double again?" a reporter asked.

"What you said is exactly what I expected." Li Ba said with a smile.

After finishing the on-site interview, Li Ba returned to the locker room.

There was a great atmosphere in the locker room, everyone was happy and excited.

Iverson is the same. He has endured here for a season. This is an experience he has never had before. Now he is about to be free, so he is very excited and looking forward to it.

Grant Hill got a ring with the team last season, and now a second ring is waving to him. This is the best ending to his imperfect career.

He also cherishes his career here. This is where he was most successful. Like Payton, he really wants to end his career here.

After Li Ba entered, he saw everyone's excitement and immediately reminded: "Everyone, please pay attention, don't get too excited too early. It will be after the finals that we will be released.

We didn't feel good today. I had a five-double and only won by ten points. This shows that the Lakers actually played very well today.

So in the next G3 game, we should do our best to win it, and there must be no slacking off. Do you hear me? Do you understand? "

"clear!"

Suns players shouted in unison.

The Lakers returned to Los Angeles on the 6th and held a team-wide tactical meeting the next day.

The G3 game starts tomorrow, that is, May 8. For the Lakers, this is the most critical game for whether they can make a comeback. If they lose, they are basically out of luck. It can also be called a last-ditch battle.

Today's meeting will decide how to fight tomorrow.

Over the past few seasons, except for Li Ba's rookie season and his retirement season, the Lakers, like the Spurs, have always been suppressed by the Suns in the Western Conference. It is very frustrating, and now they are about to face elimination again. The whole team, including When I got to the management level, I was in a bad mood and the atmosphere was very dull and irritable.

Boss Old Bass, Jenny Buss, and Jim Bass all attended the meeting, and they were in an equally bad mood.

Phil Jackson is under great pressure. He has finally experienced what it was like for the teams that were stepped on by the Bulls back then.

Back then, he had Jordan in his hands, and now the Suns have the Hammer in their hands. The greatness of an era is also the tragedy of other people in the same era. Back then, he didn't quite understand it, or he didn't bother to understand it, because he was the winner, but now he I deeply understand this.

"A fight to the death! We must win the G3 battle, definitely!"

At this time, Kobe suddenly stood up, with a cold expression and anger, and shouted at everyone: "I don't want to lose again, I don't want to lose to the Hammers again, we must win tomorrow night's game!"

"Kobe, what do you want to do?" Jim Bass asked immediately.

Kobe said: "I'm not a coach, I don't know."

Everyone was speechless.

Kobe added: "But I want to take action. If I can't beat the Suns and the Hammers with other tactics, why can't I take action?"

At this time, Kobe seemed to burst out with a dazzling murderous aura, like an assassin, with indestructible murderous aura.

While the Lakers' tactical meeting was in progress, the Suns arrived in Los Angeles.

The next day, the G3 game started.

Before the game, both sides announced the starting lineup.

Suns: Yao Yao, A Lian, Tony Allen, Li Ba, Ginobili.

Lakers: Duncan, Gasol, Odom, Kobe, Parker.

As soon as the roster came out, in the visiting team's locker room, Payton knew that there was something wrong with his lineup. Tony Allen definitely couldn't guard Odom. Odom is 208 centimeters tall, a 15 centimeter difference. The height difference is too much. .

"No problem, switch defense, I'll go back to the fifth position, Tony will guard Kobe, A Lian will guard Odom, and Yao will follow Gasol first."

Li Ba smiled.

Payton nodded and said, "Tony's defense against Kobe was pretty good."

At the beginning of the game, at Staples, the Suns still shouted the slogan of defending their title. Under the cheers of 3,000 away fans, the momentum was not small.

Jump ball, Li Ba beat Duncan, and the Suns attacked.

Dayao positioned himself in the high post and Gasol defended; A-Lian moved to the left wing and Odom defended; Ginobili held the ball at the top of the arc and Kobe Bryant defended; Li Ba moved down to the low post and moved under the basket.

Tony Allen was released, and Parker began to double-team the ball-handler Ginobili.

Ginobili immediately passed to Dayao, then ran to the right wing and took away Kobe.

Parker immediately double-teamed Dayao. He was right behind Dayao, preventing Dayao from turning around and hitting Gasol with his back, and he couldn't turn around and shoot a jumper.

At this time, Li Ba just left the basket, and Dayao had to pass the ball to Tony Allen.

Tony Allen immediately took the ball and went to the basket. Duncan returned to defend. The former passed to Li Ba. Li Ba missed a jumper near the basket. Duncan grabbed the rebound and the Lakers attacked.

Kobe asked for the ball in the frontcourt, and Parker passed it.

"Kobe, you're going to lose this season!" Tony Allen defended him, spewing trash talk.

Kobe took the ball with both hands, posed a triple threat, looked at Tony Allen with disdain, and said back: "Rookie, do you think you are a hammer?"

Tony Allen's face twitched, and he immediately went up to close to defend the shot but not the breakthrough, so as to prevent Kobe from getting up and jumping.

But Kobe immediately turned around and blocked Tony Allen behind him, and then turned around again without any pause and jumped back.

He knew that when he turned around, Li Ba would most likely use this opportunity to come to assist, so he had to shoot quickly.

"Swish!"

The first ball hit.

Staples was filled with warm applause and cheers.

Kobe clenched his fist, not looking at Tony Allen in front of him, but staring at Li Ba inside, with murderous eyes.

The Suns attacked.

Dayao took the ball in the high position, Parker came from above to double-team him, and wanted to hold him back and prevent him from turning around. He accelerated his shot and shot over Gasol's head, but missed.

Li Ba took the lead in blocking and protecting the offensive rebound. He turned around and faced Duncan's block and forced himself to stand up and dunk. With a bang, he dunked with one arm. He smashed the Lakers' basket and Duncan was knocked away and fell down.

"Beautiful, Tiechui dunked over Duncan, and Duncan was directly dunked. The referee blew the whistle, Duncan fouled, Tiechui scored an extra free throw."

Yu Jia shouted excitedly.

The free throw missed, Gasol grabbed the rebound, and the Lakers attacked.