Chapter 246 Playoffs
There is no three-second defense in international basketball rules. He can stay under the basket all day, both offensive and defensive. He likes this rule so much.
"Hey, this year's Olympics, there's something going on!"
But for the U.S. men’s basketball team, this rule should be like a nightmare. Larry Brown was dizzy. He got so many rookies in, and they were all rookies on the front line. That's courting death!
After losing to the Timberwolves, the Suns lost two more games in a row, including the last game with the Lakers, which led to a three-game losing streak.
Some media and commentators began to hype the importance of Li Ba as the boss, thinking that without the offensive firepower from the outside, he could not lead the team to victory and would only score statistics.
"This is nonsense. The Hammer is the core of defense, not the core of the Suns' offense."
The well-known basketball commentator Christine Laidlow, who has always supported Li Ba, published a column and updated his personal blog at the same time.
He said: "In the four games, there are strong teams like the Timberwolves and the Lakers. The Hammers averaged 30 minutes per game and scored 14.6 points, 17.5 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 4.1 steals and 5.5 blocks. I want to say that his performance in these four games It’s a weakened version of the dream. And if you increase his playing time to 40 minutes, think about his numbers?”
The Suns are 36 wins and 23 losses, ranking sixth in the Western Conference.
After a four-game losing streak, Joe Johnson announced his comeback, and Marbury has at least ten days left.
On the 27th, the Suns played against the Supersonics.
In this game, Li Ba still controlled the paint on both ends of the offense and defense, and the Supersonics shot outside.
But the feel is average. The Sonics only made 7 of 25 three-pointers, and the shooting percentage was only 28%. The Suns with Joe Johnson stopped their losing streak.
Then the Suns lost to the Kings, won the Nets, and played against the Spurs on March 6.
It's a pity that Marbury didn't have the number one scoring point. The Suns were defeated and abused once.
After losing to the Spurs, the Suns lost to the Mavericks, won the Jazz, and then lost to the Mavericks again, and then went on a four-game losing streak.
In the 11 games after the All-Star break, the Suns only won 3 games and lost 8 games.
39 wins and 27 losses, the Suns have a winning rate of 56%, ranking seventh in the West, only ahead of the Mosaic team, and Mosaic only has a winning rate of 54%.
On March 14, a month before the end of the regular season, Marbury announced his comeback.
But in the next game, Frank still announced that all the main players of the Suns will be rested in order to ensure their health before the playoffs.
But the Suns, with full firepower, actually scored 11 wins and 5 losses in the next 16 games.
On April 14, the Suns completed their last regular-season game, beating the Jazz.
50 wins and 32 losses, locked in sixth place.
The first Timberwolves played against the eighth Mosaic, the second Lakers played against the seventh Grizzlies, the third Spurs played against the sixth Suns, the fourth Kings played against the fifth Mavericks.
In the East, the first Pacers played against the Celtics, the second Nets played against the Knicks, the third Pistons played against the Bucks, and the fourth Heat played against the Pelicans.
Li Ba played 79 games this season, starting 76 games, averaging 8.5 shots in 30.5 minutes per game, averaging 13 points, 16.8 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 3.3 steals, 4.9 blocks, 1.2 turnovers, and 1.6 fouls.
For personal honors in the regular season, he locked in the blocks, steals, and rebounds. This is hard data, and no one can take it away.
Among them, the steals king item, he created the history of the league, he is the only center to win the steals king.
He also ranks first in defensive rating.
Whether these four defensive statistics can help him win the DPOY and whether he can enter the best defensive team depends on the attitude of the league.
In the end, these individual honors will be announced after the start of the playoffs, and it will only be a few days.
The domestic fans did not show much enthusiasm for Li Ba's honors, because they are used to it. This season Li Ba has always been ranked first in various statistics.
On April 17, three days later, the Suns will face the Spurs in the first round. (Arranging the protagonist to play the Spurs, the Mosaic team's first-round opponent changed, the Lakers became the Timberwolves)
The seven-game four-win system, the home and away system of 22111, will first play two games at the AT&T Center Arena, and then move to the American West Arena to play two games.
After the rest of the next 20 games, the health of the Suns players is now maintained very well.
Li Ba also completely stopped fly-catching training and concentrated on preparing for the playoffs.
In the regular season after the All-Star, he restrained some energy and accumulated some physical fitness, which is conducive to his performance in the playoffs.
On the second day after the regular season, after two hours of fly-catching training in the morning, Li Ba finally completed the 500,000th successful fly-catching training and won a phased reward.
It took him more than nine months to train these 500,000 times. The next time you get a reward, it will be a million times.
"These five million training sessions, I don't have to take nine years... No, the higher the success rate later, the faster the progress will be, but if there is no six or seven years, it is estimated that it will not be completed."
With a mutter, he opened the system prompt.
"Congratulations to the host, the rewards are as follows: upgrade the Flycatcher's talent skills, level two lock."
Seeing the content, Li Ba's eyes widened instantly.
"Locking: Flycatcher's natural passive skill; Level 2 locking, when the prey enters four meters from the outer end of the host's arm, this skill is automatically triggered, and the prey is locked."
"Four meters? With the arms, it's close to five meters."
The locking distance doubled, making Li Ba's eyes light up.
The larger locking range allows him to have more preparation time for defense, which is of great significance.
The bottom line is 15 meters, and when he moves in the paint area, he can lock the left and right five-meter areas, and the entire mid-range two-point shooting area will be within his locking range.
Li Ba looked at his profile again. It was exactly two months before the All-Star promotion, and some profiles had changed.
Host: Li Ba
Occupation: Level 6 Flycatcher (There are nine levels in total, the next level is the upgrade condition, and the success rate of fly catching reaches 60%)
Flycatcher's physical fitness: strength 95, stamina 95, nerve reaction speed 81, flexibility 72, explosive power 77, speed 77
Flycatcher Talent Skill: Level 2 Lock
The success rate of fly catching: 46% in the air, 46% in the front, 40% in the left and right flanks, 39% in the rear wing, and 42.2% in the whole.
The power has increased a little bit, which is important to him.
With the increase of key sports qualities such as flexibility, explosive power, and speed, he can still maintain his strength. This is because of his weight gain. He is now 114 kg, which is 1.5 kg heavier than when he was an All-Star. Close to the predetermined weight of 115 kg.
The nerve reaction speed has reached the limit, and there is no change, but the flexibility has increased a little, and the explosive power and speed have also increased a little.
In two months, the increase was not large, and he probably reached the limit.
But his current athletic quality, including speed, is considered very good among interior players, and he can definitely be first-class, such as bullet speed is top-notch.
In terms of the success rate of fly catching, due to the reduction of training time, a total of 100,000 times have been completed in the past two months, reaching 600,000 times, so the progress has been slower.
On the 16th, the Suns arrived in San Antonio.