Chapter 30 Preventing a Service Violation

As soon as Marbury received the ball, he directly held the ball and rushed one step, two steps. There is no third step, and the third step is a foul. Marbury jumped forward and made a throw.

James behind followed, getting closer and closer. When Marbury jumps forward and throws, he also jumps wildly. Jumping from Marbury's left side, his right arm slapped the rising ball.

"oh!"

"Snapped!"

Amid the exclamation of the fans in the audience, the ball was slapped.

"Oh!" Barkley screamed, covering his head.

"boom!"

The ball hit the backboard and quickly bounced towards the top arc.

There are large troops from both sides behind, but they are not far behind. This time they rushed past, and the ball was picked up by Li Ba who ran over last.

"Ha, the rookie of the Suns picked up the second rebound. It's an offensive rebound." Barkley laughed.

Marbury, who was covered with blood on his face, circled around the basket, circled to the top arc, took the ball from Li Ba, and began to reorganize the offense.

"He passed the ball a second later, delaying the fast break!" D'Antoni dissatisfied.

"No, Mike, the Hammers didn't miss the pass. I think it's Marbury's offensive choice and James. If the Hammers passed earlier, Marbury's fast break would only be slower. Don't you Think he's going faster with the ball than running?" Frank said.

"No, Frank, the sooner Marbury catches the ball, the sooner he can organize the offense and have more options, not just layups." D'Antoni insisted.

Shrugging, everyone has their own opinions, Frank doesn't want to argue. In terms of coaching qualifications, he is actually far behind D'Antoni.

"Old bird, give me the ball quickly, and then you get an assist." Li Ba said angrily to Marbury when he passed by Marbury, but he still didn't get an assist after all the tricks.

"Rookie, make a wall to block that damn rookie!" Marbury, who had just lost face and was full of shame and anger, cursed.

"I will block that big pest." Li Ba said confidently.

The Cavaliers did not play man-to-man this time, but instead played zone defense, doing 32 zone defense.

32 or 23 zone defense, that is, two lines. One at the low position, keep the inside line, one at the high position, keep the outside line.

This 32 zone defense is the two insiders in the low post, and the other three guard the long line of the free throw line. The advantage of the formation is that it defends the outside line, has a strong defensive ability on the outside line and breakthrough, and can have a good restrictive effect on teams with weak inside attack capabilities.

The same as the 212 zone defense, the small forward is placed in the middle. Once the opponent breaks through his point and enters the inside line, he can immediately follow the inside line, turning the 32 zone defense into a 23 zone defense, and together with the two low insiders, form a double team for the breakthrough opponent player encircled.

The Suns have Marbury with three-pointers and strong breakthrough ability. There are also Marion and Joe Johnson, plus Penny. Going to the strong inside line, so the Cavaliers adopted this 32-zone defense formation.

And defending in the middle of the free throw line is the small forward, that is, James, who just capped Marbury. When Marbury broke through, he immediately greeted him.

At this time Li Ba came up and blocked directly in front of James, forming a wall.

This is the first time the two have faced each other since they left Locke Park.

James had no time to stop, and the two bumped into each other with a bang, each taking a step back.

"flute!"

The referee not far away blew his whistle, then pushed his left hand outward, making a gesture to cover a foul.

"Oh!" There was an exclamation in the Meixi Arena.

"Damn it, it's legal cover!" Frank yelled.

I foul? Looking at the referee gesturing to him, Li Ba was instantly stunned!

Bullying me for not knowing the rules?

Covering fouls are divided into inside and outside vision. As long as I am within the opponent's field of vision, I can approach him at will. As long as I'm on my feet and staying within my cylinder before he touches me, I'm a legal cover, not the other way around.

Come on, referee, tell me, what am I doing illegally? Did I not stand still or did I reach out?

"Rookie, don't talk! Don't mess around! Back off!"

Marbury in the back threw the ball, and immediately stepped forward to hug Li Ba who was about to walk towards the referee.

Captain Penny began to discuss the screen foul with the referee. He is the only player on the field who has this qualification. Others go up, unless it is a big name, eating T is a reasonable and legal thing.

"James, well done!" Toronto, Bosh excitedly.

"This is the home court of the Sun. Come on, big screen, let's watch the replay!" Barkley stood up and looked at the big screen on the hanging tower above.

"Hey old man, half a second before you hit me, I was on my feet. Old man, do you need his help to beat me?"

Unable to lose his temper with the referee, Li Ba lashed out at James.

"What's none of my business? Also, Hammer, don't call me an old man!" James said depressed and angrily after being called an old man again.

"OK, rookie, if you want me to respect you, then tell him that you hit me." Li Ba roared rudely.

"..."

James has a dark face, am I that great? Even if you were my brother, I wouldn't be able to do this. If I do this, can I go back to Cleveland?

"Haha!" Marbury next to him smiled.

An undrafted pick stingingly calls a No. 1 pick every 20 years a rookie. Look at the media's reaction after the bottom line. Don't press the shutter.

The big screen starts playback.

"Oh, this is an obvious miscalculation!" Barkley exclaimed.

"Maybe he didn't see it clearly. This situation is too common, you know." Smith said.

"It's a second, now there are 16 seconds left, the Suns have no chance to attack." Barkley sighed.

The replay did not change the penalty. Liba's personal foul was counted once, and the team foul was not counted. There were no free throws. The ball belonged to the Cavaliers and served from the sideline.

"flute!"

The referee signaled for the serve.

It happened that James was serving from the sideline, and Li Ba, depressed, ran in front of the former, waving his two long arms and two giant palms to interfere with his serving.

James is also a rookie, and Li Ba's arms are too long, and his two giant palms are like two cattail fans, so he really couldn't send them out for a while.

"Mark the whole court!"

When Captain Penny saw it, he immediately shouted.

At this moment, other people began to mark the whole field.

"It's just a ball possession, this guy is crazy!"

Although he picked up a ball in vain, James was very depressed. He couldn't serve the ball. The Hammer danced with his arms like an electric fan.

"Hey, uncle's fly-catching training is not for nothing. I can seal mosquitoes and flies, but I can't seal a big ball like you?"

Of course Li Ba was angry, he lost the ball, which was wrongly attributed to him.

Three seconds, four seconds, five seconds!

"flute!"

The referee blows the whistle, five seconds is violated, and the ball is exchanged.