Chapter 61 The Eagle

"Hey, rookie, give me a few more balls in this game." Marbury said again.

"No, your hands are too cold, I want to attack by myself." Li Ba immediately shook his head and said.

Marbury was a little embarrassed. In two consecutive games, he was unlucky. Li Ba grabbed the offensive rebound and passed a lot of balls to him, but he just couldn't make a shot.

"Hey Hammer, throw me a few and I'll give you an assist," Marion yelled.

"Give me a few too, Hammer, I won't waste your offensive rebounds." Joe Johnson also shouted.

The bully also opened his mouth, but closed it again.

"Hey, then you guys can move around, I won't throw it to you if there is no space." Li Ba smiled triumphantly.

Now that the whole team knows his rebounding ability, especially his ability to grab offensive rebounds, everyone wants to get the ball from him, so he will inevitably become complacent.

In an apartment far away in Houston, there is no Mosaic game today, and a group of Chinese media reporters are gathering.

The leader is Teacher Zhang Lili from CCTV, Yang Yi, and CCTV commentator Yu Jia are also among them.

"Our CCTV camera team will arrive tomorrow, and I'm going to start running around, how about you?" Zhang Lili asked cheerfully.

"We're also arriving tomorrow, to catch up with the day after tomorrow's derby. Live broadcast," said Liu Tong, a reporter from Moorang.

"So are we. It's also a live broadcast." A Fox reporter Zhang Bingchu said.

"They're not the only ones coming tomorrow. Have you heard that the Basketball Association is here?" Yang Yi said suddenly.

"Yang Yi, do you have any news?" Zhang Lili asked excitedly.

"It happened that a classmate was in the basketball management center and heard a piece of news." Yang Yi said proudly.

"I heard that Li Ba has a bad temper, so I'm afraid he will become like that." Someone said worriedly.

After saying this, everyone became quiet and stopped talking about it.

"Oh, it's a pity that the Sun's game is not broadcast live." Half a minute later, someone said.

"The Suns only have 15 games this season." Yu Jia sighed.

"Is this just for them, or against the team as well?" someone asked.

"It counts. The Suns have Stoudemire with a very strong dunk. This year's 15 games is actually not bad. There are no previous years. Some like the Grizzlies only have four games, which is pitifully small." Zhang reasonable interface.

In the American West Arena, neither side is a big favorite in this game, and there is still no national broadcast.

When the starters entered the field, the live broadcast commentators of both sides began to introduce the starting list.

The Hawks commentator quickly yelled, "Wow, fly, Eagles! Point guard Jason Terry, our brains. Dean Glover, our shooting guard. Stephen Jackson, our small forward." .Theo Ratliff, our shot-blocking center. Sharif Abdul-Rahim, our power forward."

When it was the home team's turn, the Suns commentator immediately yelled: "Marbury at No. 1, a first-class point guard with excellent scoring and assists. Joe Johnson at No. 2, a swingman with great prospects. No. 3 Marion, the all-round fighter. Oh, oh, the fourth position, the hammer that we started for three consecutive games, he was the leader in rebounds, blocks and steals in our first two games. The fifth position, our bully Ama thunder."

In front of the Eagles bench, coach Terry Stotts is arranging tactics.

This coach was born in 1957, coached in the NBA for 12 years, entered the playoffs 7 times, won 50.8% of the regular season and 35.7% of the playoffs. He has never made it to the finals. .

Of course, that's the future, and now he's an absolute new coach who only started coaching the NBA last year.

Last year, the Hawks changed coaches during the season. He took over and coached 55 games. This season is his second coaching season.

But this season, the Eagles played 8 games, two of which were back-to-back and achieved an embarrassing record of 2 wins and 6 losses, so he was under a lot of pressure.

On the 9th, the Eagles won the Supersonics away game. On the 11th, they lost to the Clippers on the road yesterday. Today’s third back-to-back game against the Suns is the Eagles’ ninth regular season game. He strives to win in case another round losing streak.

He did everything possible to get the adrenaline pumping in his body, and shouted passionately to the five eagle starters:

"Today's chance is good, our lineup restrains the sun, it's time to get a win. Know why I say that? Because our inside is better than their bad inside. We have the best defensive center, the year before and last year in the league Shot blocker Theo Ratliff. Theo, your opponent is a rookie, what will you do?"

"I'll teach him to be a man again." The old black Theo Ratliff said with a ferocious smile, shaking his head.

"Don't be intimidated by him breaking Malone's bone with his elbow. If he dares to move his elbow again, the league will not let him go. He is not Malone, and he does not have the privilege of an elbow man." Stotts urged.

After speaking, he turned to power forward Raheem. This is the golden generation of 96 Tanhualang. He started 81 games for the Hawks last year and only rested one game. He scored 19.9 points, 8.4 rebounds, 3 assists, 1.1 steals, 0.5 blocks and 2.6 The average data of 3 turnovers and 3 fouls per game is absolutely luxurious, and he is also the star he relies on most, the team's Buddhist boss.

"Playing inside offensive tactics today. Sharif, I don't want a mid-range shot. You go into the basket and beat their rookie center. I don't want to see him grab our rebounds."

He stared at Raheem hard and said.

Raheem nodded emphatically, "I will."

"Jason..." Stotts looked at the point guard Terry again, and said, "To the inside ball, the first task today is to knock out their rookie center."

"I see." Terry nodded.

"Stephen, you are our front line's defensive gate, entangle Marion and don't let him go inside to help. I believe in your defensive ability." Stotts said to Jackson again.

"I can do it." Wu Sheng Jackson said confidently.

"In addition, hit the inside and take care of the rookie center." Stotts whispered to Jackson at this time.

"Yes, I will let that rookie center know how good I am. It doesn't mean anything to defeat Malone. He has no deterrence in front of me."

Jackson yelled angrily.

"Avoid the referee," Stotts urged.

"I will." Jackson nodded.

Stotts explained to all four starters, but he did not explain anything to the second starter, Dean Glover. This is also because Glover's strength is not outstanding, and he is not the regular starter of the Eagles. .

Glover bit his finger, feeling a little disappointed, but didn't say anything.

On the Suns side, Frank also looked a little serious.

"Iron Hammer, your opponent Theo Ratliff is like you, stronger than defense. He was the block leader in the league in the two seasons from 00 to 01 and 02 to 03, averaging 3.7 and 3.2 blocks per game, last season Averaged 8.7 points and 7.5 rebounds in 31 minutes per game, you have to be careful and ensure our rebounds."

Li Ba naturally did some research before the match, nodded and said, "I know his strength."

Seeing that Li Ba was mentally prepared, Frank felt relieved.

When he first met Li Ba in Rock Park, he thought he was a reckless person, but during this time, he discovered that Li Ba also had a delicate side.

Especially in terms of work, the preparations before each game are done meticulously, which makes him more and more satisfied with Li Ba, and his expectations are getting higher and higher.

"Don't underestimate the Eagles, Ratliff and Raheem, one offense and one defense, very strong. There is Terry on the outside, he averaged 17.2 points, 7.4 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game last season , The strength is extraordinary. And their striker, Marion, don’t underestimate the defensive ability of your opponent Jackson, he also has a good scoring ability, with an average of 1.2 three-pointers per game. When you help defend, you can’t completely let him go. "

Frank continued, but, like Stotts, did not mention the Hawks' No. 2 position.

The Suns’ tactics are still the same old ones, mainly based on pick-and-roll passes, that is, the little overlord lifts up to make a wall, and then goes down to attack the basket or make a mid-range shot, or after Marbury picks and rolls, he distributes the ball to Marion and other players who cut in and have open positions. outside players.

At the start of the game, two center forwards acted as spectators behind, two power forwards jumped the ball, and the bully won.

On the first ball, Marbury from the top arc passed the ball to Marion on the left-wing three-point line.