Chapter 660 Monitoring the Strong and Weak Sides Through Locking

Starting the game, this season, Li Ba stepped into the Staples Arena for the second time.

Compared with the Lakers, the front row of the Clippers looks too shabby, and there are no Hollywood stars who will appear in the Clippers' games.

But today was an exception. A lot of celebrities and celebrities came. Kobe, who just had lunch with Li Ba, was also here.

After Li Ba entered the arena, these stars stood up and greeted him one after another.

The fans of the Clippers are very depressed. This is their home court, but these stars come for the Hammers and the Suns.

But the owner and management of the Clippers are very happy, because the opponent in this game is the Suns, their ticket prices have increased by 50%, and they are all sold out.

"At the offensive end, pay attention. Their defense is still very strong. In addition, the defense at the first position, Leandro, you and Tony switch defenses. Once Cassell backs Tony, there is an opportunity to double-team him."

Before playing, Frank specifically told Barbosa and Tony Allen.

Then he said to Li Ba: "Hammer, Brand's mid-range shot is accurate, Marion can't stand it, you have to pay attention to his defense."

"I will." Li Ba nodded.

"Pay attention to getting off quickly after grabbing the rebound in the backcourt." Frank gave a final warning and waved his hand to signal the players to come on the court.

"Fuck them!"

Li Ba raised his fist and shouted.

"Fuck them to death!"

All Suns players and coaching staff followed suit.

In the away game, the momentum is too small, but the fierce momentum displayed by the Suns is not weak at all, showing their sharpness.

"Crack..."

The stars who came to Li Ba and the Suns in the front row stood up and applauded the Suns.

"Hush!!!"

There was a huge boo from the Clippers fans.

"This guy always likes to do these things, what's the use?" Kobe muttered while applauding.

Li Ba and Kaman jumped the ball, took the lead to touch the ball, and the Suns attacked.

As soon as he landed, he immediately started with strength, because the Clippers were not fast inside, and wanted to play a fast break.

However, Kaman had already guarded against him. He moved sideways, and with a bang, the two shoulders collided. He stopped in place, and Kaman, who weighed 120 kilograms, was knocked back half a step.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Captain Brand returned to the penalty area, and the Suns' fast break opportunity disappeared.

The positional battle started, and the Suns players all opened up, creating opportunities for Li Ba to single-play Kaman in the penalty area.

Li Ba entered the paint from the free throw line and immediately met Kaman's full top defense.

He suddenly turned right, bypassed Kaman, and rushed to the basket.

When Brand, who was in the low position on the right wing, saw it, he immediately rushed to Li Ba.

Barbosa came to the top of the arc, saw that Marion had an open space, and wanted to pass the ball, but at this time Cassel stuck up, preventing him from passing the ball in time.

At this time, Kaman returned to Li Ba's side, Brand returned to defend Marion, and the open opportunity disappeared.

With five seconds to go, Li Ba withdrew from the paint and the Suns failed their first offensive attempt.

As soon as he reached the low position on the left wing, Li Ba immediately reached out for the ball.

Kaman tried to push Leeba a little farther away from the paint, but he didn't.

At this time, Barbosa passed the ball in, Li Ba received the ball with his right hand, and began to hit Kaman with a low back.

Li Ba didn't carry out this kind of attack much for a season, and Li Ba felt a little excited.

"Bang! Bang..."

The moment he dribbled, he slammed back fiercely.

Bang Bang back arched twice in a row, Li Ba successfully stood on the paint area, and then when Kaman's center of gravity loosened, he turned around suddenly and slid down to the bottom.

Kaman's strength was not as good as Li Ba's, and his moving speed was not as good. He failed to respond in time, and Li Ba succeeded in slipping.

Brand has moved to the basket and immediately defends.

As soon as Li Ba entered the paint area, he immediately received the ball, and while Brand was still in the reasonable collision zone, he accelerated and rushed over, grabbed the ball with his left hand, and jumped up to face the latter.

Brand is a short and strong insider who is not afraid of confrontation. He also faced Li Ba's strong rush to the basket and jumped up vertically.

"Boom!"

The two collided violently over the reasonable collision zone.

Brand was surprised, he was knocked away?

"boom!"

In the next moment, Li Ba retracted his waist and smashed his arms, blasting the Clippers' basket.

"Oh, the hammer hit the No. 1 pick Brand and dunked him!" The Suns commentator roared loudly.

"Elton, I know you want to leave here, if you have a chance, you can go to Phoenix." Landing, Li Ba said to Brand.

Brand opened his mouth and said nothing.

His rookie contract ended in 2003, and he wanted to leave that year because the stingy boss Sterling was only willing to give him a five-year contract of 15 million, while the Heat's invitation contract for him was 6 years and 82 million.

It's just that when he was about to leave in the end, Sterling matched the contract and kept him.

This season, the team has strengthened in all aspects and looks very promising to make it to the playoffs, but in his heart, he doesn't really want to stay.

"If Brand doesn't lose weight, the hammer may not be able to hit him." Barkley said.

"But his athletic ability is not enough. If he doesn't lose weight and his movement speed can't keep up, he may not be able to make supplementary defenses in time."

Kenny Smith said.

Clippers attack.

According to the tactical requirements of head coach Mike Dunleavy, on the offensive end of this season, Brand must first go to the low post to find opportunities, and every attack by the Clippers must go through the hands of captain Brand.

Brand has a very good singles pace at the basket. The ball is advanced to the low post, and he can hit it when he can hit it.

But today's opponent is different. There is a big monster in the paint area of ​​the opposing team. Dunleavy didn't ask Brand to play in the low post, so Brand moved directly on the right wing instead of going to the low post.

Li Ba lost Kaman and moved below the free throw line. He can not only maintain the defense of the basket, but also threaten the outside line, especially the defense against the top of the arc, which is a strong threat.

After more than a month's schedule, he has helped defend the top of the arc no less than dozens of times, and the success rate is very high, which makes all the teams facing each other have to be more vigilant.

The alien Cassel didn't have the top of the arc, so he pulled directly to the left wing, and he didn't get close to Li Ba's defensive position at all.

As for Kaman under the basket, he pretended not to see it.

In the last Suns game against the Knicks, did the Hammers do good things to Stoudemire, if he didn't know? He studied the video of the five best balls for at least an hour.

Li Ba expressed his regret when he saw that the aliens did not pass the ball to Kaman. He felt that he needed to find another position to dig a hole for these cunning guys.

Seeing Kassel go to the left wing, Li Ba immediately turned to the left wing, and at the same time placed two locked targets on the weak side behind, Brand and Mobley.

In this way, through sight and locking skills, he can monitor all situations on both sides of the strong and weak.

He is very aware of Kassel's ability. Kassel is very good at passing the ball to the weak side. Through this kind of ball transfer from the strong and weak side, he can avoid the opponent's defense to the greatest extent.

On the left wing, Cassell began to back Tony Allen and made a tactical gesture.

A second later, Brand on the weak side suddenly moves toward the paint.

Marion, who was facing up, was pressed by Brand. His tonnage was only 100 kilograms, and his strength was far inferior to the latter, so he was stopped for a while.

At the same time, Kaman under the basket suddenly lifted up and rushed towards Li Ba.

On the strong side, Cassel, who was playing with his back, suddenly passed the ball and threw the ball to... Brand.