Chapter 667
Hornets attack.
Paul pushed into the frontcourt again under Tony Allen's close body.
"Tony, the rookie has a three-pointer, but he can't prevent the shot." Standing on the free throw line, Li Ba roared.
Paul was stunned for a moment, he really planned to pull the ball to the flank, avoid Li Ba's defense area, and shoot a three-pointer.
Tony Allen immediately stalked close to him, not allowing Paul any room to get up.
Battier on the left looked at it, immediately lost Mason, rushed to Paul, and double-teamed.
When Li Ba saw it, he immediately moved a step towards Mason, reached the left elbow area, and was ready to defend at any time.
Seeing Battier's double-teaming, Paul immediately took advantage of the double-teaming opportunity, hit the ground and passed the ball to Mason who was emptied.
Li Ba started and rushed towards Mason.
Mason caught the ball sideways, and as soon as he turned to face the basket, a giant jumped in front of him.
"Snapped!"
Li Ba grabbed the ball with his right hand, closed his left hand, and snatched the ball.
"Yeah! Another steal happened. The most terrifying steal king in history, Hammer Tyrant, sent another steal!"
The Suns commentator roared loudly.
"Damn it!"
When Paul saw it, he turned and went back to defense.
Barbosa, Tony Allen, and Battier, when they saw Li Ba pounce on Mason, they had already turned around and rushed down, a beat earlier than Paul.
Li Ba passed to Barbosa, who advanced to the former, saw Battier stop on the left-wing three-point line, passed the ball, and continued to rush to the basket, ready to join Tony Allen Protect the offensive rebound.
But Battier didn't let him have this opportunity. He shot from outside the three-point line and hit a three-pointer accurately.
0:7, the Suns lead.
The Hornets called a timeout.
"Paul, the hammer is after you, you have to be careful." Glancing at Chandler, Scott said helplessly.
Chandler felt aggrieved, Boss Hammer, you are really a scam!
"I'm not afraid of him!"
Paul tensed his little face with a look of war.
"Tyson, I need you to tighten the hammer, you can do it, he won't elbow you." Scott said to Chandler seriously.
"Coach, that's not certain. The boss doesn't recognize anyone when he's on the court. I'm his opponent now."
Chandler was startled, this is no joke, the boss's pair of iron elbows, can his physique handle it? He couldn't bear half an elbow, and he didn't want to.
"You have to carry it! Don't you want to be the boss? You must have this responsibility." Scott said.
Chandler felt bitter in his mouth as if he had eaten yellow lotus.
The timeout ends and the game begins.
Paul came to the frontcourt again, when he saw Li Ba standing on the free throw line, entangled by Chandler, he immediately made a tactical gesture, then changed direction and bypassed Tony Allen, then accelerated towards the top of the arc .
At this time, Mason on the left also suddenly started, cutting into the paint.
His qualities are astonishing, he is an absolute dunker, has a fiery temper, and his style of play is strong and entertaining. He mainly focuses on difficult breakthrough dunks, and is a typical player who plays with his body.
Battier, less athletic than Mason, was thrown off a little, but not quite, and he pulled Mason, delaying his cutting speed.
At the top of the arc, Paul, who made a breakthrough, passed the ball suddenly, and passed a ground pass from the gap. When the ball bounced off the floor, Mason just stepped into the paint and grabbed the basketball with both hands.
But at this moment, a big hand suddenly appeared, and grabbed the basketball.
"Oh, the steal from the strongest steal king..." The sun team commentator's roar sounded immediately.
It turned out to be Li Ba. After "seeing" the ball coming in, he immediately took a step back, turned around abruptly, and at the same time took a step, leaned over and grabbed it, completing the steal.
Paul is confused, can this be a steal? Is it really practiced by catching flies?
Before the draft, he actually wanted to engage in the fly-trap training that was rumored, but in the end he felt disgusted and gave up.
The Suns scored another fast break, the score was 0:9.
At this time, in the CCTV live broadcast seat, Zhang rationally analyzed: "The Hornets' internal combination is strong in defense, and their offensive ability is not very good. And Mason on the front line is also a dunker.
In terms of outside offense, it mainly depends on Paul himself, as well as Russell Butler at the second position. But Butler is just a role player with limited scoring ability.
In other words, Paul is the only one who can really shoot from the outside. He either shoots himself, or passes the ball to the inside and Mason, playing inside offense. But under the defense of the Hammer, the three of them really couldn't play inside. This is also the reason why the Hornets have not scored yet. The offensive method is too narrow and monotonous, and they are blocked to death. "
"That is to say, in addition to the defense at the basket, the Hammer's other energy is focused on Paul, which is why he can help defend Paul many times." Yu Jiadao.
"Yes, the Hammer is targeting Paul. If you stare at the rookie, you will stare at the Hornets." Zhang Lili said.
"The rookie is finished!" Yu Jia shook his head and sighed.
"Rookie, you have to pay a price to grow up." Zhang Lili laughed.
After one quarter, Paul was completely stunned.
He made 8 turnovers in a single quarter, was intercepted 5 times by Li Ba, was intercepted once by Tony Allen, made a pass error, and dribbled the ball to his feet once in a double-team.
In terms of scoring, he made 2 of 8 shots, one of which was a three-pointer, swallowed two caps by Li Ba, scored 5 points, 1 assist, 1 steal, 8 turnovers and 1 foul.
The score of the two teams, 10:34, was blown to pieces by the Suns.
"Is this the best defender in the league, the best defensive team?" he murmured.
"No, rookie, you're wrong. It's impossible for the Suns to defend us with all their strength." Chandler next to him said disdainfully.
"Isn't this the strongest defensive state?" Paul suddenly turned around and looked at Chandler.
"Of course not. The Suns' zone defense system is useless at all. Didn't you see that the first quarter was all man-to-man?" Chandler said.
Paul opened his mouth, yes, man-to-man, plus assist defense and supplementary defense, is it already so strong?
However, he has been defended like this, and he simply cannot accept the fact that this is not the Suns' strongest defensive state.
Chandler said at this time: "But don't worry, the boss has a heart for you, otherwise you wouldn't be in such a miserable situation."
"It's all you!" Paul said angrily.
"What do you have to do with me, you idiot? The boss is cheating on me." Chandler scolded.
"Tricking you and calling you the boss?" Paul asked in surprise.
Chandler sneered and said, "It's because you don't understand the greatness of the boss. I only recognize this boss in my life, and only he is qualified to be my boss."
"Great?" Paul was a little dazed, and murmured: "Yes, you can hit quadruple-doubles, 5*5, and average 5*5 with double-twenties per game. Great statistics!"
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Suns all played off the bench, and the Hornets continued to play most of the main players in order to chase points, and Paul was of course also on the court.
"Come on, little rookie, let my Uncle Peyton teach you how to play."
Paul faced the old Payton and was ravaged again.
After the second quarter, 30:55, the point difference was 1 point wider.