Basketball Dragon

Chapter 124 Battle against the Sun
Outside the arena, Li Hai is also preparing to start a company, and it will be officially launched soon.

Holt Eddie got his agent license, Li Hai also made it clear to Bruce Baker that he would sign to his own company, Baker wanted to continue to be Li Hai's agent but couldn't make up his mind to leave the big company, and finally agreed Fatty took over Li Hai's affairs for the time being.

Things are in order, and the regular season is in full swing.

In the last game, David Lee once again showed a strong rebounding ability, which Larry Brown liked very much. In the first game in 2006, the Knicks played against the Suns at home, and David Lee once again got the starting position .

Channing Frye, along with Crawford, served as an important firepower for the Knicks during the rotation.

The Suns didn't expect the Knicks' change in the last game, and they were terribly defended. They made up their minds to take revenge in this game.

David - Lee once again seized the opportunity to start, the opening is consecutive hits.

The Suns' defense is mediocre, and the interior height is not good, which is suitable for David Lee's performance.

On the contrary, Li Hai encountered a lot of pressure on both the offensive and defensive ends. Sean Marion held his strength this time and wanted to fight Li Hai for [-] rounds.

However, Li Hai was also willing to hold back the opponent's strongest point, so he concentrated all his energy and entered the breakthrough one after another from the beginning of the game. If Marion could encounter foul problems, the Suns would be even more defenseless.

"The Suns made a quick counterattack. Nash threw the ball directly to Marion. Marion made a fake move to drive away Li Hai, who was chasing up from behind, and made a three-pointer with a lateral move."

"The Knicks' attack, Li Hai broke through with all his strength, Marion's long arms were always covering Li Hai's head, Li Hai didn't seem to feel the oppression of the defense at all, and started directly... Both of them jumped up, Marion completely blocked Li Hai's shooting line... Li Hai's ability to stay in the air was too strong, Marion was falling, and the two collided... 2+1, Li Hai was fully fired .”

"If it was anyone else, Marion would have blown the ball away. Li Hai's singles ability is indeed very strong."

"Lee hit Marion with his back, double-teamed up, Li Hai passed to David Lee, and David Lee made a mid-range shot."

"Li Hai beat Marion again, and soon saw that Li Hai exerted such strength in the first quarter. Isn't he afraid that he will lose his physical strength later? Marion's physical strength is one of the best in the league. I think it will be difficult for Li Hai to fight him. At the end of the fight...Marion fouled again, and it is estimated that the Suns will call a timeout."

Fighting with Marion was really exhausting, but Li Hai had to deal with it. This was the key to dealing with the Suns, and he could do it. Not letting Nash pass the ball was something they couldn't do.

Marion did not end after two fouls. The Suns required Marion to play more than 40 minutes per game on average. Nash could rest. Without Marion, the team probably wouldn't get used to it.

Li Hai wanted to take the opportunity to expand his achievements, but Marion was much more cautious.

Li Hai would not do such things as delaying the team's fighter plane in order to kill Marion, and he did not deliberately single-handedly fight the opponent.

In the first quarter, the Knicks led the opponent by 27 points at 23:4. The defensive effect was not as good as last time, but it was quite satisfactory.

In the second quarter of the game, Marbury also began to single Nash in a row, and achieved good results. Breaking through also caused a foul on the opponent's inside line.

The same is true after Crawford came on the field, scoring while causing damage.

Soon the Suns insider Kurt Thomas committed four fouls, Raja Bell three times, and Marion also fouled three times.

The Suns do not lack players with excellent personal defense, but the overall defense is poor to a certain extent. As long as a simple pick-and-roll or breakthrough can mess up the opponent's defensive system.

There is no way around this. The Suns like to play bombardment. It is a tradition to only focus on offense and not defense. It didn't become like this after Mike D'Antoni came over.

Seeing this situation, the Suns were a little worried and asked the substitute to stay on the court for a while.

The Knicks took advantage of the victory to pursue, and at halftime, they had already led the Suns by 12 points.

This advantage made the Knicks players a little bit smug, and even Li Hai was the same. The Suns are also a strong team in the league, but being suppressed by them, how could it make people unhappy.

Pride made people lose their vigilance. Steve Nash stepped up his offense and passed out consecutive strikes. The game was still going on in the third quarter, and Nash's assists had already reached 13.

The regular-season MVP of last season fluttered in the crowd like a butterfly, and no one knew whether his next step was to attack or pass.

He was the leader in assists last season, and this season Nash is also firmly occupying the first place in assists. Unlike Kidd, Nash himself is also very strong in attack, and the offensive end is more dangerous than Kidd. If it weren't for his poor defense, The other defenders are probably going to be ashamed.

Driven by Nash, the Suns recovered 6 points in the third quarter.

Li Hai came to his senses completely. As a recruit who didn't even pass the first round of the playoffs, he couldn't underestimate the heroes of the world.

To be honest, Li Hai looks down on teams that don't defend, thinking that such a team can't win a championship, but now the Knicks are far from winning a championship, and Li Hai is Meng Lang.

It is an indisputable fact that the Suns have a better record than them now.

"We can't underestimate each other. The defense must be tighter." Li Hai said seriously.

"It's good to know, pass defense, pass defense, not to make the opponent unable to pass the ball, but to make his opponent unable to catch the ball. Every defensive action must be refined, and don't forget it all when you are excited."

"What's more, we are the ones leading." Larry Brown said with a serious expression.

Marion did not rest in the second half, as if he had inexhaustible strength.

Li Hai also asked the coach to play, but Larry Brown didn't let him mess around, instead he held him down and rested for a full 3 minutes.

Li Hai was very anxious. When he was away, Marion scored another 5 points.

After playing, the first thing he did was stick to Marion tightly. He must prevent the opponent from receiving the ball, and let Nash attack by himself. Compared with scoring, Nash, who connected the team together, was more difficult to stop.

Li Hai was also whistled for a foul because of excessive defensive action.

But he didn't stop, still looking for an opportunity to fight with Marion physically, he didn't believe that Marion was strong.

After slipping to the baseline and receiving the pass, Li Hai quickly turned around, and while Marion was chasing him, he was still on his feet, so he leaned on the opponent's body to start. Now Marion had no choice but to foul.

(End of this chapter)