Blocking Out Marbury

Li Chen shoots a free throw. Swish! The ball goes through the net for an air ball. 28-20, the Clippers lead the Suns by eight points.

At the same time, the ball is still with the Clippers, which makes Joe Johnson want to cry. It can be said that this offense, because of him, lost the wife and the soldiers.

The Clippers inbound the ball, and Andre Miller passes it to Elton Brand.

Brand drives, but can't get through. He passes to Corey Maggette.

Maggette receives the ball and shoots a fadeaway jumper, missing.

Li Chen flies up to grab the rebound. Joe Johnson and Stoudemire double-team Li Chen, denying him shooting space.

Li Chen passes the ball with his back to the basket to Elton Brand, who has followed up.

Elton Brand's floater misses.

Li Chen jumps again, tipping the ball to Wang Zhizhi.

Wang Zhizhi receives Li Chen's pass and uses his solid shooting technique to make the basket.

30-20, the Clippers continue to extend their lead.

Offense and defense switch.

Marbury drives to the basket and draws a foul on Andre Miller.

Marbury makes both free throws.

30-22.

Both teams have good offensive efficiency in the second quarter. When the second quarter ends, the Clippers lead 65-59.

At the start of the third quarter, the Clippers' offense goes cold, and the Suns go on a 6-0 run, tying the score at 65-65.

Alvin Gentry quickly calls a timeout, breaking their offensive momentum.

He then begins to draw up a play. His strategy is to give the ball to Li Chen.

After the timeout ends.

Li Chen receives the inbound pass from Andre Miller.

Joe Johnson quickly closes in.

At the same time, Wang Zhizhi and Elton Brand set a double screen for Li Chen.

Li Chen doesn't drive. He just adjusts his shooting posture slightly and then shoots the ball in his hand. The ball arcs beautifully towards the basket.

68-65, the Clippers regain the lead.

At the same time, seeing Li Chen make the shot, Alvin Gentry nods slightly, satisfied with his offensive strategy. As expected, in crucial moments, you have to rely on Li Chen!

Offense and defense switch.

The Suns' Marbury drives hard against Andre Miller again. This time, Marbury fails to break through and can only pass the ball to Stoudemire under the basket.

Stoudemire holds the ball with his back to the basket, then suddenly turns, gets past Wang Zhizhi, and rises for a jump shot.

At this moment, Li Chen rotates to help defense, jumps to block, and swats the ball out of bounds, disrupting this seemingly certain score.

The Suns inbound the ball.

Marion passes the ball to Marbury.

Marbury once again triggers his "lone wolf" attribute, driving hard to the basket for a floater, which misses.

Stoudemire grabs the rebound. Li Chen and Corey Maggette double-team him, denying him shooting space.

Stoudemire is forced to pass the ball to Joe Johnson, who is calling for it outside the three-point line.

As soon as Johnson receives the ball, Elton Brand closes in.

However, Joe Johnson, known as "Iso Joe," fears no one-on-one.

He holds the ball with his back to the basket, his hips pressing against Elton Brand's lower body.

Elton Brand stumbles backward.

Joe Johnson's eyes well up. I finally found my confidence. Iso Joe is back.

Joe Johnson was truly demoralized by that unjust disaster, to the point where he was cautious on both defense and offense.

As Elton Brand retreated, Joe Johnson turned and shot.

Although Joe Johnson's fadeaway jumper isn't as beautiful and pleasing to the eye as Jordan's or Kobe's, it doesn't matter. What matters is that the ball went in.

The score is tied again at 68-68.

Clippers' offense.

Andre Miller commits a turnover, stolen by Marbury.

Marbury bolts towards the frontcourt like a wild horse that has broken free.

Just then, a roar like a tidal wave erupts from the Staples Center.

A figure, like lightning, approaches Marbury with unbelievable speed.

At this moment, Marbury feels a presence suddenly appear beside him.

Marbury turned his head to look, his pupils contracting sharply. How was this possible? How could he run so fast?

Before he could think further, they were already at the basket.

Marbury leaped high into the air.

At the same time, Li Chen also leaped high.

Just then, Marbury suddenly pulled the basketball back to his chest. Then, with a twist of his waist, he leaned his body to one side... a layup.

At this moment, Li Chen reflexively raised his left hand and swatted at the basketball in Marbury's chest.

In the broadcast booth, Zhang Weiping exclaimed, "Marbury's mid-air layup!"

But the next moment, a miracle happened. The basketball in Marbury's hands was knocked out of bounds by Li Chen.

Just then, the whistle blew.

At the same time, the big screen began to replay the lightning-fast scene.

When the fans in the arena saw the slow-motion replay, a sea-like roar erupted from Staples Center.

They truly couldn't believe that Li Chen had actually disrupted the mid-air layup.

They shouted, "MVP, MVP!"

In the domestic broadcast room.

"My god! What did I just see? Little Chen actually disrupted the mid-air layup! What kind of reaction speed does that take?" Zhang Weiping was practically dancing with excitement.

Sun Zhengping was also shocked. He knew that mid-air layups were very difficult to disrupt, and this was the first time he had ever seen one disrupted.

It required extreme reaction ability.

Meanwhile, in a private box at Staples Center, Li Chen's performance had even stunned the stingy Donald Sterling.

Donald Sterling then became excited. This Eastern Kid was truly his cash cow! The stingy old man would probably be smiling in his sleep.

Elgin Baylor was also dumbfounded.

Although the cheers in Staples Center were rising like a tsunami, Li Chen knew it wasn't because he was that strong, but because Marbury's skill wasn't good enough. It was actually a coincidence; he might not be able to do it again.

At the same time, Marbury stared at Li Chen, dumbfounded.

He then gritted his teeth. He had originally wanted Li Chen to be his backdrop to create buzz, but he never expected to become the other's backdrop in the end.

Although he had achieved his goal of getting attention, it wasn't in such a humiliating way.

Damn Eastern Kid, Marbury clenched his fists in his mind.

Just then, Elton Brand rushed over and vigorously ruffled Li Chen's short black hair.

"Fuck, Chen, how did you do that? That was so cool."

"Yeah! Chen, you're amazing."

His teammates chimed in one after another.

Li Chen scratched his head and said, "You guys don't need to be like this. It was just an accident. Also, the Suns' offense isn't over yet, we can't let our guard down."

His teammates nodded in unison.

Meanwhile, Marbury, upon hearing the word "accident," felt like he had been hit with ten thousand points of damage.

Fuck, am I really this unlucky?

Marion passed the ball in from out of bounds to Joe Johnson.

As soon as Johnson received the ball, Li Chen stuck to him.

Joe Johnson, who had just regained his confidence, turned his back to the basket again, wanting to push Li Chen away with his large backside, but he failed again.

He thought about it and decided to give up on trying to outmuscle Li Chen. He was truly afraid that the referee would get unhappy and give him another foul.

With that in mind, he decisively passed the ball to Marbury, who was signaling for it.