I'm good at basketball too

Chapter 155 The Shackles on Li Ran

After entering the playoffs, Li Ran always had a strange feeling.

That is, I seem to be bound by a set of invisible shackles, and I can't exert my full strength at all.

In the third quarter, O'Neal, who had rested for a whole quarter, was replaced again.

Seeing Anthony and O'Neal start to use singles to score, Li Ran's feeling became stronger and stronger.

After Anthony turned around and wiped Ariza with his signature washing machine, he went inside and made a low-handed basket.

Bryant made a good mid-range shot.

O'Neill hit Anzhu with his back, turned around and hit a hook.

Bryant made a good mid-range shot.

Then Anthony hit the iron, Kobe hit the iron, O'Neal hit the iron, Kobe hit the iron.

After Anthony hit the iron again in the mid-range shot, he remembered that there seemed to be someone in the team who was better at breaking through than him.

At this time, the two teams have fallen into a scoring drought for more than two minutes.

So, for the next attack, it was finally Li Ran's turn to perform.

He faced Kobe with the ball, and first used his teammates' pick-and-roll to get into the three-point line, and then after Kobe posted it again, he used a move that he couldn't understand at all.

He dribbles the ball with his back first, then passes the ball from his right hand to his left hand, and turns around while passing the ball to his left hand.

In this way, Li Ran immediately completed the right-left-right transformation from the right side of Kobe's defensive direction.

His sneakers rubbed against the floor violently, leaving a black mark on the ground, which is enough to show the strength and speed of his first step when he broke through.

Even Kobe didn't expect that Li Ran would do such a trick. Just as his center of gravity shifted to his left, Li Ran whizzed by on his right.

An Zhu jumped up to block the shot, but sincerely did not make any small movements in the air. Li Ran's ball handler made a dodging movement in the air and put the ball into the basket.

When the game fell into anxiety, it was finally Li Ran who helped the team break the scoring drought.

Yi Jianlian cheered Li Ran excitedly by waving a towel. During the half a year since he came to the Nuggets, with the help of Li Ran, the originally dull Ah Lian became outgoing. Even his English, which is not very good, has improved a lot. quick.

Li Ran slowly backed up and ran towards the backcourt. He knew why he had that strange feeling.

The team's first scoring point is still Anthony.

Only when Anthony is restricted to death, will he activate his second scoring point.

During the regular season, George Karl gave himself so many shot opportunities, still holding the idea of ​​training himself, but in the playoffs, he has more tasks and becomes a defensive vanguard, responsible for defending the opponent's core outside scoring point.

This can be seen from his and Anthony's playoff data.

Anthony averaged 24 points per game in the regular season, and it soared to 28.8 points in the playoffs.

And he scored 21 points in the regular season, and he has averaged less than [-] points per game in the playoffs.

"In the end, I'm still too obsessed with breakthroughs."

Li Ran began to consider whether to forcibly unseal some of his arsenal.

But those skills he has not achieved so proficient and reliable as breakthrough.

Changing the style of play rashly now may backfire.

Moreover, he doesn't have time to think about so many things now.

He just wants to win.

In front of the championship, everything can be put back.

In the third quarter, the difference between the two teams finally widened.

Kobe couldn't maintain the offensive efficiency of the first two quarters, and apart from him, the other Lakers players didn't have any advantage in matchups.

At the end of the third quarter, the Nuggets finally opened the point difference to 7 points.

This score is not much, and it is not much, but it is undoubtedly a bit dangerous for the Lakers.

In the fourth quarter, Mayfair Jackson had to put Kobe off the court to rest for a while anyway, otherwise, if Kobe was allowed to play for 48 minutes, even if Kobe didn't feel tired, it would definitely affect his efficiency.

The time when Kobe was resting off the court was the biggest test for the Lakers.

In fact, it can be seen that the Lakers are still seven points behind after Kobe played all three quarters. In terms of overall strength, the Lakers still have some gaps with the Nuggets.

Not the individual strength of the players, but the overall strength of the team.

At the end of the three quarters, Kobe has scored 30 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals, and his shooting percentage is close to half.

His performance was undeniably flawless.

However, under the defense of Nene, Dajia scored 11 points, and Anzhu, under the defense of O'Neal, only scored 5 points. These important forces around Kobe on weekdays were all misfired.

Phil Jackson didn't know how to adjust.

If he knows how to adjust on the spot, then he definitely has more than 11 rings in his hand now.

That's right, in addition to the 6 rings of the Bulls dynasty and the 3 rings of the Lakers dynasty, Phil Jackson once grabbed two rings from Chamberlain when he was a player and in the Knicks.

In the fourth quarter, George Karl also made some rotations. Anthony, who also played all three quarters, was off the court. Li Ran, who didn't exert much effort, led the team to play together with JR.

JR's performance on the court can be called a war criminal.

How to get the team tied with three shots?
JR was very active after he came on the court, but he took three shots and his shot selection was not good, and he was even blocked by Tie.

Coupled with the Lakers' quick counterattack caused by a mistake, in just 3 minutes, the Lakers unexpectedly tied the score.

Li Ran was also very helpless, moving the ball is the most basic tactical composition of all teams, but the ball can't get out when it reaches JR.

He wanted JR to pay attention, but seeing JR's confused face, he didn't know what to say.

This guy is such a stingy temper.

George Karl couldn't stand it anymore, he simply replaced JR and replaced him with Szczerbiak.

If the Lakers win this game, the biggest contributor to their victory is JR.

In just 3 minutes, the advantage that the Nuggets had worked so hard for in three quarters instantly disappeared.

"Why don't you give the ball to Li Ran?"

"Give it to Li Ran, it's enough for Li Ran to hit this ball."

"Li Ran is empty, pass the ball."

These are the few words that Director Zhang, who was commentating on the sidelines, said the most in the few minutes just now.
But JR obviously couldn't hear Director Zhang's words.

JR didn't react until he sat off the court.

Seeing that the team has a big lead, why was it suddenly tied?

After Szczerbiak came on the court, the Nuggets finally unified their thinking, that is, hand the ball to Li Ran, and then everyone pulled away.

Regarding his singles at the top of the arc, Tiezha expressed his misery.

Although Li Ran is not good at breaking through and scoring the ball now, he has a substitute.

Livingston has been wandering around Li Ran, Li Ran can't find anyone else, but he can definitely find Livingston.

Then Livingston passes the ball to an open teammate.

After JR left the field and before Kobe entered the field, Li Ran successfully led the team to regain the lead.

In the 4th minute, Phil Jackson called a timeout.

As Kobe stood up with the towel off his head, everyone knew that the real decisive battle of this game was about to begin.

(End of this chapter)