I'm good at basketball too

Chapter 197 Changes in the style of painting
Before the game, at the small ceremony of receiving the championship ring, Anthony once said to Li Ran that what he envied most was his physical talent.

And this ball undoubtedly showed Li Ran's sky-defying physical fitness to the fullest.

Although it is the home court of the Nuggets, Li Ran was still the protagonist of the Pepsi Center a few months ago.

The ball aroused unhesitating cheers and cheers from the fans on the sidelines.

He left the Nuggets, and it can be said that he got together and parted ways. As a Nuggets fan, there is no reason to complain or be hostile to him.

What's more, this man brought Denver its first NBA championship trophy.

"This guy, it's just that I haven't seen him in the summer, and he has become stronger."

Anthony looked at Li Ran, who was unceremoniously accepting the cheers of the fans, and thought silently in his heart.

Under Li Ran's defense today, Anthony was a little timid.

He had a strong premonition that Li Ran could snatch the ball out of his hands as long as he was a little sloppy.

Li Ran was under a lot of pressure, but Anthony was also under a lot of pressure.

Both of them tensed the string in their hearts.

And according to the current trend, whoever breaks the string in his heart first will be at a disadvantage in this fierce game that is rare in the regular season.

At the end of the second quarter, the two teams scored a rare high score at halftime.

Moreover, this game is not like those games where the data is brushed, with defensive colanders and random shots in the frontcourt.

This is a very high-level offensive battle.

74-75, the Grizzlies trailed by one point away.

Li Ran scored an astonishing 21 points, 15 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks at halftime.

In the second quarter, Li Ran scored a full 17 points.

On the other hand, Anthony still has some advantages in the confrontation with Li Ran. His statistics have reached 32 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

The two offensive cores of the Nuggets last year represented different teams today and dedicated an exceptionally exciting first half game to the fans.

During the intermission, Calipari frowned as he looked at Li Ran, who was lying on the physiotherapy bed panting.

The pressure on Li Ran was too great. Not only did he have to defend, but he also had to attack. The Nuggets had too many attackers. As long as the Grizzlies relaxed a little, the Nuggets might pull the score away in an instant.

When Li Ran needs to do his best both offensively and defensively, it is a severe test for his physical strength.

"Li, take a break off the court for the third quarter."

Calipari couldn't take care of so much anymore. While asking Li Ran to rest, he sent a lineup of Curry + Iverson + Turkoglu + Hill + Yi Jianlian.

Just one word, run.

Hit fast.

What Calipari is best at is this kind of fast-paced offense. Although Li Ran was very tired in this game, Calipari felt that he played the kind of offense and defense he wanted.

Calipari felt more and more that it was a wise choice for himself to agree to Cole to coach the Grizzlies.

George Karl replaced O'Neal in the third quarter. Although the UAE still couldn't handle O'Neal's low position, the Grizzlies' tactics happened to restrain O'Neal.

The tactics that Calipari is good at - DDM, the full name is dribble breakthrough tactics.

There is another name for this tactical system, which is called sudden point mobile attack.

To put it bluntly, the core of this tactic is - I hit, I hit, I hit, I hit, I hit again.

And the Grizzlies, who have Curry and Iverson, two big ball-holding cores, are really suitable for this tactic.

Even Turkoglu, Hill and Yi Jianlian don't need to go inside, they just need to wait for the two to score the ball on the outside.

After playing Calipari's best system, although Li Ran was not on the court, the team's offense was not much inferior to the Nuggets.

That's why Anthony wasn't on the court.

Anthony, like Li Ran, didn't rest for a minute after halftime, and George Karl couldn't afford to kill the core of the team for an ordinary regular season, so he made the same choice as Calipari.

The core of the Nuggets' offense in this quarter is Gay and O'Neal.

O'Neal is not good at playing this kind of fast-paced basketball, so the Nuggets put more of the offensive burden on Gay.

OJ Mayo is also on the court, and he is responsible for assisting Gay's offense.

The offensive power of the two of them is also very good. Last season, they were the first and second scoring points of the Grizzlies.

The two teams continued to maintain a high level of offense, but whether it was George Karl or Calipari, they were a little uneasy.

They know that this explosive good state will suddenly be interrupted at some point, and then they will be greeted with a situation that is about to collapse.

Sure enough, just as they thought, less than half of the third quarter was played, and the two teams fell into a scoring drought at the same time.

Gay's mid-range shot, Iverson's breakthrough, Curry's three-pointer, and even O'Neal's low post all lost their power all of a sudden.

The first one who couldn't sit still was Calipari. After a dead ball, he called a timeout.

The next game will not be more about offense.

After the offensive end was inaccurate, the game became a game of who conceded fewer points.

"Mark, Zach, Hedo, Lee, Sean, five of you, slow down the tempo, hit the success rate, and pay more attention to the defensive end."

Calipari directly changed the team's game strategy during the timeout.

As if there was a tacit understanding, George Karl on the other side also replaced the combination of birdman Anderson, Nene, Anthony, JR and Billups.

Looks like it's time to play defensive basketball as well.

The sudden change in the style of the two teams made the fans watching the game feel uncomfortable all of a sudden.

It was still a gorgeous offense like mercury pouring down the ground just now, why did the two teams start to play defense after the timeout ended, as if they had made an appointment?
This kind of slow and dull rhythm, like an old lady's foot wrap, is the least enjoyable game.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that in this situation, if you want to force the team to brake and switch to another style of basketball that is completely opposite, the requirements for the professionalism of the players and the configuration of the team are extremely high.

The shooting percentages of the two teams began to decline, so Li Ran could only resume his old skills, rushing to the inside like holding a pack of explosives.

Although Anderson caused two fouls in a short period of time, Birdman, who basically didn't play in this game, is not afraid of falling into a foul crisis.

On the other side, when Li Ran defended Anthony's breakthrough, he received his fourth foul of the game.

Compared with Anderson, this is a very dangerous signal, because the Grizzlies' entire team's defense is tied to Li Ran alone.

But there was no other way, Li Ran could only continue to defend like this.

"Li Ran's statistics today are a bit exaggerated..."

On the sidelines, which was a bit dull due to the sudden change in the rhythm of the game, Su Junyang suddenly said a topic that interested Huaxia fans.

(End of this chapter)