I'm good at basketball too

"This is the first time our lineup has appeared in front of everyone. Now, let them be afraid!"

Calipari is now full of the demeanor of a champion coach. He looks at the suspicious Scott Brooks on the other side with a confident smile on his face.

Even the commentator looked surprised.

After all, the Hornets' starting lineup has indeed never appeared.

Li Ran, Derrick Rose, Jimmy Butler, Dream Green, Nikola Jokic.

Note that the name on the point guard is Li Ran.

Kenny Smith, who reacted the fastest, looked at the five Hornets standing on the court and suddenly shouted.

"The Hornets played two point guards?!"

Buckley shook his head.

"No, Li Ran and Rose are both combo guards. It seems that Calipari is going to come up with something we have never seen before."

That's right, aside from Li Ran, Rose's height is enough to play a shooting guard, especially when facing Harden who is not good enough to defend.

Scott Brooks looked at the starters sent by the Hornets and had a headache.

He now felt like a mouse was trying to pull a turtle - he had no idea where to start.

The Hornets were originally known for their smooth operation and multiple ball shooting points. Now Calipari has replaced Klay Thompson, the only pure shooter in the original starting lineup who could not organize. Now all five players on the Hornets court have good organizational skills.

He could already imagine how the team's defense would be beaten into pieces later.

The Thunder's defense now relies almost entirely on Ibaka, but even Ibaka cannot deal with the Hornets' attacking group at the same time.

This time, Li Ran's jump ball failed. After all, he was facing Ibaka, who was not injured yet.

But there is nothing that can be done. Letting Jokic jump the ball will only lead to a worse death. . .

Westbrook advanced with the ball, and just after halftime, he encountered a tough block from Li Ran.

Under Li Ran's defense, it took Westbrook a lot of effort to find an opportunity to play.

After Durant received the ball, he faced Butler who was also like candy.

Relying on Ibaka's pick-and-roll, Durant took a long two-point shot inside the three-point line and hit the ball steadily.

Before Durant, who opened the scoring, had time to celebrate, he saw an orange basketball flying from his hand towards his own half.

He turned around suddenly and found that two figures were already flying on the way to counterattack.

What caught Durant's eyes were two big numbers fluttering in the wind, and the two names above them.

No. 0, LI!

Number 1, ROSE!

Looking at the two running away, Calipari folded his arms on the sidelines with a confident smile on his face.

The DDM tactics of the University of Memphis Tigers, which once caused huge waves in the NCAA, finally reappeared in front of everyone in the NBA after several years.

Li Ran caught the ball and gently threw it into the sky.

Rose flew into the air, caught the ball with both hands, and slammed the ball into the basket almost over the head of Westbrook, who was the fastest in pursuit.

The reason why Calipari replaced Klay in this game and asked Li Ran and Rose to form a backcourt combination was to allow Li Ran to position outside the three-point line. In this way, the Hornets can use the fastest speed Launch a counterattack.

The impact the Hornets showed from the beginning of this game made the Thunder, who had three young players, very uncomfortable.Regardless of Rose or Li Ran, their combined ability to advance the ball is the best in the entire NBA history. Even if they are as fast as Westbrook and Harden, it will be difficult to stop them from advancing.

Not to mention, defense is not the strong point of Westbrook and Harden.

Durant put his hands on his hips and glanced at the Li Ran and Ross brothers who were returning from the frontcourt side by side. He felt that the burden on his shoulders was heavier in this game.

The room leak happened to be raining all night, and Durant still called an inside pick-and-roll for the next attack, but Li Ran directly intercepted the ball from behind.

Li Ran flew forward and moved the ball in the other direction in the air.

Rose, who had a tacit understanding, picked up the ball in the air and ran towards the frontcourt again.

"How long has it been since you ran on the field so happily?"

While dribbling the ball, a thought suddenly came to Rose's mind.

This is the most primitive and simple happiness that basketball brings to people.

Entering the paint again, in front of Rose were Harden and Westbrook, one on the left and one on the right.

This is also the only player in the Thunder team who can keep up with the speed of Ross and Li Ran.

However, the former Rose of the Windy City, now the Rose of New Orleans, faced the double-teaming of the two men without any fuss. He jumped directly towards them and used an extremely exaggerated lever in the air to avoid their interference. , pulling the ball toward the basket.

After the basketball hits the backboard, it rebounds and falls cleanly into the basket.

Brooks frowned.

In these two Hornets offenses, only Westbrook and Harden were able to keep up with the Thunder's defense.

Durant, Ibaka and Adams stared at each other in their own half from beginning to end.

It's not a problem if this continues. . .

Although on the offensive end, the Hornets' Butler and the inside combination did not help much, the Hornets scored.

Brooks, who didn't know how to deal with it for a while, could only continue to watch. After all, the score on the court was now 4:2, and the Thunder was only two points behind.

Next, the Hornets still used Li Ran and Rose as the arrows to resolutely pursue their fast-advance counterattack tactics.

Although the Thunder didn't have many tactical options against the Hornets, they still managed to hold on to the score by relying on Durant's personal ability.

However, not only Brooks and Calipari, but also the commentators on the sidelines know that in the playoffs, relying solely on the personal abilities of the stars may be effective for a while, but it is undoubtedly unrealistic to win the game.

Unless Durant can be like Chamberlain.Li Ran, like Kobe, scored [-] points in a game.

However, Durant's style of play simply cannot sustain an entire game of explosive scoring like the three mentioned above.

The first half of the game passed quickly, and the score on the court was 22-15. The two teams played at a fast pace that was not like the playoffs. Li Ran had 8 points and 4 assists, and Rose had 7 points and 3 assists. The two of them took care of it. 22 of the team's 15 points.

For the Thunder, Durant scored 15 of the team's 11 points.

In the first game of this round of playoffs, it seems that the only three protagonists on the field are Durant, Li Ran and Rose.

However, no one noticed that Butler, who had not scored a point, focused all his energy on restricting Durant, which caused Durant to consume his physical strength much faster than usual, but now the time is too long. Short, it has not been reflected yet.

In addition, inside, Dream Chaser and Jokic made Ibaka, who is good at rebounding, and Adams, an offensive rebounding machine, not get a single offensive rebound in this half of the quarter.

Beside the dazzling Li Ran and Ross, the other three people were silently doing their own work. (end of this chapter)