I'm good at basketball too

Chapter 57 Boy, welcome to NBA 35
Another rookie in this game, Kevin Love's performance is very average.

He played three and 10 minutes, only scored 8 points and 6 rebounds, and his shooting percentage was less than 50%.

For an insider, this hit rate is not qualified.

But facing Kenyon Martin and Birdman, he was really depressed.

Both of them are richer than him in terms of body and experience, which made him a little at a loss, and even contributed one, no, two famous scenes of being dunked by Li Ran.

But no matter what, the Nuggets returned to the Denver plateau with this insignificant preseason victory.

Li Ran also devoted himself to the team's training immediately, trying to get in with the team as quickly as possible.

Five preseason games passed quickly, and Li Ran even felt that he hadn't played enough.

In the five games, Li Ran averaged 28 minutes per game, scoring 15.6 points, 9.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists.

Because Li Ran's current style of play tends to kill insiders, although his shooting percentage is only 44%, his true shooting percentage is already close to 60%.

In addition, Li Ran's three-point shooting percentage is higher than his total shooting percentage, exactly 50%.

This is because his Vulture Arrow is difficult to defend.

Defensive players are afraid of his breakthrough ability, and they generally stretch out when defending him, which gives Li Ran sufficient space for three-point shots.

His three-point shooting is not bad, although it is not top-notch, it is above the standard.

After the preseason is over, the next step is the regular season, where white knives go in and red knives go out.

On October 2008, 10, the NBA regular season kicked off.

The Nuggets' first game was on the 29th, going to Salt Lake City to challenge the Jazz away.

The Jazz's Devil's Home is famous throughout the NBA, partly because of the rabid fans and partly because of their altitude.

The average altitude of Salt Lake City is 1320 meters, and many players will feel a little uncomfortable playing here at first.

Denver, however, isn't afraid.

Are you kidding me, Denver has an average elevation of 1609 meters.

Who are you scaring with more than 300 meters?younger brother!

I play at your place is almost equal to playing at the bottom of the Dead Sea, do you understand?
Li Ran came to Salt Lake City full of confidence. George Karl gave him a tactical position second only to Anthony in the training of the past few days, which gave him full confidence to give his first official game a good start.

Moreover, he has another reason to perform well.

Just yesterday, when the season started, Li Ran's system that had been silent after the NCAA finals finally sent him a new task.

"Your NBA journey is about to officially begin."

"Long-term task: Your performance in each season will be comprehensively evaluated after the end of the season, and rewards will be distributed based on the scores."

"And every game you play in the NBA will give you varying amounts of ability points based on your performance in that game."

"Please start your legendary journey."

The mission description is very simple, but it makes Li Ran as excited as if he had been beaten.

"Chauncey, Chauncey, pass the ball to me more tonight." Li Ran was jumping up and down excitedly during the warm-up.

How can the pressure-free preseason and summer league be compared to the regular season?

Li Ran only felt that his hands were hot.

"It doesn't matter, as long as Melo agrees, I can pass you a hundred balls." Billups said with a smile.

"This is your first regular season game. In this game, you are the boss." Anthony said boldly.

Li Ran won the approval of everyone in the team with his strength in the short pre-season training. Even George Karl, who has been listening to the conversation between the three clearly on the sidelines, has no objection.

"Lee, enjoy your first regular season game. I will give you unlimited shooting rights in this game."

The smooth run-in of the team has made George Karl in a good mood these days. He waved his hand and said grandly.

Just then, new good news came.

The core of the Jazz, Deron Williams will definitely miss some games at the beginning of the season due to injury.

Li Ran felt that God was helping him, the right time, place and people were all in place.

He rubbed his hands, breathed a few breaths on them, then carefully tucked the hem of his jersey into his pants, raised his head and glanced at the Jazz fans who were crazily shouting for the home team on the sidelines, the expression on his face disappeared instantly, everyone Step onto the pitch.

Jazz starting lineup: Mehmet Okur, Carlos Boozer, Ronnie Brewer, CJ Myers, Ronnie Price.

Nuggets starting lineup: Nei-Hilary, Kenyon-Martin, Carmelo-Anthony, Li Ran, Chauncey Billups.

The starters of both sides have already stepped onto the court, waiting for the game to start.

At this time, a somewhat dissonant voice sounded from the sidelines.

"Hey, Dongfang boy, I promise you will cry and go home to find your mother if you can't play two games. This is the NBA, not a place for you!"

There was a fat and strong fan wearing Deron's jersey on the sidelines who hurled insults at Li Ran. Even in the loud noise, Li Ran could hear clearly.

He turned around and glanced at the fan indifferently.

The moment the fan saw Li Ran's eyes, he felt as if he was in an ice cave for an instant.

Li Ran's eyes were cold, without any emotion.

He opened his mouth and spit out a word softly, although the voice was very small, but the shape of his mouth was clear.

"You will regret!"

After finishing speaking, Li Ran grinned with a murderous look in his smile.

"Hilario, let's talk about it, how about I take the jump ball?" He walked up to the Brazilian and said to him.

The Brazilian center obviously knew about Li Ran's jump ball in the NCAA playoffs. He nodded honestly and stood directly in the opposite half, standing out from the crowd of guards.

"Both sides ready to jump ball."

The referee came to the center circle to signal the players to get ready to start the game.

He saw Li Ran standing opposite Okur, although he was a little surprised, but his professionalism prevented him from asking any more questions. He held the ball in one hand and had a whistle in his mouth.

The ball was thrown into the sky, and Li Ran started it instantly.

Although Okur didn't know why it was the rookie from China who jumped the ball, but the moment Li Ran took off, he was very happy.

You jumped too early.

but. .Li Ran seemed to be rising in the air without end. Gravity lost its effect on him. He seemed to be waiting in the air for a while, and then used his big hand to push the ball back the moment the ball just fell.

Anthony controlled the ball and handed it to Billups immediately.

Billups stepped forward, and after halftime, Li Ran took the initiative to run over.

Before the game, Li Ran had been guaranteed, and of course Billups handed the ball to him without hesitation.

Li Ran dribbled the ball and looked at the defender in front of him.

The very familiar second squad leader, Ronnie Brewer stood in front of him with a fierce face.

"Boy, welcome to the NBA!"

(End of this chapter)