I'm good at basketball too

Chapter 156 Some Unsweet Melons

Billups frowned at Anthony, who was singles against Ariza.

Anthony just shook Ariza's defensive center of gravity twice with a simple three-threat, and pulled it up without hesitation.

However, under the interference of Ariza's long arm, Anthony's shot missed.

Fortunately, Li Ran jumped out of the crowd, grabbed the offensive rebound and directly made up the ball, continuing to maintain the poor lead of the Nuggets.

But Billups knew that it was impossible for Li Ran to grab every offensive rebound, and it was impossible for him and O'Neal combined.

Anthony may not even realize that he has seriously hindered the normal operation of the entire team.

Anthony, who retreated back, looked at his hands and felt that he didn't feel good today.

He really didn't realize this problem, just a subconscious feeling, as the leader of the Nuggets, he should have such a number of shots to lead the team to victory.

After all, Billups is just a new player who has just joined the team for less than a year. His status in the team is similar to that of Li Ran and O'Neal, but not as good as Anthony, so he can't say anything. He can only hope that George Karl was able to realize this problem earlier.

He is also trying to give Li Ran and O'Neal some offensive opportunities in the distribution of the ball, but Kobe's defense against Li Ran prevents Li Ran from scoring as efficiently as in the regular season. He often needs to distribute the ball to allow Billups to reorganize attack.

O'Neal was limited by his physical strength and couldn't dominate the basket from beginning to end.

In the end, we still have to go back to the old way of handing the ball to Anthony.

But even so, the Nuggets have always maintained that weak lead, which also proves from the side how strong the Nuggets' lineup is this season.

"With this lineup depth, there should be no suspense to beat the Lakers. After all, they only have Kobe and Gasol."

Billups looked at Kobe Bryant's stubborn fadeaway jumper and put the ball into the basket picturesquely, shaking his head and thinking.

Speaking of which, the best performance of the Nuggets in this game was the time when Li Ran led the team alone after JR left the court.

With 3 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Nuggets led the Lakers by six points 89-83, and Phil Jackson called a timeout.

George Karl also threw all the main players on the field without hesitation
O'Neal, Nene, Anthony, Li Ran, Billups.

Instead, Phil Jackson made some adjustments. He replaced Fisher, who was originally starting, and replaced Odom. While increasing the height of the team, it also meant that he gave all the remaining 3 minutes to kobe.

Odom went to defend Anthony, Ariza faced Li Ran, and Kobe only needed to deal with Billups.

Billups focused on organizing the team's offense in this game and scored very few points. So far, he has only scored 12 points and 6 assists.

But considering he only took 5 shots, this efficiency is quite amazing.

It's not that he doesn't want to take more shots, but that one ball is really not enough.

The first quarter was dominated by O'Neill, the second quarter Anthony stepped forward, and the third quarter had Li Ran and JR. . .

Billups' shots are even lower than JR's.

George Karl also selectively ignored this point, because the Nuggets have too many offensive points.

Phil Jackson's on-the-spot adjustments rarely played a role. Li Ran was very uncomfortable facing Ariza's long-arm blockade, and Odom was not too disadvantaged when facing Anthony.

The Nuggets' offensive focus shifted to O'Neal again, and he did not disappoint the team, scoring stably inside.

An Zhu was blown away by the old Shaquille O'Neal in this game. With a high heart, he has only scored 8 points and 6 rebounds so far, which is not even as good as Shaquille O'Neal's data in one quarter.

In the playoffs, the former OK combination separated the two sides, and the scene of each scoring for the team was very embarrassing.

Kobe has scored his 37th point of the game with 1 minute left.

Under his continuous scoring during this period, the point difference has been narrowed to two points.

Kobe stood in front of Billups, pulled his trousers, and looked at Billups with cold and sharp eyes.

As long as the ball is defended, the Lakers have a chance to tie the game.

Billups didn't care about Kobe's gaze. After all, the two met in the playoffs for the only time. Sitting on F4, the mighty Lakers were still defeated by the Pistons led by him.

In this regard, Billups has a natural psychological advantage over Kobe.

Anthony pulls out for the ball, Billups thinks about it and passes it to him.

Facing Odom, Anthony began to try to break through.

"Melo, be careful!" He was just about to break through when he heard Billups' warning.

Immediately afterwards, Anthony's hand was empty, and Kobe appeared behind him at some point, and took the ball out.

Kobe, who was galloping on the counterattack, did a very good job combining the ball. Li Ran, who returned to the defense at the first time, could only follow him, and did not find a chance for Kobe to stop the ball.

Under the pressure of Li Ran, Kobe entered the penalty area and made an easy layup.

The Nuggets led almost the entire game, but were evened by Kobe at the last minute.

39 points.

Li Ran looked at Kobe who was covered in sweat, but he didn't look tired at all. He didn't know how the No. 24 managed to support most of the team's offensive tasks and defend him until now.

Maybe he actually saw Los Angeles at 4am?
But now is not the time to think about these things. The Nuggets must score in the next attack, or the initiative of the game will be handed over to the Lakers.

Billups rejected Anthony's request for the ball for the first time. He signaled Anthony to continue running, and finally handed the ball to Li Ran who ran out of space.

Li Ran dribbled the ball inside, passed the ball with a very difficult hand-off, and handed the ball to O'Neal in the air.

His shooting space is not large, Gasol and Anzhu are already eyeing him, so they can only choose to pass the ball.

O'Neal got the ball and hit the board well.

The Nuggets scored two vital points.

There are 35 seconds left in the clock, and the two teams each have an attack time.

Kobe took the ball to the frontcourt unhurriedly, dribbling while posing to observe his teammates' running positions.

Billups didn't dare to be careless, he knew that this man had a skill called fake fax casting.

Sure enough, after two quick dribbles, Kobe pulled up directly.

Billups had been prepared and immediately reached out to block Kobe's sight.

But the ball seemed to be equipped with a guidance system and fell straight into the basket.

The referee's gesture made it clear that it was a three-pointer.

Then, in Bryant's cry, the Lakers began to oppressive defense.

O'Neal held the ball and searched for a long time on the baseline before handing the ball to Li Ran who almost ran in front of him.

As soon as Li Ran turned his head, he found Anthony standing near the center circle, beckoning him to pass the ball.

(End of this chapter)