I'm good at basketball too

Chapter 166 It's up to you
In the first two quarters, under Li Ran's crazy performance, the Nuggets once established a considerable lead.

Their most lead was as high as 17 points.

But the Lakers obviously didn't mess up. They seized the opportunity that the Nuggets felt cold today, and took advantage of Li Ran. Kobe even put down his body and teamed up with his teammates to attack Li Ran.

In the third quarter, the Lakers started a Jedi counterattack. After two seasons of running-in, their triangular tactics have been called perfect. At the end of the tactics-under Kobe's all-around performance, the Nuggets can only watch helplessly for a full 17 minutes. The one-point lead evaporated.

George Karl's face was gloomy, but he couldn't blame his players.

Everyone who plays basketball feels bad, even NBA players are no exception.

But in a game where most of the main players feel bad at the same time, George Karl can only say "God will kill me".

Fortunately, the Nuggets still have a single seedling.

Li Ran's shooting percentage has been on the line in this game.

But looking at Li Ran whose hands were trembling slightly, George Karl knew that his physical strength had reached its limit.

Because of the first three quarters, Li Ran didn't rest for a minute. He not only took on most of the team's offensive tasks, but also defended Kobe. It can be said that his physical exertion in these three quarters was less than the usual consumption of a whole game. Be big.

At this time, George Karl regretted a little. He should let other players take more shots when the team's lead is the biggest to get back the touch.

But at that time, he felt that the lead was too big, and he had already played casually. He didn't expect to be beaten back by the Lakers.

But it's too late.

Now that the two teams have come to the same starting line, and the Lakers still have an advantage in morale, the Nuggets have no tolerance for players to continue to try and make mistakes.

But Li Ran's physical strength has reached its limit now, should he be replaced?

George Karl began to hesitate.

If Li Ran is replaced, the team will face an instant collapse.

And if Li Ran continues to play on the court, no one can say how much strength he can display in this state.

"It would be great if someone could stand up at this time."

George Karl thought so.

"Li, take a break, and leave the rest to the great Aristotle." A somewhat exaggerated voice came from the side, and all the Nuggets looked there.

O'Neill grinned wide, showing his big white teeth.

He is the most human-like player on the Nuggets today besides Li Ran. He scored 26 points and 16 rebounds in 8 minutes. Without his silent output in the paint, the Nuggets might have been overtaken long ago.

But O'Neill's physical strength has always been a problem.

After looking at O'Neill, George Karl made an instant decision.

If this game is lost, the Nuggets can almost be sentenced to death.

A 3-1 lead, especially when the Lakers came back with a 6-point lead in G[-], is undoubtedly a fatal blow to the Nuggets.

Going to grab 7 in this situation is courting death.

"Okay, Li, you take a break off the court first."

Li Ran nodded.

Listening to the conversation between the three of them, Anthony felt a little uncomfortable.

He is clearly the core of the Nuggets.

In this case, George Karl has been caring about Li Ran, which makes him a little bit. . .

To put it bluntly, Anthony felt his status was threatened.

The little brother who used to be close has unknowingly created a estrangement with Anthony at this time, but Li Ran is not aware of it now.

After playing, Anthony hit the iron again.

Li Ran was still watching O'Neal's performance off the court, and he sighed regretfully when he saw that Anthony's touch showed no sign of recovery.

As long as Anthony is a bit stronger, he will not be so tired in this game.

Li Ran has no intention of grabbing boards to seize power at all. Instead, he feels that he played very comfortably in the first season under Anthony's protection.

On the next attack, Billups lobbed the ball directly to O'Neal inside.

After O'Neill received the ball, the first hit made Bynum behind him startled.

Then the second time, Anzhu was directly pushed away by O'Neill.

Then O'Neal turned around and succeeded in a one-arm dunk.

The muscles on his arms with the thick thighs of normal people are so tense that it is impossible to tell that this is a 37-year-old veteran.

O'Neal fulfilled his promise perfectly. During the 4 minutes when Li Ran rested off the court, O'Neal scored eight points and successfully stabilized the situation on the court.

At this moment, it seemed that the big shark from ten years ago stood on the field again.

Panting, O'Neill lowered his head and ran to the frontcourt.

This floor is extremely familiar to him. He has played on this place for eight full years and successfully created his own dynasty.

Although he didn't have a very perfect ending with the Lakers in the end, there will always be a history of him in the history of the Lakers.

And now, on behalf of another team, he will use his full strength to eliminate the Lakers from this cruel series.

Good luck tricks people.

Coming to the frontcourt, he entangled with Bynum again. This time, O'Neill exhausted all his strength and successfully stuck Anzhu behind him.

At the same time, Billups' pass followed suit.

After getting the ball, O'Neal turned around and wiped Bynum, and successfully put the basket with one hand.

He is no longer the inside monster with unlimited physical strength, and he doesn't know how long Li Ran needs to rest. O'Neal even gave up his favorite dunk with a ground gun and chose a layup.

After scoring two points again, O'Neal silently lowered his head and came to the backcourt.

This time, Bynum's turn-around shot went out of the basket under the restriction of O'Neal.

O'Neal just finished defending, turned around and received the rebound, handed the ball to Billups, and continued running to the frontcourt with his body full of fat.

Li Ran stood off the court, ready to go on the court in high spirits.

O'Neal's performance exceeded everyone's expectations, even Phil Jackson was surprised. In his judgment, O'Neal's current physical strength can only support him to play at a high level for about 10 minutes, and now O'Neal has played more than 30 It's been a minute, but there's still no sign of fatigue.

Phil Jackson was looking for a way to deal with O'Neill, but the ice-snow smart Anzhu made a choice for him earlier.

When Anzhu, with his hands open, explained to the referee innocently, O'Neill lay on the ground in pain, clutching his ankle.

At this time, in the Staples Center, there was a rare booing sound.

When O'Neal attacked just now, Anzhu put his foot under O'Neal intentionally or unintentionally. When O'Neal landed impartially, he stepped on his foot.

Li Ran, who was preparing to play off the court, changed his face drastically, and then became angry.

The team doctor rushed onto the field, and after a simple diagnosis, he carried O'Neal onto a stretcher without hesitation.

O'Neill was lying on a stretcher with one arm resting on his forehead, his face pale with pain.

But his mood is not necessarily so depressed.

When passing by Li Ran, he even had the leisure to stop the stretcher bearer.

"Li, my mission is complete, and it's up to you next."

Li Ran looked at O'Neill, who was pale but relaxed with huge beads of sweat on his forehead, and clenched his fists suddenly.

"Well, leave it to me."

(End of this chapter)