I'm good at basketball too

Chapter 168
It seems that the Lakers still have time to close the three-point gap, but everyone knows that Li Ran's unreasonable three-pointer has completely broken the balance on the court.

Li Ran didn't know why he chose to shoot a "bad shot selection" three-pointer in that place.

But seeing that the time is such a coincidence, Li Ran can only attribute all this to God's will.

45 degrees to the right, facing the defender's forced three-pointer, even the time is exactly the same 53 seconds.

Somehow, Li Ran felt that the match was over.

A strong premonition.

As one of the best shot-stoppers in the league, Kobe didn't feel good about three-point shooting in this game, only making two of his eight shots.

Although no one doubts that Kobe will not hesitate to shoot a three-pointer when he needs a shot, but no one can guarantee the hit rate.

Kobe held the ball at the top of the arc and didn't think about these messy things at all.

What is the hit rate, what is the four-up and three-iron, these are not issues that he should consider now.

He now considers whether to hit a quick two or a straight three.

But watching Li Ran consciously cut off his breakthrough route, making it clear that he didn't want him to break into the inside lane, Kobe finally chose a three-pointer.

The ball hit the basket's neck with a "boom" in the expectant eyes of countless Lakers fans.

Nene and Yi Jianlian were stuck at the same time, and Gasol was struggling to squeeze in, preparing to compete for the offensive rebound.

Using his surprisingly long arms to point to the sky, Gasol was overjoyed.

He hit the ball!
Without hesitation, he pointed the ball into the sky, and Gasol was going to grab the rebound through continuous dialing.

but!

In the history of the league, the best player to compete for rebounds through this continuous jumping method is a man named Rodman.

At this time, his rebounding ability is on the No. 0 of the Nuggets!
When he jumped up for the second time, Gasol's face suddenly changed.

Because there was another hand, he was a little ahead of him, and hit the ball again in advance.

Next, Gasol completely lost control of the rebound.

It's Li Ran again!At the most critical moment, he grabbed the most critical backcourt rebound.

Seeing that there were only 30 seconds left, Phil Jackson directly called a timeout.

In 30 seconds, with a three-point gap, the Nuggets have the ball.

The situation instantly became extremely serious for the Lakers.

Obviously, when O'Neal was injured and left the game, the situation was still very favorable for the Lakers. It was only a few minutes. Why did it become like this?

Phil Jackson didn't want to admit that in this game, his team was blown away by a first-year rookie.

But that's what happened.

In this game, Li Ran had 55 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 turnovers, completely blowing up the Lakers by himself.

You know, the current total score is only 101-98, and Li Ran has scored more than half of the team's points.

In addition to him, the injured O'Neal scored 26 points and 11 rebounds, and the two added up to 81 points.

The other players in the Nuggets, including Anthony and Billups, combined to get 20 points.

Using Blood C is no longer enough to explain Li Ran's performance in this game. Nuggets owner Stanley Colanki should have put Li Ran on the family tree after the game.

After the timeout ended, the Lakers began to defend frantically.

Phil Jackson still did not choose to adopt foul tactics, mainly because this timing was too embarrassing.

30 seconds is enough time for the Nuggets to complete an offense and leave some time for the Lakers.

The premise is that the Lakers can defend the Nuggets.

But now the Lakers' situation is very, very difficult.

They must first defend against the Nuggets' offense, and they must make sure to score an absolute three-pointer within six seconds before they have a chance to drag the game into overtime.

The defense was very successful. Although Li Ran's breakthrough was suspected of being fouled, in this case, no one would call the penalty.

With 7.8 seconds left in the game, Phil Jackson called the team's final timeout.

He wants to arrange the last three-point tactic.

To this end, he sent all players with three-point shooting ability.

Kobe, Fisher, Trevor Ariza, Odom, and a serving Gasol.

Li Ran frowned as he looked at the Lakers players who stood in a ball and prepared to execute the serving tactics.

Almost everyone thought that Kobe was the best candidate to execute the final lore.

But Li Ran had a strong premonition that that old fox, Phil Jackson, might not let Kobe take the last shot.

It's not the first time he has done this. The lore ball that Jordan passed to Cole was a good example.

Including Robert Horry of the later Lakers dynasty also often performed the final lore.

Li Ran was careful not to put all his energy on Kobe.

With the whistle of the referee, the Lakers players ran away.

Li Ran followed Kobe, but his eyes lingered on the other Lakers players.

After Fisher passed an off-ball screen, he came to the baseline quietly, and almost no one paid attention to him.

As long as Gasol can send the ball successfully, the ball will definitely be passed to him.

Sure enough, under everyone's gaze, Kobe managed to catch the ball after going around several times.

In an instant, all the Nuggets players who had expanded beyond the three-point line focused all their attention on Kobe.

But Kobe unexpectedly chose to pass the ball at this time.

Off the court, George Karl was shocked.

The ball flew toward the baseline like a cannonball.

There did not know when a Lakers player had been ambushed.

Fisher opened his hand, ready to shoot immediately after receiving the ball.

But on the route of the pass, a big hand suddenly appeared.

At some point, Li Ran appeared between Kobe and Fisher.

Fisher reacted very quickly and stepped forward to hug Li Ran.

But time is running out.

Everyone knows that this game is over.

Standing in front of the free throw line, Li Ran patted the ball, and threw the ball steadily amidst the never-ending boos from the audience.

If the first free throw is hit, the Lakers can already be sentenced to death.

Less than five seconds was not enough for the Lakers to catch up with the four-point difference.

The sound of the ball passing through the net is very crisp.

Then came the second free throw.

Li Ran looked up again.

But this time he was not looking at the basket, but at the timer.

4 seconds 55, less than five seconds left in the game.

The Lakers have no chance to pause.

Li Ran decided to use the safest way to put the last nail in the coffin of the Lakers.

He took a special aim at the second ball, and then the ball precisely hit the front of the basket and bounced high.

Everyone didn't expect it, but when Gasol grabbed the rebound, he felt a bitterness in his heart.

The last one-ten-thousandth chance of the Lakers coming back was also completely destroyed by this missed free throw.

because. . . .

There is no time.

On May 2008, 5, the Nuggets played away against the Lakers and won the Western Conference Finals with a score of 29-4, advancing to the Finals!
(End of this chapter)