I'm good at basketball too

Chapter 216 Sorry, I want to win this game

In the fourth quarter, as the battle between Li Ran and Kobe entered a fierce stage, the tense situation on the field almost suffocated the fans.

Li Ran gritted his teeth and charged into the interior line. Under the blocks of Yao Ming and Gasol, he leaned his body and threw the ball towards the basket with difficulty.

After bouncing off the backboard, the ball landed on the hoop, and bounced into the hoop under the eyes of everyone.

Li Ran, who was lying on the ground after the shot, felt relieved.

He got up from the ground with both hands and feet, and before he had time to celebrate, he trotted all the way to the backcourt.

Kobe's response followed suit.

He came to the perimeter, and his dribbling movements made it impossible for Li Ran to tell whether he was about to break through or shoot.

But Li Ran subconsciously felt that Kobe wanted to shoot the ball.

His instincts have always been right.

So, when Kobe made a three-point jump in front of him, Li Ran, who had been prepared for a long time, rushed forward immediately.

What Li Ran didn't expect was that his intuition was wrong this time.

When Kobe's shooting action changed into a pass in mid-air, and the ball passed Li Ran's ear like a cannonball and passed into the inside line, Li Ran's heart sank for a while.

After receiving the pass, Yao Ming leaned on Jia and scored the ball.

Li Ran looked at Kobe with questioning eyes.

It's obviously a one-on-one situation, how can you pass the ball first?
In response, Kobe responded by spreading his hands.

Li Ran understood what Kobe meant.

"Sorry, I want to win this game!"

When the final time was up and looking at the final score, even Li Ran had to admit that in front of Kobe who gave up his ability to compete with others and only wanted to win the game, even the Grizzly he led could not win. Unable to win.

113-119, the Grizzlies lost very little, but the Lakers' sudden change of play at the last moment allowed them to maintain that weak lead until the end.

53 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists, these are the statistics scored by Li Ran.

After Kobe passed the ball to Yao Ming, he completely gave up on offense, concentrated on organizing the team's offense, and put the rest of his energy on defending Li Ran.

He finally fixed his data at 49 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

"You're brilliant, Lee, but the victory is mine."

After the game, Kobe walked up to Li Ran immediately, and said with a smile as a winner.

Li Ran smiled helplessly.

"Kobe, I can't think of it anyway..."

Kobe knew what Li Ran was referring to, he shook his head.

"Lee, I have asked myself countless times at night whether this season is my last chance to win the championship."

Li Ran understood.

It's not that Kobe doesn't care about winning or losing, but puts winning or losing on another level.

Li Ran, who originally thought that the Nuggets had already decided the championship this season, suddenly felt that there was a little more suspense about the final championship.

With some unwillingness and some disappointment, Li Ran ended his road trip and returned to Memphis.

Back in Memphis, Li Ran also learned about Iverson's injury from Calipari.

He will be sidelined for 10 days.

Iverson's absence, for the Grizzlies, really does not know whether it is good news or bad news.

The bad news is that the Grizzlies are one less scoring point averaging 16 points per game.

The good news is that the Grizzlies can only rely on Li Ran's outside defense like a sieve, and it seems that they can finally be saved.

After a day of rest, the Grizzlies ushered in a challenge from the Celtics at home.

The Big Three of the Celtics are one year older, and Garnett is no longer the omnipotent wolf king after frequent injuries in the past few years.

It seems that the Grizzlies have the upper hand in this game, but in this game, they, who have the advantage of home court, unexpectedly lost.

In the NBA, there has never been a team that can say that it has never been defeated, because there are too many accidents.

Like this game.

The Grizzlies, whose perimeter defense has improved a lot, tasted the bitterness of losing Iverson first in this game.

They made 17 three-pointers from the outside and only hit one. . . .

库里6中0，李然5中1，克劳福德3中0.。。

On the other hand, the Celtics made more three-pointers than their total field goal percentage.

20 in 12.
Well, when everyone misses a shot, although Li Ran is unwilling, he can't say anything.

But in the next game, the Grizzlies lost again.

They lost at home to the Hawks, who looked nothing special.

The Grizzlies players seemed to have forgotten how to play after missing a collective three-pointer in the last game. This game actually surrendered a full 20 turnovers.

Calipari on the sidelines even rarely lost his temper with the team, but he still couldn't save the team's defeat.

Although the Eagles do not have a very famous star, and the most famous player in the team is Joe in singles, their lineup is average in strength and the players cooperate with each other tacitly.

In the words of 2K, although the Eagles have no 90+ players, all 5 starters are over [-].

In the original time and space, that is, this season, the Eagles had four players selected to the All-Stars, and their final record this season ranked third in the Eastern Conference.

Has always been a typical civilian powerhouse.

Fortunately, the Grizzlies' losing streak only lasted three games.

They defeated the Pacers who lacked the core of the team in Indiana.

Last season's best sixth man, Granger, who is also the absolute core of the Pacers now, is absent due to plantar fasciitis on his right foot. Without the leadership of this elite small forward, the Pacers are playing like a ball of loose sand .

After returning from Indiana, the Grizzlies returned to Memphis.

Their next game will usher in an extremely powerful opponent.

The Denver Nuggets, who have not lost since the start of the game.

The Nuggets broke the record for the longest winning streak to start a regular season in the NBA this season.

They have gone 25 games without losing.

No one knows how to beat them. That group of frightening outside attackers, whichever one is pulled out, can be the core of other teams.

When the two teams played against each other last time, some people thought that although the Grizzlies had a slight disadvantage, they still had a slight chance of winning.

But now, almost everyone is overwhelmingly on the side of the Nuggets.

Some people even think that this season's NBA is the most boring season, because no team has ever had such a dominant defending champion as the Nuggets.

However, the Grizzlies, who fell to third place in the West because of a wave of three-game losing streak, don't seem to think so.

First of all, apart from Iverson's minor injury, the Grizzlies now have a complete lineup. Li Ran is well aware of how terrifying his team's upper limit is this season, and he doesn't think the Grizzlies are powerless.

Secondly. . .

The Nuggets' winning streak is simply too much.

Li Ran didn't believe that under the cover of such a winning streak that had never happened in the league, the Nuggets would have no pressure at all.

(End of this chapter)