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Chapter 231 The Desperate Hornet

Li Ran looked up at the fans who were shouting for him in unison.

Their faces were full of joy and enthusiasm, and they raised their arms and shouted "MVP", a word that has a special meaning in the league.

This is the highest praise for an NBA player.

After hearing the audience chanting MVP, Curry showed a knowing smile on his face.

In his opinion, Li Ran is worthy of this title.

The primary school student knows a lot in his heart. He knows that the reason why he can perform so well this season is inseparable from Li Ran sacrificing the possession of the ball that should belong to him to cultivate himself.

In fact, this is a bit like last season, when Li Ran was in the Nuggets, Anthony also made a lot of sacrifices.

And this kind of sacrifice finally brought Anthony a championship and FMVP that he had never touched in his previous life.

And this season, when Li Ran came to the Grizzlies, he did the same to Curry.

Curry believes that Li Ran is a natural leader.

This kind of person is not worthy of MVP, so who else is worthy?

Li Ran listened carefully to the shouts of the fans, then raised his right hand high and clenched his fist suddenly.

You support me and I will give you all in return.

The game continued after this small climax.

However, 3 minutes later, after Byron Scott dismissed get out of class, the Hornets general manager Jeff Ball called a timeout with an ugly face.

The game on the field is 0:16.
The visiting team is ahead.

In more than four minutes, the Hornets scored no points under the extremely targeted defense of the Grizzlies.

In this case, it doesn't matter how well the Grizzlies' offense plays.

Paul's little face was also frighteningly dark, although it was originally dark.

The two unforgettable defeats that the Nuggets gave to the Hornets last season are still in sight, and in this game, from the very beginning, the Hornets showed a tendency to be beaten.

Paul originally thought that the Nuggets were the Hornets' nemesis, because they also lost two consecutive games against the Nuggets this season.

But after the game started, Paul really realized that it wasn't the Nuggets that restrained his team.

It was Li Ran.

Losing to the Nuggets this season, the Hornets can still play their own system normally, but they were smashed by the Nuggets' crazy offense.

But facing this grizzly bear, Paul felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

He's almost out of the game.

At any rate, it can be said that the failure of the counter attack is not as good as the others, and it is enough to hit a big GG.

This kind of game where you don't know how to attack, or you can't score no matter how you play, is the most desperate.

However, Jeff Ball didn't know how to adjust.

The strongest player on the team is already on the field.

The dilemma he faces is exactly the same as when he played for the Nuggets last season.

Hasty adjustments can only make the team worse. Li Ran and Kirilenko of the Grizzlies stared at Paul and David West, the two strongest points of the team. Peja, as a pure shooter, has no There was no way to score with Paul's help.

In the end, Ball could only let Peja step up his running position, and at the same time let other players assist Paul more to gain space for him.

The adjustment still has some effect, at least after re-playing, the Hornets finally broke their scoring drought.

After a very complicated movement, it took nearly 20 seconds, Peja finally successfully received Paul's point ball in the bottom corner, and hit an open three-pointer.

But this ball can only be said to stop the bleeding, and it does not allow the Hornets to compete against the Grizzlies on the scene.

As we all know, the more complicated the tactics, the higher the requirements for players, the greater the chance of mistakes.

If there is a coach who develops a tactic in which players run for 23 seconds and finally theoretically make absolutely open shots, then this coach must be a fool.

This kind of tactic only exists in theory, and the error tolerance rate is almost zero.

For Paul, it is certainly within his ability to control such a tactic, but under the aggressive offense of the Grizzlies despite losing Iverson, the Hornets' offensive method can only be said to be slow suicide.

However, slow suicide is also better than being hacked to death.

Compared with the difficult and obscure offense of the Hornets, the Grizzlies played much more calmly.

At the very least, now Li Ran's breakthrough has basically been recognized by the league as almost undefendable.

With a speed similar to the peak Iverson, a height nearly [-] centimeters taller than Iverson, the same excellent ball-handling skills, and the core strength against the sky, all of these have created an offensive monster.

And this monster, this season's performance on the defensive end is more worthy of this title.

Li Ran held the ball at the top of the arc, and in front of him was a trembling Peja.

His right foot remained motionless on the ground, Li Ran stuck out his left foot, held the ball by his waist with both hands, and started with a standard tentative step.

Peja could only wait for Li Ran to make the first move.

But when Li Ran moved, it was already too late.

Without any fancy skills, just stepping on the ground with his left foot, Li Ran kicked off.

Peja didn't even have time to make any reaction, and was passed by Li Ran in one step.

After getting inside, Li Ran made a jumper before Okafor made up.

This season, Li Ran increased the proportion of emergency stop jump shots after breaking through. Facts have proved that after increasing the shot selection, Li Ran became more difficult to defend.

The Hornets were still playing their slow offense. This time, Paul's breakthrough layup was blocked by Li Ran.

An extremely violent pegboard hat was pressed on the backboard by Li Ran, who served first and came later, just as the ball was rising.

Okafor still wanted to grab this offensive rebound, but where there was a chance, Xiaojia stuck in his position and firmly received the rebound.

After receiving it, Xiaojia didn't collect the ball at all, and stood directly under the basket, grabbing the ball with one hand and throwing it vigorously to the frontcourt.

Curry is already running on the way to push back.

Although Darren Collison is also fast, he can't do anything about Curry.

In the end, Curry leaned on Collison and ended the fast break with a jelly layup.

After scoring this goal, the score on the field has become 6-26. Before the first quarter is over, the Grizzlies have established a full [-]-point lead.

The Hornets are not underdogs in any case in the past few seasons. They ranked sixth in the Western Conference with 49 wins and 33 losses last year, and ranked second in the Western Conference with 56 wins and 26 losses last year.

Although there is no defensive center Tyson Chandler, the core of the Hornets-Paul and David West are now at the peak of their careers.

It is such a team that has no resistance under the Grizzlies.

Paul feels exactly the same as Kobe did when he was playing against the Grizzlies, as if he was stuck in glue and bound so badly.

At the end of the first quarter, everyone did not expect before the game, or even if they thought that the Hornets would be at a disadvantage, they couldn't believe that the Hornets would be beaten so badly by the Grizzlies.

8-30, the Hornets were battered by 22 points in a single quarter.

(End of this chapter)