I'm good at basketball too

Chapter 243 First Round

"We're playing Magic in the first round, Lee, do you have any suggestions?"

Ross asked worriedly on the phone.

Li Ran understands Rose's current state of mind very well. After all, this is the first year that Rose officially leads the team. Although he is seventh in the Eastern Conference, he still has ambitions and is not satisfied with stopping in the first round.

"Playing Magic, although Howard is good at protecting the frame, he doesn't have the ability to destroy a team by himself, and now Howard is injured, so there is nothing to worry about."

"Nelson is the most offensive player in their team, but I think you are not inferior to him. The other is Rashad Lewis. Let Luol Deng stick to him. He has no inside attack ability. , Lewis, whose style of play is also inclined to the outside line, will play very uncomfortable."

Li Ran thought about it, and first pointed out to Rose the three most threatening players in the Magic team, namely Vince Carter, Jameer Nelson and Rashad Lewis.

Although Howard seems to be still at the peak, he has actually gradually begun to decline.

Ross nodded, and Li Ran couldn't tell him more specific things, so he could only briefly talk about it.

After hanging up the phone, Li Ran lay on the bed.

Tomorrow is the first game of the Grizzlies playoffs, but to put it bluntly, Li Ran is already thinking about his opponent in the next round.

It's not his bad character, but the Blazers are not a qualified playoff team at all without Roy.

Oden has been in a state of long-term recuperation, and Aldridge alone has nothing to do with the Grizzlies.

Even Randolph himself can handle him.

Jerry Bayless, who has a high probability of replacing Roy, is just a standard substitute player who averages about [-] per game.

Of course, the Grizzlies, who are strong and strong, will not put the Blazers in their eyes.

The next day, as everyone expected, the Grizzlies beat the Portland Trail Blazers on their home court without even a single lead.

From the first minute of the game, the Grizzlies have firmly taken the initiative on the court.

Li Ran does not seek merit, but seeks no faults. He just organizes the team's defense steadily and hands over the scoring to Curry and Ke Lu. This is what Calipari deliberately asked for before the game.

Letting Li Ran attack and defend can win the game faster, but it consumes too much energy for Li Ran, and Calipari does not want to consume Li Ran prematurely.

整场比赛下来，李然砍下16分18篮板3盖帽3抢断的数据，库里拿到全队最高的26分5篮板5助攻。

Aldridge died standing up. He scored a game-high 32 points and 12 rebounds, but limited by the overall strength of the team, he had no choice but to drink his hatred.

Except for Aldridge, none of the Blazers scored in double figures.

Li Ran didn't have much pressure on the offensive end, so he put most of his energy on defense. . . .

Their game and the Bulls' game ended almost at the same time.

The result of the game between the Bulls and the Magic surprised everyone except Li Ran and the Bulls.

The Bulls won the game 86-78 at the Magic home court!
罗斯全场出战45分钟，21投12中，三分3中1，罚球5中5，砍下全场最高的30分7篮板4助攻2抢断。

And the core of the Magic, Dwight Howard actually only took 6 shots in this game, hit 3 goals, and scored a total of 8 points and 9 rebounds with free throws.

Just like what Li Ran said, Nelson, Carter and Lewis are the top three scoring players of the Magic.

Nelson had 19 points, Carter had 18 and Lewis had 16.

The Magic scored in double figures and only three of them. . . .

Others, including Howard, seemed to be invisible.

The Bulls can win this game, which people did not expect.

But most people still think that the main reason for the Magic's loss in this game is that Howard did not perform well. As long as Howard can show his usual state in the next game, the Magic still has a great chance to win back a point at home. of.

But, two days later, Game [-] of the series, it hit people in the face again.

Howard had 11 points and 10 rebounds, and the Magic lost again at home.

Rose's performance went further than the regular season. He scored 28 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists in this game, which is the most stable point in the Bulls.

As last year's DPOY, Howard seemed to have nothing to do with Rose, who frequently hit the inside. He was even fouled twice by Rose in the first quarter and had to leave the game early.

The Magic, which lacks a big core inside and is also the core of the team, played like a loose sand, while the Bulls in the lower position worked together.

The Magic didn't get one of the two home games.

And the Grizzlies' second game still didn't have any suspense, and even the Grizzlies only took three quarters to determine the victory of the game, and the fourth quarter directly became garbage time.

Li Ran scored 22 points and 11 rebounds, and his performance was as stable as ever.

Under the defense of him and Kirilenko, Curry and Ke 6 can attack without any scruples.

The final score was 88-107, and the Grizzlies beat the Blazers by 19 points at home.

Except for these two games, there is no suspense in other series. The Lakers, Nuggets, Spurs, Cavaliers, and Celtics all lead 2-0.

In the third game, Howard finally found some form. He scored 22 points, 15 rebounds and 5 blocks. The Magic tenaciously made a comeback at the Bulls' home court, which also gave them hope of a comeback.

The Grizzlies moved to Portland and gave them another disastrous defeat under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of Trail Blazers fans.

120-89, the Grizzlies' attack became more and more ruthless, and the game won by 31 points.

On the Bulls side, after Rose played 48 minutes without a rest for 1 minute, scoring 38 points, 9 rebounds and 11 assists, he successfully won the match point.

The Magic, which is the second most expensive in the East, was forced to the edge of a cliff. At the end of four games, they fell behind 1-3.

No one could have imagined that No. [-] in the East could be beaten like this by No. [-] in the East.

Obviously Howard's ability to protect the frame is designed to restrain breakthrough players like Rose, but Rose stands out as a fledgling who is not afraid of tigers, abruptly breaking Howard's dominance in the paint.

After four games, Rose's success rate of finishing in the paint was astonishingly as high as 66.9%, and Howard's defense was ignored by him.

Under Li Ran's butterfly effect, Curry is not the only one who has grown faster. Ross, Li Ran's good brother since childhood, has also worked hard silently after seeing Li Ran's inhuman performance in the past two seasons, growing faster than in his previous life. quick.

In four games, Rose averaged 29 points, 6.7 rebounds and 8.7 assists per game, which is exactly the demeanor of a top guard in the league.

The No. 08 Scholar in [-] really lived up to his reputation!
And Li Ran, as he thought before the start of the series, was already studying his opponent in the next round.

4-0 sweep.

Li Ran swept his opponent in the playoffs for the first time in his career.

(End of this chapter)