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Chapter 97 Have You Forgot Who Is The Real Boss Of The Nuggets?

After this match, Li Ran gained 1000 ability points.

He is only 275 ability points away from his second Super Ten consecutive draw.

The next two games are interesting.

The Nuggets played first and then away, playing two games against the Trail Blazers in a row.

Still a back to back.

After finishing this BO2 with the Trail Blazers, the Nuggets will usher in their own Christmas holiday.

The Blazers have had a pretty good lineup in recent years, yellow mamba Brandon Roy, new-age power forward LaMarcus Aldridge, Greg Oden, who is known as Russell and Chamberlain.

Unfortunately, it's useless.

Oden has played 21 games since entering the league last year.

Roy is a typical example of a genius ruined by injuries.

He was only four months older than James, but retired sadly at the age of 28.

The year Li Ran traveled back, the old man was still working hard in the league, but Roy had retired for a full ten years. . .

Only Ade, who does not admit that he is the center of the Blazers, is in a slightly better situation, but he has to retire early because of heart problems.

These three people, who were originally full of future and hope, can be regarded as ill-fated.

After a day off, on December 12, the Nuggets played against the Trail Blazers at home.

Trail Blazers starters: Steve Blake, Brandon Roy, Nicolas Batum, LaMarcus Aldridge, Greg Oden.

Nuggets starters: Chauncey Billups, Li Ran, Carmelo Anthony, Nene Hilario, Shaquille O'Neal.

Both teams fielded their starting lineups, and most fans saw it as a heavyweight clash.

The Blazers may have regarded Roy as their Jordan, and specially acquired the so-called "French Pippen" Nicolas Batum in this year's draft through a trade.

And Roy did not live up to the hopes of the Blazers. He has no knee problems and has averaged 22+5+5 per game this season. He is one of the best shooting guards in the West.

With the assistance of Alder and Oden, the Blazers' current record is 17 wins and 10 losses, temporarily ranking fourth in the Western Conference.

In this game, Li Ran was educated by Roy.

Roy, who is 1.9 meters tall, is a typical Jordan Kobe-style shooting guard. He is versatile in his style of play, has no shortcomings, and is proficient in mid-range shooting and breakthrough organization.

As soon as he came up, Li Ran was beaten several times by Roy in the low position.

Facing Roy, Li Ran obviously has better physical fitness than him, but it is difficult to figure out his rhythm of shots.

Much like facing Kobe in offseason training camp.

It is not unreasonable for Roy to call the Yellow Mamba.

Then there are all kinds of singles, breakthroughs, emergency stop jumpers, and dry pulls.

Roy almost showed the scoring methods of all shooting guards on top of Li Ran.

Li Ran, who was beaten and disheveled, angrily used all his skills.

Including the three-pointer that is not yet prepared.

"The goal is scored again! Li Ran played abnormally today. This is already the fourth three-pointer he has made."

Director Zhang was surprised on the sidelines.

This is not like Li Ran's style.

Moreover, it is not a good choice for Li Ran to take too many long shots, because in this way, his and Anthony's styles of play overlap somewhat.

They are all big cores with the ball. If the two play styles overlap, it is easy to be targeted by the opponent.

They are not the Splash Brothers, one holds the ball and the other does not, and Curry can still pass the ball to Tang Shen.

Roy held the ball and looked at Li Ran who was standing in front of him, expressionless.

The two teams had reached the third quarter, and now Roy was having a headache seeing Li Ran.

Hitting is possible, but this kid is like brown sugar, with sticky teeth.

Roy's physical strength was exhausted quickly.

He continuously dribbled the ball away from Li Ran's center of gravity, and suddenly pulled up a jump shot.

Li Ran stretched out his hand and couldn't interfere.

The ball goes in.

Roy scored his 19th point of the game.

The Blazers and Nuggets tied again.

When the ball was dead, George Karl called a timeout.

"In the next game, you should play more Melo."

George Karl just made a simple arrangement, but broke the situation on the field at once.

Anthony started to take over the game.

He played against Batum with ease, at least it was much easier than Roy's fight against Li Ran.

No matter how good French Pippen's defense is, he is just a fledgling rookie. Anthony pouted his butt and pushed Batum to the basket again and again, and then used various positions and postures to score the ball.

The score was stalemate for three quarters, and under Anthony's sudden force, he was pulled away.

Looking at the Nuggets No. 15 with a faint smile on his face, everyone suddenly noticed something.

I don't know when it started, they almost forgot that the boss of the Nuggets is called Carmelo Anthony.

A super-scorer who pays dearly if you ignore him.

Although Anthony's scoring average this season has declined compared to last season, his efficiency has not decreased, but his average playing time and number of shots per game have decreased.

Let's put it this way, to be simple and crude, this season's Nuggets are equivalent to having one more Billups than last season, and Li Ran has seamlessly joined Iverson's position. In this way, it is very normal for Anthony's number of shots to drop of.

But don't think that a melon with a reduced number of shots is not sweet.

The Blazers paid a heavy price for their slight.

Anthony, who only scored five points in the first three quarters, scored 24 points in one quarter from the middle of the third quarter to the middle of the fourth quarter.

Anthony, who directly sent the game into garbage time, still had a faint smile on his face when he left the court, but he looked a little chill in the eyes of the Trail Blazers.

Have you forgotten whose team the Nuggets belong to?

The day the team traded for Li Ran, Anthony was ready.

This season, he has positioned himself as the person who will cover the bottom of the team, for Li Ran. Once Li Ran is in trouble, he will come out.

As long as he cultivated Li Ran in the shortest possible time, Anthony felt that the day when he won the championship would not be far away.

Li Ran did not disappoint him, he grew faster than Anthony expected.

The Blazers got a loss at the Pepsi Center out of nowhere.

Unwilling to admit defeat, they returned to Portland, preparing to educate the Nuggets the next day.

Trail Blazers coach McMillan admitted that he was careless and forgot Anthony, a player who could change the trend of the game.

It's not that I forgot that Anthony was basically invisible in the first three quarters of this game. Who knew that he was like a microwave oven, and it would be useful if he opened the coffin.

But for the next game that is about to start, McMillan is full of confidence and vows to beat the Nuggets.

He has penetrated Li Ran's weaknesses, and even summed up ten victories and ten defeats. As long as the Blazers follow his arrangement in the next game, the Nuggets will definitely lose!

"You can let Li Ran shoot. If you shoot too many shots, he and Anthony will conflict. Nicholas, you will be responsible for defending Li Ran in the next game. Just don't let him break through too comfortably."

In the training session the next day, McMillan talked eloquently.

(End of this chapter)