Author: Autumn Leaves Orange

The two familiar teams once again fielded their strongest lineups tonight. The Nuggets want to double defeat the Trail Blazers, while the Trail Blazers want to defend their honor at their home court.

Compared with George Karl's stable position on Diaoyutai, McMillan has made a lot of tactical changes.

The player defending Li Ran was replaced by Batum, which relieved Roy's defensive pressure and allowed him to focus more on the offensive end.

The relationship between Oden and Ade became even closer, and they vowed to restrain the old shark.

Li Ran was defending Roy today, but Roy's desire to attack was not strong at the beginning of the game. Instead, Ade took the lead in the interior.

Facing the experienced Brazilian center, the third-year Ade was not afraid at all.

Ade, who has become the new leader of the league's power forwards, frequently scores over the Brazilians' heads with his straight-arm jump shots.

On O'Neal's side, it was a bit difficult to face the joint defense of Oden and Ade. After all, he is old.

Anthony had to stand up.

But the melon feels cold to the touch today.

Only Anthony himself knows that the cold feeling in his hand was due to being guarded by Li Ran during the bullfight before the game...

He can only warm up his hands as quickly as possible by taking more shots.

McMillan couldn't help but start to envy the Nuggets' lineup.

O'Neal, Anthony, and Li Ran, who has not started scoring yet, any one of these three people can be used as the team's main attack point, not to mention Billups hiding in the dark.

For the Trail Blazers, Roy and Ade are the only two players who have the best chance of success.

Looking at Oden who looked the same as before, MacMillan sighed.

I wonder when the young Oden will get rid of his injuries and truly grow up.

Before McMillan could finish his emotion, something happened on the field...

Oden limped off the court with the help of the team doctor.

McMillan looked up at the timer.

Yes, I just said that he was injured after eight minutes of playing.

McMillan had to send in substitute center Przbilla.

Fortunately, the Trail Blazers did not bet all their money on Oden. Although Przbilla was only Oden's substitute, he played more minutes than Oden.

He was the starting center of the Trail Blazers last season. He is a blue-collar insider, averaging about 5 points and 8 rebounds per game.

As a 2.16-meter high center, Przbilla's technical characteristics are very similar to that of the Congolese center Bismack Biyombo of the Suns in later generations. He is a typical meat shield center. His skills are focused on low defense, hand-to-hand combat, rebounding and

He has excellent frame protection ability and is a player favorite for many teams.

After playing, Przbilla's performance was obviously better than Oden, and O'Neal was submerged in the muscle forest composed of Przbilla and Ade.

Coupled with Anthony's poor touch, the Blazers quickly established their own advantage.

McMillan stood proudly on the sidelines, watching his adjustment take effect immediately. He wished he could get a feather fan and change his name to Zhuge McMillan.

"Next, it's time for Brandon to work hard. I want to win this game today!"

He was going to change his tactical strategy again when waiting for substitutions, giving the Nuggets a little tactical shock.

Sure enough, in the second quarter, George Karl replaced Anthony and O'Neal, who had performed poorly in the first quarter, and replaced them with Anderson and JR. Li Ran mentioned the No. 3 position.

Li Ran didn't play much in the first quarter, only scoring 3 points and 2 rebounds. In the second quarter, George Karl decided to speed up.

McMillan also had the same plan, shifting the focus of offense to Roy, also with the idea of ​​speeding up the pace of the game.

In his opinion, Roy is definitely better than Li Ran.

You are a new recruit who has just entered the league, and the whole team is pampering you and asking you to improve your statistics, even at the expense of the statistics of team leader Anthony. If you continue like this, it will be strange if the team does not fight within you.

MacMillan would not spoil Li Ran.

There is no way to brush up data like this. To give a rookie outside the line an average of close to 20+13 per game.

This will break the rules.

McMillan thought so.

Besides, Li Ran's performance in the last game was mediocre, so he decided to teach Li Ran a lesson.

Roy faced Li Ran with the ball.

He felt that Li Ran was a little different today than yesterday, but he couldn't pinpoint the specific differences.

It wasn't until Li Ran easily saw through three consecutive changes of direction and fake moves that Roy was forced to stop the ball, that Roy suddenly understood.

Why is this guy's defense so strong today?

Totally different from yesterday.

But there is no time on the court for you to suddenly realize it. In this stunned moment, the ball in Roy's hand was directly clicked by Li Ran. Li Ran pounced on the basketball on the ground like a mad dog and controlled it immediately.

"Well done!"

Billups gave a thumbs up.

George Karl looked a little doubtful about life in the audience. Is this still the Li Ran he knew?

You said you have strong breakthroughs, I know.

You said you are a good rebounder, and I know that too.

Now you are telling me that the star perimeter player on the opposite team you guard has no temper.

Are you Jordan? Or Kobe Bryant?

George Karl didn't know if Li Ran had a sudden enlightenment or if it was accidental, so he decided to wait and see.

This wait-and-see process led to the official timeout in the second quarter.

When Li Ran came off the field, I felt that George Karl looked at him differently.

That feeling is... George Karl doesn't have a pretty and lovely daughter to marry, otherwise she would marry him...

Now George Carl's mind is filled with the idea that God will help me.

Just when he wanted a defensive gate, Li Ran suddenly got the idea?

And he was guarding Brandon Roy.

Who is Roy?

Yellow Mamba!

There is no ordinary person in the league who can bear the name Mamba.

Oh, except the Red Mamba.

George Karl feels that he needs to apply to his boss to hire an assistant coach who specializes in defense.

As long as the team's defensive system is completed, the Nuggets will...

There’s a lot to be done!

"Li, you're doing well, keep going!"

He was generous with his praise and praised Li Ran very much.

Li Ran nodded, he still had something to show.

After playing for a quarter and a half, Li Ran's score has not yet reached double figures, and now he only has 7 points and 5 rebounds.

He still needs to continue to work hard for his own abilities.

After resuming the game, McMillan replaced Batum, and the person guarding Li Ran became Roy.

Roy is not very afraid of defending Li Ran. Li Ran's playing style is too simple. Just pay more attention to blocking his breakthrough route.

That's what he thought, but when Li Ran played Roy in singles with the ball for the first time, Roy was dumbfounded when he saw Li Ran running away from him.

Why is this guy's breakthrough even more powerful than yesterday?

Li Ran's ball was not caught through a pick-and-roll, but was passed by him through a change of rhythm in a one-on-one situation?

It hasn’t been 24 hours since our last matchup!
Chapter completed!