Chapter 216 I’m sorry, I want to win this game

Author: Autumn Leaves Orange

Chapter 216 I’m sorry, I want to win this game

In the fourth quarter, as the battle between Li Ran and Kobe Bryant entered a heated stage, the situation on the court was so tense that the fans almost suffocated.

Li Ran gritted his teeth and rushed inside. With Yao Ming and Gasol blocking the shot, he tilted his body and threw the ball towards the basket with difficulty.

After the ball bounced off the backboard, it landed on the rim and bounced into the basket under the spotlight.

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

He got up from the ground on his hands and knees. He didn't have time to celebrate, so he ran all the way to the backcourt.

Kobe's response was echoed.

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

But Li Ran subconsciously felt that Kobe was going to shoot this ball.

His intuition has always been spot on.

So, when Kobe Bryant took off a pull-up three-pointer in front of him, Li Ran, who was well prepared, pounced on him immediately.

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

When Kobe's shooting action changed to passing in mid-air, and the ball passed by Li Ran's ear like a cannonball and passed into the inside, Li Ran's heart dropped.

After receiving the pass, Yao Ming relied on Xiaojia to score the ball.

Li Ran looked at Kobe with questioning eyes.

It's obviously a one-on-one situation, how can you take the lead in passing the ball?

In response, Kobe Bryant showed his hands.

Li Ran understood what Kobe meant.

"Sorry, I want to win this game!"

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

Can't win.

113-119, the Grizzlies lost very little, but the Lakers' sudden change of play at the last moment allowed them to maintain their slim 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 the offense, concentrated on organizing the team's offense, and put all the remaining energy on defending Li Ran.

He finally set his statistics at 49 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

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

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

Li Ran smiled helplessly.

"Kobe, I can't imagine it..."

Kobe knew what Li Ran was referring to and 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 he puts winning and losing on another level.

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

With some reluctance and some disappointment, Li Ran ended his away trip and returned to Memphis.

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

He will be out for 10 days.

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

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

The good news is that the Grizzlies, who can only rely on Li Ran's perimeter defense like a sieve, seem to be finally saved.

After a day's rest, the Grizzlies faced the challenge of the Celtics at home.

The Celtics' Big Three are another year older, and Garnett is no longer the all-powerful wolf king he once was after suffering frequent injuries in recent years.

It seemed that the Grizzlies had the upper hand in this game, but in this game, they unexpectedly lost due to their home court advantage.

In the NBA, no team can ever say that it is undefeated because there are too many surprises.

Such as this game.

The Grizzlies, whose outside defense has greatly improved, actually tasted the bitter fruit of losing Iverson in this game.

They made 17 three-pointers from the outside, but only made one...

Curry was 0 for 6, Li Ran was 1 for 5, and Crawford was 0 for 3...

On the other side, the Celtics shot a three-point shooting percentage that exceeded their total field goal percentage.

12 out of 20.

Okay, everyone misses the shot sometimes. Although Li Ran was unwilling to do so, he couldn't say anything.

But in the next game, the Grizzlies lost again.

They lost at home to the Hawks, who looked mediocre.

The Grizzlies players seemed to have forgotten how to play the game after collectively failing to make three-pointers in the last game. They actually made 20 turnovers in this game.

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

Although the Hawks do not have a very famous star, and the most famous player in the team is one-man Joe, their lineup is average and the players work well together.

In 2K terms, although the Hawks don't have a single 90+ player, all five starters are 80+.

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

It has always been a typical civilian powerhouse.

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

They defeated the Pacers in Indiana who were missing their core.

Granger, the Sixth Man of the Year last season and now the absolute core of the Pacers, is missing due to plantar fasciitis in his right foot. Without the leadership of this elite small forward, the Pacers are playing like a ball of sand.

.

After returning from Indiana, the Grizzlies returned to Memphis.

They will face an extremely powerful opponent in their next game.

The Denver Nuggets have not lost since the start of the season.

The Nuggets broke the NBA record for the longest winning streak at the start of the regular season this season.

They haven't lost in 25 games.

No one knows how to defeat them. They are a group of feared outside attackers, and any one of them can serve as the core of other teams.

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

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

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

However, the Grizzlies, who fell to third place in the Western Conference due to a three-game losing streak, don't seem to think so.

First of all, except for Iverson's slight 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 does not think that the Grizzlies are incapable of fighting.

Secondly...

The Nuggets' winning streak is just too much.

Li Ran doesn't believe that under the cover of such a winning streak that has never appeared in the league, the Nuggets will have no pressure at all.
Chapter completed!