Author: Autumn Leaves Orange

After playing this game, Li Ran gained 1,000 ability points.

He is only 275 ability points away from his second super ten consecutive draws.

The next two games are very interesting.

The Nuggets played home first and then away, playing the Trail Blazers twice in a row.

Still a back-to-back.

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

The Trail Blazers have had a pretty good lineup in recent years, including Brandon Roy, the new era power forward LaMarcus Aldridge, and Greg Oden, who is known as Russell and Chamberlain.

Unfortunately, it's of no use.

Since Oden entered the league last year, he has played in a total of 21 games.

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

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

In the year when Li Ran traveled back in time, 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 Trail Blazers, is in slightly better condition, but he also had to retire early due to heart problems.

These three people, who were originally full of future and hope, were all met with misfortunes.

After a day of rest, on December 22, the Nuggets faced the Trail Blazers at home.

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

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

Both teams fielded their starting lineups, and most fans thought this was a heavyweight clash.

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

And Roy has indeed lived up to the Blazers' hopes. With no knee problems, he has averaged 22+5+5 per game this season and is one of the best shooting guards in the Western Conference.

Coupled with the assistance of Ade and Oden, the Trail Blazers now have a record of 17 wins and 10 losses, temporarily ranking fourth in the Western Conference.

In this game, Li Ran was educated by Roy.

Roy, who is 1.98 meters tall, is a typical shooting guard like Jordan and Kobe Bryant. He has an all-round play style and no shortcomings. He is proficient in mid-range and long-range shots and breakthrough organization.

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

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

It was very similar to the feeling of facing Kobe Bryant in offseason training camp.

It’s not without reason that Roy is called the Yellow Mamba.

Then there are all kinds of singles, breakthroughs, pull-up jumpers, and pull-ups.

Roy showed the scoring methods of all shooting guards almost above Li Ran's head.

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

Including the three points that are not ready to be taken out yet.

"The ball has been scored again! Li Ran played very abnormally today. This is already his fourth three-pointer."

Director Zhang was very puzzled 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-range shots, because in this way, his and Anthony's playing styles will overlap.

They are both big players with the ball. If their playing styles overlap, they will be easily targeted by their opponents.

They are not splash brothers. One has the ball and the other does not. Curry can also 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 have reached the third quarter, and Roy now has a headache when he sees Li Ran.

It can be beaten, but this guy is like brown candy, his teeth are sticky.

Roy's physical strength was exhausted quickly.

He dribbled continuously to shake Li Ran's center of gravity, and suddenly made a jump shot.

Li Ran stretched out his hand, but there was no interference.

The ball goes in.

Roy scored his 19th point of the game.

The Trail Blazers and Nuggets tied again.

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

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

George Karl just made a simple arrangement, but suddenly broke the situation on the court.

Anthony started to take over the game.

He faced Batum with ease, at least much easier than Roy playing Li Ran.

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

The score remained deadlocked for three quarters, but was suddenly pulled apart by Anthony's sudden effort.

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

I don’t know since when, they almost forgot that the Nuggets boss’ name is Carmelo Anthony.

A super scorer who will pay a heavy price if you ignore him.

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

Let's put it this way, to put it simply and crudely, the Nuggets this season are equivalent to having one more Billups than last season. Li Ran has seamlessly connected to Iverson's position. In this way, it is very normal for Anthony's number of shots to decrease.

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But don't think that Melo's shot count is no longer sweet.

The pioneers 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 pushed the game directly into garbage time, still had a faint smile on his face when he came off the field, but the eyes of the Trail Blazers looked a little cold.

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 team's back-up person, protecting Li Ran. Once Li Ran is in trouble, he will take action.

As long as Li Ran is trained in the shortest time, Anthony feels that the day when he will win the championship will not be far away.

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

The Blazers stumbled into a loss at the Pepsi Center.

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

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

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

However, McMillan is full of confidence in the upcoming game and vows to defeat the Nuggets.

He has understood Li Ran's weaknesses and even summarized ten wins and ten losses. As long as the Blazers follow his arrangements in the next game, the Nuggets will definitely lose!

"You can definitely let Li Ran shoot. If he shoots too much, he and Anthony will conflict. Nicholas, you are 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.
Chapter completed!