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Chapter 321 Li Lei is a Superstar
The surrounding reporters burst into laughter.

Li Lei's meaning is obvious, Jordan is too strong, no one can compare with him.

Later, the reporter asked whether Li Lei's injury had a great impact on Li Lei and would affect the subsequent games.

This issue is also of more concern to fans.

Li Lei's current state is so hot, the only thing that can stop him is injury.

Li Lei glanced at Coach Carlisle beside him: "Of course it has influence, but I think Rick let me play now, and I can still kill the opponent."

At this moment, Li Lei was extremely confident and energetic.

But no one at the scene doubted Li Lei. After all, Li Lei had just completed 5 lore in 3 games, and the fifth game was a miraculous left-hand lore.

At this moment, if reporters and fans are asked to select the key players in the NBA, Li Lei will definitely be the number one.

"However, whether I can play or not depends on the decision of the coach and the team doctor."

Li Lei finally added another sentence.

The reporters on the scene paid no attention.

……

In this way, the press conference ended smoothly.

After the game, Li Lei quietly invited his personal doctor.

Together with the team doctor, he consulted Li Lei.

Fortunately, Li Lei's injury was not serious.

It's just that Xia Tian suffered a serious injury, and the recent game playing time was too long, causing the body to be overwhelmed.

However, the team doctor issued a notice that Li Lei must rest in rotation for the next game.

next game...

Li Lei flew back to Miami with flying speed.

That's right, the Grizzlies' next opponent is the Heat.

It's just fighting in Memphis.

Li Lei suddenly remembered that he hadn't received his second championship ring yet.

You have to wait until the second match between the two sides this season, when Li Lei goes to Miami to receive it.

In this way, Li Lei stayed with his family for a day before returning to Memphis.

At this time, the league announced the new MVP rankings.

First, Dirk Nowitzki.

Second, Steve Nash.

Third, Kobe Bryant.

Fourth, Tim Duncan.

Fifth, Li Lei.

Sixth, Allen Iverson.

Seventh, LeBron James.

Eighth, Yao Ming.

……

Li Lei ranked fifth. This is the first time in his career that he has squeezed into the top five among MVP candidates.

Of course, fifth is still low.

Li Lei's performance this season can be called a burst, and the top three are not a problem.

The problem is that Li Lei has played five games so far.

Many people think that Li Lei's performance may be short-lived and not universal.

On December 12, the league announced the Player of the Month for November.

东部的姚明，场均25.7分10.8篮板1.7助攻2.1盖帽，和艾弗森联手打出了13胜2负的出色战绩。

In the west, the competition was fierce, and finally Kobe, who was 30+5+5+2, took the trophy.

……

12 month 2 day.

The Grizzlies ushered in the rival Heat.

Wearing a suit, Li Lei walked to the logo with Old Jones, and hugged and greeted a group of old teammates of the Heat.

Notably, O'Neal also wore a suit.

The 35-year-old O'Neal is more fragile this season, with constant minor injuries and frequent absences, and cannot guarantee attendance at all.

And it's different from "playing dead" when he was young. At that time, O'Neal didn't care about the regular season and took the initiative to paddle.

Now, O'Neill wants to play but has no chance.

He spends more time in suits than jerseys.

Everyone knows that O'Neal has come to the last stage of his career.

The league's most dominant big man is really getting old.

In addition, Wade's state is not good this season, playing on and off, it is difficult to guarantee attendance.

At this time, Li Lei had to admire the ability of Mr. Jerry West.

His predictions at the beginning of the season have all come true. The Heat have gone too far in the past three years, coupled with Riley's devil training, the players finally can't bear it, especially the core players.

Why not Li Lei?

So far this season, the Heat, as the defending champions, have only 6 wins and 9 losses.

Tonight, without Li Lei playing, the Heat only narrowly won 91:86.

The Grizzlies' record also dropped to 5 wins and 11 losses.

Strangely, Li Lei was absent and the Grizzlies lost, but Li Lei himself advanced one place on the MVP rankings, pushing Duncan down.

This also caused a big discussion among the fans, and they finally discussed a plausible reason.

Duncan took a game off before, and the Spurs still won.

In other words, it doesn't matter if the Spurs want Duncan or not.

And in the Grizzlies.

Li Lei played 5 games, 5 wins and 0 losses.

The game without Li Lei was 0 wins and 11 losses.

With or without Li Lei, the Grizzlies are completely two teams.

In other words: the Grizzlies need Li Lei too much!

……

On December 12, Li Lei returned and led the Grizzlies to a 4:107 victory over the Knicks.

Last summer, the "famous coach" Larry Brown abruptly brought the Knicks to the bottom of the league.

Isiah Thomas took the opportunity to kick Larry Brown and take office himself.

It's a pity that Thomas is a good player, but he can't be a coach.

The Knicks have 6 wins and 13 losses so far, the bottom of the league.

After this game, the Grizzlies' record came to 6 wins and 13 losses.

Li Lei's winning rate is still 100%.

13 month 6 day.

The Grizzlies narrowly beat the Celtics 111:107, with a total record of 7 wins and 13 losses.

At this time, the voices that questioned Li Lei with "there are few games played" were almost inaudible.

On the contrary, more and more people began to praise Li Lei.

Bearing the brunt is David West.

"Many people praise my playing career, but I can guarantee that my general manager career must be more brilliant than my playing career."

"Because I signed Stone."

"He's going to be a superstar, no! He's already one of the superstars in this league."

West signed Li Lei, so he naturally hopes that Li Lei will play better and better.

After all, the better Li Lei played, the better West's vision was.

TNT commentator Reggie Miller said: "If a person can score 22+ at the age of 60 and complete 5 magical performances with 3 lore, who would doubt that he is not a superstar?"

Li Lei's former head coach Pat Riley said: "Yes, Stone is a superstar. When he was still in Miami, I knew he would be a superstar in the future. I never doubted this and never will. Overturn this sentence."

These three very important people in the league spoke up, and more and more players and coaches joined Li Lei's team.

With this wave of east wind, Li Lei led the Grizzlies to defeat the Bucks, Clippers, Nets, Trail Blazers, and Eagles.

The Grizzlies' winning streak reached 7 games.

The overall record is 12 wins and 13 losses.

The Grizzlies climbed from the last place at the beginning of the season to No.14 in the league at an astonishing speed.

And the Grizzlies broke into the top eight in the brutal West.

What followed was that Li Lei rose another place on the MVP rankings, knocking Kobe down, second only to Nowitzki and Nash.

(End of this chapter)