basketball boulder

Chapter 355 Li Lei vs Delong
The Grizzlies received the rebound, another wave of fast breaks, and Li Lei assisted Old Jones to score a layup.

11: 4.

In a blink of an eye, the point difference reached 7 points.

The old coach Sloan frowned even more, he was hesitating whether to replace Kirilenko.

If you don't change, Kirilenko's touch tonight is too touching, and he will definitely be targeted by the Grizzlies.

In other words, if Kirilenko is off, who can limit Li Lei?

That's why Sloan hesitated.

Don't worry, Li Lei helped the old man make up his mind in one round.

Deron was flanked by Li Lei again and was forced to split the ball to Kirilenko.

Kirilenko took the basketball and glanced at the basket, but finally did not dare to make a shot.

After such a hesitation, Li Lei rushed back.

The Jazz's movement of the ball came to a standstill.

Kirilenko can only return the ball to Deron, allowing Deron to continue to organize the attack.

As soon as Delong got the ball, Li Lei immediately emptied Kirilenko again and helped defend him.

Deron's first reaction was to give the ball to Kirilenko, but thinking of Kirilenko's performance, he hesitated.

In such an instant, Li Lei shot like lightning.

Snapped!
Accurate tackle.

Li Lei, who grabbed the basketball, squeezed past Delong, rode away, and performed a Z-fold reverse dunk in the frontcourt.

boom!
13: 4.

Drip!

Coach Sloan couldn't sit still any longer and immediately called a timeout.

However, this timeout was a bit late, and the Grizzlies led by 9 points.

The FedEx Center boiled up, and the momentum of the Grizzlies also rose instantly, and the morale was greatly boosted.

"Kirilenko's hand feeling tonight is really bad. It seems that he will be replaced."

Teacher Xu Jicheng predicted.

Sure enough, after the timeout came back, the Jazz made lineup adjustments.

Okur, Boozer, Matt Halprin, Fisher, Deron.

Matt Halprin is a microwave-type titan who can defend and shoot. He is also the sixth man of the Jazz and a well-known bench gangster in the league.

Of course, his defensive ability is not the same as that of Kirilenko.

Coupled with the white players, at the age of 31, their bodies have already declined, and their defensive steps are a bit difficult.

The game continues.

Still by Deron continue to lead the attack.

Li Lei did not change his defensive strategy, and immediately assisted Deron.

Deron points the ball to Harperin.

Harprin raised his knife and dropped it.

Swish!
13: 6.

Li Lei shook his head helplessly, as expected of a bench bandit, plug and play, he can score as soon as he comes up.

In this way, Li Lei cannot continue to short his opponent.

However, Li Lei is not in a hurry. After all, the Grizzlies are still in the lead, and it is enough to keep things unchanged.

It is the Jazz who should really find a way to chase points.

However, until the end of the first quarter, Coach Sloan did not respond, and seemed to rely on the players to solve the problem themselves.

In this way, throughout the first quarter, Li Lei stared at Boozer and Deron stared at Tyronn Lue, and the two core players showed their abilities.

End of first quarter, 23:17.

The Grizzlies still have a 6-point lead.

Li Lei scored 7 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals in the first quarter.

Deron also had 5 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists.

Generally speaking, the two cores are evenly matched, with Li Lei slightly better.

Mike Breen exclaimed: "This guy Deron, he has such a performance in the playoffs for the first time, and he is only a sophomore. Long will be one of the league's future superstars."

Bill Walton was also amazed: "I said that Deron is James in the first position, crushing the bulldozers in the same position, whoever agrees and whoever opposes."

The two commentators of ESPN both praised Deron.

As for Li Lei, who performed even better, neither of them mentioned it.

It's not that the two are eccentric, but that Li Lei's performance is a routine operation and it's not worth mentioning.

If Li Lei can't play such a performance, he will pull it out and hold a criticism meeting instead.

After this season, Li Lei's superstar image has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and few people will question it.

Take a 2 minute break.

The game continued in the second quarter.

The two sides are very consistent, Li Lei and Delong continue to appear on the stage, playing with a rotation lineup.

The characteristic of the playoffs is that they rely more on stars.

Generally, in the playoffs, the team's rotation lineup is further reduced, and the stars play more time.

At the beginning of the game, Deron broke into the paint area, a fake fax tricked the defender, and made a layup against Warrick.

Swish!
23: 19.

This physical fitness is really amazing!

The FedEx Center was also agitated. Under the leadership of Deron's excellent performance, the home team's lead was only 4 points.

On the next turn, Gay attacked with the ball and ran into Paul Millsap.

Millsap's official height is 203cm, but he is not a little shorter than Guy, who is also 203cm.

The No. 8 pick Gay didn't take Millsap, the second-round pick of the same class, seriously, and punched Millsap with his back on his back.

But two pushes... Millsap didn't budge.

Guy: "..."

When he was in a daze, Millsap made a lightning shot and cut off Gay's ball.

Li Lei, who was watching from the sidelines, noticed that Millsap's wingspan was really long, and he was as good as himself.

The Jazz seized the opportunity and scored another 2 points with a wave of defensive counterattacks.

23: 21.

In a blink of an eye, the point difference was only 2 points.

At this moment, the Memphis fans began to panic, with complicated expressions on their faces.

It's not that their hearts are weak, but the home team has never won a playoff game.

Some say it's a curse.

The scenes on the court also reminded the people of Memphis of the saying "curse". Is there really a curse?
Of course there is no magic spell in this world!

"Even if there is, I will tear him to pieces with my own hands!"

Li Lei pointed to the sky, signaling to all the fans.

For a moment, the FedEx Center fell silent.

All Memphis people looked at Li Lei, with hope rekindled in their eyes.

Facing Matt Harprin, Li Lei made a feint and activated it instantly.

Harprin stepped back, but his arms were already wrapped around him. He defended very toughly, and went directly to his body to fight.

Li Lei didn't pass the first step, dribbled the ball behind his back, changed direction and broke through.

Harprin's feet moved sideways, his arms kept interfering, and he kept making small movements, unexpectedly blocking Li Lei again.

The fans didn't dare to breathe, for fear of affecting the players' performance.

Bill Walton said: "Halperin defended well."

But at this moment, Li Lei changed direction again, and the range was astonishing.

Harprin really couldn't keep up this time. Caucasian players who are over 30 years old will inevitably slow down.

However, Halprin still used his sideways to squeeze Li Lei. It was a little bit of interference to delay his teammates and prepare for a supplementary defense.

As expected of a veteran, he has too much experience.

But Li Lei still passed Harprin.

Millsap under the basket rushed over to help defend!

(End of this chapter)