Coach Lee

Chapter 470 War Magic

In the Pepsi Center Arena, Li Nan just received the Player of the Month trophy amidst the cheers of the audience.

The best player of the month trophy is a double-layer pentagon, with color photos of Li Nan's shooting action on it, including "Li Nan", "Denver Nuggets" and "November 2000".

It was the first time for Wang Dazhi to see the trophy so closely.

"Hey, Li, your trophy is not bad."

"You like it? I gave it to you."

Li Nan threw the trophy at very close range.

Wang Dazhi was taken aback, and quickly held the trophy firmly, "Oh! Xiao Li, you are too prodigal, aren't you? What if it breaks?"

This is a trophy that others can't touch in their entire career, but Li Nan doesn't cherish it like this. Wang Dazhi is really angry.

"If I had several trophies, I'd sleep with them every day!"

Thinking about sleeping with so many trophies in his arms every day, Wang Dazhi is also very happy.

"hen~"

Seeing Wang Dazhi holding the trophy solemnly, Li Nan also smiled.

Do you not cherish the trophy?Actually not.

However, this is not the first time that Li Nan has won the Best of the Month trophy, and he has lost the novelty of these trophies now.

If someone asked him to choose between team record and personal achievements, he would definitely choose without hesitation.

Ok,
Both!

Seeing that Wang Dazhi was happy holding the trophy, Li Nan also patted him, and then said earnestly: "Dazhi, if you want a trophy, you have to work hard."

Wang Dazhi pushed the trophy into Li Nan's arms, "Trophy? I don't need it."

Li Nan exposed it ruthlessly, "Then what happened to that empty bookshelf in your room?"

Wang Dazhi rolled his eyes,

Brother, don't tell me if you see through!
However, speaking of it, I really didn't work hard enough.The bookshelves in Xiao Li's house are almost full, and I still don't have a trophy to this day, and some honors are just "Best Rookie Team".

Wang Dazhi clenched his fists
On the other side of the rest area is the opponent of the Nuggets, the Magic.

It is very exciting to witness someone accepting an award first-hand.Regardless of whether this person is his opponent, teammate, friend, or brother, this is a very exciting thing.

Seeing Li Nan accepting the award indifferently, McGrady's eyes also changed.

Everyone has won the championship, the FMVP, the best of the month, all kinds of awards have been soft, I am not worse than him at all, why can't I?
"He scored 30.7 points last month, right? Then I will score 31 points this month!"

However, McGrady glanced at Hill beside him.If he wants to score so many points, he must increase the number of shots. Will the guy next to him agree?
"Hey~ If only I were the only one on the team."

Grant Hill on the side was quiet at the moment, like an elegant prince.

"He grew up so fast."

"Ah?" McGrady was thinking about something, but Hill suddenly said this.

"what?"

Hill did not repeat, but said, "Tracy, how about we let him suffer a little today?"

"Have a hard time? It's a must!" McGrady rubbed his hands, already impatient.

However, McGrady thought of something, and did not forget to remind him, "Grant, be careful later, don't follow his way. Li's favorite thing is verbal offensive."

"Yes, you're right." Hill took this very seriously, thinking that such an upright gentleman would be irritated, which shows how powerful Li Nan's offensive is. "Later, let's do this."

Where Li Nan couldn't see, the two guys were flirting with each other.

Beep beep beep!
The starters of both sides came on stage.

Nuggets:
Chauncey Billups, Li Nan, Richard Hamilton, Wang Dazhi, Ben Wallace

Magic:
Darrell Armstrong, Tracy McGrady, Grant Hill, Mike Miller, John Ameche

As soon as Grant Hill came on the stage, he found that Li Nan looked at him differently, a little softly, and there was still something unclear in it.

what is that?
Hill didn't understand.

He stepped forward and reached out his hand.

"Hello, Mr. FMVP."

"Hello, nice to meet you."

Li Nan was really happy to see Hill, to be precise, to see a healthy Hill.

McGrady came to the Magic half a season earlier and consolidated some of his status in the team, allowing Rivers to take care of him.

After Hill came to the Magic, no unexpected injuries occurred.On the contrary, they played an excellent report card of 20+6+10 in the Magic, making the Magic one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference.

If Hill has been so healthy, what kind of Magic team will this team become?Li Nan is looking forward to it.

But Hill smiled when he heard Li Nan's words.

"hen~"

When did this guy become so polite?

Seeing that the kind-hearted Hill was about to be cheated, Maddie came over and squeezed between the two, the villain complained first:

"Li, stop pretending, you are not a good person! You must be thinking of some bad idea to deal with us, right?"

"Tracy, so I am such a person in your heart? Oh~ I'm so sad."

Maddie rolled his eyes.The whites of his eyes are really big.

Brother, if you are sad, you look a little sad, and you are smiling, what is it?
"Grant, we'd better not listen to what he said, just concentrate on playing the game."

Hill nodded appreciatively. "As it should be!"

Li Nan also shook his head.

Is brother's reputation so bad?

beep!
A whistle blew and the game began.

At the beginning, McGrady stared at Li Nan closely.

But how could a person be able to keep an eye on it?
Li Nan ran back, and McGrady was blocked by Ben Wallace.

Here comes the opportunity.

CIC.

hit!

Looking at the back of Li Nan and his teammates high-fiving, McGrady also secretly hated it.

"Damn it! It's too cunning!"

"Tracey, it's our turn now!"

Hill is a very kind person, he knows how to encourage his teammates.

Yeah, it's our turn!

Maddie blurted out: "We have to give him some color to see see! (We have to give him some color to see)"

"what?"

Grant Hill's eyes were wide open, how could he understand this?
"Uh, it means 'Teach him a lesson, give him a lesson'."

McGrady also secretly lamented that he was really poisoned by someone.

The Magic quickly came to kill.

Armstrong holds the ball across half court and hands it to Hill.

When Hill didn't come and McGrady didn't come, Armstrong did it himself.Breakthrough points + individual singles, this is the simple style of play of the Magic.

Last season, the Magic relied on such a simple style of play when they lost their two main players, Anfernee Hardaway and Nick Anderson.

And it is such a simple style of play that makes the little-known player of the Magic become a grassroots player and achieve a good record. 41-41, after the end of the season, the head coach Doug Rivers also won the best coach award.

Now with Hill, the best point forward in the league, the ball is naturally at Hill's disposal.

Hill changed teams, but he still did the same thing, but his teammates were different.

It was Li Nan who defended Hill.

Every time he played against Hill, Li Nan was a little excited.

Healthy Hill!This is a "rare species" in the league.

Seeing Li Nan's strange eyes again, Hill quickly moved his eyes away.

This guy didn't speak, but started to influence people with his eyes?
Without saying a word, Hill also slapped the ball in his hand to the ground, it's coming!

Just like that, Li Nan stepped back as usual.

Don't want to be the background emperor in Hill's extraordinary highlights, of course Li Nan has to make the most correct choice for himself.

Take a step back!
The meaning of this step could not be more obvious.

What Li Nan didn't expect was that Hill took a step back, pulled up, and shot.

This is a three-point shot!

Very confident three-point shot!
Hill took the most three-pointers in his career last season, 98 times, 34 times, and a 34.7% shooting rate.

This time his shot was really decisive!
Whoosh!
hit!

3-2
"Papapa!"

Li Nan also applauded involuntarily.

The three-pointer has always been Hill's weakness. If Hill can practice it, he will definitely be invincible!

To be able to face off against Hill like this, Li Nan felt excited just thinking about it.

When Hill saw Li Nan like this, he also gave a thumbs up with a knowing smile.

There is nothing more inspiring than being recognized by your opponent.

McGrady pulled LaHier, "Brother, don't be fooled. He's provoking you, and wants you to keep shooting three-pointers."

Hill looked at McGrady in surprise.Doesn't McGrady trust his three-pointer?
In November, Hill shot a lot of three-pointers, shooting about 36% from the field.It is much more accurate than the three-pointers in the previous six seasons.

However, he didn't blame McGrady, but said: "It's okay, he won't dare to let me shoot three-pointers again."

"That's good." McGrady was a little anxious.

If Hill keeps shooting [-]s, his chances are gone.We agreed to show Li some color together, how can I keep watching you shoot three-pointers?It's not fair!

Moreover, I said before today's game that I would score 31 points!

The Nuggets came over again.

In the two-person running tactic, both Hamilton and Li Nan had opportunities, and Billups chose to pass to Li Nan.

This is the culture of the team, just like football penalty kicks.

Billups trusted Li Nan more than Hamilton.

As soon as Li Nan took the ball from the wing, he saw McGrady rushing out from the front.

Raise your hand.

Maddie flew!

I go!

This guy actually rushed towards Li Nan directly.

In the air, McGrady himself felt a little regretful. He wanted to escape because he was in the air and couldn't help himself.

Just when McGrady was about to rush over, Li Nan suddenly spun the top on the spot, and coincidentally avoided McGrady's "physical attack".

"Wow!"

There were less than 1 spectators at the scene, but the exclamation was not weak at all.

Amidst the exclamation, Li Nan didn't pause at all, just pulled it up on the spot, and shot.
Whoosh!
Still in!

3-4
"Yeah! Good shot!"

The audience was excited, but McGrady looked helpless.

"Ah~"

Did I come here to make him suffer, or did I come here to seek hardship?

Walking to Hill, McGrady also said, "Grant, give me the next ball, and I will beat him up."

"Tracey, shall we follow what we said before the game?"

"Okay, okay. Just do what you said."

What did you say?

pick and roll!

McGrady and Hill's pick and roll!

The Magic played over, Li Nan defended Hill, and Hamilton stared at McGrady.

Four tall people, all about 2 meters tall, huddled together in a small place at the top of the arc.

coming!

McGrady came up and set up a cover.

One stop and one break!
After Hill passed by, McGrady and Hill quickly broke up.

Hill pulled away to the right, trying to pass the ball to Tracy McGrady.

However, Li Nan didn't give him a chance, and resisted in the bottom lane, not giving McGrady a chance to go down.

After failing to make a move, Hill also quickly hit Hamilton one by one, and directly passed Hamilton with a double change.

Facing Ben Wallace, who came to make up defense, Hill didn't panic at all.

He slowed down a bit and walked toward the paint to lure Ben Wallace out a bit.

Ben Wallace sure enough.

Hill didn't even think about it, and passed the ball directly into the sky.

John Amici made an alley-oop and slammed the ball into the basket over Hamilton's head.

5-4
When walking back, McGrady was a little unhappy.It was agreed to be played by two people, but you are playing alone.He stole all the limelight.

"Grant! Why didn't you give me the ball just now?"

Hill told the truth, “You just got stuck by Lee, bad chance!”

McGrady explained: "That's because I stuck him, and I wanted the ball! I was going to single him!"

McGrady was talking about the main point, but Hill suddenly shouted: "Tracey, defend! People are coming!"

McGrady was pushed. Originally he was defending Li Nan, but now he was defending Hamilton.

"Is this a dislike for my bad defense?"

Soon, the Nuggets came over. This time, it was Wang Dazhi who supported him from a high position and passed a good pass to Hamilton who got rid of McGrady and had a chance.

Hamilton made a mid-range shot and made a hit!
5-6
McGrady's eyes were dumbfounded, revealing a large area of ​​white.

Hamilton was lost by him again.

"Is brother's defense really that rubbish?"

Right now, isn't that the case?Whoever McGrady defends will score. Doesn't that explain a lot?

Moreover, McGrady found that when the Magic were on the offensive end, Li Nan took the initiative to defend Hill every time.

The defensive end is targeted and the offensive end is ignored. Am I really that weak?
Thinking of this, McGrady was naturally very dissatisfied.

"No, I have to save face!"

Isn't it just a pick and roll?This time I will definitely do a "good" pick-and-roll!

Hill held the ball in a high position, and McGrady took the initiative to come up.

Hill did not refuse McGrady's kindness.He knows that it is really difficult to beat Li Nan in singles, and he is more comfortable relying on his teammates.

Hill moved and walked towards the place where McGrady was standing.

Cross over!

However, what Hill didn't expect was that this time the pick-and-roll coordination was not comfortable at all.

Li Nan actually squeezed over from the top lane, and Hamilton rushed up from the other lane.

Two packs one!

However, even so, Hill did not blame McGrady, but felt that this was an opportunity!This failed pick-and-roll blocked a good open opportunity.

Hill quickly moved a few quick steps across to the right, then flicked the ball past Hamilton's side.

The ball spun slightly, and after hitting the ground, it changed direction slightly.

Can this be passed on?

Li Nan also admired Hill very much.

"If this ball came to me, what would I do?"

Li Nan also pondered for a while.

McGrady, who was holding the ball, didn't think so much, he went directly to Ben Wallace inside.

Ben Wallace's defense is well-known in the league.

If I can do something with Ben Wallace, I can completely wipe away my previous unhappiness.

Killed in!
McGrady didn't think about anything else, just went for Ben Wallace.

"bring it on!"

Ben Wallace is also a master who is not afraid of anything. He dares to block anyone who rushes in.

It is not so easy to score on his head.

Just when McGrady was about to collide with Ben Wallace, McGrady suddenly took a step to the right and then quickly took a step to the left.

This is Li Nan's trick, which is called "serpentine breakthrough" by many commentators.

McGrady will, of course.

"hen~"

Seeing this, Ben Wallace laughed.

He is really familiar with this trick.

"See if I don't kill you!"

McGrady originally thought he could just layup and settle the matter, but in the end, he found that the big man was not cheated at all.

The intended layup, which he changed after he saw that Ben Wallace wasn't cheated, was a slightly faded shot that jumped out.

"what?"

Ben Wallace missed a move. He thought it would be a layup, but it turned into a shot!He still rushed over quickly, but after all, it was a little bit worse.

McGrady jumped up, his legs retracted in the air, and his body leaned back to make a shot.

Maddie's waist!
The ball passed through Ben Wallace's fingertips, and the arc was naturally much higher than before.

Whoosh!
Go in!

7-6
McGrady quickly got up from the ground, raised his eyebrows towards Li Nan, and smiled happily.

This ball is really well played!
It's just, when did this guy recruit me to mathematics?I remember that in Xia Tian, ​​I said that I would teach him. Didn't he say that he would not learn?

However, Li Nan said to McGrady at this time: "Man, your waist is okay."

"It's okay! My waist is great now!" McGrady smiled and gave a thumbs up.

McGrady's waist has a genetic defect. The doctor once told him that McGrady can only play 4-5 seasons in his career.To be cured, surgery is necessary.However, surgery will make him bid farewell to the NBA arena.In order to continue his career, McGrady clenched his teeth and persisted with his willpower.

Li Nan was also taken aback when he learned about this from Carter this summer.

Many successful people have amazing stories behind them.

Seeing McGrady returning to the backcourt with a calm face, and seeing Hill on the side waiting in full force, Li Nan also suddenly smiled.

I am really an old man, sometimes I just like to think about things.

Such emotions are unacceptable!

No matter what happens in the future!All you have to do now is cherish your eyes!While these two are still alive, er, healthy, while they are still healthy, hurry up and have a good time on the field!

Then, in the low position, McGrady quickly felt Li Nan's barbarism.

Li Nan knocked McGrady away in the low post, then took off provocatively in front of him and scored a goal.

When running back, Li Nan didn't forget to blink.

Maddie rubbed her chest,
"Sh*t! Li, are you a cow?"

However, Li Nan's operation made McGrady's hands itch even more.

When the Magic served, McGrady went directly to ask for the ball and took the ball from Armstrong.

What cooperation, what pick-and-roll, I don't want it, I have to do it myself, I have to beat Li by myself!
Seeing that McGrady insisted on going his own way, Hill did not stop him on the field. On the contrary, in the next few attacks, Hill also started to be "selfish" a few times.

The game on the field gradually turned into Mai Xi vs. China Li!

Off the court, Magic coach Doug Rivers folded his arms, looked at the serious McGrady and Hill, and then at the serious guy opposite, frowning.

"Lee is the man closest to Michael Jordan, but our Tracy is no less talented than Lee, and Grant is the first generation of Jordan's successor. The two of them should be better than Lee alone?"

If this still fails to pass Li's level, wouldn't this combination be laughed at to death?Even the Nuggets team led by Li Dan couldn't beat it, let alone the goal of winning the championship.

In the next game, Rivers watched the game with a frown all the time, and his heart was also troubled.

He was still worried until the moment when the red light of the timer sounded.

Because Li Nan's buzzer-beater was still flying in the air, the Magic were only leading by 2 points at this time. If Li Nan scored this goal, then, the whole game would be for nothing.

However, when the basketball bounced out of the basket, Rivers' whole heart finally settled down.

"Huh~~~ I won!"

Yes, the Magic won!

84-82
At the end of the game, the Magic beat the Nuggets by 4 points.

this match,

This guy McGrady took medicine today and scored 36 points! 26 out of 15
Grant Hill also showed his prowess today, 20 of 11, scored 28 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds, a beautiful triple-double!
However, the highest score in the game was Li Nan, who scored 41 points! 30 of 15, plus 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Seeing such a result, McGrady was a little happy, but more disappointed.

"If I'm allowed to take a few more shots, I will definitely score higher than Li today!"

But for such a result, Li Nan shook his head, "I'm really a little impulsive today."

Yes, Li Nan was a little impulsive today. When he met such good McGrady and Hill, he couldn't hold back and got into a fight with each other.

Although he lost the game, Li Nan didn't regret it at all!
If this game were to happen again, Li Nan would still choose to be impulsive.

After all, such a hearty game is really exciting.Now Li Nan still feels endless aftertaste.

McGrady took the initiative to come over and comforted: "Li, you lost, don't be sad, anyway, you will lose next time."

McGrady has been with Li Nan and the others for a long time, and their words are also poisonous.

Li Nan punched him angrily, "Get out!"

"Lee, let's fight next time!" Hill was still so gentle.

Li Nan did not forget to remind, "Grant, your breakthrough is too hurt, so don't use it, let Tracy do it, you just shoot."

"hen~" Hearing this, Hill smiled lightly.This is not the first time Li Nan has reminded him.

But he feels very good now, why does he have to maintain his health?
Suddenly Hill knew the meaning in Li Nan's eyes before.

"Li, I still want to thank you."

have to!This is not listening to it again.

However, that's right, people are so healthy now, so it is possible for them to play health-preserving basketball?
so be it!
Li Nan has already done everything he can do, and the rest is up to God.

"Hope the injury stays away from everyone!"

(End of this chapter)