Both teams alternate in scoring.

The Hornets, who are on the verge of the playoffs, are on par with the Grizzlies, who have the best record in the league, and have a slight advantage.

This made the atmosphere especially lively, and New Orleans fans were excited.

The Hornets attack.

Coach Carlisle stood on the sidelines and said, "Keep an eye on the others, cut off Paul from the others!" ”

Great minds think alike!

Carlisle also realizes that the real core of the Hornets is Chris Paul.

This summer, the Grizzlies roster has made few changes.

That means the Grizzlies don't have enough reinforcements.

But there are gains and losses, and there are losses and gains.

The Grizzlies have played together for more than a season, and they have developed a tacit understanding, and they have become accustomed to Coach Carlisle, and can quickly comprehend and implement Coach Carlisle's tactics.

Coupled with the enhancement that Van Gundy Jr. brought to the Grizzlies on the defensive end, the Grizzlies' current tactical execution is not ordinarily strong.

As soon as Coach Carlisle finished speaking, the Grizzlies' five players on the court coordinated with each other, cutting Paul off from the other four members of the Hornets.

Chandler wanted to come up and pick up Paul.

Li Lei shouted directly: "Kyle, pay attention to the opponent's cover!" ”

Lowry was reminded to bypass Chandler early and break his opponent's cover.

Payton ran without the ball, and Li Lei stared at him and didn't give him a chance to link up with Paul.

Yi Jianlian pulled outside the three-point line and was closely followed by Milicic.

……

In this way, Paul was isolated.

The Grizzlies achieved the coach's tactical intent.

The Hornets stopped for a moment.

But soon, Paul stepped back beyond the three-point line, adjusted his tempo, and looked for a new opportunity.

Paul launched!

He changes direction continuously!

He cross-step breakthrough!

He suddenly pulls the ball back!

He tricked Lowry into opting for a mid-range pullup jumper.

Swish!

9：6。

Paul raised his finger and pointed it to the sky, his face full of ferocity.

If you don't let me assist my teammates, I'll do it myself!

Carlisle shook his head.

It was he who underestimated Paul, who was not only good at tandem with his teammates, but also good at attacking himself, especially his mid-range pull-up jump shot.

Grizzlies offense.

Guy jumpers from beyond the three-point line.

But the ball was a bit off.

Bang dang!

Li Lei relied on the sense of smell of rebounds to judge the landing point of the rebound, and wanted to rush over in advance.

But a small man stood in his way.

It's Paul again!

Li Lei didn't take it seriously, he still dared to be tough with a fierce man like James, and a "little man" like Paul was not worth mentioning.

With a movement under his feet, Li Lei suddenly exerted his strength, wanting to squeeze Paul away.

However, Paul stood on tiptoe, spread his arms, and pressed against Li Lei with his back.

"Don't think about it!"

Paul gritted his teeth and struggled to resist.

How could Li Lei agree and continue to work harder.

At this moment, Paulo couldn't bear Li Lei.

After all, there is a huge gap between the tonnage of the two.

Li Lei squeezed past Paul's side.

But Paul didn't give up, he stalked Li Lei, pulled Li Lei's jersey, and pulled Li Lei's arm...... Small movements beckoned to Li Lei.

After such a delay, Li Lei did not grab this frontcourt rebound after all.

Chandler, the Hornets' big center, protected the rebound.

Paul took the ball, a wave of fast attack, and hit the ball with a super large pull rod against Li Lei, who was chasing the defense.

Bang, boom!

11：6。

Paul scored four straight points to help the Hornets widen the gap.

What's more, Paul just finished scoring against Li Lei.

This made the New Orleans fans even more excited and cheered constantly.

Paul himself was pulling on his jersey, looking up to the sky and roaring, so excited.

What he just fought against was Li Lei, the first person of the new generation in the NBA.

However, on the CCTV studio, Mr. Xu Jicheng and Yu Jia noticed that Carlisle was communicating with the referee.

The staff gave the replay at the right time.

It turned out that when grabbing rebounds in the previous round, Paul used a lot of small moves on Li Lei, but the referee didn't blow it.

Carlisle protested, expressing his displeasure.

Of course, in this era, David Stern deliberately elevated the authority of the referees, enacted a zero-tolerance rule, and without the challenge rules of later generations, such protests would not change the outcome.

Sure enough, the referee ignored Carlisle's protests.

Seeing that Carlisle was still chattering, the referee even issued a warning: "Rick, if you continue to question me, I will ask you out!" ”

Seeing this, Van Gundy Jr. and several other assistant coaches hurriedly pulled Carlisle back.

Seeing this, Yu Jia commented: "Questioning the referee is inconclusive, and there will be no reversal of the verdict at all." ”

Teacher Xu Jicheng shook his head: "Carlisle doesn't do useless work. He knew that the referees would not change the decision, but he still went up to protest because it would make the referees pay more attention later, and would not continue to favor the Hornets or even the Grizzlies to find a balance. ”

Yu Jia: "I've been taught, Mr. Xu!" ”

So basketball is never just about the fights you can see, but also the countless intrigues hidden at the bottom of the sea.

"But Mr. Xu, Shi's temper is too good, and he is not angry at all."

Yu Jia said.

Xu Jicheng smiled but did not speak.

Stone has a good temper? You're afraid you've forgotten who beat Garnett the other day.

Grizzlies offense.

Li Lei made a cross cover for Lowry, and passed the ball with his hand, forcing the Hornets to change defenses.

So, Paul stood in front of Li Lei.

Yu Jia instantly blushed.

See, this is Li Lei, if there is revenge, he will take revenge, absolutely not overnight, and he will not even wait for a round.

Li Lei vs Paul.

This group of one-on-one is very awkward, because Li Lei's height has reached 205cm, and Paul is only 183cm, the gap is too big.

Paul swallowed and said firmly, "I'll guard against you!" ”

Li Lei smiled: "Are you comforting yourself?" ”

"What?"

Paul didn't get it right away.

At this moment, Li Lei rose from the ground and made a jump shot in front of Paul.

Paul jumped up, but he found that he couldn't reach the height of Li Lei's shot at all.

It's just too high!

Swish!

Li Lei's dry pull outside the three-point line rose and fell, and Paul didn't even cause him much interference.

11：9。

After landing, Li Lei smiled even more unscrupulously: "Because you know that you will be blown up by me, so comfort yourself in advance?" ”

Paul understood at this moment, and his face was instantly ugly.

"I'm leading now!"

Paul said excitedly.

"Oh."

Li Lei responded very calmly, which made Paul feel very uncomfortable.

"I will overcome you!"

Paul spoke again.

But this time, Li Lei didn't respond a word, just chuckled, which made Paul even more uncomfortable.

It was as if it was a heavy punch, but it hit the cotton.

When he arrived in the front court, Paul held the ball, signaled Yi Jianlian to block him, and then accelerated to break through.

Gasol came up to make up for it.

Paul didn't retreat but advanced, and a fast and slow rhythm played Gasol, easily got to the basket, and made a layup.

Syllable!

However, just then, a large palm came from behind Paul and slapped Paul's shot away.

Grizzlies No. 15, Li Lei.

Subsequently, Li Lei also relied on his height advantage to snatch the basketball from the top of Paul's head.

Li Lei made a fast attack by himself and ran like flying.

When it came to the frontcourt, a good opportunity to play three and two, Li Lei was about to attack, but found that Paul was chasing after him.

Hard-working little guy!

Li Lei's heart moved, and he actually stopped.

"What are the stones doing? Why don't you play this ball, what a chance! ”

Yu Jia was in a hurry.

Teacher Xu Jicheng smiled: "Don't worry, the stone naturally has its own ideas." ”

As soon as Li Lei stopped, Paul took the opportunity to rush in front of Li Lei.

Although "dirty", Paul's attitude towards the game is unquestionable.

He was just beaten by Li Lei in the last round, and he did not hesitate to block in front of Li Lei in this round.

Then, the others slowly ran over as well.

The slowest runner of the Grizzlies team is naturally Gasol, who wants to come up to cover Li Lei.

Li Lei directly waved his hand and refused.

"Stone is going to single Paul!"

Yu Jia finally reacted.

Paul also defended very hard, and was pulled out by Li Lei in the last round, and he took the initiative to get closer to Li Lei in this round to compress Li Lei's shooting space.

This ball quotient is outstanding!

"Defend! Defend! Defending ......"

At the same time, New Orleans fans also shouted in unison, and more than 20,000 voices gathered together to support Paul and interfere with Li Lei.

Syllable!

Suddenly, Li Lei started and broke through on the flank.

Paul quickly moved sideways and cut off Li Lei's breakthrough line.

Li Lei did not force a breakthrough, pushing Paul like a bulldozer, but pulled the ball back, directly withdrew from the three-point line, and shot it when he pulled it up.

Paul pounced.

This time, he was a little closer than in the previous round, but Li Lei's shot point was still unattainable.

The basketball crossed a long parabola and pierced the heart with one arrow.

Swish!

And also.

。

The Grizzlies overtook it.

After landing, Li Lei raised his eyebrows at Paul: "Now, I'm the leader." ”

Paul's cheeks twitched.

I really want to kill this pretending criminal!

However, when he caught a glimpse of Zhu Fangyu in a suit on the Grizzlies bench, Paul immediately extinguished this idea.

That's right, Zhu Fangyu became famous in the first battle and has become a well-known villain in the alliance.

Whenever the other teams want to cause trouble, they have to consider his existence first.

Of course, Zhu Fangyu didn't know this.

He was banned for five games, and he also received a complete set of state-of-the-art fitness equipment from Li Lei, and he is still distressed.

It was two games before he had a chance to play.

Then, he felt like he was helping his grandmother cross the street, and then he was rewarded by the teacher with a whole box of elementary school students with "Five-Year College Entrance Examination and Three-Year Simulation".

shouted in his heart: "Li Lei, you are such a dog!" ”

Of course, seeing Li Lei's continuous ** Paul, Zhu Fangyu and his teammates jumped up to congratulate Li Lei.

Jones Sr. also imitated Li Lei's shooting action and shouted in front of Tyronn Lue: "You can't stop me!" You can't stop me. ”

Lao Lu was also very cooperative, leaned back, and shouted: "I can't stop you!" Oh! God, I can't stop you at all, my mentality is broken. ”

Bah!

Two guys with a strong desire to perform, why don't you go to Hollywood to develop?

But to tell the truth, Li Lei's ball just now was indeed murderous.

There was a chance to break fast and score easily.

Li Lei doesn't.

Gasol did a pick-and-roll, which also eased the difficulty.

Li Lei still doesn't want to.

He just wanted to kill Paul one-on-one, and shot Paul twice on three-pointers in a row.

Changing to a normal player, the mentality really collapsed like Tyronn Lue's performance.

However, to Li Lei's surprise, Paul only looked ugly for a short while, then returned to normal, and patiently commanded his teammates.

"Don't worry, let's fight slowly. The game has just started and we will win. ”

This made Li Lei impressed.

Strength online + good attitude + strong desire to win, with these three, Paul will become a great tool.

And the subsequent game illustrates that.

Under Paul's tandem, the whole Hornets played a very beautiful game.

They were deadlocked with the Grizzlies for four quarters.

In the final quarter, relying on consecutive three-pointers from Peja and Yi Jianlian, the Hornets defeated the Grizzlies.

The eighth in the West defeated the first in the West, which is also considered an upset.

The Grizzlies have an 11-3 record.

But let's be honest, the Grizzlies didn't play badly.

Li Lei scored a game-high 29 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks.

Gasol contributed 20 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks.

Milicic rebounded and had 2 blocks.

Gay had 15 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal.

Lowry had 10 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.

The Grizzlies had as many as five players score in double figures.

It's just that the Hornets are in explosive form today.

Paul had a big double-double of 16 points, 4 rebounds, 13 assists and 2 steals.

Peja had 19 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Yi Jianlian had 17 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 blocks.

Peterson had 12 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals.

Chandler rebounded and blocked 5 blocks.

Russell Butler and Bobby Jackson on the bench also scored double-doubles.

As many as seven players from the entire Hornets scored in double figures.

This has also sparked discussions among fans.

"This season's Western region is really a mess!"

"That's right, the Grizzlies didn't play badly tonight, but they still lost to the Hornets, who are eighth in the West."

"That's right! In the first eight miles of the west, no one wins anyone. The Lakers, Mavericks, Spurs, Grizzlies, Hornets, Jazz, Nuggets, Suns are all not to be underestimated. ”

……

In fact, this is the most exaggerated year in NBA history.

In real history, this year's first in the West has 57 wins, the eighth in the West has 50 wins, and the top six in the West are all above 54 wins.

The Warriors have an excellent record of 48 wins this season, but they can't even make the playoffs.

And in the east.

Only three teams reached 50 wins, and the Hawks, who were eighth in the East, even made the playoffs with just 37 wins.

The west is strong and the east is weak, which can be seen.

However, in this time and space, the west is still strong, and the east is not weak.

Yao Ming, Iverson's 76ers.

Maddy, Howard, Lewis' Magic.

Traditional Mighty Pistons.

Ray Allen, Pierce, Jefferson's Celtics.

The Cavaliers led by James, Big Z, and Hughes.

None of them are to be messed with.

Less than a month into the regular season, fans were already expecting a season that would be a competitive one.

It is still unknown who killed the deer.

Until the last minute, no one dared to say which team would have taken the championship safely.

Even the Lakers led by Kobe Bryant and Garnett didn't dare to say that.

At the end of the first month, the Eastern and Western Player of the Month was announced.

The throne on the eastern side was occupied by Dwight Howard.

Howard's Magic team has a 14-4 record.

Howard, on the other hand, averaged 23.8 points, 15 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 0.7 steals and 2.7 blocks per game.

On the western side, Li Lei took the lead and also led the Grizzlies to a 14-4 record.

Li Lei himself averaged 36.3 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 2.9 steals and 1.1 blocks per game.

It is worth mentioning that Li Lei's scoring and steal data occupy the first place in their respective lists, and he is expected to win the scoring and stealing king for a second time.

……

Entering December, the Grizzlies continued to occupy the first position in the West, successively defeating garbage teams such as the Timberwolves, Trail Blazers, and Houston.

However, on December 7, the Grizzlies faced a tough opponent.

New Orleans Hornets!

That's right, it's the Hornets again, and the Southwest Division is playing each other for the second time this season.

This time, though, the battle took place at the FedEx Center in Memphis.

And as one of only four teams to have won against the Grizzlies this season, Hornets fans are full of confidence.

"We've got Yi, we've got Chris, we've got Peja, we've got Tyson...... We're young, but we have a lot of potential, and we have the hope of beating the Grizzlies twice. ”

"What? You don't think we're a match for the Grizzlies? But we've already defeated them, and now it's just a repeat of what happened last time. ”

"Stone is strong, he's a top scorer and no one can guard him. But if it's more than the ability to organize tandem, Chris dumped Stone three streets, no! One hundred streets. ”

"That's right, among the new generation of players, Paul and Deron are peerless in terms of organization, and even James has excellent organizational skills. As for Stone...... I've never heard anyone praise his passing ability. ”

……

This group of guys is actually questioning Li Lei's passing ability.

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