I'm not really a role player

Chapter 109 Bobcat's Tradition Excellent Start (4.2K ask for monthly ticket)
On October 10, US time, the NBA kicked off.

He's finally here in the regular season!

This morning, Li Ke was very excited. Because of his preseason experience, he was not so nervous.

"The training before the away game is reduced to one and a half hours."

When we arrived at the training hall, Tim Graver simply said this, Li Ke nodded, not surprised, he had already seen this in the training plan.

So, Li Ke practiced shooting for an hour, and after half an hour of strength, he drove on the fork six and joined his teammates.

In the morning, the Bobcats team took a plane and flew north to Milwaukee.

Milwaukee is located on the west bank of Lake Michigan on the Great Lakes. The weather is very cold, which is not the same as that of Charlotte, which is warm. Therefore, the players have prepared thick cotton coats.

The flight time from Douglas International Airport to Milwaukee is about two hours.

Perhaps it was the reason for the opening game. The teammates were very excited and gathered in groups to play cards. Li Ke also gathered around to watch for a while.

emmm, it's neither Dou Di Zhu nor Ji Dan, it seems to be a simple comparison of points, what's the point?

Looking at his group of teammates, each one was more excited than the other, and they took out stacks of beautiful knives from their pockets.

"Sheldon, do you want to play two games?"

Lao Du stabbed Li Ke, but Li Ke shook his head and refused.

"Only two."

"No, Jared, I won't."

"No?" Lao Du was a little surprised, "If you don't know it, you have to learn. In Shanmao, if you don't know it, you won't be able to get along."

"No, why can't you get along with this?"

Li Ke felt very strange, this is the NBA, not Las Vegas.

"Think about our boss, his hobbies, we have traditions..."

Boss Joe's hobby...

Li Ke first thought of baseball, then the Gold Club, and finally, he remembered that Boss Joe was also the kind of gambler who would go to Las Vegas if he had nothing to do.

Thinking of this, Li Ke still shrugged: "That's his hobby, not mine."

Turning around, he returned to his seat.

Tradition?Traditional Gigi!Boss Joe is just a bobcat who joined last year.

After returning to his seat, Li Ke, who had nothing to do, thought about his opponent in the opening match, the Bucks.

The strength of the Bucks is actually not weak, with Mogarid Jr. on the outside and Andrew Bogut on the inside.

In the 05-06 season, they reached the playoffs once under the leadership of Reed, but at that time the main center was Jamal Magloire.

In the subsequent 06-07 season, injuries caused them to miss the playoffs.

In the new season, they are fully staffed, and the goal is naturally the playoffs.

To be honest, Li Ke was a little envious of Lianmei.

Compared with the Bobcats, at least the Bucks are not weak. If you play well, you won't lose back and forth.

In Li Ke's view, losing is an extremely painful thing...

"The opponent is Michael Reid..."

The habit of getting to know the opponent before the game has not changed. The difference is that now Li Ke has the help of Tim Graver.

Michael Reid is a shooter, accurate three-pointers, and not bad in mid-range shots. More importantly, he also has a low-post single. In terms of defense, Reid is also very active and good at steals...

Such an opponent is not weaker than Joe Johnson at all.

If it weren't for the injury, Reid would also be the No. [-] figure in the NBA, but unfortunately...

After thinking about his opponent, Li Ke then thought about Xiang Lianmei's opponent——

Boss Hua?

He wanted to shake his head, the Bucks shouldn't be that stupid, let Lianmei defend Boss Hua, right?
The plane soon landed at Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, and the bus pulled Bobcat to the hotel, checked in, and had lunch.

Then set off to the home of the Bucks, the Bradley Center.

……

Attendance at the Bradley Center was just as bad as at the Time Warner Center.

The difference though is that they are historically bad.

Even though the Bucks have had no shortage of star players in the past few seasons, their attendance rate has remained among the bottom five in the league.

So much so that David Stern suggested to the Kohl family, which owns the Bucks, to change their home court.

When warming up before the game, looking at the large number of empty seats in the Bradley Center, Li Ke could understand why the United sisters did not want to join the Bucks.

He thought of the memories of his previous life. When the Bucks led by Antetokounmpo reached the playoffs when they were young, they met the Chicago Bulls not far away. Fanatical Bulls fans drove two hours to Milwaukee. The cheers at the Bradley Center were only for the Bulls...

In a city with such a sluggish ball market, it's no wonder Dan Fagan doesn't like it.

Ticket revenue is so bad, it's no wonder that the Bucks are desperately trying to choose Xia Lianmei.

It's not a good thing...

When Li Ke was warming up, Liu Jia, a reporter from Yangwu, found him.

"Would you mind answering two questions before the game?"

Of course, Li Ke would not refuse the interview with Yang Wu, but he still pointed to the camera: "Live broadcast?"

"That's it."

"That's fine, let's ask two simpler questions. If it's too complicated, I'll turn around and leave."

Li Ke was joking, Liu Jia smiled: "Don't worry, it won't happen."

Soon, the signal was connected, and Li Ke appeared in front of the camera.

"Li Ke, today is your opening game of the regular season in the NBA. Tell me about your expectations for this game?"

"Are you looking forward to it? Let's win first. In addition, I know that my opponent will be Michael Reed. My goal is to prevent him."

"Reed was the scorer who averaged 25+ points per game last year. Do you have confidence?"

Liu Jia opened her mouth wide, a little surprised.

Li Ke smiled: "To be precise, Reed was the scorer who averaged 26.7 points per game last year. Well, I can't talk about confidence. It's just a goal. I will work hard towards that goal."

"This game is also a Chinese derby, tell me what you think about the UAE?"

"UA is a good player, he has the ability to establish a foothold in Milwaukee..."

This interview screen appeared in real time in Yangwu's live broadcast room, and then followed the signal and appeared on the TV screens of thousands of households.

"Come here, the game has begun!"

"There are two Chinese derbies a day today, so happy!"

"Let's forget about the Huohu match. Even the great sage may not be able to play, but this match is good. Ah Lian should be able to face Li Ke head-on..."

"A Lian wins, or Li Ke wins?"

"I choose Alian."

"Same as above."

"..."

Lianmei performed well in the summer league and preseason games. In the summer league, he is considered the leader of the Bucks Summer League team, averaging 20+ points per game and 6.7 rebounds.

In the eight games of the preseason, Reid and Xiao Mo didn't play much. With many opportunities, he averaged 15.3 points and 7.1 rebounds per game.

Just looking at the data, it's really a bit of a small driver.

For the Bucks, it was an eternal pain to miss the driver back then. They had already selected the driver. As a result, the management was limped by the old Nelson, the package driver and Pat Garrity, in exchange for Robert Traylor nicknamed the tractor...

Although, if it weren't for the old Nelson, they would not use the No. [-] pick to choose the driver, but for a moment, the driver belongs to the Bucks, isn't it true?

Seeing the excellent performance of the little driver, some fans wearing Bucks No. 9 jerseys appeared on the sidelines of the Bradley Center, and there were three or two fan signs with a big "Yi" written on them!
Lianmei also appeared in the stadium at this time, and amidst the cheers, he walked up to Li Ke first.

"Li Ke..."

"Brother Lian..."

Just a hello, no more communication.

However, Li Ke felt that he was pretty good. He is also the keyboard warrior of online liaison sister and offline liaison brother...

With scattered applause and cheers from the Bradley Center, it was time for the game to begin.

In the middle of the court, Okafor confronts Bogut.

Standing beside him were Boss Hua and Matt Carroll, followed by Li Ke and Fatton.

On the Bucks side, Lianmei did not start. Standing next to Bogut were the eyebrowless hero Villanueva and the 01 dunk king Desmond Mason, followed by Michael Reid and Xiao Mo who had not yet become a royal guard.

"The game is about to start, the jump ball match between Emeka Okafor and Andrew Bogut..."

Bogut at this time is not the annoying Bogut later, he is still the No. 05 pick in [-], the future star of the league, but due to injuries, he is getting farther and farther away from the template Tim Duncan in the draft...

With a beep, the referee whistled and threw the basketball over the court.

"Bogut dialed the basketball, and the Bucks went first..."

Xiao Mo got the basketball and pushed it to the frontcourt.

Li Ke has already met Reed. In some respects, Reed is very similar to Li Ke. In the opening game, he did not catch the ball, but ran two laps empty-handed.

The main attacker was Xiao Mo, who tried to break through, but Fei Dun nimbly blocked him.

Then, Reed turned back and received the basketball on the right side of the top of the arc.

Then he made a breakthrough, stopped suddenly, and threw the ball against Li Ke's defense... Bang!
On the first ball in the game, Reid hit the iron.

He stared at Li Ke who was defending him, as if he had already sensed how difficult Li Ke was.

"Reid missed the shot at the beginning, Li Ke's defense is great, he said before the game that he would guard Reid to death, and he did it on the first shot..."

"The rebound has been taken by Okafor, let's see how the Bobcats' offense plays."

The Bobcats' offense, Fei Dun took the ball.

Played a pick-and-roll from the outside and made a quick breakthrough.

Bogut was guarding the basket. He raised his long arms to interfere with and even block the galloping Fatton, but Fatton turned around deftly and threw the ball into the basket...

"Hey, this shot, Felton hit a pick-and-roll and the Bobcats scored first..."

Director Zhang really wanted to mention Li Ke, but he was helpless. Li Ke didn't play the ball. During the whole process, he didn't do anything except rushing to the frontcourt and staying outside the three-point line for a while.

But back to the defensive end, Li Ke became the protagonist again.

Today's Fettun defended very well. Perhaps it was also because he ran into Xiao Mo, who was also short in stature. After defending for two rounds, he didn't give him a chance at all.

Little Mo didn't have a chance, and Reid came out to catch the ball.

This time he switched to the left side of the top of the arc, catching the ball and facing Li Ke's defense again.

Three threats, tentative steps, Li Ke remained unmoved.

"It's Reid singles against Li Ke again, this is the standard three-threat start..."

Pa... Seeing that Li Ke couldn't be shaken away by the tentative step, Reed rushed forward a step, and when Li Ke retreated, he suddenly pulled back...

"Reed took a step and cast on the spot!"

He thought he had already shaken Li Ke away, but when he shot, Reid discovered that Li Ke had returned.

Waving his short arms, he directly sealed Reed's face.

Clang.

"It's hard again, Reid's playing is unreasonable, you can't keep playing singles like this..."

"The Bucks don't have any other ways to play. If Mo Williams doesn't play, Reid can only play singles."

"So, to let UAE play, look at Villanueva, what's the use of him staying on the court?"

Under the basket, Boss Hua grabbed the rebound and tried to counterattack.

The Bucks reacted quickly, and the three in the backcourt retreated quickly without giving them a chance.

The counterattack failed, and Boss Hua didn't pass the ball, so he made a sudden jump by himself, and the Wumei Man who was facing him was directly passed by with one step, and then he turned around in a hurry to chase back. After three or two steps, he could only see Boss Hua's slash dunk——

With a bang, it hung on the basket.

"Beautiful, Gerald, that's it, go on!"

Off the court, Sam Vincent didn't expect that he could achieve such a miraculous effect by allowing Gerald Wallace to play four. It seemed that the Man Without Eyebrows couldn't defend against Boss Hua at all, and his speed and agility were far behind.

The commentary seat of Yangwu is still directed by Zhang: "Ah, look, Villanueva's defense has a problem again! What the hell is Larry Chris Jowiak thinking?"

The head coach of the Bucks this season is Larry Chris Jowiak. His name is very long, but his level is really bad. Although the Bucks had some injuries last year, they were not at the bottom of the league. Obviously, this coach with an extremely long name played a key role.

Perhaps, in some respects, the mediocre progress of Lianmei's entry into the league is also related to this historically unknown head coach.

If you have to find a head coach who is good at training rookies, what Li Ke can think of is the Thunder's Scott Brooks.

But now the head coach of the Supersonics is not Scott Brooks, but PJ Carlesimo, an old-fashioned academic head coach, the most famous is not his coaching performance, but he was once choked by the madman Latril Sprewell for 15 seconds, and almost suffocated to death...

No one knows what Larry Chris Jowiak is thinking. Li Ke only knows that on the defensive end, he once again faced Reed's singles, this time with a back.

From Kobe to Jordan, and then to Joe Johnson, Li Ke has deeply realized the importance of posting up. In this era of 07, posting up singles is simply a bug. Under one-on-one, no one can 100% defend...

"Here it is again, it's Reid singles against Li Ke..."

The tone of director Zhang's mouth made people feel that they hated iron and steel.

In comparison, the live broadcast of TNT is much more reasonable. Charles Barkley analyzed each action one by one:

"Half-turned, no, it was a fake move, he turned back again, slipped directly through Sheldon's arms, and threw a shot..."

Swish!
"Michael Reid scored, this is the Bucks' first point of the game!"

Kenny Smith continued: "Even so, they played too hard. Shelton's defense is great. It is widely rumored that he was blown up by Danny Granger in the draft trial training, so he lost the selling point of single defense. Looking at it now? Could it be that Danny Granger is too strong?"

"I'm looking forward to the Pacers game more and more now..."

In Yangwu's live broadcast room, director Zhang suddenly fell silent, leaving only Yu Jia's stand-up...

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(End of this chapter)