I'm not really a role player

Chapter 187 The Playoffs Begin
The playoffs are about to start, and TNT and ESPN have put together a preview program.

McBrin, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith are permanent residents. Before each game, a large number of journalists will be invited to participate, analyze the situation and predict the result of the game.

They didn't play a game in the playoffs. No one knows whether this year will be the same as last year, and there will be a big news of a black eight, and they don't know whether the seemingly similar matchup will turn into one side crushing the other.

The Brick reporters could only make predictions with a smear of black eyes, and they only mentioned in passing the matches that seemed to have no suspense.

For example, Celtics vs 76ers.

More than a dozen players who participated in the first episode of the program said in unison: "The strength of the Celtics is much higher than that of the 76ers. They can definitely sweep their opponents 4-0."

For those seemingly intense matches, they naturally talked a lot, even confronted each other, and had all kinds of quarrels.

The Bobcats and Cavaliers matchup is one of them.

After McBrin raised the topic, Kenny Smith was the first to express his opinion: "I commented on the three games between the Cavaliers and the Bobcats. Although the Bobcats are fourth and the Cavaliers are fifth, the strength gap between them is comparable to the Celtics and the 76ers. Considering some uncontrollable factors, the Bobcats can solve the Cavaliers in up to six games."

Charles Barkley agreed: "LeBron James is the only ball-handling point for the Cavaliers, but unfortunately, his opponent is Sheldon Lee."

Then there is Stephen A. Smith: "Yes, the only ball-holding point, the only strong point is strangled. If the Cavaliers want to win, they can only pray for worse opponents, but the problem is that the Bobcats also have AI, Shaq and Gerald Wallace. I even think Kenny's prediction is too conservative. I think the Bobcats can solve the Cavaliers in four games..."

"No, I don't agree!"

"Beauty Yu" Skip Bayless was the first to jump out to object. He and Mei Yangyang were deadly rivals.

This time too, Mei Yang Yang believed that the Bobcats could sweep the Cavaliers, and Mei Renyu immediately stood opposite: "As we all know, the playoffs and the regular season are completely different games. In the regular season of the 94-95 season, the Houston Rockets were only sixth in the Western Conference. But in the playoffs, they killed the Spurs, the Jazz and the Suns in the Western Conference. In the finals, they killed the Magic in the Eastern Conference."

"That's right, just like last year's Cleveland Cavaliers, who would have thought that they could kill the Pistons and get close to the Finals? Think about last year's Eastern Conference Finals against the Pistons. Wasn't Tayshaun Prince's defense strong? LeBron still scored a quasi-triple double with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists per game."

Beauty Yu is not fighting alone, and ESPN expert Kevin Pelton agrees with Beauty Yu.

"The playoffs are a stage for super giants. LeBron is a young super giant, but the Bobcats only have Shaq and AI, two super giants who have fallen..."

Charlotte, the Hilton Hotel next to St. Calderweiss Avenue. Le Bon, who arrived a day earlier and had already checked into the hotel, listened very carefully to Beauty Yu and Kevin Pelton's views on their preference for the Cavaliers.

Although he lost 1-3 in the regular season, and Li Ke's restrictions on him made him a little worried, but deep down, Lebron still believed that the playoffs and the regular season were two different games.

The example given by Kevin Pelton made Lebon agree: Was the Cavaliers strong last year?

No, not at all!
Take the series in which they beat the Pistons as an example. The Cavaliers' best role player was Daniel Gibson, averaging 13.5 points per game. This season, Daniel Gibson is still there.

And Larry Hughes, who is considered the second ball-holding point that shouldn't be sent away, averaged only 7.2 points per game in that series, and his shooting percentage was as low as 34.1%.

Looking at the Cavaliers this season, Larry Hughes was replaced by Wallis Zerbiak. Although Szczerbiak's performance in the regular season was also poor, at least the playoffs remain to be seen.

Not only that, compared to last season, they also have one more Delonte West.

The arrival of the big insider Ben and Joe Smith brought the Cavaliers' inside depth to a terrifying level. The big Z big Ben Varejao took turns to play, and Warcraft couldn't stand it, let alone the old shark.

There is definitely a dozen in this series!

Li Ke also watched this program on ESPN and TNT, and he agreed with Kevin Pelton's sentence: The playoffs are a stage for super giants.

But the problem is, if Lebron, who is restrained by him, is considered a super giant, then the Bobcats AWSL quartet, there must be one of them, and they are all super giants.

4 is greater than 1, and it is still the Bobcats that sweep the opponent.

……

On the day of the competition, he "met" a reporter at the Le Bon Hotel, and unabashedly showed his arrogance:

"The moment the playoffs started, I told myself that everything in the regular season must be put aside, because the playoffs are a new beginning."

"The Bobcats are very strong, there is no problem, but we are not weak, I agree with Brian Windhorst, the Bobcats and the Cavaliers are evenly matched opponents."

"If you want to win in a close matchup, as the boss of the team, I must stand up. I promised the fans in Cleveland that if I want to lead the Cavaliers to win in the playoffs, I will make sure to do this."

"..."

The bobcats were very quiet, the sharks were busy resting, the second Hua was as bored as always, and Lao Ai temporarily hugged his Buddha's feet, and practiced shooting for a while before the game, which is rare.

"That LeBron guy was interviewed before the game!"

The result was still Li Ke, who immediately obtained the content of Lebang's interview from ESPN's official website.

"What did he say?"

Although he was practicing more, Lao Ai still couldn't help his curiosity, voted for one, and asked a question.

"He said he agreed with Brian Windhorst that the Bobcats and Cavaliers were evenly matched opponents!"

Li Ke repeated it, and Lao Ai's first reaction was: "He's scared!"

"If it were me, I would shout in front of the reporters: The Cavaliers are too weak. I will lead my team and sweep them!"

"and then?"

"Then? Didn't you see that I was practicing extra shots? This is what I have to do in the next game. I will use my shots to kill the Cleveland Cavaliers!"

Lao Ai further explained why he thought LeBron was cowardly in the interview: "Obviously, LeBron was cowardly. He knew that the Cavaliers were far inferior to us, and his so-called commitment was just another kind of stubbornness."

Then I talked about myself: "And I am different. I will not make any remarks before the game, because I am the kind of doer. When I lead the Bobcats to win this series, everyone will realize this."

Li Ke turned his head to look at Old Shark who was resting on the sidelines. Old Shark shrugged: "If Allen can lead us to defeat the Cavaliers without me, I will be so happy."

As soon as Lao Sha said this, Li Ke immediately understood that Lao Sha's thinking was still the same as in the regular season, if he could not work and contribute, then he would not work and contribute.

After all, there is no MVP trophy in the first three rounds of the playoffs. If there is a choice, the Sharks may even choose: only play in the finals!
……

In the evening, the Time Warner Center was shining brightly, and a huge poster hung on the front of the arena.

The content of the poster is that Li Ke, Lao Ai, Lao Sha and Hua Lao Er, the four hands of the AWSL combination, touch a basketball from four different angles.

Yes, that's right, Li Ke still didn't stand in the C position of the poster, but this time the protagonist of the poster is basketball, not other players or coaches.

At least things are looking good, aren't they?
In the visiting team's locker room, LeBron sat in the center of the locker room, with Mike Brown standing beside him, emphasizing the defense of the game.

As a coach, Bread also paid attention to the public opinion before the game.

He and Lebron have the same idea, and don't think the Bobcats are far superior to the Cavaliers.

But his basis is completely different from Lebon's. Bread believes that defense is the key to the playoffs!
"We have to do our defense well and squeeze every inch of space on the court. I don't want to see anyone slack and tired, because this is the key to our winning..."

Bread's theory is correct. In Li Ke's previous life, the Cavaliers in front of him played seven games with the Celtics of the Big Three, and finally lost 3-4.

In the three games the Cavaliers won, they limited the Celtics to an average of 76.7 points per game. It really relied on defense and had nothing to do with LeBron.

In the first game, Lebron was fucked with 1802, and in the second game, 2406.

The third game, 1605, the fourth game, 2007, and the sixth game 2309, these are the three games the Cavaliers won.

Le Bon in Games [-] and [-] was normal, but the Cavaliers lost both games.

This is only counting the field goals, the average of 5.3 turnovers in the seven battles is not counted, especially the first game, not to mention 1802, there are still 10 turnovers.

You want to say that the Cavaliers rely on Lebron to win, but Lebron himself doesn't admit it.

When it was said that the loss depends on Lebron, James and Hei became interested. In the first game, Lebron 1802 still had 10 turnovers. In the end, the Cavaliers only lost 72 points 76 to 4. Isn’t this game the result of Lebron’s own efforts?
Although Bread ignored him before the game, Lebron didn't care, because he knew that when it came to offense, Bread would definitely say: Give the ball to LeBron!
As long as there are these words, Lebron is very satisfied.

On the other side, in the locker room of the home team, Sam Vincent is also a head coach with nothing in his stomach.

In the playoffs, he didn't have any special tricks. After all, it was still the same as the regular season, namely:
"Sheldon, LeBron will leave it to you, okay?"

Li Ke nodded: "No problem, coach!"

"Shaq, your role in this game is very important. If LeBron breaks through our first line of defense, you have to go out and strangle him, okay?"

Old Shark returned an OK gesture.

"The defensive intensity in the playoffs must be stronger than in the regular season, so we need to move the ball more, Allen, pass the ball up, no problem?"

Lao Ai replied with a serious face: "Don't worry, Sam!"

"That's perfect, boys, it's time to play, let the NBA playoffs, hear the call sign of the Charlotte Bobcats!"

"Gogogo!"

……

Central five, the broadcast is ready.

Bobcats vs. Cavaliers, Rockets vs. Jazz are both fourth and fifth. It's a coincidence that the two games with Chinese players were all staggered.

Speaking of it, domestic fans are actually looking forward to the Bobcats' playoffs. After all, this is Li Ke's first playoffs, and domestic fans think it is very fresh.

And, the Bobcats, which owns Charlotte's F4, look a little more promising than the always disappointing Rockets. After all, the Cavaliers failed to beat the Bobcats eight times in the regular season...

In addition, the Li Ke vs. LeBron James team has become a classic matchup after four games in the regular season and the All-Star voting battle. Even if the Bobcats and the Rockets collide in the playoffs, the first choice of domestic fans must be the Bobcats VS Cavaliers.

As for the Rockets VS Jazz, revenge is the biggest gimmick, but the problem is that the Jazz is not an underdog.

On the contrary, the seven games of last season left a very bad memory for domestic fans.

So much so that when we meet again this season, most domestic fans, after having another choice, just want to see the ending of the Rockets defeating the Jazz.

"This is CCTV. Welcome to the NBA playoffs broadcast brought to you by CCTV5. Now is the first game of the first round of the playoffs between the Charlotte Bobcats and the Cleveland Cavaliers!"

When the broadcast shot turned to the stadium, fans on the other side of the ocean appeared in front of the TV, calling for friends.

"Hurry up, the game has begun!"

"James sprinkled chalk again!"

"Time Warner doesn't buy it, boos!"

"Look, Keshen is here!"

"Oh hoo, the cheers are crazy!"

"As expected of me, God, awesome~!"

"..."

In front of the technical stage, LeBon held a handful of chalk and threw it out, causing boos from the Time Warner Center.

In the distance, when Bobcats appeared on the stage, Li Ke was greeted with cheers. He watched Lebron throwing magnesium powder from a distance, and pretended to beep in secret.

I don't know whether Le Bang noticed Li Ke's malicious gaze, or guessed what Li Ke was thinking after looking at each other, or other reasons. In short, Le Bang used his stunt on Li Ke: death stare.

Li Ke immediately became serious. He knew that Le Bang with this expression was extremely serious.

Full strength Zhan?I'm afraid it's more than that...

"This game is not easy to play!"

It's not that the team is not good at playing, but that Li Ke is not good at playing personally. In this game, Lebron is obviously full of firepower.

A few minutes later, in the middle circle, the old shark faced the old Z, Chris Humphries' opponent was replaced by Da Ben, Hua's second opponent was Wallis Zebiak, and Lao Ai's opponent was Delonte West.

In the end, it was Le Bang and Li Ke who were still looking at each other...

"It's a jump ball, Big Z beat O'Neal, the Cavaliers have the ball!"

The old shark didn't even move a bit, but Big Z flicked the ball over and ate the dumplings.

Delonte West took control of the ball and immediately sent a ground-hitting pass to LeBron, and the Cavaliers' first attack of the game came.

(End of this chapter)