I'm not really a role player

Chapter 192 The end of the first round, before the second round

Cleveland, Quicken Loans Arena.

Beep!
The referee's whistle kicked off Game [-] of the series.

Lebron made a breakthrough, and the referee directly called Li Ke's blocking foul.

"The side whistle may be late, but it will never be absent."

The referee escorted him, and Lebon himself did his best. He practiced shooting for almost a series, and this game finally paid off.

In the first quarter, he hit a three-pointer and two mid-range shots. Li Ke couldn't do much to defend him.

A full-fledged Zhan appeared...

Even so, the game was still very intense and anxious. After all, in terms of core players, the Bobcats played four against one and had the upper hand.

Lao Ai was misfired again, but Hua Er Er stood up, coupled with the stable output of Lao Sha, the Bobcats withstood the impact of the eight knights.

After three quarters, the Bobcats are only 2 points behind, which means they are not behind.

The referee who controls the game wants to scold his father: "This knight is not up to par!"

Reluctantly, what they received was a death order, and they must ensure that the Cavaliers refused the Bobcat's sweep, so they could only bite the bullet and blow to death.

In the fourth quarter, the presence of referees became stronger.

In the first three quarters, the side whistle only made the Bobcats' defense unable to get started, giving the Cavaliers enough room to attack.

In the fourth quarter, the referee's whistle began to be indiscriminate, and the timing of the Bobcats' rise was blocked, and a whistle was given to interrupt the Bobcats' rhythm.

Switching to the Bobcats offense, even though Delonte West's defense obviously hit Lao Ai's hands, the referee just pretended not to see it.

Li Ke made the fifth foul, Lao Ai the fifth, Hua Lao the second and the fifth, and Lao Sha also made the fifth foul. None of them went down to the sixth foul, but the referee's control of the field was very successful.

With a free throw ratio of 46 to 18 in the game, no matter how the Bobcats play four-on-one, they can't match the godfather whistle that is so different.

系列赛的第四战，乐邦终于打出了天选之子的表现，25投12中轰下42分，另有5个篮板7个助攻2个抢断1个盖帽。

李恪跟着AWSL组合的另外三人一起沉浮了，14投6中，只得到14分3个篮板2个助攻1个抢断。

The Cavaliers pulled one back at home and also rejected the Bobcats' sweep.

"Just that little bit, we swept the Cavaliers."

Charlotte, Boss Joe in front of the TV is full of pity.

David Falk rolled his eyes: "Stop pretending, Michael, the series will play one more game. The happiest person is not David Stern who made the decision to control the field, but you."

"Me? Why should I be happy?"

Boss Qiao continued to pretend, but he couldn't help grinning when he thought of playing an extra home game, the extra tickets worth 500 million US dollars, and the potential broadcast share, advertising share, etc.

Play one more game, and the Bobcats alone could earn nearly tens of millions of dollars, and the NBA will earn even more.

This is why David Stern wants to control the field.

Besides--

"Adam, this kind of field control is reasonable field control."

In New York, David Stern warned Adam Silver, and Silver nodded, as if he understood.

But then, David Stern's addition made Xiao Hua quite disapproving.

"We can control the field for the dollar, but we can't change a result that can affect the overall situation because of the dollar. Although the Bobcats lost the game, they absolutely have no objection to such a result, because they also benefited from it."

"With this kind of field control, one game is the limit. If there is more, it will easily violate our principles."

Speaking of it, David Stern also has a lot of field control, such as the well-known 02 Western Conference Finals, the Lakers vs. Kings.

Everyone in the world said that the King of the G02 game in the Western Conference finals in 6 was hacked by the league.

But no one knows that the Lakers were also hacked in G2, G3, and G5 of that series, but the hacking was not so outrageous.

To put it bluntly, the black whistle of G6 is that David Stern wants to see the tiebreaker in the Western Conference finals, so he has given the task.

In the first five games, except for the first game in which the Lakers crushed and won, the referee's whistle was a bit biased towards the king. For example, Bobby Jackson elbowed Kobe in G2, but the referee called Kobe's foul and directly called Kobe's six fouls to leave the game.

Another example is Kobe's five fouls in G5, and the peak Sharks were called 3 offensive fouls in a row. They left the field with six fouls in less than four quarters, but they only had one free throw.

The whistle was blown off the sideline, and in the first five games the referee gave the Kings a 3-2 lead.

In the sixth game, they could only turn to the Lakers, but the Kings became popular. Even if there was a bias, they still had the advantage.

In order to tie the knot, the referee can only be like this game, shamelessly blowing to death in the fourth quarter, blowing an unprecedented big black whistle.

In the final tie-break, there was no interference from the side whistle, and the Lakers won by relying on their strength.

In this series between the Bobcats and the Cavaliers, David Stern doesn't care whether the tie-break is not the tie-break.

What he had said was that last year's finals team couldn't lose so badly this year, and that Lebron, whom he touted, couldn't perform so badly that he couldn't even be considered an undercover agent like in the first three games.

So, when the Cavaliers turned over and refused to sweep.

乐邦也轰下42分5个篮板7个助攻2个抢断1个盖帽的完美数据，这轮系列赛也就没有接着往下控场的必要了。

Back in Charlotte, under the witness of the packed Time Warner Center, the Bobcats won the fourth game of the series with an absolute advantage, defeated the Cavaliers with a total score of 4 to 1, and entered the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.

……

第五战，20投7中得到18分9个篮板5个助攻2个抢断2个盖帽的乐邦仍然很有风度，他站在球场边等待着山猫众人庆祝完毕，这才上前。

First, he had a hug with Lao Ai, and he didn't know what they were talking about. From a distance, Li Ke only saw Lao Ai smiled slightly, turned his head and left.

Then there was Lao Sha, which was also a process of high fives and hugs. This time, Li Ke approached, and he heard Lao Sha say something funny: "Don't be discouraged, LeBron, the future is yours."

Li Ke obviously saw Le Bang's face turn dark.

Old Shark laughed and patted LeBron on the back: "I'm not joking, LeBron, I'm serious."

But you laughed like that and said you were serious, who believed you!

So, when it was Li Ke's turn, he faced a dark-faced Le Bang.

"You've caused me a lot of trouble in this series, Sheldon. Seriously, I wish you were my teammate, not my opponent."

"Thank you."

Faced with Le Bang's powerful words, Li Ke just replied with a thank you.

teammate?The odds are too low, unless LeBron is willing to come to Charlotte and take the hardest road.

Speaking of which, in this round of the series, Li Ke did create a lot of trouble for Lebron.

五场比赛，乐邦场均只有20分7.8个篮板5.8个助攻1.6个抢断1.6个盖帽入账，场均还有4.4个失误，命中率也只有35.4%。

If the G4 referee hadn't controlled a game, this round of the series would have been a series that ruined Lebron's reputation.

No matter how much the league has praised him before, whether he is the Chosen One or The King, until he proves himself, he will be a joke.

Of course, even if G4 controls a game, this round of the series is enough for the young Zhan Chuan in those years to have nothing to hide, but the superb performance of the G4 game at least gave Lebron a fig leaf.

After failing to get any positive response from Li Ke, Le Bang exchanged a few more words with Hua's second child, and then turned and entered the player tunnel.

"Rich, the reporter's interviews have been pushed for me..."

In the tunnel, Rich Paul followed LeBron.

In 2008, Rich Paul had just joined CAA to assist Le Bon's agent, Leon Ross, and his role was more of an assistant.

But there is no doubt that Rich Paul is smart, he frowned, and immediately vetoed LeBron's idea of ​​rejecting the interview: "No, LeBron, you can't hide from the reporter at this time."

"why?"

"You have to stand up and admit the failure of this season. It's called being brave."

"Dare to act, why should I dare to act?"

"Give Cleveland fans the confidence to continue to trust you, and put pressure on those media reporters who like to talk nonsense..."

"Ok."

So, under the arrangement of Rich Paul, Lebon accepted the post-match interview.

"I admit that this playoffs exposed many of my shortcomings, and I will use this offseason to make up for all of them..."

"Leaving the team? Nothing, I will always stay in Cleveland."

"I'll lift the O'Brien Trophy in Cleveland!"

Some promises settled the postgame interview, and LeBron dialed Leon Rose:
"Leon, help me find a more reliable shooting coach... What you said, of course I can face up to my own problems. Not only do I want to find a reliable shooting coach, I also want to go to Hakeem Olajuwon's training camp to improve my back..."

……

Bobcats locker room, the celebration is very short, because this is only a stage victory.

"Come on, it's time to take a shower!"

It was Old Shark who stopped to celebrate. He stretched his waist and said, "I'm too tired from horse riding, Alan, what about the one you agreed to take us to win the first round?"

Lao Ai spread his hands helplessly. Indeed, the series is over, and the average performance of the Bobcats is already very clear.

Of the five games, Old Ai Shen lost two games, and the remaining three games were a bit of a mess.

On the other hand, Old Shark, except for a little soy sauce in the first game, carried the banner of the Bobcats' offense in the remaining four games.

It was agreed not to rely on Lao Sha, but in the end he still relied on Lao Sha.

Li Ke also summarized his five games.

场均16.6分4.0个篮板2.4个助攻1.6个抢断0.6个盖帽，45.9%的命中率。

The data performance is not as impressive as the regular season, but this kind of decline is normal after adding the strength of the playoffs.

"It's not bad, but this performance alone in the second round is not enough."

The opponent in the next round will be the Celtics. Li Ke knows how powerful the Celtics are. Although the Bobcats have four cores, Li Ke and Hua's second child in the four cores are a bit full, and the remaining two giants are also old.

Compared with the Celtics, Garnett is still at the peak, and Pierce and Junzi Ray are not far behind.

The Bobcats want to win, and the two giants exchanged for the two giants. The performance of Li Ke and Hua's second son must at least exchange the Celtics' chain defense bonus and a KG.

very difficult...

……

Boston, the moment the Bobcats beat the Cavaliers, Doc Rivers knocked on the table.

"Okay, there is no doubt, our opponent is the Lynx."

Turn the time back to a day ago, Philadelphia, Wachovia Arena.

Unlike the Bobcats vs. Cavaliers, the Celtics vs. 76ers game doesn't require any court control.

The league sat back and watched the Celtics win three consecutive games. In the fourth game, the Celtics also showed no mercy. The high-pressure defense continued to crush the 76ers, and finally won the fourth game with a score of 100 to 77.

With a total score of 4-0, they entered the second round.

And the opponent they are waiting for is the winner of the Bobcats and Cavaliers.

Of course, even if the Bobcats fail to sweep the Cavaliers, the situation is already quite clear before the start of the fifth game.

So, back in Boston, Doc Rivers immediately put the Bobcats on the key watch list.

Then, for the fifth battle between the Bobcats and the Cavaliers, they locked the TNT TV station and watched it in real time.

After watching it, Doc Rivers is a little serious.

"The Bobcats are not weak. These opponents in the East can at least rank in the top two. The only one who can compare with them is the Magic. In some respects, they are even better than the Magic."

After expressing his opinion, Rivers immediately looked at Thibodeau: "Tom, what do you think?"

"They are indeed very strong, but there are only three points that we really need to pay attention to..."

Tom Thibodeau is very straightforward. He thinks there are only three things worth noting about the Bobcats:

"One, Allen Iverson's outside hot spot, two, Shaquille O'Neal's inside hot spot, three, Sheldon's single defense..."

……

The second day after the Bobcats defeated the Cavaliers 4-1, apart from those regular reports, what attracted the most attention was Sports Illustrated's analysis of Li Ke's single defense.

"In the first round of the playoffs of the 07-08 season, facing the Bobcats, who entered the playoffs for the first time in team history, LeBron James played the worst performance in a playoff series in his career. He averaged only 20 points per game, 5.8 assists per game, 4.4 turnovers, and a low shooting percentage of 35.4%."

"The instigator of all this is Sheldon Lee..."

A series, five games, Li Ke's single defense has been greatly recognized.

Sports Illustrated's report is one aspect. This is well known. Almost all media reporters, fans, and experts are already aware of the fact that Li Ke is a top single-defense master.

Le Bon, who averaged 30 points per game in the regular season, dropped to 20 points under Li Ke's defense, and his shooting percentage also dropped from 48.4% to a failing 35.4%.

So, who is the next victim?

Tom Thibodo thinks: "Selton's single defense is very good, and Sam Vincent will definitely use him to defend Paul (Pierce). Then, in the second round of the contest with the Bobcats, we have to change the role of the main outside attacker..."

Therefore, the Celtics believe that the next victim is Paul Pierce.

Under the suggestion of Tom Thibodeau, the Celtics have already begun to practice offensive tactics based on Ray Allen, and PP34 was directly abandoned...

(End of this chapter)