I'm not really a role player

Chapter 194 The Knights of Boston

On May 5, US time, the second round of the playoffs kicked off.

The day before the game, the Bobcats arrived in Boston.

Checked into the hotel, and then held a pre-match press conference in the training hall they rented.

Originally, Li Ke didn't have to attend, but the NBA officially brought the best rookie trophy. They couldn't let Li Ke win this trophy at the North Shore Garden Arena. The only choice was the pre-match press conference.

The reporters took their seats one after another, the Rookie of the Year trophy was placed in front of a background board full of NBA logos and sponsor logos, and the league vice president Stu Jackson attended.

Under the shining spotlight, Li Ke took the trophy from Boss Qiao, holding it high above his head with both hands.

To be honest, Li Ke was very happy and excited at the moment when he won the trophy. Although it is a shared trophy, although it is only a best rookie, at least it is a good start, isn't it?
Especially, when the press conference started and the reporter asked Li Ke, who did he think of first when he won the trophy?

Li Ke admitted that his first thought was Carmelo Anthony.

Li Ke has the MVP of the All-Star Rookie Game, and Guagua also has it. Li Ke still remembers that at the end of the Rookie Challenge, Guagua scoffed at Li Ke who was excited about winning the trophy, and said nonsense that "I have this trophy too".

But now that Li Ke has won the best rookie trophy, he very much hopes that Guagua is right in front of him...

Therefore, Li Ke's answer was: "Many, many, for example, Michael, he also has a best rookie trophy, and Jason Kidd and Grant Hill, they are the last pair of players who contributed to this trophy..."

Li Ke mentioned three names, and then he slapped his forehead, as if thinking of something: "Oh, yes, and Carmelo Anthony."

He only mentioned Guagua's name, so that some reporters in the audience were full of question marks and could only ask: "Melo? Why did he appear here? I remember that he was not elected as the best rookie of the year."

"It's nothing, it's just that I remembered the All-Star Weekend. When I won the MVP of the rookie game, Melo poured cold water on me. He said that he also had the MVP of the rookie game. That is not an honor to be excited about."

"So, now that I have won the honor of the best rookie again, I think this trophy should be worth being excited about."

There was a low laugh at the press conference, and even a fool could see that Li Ke and Melon didn't get along, and they talked trash in private.

Now, Li Ke has moved the trash talk to the press conference, and Guagua, who has been working hard in Houston, just lies down.

"Let's talk about the game in the evening. Your opponent is the Celtics of the Big Three. North American media reporters, expert commentators, and even fans, none of you are optimistic about you..."

The first round of the playoffs was lost. In the second round of the playoffs, public opinion is no longer optimistic about the Bobcats, and even overwhelmingly optimistic about the Celtics.

In the joint program of ESPN and TNT, Skip Bayless, who did not support the Bobcats in the first round of the playoffs, will not mention them. They firmly supported the Celtics. Even Kenny Smith and Stephen A. Smith, who supported the Bobcats in the first round, also betrayed the revolution in the second round.

It's just that in terms of the total score, players have their own understandings.

The aggressive thinks the Celtics can sweep or nearly sweep the Bobcats.

It is conservatively believed that the Bobcats and the Celtics are capable of fighting. The series has a chance to reach Game [-], but the Celtics must win the series.

The public opinion is one-sided, if the Bobcats don't talk to themselves, they will be too weak.

Therefore, Li Ke refuted this point in his usual way: "If the NBA is a game that can be determined only by public opinion before the game, why do we have to go on the court and fight the opponent for 48 minutes? Isn't it good to let public opinion decide who wins this season?"

And when the reporter asked: "In your opinion, what are the chances of you winning this round of the series?"

Li Ke leaned forward slightly, and gave an astonishing answer: "I don't know how likely we are to win this round of the series, but I know that the Charlotte Bobcats will never lose at the North Shore Garden Arena! Not even a game!"

The reporters were taken aback. They would never lose at the North Shore Garden Arena?

The format of the playoffs is 2-2-1-1-1. The Celtics, who have a dominant record in the regular season, will usher in two home games first. Li Ke firmly confirmed that the Bobcats will not lose at the North Shore Garden. Doesn’t that mean that the Bobcats will start with a total score of 2-0?

This is too crazy!

Will the Celtics lose two home games in a row to the Bobcats thanks to their home court advantage?
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
"Can you tell me your basis?"

A local reporter in Boston asked Li Ke angrily.

Li Ke spread his hands: "Because I am very good at playing in the North Shore Garden Arena. In the regular season, I scored 43 points in the North Shore Garden, and the playoffs are the same."

"That's just one game, it doesn't represent the playoffs!"

"In my case, it can! Because I know that there are a group of fanatical race knights in Boston. Even if the league warns them seriously, they will still wait for the opportunity to jump out. In order to prevent them from having a chance to speak again, I will continue the performance of the regular season to the playoffs."

"This is my promise, and I, Sheldon Lee, will never break my promise."

Although the reporter in Boston emphasized how accidental the outbreak of a game was, Li Ke insisted on speaking hard and even made a promise.

Whether he can continue the performance of that regular season will have to wait until the playoffs really start.

In the eyes of many reporters, Li Ke's move was intended to provoke the racial knights in Boston.

In fact, Boston's race knights were riled up when the pregame news reports came out.

"Did you see the news report, that yellow-skinned monkey in Charlotte, he provoked us in front of the reporters!"

In a white supremacist bar in Boston, a middle-aged white man wearing glasses viciously threw a newspaper on the bar counter.

"Of course, Johnny, before you read this report, I was already contacting some of the guys who bought tickets to the first game, and I was going to give that yellow monkey a hard time and let him know that Boston fans are not so easy to mess with."

Another fierce-looking white man was an action guy. He slapped the bar with his big hand, and immediately began to encourage other partners who hadn't joined yet: "There should be other fans in the bar who also bought tickets for the first game. Everyone, join in. I will work with Larry to make a very detailed plan to give that yellow-skinned monkey a good look!"

"Dillon, don't be too aggressive. The game in the regular season was quite a big mess. If the NBA doesn't mention it, the team probably won't support you."

The bartender came out to interrupt, but the fierce-looking Dillon waved his hands: "Stop talking nonsense, Eric, the NBA and the Celtics, go ride the horse, I will never go to North Shore Garden, because what we have to do is much greater than watching a boring basketball game. That yellow-skinned monkey in Charlotte wants to challenge us, so we have to let him know that in America, white people are supremacy!"

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(End of this chapter)