I'm not really a role player

Chapter 197 Invincible Battleship?

Doc Rivers looked at the time, and the game had already started for more than four minutes.

"Let Tony go."

"And then? Let Ray deal with Allen Iverson?"

Tom Thibod shook his head. Obviously, he didn't agree with Doc Rivers' adjustment plan.

The Celtics' original arrangement was that Tony Allen and Rondo took turns playing to strangle Iverson, the actual core of the Bobcats' offense.

For Li Ke, their strategy is to let Pierce and Ray Allen take turns to follow up the defense, and it's over if they don't give any space. A scorer with a little more than 16 points in the first round of the playoffs can still turn the world upside down?

In the end, Li Ke really turned the world upside down.

Pierce and Ray Allen performed well, but it was Li Ke who had problems.

After scoring 4 points in the opening 11 minutes, Li Ke has become a serious problem for the Celtics.

In Rivers' view, his only way to deal with it is to let Tony Allen, who played behind him, deal with Li Ke in front of him.

But Tony Allen defends Li Ke, and Ray Allen can only defend Iverson.

It's not that Ray Allen's defense is so bad. Perhaps, the Bucks and the Supersonic's gentleman Ray did not have a good defense, but there are objective reasons for that.

During the Bucks and Supersonics period, Jun Zilei's main responsibility was offense, and it was difficult to devote more energy to the defensive end.

When it came to the Celtics, the responsibility was transferred to the third of the Big Three, the offensive pressure was greatly reduced, and the defense also went up.

At least this season, Junzilei's single defense can be regarded as a defensive team level, and there are only two or three defenders who are better than him in the central defense, and Li Ke's swingman like Li Ke is not counted.

However, the problem is that in this game, Pierce was locked up by Li Ke, and Jun Zilei was forced to take over the burden of the offensive core, which instead brought him back to the Bucks and Supersonics.

Therefore, at this time, letting Junzi Lei defend Iverson is tantamount to giving away.

"Change to zone defense, Doug, this is the best way."

Rivers nodded and accepted Thibodeau's suggestion:
"Okay, let's switch to the zone defense. Tony comes on. The responsibilities remain the same. Continue to strangle Allen Iverson. Ray's defense should be strengthened. As for the offense, let KG take more responsibility."

Bobcat, Sam Vincent patted Li Ke: "Nice job, Sheldon!"

He was a little over-excited. Li Ke's outburst was a surprise. The game that had no hope at first seemed full of hope at this moment.

"Come on, guys, the game is moving towards the good side, and our strategy will remain the same for the next game..."

Responding to change is the best choice for the Bobcats at the moment. From the perspective of tactical reserves, the Bobcats are indeed lacking a little.

But sometimes the game is like this, no matter how many tactical reserves and routines, it is no match for the old master who is beaten to death with random punches.

……

The game quickly resumed, the Celtics' offense, KG, who had been dormant for a long time, made a hit, pushed Chris Humphries away from the middle distance, took two steps in, and made a throw...

Swish!
"Come back from the timeout, KG's throw shot scored, and the Celtics got back 2 points."

In the Bobcats' round, Lao Ai controlled the ball for halftime.

Li Ke continued to run for the full half, and soon, the biggest change for the Celtics appeared.

"The Celtics put up a zone defense, and now there is no one-on-one. Sheldon's off-ball movement has become a bit difficult."

Perkins guarded the penalty area, KG swept back and forth, and the three outsiders guarded their respective areas. The focus was on Li Ke who sprinted back and forth.

no chance...

Li Ke rushed to the right and was blocked by Lei Allen.

In the middle, Lao Ai directly faced Tony Allen's defense and scored a three-pointer.

With a bang, he didn't go in.

"The Celtics are the Celtics. This defense is too tenacious."

Yang Wu, Director Zhang sighed with emotion. He, Yu Jia, and the fans in front of the TV all watched the game very happily before the suspension.

But after the timeout, they had to praise the opponent's defense.

In one round, the Bobcats played for 18 seconds, and the Celtics defended the zone defense for 18 seconds, without any flaws.

Perkins grabbed the rebound and switched offense and defense.

Li Ke knew that there was no chance of positional warfare, and the Bobcats could only continue to fight back.

The premise of counterattack is: to defend against the opponent's attack.

So, Li Ke clapped his hands: "Defend and defend!"

In the away game, there was no shout of "defense", but Li Ke shouted a few times, which also boosted the morale of the five players on the field.

The Celtics continued to look for KG. KG caught the ball, pushed Humphries away with his back, turned around and went to the basket, and dunked one with a bang.

"KG scored consecutively, and the Celtics' timeout was effective..."

Obviously, the Celtics found a loophole in the Bobcats' defense. Speaking of which, the Bobcats have five players on the field, and Humphries and Lao Ai have problems with defense.

Lao Ai is okay, his opponent is Rondo, and the pressure is not great.

亨弗里斯就撑不住了，要知道，这个赛季的KG尚在巅峰，上个赛季他在森林狼场均还有22.4分12.8个篮板4.1个助攻1.2个抢断1.7个盖帽入账，这个赛季球权下滑，却仍然有18.8分9.2个篮板3.4个助攻1.4个抢断和1.3个盖帽入账。

The average playing time is only a little over 30 minutes per game, and the average shooting time is less than 14 times per game.

It wasn't until the serious injury in 09 that KG plummeted.

KG at the peak, Humphries, who forcibly pulls out his seedlings and grows to the starting position, is of course unstoppable.

The Bobcats have no other way, the Bobcats can guard against KG, seriously, no!
If one is forced to find one, it can only be Li Ke.

The problem is, Li Ke's mission is also very critical, he has to lock up Pierce.

Shanmao could hand over this task to Second Hua, but in that case, Jun Zilei would be missed.

This goes back to the original question. The Celtics are a Big Three team. If one is locked, the other two will always explode.

Speaking of which, the Bobcats are considered to be the best team to defend against the Celtics. Li Kejiahua's second child will directly match up and kill two of the Big Three. Only the remaining one can play a role.

Of course, off the court, Sam Vincent is not in a hurry to control the overall situation. If KG wants to play, let him play well. He is not the kind of scorer who can kill a team by himself.

On the offensive end, the Bobcats' positional offense continued to pick their feet. Lao Ai passed a pass to the old shark, but at the basket, facing Perkins, the old shark turned around and didn't make a quick hook.

Turning around to attack the Celtics, KG hit another one, this time it was a mid-range iron-blooded jumper, and with a bang, he hit the net hollow!

At this point, the score was tied, and all the accumulated advantages of the Bobcats were lost.

Sam Vincent hesitated and also called a timeout.

"We have to target Kevin Garnett."

The Bobcats' defense is fairly easy to do. After all, Li Ke and Hua Laoer have already killed the two strongest flanks of the Celtics. Except for KG, the remaining two positions of the Celtics have some problems in offense.

At the point guard position, Tony Allen and Rondo, who play in rotation, are the kind of guards who don't shoot and can only break through.

Tony Allen even has a nickname called Wade Jr.

At the center position, Perkins is also the kind of pure blue-collar, and he is not strong at the basket, let alone create an offensive threat for the Bobcats.

Therefore, the change of Lynx is very straightforward——

"If KG takes the ball, just clip it on the flank, don't be afraid of missing someone."

After a pause, the game restarts.

The Bobcats attack, the old shark hit another one, turned around the basket, made a false hook, rushed to the bottom of the basket, made a layup, and made a successful hit.

The Celtics' offense and the Bobcats' defense also played a role.

Zone pincers, weak-side rotations.

KG, who had the ball, made a strong shot, and with a bang, he missed.

Finally defending the next one, Li Ke, who had been staring at the basketball, rushed to the basket, grabbed the backboard, turned around and shouted: "Run!"

"Counterattack is coming!"

The long-lost counterattack came, and Li Ke rushed out huffing and puffing.

Yang Wu, director Zhang and Yu Jia in the broadcast room were also excited. After a long silence, the counterattack that could allow Li Ke to show off his skills finally came.

On the court, Li Ke did not disappoint.

"Overtaking, or overtaking!"

With a bang, Li Ke, who had passed everyone, hung on the basket in the frontcourt!

"Sheldon's speed is too fast. I have never seen such lightning speed in the NBA. He almost killed the entire Celtics defense by himself!"

Like a lightning strike, Kenny Smith and Barkley have met several times, but they are still surprised.

What followed was: "Obviously, the Celtics' defense still has problems, and they can't stop the Bobcats' counterattack."

On the sidelines, Rivers scratched his head again, and he glanced at Thibodeau.

Thibodeau shrugged, and there was nothing he could do.

To defend against counterattacks, the Celtics have to dismantle the inside twin towers. To dismantle the twin towers is tantamount to giving up their best chain defense, which will do more harm than good.

So, in the face of Li Ke's extremely sharp counterattack with the SS-level speed bonus, the changes of the Celtics are:

Do your best to protect the rebound, and even if you lose the rebound, the backcourt players must return to the defense as soon as possible, and the frontcourt players press in place to delay time.

Strategies are either successful or not.

The point of failure is that they still couldn't stop the counterattack led by Li Ke.

The point of success is that there are not so many counterattacks by the Bobcats. At least, the situation will not be disrupted by Li Ke's counterattack alone.

This game, just like this, slowly dragged on.

But at the end of the first quarter, the surprising Charlotte Bobcats were ahead.

The score was 26 to 22, leading by 4 points.

Li Ke made a huge contribution, he scored 17 points alone!
"With 17 points in a single quarter, Li Ke broke out again in the face of racial discrimination!"

"You know, this game is not a low-intensity regular season game. This game is the first game of the second round of the extremely important playoffs! The Bobcats' opponent is the Celtics with the Big Three. With 17 points in a single quarter, he may be about to stage the most amazing individual performance of a Chinese player in the NBA playoffs!"

Yang Wu, Director Yu Jia and Director Zhang have already started blowing.

17 points in a single quarter in the playoffs is not likely to break any record.

But if the scope is limited to Chinese players, 17 points in this single quarter will be awesome.

Let’s just talk about Dayao’s three best playoff games against the Dallas Mavericks in 05, with 33 points in two games and 30 points in one game.

Li Ke scored 17 points in one quarter, not to mention surpassing Dayao, a tie should be no problem.

Unless, the Celtics frantically blocked Li Ke and prevented Li Ke from scoring.

In the second quarter, Li Ke took a break.

But the five-man team on the Bobcats field is still dominated by the main force. Lao Ai and Hua's second child continue to play, paired with Daquan Cook, Dudley and Steven Hunter, and face Pierce. The Celtics led by Sam Cassell, James Posey, Ryan Bowie and PJ Brown.

There was a tie between the two sides, and Pierce really wanted to make some effort when Li Ke was not on the court. The problem was that Hua Er Er didn't give him this chance.

But for the Bobcats, Lao Ai took advantage of the fact that Tony Allen and Rondo were not on the court, and scored 4 points in a row in singles.

Then, Rivers replaced Rondo back.

The rotation in the playoffs has been reduced, and the Bobcats have also reduced their rotation from more than 10 people in the regular season to 8 people.

In addition to Hunter's regular replacement of the old sharks, Dae Quinn Cook and Dudley took over the remaining four positions of the Bobcats as a substitute.

Of course, this so-called substitute time was also reduced very little.

For example, Li Ke, after resting for more than four minutes, Sam Vincent waved his hand: "Sheldon, it's up to you, I want to see the fast-break counterattack in the first quarter!"

Li Ke appeared on the stage, which is also a helpless thing. Once Rondo appeared on the stage, Lao Ai's offense was very limited.

Hua Lao Er is pretty good at stealing chickens, but it is impossible to expect him to output stably.

Li Ke is actually the same, the difference is that in this game, Li Ke, relying on SS-level speed, found a way to stably break through the Celtics' defense.

Although there are not many opportunities, considering that the opponent is the Celtics with a steel defense, this so-called scoring method has become very valuable.

Appearing with boos, it didn't take long for Li Ke to have the opportunity to express himself amidst a wave of boos——

"Rebounds, Bobcats!"

"No, to be precise, it belongs to Li Ke!"

"He's charging again, and the Celtics are trying to stop him, but the speed... Paul Pierce's delay is not going to help at all..."

Boom!
Among the boos, Li Ke who hung the frame roared passionately.

The game did not enter the so-called white heat, Li Ke's counterattack broke the solid barrier of the Celtics.

The score was opening up, and as the number of counterattacks increased, Li Ke's halftime score slowly exceeded 20 points.

The Celtics fans who were booed at home and almost collapsed, as well as those racial knights, have begun to doubt life.

"Why does this guy always explode?"

"We are already so scary, so he is not afraid at all?"

At the end of the half game, with 52 to 45 points, the Bobcats surprisingly led the Celtics by 7 points away!
"In the first round of the playoffs, the Celtics were like an invincible battleship, crushing the 76ers, but as soon as the second round of the playoffs started, they ran into trouble!"

"Selton, who scored 27 points at halftime, seems to be leading the Bobcats, which no one is optimistic about, and overturning the Celtics battleship!"

(End of this chapter)