I'm not really a role player

Chapter 204 Isn't this self-destruction?
After explaining his new tattoo to Li Ke, Lao Ai became silent again, slumped, practicing shooting.

His eyes were quite serious, with a bit of determination and fortitude.

Lao Ai knew very well that the chance to defeat the Celtics in front of him was probably the last chance in his career to hit that gold cup.

If the Bobcats did not lead the Celtics 2-0, Ai would not be so determined.

But when the score of 2 to 0 appeared, the Celtics, one of the biggest favorites in the championship, were only one step away from being defeated by him and his Bobcats.

what does that mean?Means, once defeated the Celtics, Bobcats will become the new champion's biggest favorite, not one of them. ,

This is the opportunity in Lao Ai's eyes, an opportunity that can be called the best, the best, the best, the best.

Faced with such an opportunity, it is the proper meaning of the title to make the last effort with all your strength.

For this reason, Lao Ai got his 21st tattoo, expressing his determination to succeed or succeed.

……

The time quickly came to May 5, the second game of the Eastern Conference semifinals, which was still held at the Time Warner Center.

The loss of G3 did not dampen the enthusiasm of the fans in Charlotte. The arena was packed and the atmosphere was frenzied. Amidst the cheers, the game was about to start.

"The starters of the two teams have already appeared. Compared with G3, the Celtics and Bobcats have not made any changes. The Celtics are still their regular starting five of the big three, Gala Gallondo and Kendrick Perkins. The Bobcats are still the G3 set of one big and four small..."

Charles Barkley quickly introduced the starters of the two teams that have already appeared.

Kenny Smith looked at the Bobcats' starting five and shook his head:
"In G3, the Bobcats had a big team and four juniors, and they insisted on long-range shooting tactics, which directly led to a loss. It seems that in G4, they still have to implement this tactical strategy, but G3 has proved that this style of play is very self-destructive. I am not optimistic about this Bobcats team. Sam Vincent is ruining a good game."

On the sidelines of the field, Sam Vincent frowned and crossed his arms. He didn't know that Kenny Smith, who was on the commentary, had completely pinned the blame for the Bobcats' loss to him.

"The game's on, Shaq and Kendrick's jump ball!"

The old shark and Perkins' jump ball can be called a rookie pecking at each other. Although the Celtics can use Garnett to end this rookie jumping ball performance, Rivers did not do so. It seems that the Celtics do not care about the ownership of the ball at the beginning.

But even so, Perkins still won the old shark once, he jumped up and took the first shot of the basketball.

Rondo took a step forward and took control of the basketball.

"The Celtics have the ball, LaGarondo holds the ball, moves forward."

"Look at the opening first attack..."

Garnett took a step outside and blocked one for Rondo, and then the center of Long made a breakthrough. The Bobcats switched defenses directly.

Ray Allen went around to catch the ball, made another burst, and made a sudden stop at mid-range.

With a bang, he didn't go in.

After G3, the fans, commentators, and experts were already immune to the sound of iron strikes in this group of duels. The second Hua rushed to the basket and took off the rebound, and the Time Warner Center even burst into cheers.

As the call for "counterattack and counterattack" sounded, the possession of the ball changed hands, offense and defense switched, and the Bobcats' offense came like a tide.

"The counterattack came. Gerald Wallace didn't pass the ball, but a one-man assault..."

The myth of Li Ke's "God of Counterattack" is no longer there, and Bobcat's counterattack has returned to normal. There is no longer an agreement that as long as it is a counterattack, the ball will be handed over to Li Ke.

Hua Lao Er charged with the ball alone, but the threat was huge. He rushed to the frontcourt, and Ray Allen, who retreated in time, could only go up.

At this time, the advantages of the Bobcats in one major and four juniors are highlighted.

"Wing, Daequan Cook unmarked!"

"Catch the ball, three points!"

Bang-dang-!
The audience sighed, as if lamenting the bad luck and even the unfairness of fate.

But in the next second, cheers erupted.

"Sheldon grabbed the rebound and put in the dunk!"

Bang!

The sound of frame abuse was still heard, but this time the sound was more dull. Amidst the cheers, Li Ke hung on the basket.

"Although Dai Quinn Cook's open three-pointer stretched his hips, Li Ke stood up and made a good dunk! Beautiful!"

On the other side of the ocean, although the NBA's response was timely and powerful, the broadcast of Central Five still did not resume.

The domestic fans couldn't hold back anymore. Several basketball-related media such as Sina, Hupu, and Tencent made so-called text live broadcasts, and the live broadcast room was also full of people.

As the anchor of the live broadcast typed this line of words, the bullet screen was filled with words:
"Li Ke is awesome!"

"Ke Shen is invincible!"

"The Lynx will win!"

"..."

Although they couldn't see the picture of Li Ke making up the buckle, they will make up their minds.

They just imagined that Li Ke was like the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, stepping on colorful auspicious clouds, suddenly appearing, grabbing the backboard, pulling the mountain with all his strength, smashing Huashan with all his strength, and smashing the basketball into the basket.

With a 2-0 start, the Celtics could only re-kick off in the backcourt.

Rondo once again pushed the ball into the frontcourt. The Celtics' offense was slowly grinding in the halfcourt. It looked extremely stable, but from the perspective of Li Ke, a traverser who has experienced offense in the small ball era, the Celtics' offense was too constipated.

Rondo's breakthrough in constipation, after passing back, was Ray Allen's breakthrough in constipation.

In the end, the ball went to Pierce.

Although Pierce has been defended by Li Ke a bit miserably since the third game in the series, the Celtics and Pierce just don't believe in evil, and they have the courage to try.

The same is true for this ball. Pierce faced Li Ke's defense and shot a mid-range jumper with a bang!
"Pierce's mid-range shot... didn't go in! Or Gerald Wallace's rebound, and the Bobcats' counterattack?"

Kenny Smith's commentary has a question mark.

However, with this ball, Rondo stepped forward and forced Hua's second child, which directly interrupted the Bobcats' original counterattack momentum.

When Lao Ai received the basketball from Hua Lao's second hand, they had already missed the best time to counterattack, and the offense entered a positional battle.

On the sidelines, Rivers and Thibodeau breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. The counterattack at the beginning really made them trepidatious, for fear of a repeat of G2.

But looking at it now, as long as the pressure and delay are given immediately, the Bobcats' counterattack is nothing to worry about.

On the court, Lao Ai controlled the ball and stopped at the top of the three-point arc in the frontcourt.

Li Ke shrunk to the bottom corner, looked at Lao Ai, one crotch, then the other back, changed direction and swayed, and suddenly took a step forward.

Rondo's follow-up defense has been very hard, but the last move is still slow. Lao Ai rushed a step, and Rondo could only turn around and chase after him.

Unexpectedly, Lao Ai stopped suddenly and pulled back.

Pulled one in place, one step away from the three-point line, and made a three-point shot without a doubt!
"Three-point shot directly!"

Swish-!
At first, Kenny Smith was not surprised, because he had already guessed that the Bobcats would stick to the unhealthy style of play in G3.

But in the next second, when Lao Ai's three-pointer crossed the sky above the arena and plunged into the basket at a gnawing angle, Kenny Smith was surprised.

"Enter?!"

"Three-pointer hit, 5 to 0!"

Barkley confirmed it, and even said with a smile: "It seems that the Bobcats have a good hand in this game."

Kenny Smith shook his head, wanting to say that one ball cannot explain this game.

But in a wave of offense from the Celtics, Garnett made a mid-range shot and pulled back 2 points. Then Lao Ai made a breakthrough and made a mid-range hit again. Kenny Smith bit his lip. Is this feeling really hot?

Soon, Lao Ai missed his third shot, but on the fourth shot, he scored a three-pointer and made another hit.

Rivers called a timeout, and Kenny Smith took a look at Lao Ai's hits, 4 of 3, including two three-pointers.

This feeling, hot is already very reluctant, extremely hot is the correct adjective.

Rivers' timeout and adjustment are secondary, and interrupting Lao Ai's scoring rhythm is the main thing.

But the problem is that after the timeout, Lao Ai's 4 of 3 mid-range shots have profoundly affected the Celtics' defense.

After the timeout, the Celtics played another wave of constipated offenses, and Ray Allen missed a three-pointer.

The Bobcats grabbed the rebound, and Lao Ai broke through with the ball, attracting a pinch attack, and a leaping pass found Li Ke on the flank.

"Sheldon, catch the ball, three points!"

Swish-!
"Goal in, Shelton's open threes are too solid, he never misses such an opportunity!"

"Counting AI's two three-pointers, the Bobcats have scored three three-pointers before halfway through the first quarter."

13 to 4, the Celtics' offense is still the same offense, but the Bobcats' offense has been upgraded.

Kenny Smith's expression was very astonished. The Bobcats' radical and self-destructive strategy seemed to be successful?

As the game progressed, the Bobcats' offense became more and more smooth.

Sam Vincent suddenly understood why Li Ke's tactical strategy had the best chance of defeating the Celtics.

The Bobcats' long-range outside shots do not need to be fully open at all. As long as one is open, the rest will be activated one by one.

What is the most important thing on the basketball court?It's space!
The Celtics' chain defense focuses on compressing space.

And when the Bobcats expanded this space beyond the three-point line, the Celtics could no longer compress this so-called space.

In one quarter of the game, Rivers called two timeouts, plus the official timeout in the middle, he made three major adjustments.

There is no doubt that the Celtics' defense is indeed historical. Even though Lao Ai's personal offense has been fully opened, the Celtics still maintain the backward situation under a controllable situation.

"At the end of the first quarter, 22 to 31, the Bobcats at home took a 9-point lead!"

"The same strategy, but achieved completely different results from G3, Allen Iverson contributed a lot!"

At the end of the first quarter, the stern and resolute old Ai scored 14 points and 4 assists alone. It can be said that the Bobcats' lead is due to his explosion.

During the holiday break, Lao Ai was still silent. Li Ke, who was standing behind him, was staring at Lao Ai's new tattoo, thinking about how to tattoo the word "Not a" with not many letters, so as to be artistic.

In the second quarter, the two teams came on the bench, half the main force and half the bench, and the Celtics had an advantage.

Although for the Big Three, Danny Ainge dismantled most of the teams.

But the agglomeration effect triggered by the Big Three has brought a group of better role players.

The Bobcats also dismantled a small half of the team for the sake of Lao Ai and Lao Sha. Compared with the depth of the bench, the Bobcats are definitely not as good as the Celtics.

Although Lao Ai and Li Ke's long-range shots were both open, in the second quarter, the Bobcats were slightly disadvantaged.

At halftime, 46 to 54, the Bobcats maintained a lead of about 8 points.

"At halftime, the Bobcats still took the lead, but in the second quarter, the Celtics' adjustments have achieved some results. The situation of this game has begun to be confusing."

Even during the game, Kenny Smith was jumping sideways repeatedly. He supported the Celtics at the beginning, and when Lao Ai broke out, he turned to support the Bobcats. In the second quarter, the Celtics' defense was strong, and he thought the situation was [-]-[-].

In the locker room at halftime, facing a [-]-[-] situation, Sam Vincent picked up the tactical board, and Li Ke immediately reacted.

An 8-point lead at halftime is not enough. If you want to lock in this victory, you have to come back.

So, Li Ke once again snatched the tactical board from Sam Vincent.

For the third time, Sam Vincent still didn't care much.

After all, there will only be the first and countless times when a star player grabs the tactical board.

"Our touch is already very hot, which is completely different from G3. In this case, I think we can speed up!"

That's right, speeding up, and completely small balls, is the best way to seal the victory as quickly as possible.

"Shaq, come down and rest, okay?"

The old shark nodded: "Of course! Why not?"

He wanted to play soy sauce for a long time, but the situation in this series has never given him a chance to do soy sauce.

Until this game, Lao Ai, who had been silent for a long time, finally broke out...

"Chris, it's up to you to play as a guest center forward and stand against Kendrick Perkins. We will form an extremely small lineup and use our quick offense and defense to directly overwhelm this desperate Celtics team!"

In this way, after 15 minutes of halftime, the Bobcats played five players, causing an uproar in the Time Warner Center.

"Without Shaq, Chris Humphries cameo at center, leaving four spots, Gerald Wallace, Sheldon Lee, Daequan Cook and Allen Iverson lined up respectively... Are the Bobcats crazy?"

Involuntarily, Kenny Smith crossed Bobcat directly. He couldn't figure out what Bobcat was thinking, so he didn't guess at all.

I just feel that this lineup of the Bobcats is going to meet the Celtics' regular starting five.

The opening game is a good opportunity to test, the Celtics attack, Kenny Smith looked directly inside, he wanted to know, with this lineup of the Bobcats, who will defend against KG?

Li Ke resisted Garnett and gave the answer.

Then who defends Pierce?

Second Hua stared at Pierce and gave the answer.

"Can it be prevented?"

"Isn't this self-destruction?"

(End of this chapter)