I'm not really a role player

Chapter 205 Rivers Was Toyed With

Lagalondo holds the ball and pushes forward.

At the top of the arc, he and Ray Allen made a hand-to-hand cooperation and quickly pulled away.

Garnett put it up, and then took the ball from Ray Allen.

"Sheldon can't defend against KG, he is at least 10cm shorter than KG!"

On the basketball court, a height gap of 10 centimeters can be called a natural moat.

The Celtics, who reacted quickly, immediately caught this group of matchups that were very different in terms of height. The ball was in KG's hands, but the position was a little bit worse.

In the high position, KG turned sideways to the basket, feinted a shot, took a step back, and shot a jumper.

"KG pitched, he's smart, no options and Sheldon hard steel power."

Bang-dang-!
Kenny Smith shut his mouth.

Indeed, KG is very smart, and he didn't choose to be hard steel with Li Ke, because he knew he couldn't be strong.

He also did not choose to turn around and speed up the breakthrough, because his speed was not Li Ke's opponent.

So, in the high post, KG's only options are...jumpers.

Whether it's pulling in place or taking a step back, Li Ke has already stared at KG. When he saw KG take a step back with his left foot as the axis and his right foot, he pushed forward without hesitation.

Sure enough, KG made a jump shot, and Li Ke's interference fit perfectly, trying to compress KG's space as much as possible.

No one was surprised by the clanging sound of iron strikes.

Hua Er, who had already aimed at the basket, even grabbed the rebound before everyone else.

"Counterattack!"

"start running!"

Hua Laoer, who grabbed the rebound, yelled a counterattack, and Li Ke then emphasized the core play of the Bobcats in the second half: run!
All of a sudden, including Chris Humphries, the Bobcats' five players rushed out like arrows.

Hua Er Er was in control of the ball. Seeing that Ray Allen was forcing him up, he immediately made an overhead pass, aiming at Lao Ai.

Lao Ai had already rushed out, and when he saw the basketball, he slowed down.

By the time Lao Ai controlled the basketball, the Celtics' perimeter trio had already retreated in place in the frontcourt.

However, the Bobcats' superiority in numbers was still reflected. Pierce stared at Li Ke closely, Rondo made up in front of Lao Ai, and Ray Allen fell to the end in order to delay Hua's second.

What the Celtics missed was Dai Quinn Cook, who lost a key three-pointer in the first half.

The open three-pointer is unstable, but the layup under the basket is stable.

Dai Quinn Cook also became smart and went straight into the penalty area. Lao Ai made a ground pass and found Cook.

"On the counterattack, Daequan Cook catches the ball and makes a layup, and the ball goes in!"

56 to 46, the score gap widened to 10 points.

The Celtics kicked off from the backcourt and launched an attack again.

KG landed directly against the bottom line and near the frame, and Rondo and Ray Allen played again and sent the ball in.

"Low singles, this time there should be no problem."

Near the frame, KG swayed twice, turned around and made a fake throw. After the basketball hit the board, it hit the edge of the basket with a bang, and bounced out.

That's right, Li Ke judged KG's intentions correctly, directly blocked the throw, and told Kenny Smith with practical actions: there is a problem!

Not only is there a problem, it's a huge one.

Turning around, Li Ke got stuck, the rebound fell, and it just landed in Li Ke's arms.

"Strike back again!"

Like the tide, they frantically ran towards the frontcourt regardless of their physical strength, and the Bobcats counterattacked again!
Li Ke passed the ball to Lao Ai, and Lao Ai acted as a transfer station for the ball, and then made another pass to find Hua's second child.

When Gerald Wallace hung on the rim in the Celtics' backcourt, Rivers sensed something was wrong.

"This situation is a bit like G1."

In G1, Li Ke's counterattack crushed the Celtics.

In G2 and G3, the Bobcats also focused on the fast break and counterattack, but they were not considered successful.

There is nothing to say about G2. The Celtics blew themselves up and played a big and four small. The purpose is to contain the Bobcats' counterattack. The Bobcats' counterattack is not open, which is completely understandable.

In G3, on the one hand, the long-range shot was not open, and on the other hand, the Bobcats at that time did not have a ruin like this game.

Before the advent of the small ball era, the NBA did not have the kind of team that only relied on counterattacks to kill opponents.

Not having a major or a junior is one aspect, and the other is that physical fitness cannot support a whole field of running wildly.

But in this game, the Bobcats came prepared and ran wildly throughout the game?
It's the playoffs, if you can't hold on, you have to hold on!
On the court, with the Celtics' offense, KG once again challenged Li Ke's defense, still in a low position, swayed half his body, turned around and made a breakthrough, and made a layup with a low hand.

But Li Ke jumped up, stretched his arms, and slapped the rising basketball out!
"Big hat on the back, Shelton denied KG's score once again!"

After three rounds, Kenny Smith can confirm that Li Ke really locked KG who is at least 10 cm taller than him!

KG was very depressed, he knew that his only advantage over Li Ke was his height.

Therefore, he has always wanted to take advantage of this.

But the problem is that compared with his advantages, he has more disadvantages. He is inferior to Li Ke beside him in strength, speed, and even in the face of tough defense.

When Li Ke kept interrupting his rhythm with changing power, and kept making some predictive defensive moves based on his speed, KG narrowed his options. When he made a choice, Li Ke put all his eggs in one basket.

Two irons and one hat, KG misfired.

On the sidelines, Xiao Gouba smiled and gave Sam Vincent a high five.

It worked, their strategy worked!

The only Bobcat who can lock KG to death is indeed Li Ke.

And when the Celtics re-teamed and then handed the ball to Pierce in the high post, the Bobcats had to face another test—whether Hua No. [-] could guard Pierce.

"Pierce, the back push, oh no, it's the AI's pincer attack!"

"In the face of pinching, will Pierce still shoot?"

No one knows whether Pierce will shoot or not, but Li Ke, who is staring at KG from the bottom line, knows that Rondo, who is wide open at the top of the arc, will be embarrassed.

Sure enough, Pierce chose to pass the ball, and the goal was Rondo, who was wide open at the top of the arc.

"Lagalondo received the ball, a wide open opportunity, shoot, or not shoot?"

Rondo hesitated for a second, but still voted.

Facing Lao Ai's replay, he jumped up and pushed the ball out.

Bang-dang-!
Without any surprises, Rondo's long-range shot was converted into a rebound. It was not an ordinary rebound, but a rebound that bounced directly to the free throw line.

When Li Ke rushed to the free throw line and grabbed the rebound in his arms, he knew that there was another counterattack!
Not only that, but Rondo's missed long shot reminded him: Is this guy's free throw a hidden danger?
Cut more tactics?

This can be!
"Counterattack, Sheldon rushed to the front!"

Since there is no defense, let's shoot!
"He chased for a three-pointer!"

Swish-!
"The ball is in!"

"It's a stark contrast. Sheldon's open three-pointer can be said to hit every shot, while Lagalondo's open three-pointer can never hit a hundred shots..."

"61 to 46, the score gap has widened to 15 points!"

"pause?"

Rivers hesitated for a second, and finally called a timeout.

After the timeout, the Celtics did not make any significant adjustments. The offensive end was still dominated by Pierce, but the Bobcats quickly proved that: Maybe the second Hua could not defend Pierce, but they could paste the Celtics' defense.

Even, the Bobcats were more unscrupulous. Who made the second-year Lagalondo not have a COSCO shot at all.

Facing the flanking attack, Pierce chose to make a strong shot against the flanking attack.

Clang!
"Backboard!"

At the basket, Chris Humphries protected the ball.

Although 2 meters 06, although not good at confrontation, but Humphries' rebounding ability is very good, especially, his opponent is Perkins, the meat shield blue collar in the restricted area.

His job has become very simple, protecting the frame and grabbing rebounds. So far, Humphries has done a good job.

After grabbing the rebound, Humphries made no mistakes in the pass, and he directly found Lao Ai not far away.

"Fight back!"

Rondo stepped forward to delay, but Lao Ai was unlucky, accelerated and waded over.

"It's over, there are no defenders in front of the AI!"

Lao Ai jumped up from outside the three-point line, learning from Li Ke, he wants three-pointers but not two-pointers, and the greedy ones want to go straight to a three-pointer...

Swish-!
"The goal is scored, 64 to 46!"

"In the incredible start of the second half, the Bobcats directly played a 10-0 climax. The extremely small lineup surprisingly withstood the impact of the Celtics, and even turned around, which in turn crushed the Celtics..."

In the next wave of counterattack, Li Ke rushed to the basket and succeeded in dunking.

With a 20-point lead, Rivers knew that he had to make a choice.

"For Doc Rivers, there are no other options."

Unlike Kenny Smith, who couldn't believe that the Bobcats used an extremely small lineup to defeat the Celtics very unreasonably, Barkley was still rational. He analyzed the situation:
"Or, finish this quarter with the regular lineup, then raise your hands and surrender, and bet on the next battle."

"Or, we can only change to a lineup of one big and four small like the Bobcats."

Rivers called a timeout again, and there was more than a minute between the two waves of timeouts.

Barkley is right, Rivers's only choice is to surrender or to put all his eggs in one basket.

But in the face of a loss, that is, a total score of 1 to 3 behind, it is difficult for Rivers to choose to surrender.

Compared with a 0-2 comeback, a 1-3 comeback is more difficult.

There are only 8 times in history. The most recent one was the first round of the Western Conference playoffs in 06 when Phoenix fell behind the Lakers 1-3.

As far as Rivers is concerned, if he is the one with a 3-1 lead, the possibility of a comeback will be huge.

But as a backward party, don't even think about it, it's impossible!

"The Celtics can only put all their eggs in one basket. They will play a lineup of one big and four small. At this time, Shaq, it's your turn!"

After the timeout, Perkins left and Tony Allen replaced him.

But Rivers' mentality collapsed, because he saw the next door, the Bobcats replaced Chris Humphries with the Sharks...

There are still one big and four small, but in positional warfare, the Bobcats have an extra big killer.

When the Sharks took a 15-minute break from halftime and the opening of the second half, they pushed KG with full energy and fighting spirit, and completed dunks. Rivers knew that he was played by Sam Vincent on the opposite side.

Sam Vincent on the sidelines spread his hands. He didn't do anything, but played with Doc Rivers on the opposite side. It was so easy to win this game!

At the end of the three quarters, 24 points behind.

In the fourth quarter, Rivers chose to hold on.

But the Bobcats on the opposite side didn't bother you anymore, and the score gap was as stable as Mount Tai, and the Bobcats directly rotated.

Lao Ai and Lao Sha sat off the court to rest, while Li Ke and Hua No. [-] continued to lead the team, constantly consuming the Celtics.

Although the score was pulled back a bit, Lao Sha and Lao Ai, who saw each other, had almost dried up the sweat soaked in their jerseys.

Looking at our own side, the three giant players who have passed by are exhausted and have failed to bring this game back to life.

Rivers slumped and chose to surrender.

"The Celtics also changed, replaced the main players, and they gave up the game."

……

Another few minutes later, facing a 22-point lead, the Time Warner Center began the countdown.

"10, 9, 8, 7..."

"3, 2, 1!"

With a buzz, the red light came on, the timer beeped, and amazing cheers erupted from the audience.

"The game is over. The Charlotte Bobcats at home defeated the Celtics by a big score and grabbed the match point!"

"The total score is 3 to 1. The Bobcats are only one victory away from the Eastern Conference Finals!"

"It's not far from overthrowing the Celtics, a galaxy warship with the Big Three."

"..."

On the bench, Li Ke, Lao Ai, Lao Sha, and Hua Laoer, whose bodies were already completely cold, jumped up and hugged each other passionately again, celebrating this hard-won and unexpected victory.

"Aaron, you did it on horseback!"

"No, one more victory!"

In this victory, excluding Li Ke's off-court efforts, Lao Ai is definitely the first.

He scored 34 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 steals in the whole game. With his own power, he opened up the Bobcats' offense and beat the opponent Rondo.

Lao Sha slapped Lao Ai hard, and he had to admit: "Aaron, this match is yours!"

"Don't count, it's mine!"

Although the boss battle between Lao Ai and Lao Sha did not spark, it has been going on in a moderate manner.

Li Ke, who watched from a close distance and sometimes even added oil and vinegar, always felt that the two were not really fighting for the boss, but just playing tricks.

说到这场比赛的表现，李恪也不差，25分7个篮板4个助攻2个抢断1个盖帽。

如果说这场比赛22投10中24分10个篮板3个助攻1个抢断3个盖帽的KG，和17投6中只得14分的皮尔斯，以及18投8中20分的雷阿伦都算是巨头的话，李恪绝对也是巨头。

Coupled with 22 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, the Bobcats are the real Big Three team.

The only one with four cores that pulls the hips is the old shark.

Compared with the previous three games, the Old Shark in this game only exerted his strength in the middle of the third quarter. His hip pull was not because of his poor performance, but because the Bobcats in this game did not need him to exert strength. He made 10 of 7 shots, 16 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks. The Shark also performed very well.

In the stands, watching the bobcat generals celebrating enthusiastically, Boss Joe suppressed his excitement: "3 to 1, only one victory away, great chance, David!"

David Falk nodded: "Of course, Michael, leading 3-1 in the playoffs, the entire history of the NBA has only been reversed 8 times!"

(End of this chapter)