I'm not really a role player

Chapter 212
In the first game of the Eastern Conference finals, the Bobcats easily won.

This result surprised some people, but it was expected by others.

The Pistons who lost this game were very surprised. They thought they would lose, but they never thought that they would lose so badly.

With a 24-point defeat, Philip Sanders fell into exactly the same situation as Doc Rivers, who lost G1 in the Eastern Conference semifinals at that time, and it was his turn to make a choice.

"Chauncey can't solve the AI, and Tyshawn's help defense is easy to miss Gerald Wallace. Maybe we can let Rasheed out?"

"How about Shaq?"

"It's too difficult to expect Antonio to solve Shaq alone..."

Philip Sanders was struggling with his brain, and he no longer knew how to deal with the internal and external dual core of the Bobcats.

This shows the strength of the Celtics. The Bobcats played all their cards, and the Celtics also dealt with all kinds of tricks. Although the Celtics lost, they really had a lot of cards.

This Pistons is a counterexample, they have no cards in their hands.

In addition to Rasheed Wallace and Antonio McDyess, the only ones who can be entrusted with important tasks are the 2-meter Jason Mark Hill and the 01-meter Amir Johnson.

Although the former shot-blocking king Ratliff and the 2-meter Dabai Brezek are still sitting on the bench, the state of these two has reached the lowest point of their careers, and they are basically just making up the number of people.

Therefore, don't count on the starters changing to the bench or something.

Looking back to the main lineup, Antonio McDyess can't stand the old sharks, they are all veterans, the old sharks who are not injured or sick, no matter what, they are better than McDyess who can only slump after a serious injury.

Tianzun, who is of sufficient size but has a floating style of play, is also relatively reluctant.

All in all, the Pistons' insiders can't stop the old sharks with defense alone.

This is why the G1 Pistons put the focus of defense on the inside.

"Try it, anyway, G1's strategy has failed..."

After hesitating for a moment, Philip Sanders finally chose to expand the defense.

……

Los Angeles, Staples Center, the Western Conference finals also kicked off the day after the first game of the Eastern Conference finals.

In the locker room of the home team, the atmosphere is relatively relaxed.

Before Phil Jackson appeared, the old fish Fisher was the chatterbox in the locker room, talking about the Eastern Conference finals next door.

"Can anyone think that the Bobcats can beat the Cavaliers and Celtics all the way, and now even the Pistons are not their opponents?"

Lao Yu spread his hands: "Anyway, I didn't expect it!"

Kobe sat quietly in the C position of the locker room, and silently gave an answer, he thought of it.

From Kobe's point of view, this Bobcat team has the meaning of the Avengers Alliance formed against him.

From Li Ke, to Lao Ai, to Lao Sha, AWSL quad-core, only Hua Er Er has no contact with him.

The remaining three were more or less hostile to him.

Since he is Kobe Bryant's opponent, it will not be surprising that the Bobcats break through from the East.

But this group of Lakers teammates, even Phil Jackson, were unexpected.

Until the end of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Celtics were the protagonists of the Lakers' preparations and plans for the Finals.

Now, the Celtics are gone, and between the Bobcats and the Pistons, Zen Master has no preference. At most, he thinks that the Bobcats have a slight advantage.

But in the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Bobcats won by a full 24 points.

Compared with the score, the bigger difference is the lead on the scene. From the inside to the outside, from the beginning to the end, the Pistons do not have the slightest advantage.

Therefore, in Zen Master's mind, if the Lakers break into the finals, the opponent will most likely be the Bobcats.

If it weren't for the first game of the Western Conference Finals, he would start researching and targeting the Bobcats.

The Spurs in front of him are still worthy of a Resby, and they are not weak...

……

Detroit, in the Bobcats rented training facility, the Bobcats will not give the Pistons Resbye.

Sam Vincent studied the G1 of the Eastern Conference Finals and found that the Bobcats have crushed the Pistons from inside and outside. As long as the players' condition is not in trouble, it is only a matter of time before they win the Eastern Conference Finals and reach the Finals.

So, just after G1, the Bobcats began to study their next opponent.

On the TV in the training hall, TNT TV is broadcasting the classic Western Conference Finals match between the Lakers and the Spurs across the United States.

Long before the start of the Eastern Conference Finals, Li Ke had already predicted this matchup: Kobe was the Spurs killer and the king of the Western Conference Finals, so the remaining six points will be over...

But when the game started, Li Ke was puzzled by the development of the game: Is this horse still the Lakers?The one wearing the No. 24 jersey, are you sure it's not Nash or Kidd?

"Kobe played a bit strangely. He only took one shot in the first quarter, and he didn't score yet?"

"But he has four assists."

"What's the use of an assist?" Lao Ai shook his head:
"If you can't kill the game, look at the score. The Spurs led by 3 points in the first quarter."

Then in the second quarter, Kobe's shots were still pitifully few, with 2 shots and 1 hit.

In the first half, he only scored 2 points and 5 assists.

Hua's second child frowned: "Kobe is not injured, is he?"

Li Ke, who was paralyzed by Ge You, sat up straight and gave his understanding:

"Whether you are fighting with an injury or not, you will know by watching the second half. After all, in the first half, the Lakers were already behind by 8 points. If Kobe doesn't fire, the game will be over."

Soon, in the second half, Kobe's fire came.

The first is the two irons, although they did not score, but at least, the desire to attack is different from the first half.

"The Lakers may lose!"

Old Shark was very happy. At the beginning of the second half, the situation of the Lakers collapsed. They experienced a scoring drought of about 4 minutes.

The Spurs directly extended the lead to 16 points. It was not until 7 minutes and 52 seconds left in the third quarter that Kobe made a mid-range shot, breaking the Lakers' scoring drought.

Then, his teammates continued to hit the iron, and Kobe also hit his third iron, achieving the achievement of four ups and three irons.

After that, his explosion came, first he scored 2 points in a singles.

Then an assist helped Jiasao score 2 points.

Turning his head away, he received another assist from Mrs. Jia and scored a three-pointer.

Counting the fouls won since then, two free throws, and a mid-range shot at the end of the third quarter, in this quarter, Kobe, who was fully fired, made 9 of 4 shots and scored 11 points.

At the highest point, it was as high as 16 points behind, but it was also chased to only 7 points left.

"The Lakers are too tenacious. There is another suspense in this game."

In the fourth quarter, Kobe's explosion became more and more unstoppable. No matter who the Spurs replaced to defend him, he could tear apart the defense and send the ball into the basket.

A wave of 7 hits and 4 singles scored 8 points. In the second half, Kobe, who was superb, led the team to equalize the score before the final 3 minutes of the game.

Then there was the even more outrageous decisive battle in the last 3 minutes, 2 free throws, 2 mid-range shots, all hits, ending the suspense of this game!
"A 16-point comeback, this Kobe is too strong!"

After watching the whole game, Li Ke sighed with emotion.

As expected of the Spurs killer, the king of the Western Conference Finals!

Lao Sha was silent, but Lao Ai turned his head sideways and said, "How strong is it? Compared with me in G1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, who is stronger?"

This question, to be honest, is killing people.

But Li Ke is not afraid of death, he is straightforward: "That is still better than Kobe."

Regardless of Lao Ai's murderous eyes, Sam Vincent, who watched the game, admired Li Ke's judgment.

"Think about how to beat the Lakers..."

……

On the 22nd, it was still Palace of Auburn Hills, and G2 of the Eastern Conference finals started.

The Pistons' changes still occurred. In terms of defense, positions [-], [-], and [-] were man-to-man, and Tianzun at position [-] stayed in the middle distance and swept around.

The most old shark can only be Antonio McDyess.

The Bobcats, which remain unchanged and adapt to all changes, are still the same as G1. They first handed over the main offensive power to Lao Ai, and waited until Lao Ai was struggling to strike the iron in the pincer attack. Then he reacted and sent the ball into the inside lane.

Although he really wanted to paddle, the Pistons' defensive strategy made it impossible for the old shark to paddle any further.

He began to beat McDyess hard.

Because Lao Sha understands a truth very well: if you don't hurt your opponent, the opponent will not know how to be afraid.

So, in the first quarter of the game, Lao Sha scored 8 points in a 6-for-14 single quarter, declaring that he is still young!
Although the old sharks exploded, the score was not as wide as in G1, because the Pistons' offensive adjustment was successful.

They reduced the fireplace's possession of the ball, increased the waist and high pick-and-roll, and gave more possession of the ball to Tianzun, Prince and Richard Hamilton, thus avoiding the steel defense line built by Li Ke alone.

Relying on the performance of the three civilian stars Tianzun, Prince and Hamilton, the Pistons bit the score.

In the second quarter, they continued to implement the defensive strategy of the first quarter.

Because Philip Sanders firmly believes that the 36-year-old Shark's physical condition is not that good, and problems will soon arise!

But the problem is, this 36-year-old Shark paddled as much as he could in the playoffs, and he had enough rest. A little overdraft in this game is not a problem at all.

So, in the second quarter, the Pistons, who didn't believe in evil, were hit 6 of 4 by the old shark, scoring 23 points in the half.

With the outbreak of a game, the score cannot be opened, and another quarter is added, and the score cannot be opened without reason.

In this way, at halftime, the Bobcats took a 57-point lead with a score of 48 to 9.

The ideas of the coaches are always inexplicably consistent, Philip Sanders decided, stick to it!
Persistence leads to success, but not in the third quarter.

Because the old shark is determined to let the Pistons know the pain.

In the third quarter, Old Shark, who was 5 of 3, raised his personal score to 31 points.

The Bobcats lead also continued to rise, the end of the three quarters, 83 to 70, leading by 13 points.

The game entered the decisive battle of the final quarter.

Persistence will lead to success. In the fourth quarter, the Pistons’ persistence finally ushered in success. The old shark withered. Of course, the 300-pound fat man persisted in the high-intensity explosion of the three quarters, and could no longer hold on in the fourth quarter.

The problem is, the Bobcats' lead is already high.

The pace of the game is not fast, the Pistons want to chase the 13 points behind, unless they have a player named Kobe Bryant.

But they didn't, not only didn't they, the closest to Kobe's fireplace was locked tightly by Li Ke.

Seeing that Lao Sha was sluggish, and Lao Ai was also under heavy siege, he didn't perform much, and the second Hua who picked up the leak could not be lethal, and Li Ke's state was also very average.

But the 13-point lead in these three quarters is real.

In this way, the Pistons struggled to chase points until the end of the game, but failed to turn defeat into victory.

"105 to 95, a difference of 10 points, the Bobcats took away the second victory in the Eastern Conference Finals from the Palace of Auburn Hills!"

"It's another 2-0 start. Maybe we have to talk about the probability of a 0-2 comeback. Kenny, what do you think the Pistons' comeback probability is?"

When the opponent is the Celtics, Kenny Smith still has a little chance of standing on the side of the Celtics, but when the opponent is the Pistons, Kenny Smith is not polite: "Zero!"

"No matter the score or the content of the game, the Pistons have no chance!"

"What they need to consider now is: whether they can refuse to sweep."

……

Speaking of sweeps, the Bobcats did not sweep in the first two rounds of the playoffs.

Against the Cavaliers, the referee controlled the field to help the Cavaliers win a game and prevent a sweep.

That battle was still crucial to the overall situation of the league. LeBon scored 42 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. At least the loser's SVP title was secured. The little emperor was still the same little emperor. The Chosen One's personality did not collapse.

Against the Celtics, the Bobcats were also a 4-1 gentleman sweep.

The Celtics won that game, relying on pure strength.

Even in Game 5, if it weren't for Li Ke's full-court lead defense at the last moment, which destroyed the Celtics' intention to attack one, and the final lore, it is not certain whether the Celtics or the Bobcats will win.

The Eastern Conference finals are over, and the Bobcats don't care if they sweep or not, but obviously, they don't want to waste time on the Pistons.

The most important thing is to solve the opponent as soon as possible to prevent accidents from happening.

……

On the 23rd, after a lapse of one day, G2 of the Western Conference Finals kicked off.

The Lakers also played hard in this game. Kobe's performance is nothing to say. He only scored 22 points, plus 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

The game was spent early, because the Lakers' defense was working hard.

In other words, the Spurs' offense exploded, in a derogatory sense.

After three quarters, the Spurs only scored 57 points, and the Lakers took a 17-point lead early.

Then in the fourth quarter, the Spurs supported for almost 3 minutes. When the score reached 21 points, Popovich chose to raise his hands and surrender.

In this way, after the East and West finals played two games, both scores were 2-0.

The Spurs are okay, at least in the next stage, the Western Conference finals will go to San Antonio, and it is not surprising that they will pull two games at home.

The Pistons collapsed. Not only did they have to face a 0-2 deficit, but they also faced an increasingly fanatical and hotter Time Warner Center in the next two games...

"After the two games of the East and West finals, there is not much suspense about the matchup in the finals—"

"Bobcats vs. Lakers, Shaq reunited with Kobe, Michael Jordan vs. Kobe 23 vs. 24 off the court, Sheldon vs. Kobe one-on-one, and Allen Iverson vs. Kobe one-on-one."

"Of course, we can't forget the match between Shaq and Pau Gasol, Kobe's former inside partner and his current inside partner..."

(End of this chapter)