I'm not really a role player

Chapter 257
Li Ke was overdrawn, propping his knees with his hands, and enjoying the cheers of the audience in a daze.

"In the 5 minutes of extra time, Sheldon suppressed Kobe. This is the main reason why the Bobcats won this Spring Festival war!"

In the 5-minute overtime game, Li Ke scored 8 points, plus a dunk from Hua's second, the Bobcats scored a total of 10 points.

The Lakers scored 6 points, all from Kobe. It is true that Li Ke suppressed Kobe.

10 to 6 in overtime, 109 to 105 in the whole game, the Bobcats took down the first victory in the Spring Festival war in the NBA.

Staggering to the sidelines, Li Ke sighed with emotion, although at this moment he can rely on opening up, or taking the initiative to defend alone, and follow his teammates to mix up the situation, and play good statistics and records.

But this physical ability and this free throw are all shortcomings that are visible to the naked eye.

If there is no God's Possession in this game, the Bobcats will have already written their losses on their faces.

"Sheldon, interviews on CCTV and TNT, you choose one."

The team's press officer leaned over. In this game, Li Ke was the well-deserved player of the game.

Not to mention the tying tip-up at the end of the fourth quarter, Li Ke alone scored the second-highest 39 points in the game and the highest 8 points in overtime, which is enough to become the best player in this game.

The best player in the game, the well-deserved protagonist of the Spring Festival War, Li Ke is naturally the focus of attention after the game.

"It's CCTV."

"Then TNT?"

The press officer was a little bit embarrassed. If it was normal, the press officer would choose between Central Five and TNT, and the press officer could ask Lao Ai to accept an interview with the other company.

But in today's game, Lao Ai made a big mistake and almost ruined the victory.

"Let Gerrard or DeAndre go."

TNT, Jordan Jr. was interviewed, which made Kenny Smith and Barkley somewhat regretful.

On the other side, Li Ke was interviewed by CCTV.

"Yes, it is very difficult to win the game, mainly because the physical problem is too severe."

"The tip-up at the end of the fourth quarter? Well, the main thing is that Lao Ai's ball can't be scored at first sight."

"New Year's Eve? I'm spending it with my family. It's rare."

"..."

After answering some very routine and commonplace questions, Li Ke waved his hand and turned to leave.

In the player tunnel, Li Ke ran into Kobe.

"Hey, Sheldon."

From a distance, Li Ke stretched out his right hand and slapped Kobe.

"Are you here waiting for the victor to return?"

"No, I just want to tell you that you have won this game."

Kobe patted Li Ke's hand angrily.

Li Ke scratched his head: "Will I win?"

"That's right, although you guys won this game, don't forget, I scored a game-high 42 points."

"Hey, the highest score in the game? Well, the highest score in the game is indeed you, but the king of the last quarter, the king of overtime, the real key man, the real Mamba is me!"

Li Ke put a bunch of titles on himself, Kobe was silent for a few seconds, and nodded in surprise: "I agree, but only for this game."

Then, Kobe turned around and left slowly.

Looking at Kobe's back, Li Ke only thought of two words——

Paranoid, arrogant...

Why did Kobe stop in the tunnel?
Because he has to put an end to this game, if he loses, he loses, and he has to admit it.

This is paranoia, this is the embodiment of arrogance.

"This year's Lakers have a lot to do, but they still need to face the threat of the Celtics..."

Thinking of the Celtics, Li Ke thought of the incident where Joe's boss asked Lagalondo for the price.

"Danny Angie is still too greedy. To be honest, the Celtics have little chance this year."

Only after playing against these two teams did Li Ke know who is stronger, the Lakers or the Celtics.

No matter what other people say, in Li Ke's opinion, the Lakers are better this season.

……

On the other side of the Spring Festival war, the Rockets finally won.

Billups educated Mo on both ends of the offense and defense, and Dayao inside is also unstoppable. More importantly, the addition of Matt Barnes gave the Rockets two defensive players who could face LeBron on the flanks.

Although the Cavaliers really wanted to replicate the Bobcats' style of play against the Rockets, they realized that it was still too difficult to replicate when they started playing.

They do have a flexible inside line like Jordan, but they don't have a defensive player like Li Ke who can lock Billups in all directions.

The Spring Festival war, back and forth, counting the time spent on the road, it took almost a week to go back and forth.

After the four teams return, more time is needed to adjust the time and adjust the state.

"If it weren't for those RMB, no one would want to fight this Spring Festival war, it's too exhausting."

After returning to Charlotte, the Bobcats lost consecutively to the Pacers and Trail Blazers, which further proved this point.

"Without this game, we would have won at least one of the two games between the Pacers and Trail Blazers."

After the two-game losing streak, Li Ke turned over the schedule. In the next game, the Bobcats will encounter an unbeatable opponent—the Denver Nuggets.

Unlike the previous life, Nuggets replaced Lao Ai last season and got Artest.

The biggest change brought about by this change is that it may be difficult for the Nuggets to play the peak season in history that reached the Western Conference Finals.

Artest and TJ Ford together are not as useful as a Chauncey Billups, as this season's Nuggets have proved.

What has not changed from the golden double gun period is the record of this Nuggets. They are still struggling at the end of the Western Conference playoffs, and it seems difficult to have further strength.

"Re-analyzing the four-team trade last season, the Bobcats should be the only team that made a lot of money. They relied on the Allen Iverson trade and the Shaq trade to successfully complete the counterattack in the second half of the season. The 2008 O'Brien Cup has proved all of this."

"The king, who was about to start rebuilding, can't see losses or gains for the time being."

"But the Nuggets, who have made big changes, and the Raptors, who have invested heavily, have lost."

Before the game, the Bleaker Reviewed last year's deal and concluded that the Bobcats were the only team that made money from the four-team deal.

And it is an unquestionably profitable team, because an O'Brien Cup has already been lying in the Bobcats' honor showroom.

Compared with the Bobcats, the situation of the other three teams is not optimistic.

The Nuggets are okay, at least they are still one of the powerhouses in the West.

The Raptors have fallen too much this season. Although the core lineup hasn't changed much, they just can't win for no reason.

Perhaps this is Bosh's problem. His ability to lead the team still needs to be proved.

In the end, the bad king is on his way, and no one knows whether they are losing money or making money.

The bleachers focused on the deal from last season, but Li Ke focused on——

The hostility value of Guagua and Artest has almost broken through.

"Make trouble, make trouble!"

……

Time flies to the end of January. Unlike when he just came back from the other side of the ocean, Bobcat's physical fitness has almost recovered.

And, Jared Jack has already played two games with the Bobcats, so he is already integrated.

In the evening, at the Time Warner Center, half an hour before the start of the game.

Li Ke came out to warm up, and he saw Artest and Guagua in the distance.

Although Li Ke wanted to rush over now, he knew that there would be a long way to go.

Until the start of the game, Li Ke had no communication with Guagua and Artest.

In this game, the old Sharks rested, and the Bobcats' starting lineup was refreshing.

"Center DeAndre Jordan, power forward Gerald Wallace, small forward Sheldon Lee, shooting guard Allen Iverson, point guard Jared Jack..."

It can be said that apart from Lao Ai, the rest is the future of the Bobcats.

After winning the championship last season, the Bobcats' reconstruction work has almost been completed, and the rest is waiting for Li Ke to grow up.

Compared with last season, the Nuggets' core lineup has not changed much.

The center is still Camby, the power forward is still Kenyon Martin, the wing is a combination of Guagua and Artest, the point guard is not TJ Ford, because Ford is injured, and the pseudo-master Anthony Carter will start this game.

Only from the lineup comparison, the Bobcats still have some advantages.

When the game started, the Bobcats quickly gained an advantage, which also proved this point.

For Li Ke, the more exciting part of this game was the verbal confrontation between him and Artest and Guagua.

As soon as they met, it was the offensive end. Li Ke watched Artest push forward.

"Hey jerk, why are you guarding me?"

The word softie is the biggest insult to Artest, and he responded viciously: "Because I want you to see blood."

But then, the Nuggets' offense started, and Artest made a move, but was pushed by Li Ke in a subtle way, making him stagger.

Diving is not Artest's style, so Li Ke pushed it with peace of mind.

He just pushed, and what he wanted to express was: Before you let me see blood, I will let you see blood first.

In fact, Li Ke also knew that after Auburn Hills Palace, many of Artest's harsh words were bragging.

At most, it's a wave of a seemingly careless elbow.

Ever since Li Ke knocked Artest down with one punch in last season's game, Artest didn't dare to throw an elbow at Li Ke again.

Therefore, Li Ke thinks that it will be the same this time...

More importantly, it is the defensive end.

Bobcats attack, Lao Ai easily opened the gap from Anthony Carter.

After the Spring Festival war made a mess, Lao Ai lost the trust of Sam Vincent.

But fortunately, after returning to Charlotte, he was in good condition. Sam Vincent didn't directly reduce Lao Ai's possession of the ball because of that ball.

For now, nothing has changed.

Lao Ai scored the first goal in the opening game, and then, when the offense and defense switched, Li Ke faced Guagua.

As soon as they met, they opened their mouths: "Hey, sweetheart, we finally meet."

Guagua clenched his fists and didn't want to pay attention to Li Ke.

But Li Ke refused to let go: "Why didn't you come to guard against me? Are you cowardly?"

Guagua remained silent, but leaned against Li Ke with his back and took the ball from Anthony Carter.

Then, Li Ke seemed to turn on the repeater mode, and kept repeating: "Are you counseled? Are you counseled?"

"..."

So, Guagua, who was holding the ball with both hands, turned around and jumped up, and with a bang, smashed an angry iron.

But he still didn't have any response.

In this way, this match seemed to have become a match between Li Ke and Artest bickering, and his unilateral verbal teasing of Guagua.

The process was boring, but at the end of the game, Artest's hostile value increased from 69 to 75, and Guagua's hostile value increased from 60 to 70, which proved that the ending of the game was perfect.

"With one more game, Artest should have completed the strategy. As for Guagua, plus the All-Star Weekend, it should be enough..."

……

After beating the Nuggets, January is over.

The 2009 All-Star voting is over, and the results are announced——

Li Ke received 327 million votes and became the top voter for this year's All-Star.

This is also Li Ke's first vote winner in his career!
Speaking of which, this ticket king is not easy to come by.

It stands to reason that the top voters in these two seasons should be sparks, because the center position is counted separately, and it can get more votes.

Coupled with the scarcity of excellent centers, there are very few centers that fans can shoot.

But even so, Li Ke became this year's vote king.

In terms of comprehensive analysis, on the one hand, it is the bonus of winning the championship last season, and the domestic fans are getting stronger. On the other hand, it should be attributed to the competition between the old sharks and the sparks.

Anyway, Li Ke became this year's vote king no matter what.

Starting with this honor means that although his strength is not yet matched, in terms of honor, Li Ke is already at the super giant level.

Except for Li Ke, the remaining 9 starters in the East and West are——

East: Center Howard, forwards Garnett and LeBon, guards Wade and Li Ke.

West: center Dayao, forward Duncan and the driver, guard Kobe and Paoge.

The Celtics are No. [-] in the East, but last season they were No. [-] in the East. Therefore, the head coach of this year's All-Star Game will be replaced by the Magic, and Stan Van Gundy will be the head coach of the East team for the All-Star Game.

On the other hand, the Lakers are No. [-] in the Western Conference. The Hornets coach Byron Scott coached the All-Star Game last season, so there is no conflict. Zen Master will be the head coach of the Western Conference in this year's All-Star Game.

After talking about the main competition, we have to talk about other minor competitions.

Li Ke still did not participate in the high-profile three-point contest and dunk contest.

Fortunately, in the three-point contest, Li Ke didn't make many three-point shots this season.

The league has repeatedly invited the slam dunk contest, but Li Ke still said: the time is not ripe...

It is impossible for Li Ke to participate in the skills competition. His skills, emmm, he doesn't want to make a fool of himself.

It touches the Shooting Star contest, and this year the Bobcats participated again.

It's just that it wasn't Li Ke who participated, but the old Dujared Dudley. On the women's basketball side, Boss Joe got Acupuncture star Keiya Perkins, a retired star, and Boss Joe found the representative of Charlotte, Dell Curry.

In this way, the Bobcats formed an all-round lineup behind last year, and once again participated in the shooting star contest.

For Li Ke, this year he will only participate in one All-Star Game and one Rookie Challenge.

This year, he plans to make some adjustments. The All-Star Game will be played seriously, and the Rookie Challenge will be over after a while.

Just as Li Ke was focusing on the All-Star Weekend, the Celtics suddenly announced a jaw-dropping deal...

(End of this chapter)