I'm not really a role player

Chapter 289 A Simple and Effective New Style of Play

Denver Plateau, Pepsi Center.

It was time to fight the Nuggets again. At the entrance of the player tunnel, Li Ke rushed out thinking wildly.

At that moment, fanatical boos broke out in the stadium.

Li Ke seemed to turn a deaf ear to it, and just stood on the floor of the Pepsi Center silently.

The Denver Plateau has always been one of the famous away games of the NBA. This season, with the Nuggets having a good record, the Nuggets fans are even more crazy.

Such fanatical boos were all aimed at Li Ke.

However, Li Ke acted as if he had been prepared, and silently started his pre-match warm-up.

From this point of view, the system may have given some help to Li Ke's big heart, but most of it was born with him.

"Before the game started, the war in the Pepsi Center had already started. The fans booed Shelton wildly, and seemed to support Melo."

"Different from the away game, in this game, the Nuggets are playing at home, and they do have a chance to complete their revenge against the Bobcats."

In the commentary seat, Steve Kerr and Marv Albert, who have returned to TNT, have already begun to look forward to the highlights of this game with the fiery atmosphere in the stadium.

In fact, there is no need to look ahead. The hatred between the Bobcats and the Nuggets has long been known to women and children.

On the court, in a blink of an eye, the Nuggets played.

The overwhelming boos immediately switched to cheers and shouts all over the sky.

At one end of the court, Li Ke shot silently. During the warm-up, his hands gradually heated up.

On the other side of the court, Guagua, who had just arrived on the battlefield, cast a seemingly determined gaze.

But in this game, Guagua will not be able to play against Li Ke on both offense and defense.

For one thing, George Karl didn't believe in Guagua's defense. In the Nuggets, George Karl had the right to say what he said. In this game, under his strict orders, Guagua could only pray that Li Ke would defend him.

Secondly, the last time the two teams played against each other, Artest had already expressed his indignation at Guagua's behavior of "eating alone".

Warming up on the court, Guagua made two mid-range shots and added a three-pointer, feeling hot.

When the game was approaching, Guagua stood in the middle of the court, faced Li Ke, and uttered harsh words:

"In this game, I will smash your defense!"

Li Ke showed a very strange expression, he really wanted to tell Guagua: You have no chance!

It’s not that Li Ke is confident that his defense will not be broken by Guagua, but that Doc Rivers, the new coach, has made a different adjustment to the Nuggets than Sam Vincent, namely——

Li Ke will defend Chauncey Billups, and Guagua can only be handed over to Hua's second.

Poor Guagua, eager to try, but Li Ke won't give him a chance to take revenge.

The referee Ron Oleshak walked to the side of the court with the ball in his hands. Artest glanced there, and his eyes lit up immediately.

Li Ke didn't pay attention to this point. What he noticed was the Nuggets' starter in this game.

"The game is about to start, let's take a look at the starters on both sides—"

"For the Nuggets, center Shaq, power forward Rasheed Wallace, small forward Melo, shooting guard Ron Artest, point guard Chauncey."

"The Bobcats, center DeAndre Jordan, power forward Kenyon Martin, small forward Gerald Wallace, shooting guard Shelton, point guard Stephen Curry..."

The old shark started, which was different from the last match between the two teams.

"George Karl has made up his mind to suppress the Bobcats at the beginning!"

Li Ke didn't panic, because from the last match, he could feel that the old shark's current combat power was still very strong, but with that kind of strong combat power, the old shark could only last at most two quarters.

In other words, after these two quarters, the old shark is no longer a threat.

The only remaining threats to the Nuggets are Guagua and Billups.

This shows that Rivers is fully prepared. He knows that if Guagua is handed over to Li Ke, there is a high probability that the Nuggets will only have one Billups left to shake the world.

However, Billups' rhythm and organizational control may still drive a group of role players such as Artest, Tianzun, substitute JR, and Jared Jack.

Therefore, Rivers chose to change, and Li Ke went to lock Billups.

As long as Billups is not in that explosive state, Li Ke's single defense can directly lock Billups and the group of role players around him.

As for Guagua, the second Hua's defense is also top-notch, so it won't make Guagua too comfortable.

With such an adjustment, the alignment of the Bobcats was immediately comfortable.

On the court, the referee Ron Oleshak glanced at the two people facing the jump ball, Jordan on one side and Tianzun on the other.

After confirming that the two were ready, they blew the whistle and threw the basketball into the air...

Snapped!
"Tianzun won the jump ball, and the second battle between the Bobcats and the Nuggets has begun!"

When Chauncey took control of the basketball and quickly moved towards the frontcourt, he suddenly discovered that Li Ke was replaced by Curry as he expected.

When Li Ke approached him, Chauncey immediately felt tremendous pressure.

On the other side, Guagua's expression changed.

It was not Li Ke who defended him, but Hua's second child. Immediately, Guagua felt a little heartbroken as if he saw his beloved goddess elope with someone else.

But he quickly reacted——

"Give me the ball, Chauncey!"

Going around to the left of the top of the arc, after a shout, Guagua took the basketball from the helpless Chauncey.

"Sheldon doesn't come to guard me, I hit him and has to switch to guard me!"

With this belief in mind, Guagua began to single-handedly beat Hua's second child.

As far as Hua Er's defense is concerned, it is also top-to-top, but compared to Li Ke, the suppression is still a little bit worse.

At least for this ball, when Guagua turned around and started back hitting, Hua Er Er couldn't stand it.

Pushing two steps in, Guagua turned over and shot a jumper. Hua's second interference was in place, but the pressure was not enough.

Swish-!
The basketball passed through the net crisply, and the opening game was 0 to 2!

Seeing the ball go in, Guagua's eyes seemed to be firmer and sharper.

It's a pity that Li Ke didn't feel anything at all, and turned his head and even stimulated Hua's second son:

"Gerald, be tough!"

Second Hua threw a question mark: "Am I not tough enough, Sheldon?"

"Of course, Gerald, think about the last time we played against them, Melo was beaten into a pussy by me, if you are tough enough, you should also beat Melo into a pussy, but the ball just now..."

"That's just the first ball!"

The second Hua interrupted Li Ke, vowing: "I will beat him up like a bitch!"

Turning around, the Bobcats' round, Curry controlled the ball.

George Karl also did his homework. He watched the Bobcats' previous games, especially the last game against the Clippers.

He knew that after Sam Vincent got out of class, the Bobcats' main attacker changed from Li Ke to Curry.

Therefore, the Nuggets' defense focused on the strong side. Against Li Ke, they only used Artest's one-on-one defense.

In this case, Curry made a feint from the side, found an opportunity, and handed the ball to Li Ke.

To be honest, Li Ke still didn't pay attention to Artest's single defense in his old age.

Midrange, he catches the ball and gets a one-on-one on the weak side.

In one-on-one, Artest spouted feces all over his mouth: "Food, I let you throw away the hand easily in the last game, this game will not be possible..."

However, Li Ke didn't seem to have ears, just silently dribbled the ball under his crotch continuously. When the time was right, he suddenly changed direction and started to push away Artest's defense.

Accelerating for a while, the Lian Po old Artest gradually couldn't keep up.

Seeing Li Ke enter the penalty area and jump up, he wanted to drag Li Ke down, but the distance was not enough.

Bang!

Li Ke's right hand pressed heavily on the basket, and the basketball had passed through the net.

"With Ron Artest's defense, Sheldon went to the basket and dunked!"

"2 to 2 tie!"

Artest has tried his best, but he is really old, his explosive power has dropped too much, and he can no longer keep up with Li Ke.

Off the court, George Karl frowned.

In order to prevent Curry from gaining momentum, he concentrated his defense on the strong side, which made it difficult for Artest to have helpers to wipe his ass.

This ball, to put it bluntly, is a problem for the Nuggets' defense.

"Rashid, move your position to the left later, pay attention to the defense against Sheldon!"

Shouting from the sidelines was a very direct wave of adjustments.

On the court, the Nuggets started to attack again.

Billups still wanted to try Li Ke's defensive strength, but a breakthrough was quickly blocked by Li Ke.

One step inside the three-point line, he didn't even think about it, and directly against Li Ke's defense, he rushed to make a shot.

With a bang, the basketball smashed out of the frame.

Immediately, Billups felt that it was better not to try this defense.

Although Billups' long two-pointer hit the iron, the old shark caught Jordan who was about to take off, and with his rich experience, he easily grabbed the rebound.

Then he turned around and hooked, and with a bang, 4 to 2, the Nuggets once again took the lead.

In turn, the Bobcats' offense.

Still in the middle, Curry attacked patiently. This time, the butterfly effect brought about by Li Ke's singles gave him a chance to score.

That's right, Tianzun's position has moved to the left, and the Nuggets' mid-range is no longer protected. Curry used the pick-and-roll to break into this position, and made a jump shot.

Swish-!
4 to 4, the Bobcats evened the score again!

The game is still going on, the Nuggets are attacking, Guagua wants to get the ball, but Billups doesn't give it.

After being involved in the outside line for a while, Billups saw the right time, faked the pass, and aimed directly at the old shark under the basket.

This is what George Karl requested when he arranged the tactics before the game. Since the old shark started the game, he had to play his role.

If the Sharks wanted to play a role, they had to catch the ball, so Billups had already thought about this attack before it started.

Billups thought about it, and Li Ke thought about it too. Just when the basketball hit the ground, passed through the crowd, and tried his best to appear in the hands of the old shark, he suddenly rushed out...

Snapped!
The big yellow hand touched the basketball lightly, directly changing its original trajectory.

Accompanied by the exclamation of the Pepsi Center, Li Ke turned around and went straight to the front court.

"Sheldon, he rushed out and made the steal!"

"The Lynx is going to fight back..."

It has to be said that Guagua's reaction was still very fast, which may have something to do with his intense focus on Li Ke.

Almost the moment Li Ke completed the interception, he rushed in front of Li Ke.

But he underestimated Li Ke's selflessness. When Guagua rushed to Li Ke, the basketball in Li Ke's hand had already left.

"The Bobcats hit back, Shelton made the pass, and Stephen Curry, the one who ran up front got the ball!"

Billups pushed forward, but it seemed that he didn't know that Curry was a master of chasing three-pointers, and quickly retreated, directly giving Curry a wide shooting space.

"A three-point chase!"

Steve Kerr yelled, and with a swish, the basketball plunged into the net!

7 to 4, the Bobcats turned around and took the lead.

Li Ke's steal is a genius, and Curry's chasing three-pointer has also changed the situation of this game.

"The Nuggets defended Stephen Curry at the beginning, but they failed in the end. Sheldon's single and a steal changed the situation!"

The summary in the commentary was simple and rude, and then, groom Albert brought the topic to his partner.

"Steve, you know Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley think Stephen Curry is another you?"

"I know, of course I know."

"So, you think he is?"

Steve Kerr shook his head: "The Stephen Curry coached by Sam Vincent is, and replaced by Doc Rivers, he is no longer."

Speaking of which, although Cole was the head coach who later led Curry to success in his previous life, he did not appreciate Curry that much.

He is a bit like Sam Vincent, neither wants to give Curry the status of holding the ball.

The Bobcats have to hand over the ball to Li Ke, and the Warriors have to hand over the ball to Chaser Green to deal the cards at the top of the arc...

That is to say, Cole has just resigned from the Suns and has no intention of returning as the head coach. If he wants to come back and coach the Bobcats, Li Ke must be the first to disagree.

Regardless of how Steve Kerr and Mav Albert discussed in the commentary, as mentioned in the previous article, with Curry hitting a three-pointer, the situation of this game has changed.

George Karl's original idea was to rely on the team's defense to block Curry and prevent Curry and Li Ke from forming a situation of echoing each other.

But obviously, George Karl didn't expect that the Bobcats under Rivers were no longer a simple way of Curry and Li Ke to check each other.

The Bobcats' new style of play, simply put, is that when Curry holds the ball, the Bobcats are a whole.

Once the offense can't open the gap from Curry, Li Ke will become an individual and first tear open the opponent's defense.

There will be various cooperation between Li Ke and Curry.

This style of play is indeed more like the style of future Warriors.

Simple and rude, very effective.

Curry's score has already been opened, and he and Li Ke have formed a restraining trend.

The next game, the Bobcats naturally a smooth.

Relying on the old shark on the inside and Guagua's occasional performance on the outside, the Nuggets are temporarily supported.

But George Karl on the sidelines knew that if he played like this, the Nuggets would definitely lose...

(End of this chapter)