I'm not really a role player

Chapter 291 An Elbow Concussion
After the Bobcats' timeout, the game restarted.

Everything was back on track, and the referee Ron Oleshak upheld the original verdict, and the Bobcats got two free throws.

Li Ke walked to the free throw line and executed two free throws.

Li Ke's free throws are not so bad, but not top-notch. In these two free throws, he made 2 of 1 free throws.

Then, the Bobcats were replaced by Wesley Matthews standing on the sideline and driving the ball.

It was Li Ke who received the ball, and the Bobcats who replaced Hua's second had no choice but to give the ball to Li Ke and let him score in singles.

However, Li Ke had other plans. The moment he caught the ball, he glanced at Artest who was still present with a somewhat fierce expression.

Then he turned around, and Li Ke seemed to continue to start his singles with his back.

But that was just a feint. After turning around and then turning around again, Li Ke swayed away and accelerated to gallop...

Artest, just after finishing the shot, he has already decided to hold back for the time being. If he can't keep up with the ball, he won't follow.

It's better to send it away, than to take another criminal and leave the scene directly.

But the problem is, Li Ke didn't want to let him go, so he rushed in and deliberately slowed down.

This gave Artest a chance to seem to be able to defend the ball. He followed closely, but in the next second——

Li Ke, who rushed to the basket, suddenly leaned against Artest, turned around, stomped on the floor with both feet, and leaped forward with all his strength...

More importantly, before jumping up, Li Ke raised the basketball with both hands, raised his elbows by the way, and swept away the army.

boom!
Artest immediately fell on his back and fell to the floor of the Pepsi Center.

With exclamations all over the venue, Ron Oleshak reluctantly blew his whistle again.

"Oh my God, someone fell on the court again, this time it was Ron Artest."

"Should be an elbow, an elbow from Sheldon..."

This time, without slow-motion playback, Steve Kerr accurately judged what happened on the court.

"Obviously, this was a retaliatory elbow. Ron Artest tripped Sheldon first, and then overturned Sheldon with a huge hanging action. After two times, Sheldon finally couldn't bear it anymore."

Steve Kerr narrated the cause and effect, and soon, groom Albert discovered something was wrong.

First of all, at the moment Artest fell to the ground on the court, the Nuggets had no one to stand up for him. Guagua watched the show with his hands behind his back. Billups just walked aside silently. Only Tianzun ran to Artest to check on Artest's condition.

Then we will talk about another thing that is wrong. After Li Ke's elbow, Artest has been lying on the floor, and Tianzun's inquiry seems to have not received much feedback.

The referee Ron Oleshak saw that the situation had no intention of deteriorating, so he went straight to the sidelines, preparing to watch a wave of replays. While walking, he shook his head, as if he was very dissatisfied with the situation in front of him.

Emmm, Li Ke can be sure that Ron Oleshak is indeed a referee who doesn't like whistling.

While Ron Oleshak was watching the replay of the video, Tianzun suddenly waved towards the sidelines.

The Nuggets sensed something was wrong, and under the signal of George Karl, the team medical team quickly entered the field.

"Rashid Wallace waving to the sidelines, this..."

"Ron Artest's condition seems a bit beyond imagination?"

Steve Kerr scratched his head, he thought, isn't it just an elbow?At most, a cut would be made, and some blood would be shed. As for that?

But soon, the team medical team who entered the field made the first judgment——

"He seems a little dizzy, probably a concussion."

It has to be said that Artest is a bit skinny, and with this elbow, Li Ke originally thought that the other party had at least drawn some blood.

But looking back, there was no bleeding.

Even so, Artest was seriously injured by Li Ke's elbow, with concussions ranging from major to minor.

If it is light, it will be fine if you delay for a few minutes, if it is serious, it will not be two or three days, and you will never even think about returning to the field.

The NBA also knows this. In 11, it issued a concussion protection regulation, which required——

Every player who suffers a concussion is forced to suspend the game and can only return to the game after passing several inspections.

Although there is no such regulation yet, the problem is that when Li Ke went down with an elbow, Artest was very dizzy, and it was impossible for him to recover in a short time. Without this regulation, he would not even be able to play again.

The team doctor carried Artest on his shoulders and walked towards the sidelines. George Karl also realized something, and quickly called Battier on the sidelines.

In this way, Artest went down.

Li Ke on the field, with an expression that everything is under control, accepted a first-level flagrant foul penalty from Ron Oleshak.

"As expected, it was a first-degree malicious foul. Shelton can stay on the court..."

Although the Pepsi Center was full of boos and George Karl waved his hands in protest, this penalty cannot be changed.

From when Artest tripped Li Ke and only got a common foul, to when Artest overturned Li Ke in the air and only got a first-level flagrant foul, Ron Oleshak's penalty scale is always a little looser than the regular scale.

This led to Li Ke's elbow, he could only blow in a loose direction.

After all, the scale of penalties must be consistent.

Even Ron Oleshak knew very well that on the one hand, Artest, whom the NBA dislikes and is hated by everyone in the refereeing circle, and on the other hand, a rookie favored by the league who demanded preferential treatment in terms of whistle, even if the scale of the penalty was inconsistent, it had to be more biased towards Li Ke.

If it weren't for Li Ke's elbows being too undisguised, Ron Oleshak would even have the idea of ​​not calling the criminals.

It's not like NBA referees haven't done this kind of thing...

In any case, Li Ke got a first-level malicious foul, and the Nuggets made two free throws. It seems that Li Ke just returned the previous two free throws to the Nuggets.

But the difference is that his elbow directly overturned Artest, the wing defender who is very important to the Nuggets.

With Artest leaving the field, it will be even more difficult for the Nuggets to restrict Li Ke.

In the second half of the second quarter, Rivers wisely replaced Curry.

Relying on the containment between Li Ku, the Bobcats spent half of the quarter and locked an 11-point lead at the end of the half.

Leading by 11 points at halftime, this lead is not small.

Especially now, the Nuggets are short of major generals, and the disadvantage in the second half will only be greater.

George Karl is also very aware of this. In the third quarter, he broke the boat and relied on the internal and external combination of the old shark, Guagua, and Billups to suppress the Bobcats who were in various small rotations.

In fact, the Bobcats didn't need to be suppressed, but in the third quarter, Curry's state went down, continuous long shots, consecutive misses, smashed a four-up three-iron, and failed to play the so-called containment role.

This also sounded the alarm for the Bobcats, Li Ke and Rivers.

Counting on rookie Curry to stabilize the defense?Don't even think about it!
As far as the ball in the third quarter is concerned, rookie Curry's biggest problem is exposed-his stability still has a lot of shortcomings.

At the end of the three quarters, with a score of 75 to 79, the Nuggets chased the trail to only 4 points.

It seems that in the final quarter, they still have the possibility of a comeback.

But Li Ke knew that the Bobcats had already won this game.

"In the fourth quarter, it is impossible for Shaq to play again. We lost the advantage of the inside line. We only need to block Melo and Chauncey, and the victory is within our reach."

In the fourth quarter, Li Ke locked Changxi to death, and Guagua also struggled hard under the defense of Hua Er and the Bobcats as a whole.

The Bobcats, relying on Li Ke's efficient and stable singles scoring, and Curry's sudden and accurate three-pointer, widened the gap in the score.

In the end, 95 to 109, the Bobcats in an away game overturned the Nuggets once again.

"We lost again. The Nuggets were once again defeated by the Bobcats. Just like what Li Ke once said, the Nuggets and Melo really can't beat him!"

Steve Kerr brought up the old story again, which is precisely the fact that Li Ke wants to prove with this victory.

Then, groom Albert put forward speculatively: "The Nuggets were double-killed by the Bobcats this season, telling everyone that the Galaxy Battleship can't sweep the league, and these two losses reflect the fact that the Nuggets lack top stars."

What is a top star? Players like Kobe Bryant, Le Bon, Shark, and Duncan are top stars.

In Albert's view, Guagua is not a top star.

But no one disagrees with his point of view, because in this game, even without facing Li Ke's defense, Guagua made 25 of 9 shots and scored 36 points with a 24% shooting rate.

If Guagua is replaced by Kobe, Kobe in a normal state, not to mention that the Nuggets can reverse this game, at least, they will not be beaten so badly by the Bobcats.

This is still only the gap on the offensive end, and the gap on the defensive end will only get bigger.

"If the Nuggets want to win the championship, they have to work hard on the team..."

In short, it is to truly turn the team into a whole, for example, the Pistons in 04.

However, groom Albert secretly shook his head.

He remembered the reaction of the Nuggets teammates when Artest fell to the ground.

And on the sidelines at the end of the first quarter, there seemed to be some conflict within the Nuggets.

It is too difficult for such a team to knead into a whole.

"Continuing this fight, this year's Western Conference will still be dominated by the Lakers."

For this loss, George Karl was a little angry.

He knows very well that he is leading what people call a galaxy warship.

Since it's Galacticos, he should win all the games.

But against the Bobcats, he lost not one game, but two.

Once these two games are lost, this regular season will be concluded. The Nuggets of the Galaxy Battleship were double-killed by the Bobcats.

But in this game, George Karl has a reason--

"Sheldon Lee attacked my players dirty. Losing Ron affected us too much. We lost the game because of this. The referee's penalty was unfair. Sheldon Lee should be directly expelled for that elbow!"

In the post-match interview, George Karl attacked Li Ke fiercely.

But obviously, his attack is untenable.

It didn't take Li Ke to fight back, someone had already helped him fight back.

ESPN's post-match program, after discussing this issue, Mei Yangyang expressed his opinion: "Obviously, Ron Oleshak just implemented his usual penalty scale. Before Shelton's elbow, Ron Artest escaped a first-level malicious law and a second-level malicious foul. If Sheldon's elbow was a second-level malicious foul, Ron Artest should have been off the field long ago."

"However, the end result is the same, the difference is that Sheldon recited one more first-degree flagrant foul."

This point of view has been accepted by the public.

That is, if Li Ke should have been expelled, Artest should have been expelled long ago.

But if Artest was expelled early, then Li Ke's villain would also disappear.

To put it bluntly, everyone knew that Li Ke's criminal was a counterattack, and he gave Artest a vengeance.

If Artest went down early, would Li Ke still need revenge?unnecessary!
ESPN's post-game program also discussed the performance of the Bobcats and Nuggets in this game, the impact on the future situation of the regular season, and the general trend of the playoffs.

Regarding the Bobcats, Bill Simmons, who was a guest, expressed his opinion: "Doug Rivers' new coach took office, and the changes brought to the Bobcats are already obvious. They no longer formulate substitutions, and the ball is no longer concentrated. Stephen Curry, Shelton, and Gerald Wallace all have opportunities and space to hold the ball. The only problem is that the core is unknown..."

"But no matter what, the Bobcats are stronger than before the coaching change. If before the coaching change, they were the leaders of the second echelon in the Eastern Conference, then now they have squeezed into the first echelon."

Regarding the Nuggets, it is also Bill Simmons' opinion: "Grand Albert is right. The Nuggets lack a top star. It is well known that Shaq can only top two games. Tianzun and Ron Artest are old and no longer have the strength of giants. In the key battle, Carmelo Anthony's performance is a bit soft. At the critical moment, they can only rely on Chauncey Billups..."

"That's a hidden danger, a big hidden danger that could cost them the playoffs to the Lakers."

To put it simply, Bill Simmons believes that after the coaching change, the Bobcats have been able to compete with the Magic, so they have entered the first echelon of the Eastern Conference.

As for the Nuggets, the Galaxy Battleships before the season, after half a season, are truly giant-level players, only Guagua and Chauncey, Lao Sha can only be counted as half, and Artest and Tianzun are only top-level role players.

Even so, the strength of the Nuggets is not bad. After all, they have two real star players and a bunch of high-quality role players.

However, after the battle with the Bobcats, the Nuggets are not as invincible as they were touted at the beginning of the season.

Bill Simmons even began to look down on them, thinking that in the playoffs, the Nuggets would not be the Lakers' opponents...

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Regardless of how ESPN experts discuss this game, the Bobcats double-killed the Nuggets this season and ended this wave of Dalian visitors in the West with a victory. Li Ke, who has returned to Charlotte, is very happy.

Rivers' tactical changes, training and running-in also officially started after the Bobcats returned to Charlotte.

(End of this chapter)