I'm not really a role player

Chapter 297 It's been a long time, 50 wins!
When Tony Allen played for the Celtics, he averaged only five or six points per game, plus one more steal, with little contribution at the statistical level.

In addition, like Rondo, he has no long-range shots and has too many offensive flaws.

Danny Ainge sent Tony Allen away.

Of course, the more important reason for sending Tony Allen away is that the Celtics need a new point guard.

At that time, the only point guard the Celtics had a chance to get was Ramon Sessions.

You know, before the 09 point guard draft year, the NBA was also a league where point guards were scarce, and there were many teams that lacked control.

The Bucks themselves are prepared to give up Ramon Sessions, because they have selected Brandon Jennings in the draft.

As a result, when the Celtics asked about the price, the wise Bucks asked for a price.

Angie is a master who does not want to suffer losses, but the deal to send Rondo away still made the Celtics at that time have to accept the reality that they must suffer...

After repeated negotiations, Tony Allen was sacrificed.

But even with this deal, Angie at the time thought it was not a loss.

Even after the start of the season, after Ramon Sessions averaged 15+8 per game, Angie thought the deal was a big deal.

But as the season progressed, especially with the Lakers and Bobcats, Danny Ainge gradually realized the importance of Tony Allen.

This is the case for the game in front of him. Jun Zilei is simply powerless in the face of Li Ke's impact.

In the stands, the first thing Danny Ainge thought of was the Celtics in the Rivers era, Tony Allen's defense against Li Ke.

Although there are many games, Tony Allen cannot guard Li Ke.

But in any case, Tony Allen's restrictions on Li Ke are much stronger than the Allen in front of him.

"Offense is important, but so is defense..."

This is Danny Angie's understanding at this time. As for the game in front of him, he can't stand it anymore.

"At the end of halftime, Shelton had already scored 26 points above the Celtics. His offense alone broke the defense of the entire Celtics team."

"Shelton did it in the era of Doc Rivers or Tom Thibodeau, but it's a little bit different than this game, this game..."

In the commentary seat, Kenny Smith paused for a while, and seemed to be looking for the most appropriate words he thought.

Barkley took this sentence, very straightforward: "But in the previous games, Sheldon was not as easy as this game."

As Barkley said, Li Ke, who scored a high score in the halftime, was very relaxed. He even took only 16 shots, 16 of 11, and scored 26 points in the halftime. The Celtics' defense could not suppress Li Ke at all.

The Bobcats also relied on Li Ke to take a 16-point lead at halftime.

"Today's Celtics..."

Kenny Smith shook his head, there was no need for him to say more about the rest.

In the second half of the game, the Bobcats scored 20 straight points, easily ending the suspense of the game.

After four quarters, the Bobcats, who scored the victory, easily left the North Shore Garden.

It was not easy for Rivers to leave. On the court, he needed to deal with the wave of boos from the North Shore Garden.

Off the court, he was blocked by reporters.

The reporter asked him to comment on the game, and his answer was——

"I thought the Celtics could cause us some trouble. I even gave Sheldon unlimited firepower, but..."

Rivers paused: "This is a boring game."

The reporter asked him to comment on the current Celtics, and he told the truth: "There is nothing to say, Danny Ainge has ruined this Celtics."

In the end, the reporter asked him to comment on Mike D'Antoni's coaching, and Rivers knew exactly who to target—

"Mike is a good coach, his talents should not be wasted on such a team, if I were him, I would not take over this Celtics at all."

The reporter in front of him laughed: "Didn't you also become the head coach of this Celtic team?"

Rivers pointed out seriously: "I coached the Celtics in the past. In the Celtics in the past, he did have a chance to succeed. In the current Celtics, he has no chance of success."

After the game between the Bobcats and the Celtics, the Celtics were ridiculed.

The reason is that, on the one hand, their former head coach, Doc Rivers, really led the Bobcats, who struggled in the middle of the season, back on track.

On the other hand, Lagalondo, who they gave up, is roaring towards the Western Conference playoffs together with the Thunder.

Even Tony Allen, who went to the Bucks, also cooperated with LeBron James and Bob Dog to achieve the results of returning to the playoffs. Most importantly, the Bucks this season have relied on Tony Allen's defense to defeat the Bobcats.

Those who go out are all in C, and those who are left are in the pit. Danny Anji has a clever plan to secure the world, loses his wife and loses his army...

...,

On March 3, back at home, the Bobcats ushered in a challenge from the Warriors.

The opponent is not strong, but the Bobcats are fighting back to back, and the process of the game is a little more difficult.

However, Li Ke scored 14 points in a row in the last quarter and still led the team to victory.

This kind of Li Ke, such a victory, proved that yesterday's game between the Bobcats and the Celtics did not use all their strength.

……

After a day off, on March 3, the Bobcats fought the Heat again.

This game is also the last match between the Bobcats and the Heat in the regular season. Considering that they are fighting for the playoffs, and the first two games in the regular season, the Bobcats lost, only the third time they fought back.

In this case, if you want to keep the record against each other in the regular season, you must win this game.

As a result, Rivers did not take a rest, and the Bobcats made the most of their main force, and they fought the Heat in this way.

Wade's condition is good, but Li Ke's condition is even better. Coupled with Curry, who finally got the upper hand against Felton, after four quarters of the battle, the Bobcats won the victory with half hard work and half easy.

But even so, the Bobcats have already played two back-to-back games with high intensity, plus the back-to-back battle with direct competitors who only rested for one day, the Bobcats' physical fitness and state have reached their limit.

So, on March 3, with only one more day off, the Bobcats met away with the 10ers.

In this game, Li Ke finally met the long-lost old Ai.

At the end of the season, Lao Ai came back and seemed to have sorted out the chaos outside the court.

After playing two games, he stopped for almost a week. At that time, Li Ke was concerned about it. He guessed that it should be because of the dispute with the 76ers' management and coaching staff in terms of the positioning of the team.

After coming back again, Lao Ai announced that he would retire after this season.

In this way, the remaining matches of this season became Lao Ai's retirement performance.

Perhaps, Lao Ai's level is not enough for a retirement tour, but in his home team, the 76ers still gave him retirement performance treatment.

It's a bit like what Wade has been doing since his retirement season. First, before the game started, Lao Ai accepted the cheers of the audience.

After the game started, the 76ers, who were deeply in the lottery zone this season, gave old Ella full playing time and ball rights regardless of the outcome of the game.

In the previous games, Lao Ai, who was in poor competitive and physical condition, lost some games indirectly or directly.

But in this game, Lao Ai's state suddenly exploded——

"AI, super fast breakthrough, Stephen Curry can't stop him at all!"

"The Lynx's defense at the basket also had an empty window. AI went directly to the basket and made a layup!"

"This is already the 8th point he has scored in a row since the start of the game!"

"..."

Relying on the outbreak of Lao Ai and the offensive firepower contributed by substitute Louis Williams, the 76ers gave the Bobcats a defeat at home.

After the game, Li Ke represented the Bobcats and gave Lao Ai a commemorative version of the Bobcats AI jersey.

Lao Ai also took off the 76ers jersey he was wearing at the moment and gave it to Li Ke.

This is the whole content of Lao Ai's retirement performance.

……

Leaving Philadelphia with a loss, the Bobcats then traveled across the United States to Sacramento to play the Kings.

After traveling long distances and failing to get more rest time, the Bobcats still won an away game.

After returning to the home court, in back-to-back battles, the Bobcats rested most of the main players, and lost to the Bulls who were all out for a playoff spot.

Although during this period of the game, the Bobcats won and lost.

The outside world did not criticize Rivers, because everyone knows that the reason why the Bobcats have won and lost during this period is that the schedule is too close.

All kinds of back-to-back, and after back-to-back, there will be the kind of focus battle where you have to do your best.

This kind of schedule, if you want to win all, unless the Bobcats have ended their run-in.

But obviously, Rivers, who took over the Bobcats for less than two months, has not passed the so-called running-in period.

The previous ten consecutive victories also gave Rivers countless points. In this stage of vying for the playoffs, the previous ten consecutive victories played a crucial role.

Of course, more importantly, after the Bulls, the Bobcats' record has become 43 wins and 21 losses, and the ranking in the Eastern Conference has returned to the top three.

It is second only to the Magic, which has been the best this season, and the Cavaliers, who have always had an excellent record in the regular season, but there are still some entanglements with the Celtics and the Eagles, who are rising significantly this season.

For the Bobcats, as long as they can enter the top four, changing coaches is considered the right thing to do.

……

On March 3, with only one day off, the Bobcats played against the Pacers away again.

The rest of the previous game played a role in this game.

The Bobcats, who played the main force, easily won this victory.

Anyway, no matter how you lose, you won't lose in a row.

Compared with the Celtics, who are in a bad situation on the other side, and the Eagles, who have been only entangled but have not given any real threats, the current state of the Bobcats can even be regarded as a better one.

The game continued. On the 16th, another back-to-back, the Bobcats went to Oklahoma City to fight against the Thunder.

In this game, there was another physical crisis, and the referee suddenly or unexpectedly turned to the Thunder.

Under the huge disadvantage of the away game, the Bobcats lost the game, and Li Ke could not continue to suppress Xiao Du.

All of this should be as David Stern intended.

On the 17th, the Bobcats took a day off, and on the 18th, it was another away game, and the opponent was the direct competitor, the Eagles.

Most of the credit for the Hawks' rise this season should go to Jamal Crawford.

The Bobcats are also very aware of this. In this crucial battle, Rivers did not hold back, and directly asked Li Ke to lock up the 囧囧sen and Ke Liu who appeared successively.

Relying on defense, the Bobcats won this crucial battle for qualifying.

The most important thing is that the Bobcats still have no losing streak...

On the 19th, although it was another back-to-back, the opponent was a Wizards who had completely entered a bad state.

In the away game, the Bobcats won easily and started a winning streak.

On the 21st, the Bobcats ushered in a focus game at home against the Lakers.

Although Li Ke really wanted to win this game, Rivers chose to avoid the battle. The Bobcats directly took turns to rest Curry, Hua Er and Kenyon Martin. A strong duel directly lost its original meaning and turned into a one-on-one between Li Ke and Kobe.

One-on-one, Li Ke did not lose.

But team-to-team, the Bobcats lost.

As soon as the winning streak reached two games, it was over.

The most important thing is that if this game is lost, the Bobcats will have no chance of winning 60 games.

In the next regular season, the Bobcats can only work hard for 50 wins.

Rivers' rotation isn't too abrupt, it's actually the 22nd, and they're going to play against the Celtics again.

In back-to-back home games, Rivers doesn't want to lose. More importantly, against the Lakers, they may not win if they try their best. It's better to stay with the Celtics and win a game that they can definitely win.

In this way, on the 22nd, the Bobcats returned to their main force and beat the Celtics at home.

After a victory, the Bobcats won the 48th game of the season, making great strides towards 50 wins.

The record improved by leaps and bounds, and the Bobcats rushed down in one breath.

On the 24th, the Bobcats played away against the Hornets.

For the Hornets at this time, Paul had already undergone surgery and began to recuperate from his injuries. Tyson Qian was also absent due to injury. With only David West left, the Bobcats won their next victory, and the 49th victory was thus included in the bag.

On the 26th, it was another game against the Eagles.

Also relying on Li Ke's restrictions on the success of Ji Jisen and Ke Liu, the Bobcats easily and not so easily accepted their 50th win of the season!
that's it--

"50 wins! What we failed to do last season, this season, we did it!"

Li Ke breathed a sigh of relief. He knew very well that 50 wins meant a lot to the Bobcats.

You know, the Bobcats last season were the highly anticipated defending champions.

In the end, because of Lao Ai's decline and the chaos outside, because of Lao Sha's decline, and because Li Ke's progress was not enough, they failed to win 50 wins.

This season, at the beginning of the season, few people were optimistic about the Bobcats. As a result, they won 50 wins that they couldn't get last season.

There are still 9 games from the end of the season, and the Bobcats can get more wins.

Even, considering the turmoil that shouldn't have occurred in the middle of the season, the Bobcats' record should have been even better.

After the Bobcats won 50 wins, the Charlotte Observer published an analysis: How is this Bobcats better than last season?

They gave four strong points, namely——

"Sheldon is stronger than last season. Although he still lacks the ability to drive his teammates, his personal offense has become invincible."

"The Bobcats without AI don't need to face those disturbances outside the field, and they can return to the field with more peace of mind."

"Wesley Matthews, Tajibson, a successful draft, the Bobcats bring more outstanding depth to the bench."

"In the end, it was a successful draft. In the second half of the season, Stephen Curry played at the All-Star point guard level..."

(End of this chapter)