I'm not really a role player

Chapter 378 A Surprising Start

Another sweep in the second round, the Bobcats advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals.

At this point in the playoffs, the Bobcats have demonstrated their dominance. In the entire league, only the Thunder are as hot as the Bobcats.

After the Bobcats swept the Pacers, the Thunder defeated the Lakers 4-1 and advanced to the Western Conference Finals.

The Spurs followed closely, winning two games in a row and beating the Grizzlies 4-2.

Finally, the Cavaliers, they were finally forced to the tiebreaker by the Magic.

Sparks played more and more vigorously. He guarded the penalty area and greatly destroyed the Cavaliers' offensive system that focused on cutting.

It can be said that he alone withstood the impact of Lebron and Wade, and easily killed the giant Bo.

In this way, the Cavaliers struggled to reach the tiebreaker with the Magic.

In the tiebreaker, Lebron exploded, making 7 of 5 shots from beyond the three-point line.

Under the leadership of Lebron, the Cavaliers' outside shots opened up, and a wave of shots killed the Magic...

……

"I don't know if the Magic played too well or the Cavaliers played too badly. They can reach the tiebreaker. Anyway, I don't understand."

It was also the first time Li Ke discovered that there was something he couldn't understand in this playoffs.

It stands to reason that this season's Big Three of the Cavaliers is accompanied by a group of high-quality role players such as Billups, Caron Butler, and Battier.

Unless the Eastern Conference is facing the Bobcats, other opponents, even if they don't sweep, should still be 4-1, 4-2, and there will be no tie-break at all.

result……

"Sparks played well in this series, and they regained their value."

Everyone understands that even if the Magic reach the finals this season and win the O'Brien Cup, Sparks will not choose to stay with the team.

Spark's heart is no longer in Orlando, and he wants to go to big cities like Los Angeles and New York.

Only big cities can keep the sparks happy.

The Magic's executives originally just had the idea of ​​trying it out and keeping the spark for another year, but it turned out to be the right one.

If they trade again this summer, the Magic will definitely get a more lucrative offer.

Magic executives have already thought about the slogans on their lips in foreign negotiations——

"Hold the top three giants by myself. There are not many super giants of this level in the entire league, and this is the only one that can be traded. Seeing this, why don't you act quickly, what are you thinking?"

Li Ke, who couldn't understand why the Magic was able to tie the tie with the Cavaliers, touched his chin.

"Even so, it didn't matter in the end..."

He didn't think it was a knight's dish, it was purely sparks.

Although Huo Hua is a person who is easy to lose his mind when he is happy, and can do everything when he is out of his mind, his character is a bit poor.

In terms of strength, it is naturally at the top of the league.

Especially in this era when centers are scarce, as long as a defensive system is built around him and the impact of injuries is put aside, Sparks will still be the peak monster of the year.

If the Bobcats face the Magic, maybe they won't be as embarrassed as the Cavaliers.

But sweeping is also unlikely...

Thinking of this, Li Ke felt that the Cavaliers were still the main enemy of the Bobcats this season.

"After the knights, the road to defending the title will be flat."

The reason why I say this is because——

In the West, the Eastern Conference finals between the Thunder and the Spurs started first.

Surprisingly, the Thunder, which was in hot form in the playoffs, fell in the first game against the Spurs.

Xiao Du met Xiao Ka. Although he scored 27 points, he only made 23 of 8 shots, and his efficiency was terribly low.

Charlotte, after watching this scene, Li Ke, who originally thought that the strong Thunder had the upper hand, shook his head.

"Thunder is still an old problem, the main rotation is too scientific."

The so-called partiality refers to the fact that Rondo is organized and defensive but has no long-range shots.

Tony Allen has defense, but no long-range shots; Mike Miller has long-range shots, but his defense is quite eye-catching.

The so-called 3D player refers to a player with defense and long-range shooting. The Thunder has one such player, but there is only one.

"The only real 3D player is Xiao Du. The rest either have no long-range shots or no defense. At this stage, the problem is still too big."

On the other hand, although the Spurs won, but the GDP is old, and Xiaoka is still a blue-collar worker, the lack of a real top star for the Spurs should not be a concern.

Therefore, after the Cavaliers, the two opponents in the finals are much worse.

……

As soon as the knights who had passed the magic breathed a sigh of relief, they had to prepare again and set off for Charlotte.

In Cleveland, before departure, Gentry held three or four tactical meetings in a row, always emphasizing——

"For the Bobcats, the most important thing is not to destroy their offensive system, but the most important thing is to defend Sheldon!"

Although Gentry's coaching career was not considered a success, if we say he knows the Bobcats better than anyone else.

Gentry is very clear that this year's Bobcats are not as good as last year.

Last year, the Bobcats had a variety of offenses. Li Ke was in a bad state occasionally, but Curry, Captain Jack, and Jamison could still stand up.

This year's Bobcats, apart from Li Ke, only Curry is left to look forward to.

But for Curry, Gentry thinks he still knows a lot.

"This year's Bobcats' offensive burden is all on Sheldon. As long as he is locked up, the only other threat that can be created is Stephen Curry."

"For Stephen, what we have to do is very simple, Dwayne, you go to mark him..."

In Gentry's view, Curry, who averaged 25 points per game this season, is enough to solve it by assigning Wade to one-on-one.

For the rest, the Cavaliers must do their best to lock and defend Li Ke.

"As for Sheldon, we need an all-round coordination of single defense, assist defense and even complementary defense."

"..."

At the end of the meeting, Lebon probably knew that in this series, he had to sacrifice part of his energy and focus on the defensive end.

The only candidate to defend Li Ke head-on, can only be Lebang.

To assist defense and supplement defense, the Cavaliers must make changes in lineup rotation.

Varejao and Boss on the inside, as well as Billups other than Le Bon and Wade, are not up to the task of assisting defense.

For this reason, Gentry has also informed the Cavaliers generals that he will make some changes to the starting lineup, and it is not ruled out that he will replace the giants.

Let the Bo giants substitute, which touches the bottom line of the Big Three a bit.

Big Boss had an ugly expression at the time, but looking at the expressionless Lebron and Wade, he could only keep his mouth shut and wait for the meeting to end.

As soon as the meeting was over and there was no one there, Big Bo couldn't help but complained: "Did you hear that? That pig Erwin said he wanted me to be a substitute!"

"..."

Lebron was silent, but Wade nodded: "I heard, but Chris, this is unavoidable."

"Can't avoid it? Why can't it be avoided? Isn't it just to help defend Sheldon? I can still be worse than that old guy Sean?"

Hearing this rhetorical question, Wade didn't know what to say.

Seeing that the two brothers were silent, Big Bo got excited: "Fk, anyway, I don't agree to substitute, whoever is willing to substitute will substitute!"

At this moment, Lebron waved his hand and said, "Okay, Chris, I think Erwin's formation is fine. The Bobcats are the defending champions. In this year's regular season, they played two games against us, with one win and one loss. They are still No. [-] in this year's regular season. We should understand how strong they are!"

"Remember what we did when we formed a team? For that gold cup!"

"If we want to hold that gold cup, the first thing we have to solve is the Bobcats in front of us. Everyone has to sacrifice for this, including me and Dwyane!"

In Lebon's view, in the Eastern Conference finals series, he had to participate more in defense, and Wade also had to play the point guard as a guest, marking Curry one-on-one. They all made sacrifices.

Among the Big Three, the Big Bo, who is lagging behind, can only sacrifice the status of the team.

No matter how much Lebron had to say, Lebron's long speech could only keep him bored.

sacrifice?

You also call it sacrifice?

The Bo giant scratched his fingers, and he calculated the time, not counting the current season, and in another season, he would be able to leave Cleveland.

Unlike the previous life, although the wave giants in this time and space have not been respected.

But at least, in Miami, Pat Riley and Wade can take care of him.

In Cleveland, Dan Gilbert was full of thoughts: I spent so much money riding a horse, if there is no championship, Danny Ferry and the Big Three will be responsible for it!

Danny Ferry's mind is full: I have done my best to keep Le Bon, what does Chris Bosh think?who cares!
LeBon's mind is full: we are all sacrificing...

As for Wade, he is also an outsider. It is too late for him to take care of his own thoughts. How can he have time to care about the Boss?

No one takes care of it, no one cares about it, it was sacrificed from the beginning, and now it has gone a step further, even the starter is about to be lost.

still here?Make the nickname of pseudo-giant more popular?Or let your next contract become a middle class?
Big Bo was silently lost in thought...

……

Soon, the Cavaliers arrived in Charlotte.

They came fiercely. As soon as they landed at the airport, Lebron declared to the reporters:
"I won't say that last year we had a disastrous defeat to the Bobcats, because that's already in the past tense. In the regular season of this season, we drew 1-1 with the Bobcats. This proves that we are evenly matched opponents."

"Of course, this Eastern Conference finals will prove that after a summer, we are strong enough to defeat the Bobcats and complete revenge!"

To put it simply, it is two sentences. The first sentence first pulls down the Bobcats who played a dominant role in the regular season and the first two rounds of playoffs.

Immediately following the second sentence, he pressed the lynx down, clamoring for revenge.

After hearing these two words from Le Bang remotely, Li Ke's first reaction was: very familiar.

It is indeed very familiar. Since Li Ke followed Lao Ai and Lao Sha to kill the Cavaliers and Lebron in his rookie season, every year, as long as he can meet the Cavaliers in the playoffs, Lebron will say a few words before the game.

The most outrageous thing is that last year, we were still testing, and we hadn't given our full strength. In the end, we were beaten 4-1 by the Bobcats.

Li Ke knew that Le Bang was trying to find confidence for himself.

But I have to say, in hindsight, it's all ridiculous.

This year is different. The Cavaliers are indeed on par with the Bobcats as Lebon said, but the revenge is just talk.

In terms of real strength, the Bobcats still have a lot of cards to play.

Although, most of those hole cards are known to Gentry.But knowing it was useless, the Cavaliers had no countermeasures.

Facing the reporter, Li Ke did not respond, but just smiled.

In the eyes of the reporter, this is a mocking laugh.

……

Before the game, the headlines in the media were——

"Cleveland Candide": "Before the battle, LeBron vowed to complete revenge!"

"Charlotte Observer": "The silent Eastern Conference finals are coming, and all the Bobcats are smiling and in good condition."

"Bleacher Report": "Before the Eastern Conference finals: LeBron shows determination, Sheldon laughs mockingly."

Before the game, ESPN also discussed the Eastern Conference finals and made predictions one after another.

Mei Yangyang believes: "There is no doubt that the Bobcats have the upper hand. You can understand it by watching the regular season. The Bobcats lost a game because they were not stable at the beginning of the season and Stephen Jackson's problems were not noticed.
Now, they've brought in Boris Diaw, plus Sheldon has added singles, and the problem has been solved,
In the second match of the regular season, they also defeated the Cavaliers..."

In the end, Mei Yangyang gave a predicted score of 4 to 1, the same as last year.

Although beauty Yu always sang against Mei Yangyang, but this time, he felt unable to sing.

Therefore, he analyzed based on Mei Yangyang: "I also think that the Bobcats have a greater advantage, but the advantage is definitely not enough to beat the Cavaliers 4-1. I think a total score of 4-2 is more reasonable."

Meirenyu surprisingly did not stand opposite Meirenyu, especially the other ESPN experts.

Except for Mark Stein who gave a 4 to 3 forecast, the rest, without exception, are very optimistic about the Bobcats, and the one who gave the most is a more compromised score of 4 to 2.

There are also aggressive ones, like Henry Abbott, who directly arranged a 4-0 sweep.

Although Lebang is not as intensive as Xiao Du in brushing news reports, he is still very concerned about these changes in public opinion.

Seeing these ESPN predictions, he angrily kicked the basket in the training hall, and a word starting with F popped out of his mouth.

"Never mind that, LeBron, a win is more important than anything else."

Wade shook his head, his style is different from Lebon's, he is pragmatic.

But the same thing is that both of them regard Li Ke as a great enemy, and they both want to kill Li Ke and Li Ke's lynx from the bottom of their hearts.

"I know, of course I know..."

……

Time flies, it is the day of the Eastern Conference Finals G1 game.

At the Time Warner Center, after the Bobcats and the visiting Cavaliers came on stage one after another, the game is about to start.

Bobcats starting five, point guard Curry, shooting guard Wesley Matthews, small forward Li Ke, power forward Boris Diaw, center Jordan, without any change.

But for the Cavaliers, the change in the starting lineup has left many people dumbfounded——

"Point guard Chauncey Billups, shooting guard Dwyane Wade, small forward LeBron James, power forward Shane Battier, center Anderson Varejao."

"This……"

"Chris Bosh didn't start?"

"This is too surprising!"

(End of this chapter)