I'm not really a role player

Chapter 271
At the end of the first quarter, Zen Master expressed his dissatisfaction.

Simply put, with the Bobcats' strong defense, the Lakers failed to play the team basketball they wanted.

Kobe and Jiasao fought on their own, and even Kobe was a little obsessed with one-on-one with Li Ke.

As a result of this situation, the Lakers were pulled to the same level by the Bobcats, and Li Ke and Kobe attacked each other.

At the end of the first quarter, with a score of 26 to 28, the Lakers only took a 2-point lead.

Zen Master's dissatisfaction is not because the lead in the first quarter did not meet expectations, but purely dissatisfaction with the team's failure to achieve the expected results.

"If we fight like this, our advantage will be gone!"

Although Zen Master's triangle offense is behind the times, he is still very wise in grasping the general direction.

He clearly knows that the Lakers this season are very dangerous.

The powerful Nuggets are already at the gates. As the defending champion, without strong signings, everything from last season has been thoroughly studied, and it is already a certainty.

In this case, the Zen master was eager to make a change.

While maintaining the same triangle offense, making the team more integrated and more team-based is the change Zen Master wants.

Of course, change is one aspect. On the other hand, Zen Master attaches great importance to every current game, especially the current opener.

Under the gaze of 18997 Staples fans, Zen Master's requirement is to win.

"The lead in the first quarter is not enough, in the second quarter, keep your pressure!"

If you want to maintain the pressure, you have to maintain the strength of the lineup.

The problem is, not everyone is able to play 48 consecutive minutes without panting like Kobe.

Therefore, in the second quarter, the Lakers' lineup was led by Kobe, the point guard was replaced by Jordan Farmar, Matt Barnes was replaced at the third position, and the two-tower combination of Mrs. Odom and Gaga was on the inside.

The strength is still there. Against the Bobcats' point guard Earl Watson, shooting guard Wesley Matthews, small forward Li Ke, inside Tajibson and Kwame Brown's rotation lineup, the Lakers will not be at a disadvantage, and even have an advantage to a certain extent.

But the problem is that Koga played consecutively for the Lakers, and Li Ke was the only one with the Bobcats.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Lakers did rely on Koga's pick-and-roll to continue to suppress the Bobcats.

The lead was close to double digits at one point, but in the second half of the quarter, as the Zen master waved his hand and replaced Mrs. Jia and replaced him with DJ Mbenga, the situation was immediately reversed.

"The offense of the Lakers, without Pau Gasol, the basketball is handed over to Kobe, and there is no second place to go."

"Kobe's singles, Sheldon's defense suddenly became very aggressive, he seemed to have squandered all the strength he had accumulated until this moment..."

That's right, Li Ke exerted his strength, and even Kobe was quite caught off guard by his sudden exertion.

The frontal breakthrough was unsuccessful, and then he could only make a jump shot with an emergency stop, but was interfered by Li Ke.

Bang-dang-!
At the basket, Kwame Brown, without the spotlight of Los Angeles and no longer a buttery hand, grabbed the rebound and made a quick pass to Earl Watson.

Earl Watson slapped the basketball skillfully twice, turned around and advanced quickly.

Immediately afterwards, a pass was passed to Li Ke, who was not too fast on the flank.

Just when Kobe put all his defensive focus on Li Ke, Li Ke made another pass, which crossed half the court obliquely, and suddenly appeared in the hands of Wesley Matthews as expected.

The older rookie, Wesley Matthews, who was almost undrafted, quickly got rid of Matt Barnes, one step and two steps, and jumped up after catching the ball.

With a bang, he hung on the basket.

"The counter dunk, Shelton suddenly stepped up his defensive intensity, and the Bobcats suddenly started to pick up speed."

The Lakers kicked off in the backcourt, Jordan Farmar brought the ball upcourt, and then handed it to Kobe again.

Li Ke's defense is still like the previous round, with full aggressiveness and suppression.

With this level of defense, Bryant's situation is also very difficult.

He still made a breakthrough, rushed to the middle distance, was forced to stop by Li Ke, and then made a shot, but was oppressed by Li Ke's interference and lost his shooting angle.

Bang-dang-!
It was another shot, but Kobe raised his hand and signaled to the referee.

Which means: Hey man, he fouled!
The referee ignored it and gave no feedback.

foul?If the defender is changed, the referee may really have to blow it, but Li Ke's defense, as long as it doesn't obviously hit Kobe's hand, the referee will turn a blind eye.

To put it bluntly, the current Li Ke is a rookie highly praised by the league, even surpassing Kobe.

No foul, under the basket, Tajibson grabbed the rebound.

Bobcats try again to fight back...

Leaving aside the counterattack, McBrin in the commentary raised a point that he was very puzzled: "Why did Shelton suddenly start to increase the intensity of defense in the second half of the second quarter? If he had been so defensive earlier..."

The magician interrupted him: "If he had been so defensive earlier, it would have been difficult for him to play and leave the court at the same time as Kobe."

What this means is that Li Ke's physical fitness is not comparable to that of the perverted Kobe. If he wants to match up in the audience, Li Ke can only allocate his physical fitness reasonably.

In this case, the low-intensity defense in the first quarter is understandable.

As for why Li Ke chose to make a sudden effort in the second half of the second quarter, just look at the offense and defense during this period.

"Without Pau Gasol, only Kobe is left for the Lakers to stand up and score."

Therefore, Li Ke locked Kobe, which is equivalent to locking the offense of the entire Lakers team.

Compared with the offensive end of the first quarter, Li Ke's offensive end was relatively poor in the second half of the second quarter.

But under Earl Watson's organization, with Wesley Matthews and Tajibson, two energetic young players on the court, the Bobcats' offense is still better than the Lakers'.

With Kobe Bryant losing consecutive shots, the Lakers also began to try to shift the focus of their offense.

The ball was once handed over to Jordan Farmar and Odom, but with the Bobcats' overall defense, the Lakers obviously thought too much if they wanted to rely on Farmar, who could not reach the level of master control, or the sleepwalking left-handed magician to lead the team forward.

Zen master didn't struggle, because the situation of the score has not yet reached the point where he needs to break the boat.

At halftime, 52 to 51. Relying on the full defense in the second half, the Bobcats completed the overtake at the end of the half.

Although there is only a one-point lead, this one-point lead is enough to prove the success of the Bobcats strategy.

During the intermission, Li Ke made a half-time summary——

Ordering point guards, they failed to do it, let alone ordering, Curry even felt a little suppressed by the experienced old fish.

But on the defensive end, they did a great job.

Inside, under the leadership of Kenyon Martin, Jr. guarded the bottom line of the Bobcats. With the addition of Tajibson and the No. [-] pick on the bench, he withstood the pressure of the Lakers' three towers.

When the Lakers couldn't maintain the strength of the twin towers, they even overwhelmed their opponents.

On the outside line, Li Ke did a good job of restricting Kobe. Without the help of Hua's second child, he successfully locked Kobe for about half a quarter.

It was during this half of the quarter that the Bobcats completed their lead in the score.

Such a first half gave Li Ke a little confidence in the second half.

However, the dejected Curry not far away still made Li Ke a little worried.

"This guy, why are you so sleepwalking?"

Li Ke knew that if Curry stopped sleepwalking in the second half, the Bobcats would really have a chance to win the game.

So, before leaving the locker room, he patted Curry: "Stephen, be confident, you need to play those content in the team training game."

Li Ke, who left these words, strode towards the player channel, leaving only Curry with a huge back of his head.

……

The game started quickly in the second half, and the Bobcats continued to implement the strategy of the first half, focusing on the defensive end.

But with Kobe and the Twin Towers on the court at the same time, the Bobcats' defense is still difficult to completely suppress the opponent.

The Lakers suppressed the Bobcats in turn. At the beginning of the third quarter, they tore open, scored consecutively, overtook the score, and even further expanded their lead.

In the second half, the Lakers reduced their rotation, and Jia Sao and Kobe were almost always on the court.

Only the Sharks need to rest, but the existence of Lama Odom has enabled the Lakers to maintain a twin tower from beginning to end, suppressing the Bobcats.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers in turn led the Bobcats by as much as 8 points.

But at the beginning of the fourth quarter, a pervert like Iron Man Kobe needs a short rest.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Lakers formed a rotation lineup consisting of point guard Dasheng, shooting guard Sasha Vujacic, small forward Matt Barnes, power forward Josh Powell, and center An Zhu.

Faced with the Bobcats' excessive lineup composed of Earl Watson, Wesley Matthews, Hua Er, Tajibson and Kwame Brown, the Lakers were naturally suppressed.

In just three or four minutes, the Bobcats evened out their 4-point deficit.

Afterwards, the main forces of both sides returned to the field, and the prelude to the decisive battle began...

Li Ke knew very well that at this point in the game, it was time for him to stand up and win the game alone.

Although, in the first three quarters of the game, he has scored as many as 27 personal points, but this is far from enough.

The problem was still the same. The Bobcats' offense was too fragmented and there was no whole, so Li Ke could only rely on his single-handed fight to win a victory.

……

Back on the field, 84 to 85 scores, the Bobcats are still 1 point behind, but they hold the ball.

At the moment of the decisive battle, the five Bobcats present are their five main players.

The same is true for the Lakers. The slight difference is that they replaced Anzhu and let Lama and Jiasao work together as insiders.

The change in this place will not have a big impact. Anyway, they are two towers, and the suppression is enough.

Hua Lao [-] kicked off from the sideline, and it was Curry who caught the ball.

Despite his sluggish performance and constant sleepwalking, Curry has always been fancy and casual whenever he appears on the court.

But considering that the first idol in Curry's life is Bai Qiao, all this is understandable.

On the court, I saw Curry dribble the ball in a gaudy crotch, and made a tentative thrust, followed by a very casual No look pass. Just like that, the basketball appeared in Li Ke's hands.

What puzzled Li Ke was that even though he lost to Kobe in one-on-one last night, Kobe's fighting spirit was obviously very high in this game, but the "brave" trait was not triggered...

With the "bravery" trait, this game would never have been so difficult.

Without the blessing of the "brave" trait, Li Ke could only take the test naked.

In the first singles at the decisive moment, he chose the back body he is best at.

With one foot on the three-point line, he turned his back to the basket and leaned against Kobe.

Relying on huge strength, advance step by step.

Under the watchful eyes of thousands of Staples fans, Li Ke suddenly turned around, causing a cry of surprise.

Immediately after a quick breakthrough, Kobe stuck to him like a dog's skin plaster.

An emergency stop at mid-range, one step back, against Kobe's defense, Li Ke's singles could only end with a jump shot.

Bang-dang-!
It was disappointing, but the cheers of the fans all over the stadium sounded, and Li Ke shook his hands, turned around and returned to defense with a solemn expression.

If the offense is unfavorable, then the only way to find the field is from the defensive end.

The Lakers' offense is not like the Bobcats. Once Koga's ultimate move in the pick-and-roll is released, Li Ke is a little bit overwhelmed.

After Li Ke quickly bypassed the screen and reappeared in front of Kobe in an inhuman way, Jiasao, who was in a high position, caught the ball and jumped lightly.

Swish-!
84 to 87, the Lakers expanded their lead.

In the backcourt, Jordan handed the ball to Li Ke.

Without middlemen, Li Ke directly accelerated the pace of attack.

In the frontcourt, he also asked for a Kenyon Martin pick-and-roll.

But after blocking and dismantling it, what he met was Mrs. Jia who came desperately to help defend.

Supplemented by Kobe's flanking attack behind him, Li Ke has been locked up, and he can only jump up and pass the ball.

But the poor passing and poor organizational skills were fully exposed at this moment.

The basketball left Li Ke's big hand urgently, but appeared in the hands of Kenyon Martin who was still in a high position. This ball was killed...

After wasting more than ten seconds, the Bobcats reorganized their attack, and in the end it was Li Ke who forcibly pulled out and scored a three-pointer.

Clang!
When he heard the heavy sound of iron striking, Li Ke knew that this game had already gone far.

Even so, his singles still did not mean to stop.

He wanted to go against the sky, but the Lakers didn't give him a chance at all. Five-on-one wasn't enough, but at least it was a two-on-one, three-on-one situation, which made Li Ke completely powerless.

Bang Bang Bang The sound of hammering iron was almost continuous. After the frenzied hammering, the Bobcats' lagging behind has already been widened.

A few minutes later, amidst the flat cheers, the timer beeped, the red light came on, and the game was over.

92 to 101, 9 points difference, the Bobcats lost the opener.

前三节19投11中独得27分的李恪，四节比赛后，却以一个30投13中的投篮命中，拿下了32分。

Throughout the fourth quarter, he hit a full 8 shots.

Perhaps, after the game, there will be public opinion that: "Selton's poor fourth quarter led to the loss of the Bobcats."

But Li Ke doesn't care, because he knows that the fact is that in this game, either he will fight the iron or his teammates will fight the iron.

Instead of watching your teammates strike iron, it's better to do it yourself!

This is Li Ke's way of picking up the pot...

(End of this chapter)