The playoffs are about to begin, and TNT and ESPN have launched a preview program.
McBrien, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith are on the go. A large number of Brick reporters will be invited to participate in each game day to analyze the situation and predict the results.
I didn't play a single game in the playoffs, and no one knows whether this year will be a big news about Black Eighth like last year, and no one knows whether the showdown that seemed to be similar in strength will turn one side over the other.
The Brick reporters could only make a prediction in a dark way. They just mentioned those matches that seemed to be unsuspecting.
For example, Celtics vs 76ers.
More than a dozen brick players who participated in the first episode of the show spoke in unison: "The strength of the Celtics is far higher than that of the 76ers, and they can definitely sweep their opponents 4-0."
When it comes to those seemingly intense games, they naturally have a big talk, even have some opposition and various quarrels.
This showdown between the Bobcats and the Knights is one of them.
After McBrien put up the topic, the first person to express his opinion was Kenny Smith: "I explained three games between the Cavaliers and the Bobcats. Although the Bobcats are fourth and the Cavaliers are fifth, the strength gap between them is comparable to the Celtics and the 76ers. Considering some uncontrollable factors, the Bobcats can solve the Cavaliers in up to six games."
Charles Barkley agreed: "LeBron James is the only point for the Cavaliers to hold the ball, but unfortunately, his opponent is Sheldon Lee."
Then there is "Beautiful Yang Yang" Stephen A. Smith: "Yes, the only ball-holding point, the only strong point is strangled to death. If the Cavaliers want to win, they can only pray that their opponents will be worse. But the problem is, the Bobcats also have Ai, Shaq and Gerald Wallace. I even think Kenny's prediction is too conservative. I think the Bobcats can solve the Cavaliers in four games..."
"No, I don't agree!"
"Beauty Yu" Skip Bayles was the first to jump out to oppose it. He and Mei Yang Yang were mortal enemies. Mei Yang Yang became famous by relying on Kobe to force the palace and kissing Barkley's butt. Mei Yang also gained some popularity by relying on her collision.
This time, Yang Yang thought that the Bobcats could sweep the Cavaliers, and the Beauty immediately stood opposite: "As we all know, the playoffs and the regular season are completely different games. In the regular season of the 94-95 season, the Houston Rockets were only sixth in the West, but in the playoffs, they defeated the Spurs, the Jazz, the Jazz, the Third, and the Suns, and the Last, the Magic, the First in the East, the Finals."
"That's right, just like last year's Cleveland Cavaliers, who would have thought they could beat the Pistons and be close to the Finals? Think about the Eastern Conference Finals between them and the Pistons last year, is Tayshoen Prince not strong in defense? LeBron still scored a quasi-double average of 25 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists."
The beauty is not fighting alone, and the espn bricksman Kevin Pelton agrees with the beauty.
"The playoffs are a super giant stage. LeBron is a young super giant, but the Bobcats only have Shaq and Ai, two super giants that have fallen..."
Charlotte, the Hilton Hotel next to St. Caldevis Avenue, arrived a day early. Lebang, who had already stayed in the hotel, listened very seriously to the beauty Yu and Kevin Pelton's views on their preference for the Knights.
Although he lost 1-3 in the regular season and Li Ke's restrictions on him also made him a little worried, deep down, Lebang still believes that the playoffs and the regular season are two different games.
The example given by Kevin Pelton made LeBon agree: Was the Cavaliers strong last year?
No, not at all!
Take the series they beat the Pistons for example. The Cavaliers' best performing role player is Daniel Gibson, who averaged 13.5 points per game. This season, Daniel Gibson is still there.
Larry Hughes, who is considered the second ball-holding point that should not be sent away, averaged only 7.2 points per game in that series, with a shooting percentage as low as 34.1%.
Let’s look at the Cavaliers this season. Larry Hughes was replaced by Wallis Zebiak. Although Szebiak’s performance in the regular season is also very bad, at least the playoffs remains to be seen.
Not only that, compared to last season, they also had one more Deronti West.
The arrival of inside players Da Ben and Joe Smith has made the Cavaliers' inside player depth reach a terrifying level. Da Ben Valaijo takes turns to fight, and even the monsters can't stand it, let alone the old shark.
There are definitely one-two players in this series!
Li Ke also watched the show of espn and tnt, and he agreed with Kevin Pelton's words: The playoffs are a super big stage.
But the problem is that if a Lebang who is restrained by his position is considered a super giant, then the Bobcat AWSL foursome will definitely be considered one, and they are all super giants.
4 is greater than 1, and the Bobcats are still sweeping the opponent.
...
On the day of the competition, Lebang Hotel "accidentally met" a reporter, showing his domineering spirit without any concealment:
"At the moment the playoffs fire broke out, I told myself that everything in the regular season must be put aside because the playoffs are a brand new beginning."
"The Bobcats are very strong, and that's fine, but we're not weak either. I agree with Brian Windhorst, who is close to each other."
"If I want to win a close matchup, as the boss of the team, I have to stand up. I promised Cleveland fans to lead the Cavaliers to win in the playoffs, and I will make sure that I do it."
“…”
The Bobcats were very quiet, the sharks were busy resting, and Hua Lao Er was as silenced as ever. Lao Ai temporarily picked up the Buddha's feet and practiced for a while before the game.
"That guy LeBron was interviewed before the game!"
As a result, Li Ke immediately obtained the content of Lebang's interview from the official website of espn.
"What did he say?"
Although he was practicing more, Lao Ai still couldn't help but be curious, so he voted and asked.
"He said he agreed with Brian Windhorst, thinking that the Bobcats and the Cavaliers were close rivals!"
Li Ke repeated it again, and Lao Ai's first reaction was: "He is cowardly!"
"If it were me, I would shout in front of the reporters: The Cavaliers are too weak, I will lead my team to sweep them!"
"Then what?"
"And? Didn't you see me practicing shooting more? This is what I'm going to do in the next game. I will use my shots to kill the Cleveland Cavaliers!"
Lao Ai further explained why he thought LeBon was timid in the interview: "Observantly, LeBron was timid. He knew that the Cavaliers were far inferior to us, and his so-called promise was just another kind of stubbornness."
Then I talked about myself: "And I'm different. I won't make any comments before the game, because I'm the kind of hard-working guy, and when I lead the Bobcats to win this series, everyone will realize this."
Li Ke turned his head and looked at the old shark resting on the sidelines. The old shark shrugged: "If Allen could lead us to defeat the Cavaliers without me, I would be happy."
As soon as Lao Shaw said this, Li Ke immediately understood that Lao Shaw's thoughts were still the same as those in the regular season. If he could not contribute his work, he would not contribute his work.
After all, there are no MVP trophy in the first three rounds of the playoffs. If you have a choice, the Sharks may even choose: only play in the finals!
...
In the evening, Time Warner Center shone with a huge poster hanging from the front of the arena.
The content of the poster is that Li Ke, Lao Ai, Lao Sha and Hua Lao Er, four hands combined with AWSL touch a basketball from four different angles.
Yes, yes, Li Ke still didn't stand in the C position of the poster, but the protagonist of this poster is basketball, not other players or coaches.
At least, things are going on the better side, right?
In the visiting team's locker room, Lebang sat in the center of the locker room, and McBrown stood beside him, emphasizing the defense of the game.
As a coach, Bread also paid attention to public opinion in all aspects of the game.
He and Lebang have the same idea, and do not think that the Bobcats are far superior to the Knights.
But his basis is completely different from Lebang. Bread believes that defense is the key to the playoffs!
"We have to do our defense well and compress every inch of space on the court. I don't want to see anyone slacking off and getting lazy because that's the key to our winning..."
Bread's theory is correct. Li Ke's previous life was the Cavaliers in front of him. He played seven games with the Celtics of the Big Three that year, and finally lost 3-4.
In the three games that the Cavaliers won, they limited the Celtics' score to 76.7 points per game, which really depends on defense and has nothing to do with Lebang.
In the first game, Lebang was fucked by 1802, and then in the second game, 2406.
Game 3, 1605, Game 4, 2007, Game 6, 2309, these are the three games the Cavaliers won.
Lebang in the fifth and seventh games is normal, but the Cavaliers lost both games.
This is all counting only shooting, with 5.3 turnovers per game in seven games, and that is not counted in, especially in the first game, not to mention 1802, there are still 10 turnovers.
If you say that the Cavaliers win, Lebang will not recognize it.
When it comes to losing, Lebang, the James and the Blacks became interested. In the first game, Lebang still made 10 mistakes in 1802. As a result, the Cavaliers lost 72 to 76, only 4 points. Isn’t this game just Lebang lost by his own efforts?
Although Bao Bao ignored himself a little before the game, Lebang didn't care, because he knew that when it comes to attack, Bao Bao would definitely say: hand the ball to LeBron!
As long as you say this, Lebang will be very satisfied.
On the other hand, in the home team's locker room, Sam Vincent is also a head coach with nothing to do.
In the playoffs, he didn't have any special tricks. In the end, it was still the regular season one, namely:
"Sheldon, LeBron will be handed over to you, isn't it a problem?"
Li Ke nodded: "No problem, coach!"
"Shake, your role is very important in this game. If LeBron breaks through our first line of defense, you have to defend yourself and strangle him to death, is that okay?"
The old shark replied with an OK gesture.
"The defensive intensity in the playoffs must be stronger than the regular season, so we need more transfers, Allen, pass the ball, is it okay?"
Lao Ai replied with a serious look: "Don't worry, Sam!"
"That's perfect, boys, it's time to play, let the NBA playoffs hear the Charlotte Bobcats calling!"
“gogogo!”
...
Yangwu, the broadcast is ready.
The Bobcats vs. Cavaliers, Rockets vs. Jazz are both fourth and fifth, but by chance, the two games with Chinese players are staggered.
Speaking of which, domestic fans are actually looking forward to the Bobcats’ playoffs more. After all, this is Li Ke’s first playoff, and domestic fans think it’s very new.
And, the Bobcats with Charlotte F4 also look more promising than the Rockets, which always disappoint. After all, the Cavaliers failed to beat the Bobcats even if they played 5 in the regular season...
In addition, Li Ke vs LeBron and James' group has gone through four regular season games and the All-Star voting battles, and has become a classic matchup. Even if the Bobcats and the Rockets collided in the playoffs, the first choice for domestic fans is definitely the Bobcats vs Cavaliers.
As for the Rockets vs. Jazz, revenge is the biggest gimmick, but the problem is that the Jazz is not a weak brigade at the mercy of others.
On the contrary, the seven battles last season left very bad memories for domestic fans.
So much so that we met again this season. After most domestic fans had another choice, they only wanted to see the ending of the Rockets defeating the Jazz.
"This is CCTV, and the NBA playoff broadcast brought to you by TV5. What is about to begin is the first match between the Charlotte Bobcats and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs!"
When the broadcasting camera turned to the stadium, fans called their friends to appear in front of the TV on the other side of the ocean.
"Hurry, the game is about to begin!"
"James has spread magnesium powder again!"
"Time Warner won't buy his account, he's booed!"
"Look, God Ke appears!"
"Oh yell, the cheers are crazy!"
"I am worthy of being my God, awesome~!"
“…”
In front of the technical stage, Lebang held a hand of magnesium powder and sprinkled it out, and Time Warner Center booed.
In the distance, the bobcat appeared, and Li Ke received a lot of cheers. He watched Lebang throw magnesium powder from a distance and said intimately.
I don’t know if Lebang noticed Li Ke’s malicious gaze, or if he looked at each other and guessed what Li Ke was thinking, or other reasons. In short, Lebang used his unique skill at Li Ke: Death Gaze.
Li Ke immediately became serious. He knew that Lebang, with this expression, was extremely serious.
All-out strength? I'm afraid it's more than that...
"This game is not easy to play!"
It’s not that it’s difficult to play at the team level, but that it’s that Li Ke’s personal difficulties. Lebang in this game was obviously full of firepower.
A few minutes later, in the middle circle, the old shark faced Lao Z, Chris Humphries' opponent was replaced by Da Ben, Hua Lao Er's opponent was Wallis Zebiak, and Lao Ai's opponent was Deronti West.
Finally, there are Lebang and Li Ke who are still looking at each other...
"The ball jumped, Big Z defeated O'Neal, the Cavaliers' ball right!"
The old shark didn't move for a moment, so Daz pushed the ball over and ate the dumplings.
Chapter completed!