Chapter 99 The Knights of Boston
On May 6, US time, the second round of the playoffs kicked off.
The day before the game, the Bobcats arrived in Boston.
Checked in the hotel, and then held a pre-match press conference in the training hall they rented.
Originally, Li Ke didn't have to attend, but the NBA official brought the best rookie trophy. They couldn't let Li Ke win the trophy at the North Shore Garden Arena. The only option was the pre-match press conference.
The reporters sat down one after another, and the trophy of the Best Rookie was placed in front of a background board full of the NBA logo and sponsor trademarks. Alliance Vice President Stu Jackson attended.
Under the shining spotlight, Li Ke took the trophy from Boss Qiao and held it high above his head with both hands.
To be honest, Li Ke was still very happy and excited when he held the trophy. Although it was a shared trophy and was just a best rookie, at least, it was a good start, right?
Especially, when the press conference began, the reporter asked Li Ke and the first person to think of who he wanted to hold the trophy.
Li Ke admitted that the first thing he thought of was Cameron Anthony.
Li Ke has the All-Star Rookie MVP, Guagua also has it. Li Ke still remembers that at the end of the rookie challenge, Guagua once scoffed at Li Ke who was excited to hold the trophy and said something like "I have this trophy too."
But now, Li Ke has won the trophy for Best Rookie, and he really hopes that Guagua will be right in front of him at this moment...
So, Li Ke's answer was: "Many, many, such as Michael, who also has a Best Rookie Trophy, and Jason Kidd and Grant Hill, who were the last pair of players who contributed this trophy..."
Li Ke mentioned three names, and then he slapped his forehead, as if he remembered something: "Oh by the way, and Cameron Anthony."
He only mentioned Guagua's name, so that there were reporters in the audience who looked full of question marks and could only ask: "Melo? Why did he appear here? I remember he was not elected as the best rookie of that year."
"It's nothing, but I remembered the All-Star Weekend. When I got the Rookie MVP, Melo poured me a basin of cold water. He said that he also has the Rookie MVP. That's not an honor worthy of excitement."
"So, now I've won the Best Rookie again, and I think this trophy should be worthy of excitement."
A low laughter sounded at the press conference, and even the fool could tell that Li Ke and Melon were incompatible and had a lot of squirting about trash in private.
Now, Li Ke has moved the trash to the press conference, and Guagua, who was practicing hard in Houston, is caught in the shooting.
"Tell me about the evening game. Your opponent is the Celtics of the Big Three, North American media reporters, expert commentators, and even fans. None of them is optimistic about you..."
With the first round of the playoffs, in the second round of the playoffs, public opinion no longer favors the Bobcats, and even one-sidedly favors the Celtics.
The joint program between espn and tnt, the Skip Bayless, who did not support the Bobcats in the first round of the playoffs, won’t say that they firmly support the Celtics. Even Kenny Smith and Stephen A. Smith, who supported the Bobcats in the first round, betrayed the revolution in the second round.
But in terms of the total score, the bricks have their own understanding.
Radical belief that the Celtics can sweep or almost sweep the bobcats.
Conservatively, the Bobcats and the Celtics have the power to fight, and they have the chance to play in the seventh game in the series, but the one who wins the series will inevitably be the Celtics.
Public opinion is one-sided. If the bobcats don’t talk to themselves, they will be too weak.
Therefore, Li Ke refuted this point in his usual way: "If NBA is a game where the winner can be decided by public opinion only before the game, why should we play the court and fight with our opponents for 48 minutes? Wouldn't it be better to let the public opinion decide who wins the championship this season?"
And when the reporter asked: "Then, in your opinion, how likely are you to win this round of series?"
Li Ke leaned forward slightly, giving a very amazing answer: "I don't know how likely we will win this round of series, but I know that the Charlotte Bobcats will never lose at the North Shore Garden Arena! None of them will be!"
The reporters were shocked and would never lose at the North Shore Garden Arena?
The playoff system is 2-2-1-1-1. The Celtics, who have the advantage in the regular season record, will usher in two home games first. Li Ke's slashing gold and confirming that the Bobcats will not lose in North Shore Garden. Doesn't that mean that the Bobcats will start with a total score of 2-0?
This is too crazy!
Will the Celtics lose two home games in a row with the bonus of home advantage?
Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!
"Can you tell me your basis?"
A local reporter in Boston asked Li Ke with anger.
Li Ke spread his hands: "Because I am very good at playing in North Shore Garden Stadium, I scored 43 points in North Shore Garden in the regular season, and the same is true for the playoffs."
"That's just a game, it doesn't represent the playoffs!"
"It can be done here with me! Because I know that Boston has a fanatical group of race Cavaliers. Even if the league warns them seriously, they will still wait for an opportunity to jump out. In order not to give them a chance to reopen, I will continue my regular season performance into the playoffs."
"It's my promise, and I, Sheldon Lee, never break my promise."
Although Boston reporters emphasized how accidental the outbreak of a game was, Li Ke forced himself to speak out and even made a promise.
Whether he can continue his regular season performance will have to wait until the playoffs really start.
In the eyes of many reporters, Li Ke's move is quite a bit of a provocation to the race knights in Boston.
In fact, when the pre-match news was released, the race knights in Boston were indeed irritated.
"Have you seen the news report? Charlotte's yellow-skinned monkey, he provoked us in front of the reporter!"
In Boston, a bar where white people are supreme, a middle-aged white man wearing glasses, viciously threw a newspaper on the bar counter.
"Of course, Johnny, before you saw this report, I had contacted some guys who bought tickets for the first game and were going to give the yellow monkey a ruthless one to let him know that Boston fans are not that easy to mess with."
Another fierce-looking white man was an action-oriented man. He slapped the bar with his big hand and started to inspire other partners who had not joined yet: "There should be other fans in the bar who also bought tickets for the first game. Everyone joined in. I will work with Larry to make a very detailed plan to give the yellow monkey a good look!"
"Dillon, don't be too extreme. The regular season game was a big deal. If you don't mention it, the team probably won't support you."
The bartender came out and beat him, but Dillon, who looked fierce, waved his hands: "Stop talking nonsense, Eric, NBA and Celtics, go and step on horseback, I won't go to North Shore Garden anymore, because what we have to do is much greater than watching boring basketball games. Charlotte's yellow-skinned monkey wants to challenge us, so we have to let him know that in Amerika, white people are supreme!"
Chapter completed!