In the West, the Lakers and Jazz played four games, tied 2-2.

Then, before G5, Kobe, who won his first regular season MVP trophy in his career, changed his playing style, more passes, and more breakthroughs and kills.

Simply put, he played more reasonably.

The more powerful the rational subject is, this game is reflected.

He only made 10 shots in the game, made 6 shots, but as many as 17 free throws, scored 13 free throws, scored 26 points, and sent 7 assists.

The Lakers scored all the starting points in double digits, and the three players were 20, and the Lakers won the match point.

Then there was g6. Although the Jazz tried hard to drag the game into tiebreak, Kobe broke out again in this game.

He made 9 of 19 shots, 17 free throws, 15 hits, scored 34 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, leading the team to defeat the Jazz.

With a total score of 4-2, the Lakers were the first to enter the Western Conference Finals.

The Hornets and Spurs next door fought until tiebreak.

g5, Duncan made 5 of 18 shots and lost a game, and the Hornets won 22 points.

Everyone thought that the Hornets would learn from the Bobcats and won the series in one fell swoop.

As a result, in g6, Duncan adjusted back, with 7 of 14 shots, 20 points, 15 rebounds and 6 assists.

The Spurs won 19 points in turn and scored a goal.

Finally, it's tiebreaker.

"The only tiebreak in the two rounds of playoffs, Sheldon, who do you think of?"

During the preparations for the Eastern Conference Finals, Bobcats’ daily routine is training, watching the Western War, training, and then watching the Western War...

Li Ke successfully "predicted" that the Lakers will win two consecutive games and advance to the Western Conference Finals.

From then on, whenever his teammates see the Western Conference War, they will inevitably ask who Li Ke is optimistic about.

"Spurs."

"What's the reason?"

"It's a tiebreaker, the Spurs are very experienced. Greg Popovich will definitely suppress the rhythm and use rich experience to ensure a victory."

Then, there was a 48-minute game.

The Spurs really suppressed the rhythm, which made Brother Pao very uncomfortable.

Speaking of which, Brother Pao is good at controlling the rhythm, but he is often anxious and can't help but push the fast pace.

The Spurs were desperately suppressing the rhythm, but Brother Pao tried to push the fast pace and killed the Spurs in one wave, but the Hornets were the ones who had the problem.

They immediately became a mess, attacking at will, making all kinds of irons, and defenses were also very casual, and they missed people.

The Spurs on the opposite side are as stable as an old dog, steadily eroding the wasps.

In the end, the Spurs won the tiebreak with a score of 91 to 82 and met with the Lakers.

After watching this game, Li Ke stretched and suddenly mentioned: "What is our goal? Eastern Conference Finals? Finals? Or the championship?"

This question made everyone present stunned.

Lao Ai was very decisive and determined: "Champion!"

He spread his hands: "If it weren't for the championship, would we have to play all the way to the Eastern Conference Final?"

Old Shark nodded: "You're right, Allen, but I think the meal should be eaten one bite at a time. At the beginning, our goal should be to make the playoffs. When we face the Celtics in the second round, our goal is to defeat the Celtics and enter the Eastern Conference Finals, so now, our goal is to defeat the Pistons and enter the Finals."

"As for whether we want to win the finals, that's what happened after we reached the finals."

This is very clear. Lao Ai is considered a radical, but Lao Sha is very realistic.

However, Li Ke followed Lao Shark's idea and mentioned the matchup in the finals.

"If there were no accidents, the Lakers would have been the team that broke through from the West, so..."

Old Shark's expression suddenly became serious: "So, no matter what, we must defeat the Lakers!"

Li Ke smiled: "Then work hard for the goal of the championship!"

At this moment, Hua Lao Er interrupted inappropriately: "Are you so sure that the Lakers can defeat the Spurs?"

Li Ke nodded without comment: "The Spurs cannot stop Kobe, Shaq should be very clear about this."

Lao Shark reluctantly recalled his years at the Lakers and concluded that Li Ke was right!

"At the beginning of the century, Bruce Bowen was still very young and could not stop Kobe, and now it is even more so."

...

New Orleans, Brother Cannon was a little depressed. This was the first playoff in his career. He almost led the team to kill the Spurs, just a little bit away.

Byron Scott was in his ear and told him that he would be young and have a future if he came back next season.

Brother Pao could only nod: "Next season, we will not only enter the Western Conference Finals, but also enter the finals."

But what Brother Pao didn't know was that the curse on the floor of the Western Finals had already taken effect.

In the stands, when I saw my team lose this game, the successful season ended.

Jeff Ball, the general manager of the Hornets, smiled helplessly, but there was a compliment from the Hornets boss: "You have done a great job, Jeff."

Have you done a great job?

Jeff Ball thought of the draft and he missed Li Ke.

"If there is Sheldon, can we win?"

He looked at Manuginobili, who scored 26 points like a super god in the tiebreak, and he felt he could win.

"It's a pity that there is no if!"

...

The Spurs met with the Lakers and the playoffs entered the final sprint stage.

Before the East-West War began, the alliance also announced the ownership of the best and best defense formations.

The Best Team has nothing to do with Li Ke. As for the Bobcats, Lao Ai, who averaged 26.4 points, 3.7 rebounds, 7.9 assists and 2.0 steals in the regular season, entered the second team of the Best Team.

The best defense lineup is closely related to Li Ke.

In the first half of the regular season, Li Ke's single defense was not so conspicuous, and at most it was the performance of an ordinary outside blockade defender.

But in the second half, after the single defense was upgraded to S level, his single defense was beyond his single defense.

The defense of Lebang 2907 is just one example. In half a season, Li Ke has at least two tricks.

Just this manifestation is simply unreasonable if you don’t advance to the defense.

He has indeed entered the best defensive team.

Not only that, Hua Lao Er also joined Li Ke and entered the second team of the best defensive lineup.

In addition to the Best Team and the Best Defense Team, there is also the Best Rookie Team. As the Best Rookie, Li Ke naturally entered the team.

"One best team second team, two best defense teams, Shaq, that's all you need."

Two more honors were bought, and Li Ke was very happy. Honors were second. The main thing was AJ's prize money, the best defense lineup was $500,000, the best rookie lineup was $200,000, and another $700,000.

Li Ke teased the old shark, he knew that the old shark would not care, and it was indeed the case.

The only thing Old Sharks care about now is that they must kill the Pistons, reach the finals, and then stand on the stage of the finals and kill the Lakers!

"Stop kidding, Sheldon, training!"

Li Ke was slapped hard and walked away with a smile.

...

On May 19, the day before the East-West War broke out, the Bobcats arrived in Detroit.

At the airport gate, Li Ke stopped and refused to refuse.

"Sheldon, after defeating the Celtics, the Bobcats are already the biggest champion favorite among the four remaining teams. Do you think such public opinion and evaluation are correct?"

"I don't know, I just know that we need to kill the piston in front of us first to look further into the finals."

It was completely different from what was said in the training hall. The old shark beside him tilted his head and suddenly became straightforward.

"No, Sheldon, you can't answer like this, you're too scared!"

He turned his head and pointed it at the recorder: "Mr. Reporter, the correct answer should be, yes, we are the biggest favorites in the championship!"

The reporter's eyes lit up and then asked: "So, is your goal the championship?"

"Of course, we will definitely win the championship!"

Li Ke sighed lightly, Old Shark, the next step, this reporter will definitely ask-

"Where is the piston? You have not defeated the piston yet and have directly crossed the piston. Do you look down on each other too much?"

Lao Shark continued to answer: "There is nothing to look down on, I'm just saying a fact! We just killed the Celtics of the Big Three, and we are the biggest favorites in the championship!"

So, when the Bobcat stayed in the hotel, he heard two brand new news.

One is the piston's response.

Chauncey Billups said: "This is disrespectful to the opponent's comments, and the result of the game will teach Shaq a lesson."

Rashid Wallace directly mentioned the finals in 2004:

"It seems that Shaq has forgotten the finals in 2004, so I must remind him. Do you still remember the game that year? I and Ben fucked your ass!"

Finally, Philip Sanders: "Shake has the right to speak, but we also have the right to win."

“…”

Another news is closely related to Li Ke.

First, the NBA officially released the investigation report of the North Shore Garden Arena, announcing that in the game video, a total of 907 fans had excessive racial discrimination and would be punished with a lifelong ban on 29 stadiums of 30 NBA teams.

The Celtics also announced that they would hold the five leading fans accountable and demand that the five fans compensate the Celtics for some of their losses.

In this way, the racial discrimination incident in North Shore Garden will end for the time being.

Then the Central Five, which has not resumed NBA broadcasting, issued an announcement: Starting from the Eastern Conference Final, the broadcasting of NBA will be resumed.

As the person involved, Li Ke was very calm.

However, the country is in full swing. First of all, the racial discrimination struggle in foreign countries, Li Ke won!

"NBA has taken a heavy move. The Celtics also look angry and are going to be held accountable!"

"regardless of whether these 907 fans are all racist discriminators, the NBA's investigation and subsequent punishment have done their jobs and respect has been given."

Therefore, most fans think that the broadcast of the Central Five will be resumed, and most of the fans think it is appropriate.

There are also some Li Ke's hardcore cheering:

"Forbear, endure, endure! After enduring for a long time, I can finally see the performance of the God of Ke!"

"East Final, Piston, Bobcat is here, Li Ke is here, I am here too!"

"Is the commentary or the coach Zhang and Yu Jia? I won't watch someone else!"

“…”

In this way, while having a verbal battle, cheering for the rebroadcast of the NBA, on May 20, the first battle of the Eastern Conference Finals of Auburn Mountain Palace came.

"I'm emphasizing our core tactical thinking, Dai Quinn, your task is to keep a close eye on Richard Hamilton and don't give him any room to take action!"

"Sheldon replaced Changsi Billups, and Gerald assisted in defense and repairing."

"On the offensive end, we play more pick-and-rolls! Run the ball!"

Speaking of which, the Pistons are indeed a little worse than the Celtics. Before the game started, the Bobcats felt this.

The atmosphere in the locker room was relaxed and the pressure was not that heavy.

Looking at the tactical arrangement before the game, Sam Vincent had extremely trust in Li Ke and threw the fireplace to Li Ke without saying a word.

However, Dai Quinn Cook made Sam Vincent say a few more words against Richard Hamilton.

From the surface, the only hidden danger of this duel is Richard Hamilton.

The master of running without the ball averages only 20 points per game all year round, but no one can ignore him. In short, this guy is also a nerve knife. When it explodes, no one can stop him.

"No other problem, we'll show up!"

There was even no chicken soup, and the Bobcats appeared like this.

At Auburn Mountain Palace, the atmosphere was hot, and Hua Lao Er sighed: "Finally, I heard the boo again."

Li Ke smiled, yes, in the series of games against the Celtics, only G1 has existed in North Shore Garden, and the remaining two games are all empty.

In this game, when he came to Auburn Mountain Palace, he felt a little uncomfortable with a sudden booing sound.

With boos, the game began.

Speaking of which, after Daben left, the Pistons lineup was pieced together every year, patched up, and mixed together, becoming one of the best teams in the East.

The same is true this season. Looking at the Pistons' paper lineup, Fireplace and Hamilton are the top two scorers, one averaging 17.3 points per game and the other averaging 17 points per game.

With these two scorers, the Pistons became the second in the East.

Philip Sanders is definitely a little bit of a thing, but in the playoffs, it is already difficult for the head coach to make up for the gap in pure strength.

Just like this game, looking at the Pistons' starting lineup, point guard fireplace, scoring guard Richard Hamilton, small forward Tyshaun Prince, power forward Rashid Wallace, center Antonio McDyce...

It's shabby, so shabby!

Let’s take a look at the Bobcats’ starting lineup, point guard Lao Ai, shooting guard Dai Quinn Cook, small forward Li Ke, power forward Gerald Wallace, and center Lao Shark.

Not to mention gorgeousness, it is better than the piston, that is certain.

"Rashid Wallace and Shaq's jump ball!"

"Pistol's ball rights!"

At first glance, Tianzun was so angry that he went all out of his strength since he jumped the ball.

The Pistons took the ball to the opening game, and Li Ke immediately hit the fireplace, putting enough pressure on him.

In the first attack at the beginning, facing Li Ke's single defense, the fireplace controlled for a while, but didn't get any chance and passed the ball quickly.

His pass directly found Tianzun who was pulled out from the middle distance. Tianzun made a jump shot, but he didn't make it with a clang.

At the basket, the old Shark beat Antonio McDyce to grab the rebound and the Bobcats counterattack.

The counterattack was not successful, but in the positional battle, Lao Ai got an extremely relaxed environment. He made a breakthrough and went directly to the basket and raised his hand to make a layup.

In this way, the Bobcats got the first point in the game.

Li Ke, who was pulling space outside the three-point line, suddenly turned his gaze to the old shark who was surrounded by Tianzun and Antonio McDyce at the basket.
Chapter completed!