Chapter 32: The King of Tickets
Li Ke had already overdrawn, supported his knees with both hands, and enjoyed the cheers all over the audience.
"In the five-minute decisive battle in overtime, Sheldon suppressed Kobe, which is the main reason why Bobcats won this Spring Festival battle!"
In the five-minute overtime, Li Ke scored 8 points alone, and Hua Lao Er's dunk, the Bobcats scored a total of 10 points.
The Lakers scored 6 points, all from Kobe. It was really right to say that Li Ke suppressed Kobe.
In overtime, 10-6, and 109-105 in the whole game, the Bobcats won the first victory of the NBA's Spring Festival battle.
Walking to the sidelines with a staggering pace, Li Ke sighed that although he could rely on cheating or defending alone, follow his teammates to scramble to achieve good data and record.
But this physical fitness and free throws are all shortcomings that can be seen by the naked eye.
If there is no God possession in this game, the Bobcat will have already written the word "lose" on her face.
"You choose one for Sheldon, CCTV and TNT interviews."
The team's press officer came over. In this game, Li Ke was the well-deserved best in the game.
The draw at the end of the fourth quarter was not to mention the second highest 39 points in the game and the highest 8 points in overtime, which was enough to become the best player in this game.
The best player in the game and the well-deserved protagonist in the Spring Festival battle, Li Ke was naturally the focus of attention after the game.
"CCTV."
"That's TNT?"
The press officer was a little embarrassed. If it was the usual, Zhongwu and TNT would choose one, and the press officer could also ask Lao Ai to accept an interview from another company.
But in today's game, Lao Ai made a big mistake and almost ruined the victory.
"Let Gerald or DeAndre go."
TNT, Jordan Jr. was interviewed, which made Kenny Smith and Barkley feel a little regretful.
On the other hand, Li Ke accepted an interview with CCTV.
"Yes, it's very difficult to win the game, mainly because the physical fitness problem is too serious."
"The tip-in at the end of the fourth quarter? Well, the main thing is that Lao Ai's goal can't be reached at first glance."
"Is New Year's Eve? I spent it with my family, it's rare."
“…”
After answering some very routine and cliché questions, Li Ke waved his hand and turned around and left.
In the player channel, Li Ke met Kobe.
"Hey, Sheldon."
From a distance, Li Ke stretched out his right hand and hit Kobe with a palm.
"Are you waiting for the winner to return here?"
"No, I just want to tell you that you won this game."
Kobe slapped Li Ke's hand with nothing to do.
Li Ke scratched his head: "I won?"
"Yes, although you won this game, don't forget that I got the highest 42 points in the game."
"Hehe, the highest in the game? Well, the highest in the game is indeed you, but the king of the last quarter, the king of overtime, the real key gentleman, the real Mamba snake is me!"
Li Ke pressed a bunch of names on himself. Kobe was silent for a few seconds and nodded surprisingly: "I agree, but it's limited to this game."
Then Kobe turned around and left slowly.
Looking at Kobe's back, Li Ke only thought of two words-
Paranoid, arrogant...
Why did Kobe stop in the player's passage?
Because he has to put an end to the game, if he loses, he has to admit it.
This is paranoia, this is the manifestation of arrogance.
"This year's Lakers have a lot to do, but they still need to face the threat from the Celtics..."
Thinking of the Celtics, Li Ke thought of the incident when Boss Qiao asked for the price of La Garondo.
"Danny Angie is still too greedy. To be honest, the Celtics have little chance this year."
Only after truly fighting with these two teams did Li Ke know who is stronger in the Lakers and the Celtics?
No matter how others evaluate it, in Li Ke's opinion, the Lakers are stronger this season.
...
The Spring Festival battle on the other side is ultimately the Rockets win.
Billups educated Xiao Mo on both offense and defense, and Yao Yao was unstoppable in the interior. More importantly, the addition of Matt Barnes gave the Rockets two defensive players who could face Lebang on the wing.
Although the Cavaliers wanted to replicate the Bobcats' style of playing against the Rockets, they realized that the difficulty of replicating was still too great.
They have a flexible inside lineup like Jordan Jr., but they don't have a defensive player like Li Ke who can lock Billups in all directions, which is the key point.
The Spring Festival war, including the time spent on the road, it took almost a week to go back and forth.
After the four teams return, more time is needed to adjust the time and state.
"If it weren't for those RMB, no one would be willing to fight this Spring Festival battle. It's too tiring."
After returning to Charlotte, the Bobcats lost consecutively to the Pacers and Trail Blazers, which further proved this.
"If it weren't for this game, the Pacers and the Trail Blazers, we would have been able to win at least one of them."
After two consecutive losses, Li Ke flipped the schedule. In the next game, the Bobcats will meet another opponent who cannot lose - the Denver Nuggets.
Unlike his previous life, when I went to Ji Nuggets, I replaced Lao Ai and got Arte.
The biggest change brought about by this change is that it may be difficult for the Nuggets to play the peak season that reached the Western Conference Finals in history.
Artay and T.J. Ford and other players are not as useful as Chauncey Billups, and this is proven by the Nuggets this season.
What has not changed much during the period of double-guns with the Golden is the Nuggets' record. They are still struggling at the end of the Western Conference playoffs and it seems that it is difficult to have further strength.
"Read the four-party transactions last season and analyze them. The Bobcats should be the only team that made a big profit. They successfully completed the counterattack in the second half of the season with the Allen Iverson deal and Shaq's deal. The O'Brien Cup in 2008 has proved all this."
"The king, who was about to start reconstruction, cannot see the loss or the profit for the time being."
"But the Nuggets who made big changes and the Raptors who invested hugely were all losing money."
Before the game started, a fungic stand reviewed the deal last year and concluded that the Bobcats were the only team that made money in the four-party transaction.
And it is a team that has made a lot of money, because of an O'Brien Cup, it has already lie in the Bobcats' honor showroom.
Compared with the Bobcats, the situation of the other three teams is not optimistic.
The Nuggets are fine, at least one of the Western Conference's powerful men.
The Raptors have declined too much this season. Although there has not been much change in the core lineup, they can't win the ball inexplicably.
Perhaps, this is Bosh's problem, and his ability to lead the team still needs to be proved.
In the end, the bad king was on the way, and no one knew whether they were losing or making money.
The open-air stand focused on the transaction last season, but Li Ke’s focus was-
Guagua and Atai are almost breaking through the hostility of the points.
"It's been a mess!"
...
Time flies and it is the end of January. Unlike when I just returned from the other side of the ocean, the bobcat's physical fitness has recovered almost the same.
Also, Jared Jack has played two games with the Bobcats, which has been integrated.
In the evening, at Time Warner Center, there is still half an hour before the game begins.
Li Ke appeared to warm up, and he saw Ata and Guagua in the distance.
Although Li Ke really wanted to rush over now, he knew that the future was long.
Until the start of the game, Li Ke and Guagua and Atai had no communication.
In this game, Lao Shark rested and the Bobcats' starting lineup was refreshing.
"Center DeAndre Jordan, power forward Gerald Wallace, small forward Sheldon Lee, shooting guard Allen Iverson, point guard Jared Jack..."
It can be said that except Lao Ai, the rest are the future of the Bobcat.
After winning the championship last season, the reconstruction of Bobcats was almost done, and the rest was waiting for Li Ke to grow.
The Nuggets' core lineup has not changed much compared to last season.
The center is still Camby, the power forward is still Kenyon Martin, the wing is a combination of Guagua and Ate, and the point guard is not T.J. Ford. Because Ford was injured, the starter of this game was the fake main controller Anthony Carter.
Judging from the lineup comparison alone, Bobcats still have some advantages.
By the time the competition began, the Bobcats' rapid advantage also proved this.
For Li Ke, what's more exciting about this game is the verbal confrontation between him and Ata and Guagua.
As soon as they met, they were attacking. Li Ke looked at Atae and pushed him in front of him.
"Hey, softie, why are you defending me?"
The word "Softie" is the biggest insult to Atai. He responded viciously: "Because I want you to see blood."
But then, the Nuggets' offense began, and Atai was pushed by Li Ke in a very obscure way, and he was staggering.
Fake throwing is not Artai's style, so Li Ke is very at ease.
He just pushed and wanted to express that: I will let you see blood before you let me see blood.
In fact, Li Ke also knew that after Auburn Mountain Palace, Atai was bragging a lot of harsh words.
At most, it is to wave the seemingly careless elbow.
Since Li Ke knocked down Atae with one punch in the game last season, Atae no longer dared to touch Li Ke.
So, Li Ke believes that this time it is the same...
More importantly, it is the defensive end.
During the Bobcat's attack, Lao Ai easily opened a gap from Anthony Carter.
After the Spring Festival war broke out, Lao Ai lost Sam Vincent's trust.
But fortunately, after returning to Charlotte, he was in good condition, and Sam Vincent did not directly reduce Lao Ai's ball rights because of that goal.
For the time being, everything has not changed.
Lao Ai scored the first goal at the opening, and then, the offense and defense were converted, and Li Ke faced Guagua.
As soon as we met, we opened our mouths: "Hey, sweetheart, we finally met."
Guagua clenched her fists, not wanting to pay attention to Li Ke.
But Li Ke refused to give in: "Why don't you come to guard against me? Are you scared?"
Guagua was still silent, but just leaned against Li Ke and took the ball from Anthony Carter.
Then, Li Ke seemed to turn on the repeater mode, repeating: "Are you cowardly? Are you cowardly?"
“…”
So Guagua, who was grabbing the ball with both hands, turned around and jumped up, and with a clang, smashing an angry sperm.
But he still didn't respond.
In this way, this game seemed to have become a match in which Li Ke and A Tai had a unilateral verbal joke.
The process was boring, but at the end of the game, Atai's hostility value increased from 69 to 75, and Guagua's hostility value increased from 60 to 70, which proved that the end of the game was perfect.
"For another game, Atai should have completed the strategy. As for Guagua, plus the All-Star Weekend, it should be enough..."
...
January ends after defeating the Nuggets.
The 2009 All-Star Voting ended, and the results were announced-
Li Ke received 3.27 million votes and became the voter leader of the All-Star this year.
This is also the first voter in Li Ke's career!
Speaking of which, this ticket king is not easy to get.
Logically speaking, the vote kings in these two seasons should be sparking, because the center position is counted separately, and they can get more votes themselves.
In addition, excellent centers are scarce, and fans can shoot in very few centers.
But even so, Li Ke still became the vote king this year.
In a comprehensive analysis, on the one hand, the bonus of winning the championship last season and the increasing strength of domestic fans, and on the other hand, it should be attributed to the competition between Lao Shark and Sparks.
Anyway, no matter what, Li Ke has become the vote king this year.
Taking this honor means that although the strength is not very good, Li Ke is already at the super level in terms of honor.
Except for Li Ke, the remaining nine starters in the east and west are—
Eastern Conference: Center Howard, forward Garnett and Lebang, defenders Wade and Li Ke.
West: Center Yao, forward Duncan and driver, defender Kobe and Ball Brother.
The Celtics are the number one in the East, but they were the number one in the East last season. Therefore, the head coach of this year's All-Star Game will be replaced by the Magic, and Stan Van Gundy will be the head coach of the Eastern Conference of the All-Star Game.
On the other hand, the Lakers are the number one in the West. The Hornets coach Byron Scott last season, so there is no conflict. Zen Master will be the head coach of the Western Conference this year's All-Star Game.
After talking about the main competition, we have to talk about other minor events.
Li Ke still did not participate in the highly anticipated three-point competition and slam dunk competition.
It’s okay to say that in the three-point competition, Li Ke didn’t make many three-pointers this season.
In the dunk contest, the league has repeatedly invited it, but Li Ke still said the same thing: The time is not ripe...
Li Ke was impossible to participate in the skills competition. His skills, emmm, he doesn't want to go up and make things ugly.
However, in the Shooting Star Competition, the Bobcats participated again this year.
But it was not Li Ke, but Lao Du Jia Reed Dudley. On the women's basketball team, Boss Qiao found Jiya Peggins, the star of the acupuncture team, and retired celebrity. Boss Qiao found Charlotte's representative figure, Dell Curry.
In this way, the Bobcats formed a lineup that fell behind last year in all directions and participated in the Shooting Stars Competition again.
For Li Ke, this year he will only participate in one All-Star Game and one Rookie Challenge.
This year he is going to adjust, play hard in the All-Star Game, and be the first to get along with the rookie challenge.
Chapter completed!