Chapter 72 It's been a long time, 50 wins!
When Tony Allen played for the Celtics, he averaged only five or six points per game, plus more than one steal, so he didn't make much contribution to the data level.
In addition, like Rondo, he has no long shots and has too many defects on the offensive end.
Danny Angie sent Tony Allen away.
Of course, the more important reason for sending Tony Allen away is that the Celtics need a new point guard.
At that time, only Ramon Sessions met the requirements when the Celtics had the opportunity to get the point guard.
You should know that before the 2009 point guard draft year, the NBA was also a league with scarce point guards, and there were many teams lacking main control.
The Bucks themselves are ready to give up Ramon Sessions because they have already selected Brandon Jennings in the draft.
As a result, when the Celtics asked for the price, the witty Bucks asked for a lot of price.
Anji was a person who was unwilling to suffer losses, but the deal that sent Rondo away still forced the Celtics at that time to accept the reality that they had to suffer losses...
After repeated negotiations, Tony Allen was sacrificed.
But at that time, Anji thought it would be a good loss for this transaction.
Even after the start of the season, after Ramon Sessions once averaged 158 per game, Anji believed that trading was a big profit.
But as the season deepened, especially with the Lakers and the Bobcats, Danny Ange gradually realized the importance of Tony Allen.
This is the game in front of you. Jun Zi Lei was simply unable to do anything to face the impact of Li Ke.
In the stands, the first thing that Danny Angie thought of was the Celtics of the Rivers era, Tony Allen's defense against Li Ke.
Although there are many games, Tony Allen can't defend against Li Ke.
But no matter what, Tony Allen's restrictions on Li Ke are much better than the Allen in front of him.
"Offensive is important, defense is the same..."
This is what Danny Angie understood at this time. As for the game in front of him, he could no longer watch.
"At the end of the half, Sheldon had already scored 26 points above the Celtics' head. His own offense broke the defense of the entire Celtics."
"Sheldon did this in the days when Doug Rivers or Tom Siberdu coached, but it was still a little different from this game, this game..."
In the commentary seat, Kenny Smith paused for a moment, and seemed to find the words he thought were the most appropriate.
Barkley took over this sentence and was very direct: "But Sheldon was not as easy as this game in the previous games."
As Barkley said, Li Ke, who scored high scores in the first half, was very relaxed. His shots were even 16 times, making 11 of 16 shots one by one, and scored 26 points in the first half. The Celtics' defense could not suppress Li Ke at all.
The Bobcats also leaned against Li Ke and scored a 16-point lead in the first half.
"The Celtics today..."
Kenny Smith shook his head, and he didn't need to say anything else.
In the second half, the Bobcats scored 20 points, easily ending the suspense of the game.
After the fourth quarter, the Bobcat who cut off this victorious battle easily left the North Shore Garden.
Rivers left without any ease. In the field, he needed to deal with the booing waves that were re-launched by the North Shore Garden.
Off the field, he was blocked by reporters.
The reporter asked him to evaluate the game, and his answer was-
"I thought the Celtics could cause us some trouble, and I even gave Sheldon unlimited fire, but..."
Rivers paused: "It's a boring game."
The reporter asked him to evaluate the current Celtics again, and he told the truth: "There is nothing to say, Danny Angie has destroyed this Celtics."
Finally, the reporter asked him to evaluate Mike D'Anthony's coaching, and Rivers knew very well who the spearhead should be pointed at -
"Mike is a good coach, and his talent should not be wasted on such a team. If I were him, I wouldn't have taken over this Celtic team."
The reporter in front of him laughed: "Didn't you also become the head coach of this Celtic team?"
Rivers pointed out seriously: "I coached the Celtics of the past, the Celtics of the past, and he did have a chance to succeed, but he has no chance of success now."
After this match between the Bobcats and the Celtics, the Celtics were ridiculed.
The reason is that, on the one hand, their former head coach Doug Rivers, really led the Bobcats who had struggled in the middle of the season back on track.
On the other hand, La Garondo, whom they gave up, was whistling towards the Western Conference playoffs with the Thunder.
Even Tony Allen, who went to the Bucks, cooperated with James and Bodote to return to the playoffs. Most importantly, the Bucks have defeated the Bobcats this season with Tony Allen's defense.
All those who went out were in c, and all those who stayed were in a trap. Danny Angie had a brilliant plan to help the world, and he lost his wife and his troops...
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On March 6, when returning to home court, the Bobcats faced the challenge of the Warriors.
The opponent is not strong, but the Bobcats fight back to back, so the competition is a little bit more difficult.
However, Li Ke scored 14 points in a row in the last quarter and led the team to win.
Such a victory for Li Ke proves that yesterday's Bobcats did not use all their strength.
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After a day off, on March 8, the Bobcats fought against the Heat again.
This game is also the last time the Bobcats and the Heat in the regular season. Considering that they are competing for the playoffs and the first two regular season matches, the Bobcats lost, but they only won a game in the third time.
In this case, if you want to not fall behind in the regular season, you must win this game.
So Rivers did not take a rest, and the Bobcats were all out, and they just had a big fight with the Heat.
Wade is in good condition, but Li Ke is in better condition. In addition, Curry, who finally got the advantage when he faces Fatton. After the four quarters, the Bobcats won the victory half hard and half easily.
But even so, the Bobcats had already played two back-to-back games with high intensity, and had only had a day of rest to fight with their direct competitors. The Bobcats' physical fitness and condition had reached its limit.
So, on March 10, after only one day of rest, the Bobcats met with the 76ers away.
In this game, Li Ke finally met Lao Ai, who had been missing for a long time.
At the end of the season, Lao Ai made a comeback and seemed to have sorted out the chaos outside the court.
After playing two games, he stopped for almost a week. At that time, Li Ke was concerned about it. He guessed that it should be that he had a dispute with the management and coaching staff of the 76ers in terms of the team's positioning.
After returning again, Lao Ai announced that he would retire after this season.
In this way, the remaining competitions of this season became Lao Ai's retired performances.
Perhaps, Lao Ai's level is not enough for retired tours, but in his parent team, the 76ers were still treated as retired performances.
It was a bit like what Wade had been doing later in the retirement season. First, before the game started, Lao Ai accepted the cheers from the audience.
After that, the 76ers who were deeply involved in the lottery this season, regardless of the outcome of the game, gave Lao Ella the full playing time and ball rights.
In the previous competitions, Lao Ai, who was in poor competitive and in poor physical condition, lost some games indirectly or directly.
But in this game, Lao Ai's condition suddenly exploded.
"ai, super fast breakthrough, Stephen Curry can't stop him at all!"
"There was also a window in the defense of the Bobcats at the basket. Ai directly hit the basket and made a layup!"
"This is the 8th consecutive point he has scored since the start of the game!"
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Relying on Lao Ai's outbreak and the offensive firepower contributed by substitute Louis Williams, the 76ers gave the Bobcats a defeat at home.
After the game, Li Ke gave Lao Ai a commemorative Ai jersey on behalf of the Bobcats.
Lao Ai also took off the 76ers jersey he was wearing at the moment and gave it to Li Ke.
This is the whole content of Lao Ai’s retired performance.
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Leaving from Philadelphia with a loss, the Bobcats then crossed the entire United States to Sacramento to fight the Kings.
After traveling a long distance and not getting more rest time, the Bobcats still won the away game.
Afterwards, he returned to home court and fought back to back. The Bobcats, who rested most of the main players, lost to the Bulls who had full output for a playoff spot.
Although during this period of competition, the Bobcats have both wins and losses.
However, the outside world did not criticize Rivers because everyone knows that the reason why the Bobcats won and lost during this period is that the schedule is too close.
All kinds of back-to-back, back-to-back, and then you have to take on the kind of focus battle that you have to do with your main force.
If you want to win this schedule, you will not be able to complete the game unless the Bobcats have finished running-in.
But obviously, Rivers, who had taken over the Bobcat for less than two months, has not yet passed the so-called running-in period.
The previous ten consecutive wins also added countless points to Rivers. In this stage of winning the playoffs, the previous ten consecutive wins played a role too critical.
Of course, more importantly, after playing this Bulls, the Bobcats' record became 43 wins and 21 losses, and the Eastern Conference ranking has returned to the top three.
Second only to the Magic this season and the Cavaliers who have always had excellent regular season record, they are still entangled with the Celtics and the Hawks with obvious rise this season.
For Bobcats, as long as they can enter the top four and change their coaches, they will be the right one.
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On March 15, after only one day of rest, the Bobcats played against the Pacers away again.
The previous game was rested, and this game played a role.
The Bobcats, who played all the main players, easily won the victory.
Anyway, no matter how you lose, you will not lose in a row.
Compared to the other Celtics who are in poor condition on the other side and the Eagle who has always been entangled but cannot give substantial threats, the Bobcats are even more outstanding in their current state.
The game continued. On the 16th, another back-to-back, the Bobcats headed to Oscar and fought against the Thunder.
In this game, physical fitness was in crisis again, and the referee suddenly or expected to turn to the Thunder.
Under a huge away disadvantage, the Bobcats lost the game, and Li Ke failed to continue to suppress Xiao Du.
All of this should be what David Stern wanted.
On the 17th, the Bobcats took a day off, and on the 18th, it was another away game, and the opponent was the direct competitor Eagles.
Most of the credit for the rise of the Eagles this season is due to Jamal Crawford.
The Bobcats also knew this very well. In this critical battle, Rivers did not hold back and directly let Li Ke lock up the opponent and Jiong Sen and Ke Liu who appeared one after another.
By defense, the Bobcats won the key battle in ranking.
The most important thing is that the Bobcats still haven't lost a row...
On the 19th, although it was back to back, the opponent was a wizard who had completely entered a state of bad performance.
In the away game, the Bobcats easily won and began a winning streak.
On the 21st, the Bobcats ushered in a focus game at home, with the opponent being the Lakers.
Although Li Ke really wanted to win this game, Rivers chose to avoid the battle. The Bobcats directly took the turn to rest Curry, Hua Er and Kenyon Martin. A strong showdown directly lost his original meaning and turned into a one-on-one between Li Ke and Kobe.
One-on-one, Li Ke didn't lose.
But the team lost against the team, the Bobcats.
The winning streak has just arrived in two games and it’s over.
The most important thing is that once you lose in this game, the Bobcats will have no chance of winning 60.
In the next regular season, the Bobcats can only work hard for 50 wins.
Rivers' rotation is not abrupt. It is really on the 22nd that they are going to fight the Celtics again.
Rivers doesn't want to lose in the back-to-back home game. More importantly, they may not win if they do their best to the Lakers. It's better to stay tuned to the Celtics and win a game that they can definitely win.
In this way, on the 22nd, the main player of the Bobcats returned and beat the invading Celtics at home.
After one victory, the Bobcats won the 48th victory of the season and made great strides towards 50 wins.
The record has improved rapidly, and the Bobcat rushed down in one breath.
On the 24th, the Bobcats played away against the Hornets.
At this time, Paul had already undergone surgery and began to recover from his injuries. Qian Tyson was also absent due to injury and only David West was left. The Bobcats won a victory and won the 49th victory.
On the 26th, another game against the Hawks.
Also relying on Li Ke's limitations on Jiongsen and Ke Liu's success, the Bobcats easily won the 50th victory of the season!
that's all--
"It's 50 wins! We didn't do it last season, and this season, we did it!"
Li Ke breathed a sigh of relief. He knew very well that 50 wins meant a lot to this bobcats now.
You know, the Bobcats were the highly favored defending champion last season.
As a result, because of Lao Ai's decline and chaos outside the court, because of Lao Shark's decline, and because of Li Ke's lack of progress, they failed to win 50 wins.
This season, at the beginning of the season, few people were optimistic about this Bobcats, but they won the 50 wins they could not get last season.
With 9 games left before the end of the season, the Bobcats can still win more games.
Even, in light of the turmoil that shouldn't have occurred in the middle of the season, the Bobcats' record should have been better.
The Charlotte Observer published an analysis after the Bobcats won 50 wins: How strong is this Bobcats compared to last season?
They gave four strong points, namely—
"Sheldon is stronger than last season. Although he still lacks the ability to drive his teammates, his personal offense has become invincible."
"The Bobcats without AI don't need to face the troubles outside the field. They can return to the field with more peace of mind."
"Wesley Matthews, Tagibson, has given the Bobcats a more outstanding bench depth."
Chapter completed!