naaapseattle Chapter 371 The Full Value Guagua
Chapter 371 The Full Value Guagua
Chapter 371 The Full Value Guagua
In February, in the first game against the Trail Blazers, the Bobcats' starting lineup was changed. Lance Stephenson was put on the starting lineup, and Captain Jack was transferred to the bench.
From this game alone, it is not difficult to win.
The Trail Blazers no longer have Roy, and even they don't have Roy's replacement, Wesley Matthews, because Matthews is now playing as a substitute for the Bobcats.
Without Roy or Matthews, at the second and third positions, the Blazers can only use Jamal Crawford and Nicholas Batum, who were signed with high salaries, as a hard top.
For Bobcats, Li Ke's position was moved to the third position after the younger brother started.
He faced Batum and continued to support the scoring task on the offensive end.
The juniors who started for the first time performed pretty well, at least the Bobcats' top-of-the-arc support and air-cut offense on both sides are back.
But Li Ke's scoring pressure is still very high. In this game, he played against Aldridge.
独得33分7个篮板4个助攻2个抢断，这才带领山猫险胜了开拓者8分。
This is also understandable -
Last season, the Bobcats have been relying on an offense that far exceeds the average level of the league. In every game, the quad-core of Li Ke, Curry, Captain Jack and Jamison can always score as many as [-] to [-] points.
But this year, Captain Jack stretched his hips and Jamison left. The junior who just came up in this game, a sophomore, is still very immature. He only scored 7 points in this game, which is still far behind Captain Jack, who averaged 17 points per game last season.
Without Jamison and Captain Jack, two 15-point scorers, the scoring gap can only be filled by Li Ke and Curry.
As a result, Li Ke has rapidly increased from 27.5 points per game last season to 29.3 points, and is competing for the honor of scoring champion.
Curry also improved from 20.7 points per game last season to 25.1 points.
The remaining gaps have to be filled by substitutes.
But the problem is that the Bobcats' offensive system is going very difficult now, and there are too many substitute rotations, and it is quite difficult for the substitutes to stand up.
After this 8-point victory, the Bobcats' coaching staff just felt that the juniors had just come up and had to work together, and they didn't notice the problem.
When the season continues to go down, the Bobcats' regular season is still very difficult.
After defeating the Blazers, they followed up with a big victory over the Suns, who are still there but are already in a rebuilding state.
On February 2th, they will fight the Celtics again, back-to-back battles. In the first half of the game, Li Ke and Curry are in a normal state.
Just a little bit, the Bobcats were stolen by the older and more decadent Big Three.
At the last moment of the final quarter, Li Ke had to take out his back-ups, which were already at the bottom of the box, and succeeded in 6 of them seven or eight times in a row.
After scoring 14 points in a row, the Bobcats struggled to win the game.
Just breathed a sigh of relief, back to Charlotte for a day of rest, the Bobcats and the Bulls.
Tom Thibodeau used a textbook zone defense to completely lock Curry.
As for Li Ke, who was overdrawn in the previous game, his performance in this game was only satisfactory.
The Bobcats ended up losing the game...
One defeat is not enough for the Bobcats to discover the problem. In the next game, high-intensity combat, the Bobcats still win and lose.
Winning the Clippers, Timberwolves, 76ers, etc., a wave of winning streak.
Then suddenly lost a game to the Pacers, turned around and played against the Pacers back-to-back. It was Li Ke who stood up and scored 43 points, leading the team to a difficult victory.
After playing the Pacers, the next thing is the All-Star Weekend.
This also means that the current shrinking season is over halfway.
The media began to summarize the half season, and the opinion of the Bobcats was——
"The 22-9 Bobcats are still the league's top team, but so far, they have not been able to show the dominance of last season."
"Stephen Jackson's decline is very important. The replacement for him, Lance Stephenson, is still immature. They need another support core in the offense, or, simply make a complete change."
Without the description of dominance, it can even be regarded as a compliment to other teams.
But for the Bobcats who are aiming to defend their title, this evaluation means that if they want to get closer to defending their title, they have to make changes.
In particular, after this evaluation, public opinion still generally believes that:
"The Cavaliers, who changed coaches and made up the bench lineup, have achieved a record of 30 wins and 25 losses in 5 games so far this season. Compared with the Bobcats, they are the more dominant team!"
The Cavaliers who have shrunk the season have risen. This summer, Lebon has indeed practiced hard. His long-range shooting has changed from two or three out of ten games in the past to five or six out of ten games. This is already a great improvement.
Coupled with the excellent performance of role players such as Caron Butler, Battier, and Pietrus.
Lost Captain Jack and Jamison's Bobcats, indeed the advantage is gone.
And the Charlotte local media, who are concerned about the Bobcats, also discovered another important problem at this time——
1月的20场比赛，李恪29.3分，但打完2月份的这11场比赛，李恪的场均得分已经涨到了30.6分了。
"Selton averaged 30.6 points per game, and Stephen averaged 24.9 points per game. We are overdrawing Sheldon and Stephen!"
The Charlotte Observer shouts out!
At this time, Rivers, belatedly, discovered the problem.
"At the offensive end, we really rely too much on the scoring of Sheldon and Stephen. They have to fire with full firepower in every game. This is still the regular season. If it is changed to the playoffs..."
Rivers thought of their game against the Bulls not long ago.
The Bulls' defense completely restricted the Bobcats' positional offense. The Bobcats had to hand the ball to Li Ke and Curry again and again, allowing Li Ku to continue to play singles.
This is still the regular season. If it is the playoffs, the defensive strength of all teams will increase. At that time, if Li Ke and Curry are overused in this way, the problem will be very serious.
"So, what we should consider is, find a scorer to share their pressure?"
The first thing Rivers thought of was trading.
The current Bobcats, apart from Li Ke and Curry, are full of tool people.
Younger brother as a passing tool, Tucker as a defensive tool, Jr. Jordan as a center, Hua Er as a substitute (all (in)capable), Channing Frye as a three-pointer, and Baron Davis as a dribbling tool...
But the only one who can stand up and score independently is Wesley Matthews, who has improved a lot.
If the trade is to send away the seriously declining Captain Jack and return with a top sixth man, the Bobcats' offensive crisis can be resolved.
The operation is not difficult. After all, the Bobcats are a strange thing among the strong teams in the NBA. They are drafted to build a team, and they have enough draft picks.
In this way, Li Ke went to participate in the All-Stars, and Rivers approached Boss Joe.
……
This season, the communication between Li Ke and Joe's boss has become less.
Labor negotiations are only one aspect, and not meeting much during the lockout is another aspect.
More importantly, the Bobcats, who are already the defending champions, really don't need to go to war with the lineup.
Especially for Li Ke, who has won the championship like Captain Jack and is also a player, it is really inappropriate and inconvenient to stand up and say: This guy has fallen too much, let's trade him!
To put it simply, the main core of winning the championship still has a little privilege.
As the head coach, Rivers doesn't think so. Whoever is a rookie will get out, and no one has the privilege.
People with privileges are entrapping him as the head coach.
The coaching experience of the Magic and Celtics made Rivers insist on this.
He found Boss Joe, but Boss Joe refused the deal.
"Don't think too much Doug, it's too difficult to trade for a shortened season, you should understand that."
In the shortened season, most teams will hold on to their assets and will not trade easily, because the number of games is too small, and a slight change will have a huge impact.
Therefore, the Bobcats want to use Captain Jack to replace a new organization core, only bleeding is possible.
Old Joe felt that Bobcat's condition was not so critical that he had to bleed.
Therefore, he shook his head. Although he did not refuse, he even said that he would discuss with some possible teams.
Rivers understood that trading was basically impossible.
Without a deal, all Rivers can do is tap the potential internally.
He racked his brains, thinking of a solution.
……
On the other side, Li Ke has arrived in Orlando with Curry and his younger brother.
This season, the Magic has kept sparks, one is because of the shortened season, and the other is related to the All-Star Weekend held in Orlando.
This All-Star Weekend, as the host, the Magic still needs a top card to support their appearance.
In the All-Star weekend of the shortened season, the participation of the Bobcats is still not high.
Sophomore Lance Stephenson played in the rookie game, Curry once again played in the skills game, and Li Ke and Curry played in the All-Star game.
Other than that, there was no sign of the Bobcats.
On the All-Star weekend of the shortened season, the league's schedule remains unchanged.
Li Ke felt bored, and amidst the boredom, he still felt the difference in this All-Star session.
Just look at the roster of the All-Star Game——
The starters in the East are Rose, Li Ke, Lebang, Guagua and Sparks, and the starters in the West are Paoge, Kobe, Du, Griffin and Dayao who returned from injury and stayed in Houston with a 1+1 contract.
In the starting list, the appearance of Gelifen is the biggest difference.
Secondly, Dayao came back, the stats of 14+9+2 are very average, but at least, after losing weight, he played healthy games that have shrunk by half of the season, which is enough.
The most important thing is the substitute list. Turtle and Giba appeared in the Eastern team's substitute lineup, and Daluo and Harden also appeared in the Western team's substitute lineup.
The young players of Li Ke's generation have fully invaded the All-Star Weekend.
Times are changing...
On the first day of the All-Star Game, the rookie game, finally no longer divided into first and second grade teams.
The Sharks, who are retiring and turning into commentators, served as the head coach together with Barkley. Through a series of selections, two teams were selected for confrontation.
The junior who was selected into the Shaq team played soy sauce, and Irving, who entered the Chuck team, scored 34 points. While leading the team to victory, he won the rookie game MVP trophy.
Unlike his previous life, Irving, who joined the Heat, was mentored by a famous teacher (Pat Riley).
Compared with his previous life, he knows better how to lead the team to win, rather than a fancy Crossover.
The military training combination of him and Jamison also played very well.
In order to allow Irving to get more playing time and the ball, Pat Riley even sent away Felton at a low price in the middle of the season.
Looking at the Heat's Irving, the Pistons' Turtle, the Nets' Djibba, and the Wizards' John Wall, the Eastern Conference will not be weak anymore.
"If I leave, maybe I should go west and try..."
After watching the rookie game, Li Ke thought so.
On the second day of the All-Star Game, Curry played soy sauce again in the skills game, and Tony Parker won the championship.
The three-point contest was won by the league's rising star Love. In the end, Jeremy Evans won the slam dunk contest in the slam dunk contest.
On the last day of the All-Star Game, under the influence of factors such as the emergence of new stars and poor physical fitness in the shrinking season, almost all the old players were paddling. Li Ke included, they had no interest in this MVP trophy.
In this case, this All-Star Game can only become a battle between new stars.
Curry teamed up with Guigui to face Biao Xiaodujia Harden. Li Ke, who was sitting off the court to rest, felt very magical in this scene.
The acting skills of the stars are also very good. A game that was supposed to have no suspense, turned out to be dragged to the last second.
Xiaodu's three-point lore helped the West team take away the victory in this game.
Xiao Du, who scored 36 points, also won the AMVP trophy.
07 Longhorn Double Stars are moving forward step by step...
……
After this fruitless All-Star Weekend, Li Ke, Curry and their juniors returned to Charlotte not far away to continue the regular season.
In the first game after the All-Star break, the Bobcats made a change——
"We should focus on the defensive end now, Bickerstaff, introduce our defensive arrangement!"
Bickerstaff Jr., who is familiar to domestic fans, is the future "genius" head coach who coached the Rockets.
But as an assistant coach, especially a defensive assistant coach, he is still at the top.
After some arrangement on the defensive end, the Bobcats players have a general understanding of a systematic defensive formation.
Then he played and faced the Knicks who were waiting at home.
This game is very important to Li Ke. As long as he gets sick of Guagua, he can copy a skill from Guagua again, or directly improve the low-post offensive skills he got from Guagua.
But from the beginning of the game until the suspense was lost, Li Ke remained silent.
Even if Guagua and Artest took turns provoking him, he would not respond.
Like, he suddenly changed his temper.
Li Ke just output silently, and then, quietly blasted a high score of 47 points.
In just two bursts, he slaughtered Madison.
In the commentary booth of TNT, Reggie Miller and Jeff Van Gundy cheered for Li Ke.
On the court, the Bobcats players surrounded Li Ke like stars.
Li Ke pointed at Guagua and extended a thumbs down.
"Four kills in the season, by the way, the competition for the scoring champion, he is far from my opponent!"
Guagua blushed, and Li Ke also received a notification from the system.
Guagua's hostile value is full...
(End of this chapter)