Chapter 289: Dilemma
After the Bobcats got off to a dream start, the 76ers' morale hit rock bottom. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Next, Chen Mo commanded the Charlotte Flying Group, taking off quickly in a wave, completely dragging the game into their rhythm.
By halftime, the Bobcats' lead had reached 26 points, and the game was in full swing with the Bobcats.
76ers head coach Doug Collins is very bitter in his heart, he has no hope of winning this game at all, and judging by what this game shows, the gap between the two sides is too big.
'You can't have a perfect team and Charlotte definitely has weaknesses. Collins pondered the question.
They don't have a chance in this match, but he can't afford to let the Bobcats win easily in the first round.
Collins didn't make any changes in the second half as they were picked up by the Bobcats as they comfortably secured their first ever playoff win at home.
In the aftermath of that victory, critics who felt that the Bobcats' pseudo-powerhouse nature would be exposed by a physical confrontation in the playoffs were like locusts sprayed with a large area of insecticide.
But there are still some media outlets making a fuss about the Bobcats, after all, the Bobcats are now the team with the most attention. They have the most popular players in the league and are also the most gorgeous teams in the league. The media that made a fuss about the lynx did not worry about not paying attention.
At the same time, the Bobcat is very low-key in front of the media, and all of them are very low-key.
Sloan's experience in the playoffs speaks for itself, and he doesn't think Philadelphia, with one of the league's top power forwards, will easily surrender.
Actually, as some media outlets say. The 76ers have been plagued by injuries throughout the long regular season. As a result, their own strength is stronger than their regular season record suggests.
And Doug Collins' ability to bring the 76ers into the playoffs amid the 76ers' long injury run is enough to show what he's capable of.
To paraphrase a saying that is widely circulated in China, there are no weak teams in the playoffs. Sloan doesn't want his team to be underestimated, nor does he want his team to be slapped in the face after saying big things.
And no one likes arrogant people and teams, the referee will also pay attention to the post-game remarks, if the Bobcat looks like the nostrils are facing the sky, even if it is their home field, Chen Mo is the star of the league, and the referee will be somewhat affected when enforcing the law.
Therefore, it is necessary to keep a low profile in the playoffs.
However, Chen Mo feels that the playoffs are no different from the regular season, at least they played very easily in the first game, and his 25 points and 16 assists are no different from the regular season.
After the game, Chen Mo went back and bragged to Ajiali.
"The first round was going to be very easy, and it didn't feel like Philadelphia was going to pose any threat to us. Chen Mo said on the phone.
Ajiali said: "I'm filming locations in Miami, and I don't have time to go to Charlotte to watch you play! But be careful yourself, you have to play seven games in the playoffs, you don't really be like those media say, get blackbed!"
"How is it possible, everything is under control!" Chen Mo said with a smile.
They chatted casually, but Ajiali still told Chen Mo to be careful, the physical confrontation in the playoffs against the regular season is not a level at all.
Chen Mo then called Jessica again, Jessica said that the game on the 18th would go to Charlotte to watch the game, Chen Mo was still very happy, at least there was a ball to play with.
The easy win in the first game, the whole Bobcats team was somewhat underestimated. In particular, Brand was played like a monkey by Chen Mo at the beginning, which made the Bobcats' players despise Brand a lot.
Even their star was played like a monkey by Chen Mo, how strong this team can be.
Although this mentality has not been revealed, it has begun to breed in the hearts of the players.
The second game of the playoffs came as scheduled, and Philadelphia chose to change the lineup in the game.
Thaddeus Young and Brand became the starting insiders, and the three-man pairing on the outside remained the same.
The 76ers have a lineup like this, and their center is the same height as the two forwards, which is the point where they have been caught by the Bobcats before. But Collins dared to use such a lineup in the event of a first loss in the playoffs, and was clearly prepared.
Sloan had some foreboding after the start of the game, but as the game unfolded, he was not dead crumpled.
Collins didn't have a conservative set-up for this game, switching to a powerful interior pairing and then attacking the Bobcats on the road.
It has been said a long time ago that the teams that play against the Bobcats are dying miserably. But in this game, Philadelphia played offense, and their two interior lines kept cutting into the inside, using speed to cover up their height disadvantage.
The Bobcats' attack power is good, but the 76ers' move really caught them off guard. Coupled with the fact that the Bobcats were somewhat underweight, their game quickly fell into passivity.
In the first 5 minutes of the game, the 76ers quickly launched a wave of 15-2 attacks. They accelerated the pace of the offense, and only defended Chen Mo alone on the defensive end, using this method to directly suppress the Bobcats.
In the first five minutes of the Bobcats, only Chen Mo scored 2 points, and all the others' shots were missed.
Clearly, the Bobcats were stunned by the sudden change in the 76ers.
"The playoffs are seven games and every time they pass, the losing team will definitely sum up and then change. The game gradually escalated in this constant change, and in the end, both teams had no secrets to speak of, and the excitement became higher and higher. Kenny Smith, who was still sitting in the commentary box tonight, said.
Tonight, he and Ross Barkley opened the game with a bullish look on the Bobcats to win two in a row at home, heading to Philadelphia with a 2-0 aggregate score. They thought there was a very good chance of a series sweep in the end, but now the two of them seem to have been slapped in the face.
"I wasn't optimistic about Charlotte being slapped in the face before, but today I'm optimistic that Charlotte was also slapped in the face. I think I might not be in tune with Charlotte, and I won't be able to play Charlotte commentary games after I apply. Barkley made a joke when Sloan called a timeout.
"I don't know what Charlotte will change, they're too young at their core. And in the long regular season, the Bobcats played too few headwinds. I have to say that Philadelphia taught Charlotte a good lesson today. Now it's up to Charlotte to respond! In terms of strength, Charlotte is still much better than Philadelphia. I think that's good news, at least this game won't have a big, big garbage time like the last one. Kenny Smith said. (To be continued.) )