After returning to Charlotte, after a slight adjustment, on November 20, the Raptors came to challenge.

Bosh and Okafor are the two players who are known as the best players in the 03 and 04 classes respectively. The combination between them is quite reasonable. Both of them are also very different in temperament, both are modest, diligent and friendly personalities.

In the first few games of this season, the mental outlook of the entire Raptors team has changed from the end of last season, and a potential rookie has arrived, putting together the twin towers. With Carter's remaining chips, Odom and Kalom Butler, it seems like the team doesn't want to mess up another season. With the goal of winning, the players are more active on the pitch.

But for unknown reasons, Bosh averaged 16.7 points and 9.9 rebounds per game this season, five points lower than in his rookie season. It stands to reason that there are no particularly ball-possessing figures among these Raptors, and Bosh is still the core of the team's vigorous development.

Obviously, Odom is 25 years old, and when he gets older, he doesn't have much potential or anything, and although Okafor is the leader, his potential is obviously not as good as Bosh. No one else can compete for this position.

Look at Bosh's offensive efficiency, the shooting rate is 41%, and the efficiency of the good guys has become so low. How could Bosh regress so much, Hu Qingniu really didn't have time to study the Raptors' ball recently, and everything could be seen on the court.

Look at Okafor, who averaged 13.1 points and 8.8 rebounds per game this season, which seems to be lower than Okafor's rookie season stats. Okafor also didn't play well, could it be a problem with the coach.

Look at Odom again, 15.2 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3.5 assists, which is not very good, and no player with the Raptors has scored 20 points.

Before the game.

Hu Qingniu met Bosh, but he was not in a good mood, after all, the data of the new season plunged. However, when he saw Hu Qingniu, the leader who guided him at the beginning, although he was now an opponent, Bosh still asked in a hurry.

"Well, Coach Doctor, I've always felt like it's hard to score this season and I don't know what went wrong. Now when I am disturbed by the opposing players, I have a mental blockage. ”

Hu Qingniu didn't know how to answer this question, so he had to comfort Bosh a few words. More problems need to be seen on the field.

Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell is a rookie coach with a 12-year NBA career, 10 of which were spent with the Minnesota Timberwolves. He's an experienced and hard-working small forward, but he's just a newcomer when he comes to coaching.

The Raptors' changing style and mood seem to also be attributed to Mitchell, who generally has his own chicken soup in his hand. They have had the experience of being a professional player in the NBA, and there is an innate sense of closeness to the players on the team. It's not like a college coach with a straight face. There are a lot of plausible things learned in books, and once the academic coach does not know how to practice, it is easy to provoke conflicts with the players in the team.

After a full quarter of the game with the Raptors, Hu Qingniu has already discovered the reason why everyone in the Raptors team is not playing well.

The reason is that everyone doesn't like their own positioning, or is not very used to it. Let's talk about the inside combination first, Bosh is 2.11 meters tall and Okafor is 2.08 meters, so Bosh was pushed to the center position, but Bosh obviously suffered a weight loss when fighting against the big center, even against the rookie Howard, Bosh couldn't bear it. After carrying the inside center, the shooting action was also deformed.

In addition, although Okafor is lower than Bosh in height, he is actually a standard traditional interior lineman, with slow footwork, good polishing of low-post skills, and no long-range range. Not being able to pull away from the defense at the power forward position means not being able to share the pressure with Bosh.

If Hu Qingniu were to choose, Okafor would definitely be the center, a little shorter, but he was not afraid of confrontation. It just so happens that Bosh is free, and his range is sky-high at the power forward position, rather than being limited to the basket to ensure rebounding and low post defense.

Too much hand-to-hand combat will affect the feel, O'Neal and Howard can't score free throws, and the current Bosh can't shoot the same reason.

Then there's Odom, who is also aggrieved in the team's current system, and Coach Mitchell's designation for him is clearly like an ordinary blue-collar small forward. Odom was tasked with defending the opposing arrows, finding opportunities on the offensive end to cut in and make up for the team's output with three-pointers.

The Raptors' style of play is traditional enough, and their ball is basically in the hands of point guard Mike James. The decent point guard was traded by the Raptors for Jalen Rose from the Rockets in the summer. At least the Raptors weren't stupid enough to trade Odom, choosing the younger Odom between Jalen Rose and Odom, two small forwards.

But Mitchell's coach clearly didn't understand how to use Odom, an all-round player. In Hu Qingniu's view, the current lineup of the Raptors team is not bad, as long as Odom is not brain-dead on the court.

Odom is definitely the best playmaker on this team, and there is no problem in using him as a playmaker at all. Odom will play perfunctory without the ball, and the poor statistics are also the reason.

At the end of the game, the chaotic Raptors were completely exposed to the Bobcats' territory.

122:91, this is the final score.

O'Neal won the MVP of this game, and it is obviously unwise to let a small arm and leg like Bosh fight against him, O'Neal did not play the ability of the big magician in this game, but returned to the mode of the big shark, 36 points and 15 rebounds, and the scene was very bloody at one point.

Whether the Bobcats' boss is Wade or O'Neal is now inconclusive, and everyone has a tacit understanding not to talk about it. A more mature point of view is that the Bobcats are Hu Qingniu's team, because he is the absolute authority, if there is the biggest coffee in the team, it is Wade and O'Neal, the two are now equal to each other, and they are considered internal and external double core.

Wade was not far behind in this game, and also had 30 points and 8 assists. It's decent stats, and it's 6 fewer shots than O'Neal. Mike James is a small guard, but he is not as good as Wade in speed, strength and height, and it is reasonable to be abused.

Another focal point is champion Howard, who has always been the highlight of the league's main promotion when they meet. But Hu Qingniu didn't give face, Howard came off the bench in this game, only played 11 minutes, and the data was not bad, 6 points and 7 rebounds.

Okafor only had 9 points and 7 rebounds in 35 minutes of play, and this game was won by Howard. But as the gap between the two men's playing time widens, Howard is likely to fall behind in season averages per game. The title of Rookie of the Year is very shaky.