"The first direct matchup between the two point guards with the top picks in this season's draft, Chris Paul and Deron Williams, has come to an end."

"In terms of statistics, Deron Williams shot 3 of 9, got 8 points, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, and Chris Paul, who was opposite him all over the court, did not take many shots in this game, hitting 4 of 10 shots, getting 11 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists and 4 steals."

"Neither of them had a great shooting performance, but Chris Paul did a better job of organizing the offense, and the Bobcats also beat the Jazz by 11 points to win this head-to-head matchup!"

After the game, Quickplay's sports special, Chris Forsberg analyzed the data of the two, and Chris Paul was visibly significantly ahead of Deron Williams.

As a result, Chris Forsberg said: "Before the draft, there was never a stop comparing Chris Paul and Deron Williams, with Deron Williams being more physical and the big picture of passing seemed to be a little bit better than Paul. ”

"But in this game, the pre-draft evaluation seems to have dropped, Chris Paul's playmaking pass blew up Deron Williams, and Deron didn't have the advantage of physicality."

"Through this game, Chris Paul is already far ahead of Deron Williams, and Chris Paul has also secured the first place in this draft through four consecutive games."

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"Before the draft, we were hesitating whether to pick Deron Williams or Chris, and now we see that we made the right decision."

Charlotte, after a big battle, the Bobcat summed up, and Tang Yi was quite emotional.

But Qiao Hai shook his head: "Jerry Sloan has a problem with Delong's use, this guy's strength is more than that." ”

Elvin Gentry was stunned for a moment, will there be a problem with Jerry Sloan's use of point guards?

Joe Hay didn't explain either, in short, Jerry Sloan would soon find out about his use of Deron Williams, and then he would find video footage from the University of Illinois, and finally had to change the Jazz's inherent tactics for DeLong's sake.

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After defeating the Jazz, the Bobcats started the game with four consecutive wins and were in a very hot state, but at this moment, the Bobcats met the Spurs.

In last season's playoffs, the Spurs ended up in the Western Conference semifinals, losing to the Rockets with a total score of 1-4.

In the new season, the core of the Spurs will remain the same, and they have signed Michael Finley, who was forced to buy out by the Mavericks, and Nick Van Exel, who is a free agent, to greatly improve their bench depth.

Therefore, after solving the bench problem, this season's Spurs are clearly stronger than last season.

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The game was about to start, Charlotte fans took in, and the Time Warner Center was instantly full.

After a short warm-up, the starters of both teams entered the stadium, and Johi found Popovich to shake hands, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

"Joe, welcome back!"

Qiao Hai replied with a thank you.

He knows very well what Popovich means by welcoming back here, Popovich's so-called return refers to Qiao Hai's team returning to the championship ranks, and after a year, Qiao Hai is about to start his competition for the O'Brien Cup again.

Back in front of their respective coaches, the first thing Qiao Hai did was to look inside the field.

The Spurs' starters were point guard Tony Parker, shooting guard Michael Finley, small forward Bruce Bowen, power forward Tim Duncan and center Rasian Nesterovic.

Also sitting on the bench were Manuginobili, Robert Horry and Nick Van Exel.

It's going to be a tough game for the Bobcats.

"The Bobcats are starting the game, point guard Chris Paul, shooting guard Michael Reed, small forward Andre Iguodala, power forward Josh Smith, center Kendrick Perkins, are still their regular starters."

At the start of the game, Rasiunestrovic and Perkins stood inside the center circle, ready to jump the ball.

The referee of the match was Tony Brazel, who blew the whistle to signal the attention of both teams.

Then, he threw the basketball into the air above the arena, and the two bouncing rookies competed on the jump balls, only for Perkins to react more sharply and get the first step into the basketball.

"The Bobcats got the ball on the opening shot, Chris Paul got the ball and their offense started."

As soon as they arrived in the frontcourt, the Bobcats immediately started, Paul arced past Perkins' single block, the two separated, Perkins went down, and Paul turned to the right three-point line to take a step inside.

Michael Reid came around the right sideline, passed Paul with a hand-to-hand match, Michael Reid took the ball, and then passed the cover of Josh Smith at the top of the arc, and rushed inside.

There was an empty spot in front of him, and with a bang, Michael Reed hit a pull-up jump shot!

In this ball, the Bobcat didn't go inside at all, and kept covering and cooperating at the top of the arc and the right three-point line, and then cooperated with a chance, which is a tactical display.

In the coach's seat of the visiting team, Popovich chewed gum, and Mike Budenholzer beside him shook his head helplessly: "The small-scale cooperation of the Bobcats is getting better and better." ”

"Well, of course, last year they only had one Michael Reid on the outside, and this year they have one more Chris Paul, and the threat of outside coordination has multiplied."

Popovich also admired Qiao Hai a little, and slowly drummed it up by himself, and actually came up with such a set of offensive tactics that were somewhat special.

It's just too complicated, all kinds of cover passes cut in and out, the Bobcat can play like this, Popovich thinks it's a miracle, if the routine is simpler, Popovich would have started to learn from it a long time ago.

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Spurs' offense, Tony Parker quickly rushed to the frontcourt, followed by a screen.

The Spurs played a fast half-court offense and defense, and this style of play also borrowed from Qiao Hai's previous speed-up play in the Rockets, that is, to the frontcourt, immediately speeding up and impacting the basket.

Tony Parker got past Nesterovich's cover and went straight inside.

In the Bobcats' defense, Perkins had already retreated into the box, and he was up against Duncan, who fell near the low post, and Josh Smith was defending Nesterovich.

After the pick-and-roll, Josh Smith faced Parker.

Josh's speed is naturally not as good as Parker's, one-on-one defense, Josh Smith was directly passed, and the Bobcats also had no help defense and supplementary defense at all.

Parker takes a step in front of the basket, throws the board, and the ball goes in, 2:2!

This ball seems to be a bit of a problem with the Bobcats' defense, and the forward players can't prevent Parker's single-point breakthrough at all after changing the defense, but Qiao Hai has no idea of adjusting, the reason is that the Bobcats' multi-forward lineup brings a significant reduction in the opponent's offensive space, and Parker can't get such enough breakthrough space for every ball.

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Both teams scored in the first round and the game continued.