Chapter 599: Team Basketball Success (2/5)

In November's final three games, the Bobcats played the Pacers, Hawks and Nets in a row.

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This season, the Pacers traded for Stephen Jackson from the Hawks to fill the void left by Ron Mercer's serious injury.

Coupled with Jermaine O'Neal, who is getting better and better, Reggie Miller, who is entering the end of his career, and Jamal Tinsley and Fred Jones, who are improving more and more obviously, they also found Rick Carlisle as the team's new coach, whether it is player configuration or coach configuration, the strength of this Pacers is still strong.

In the face of such a Pacers, Qiao Hai chose to use offensive hard steel, but as a result, the Bobcats hit all kinds of iron, and the offense was quickly chaotic.

In the end, they were defeated by the Pacers 82-77.

This game exposed some problems with the Bobcats, once they encountered a strong overall defense, their team offense relied heavily on touch, and only Michael Reed was able to score consistently throughout the game.

The Pacers don't flank Michael Reed either, because they know that in terms of Michael Reed's individual ability, he can't kill the game alone.

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Then, the lynx confronted the eagle.

This season's Hawks should be ready to rebuild, sending away Jason Terry in exchange for Anthony Walker, sending away Stephen Jackson in exchange for Al Harrington, and letting go of Sharif Abdulahim for free.

And now, they are also preparing to make another trade to send away Anthony Walker, who was just traded.

So, the Bobcats are playing against a really bad team, and now the Bobcats have washed off their label as a bad team, although they lost the previous game, they lost to the Pacers, a real strong team in the East, and they only lost by 5 points.

Therefore, there is still no suspense in this game.

The Bobcats eventually defeated the Eagles 107-92 and won the game easily.

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In the final game, the Bobcats' opponent was the Nets.

The Nets didn't trade for Vince Carter as they did in their previous life, because Carter was happily partnering with Carmelo Anthony in Toronto at this time.

Coupled with a series of injuries to the team's core players at the beginning of the season, the Nets' record so far in the season is only 2-11, which is completely shocking.

Byron Scott's position was already in jeopardy, but in this game, Qiao Hai did not give face at all, and took the Bobcats to defeat the Nets 106-99 without any effort.

The Bobcats then snapped a two-game winning streak and ended their November campaign.

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"Throughout November, the Bobcats had an 8-5 record, and they won against strong teams like the Wizards, Magic, and Pistons, and in terms of losses, they didn't lose to opponents who were not weak, including the Pistons, Pacers, and Celtics."

"Judging from the Bobcats' schedule throughout November, their 8-5 record is full of gold, almost all of the games they lose are playoff-level teams, and the number of games they win also includes some playoff-level teams.

After November, the Eastern and Western Coach of the Month was decided, with Pistons head coach Larry Brown leading the team 10-6 in the East and Rockets coach of the month in the West leading the team 12-2.

Although Qiao Hai was not available, he was highly praised, and his leading achievements were undoubtedly eye-catching, and media reporters were not blind, only occasionally blind.

And in the case of Bobcat going all the way, no media reporter will stand up and be blind.

After the first month of competition, several major national journalists in North America awarded several awards in stages.

The best coach is the Rockets' Stan Refour, the MVP is the third-year Yao Ming, the championship is also Yao Ming, and the Bobcats have become the biggest dark horse in the mouths of these national reporters.

Zach Lowe was quick to admit his mistake, writing on his Facebook page: "The Bobcats have proven with victory after victory that they do deserve a spot in the top eight in the East." ”

Another Hoop Sports reporter, John Hollinger, did a special feature analyzing why the Bobcats in the new season were so unexpectedly killed, and then played a great record.

"Qiao Hai's tactical system is a point that we must affirm first, and the passing and cutting system he brought directly helped the Bobcats establish a team basketball where all the people are soldiers, so to speak, the Bobcats can play the current performance, Qiao Hai has contributed a lot."

Second, Michael Reed also showed the value of his six-year, $62 million salary, averaging 26.7 points per game in November, ranking fourth in the league behind Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.

"Michael Reed has taken on the team's offensive load, he's the Bobcats' most dangerous scorer from the outside, and it's fair to say that Michael Reed played close to a superstar in November."

"The Bobcats' wide range of wings is one of the reasons why the Bobcats have been so strong, and in November, the Bobcats included Anfernee Hardaway, Andre Iguodala, Gerard Wallace and Josh Smith, a total of four players."

"Anfernee Hardaway has contributed his experience, Andre Iguodala has contributed his perimeter defense, Gerard Wallace has contributed his bloody hard work, and Josh Smith has contributed his dynamic impact."

"The Bobcats' two point guards have also performed very well, with Steve Blake averaging more than eight assists per game so far this season, while Carlos Arroyo has played a little less time and is no worse than Blake."

"Coupled with the individual performance of Tang Zhendong on the inside, it can be said that except for Michael Reed, who averaged 26.7 points per game, the performance of the other players of the Bobcats was very balanced, with four wings plus two point guards and a center, and 7 players played the effect of multiple All-Star players."

"There's no doubt about the Bobcats' excellent record."

John Hollinger's analysis of the data is basically to the point.

Before the start of the season, media reporters and expert commentators always said that the Bobcats couldn't even make up five starts, but now, after a month of playing, there are as many as eight starters-level players in the Bobcats, judging from the data and performance.

Michael Reed, Anfernee Hardaway, Steve Blake, Andre Iguodala, Josh Smith, Gerard Wallace, Tang Zhendong and Carlos Arroyo.

From another point of view, Qiao Hai's pair of hawk eyes once again played its role, an expansion draft, plus a draft conference, Qiao Hai helped the Bobcats choose the right player.

John Hollinger also called the Bobcats' success "Team Basketball Success!" ”