"You kid is poisonous, you won a game of me, I got out of class, I won a game of Knicks, Lenny Wilkens got out of class, and I don't know who will suffer next?"

Back on Charlotte's plane, Byron Scott frantically complained about Qiao Hai.

Qiao Hai was innocent, he shook his head, saw the new news report, as soon as the game was over, Isaiah Thomas directly announced that Lenny Wilkens was out of class, and the Knicks' assistant coach Herb Williams would serve as the Knicks' interim head coach.

"If I remember correctly, the Knicks' first-round pick next year is ours?"

Tang Yi immediately nodded.

Qiao Hai smiled happily: "Then, in next year's draft, we have a lotto." ”

"You're so dismissive of Herb Williams?"

"You're, Byron, even Ranny Wilkens, the head of the Thousand Lives Sect, can't save this Knicks, a Herb Williams, what can he do? He may not even be able to hold back the locker room. ”

……

Qiao Hai's request for the Bobcats this season is to make the playoffs, and now, the Bobcats have achieved their goal early.

Qiao Hai also knows that with the lineup of the Bobcats this season, even if Qiao Hai comes up with good tactics, he will not be able to go further.

Therefore, at this stage of the game, all Qiao Hai has to think about, in addition to maintaining the stability of the team, is to look forward to the next season.

Now that the Knicks are on the verge of the playoffs in the hands of Lenny Wilkens, and the head coach has been replaced by Herb Williams, they will surely make you further away from the playoffs.

A lotto lottery has already appeared, and Qiao Hai's plan is also half successful.

……

In the final three games of December, the Bobcats played the Wizards first.

In the opening game of this season, the Bobcats surprised everyone after defeating the Wizards, and the two teams met again, and the Bobcats already had a little psychological advantage.

But after the game really started, Qiao Hai found that that little psychological advantage was really useless after the game started.

The Wizards were in better shape in this game, Gilbert Arenas hit consecutive long shots from the outside, and Antoine Jamison on the inside also penetrated Tony Kukoc's defense, until Qiao Hai replaced Josh Smith, which curbed Jamison's play to a certain extent.

But at halftime, the Bobcats were already trailing by 16 points.

In the second half, Qiao Hai further adjusted his defense, and continued to limit Gilbert Arenas' scoring by expanding his defense.

But the Bobcats' deficit in the first half was real, so, at the beginning of the second half, they entered a state of chasing points.

The Bobcats' pass-and-cut offense was sharp, but the opposite Wizards also tightened up their defense and suppressed their rhythm.

In the entire third quarter, the Bobcats only chased 6 points, chasing the difference to 10 points.

Then in the fourth quarter, Qiao Hai forcibly accelerated, but was stolen by the Wizards, and Gilbert Arenas hit two three-pointers in a row again, and the difference was widened.

With the Bobcats trailing by 11 points in the final five minutes, they were already struggling to turn the game around.

So, in the end, the score of the two teams was 107:116, and the Bobcats lost by a 9-point away game, which was also the Bobcats' tenth loss of the season.

After the game, Eddie Jordan faced the media and said very proudly: "We won the game and avenged the opening game, and in this game, we won without suspense, and our strength suppression finally played a role." ”

Qiao Hai also responded to Eddie Jordan: "I said, he is honest, but this game is not a suppression of strength, but a suppression of form, Gilbert's form is too good, he cut a 37 points, none of us can stop him." ”

……

After playing the Wizards, the Bobcats faced the Pacers again, and the Bobcats played at home in this game.

Compared to the last game where they were avenged by the Wizards, in this game, the Bobcats turned their strength and faced the Pacers, who had a good defense, and they directly opened up their offense.

Then they beat the Pacers with a score of 91-74 and also completed a revenge, and the Bobcats took the victory, their 15th win of the season.

……

In the final battle of 2004, the Bobcats faced off against the supersonics.

This season, the SuperSonics have formed a new core lineup, with the duo of Ray Allengara and Rashad Lewis, plus Vladimir Radmanovic, Antonio Daniels and Luke Ridno.

The SuperSonics have formed a shooting team, and their record this season is not bad, with 21 wins and 6 losses since the start of the season, which can be regarded as a dark horse in the West.

In the face of such a strong opponent, Qiao Hai's adjustment and arrangement aimed at supersonic shooting.

"One-on-one marking, changing defenses when blocking and dismantling, pressing defense, don't give them easy shots, Datang, you guard the penalty area, pay attention to the players they cut into with the ball."

Supersonic is good at shooting, which can be said to be even better than Bobcat's shooting, so Qiao Hai's main defense is supersonic shooting.

But the supersonic ball-holding cut has to be guarded against.

It's like, Ray Allen is best known for his Thor shot, but in fact, Ray Allen's ball-holding breakthrough cannot be ignored.

Therefore, Qiao Hai arranged Tang Zhendong's frame at the same time.

is such an airtight defense, at the beginning, the Bobcats actually played the defensive data of a strong defensive team, and they only scored 14 points in a single quarter of direct defense.

At the same time, the Bobcats scored 25 points, and by the end of the first quarter, the Bobcats had already led by 11 points.

Then in the second quarter, the Bobcats suddenly gave up their positional defense and switched to infinite defense, Qiao Hai also changed to a small lineup, and they began to speed up.

At halftime, the score was in the acceleration of the Bobcats, and it skyrocketed rapidly.

At 58:36, at halftime, the Bobcats led by 22 points, and the suspense of the game quickly disappeared without a trace.

In the end, in the end, the Bobcats won the last game of 2004 with a score of 108:87, a difference of 21 points, through Qiao Hai's control of the adjusted rhythm.

……

At the end of 2004, the Bobcats played 26 games, with an overall record of 16 wins and 10 losses, a winning rate of 61.5%, and the ranking in the East also jumped to sixth in the East.

It can be said that the Bobcats have no problem in the playoffs, and as long as there is not too much fluctuation in the second half of the season, they can safely take a playoff spot.

The Charlotte Observer also summed up the Bobcats' performance in the second half of the season after the 2004 game.

"Although the Bobcats have only been around for two months, they have already spent their first year in the NBA in terms of time."

"This year, they have a 16-10 record, which is sixth in the East, and everyone calls them the biggest dark horse."

"Indeed, they have exceeded everyone's expectations, and the current results are also the result of everyone's efforts."

"Against the Rockets, Qiao Hai's four championship rings shine brightly, and it is clear that he is the biggest contributor to the Bobcats' current stellar results."

Michael Reed, who averaged 25.8 points per game, was the second contributor, followed by a group of Bobcats wingers, as well as outstanding center Tang Zhendong, and point guards Steve Blake and Carlos Arroyo ......."

"This Bobcat team has played an all-people attack, and their success is unexpected by everyone, but it is also deserved!"