At the beginning of the new year, the order of the Bobcat's rotation has changed.

Anfernee Hardaway left the starting lineup, Andre Iguodala entered the starting lineup, and at the same time, Qiao Hai significantly reduced Tang Zhendong's playing time and increased Kendrick Perkins' playing time.

James Jones and Michael Petrus also entered the rotation, and the Bobcats became a 12-man rotation, with all players on the active roster getting playing time.

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In the first game of January, the Bobcats faced the Heat.

The Heat have struggled on the brink of the playoffs this season, with a 15-17 record and a playoff run in the East.

In the Heat team, Eddie Jones' performance is quite good, and last year's rookie T.J. Ford returned from injury and also played an average of 12+6 data per game, and his performance was qualified.

However, this year's rookie Sebastian Telfell played very badly, and his body seemed to be completely unable to adapt to NBA-level confrontations, and he was quickly lost.

Because of the failure of the draft for two consecutive years, Pat Riley has been questioned, so this season, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, the Heat will do their best to impact the playoffs, because Pat Riley needs a playoff game to help him stay in office.

Against the Bobcats, this should be the Heat's best chance.

But Eddie Jones, the only strong point of the Heat at the moment, faced Michael Reed in this game, his energy was completely restrained by Reed, and he didn't play much on the offensive end.

On the contrary, on the Bobcats' side, the starting offense played averagely, but after Qiao Hai replaced Anfernee Hardaway, the Bobcats' offense broke out immediately.

In the first quarter, the two teams played a 22-23 game, and the Bobcats led by only one point.

Then in the second quarter, Anfernee Hardaway came on the court, and the Bobcats immediately played a 35-25, and the halftime lead was immediately stretched to 11 points.

In the second half, the Bobcats continued to expand their advantage, and at the end of the third quarter they took a lead of nearly 20 points, and the suspense of the game was completely lost.

In the end, the Bobcats won 113-90 and won by 23 points.

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On January 3, the Bobcats played the Pistons again, and after one win and one loss against the Pistons in the first two games, in this game, Qiao Hai continued the rotation order of the previous game.

The Bobcats' starting offense was still average, and only through energy and hard work, trailing the Pistons by one point in the first quarter.

Johi then came off the bench, with Anfernee Hardaway and James Jones on the bench, plus Michael Reed, Josh Smith and Carlos Arroyo.

The offense of this bench lineup exploded again, pouring the defensive Pistons with 33 points in a single quarter, and turned to an eight-point lead at halftime.

In the second half, the Bobcats controlled the tempo and gradually took control of the victory.

So, in this game, the Bobcats defeated the Pistons again with the strength of the bench lineup, and they had an advantage over the Pistons 2-1 this season.

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On January 5, the Bobcats defeated the Timberwolves 102-84 at home, still coming off the bench.

The opponent in this game, the Timberwolves this season, maintained the three-headed monster combination from last season, but Sam Cassel and Ratlers Prewell saw a significant decline.

Although Wallis Zebiak made up for the Timberwolves' lack of outside firepower, their overall strength still declined, and they started the season with a 16-13 record, which is not as good as the Bobcats.

Therefore, the final result of this game was not an upset either.

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Counting the two consecutive wins in December, the Bobcats have won five in a row, and with the state stable, Qiao Hai also has more energy to devote to the other side.

"Joe, as you asked, we looked at Deron Williams, Chris Paul and Raymond Filton, and here's a report from their last few games."

Kevin Pritchard has already started his job, and at Qiao Hai's request, the scouting team's job is to focus on the major point guards in this NCAA.

Among them, Deron Williams, Chris Paul and Raymond Fieldon are the highlights.

Qiao Hai took the report and glanced at it a few times.

Kevin Pritchard also made a report: "The NCAA division tournament has begun, and the first game of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is Wake Forest vs. North Carolina, North Carolina home game. ”

"Because it was in Charlotte, I went to watch the game and North Carolina won......"

North Carolina won, Qiao Hai is not surprised, the difference in strength between the two teams is still too big, he cares about the data, Chris Paul's data, and Raymond Filton's data.

"Chris Paul won the stats again and lost the game, he had 19 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals, while Raymond Fieldon of North Carolina only had 12 points and 7 assists."

Chris Paul didn't lose the team again, Qiao Hai was not surprised, to talk about the record, Wake Forest's record is definitely not good, but Chris Paul's final draft pick can be ranked ahead of Felton, which is obviously an impact on his personal ability.

"Deron Williams plays for the University of Illinois, which is a bit far away from us, so we sent a scout over and looked at three games."

Qiao Hai was given a statistic of three games.

In the first game, Deron Williams had 13 points and 7 assists, in the second game 16 points and 9 assists, and in the third game 10 points and 6 assists.

There is also a video material, Qiao Hai has no time to watch it for the time being, Kevin Pritchard dictated to Qiao Hai to analyze a wave first: "In three games, Deron Williams should be a point guard who passes the ball first and has excellent defense. ”

"Comparatively, Chris Paul has a lot of individual ability, he has a good mid-range shot, and he has a strong ability to organize and pass, and overall, Chris Paul is stronger, but he has a much higher percentage of the ball than Deron Williams, and the demand for the ball is also very high, and it is difficult to play a good individual performance without the ball in hand."

"Raymond Filton is probably the worst of the three, he's not tall enough, and the best thing about him compared to the other two is that he has a low percentage of the ball."

Qiao Hai nodded, he got the video data of the three point guards, and he would watch it by himself when he had time, and then analyze which of the three point guards was better or worse.

The rookie scout reported that Joe had gotten his hands on it, and then he got a copy of the league from Kevin Pritchard.

"The results of the first phase of the All-Star Weekend voting are in, and we have two players at the top of the rankings, Michael Reed is the third player in the guard vote, behind Allen Iverson and LeBron James in the point guard position, and Tang Zhendong is the fourth in the center vote, behind Ben Wallace, Zalunas Ilguskas, and Chris Bosh in the center position."

Qiao Hai glanced at the votes in the first stage, Yao Ming is still the king of votes, because after last year's playoffs, not only the fans of the Celestial Empire voted for Yao Ming, but also many North American fans began to vote for Yao Ming.

The two high-ranked players of the Bobcats, Datang should have little chance, and the head coach of the All-Star Game will generally only choose two or three centers, and Datang is definitely not considered.

Michael Reed has a great chance, so far this season, Michael Reed's performance in the position of scoring guard is second only to Kobe, Maddy, Wade, Iverson and Carter, the five quarterbacks, the number of All-Stars in the East is already very small, and Michael Reed still has a great chance.