"In the first quarter, the Cavaliers were already behind by nine points, and LeBron James got lost in the Bobcats' defense, and he only scored five points on 2-of-5 shooting in the first quarter."

"The Cavaliers' offense didn't open up at all, and the defense was blown up by the Bobcats, Michael Reed scored 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting in the first quarter, and his individual performance completely crushed LeBron James, although the two of them were not directly opposed."

"Andre Iguodala's defense against LeBron James is still successful, and from the first matchup between the two teams in the regular season, Andre Iguodala's title of emperor nemesis has become louder and louder."

In the first quarter of the game, the commentator summed up the meal.

Finally, Kenny Smith came up with an idea: "In the second half, the Cavaliers should play more blocking and pick-and-roll, and LeBron James's singles after switching defenses played quite well." ”

Judging from the first quarter of the game, only Andre Iguodala can limit James by the Bobcats, and if he plays blocking and dismantling and gives James a misplaced single, the effect should be good.

But at the intermission, Qiao Hai had already determined the rotation lineup for the second quarter, a small lineup, point guard Mo Williams, scoring guard Anfernee Hardaway, small forward Andre Iguodala, power forward Gerard Wallace, and center Josh Smith.

The tactics on the defensive end are also very brainless - infinite rotation, and unlike the first quarter, Qiao Hai refused to contain James.

If James directly crushes and rushes into the penalty area, then let him rush, Qiao Hai doesn't believe that James can rush for a whole game, he knows that LeBron James's physical fitness is not good, especially young Zhan.

……

So, actually, in the second quarter, the Bobcats' defensive strategy against James changed again.

The first attack at the beginning of the second quarter, the round of the Bobcats, they played a wave of rapid positional offense, Mo Williams and Gerald Wallace's blocking, after the dismantling, Mo Williams broke through on the strong side, attracted the defense, and the ball was on the weak side.

Josh Smith jumped up, caught the ball and dunked it, and scored 2 points directly! Amid another wave of cheers at Charlotte Coliseum, the margin widened to double digits.

As for the Cavaliers' offense, Paul Silas seemed to hear the idea put forward by the commentator, and at the beginning of the game, he played a block at the top of the arc and continued to let LeBron James continue to play singles.

On the Bobcats' side, they continued to use Andre Iguodala to defend James alone, or put two steps.

The knight blocked and dismantled, Iguodala went directly behind and continued to block in front of James, but the space for two steps was gone, so James got the opportunity to carry Iguodala directly and crashed into it all the way.

In the end, he jumped up one step in front of the penalty area, and with a bang, a violent dunk, he scored two points.

LeBron James roared, as if venting something.

The difference returned to 9 points, but the Bobcats' offense was still sharp, with a small cooperation on the strong side, and the weak side was divided into a pinch, which could be a wide range of transfer balls to the weak side, or it could be a hand over Tony Kukoc, and then to the weak side.

In this ball, Iguodala on the strong side scored directly, the sideline was empty, and a two-point shot that stepped on the line hit to score 2 points, and the difference was stretched to double digits again.

The Cavaliers' offense, LeBron James continued to play alone, or the blocking and dismantling at the top of the arc.

This time, the Bobcats chose to switch defenses directly, Andre Iguodala went directly to block the pick-and-roll Desaguena Diop, Josh Smith took a step back, and then blocked the rushing James.

James was blocked and had to shoot from the middle.

Bang, naturally I didn't enter.

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Soon, the commentators on the commentary bench and Paul Silas found that the blocking and dismantling could not be played, and the Bobcats only needed one change of defense to immediately block James' breakthrough.

In the second quarter, although James attacked resolutely, there were still not many absolute scoring opportunities, and LeBron James scored a 14-point score in a single quarter, but he was already doing his best.

After halftime, the Cavaliers were still 14 points behind the Bobcats, and it can be said that there was not much suspense in the game.

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At the beginning of the third quarter of the game, Qiao Hai was on the regular lineup again, but the small forward was replaced by Gerald Wallace and continued to put two steps to defend James.

The Bobcats' regular lineup has been controlling the tempo, Carlos Arroyo is a master of this, on the other hand, on the Cavaliers' side, the current point guard Jeff McGinnis is a master of chaos, and he doesn't understand the importance of controlling the tempo at all.

The Bobcats held on to a 14-point lead.

At the end of the third quarter, the difference was still 14 points.

Charles Barkley on the commentary bench was already anxious for the Cavaliers: "14 points behind, there is one quarter of the game left, it's too difficult, the Cavaliers may lose this game......"

On the other side, McBlin also got a first-hand news: "The Bulls won, the Nets have the last half of the game left, and now they are leading by 4 points, if the Cavaliers don't win this game, they will first have to look at the face of the Bulls, and even if the Nets also win, they have to look at the face of the Nets." ”

"That's right, if the Nets and Bulls win, they just have to make sure they win the last game as well, and the competition for the last spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs is nothing to do with the Cavaliers."

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Paul Silas chose to replace LeBron James, who has played almost 35 minutes in this game so far, to rest.

Qiao Hai had already guessed this, and at the beginning of the fourth quarter, he directly got on a small lineup.

The small lineup rushed fiercely, and the Bobcats played a wave of 9:2, and the score difference was opened up all of a sudden......

"With a 21-point difference, the Cavaliers are finished!"

Although Paul Silas urgently replaced LeBron James, everything is over, and the 21-point difference is still possible if Maddie chases after 35 seconds and 13 minutes.

But if it's James, who needs to be shot after ball, the possibility is gone.

In the end, the Bobcats won 103-86, and the Cavaliers lost a crucial game, and for the Cavaliers, their playoffs were only theoretically possible.

"The Nets also won, the Bulls and the Nets both won, so the Cavaliers have to pray for the next game, the Bulls and the Nets lose at the same time, and then they win the Bobcats, and they can make the playoffs."

"But the Bulls' last game against the Bucks, the Nets are the Hornets, one is third from the bottom in the East, and the other is the bottom of the West, so to speak, the probability of the Bulls and the Nets losing at the same time is too low."

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After the game, Qiao Hai was in a good mood, the reason is that the Bobcats won this game easily, which can be said to be effortless.

"We won easily, there was one game left and we weren't going to give the Cavaliers any chances."

On the other side, LeBron James also continued to release cruel words: "That's right, I didn't play fully in this game, Andre Iguodala's defense is great, but in this game, I have tried all his tricks, in the next game, I will blow up his defense, and the Cavaliers will definitely win the final victory!" ”