After the Bobcats' four games, the Pistons also completed the sweep of the Wizards, and after a 4-0, advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals.

However, none of their opponents have yet to be decided.

The first four games between the Nets and the Raptors were tied at 3:1, but the lead was the Raptors, Vince Carter and Carmelo Anthony's two-gun combination, and the firepower on the offensive end was still too much.

Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell also stole from Qiao Hai and learned a five-small lineup, Carter plus Anthony, plus Mike James, Morris Peterson and Joey Graham, a five-small lineup that is also good offensively and defensively, the Nets are obviously unable to deal with the Raptors' variant of the five-small lineup.

For the Nets, a 1-3 deficit means they are likely to be beaten by the Raptors.

Another group of matchups in the East, the Cavaliers and the Magic played four games, and the first four games were a 2:2 draw, although Zhan's breakthrough was unstoppable, but there were Bobcat tactics to learn from the Cavaliers, and the Magic still achieved certain results by preventing James's breakthrough points.

The first four games are 2:2, and either team has a chance to advance to the next round.

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In the West, the Rockets swept the Nuggets 4-0 and advanced to the second round.

The Lakers and the Clippers battle, the Lakers relied on Kobe's excellent play to directly lead the Clippers 3:0 in a wave, but in the fourth game, the Clippers completed the refusal to sweep and won a victory, so after four games, the Lakers are already 3:1 ahead of the Clippers, and there is only a matter of time left to advance to the next round.

The matchup between the Grizzlies and the Mavericks was the most surprising, and no one expected that the fish and insect combination, which was considered to be another OK combination, actually lost to the rampaging Dirk Nowitzki in this round of the playoffs.

Nuo Tianwang, who scored 31 points in the first game, scored another 31 points in this game, but the Grizzlies relied on the excellent play of the fish and insect combination to pull back a game.

Then the game traveled to Dallas, back to his home court, Nowitzki was even more unscrupulous, in the first game of the home court, he shot 12-of-26 and scored 36 points to help the Mavericks lead the Grizzlies in the overall score again.

The Grizzlies also performed very tenaciously, in the fourth game, relying on O'Neal's 40 points and 15 rebounds, they pulled one back again, and in this game, Nowitzki cut another 27 points and 7 rebounds, but failed to help the team win.

But after four games, the sixth-ranked Mavericks and the Grizzlies, who are sitting on the fish and bug combination, are tied 2-2 and even have a slight advantage in the situation.

In the end, the first four games between the Spurs and the Suns were also tied 2:2, and the two teams had dealings with each other and played very excitingly.

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The Bobcats, who swept their opponents, are already idle, and they also have time to prepare for the next round.

The Bobcats' next opponent in the next round will be the winner of the Cavaliers and Magic, and at the moment, they don't see who will make it to the next round, as the overall score of the two teams is tied 2:2.

"Whether it's playing the Cavaliers or playing the Magic, it's not too much of a problem for us, playing the Cavaliers, we have two sets of plans, one is to change the defense infinitely, put LBJ alone, and prevent his teammates from dying."

Charlotte, a coaching meeting that started in advance, Qiao Hai directly made an analysis.

Elvin Gentry couldn't help but ask, "What about the other set?" ”

After Qiao Hai coached the Bobcats, from last season to this season, he led the team to play 8 games against the Cavaliers, each of which was the same routine, with unlimited defensive changes to prevent James from going it alone.

Qiao Hai suddenly proposed another set of plans, and Gentry and the others were naturally very interested.

"It's very simple, we go to Kendrick, let him guard the penalty area, plus Josh sweeps the middle distance, we form a simple joint defense system, James breaks to the middle distance to help defend, the rest of the time, we defend James alone, but the single defense is also skillful."

"What trick?"

"The single defender defends his right side and forces him to attack on the left side."

Several assistant coaches were stunned for a moment, obviously still not quite understanding, and Qiao Hai then explained: "LeBron James's left offense is his weakness, or rather, his favorite style of play is to break through on the right side and take the left side of the jump shot, but James's jump shot is clear to you, not very accurate, we can let him jump shot to prevent him from breaking through." ”

"With such defense, his breakthrough is blocked, and it is difficult to divide the ball, and the efficiency will inevitably decline."

The assistant coaches suddenly understood, as for whether it was true that James likes to break through on the right side and make a jump shot on the left side, they never doubted that since Qiao Hai said so, it must be true.

"What if the Magic advances?"

"It's even easier for the Magic to qualify, Dwight Howard is still very young and not a big threat, Kendrick and Chuck (Hayes) are not bad at defending Howard, we just need to defend him alone to solve this point."

"The only threat from the outside is Chauncy Billups, Grant Hill is injured and there is no need to worry about it, and even Chauncey is not capable enough to break down our defence on his own."

Qiao Hai said a lot, and Tang Yi interjected: "The most important point is that Dwight Howard doesn't like to give outside players to block and cover, so the Magic don't have a system of blocking and dismantling, and their offense is very little threat." ”

Qiao Hai smiled, this is a magic question he raised before, Howard doesn't like to pull to the outside to cover and block pick-and-roll, then, Magic's offense is not a concern.

The Bobcats only need to play their own offense, and if they play against the Magic in the second round, there will be no problems.

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The regular season prizes will be announced one after another.

The Sixth Man of the Year was eventually won by Gerard Wallace, and the league announced the award in advance, and then the Bobcats held a press conference to present the award to Gerard Wallace.

The best manager was acquired by the Clippers' Elgin Baylor, and Baylor's wave of operations at the beginning of the season directly helped the Clippers return to the playoffs in the competitive West, and the ownership of this award is not controversial.

The most improved player was obtained by the Magic's Sidtkoglu, compared with last season, Turkoglou's various statistics have made great progress, his scoring has improved by as many as 5 points, assists have increased by 3, and rebounds have also increased from 4.0 to 5.7.

This season, Big Ben averaged 7.3 points, 11.3 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 2.2 blocks per game, ranking among the top in the league in all defensive statistics, and the most important thing is that the Pistons' defense this season is deservedly the league's first.

Big Ben's two consecutive villages, there is no suspense.

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It was also at this time that the Bobcats received a notice from the league that David Stern was going to present an award to Joe Hay in the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Awarded the Best Coach Trophy!