At the Time Warner Center, the Bobcat and Mavericks battle has begun.

In the opening, above the center circle, Garnett vs. Eric Dampier won with a jump ball, and the Bobcats got the ball for the opening attack.

Chris Paul pushed forward and soon began to pick up speed.

After a quick outside matchup, Paul made a direct mid-range jumper that missed the basket with the interference of Jerry Starkerhouse, and the rebound was picked up by Eric Damppier.

A week after the start of the new season, Eric Dampier told reporters after the game against the Rockets, that is, after the game that was blown up by Yao Ming: "Yao is a well-deserved No. 1 center in the league and No. 1 center in the West, and I am the No. 2 center in the West." ”

The implication is that the aging Shaquille O'Neill has been completely ignored.

However, for the Bobcats, they only have the battle for the three power forwards, and the battle for the new generation of point guards, and there is no other competition.

The big three are Kevin Garnett, Dirk Nowitzki and Tim Duncan, while Chris Webber and Rasheed Wallace are no longer eligible to compete due to their age and declining form.

This game is naturally also a direct duel between the three big forwards, with Garnett facing Nowitzki.

After the Bobcats conceded the first goal in the opening game, Devin Harris habitually slowed down the pace to play positional battles, and he controlled the top of the arc for two seconds, and then waited for Nowitzki's cover.

The Bobcats focused on Novitzki, so this shot, Devin Harris got a chance, he hit the mid-range position, made a stop-and-go jumper, and with a bang, scored a goal directly.

The Bobcats served in the backcourt, Paul continued to pick up the pace, and after a quick half-court, before waiting for the cover of his teammates, it was immediately a breakthrough.

Devin Harris is also the best of the new generation of point guards, and in terms of speed, he did not suffer at all and directly followed Paul.

Paul couldn't get a shot, so he took a few steps inside and passed the ball straight out.

Iguodala on the outside receives the ball, finds Garnett, and after a pick-and-roll match, Garnett mismatches Josh Howard.

Garnett received the ball, took two more steps, and advanced to the free throw line, and the Mavericks went directly to the help defense, they knew very well that Josh Howard could not defend Garnett alone, and they could only help defend.

After the Mavericks assisted in the defense, Garnett directly shared the ball, Paul received the ball again, the Mavericks had blocked the strong side, and Paul immediately scored another point after receiving the ball and divided it to the weak side.

Michael Reid received the ball, attracted the defense, and then scored another ball, Andre Iguodala slipped the baseline into the basket, received the ball and dunked, and the Bobcats successfully scored two points.

The Mavericks' offense continued, and the Bobcat's continuous fast-paced offense had already brought the Maverick's offensive rhythm up, or rather, after the Mavericks controlled the rhythm a little bit at the beginning, they found that the Bobcats were playing fast, and they simply didn't control the rhythm.

Devin Harris quickly controlled the frontcourt, the wing Josh Howard cut in, and Harris passed directly to the ball to find Josh Howard.

After Josh Howard received the ball, he took a big step forward, rushed to the basket, made a low-handed layup, and scored two more points, and the Mavericks already led 4:2.

The Bobcats continued to serve in the backcourt, still focusing on the strong side, and Paul singled, after Garnett's extremely high-quality cover, the misplaced breakthrough attracted the pinch shot.

The ball was weak in the bottom corner, Michael Reed's quasi-open three-pointer failed to catch it, missed the basket, and the opening Bobcat offensive end seemed to be very average.

On the court, the Mavericks grabbed the backcourt rebound again, Devin Harris got the basketball, and they were already completely fast, and it seemed that they were completely ignoring the rhythm.

Devin Harris held the ball and quickly counter-attacked to the frontcourt, the Bobcats' retreat was in place, and Devin Harris chose to break through the interior directly.

Then, he threw the ball directly outward, and Dirk Nowitzki, who had just rushed to the frontcourt, received the ball and directly flew a chase for three points!

Bang!

After a crisp scrub of the net, Dek Nowitzki scored the first point of the game.

At 7:2 in the opening game, the Bobcats were already 5 points behind.

Then, the Bobcats missed another goal on the offensive end, and Paul's mid-range singles did not have a good chance, but because he wanted to speed up, Paul shot directly, bang, and hit iron again.

After the Mavericks grabbed the rebound, they played another wave of counterattacks.

Devin Harris hit another shot in the counterattack, and at the beginning, the Mavericks played a wave of 9:2 directly to take a seven-point lead.

"The Bobcats were inaccurate in attack and had problems defensively, and they were already seven points behind after just over two minutes of the opening period."

"Qiao Hai's strategy seems to have a problem, and he directly accelerated the opening game, but helped the Mavericks open the offense at the beginning."

Hoop Sports' commentary seat, Steve Kerr and Gary Payton partnered to comment, they rarely criticized Qiao Hai, but at the beginning, the performance of the Bobcats was indeed a little worse, the offensive end continued to miss, and the defensive end continued to let the Mavericks score, which is not only a matter of state, but more importantly, a problem of pre-game arrangement.

The lynx lagged behind, but Qiao Hai on the sidelines still looked like a nobody, standing on the sidelines with his hands on his chest, looking calm.

But when the next round of attack began, Qiao Hai suddenly shouted to the court: "Fight decisively!" Chris! ”

Chris Paul glanced in Qiao Hai's direction, and then, he saw Qiao Hai's gesture, his right hand made the shape of a knife, and stabbed it to the left.

The implicit meaning is to hit the inside line.

After a series of missed offenses, the Bobcats needed to score, and Chris Paul would also care, and after getting to the frontcourt, he also made a gesture.

Then, Kevin Garnett in the front court gave Paul another cover, and after Paul passed the screen, he went directly to the wing and pulled the defense first.

Then passing the ball out, Andre Iguodala made another breakthrough and once again involved the defense.

By the time the ball reached Garnett for the third time, the mid-range was half empty, and Eric Dampier had to defend himself out of the box.

The basket was empty all of a sudden, Michael Reid cut into the penalty area, received Garnett's high lob ball, and barely dunked it, 4:9, and the Bobcats pulled back two points.

Then, in the defensive round of the Bobcats, Qiao Hai shouted on the sidelines again: "One-on-one, change defense without pinching!" ”

In other words, Qiao Hai canceled the targeted defense of Nowitzki before the game, not that Qiao Hai made a mistake in the pre-game arrangement, but that Nowitzki's teammates were too hot and disrupted Qiao Hai's plan.

In the case of one-on-one defense, the Mavericks naturally gave the ball to Nowitzki and let Nuotianwang play alone.

The king of heaven faced Garnett's single defense, he pressed two steps with his back to the inside, and then suddenly turned around, the golden rooster was independent, and he threw a backward jumper.

Bang, didn't go in!

Perkins got stuck, grabbed the rebound, and threw it straight to the frontcourt.

Chris Paul received the ball and countered to the frontcourt, and an accelerated pass was successful, and Josh Howard, who returned to the basket, had to defend it.

Paul made another pass, and Andre Iguodala behind him was already taking off.

With a loud bang, 6:9, the Bobcats recovered two more points, and after these two goals, Qiao Hai sat back, and without a pause, he beat the Bobcats' disadvantage back.