Chapter 655: The Great Era of Attack (3/5)
With 37 points in a single quarter, the Bobcats' crazy performance seemed to herald the coming of a great era of offense.
Over the past few seasons, the league has been defensive, with almost all teams playing defensively, including Joe, who also played defense for a season with the Grizzlies.
The league clearly doesn't want defense to be the main theme of the NBA, so last season, David Stern introduced the No-hand-check rule to encourage offense.
After the implementation of No-hand-check, the effect was immediately there, Maddie, Kobe, Iverson data explosion, Dwayne Wade God block killing God, Buddha blocking and killing Buddha in the finals, it can be said that these are all changes brought about by No-hand-check rules.
Offense will soon become the mainstream of this alliance, and among them, Qiao Hai's credit cannot be ignored.
During the break, TNT's commentator Cherry Miller talked about some of Qiao Hai's contributions: "Needless to say, the Grizzlies' big and four-small quick-play whirlwind, the Rockets' half-court speed, this season the Spurs and Lakers are using this style of play." ”
"He went to the Bobcats' pass-and-cut offense, and as far as I know, the Kings tried to play once or twice, but it was too difficult and too demanding for the team's configuration, and it didn't work out in the end."
"But the Bobcats' offensive data still show that the Bobcats' slightly complicated style of play, the power of the offensive end is incomparably huge, it can be said that Qiao Hai is the leader of this offensive era!"
Cherry Miller praised Qiao Hai fiercely, and the game in the second quarter had already begun.
In the second quarter of the game, Joe Haihai had a big and four small lineup, with the point guard replaced by Mo Williams, scoring guard Michael Reed, small forward Danny Granger, big forward Gerard Wallace, and center Lafrentz.
The main team was almost completely replaced, and only one Michael Reid, who had a half-quarter break in the first quarter, came on to lead the bench lineup.
On the Spurs' side, Nick Van Exel served as the point guard, the scoring guard was Ginobili, small forward Michael Finley, power forward Robert Horry, and center Duncan.
Because Duncan played, Qiao Hai could only put a Lafrenz in the center position, at least in terms of height.
The Spurs, who trailed by 11 points in the first quarter, began their comeback, and their rotation lineup was indeed a significant improvement from last season.
But against the Bobcats' rotation, the Spurs have little advantage to speak of.
Cherry Miller pointed out the key at this time: "Qiao Hai's team, the bench has always been the strongest, and last season the Bobcats even had a start and a second start. ”
"Although the Spurs' bench has improved, after the improvement, their bench is still only the league average, and the Bobcats' bench has long exceeded the league average!"
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So, at halftime, the Bobcats very easily extended the difference to more than 20 points, and the game was spent instantly.
"No one expected that the Spurs couldn't even survive half the game in the hands of the Bobcats, 22 points behind, as long as the Bobcats didn't make a mistake, they had locked up the victory in this game."
There was no suspense in the game, but in the second half, Popovich was still on the GDP and continued to chase points.
Joe Hay was bold, and in the second half he played a one-and-a-half-main lineup, point guard Paul, scoring guard Andre Iguodala, small forward Danny Granger, power forward Lafrentz and center Perkins.
A completely different lineup from the Bobcats' previous style of play, Qiao Hai directly let Lafrentz respond to the high position, and the three small men on the outside line made various air cut runs, supplemented by Paul's singles and organized offense.
The Bobcats actually played well, although the score difference was constantly being pressed by the Spurs.
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"Qiao Hai, this guy actually started to practice tactics, it's too arrogant, we should teach him a lesson, Greg, let's fight with him!"
In the Spurs' coach's seat, Brett Brown frowned, he felt that Qiao Hai was a little arrogant.
Popovich just silently curled the corners of his mouth, didn't speak, but looked like he was laughing.
It was Mike Budenholzer, who said directly: "He has the capital of arrogance, think about it, how long has it been since we were beaten by an opponent at half a 22-point deficit?" ”
Brett Brown fell silent for a moment.
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Although the Bobcats are practicing their tactics, their offense is fundamentally a pass-and-cut attack, so there is nothing wrong with scoring.
By the end of the third quarter, the Bobcats still led by 17 points.
In the fourth quarter, the Spurs held on for more than three minutes, and the margin kept hovering around 18 points.
Unable to get any closer to the score, Popovich had no choice but to give up, after all, they still have back-to-back games tomorrow.
In the end, the Bobcats finally defeated the Spurs with a score of 111:94 and continued their winning streak.
"In this game, the Bobcats scored another double-double, and Michael Reed cut down a 26 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, which is still the highest scoring on the team."
"Next is Chris Paul, 20 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals."
"Gerard Wallace had 15 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, Josh Smith had 13 points, 7 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks, Andre Iguodala had 11 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals, and Rivra Frentz had 10 points and 9 rebounds."
"On the Spurs' side, their performance in this game was already good enough, Tim Duncan had 29 points and 10 rebounds, and Tony Parker had 23 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals."
"The Bobcats' defense never seemed to be able to defend against the opposing arrows, but they always managed to win, starting with five straight wins, and that's how they won all of them."
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After beating the Spurs, the Bobcats continued to play at home, and they faced another team from Texas, the Mavericks.
Compared with the various changes in the lineup in the previous two seasons, in the new season, the Mavericks' lineup has finally stabilized.
And Xue Yuyang, who has been sitting on the bench for two seasons in the Mavericks, finally got a chance this year, and gradually entered the rotation lineup in the new season.
However, in the first few games of the Mavericks' season, the state did not seem to be good, and there were no results in the playoffs for several consecutive seasons, which also gave Dirk Nowitzki a nickname of the German big white soft.
For Nowitzki, he needs to make a good comeback and then prove himself.
In this game, facing the Mavericks, who were not in good shape at the beginning, the Bobcats behaved the same as the previous game, and broke out at the beginning.
After a 9-2 wave, Jr. Avery Johnson moved much faster than Popovich, and he called a timeout directly and decisively.
But the pause is useless.
The Bobcats continued to score and keep extending their lead.
Their style seems to restrain this Mavericks, whose regular lineup is a bit clunky, and their defense quickly gets lost under the constant onslaught of the Bobcats.