The only good news is that the Celtics have a worse regular season record than the Bobcats, and they have home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference Finals. However, the just-concluded Eastern Conference semifinals proved one thing, and against the Celtics in the Big Three, home-court advantage may not help the Bobcats win this series.

Anyone with a normal IQ knows what the series is all about on their knees, and the Bobcats have to break down the Celtics' defense to win, but that's a very difficult thing for teams across the league. The Pistons' offense is arguably top-notch in the league, but in front of the Celtics, they have only scored more than 100 points in one of their seven games.

And Chang Wei is worried about Roy, who is also the team's scoring arrow, and Wade is bleeding in front of the Celtics' iron wall. Roy's ball quotient is similar to Wade's, but it's slightly inferior in terms of skill and experience, and it is unknown what kind of performance he can play against the Celtics. If Roy is completely locked up, Chang Wei doesn't know how else the Bobcats can ensure victory in the game. For Roy, this is undoubtedly a very serious challenge.

After two days of intense preparation, the Bobcats took on the Celtics at Time Warner Center. While the Bobcats are stronger than the Celtics in terms of regular season record, both pundits and betting sites are favouring the Celtics to advance, they are more experienced, and they have clearly found a winning touch after two series.

The Bobcats have been a bit more successful this season than they were last year, but that hasn't been enough to keep them on to the Finals. They are still too young compared to Celtic, and it is difficult for such a team to play well in key games.

However, the Bobcats sold out of tickets for the first time in their history, and it was also the first game of the division finals, which is undoubtedly memorable. Chang Wei would love to know how many people in the audience absolutely believed that the Bobcats could win, but as long as they were here, it was an inspiration to the team.

The veterans didn't look down on their younger opponents at all, and while they didn't put up the suffocating defense of the last game, the Bobcats' starting five still didn't look so good. The only consolation for Chang Wei and Jackson is that Roy doesn't seem to be affected by the opposing defense, he is still playing the ball the way he is good at it, controlling the team's offense, and on the defensive end he also does his best to harass Ray Allen, especially preventing him from shooting lethal three-pointers.

Of course, that's not to say that the Celtics' defense isn't useful to the Bobcats, and their biggest achievement on the defensive end is to reduce the pace of the Bobcats' offense. While the Bobcats still maintain a decent scoring efficiency, they feel uncomfortable with their slow offense, which is not a familiar style of play, and they are still restrained despite the tight score between the two sides.

Originally, the Celtics could have taken this opportunity to pull away, but they didn't get enough rest after seven games against the Pistons, and the veterans on the team have not yet found their form, so they can only maintain the balance of power on the court.

However, at 6:51 of the first quarter, Garnett seemed to suddenly come back to his senses, hitting consecutive mid-range shots, and also delivered a steal and a block on the defensive end, not to mention the interference with the shot. The Celtics went on a 9-0 spurt under his outburst, and Jackson quickly called the first timeout of the game.

Jackson was not prepared to make substitutions, and even substitutions would not have much effect at this time, and he called a timeout just to interrupt the Celtics' scoring climax and give specific instructions to the players by the way. "OK, OK, everyone played well, but the opponent's defense was annoying." Jackson waved his tactics board and exclaimed, "So I want you to be able to open up the situation from the inside first, whether it's a low ball or a pick-and-roll attack to the basket, and you can score under the basket." ”

Indeed, most of the Bobcats' offense before was shooting from the outside, and with the interference of the Celtics players, the overall shooting percentage was not high, and it can be said that Roy alone is qualified. With that being the case, it's better to score closer to the basket, and Jackson has confidence in his players, and he thinks people should know what to do in what situations.

Generally speaking, the coach will explain the tactics more thoroughly when arranging the tactics to prevent the players from misunderstanding their own meaning, but there are also coaches who want the players to play freely on the court, such as Chuck Daley, who coached the Dream One team back then, and the Zen master who created the Bulls dynasty and the Lakers dynasty successively, and now Jackson has a tendency to move closer to them, and he believes in the ball quotient of the players.

The Bobcats' starting five didn't disappoint him either, and Roy, as the de facto commander, began to send the ball inside in a variety of ways for Milicic or Gasol Jr. to attack. This choice is correct, Garnett's ubiquitous help defense makes it difficult for Bobcats players to get to the basket smoothly, and even if they do, it is difficult to get a chance to shoot, it is better to let the twin towers hold the ball alone with their strength advantage on the inside, which can at least weaken Garnett's advantage to an acceptable extent.

Playing inside with the ball is also a slow-paced offense, but it can squeeze the Celtics' defense unless they are willing to suffer the consequences of being blown up. Of course, Garnett's defense under the basket is also overwhelming, but his partner is Perkins, the weakest in the starters, and it is difficult for such a meat shield interior to affect Milicic or Gasol Jr. on the defensive end, and Garnett alone cannot take care of two people at the same time, and the consequence of having to do so may be that no one can prevent it.

With 3:17 left in the first quarter, the Bobcats had already worked hard to narrow the gap to 3 points, which was just a round difference, as long as any one person hit a three-pointer, the two sides could immediately return to the same running line. And Jackson looks more confident than Rivers, he chose to take the lead on the bench, not afraid of being pulled away again.

Seeing the Bobcats take the lead in substitutions, Rivers couldn't help it, and the Big Three all needed enough rest. Half a minute after Jackson's substitution, Rivers also replaced the Big Three plus Perkins, and let Rondo continue to lead the bench lineup on the court, in fact, Rivers is not so comfortable with his bench, the Bobcats' bench is famous in the league.