Reggie Miller and Steve Cole constantly lamented Chris Paul's talent.

Especially Steve Kerr, who played point guard in his playing career, knows very well that in the first official game of his rookie season, Chris Paul began to control the ball as soon as he came up, and he was very calm and had a big heart.

In the first ball, Paul made a good pass that penetrated the opponent's defense, both in terms of timing and accuracy.

The second ball faced the opportunity of misalignment, broke through decisively, and accelerated after changing direction, which also reflected Chris Paul's excellent physical fitness, and finally faced the rebound of Big Z, which showed Paul's dexterity.

After two balls, everyone is sure, regardless of the rest, Chris Paul will not be a parallel commodity at the very least, and Qiao Hai's vision seems to have been proven again.

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The game continued, the Cavaliers' offense, LeBron James's personal breakthrough was still a point that the Bobcats could not limit, and he easily scored two more points through a breakthrough.

The scores of the two teams continue to be in a state of draw.

The Bobcats serve in the backcourt, Paul receives the ball, quickly advances to the frontcourt, still a quick cover at the top of the arc, and then he rushes inside.

Michael Reed on the wing also went around to the top of the arc through a covered run at the same time, and the two went around like this, and the Cavaliers had to change their defense and assist defense, and the defensive formation was chaotic all of a sudden, and the bottom corner was immediately pulled out of a huge vacancy by the Bobcats.

Paul rushed to the basket and was caught in the middle of the shot, he jumped up and faked the pass and threw it directly into the bottom corner.

In the big empty space in the bottom corner, Andre Iguodala received the ball and shot directly, three points!

Bang, the ball goes in!

The crowd continued to cheer, and the Bobcats suddenly took a three-point lead.

The Cavaliers serve in the backcourt, and LeBron James holds the ball and advances to the frontcourt.

Then, he stopped the ball for a while, found an opportunity, and directly gave the low post, the singles of the big z low post, Perkins withstood the lower plate of the big z, but the 2.21 meter big z chose to turn around and hook his hand, and the basketball wiped the board and bounced into the basket.

The Cavaliers' offense continued, but the Bobcats maintained a one-point lead because of a three-pointer from the Bobcats.

In the next offense, the Bobcats continued to play a small range of cooperation on the strong side, and Paul's addition immediately brought a good change to the Bobcats' offense, and the cooperation between him and Michael Reed on the strong side was always able to tear apart the opponent's defense.

The Bobcats always had a very easy chance to get a misplaced singles, with Paul and Michael Reed both taking their chances.

And, because of Paul's presence, the Bobcats have done a better job of moving the ball in a wide area, and Paul is always able to find teammates with empty positions on the weak side in the first time.

The Bobcats' offense scored in a row, but the Cavaliers' offense didn't play badly either.

LeBron James can't be limited, and Big Z's offense inside is also a point that Perkins can't defend.

With a LaFrenz on the bench of the Bobcats, it looks like he will be the best person to defend the big Z, but Johi did not make a substitution because Perkins was on the floor, which also limited LeBron James' breakthrough to the interior to a certain extent.

Once James breaks through to the deep post, he will be caught in front and back by Perkins and Iguodala, and will cover the sky and not pass the ball to James at all.

Because Perkins was on the floor, James' shooting percentage slipped a little in the second half of the quarter.

At the end of the first quarter, the score was 33:31, and the Bobcats led by 2 points.

James shot 4 of 8 in the first quarter, got 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and Big Z continued to catch the ball and hit it inside, and also got a 12 points and 4 rebounds, and the two contracted most of the Cavaliers' scores.

On the Bobcats' side, they played a little more team, and Paul, who was in complete control of the ball, didn't have many shots, with five points and five assists on 2-of-4 shooting, Michael Reed with nine points, Andre Iguodala with 10 points, and Josh Smith with six points.

"Chris Paul had 5 points and 5 assists in the first quarter, he played very selflessly, whenever there was a chance to pass, his first choice was to pass, and in Qiao Hai's system, he performed like a fish in water."

During the break, the protagonist praised by Steve Cole on the commentary bench was still Paul, and in the first quarter of the Bobcats' game, Paul's personal performance couldn't have been better.

In the second quarter, Qiao Hai's adjustment focused on defense, and he knew that James would definitely continue to play, because this Cavaliers team relied on James very much, so to speak, without James, the Cavaliers' offense would be paralyzed immediately.

Therefore, the rotation he chose was, point guard Mo Williams, scoring guard Andre Iguodala, small forward Danny Granger, power forward Gerard Wallace, and center Josh Smith.

One is not the rotation that Qiao Hai planned before the game, but this rotation lineup should be the best against James.

"In the second quarter of the defense, we played infinite rotation ......"

In this game, the Bobcats' opening defense has always been man-marking, even if it is covered, it also adopts the method of delay, striving not to make substitutions, and continuing to mark people after delay.

Now, Qiao Hai has replaced this five-small lineup, except for Mo Williams, the other four are four forwards, each of whom can limit James to a certain extent.

Therefore, Qiao Hai sacrificed an infinite change of guard.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Bobcats' offense was still a pass-and-cut offense, without any changes, but because of the lack of organizers, the Bobcats played more chaotically.

Fortunately, Xiao Mo's personal breakthrough score was very good, and he scored continuously.

At the same time, another rookie Danny Granger also broke out, waiting for the ball in the bottom corner in a row at the beginning, receiving two passes from Xiao Mo in a row to break through the bottom corner, and then hitting two three-pointers in a row.

In this quarter, LeBron James only rested for more than two minutes, he played more than 9 minutes, scored 14 points alone, and completely exploded, and the Cavaliers also scored 26 points in a single quarter.

But on the Bobcats' side, they directly scored a 36 points in a single quarter, and the offense was completely off the charts.

Steve Cole, who kept touting Chris Paul in the first quarter, had to change to another rookie in the second quarter to continue touting.

"Danny Granger performed so well, scoring 10 points on 3-of-5 shooting in a single quarter, and playing a five-to-five game directly with James, it's hard to imagine that he's just a rookie!"

"The 13th pick in the first round entered the NBA, Qiao Hai once said that Kobe Bryant is only the 13th pick in the first round, everything is possible with this pick, he seems to treat Danny Granger as another Kobe, and now, Danny Granger has indeed shown enough good personal qualities!"

"His shooting touch is very soft, and the combination of man and ball is also very good, from these two points, Qiao Hai has obviously picked up a treasure!"

The score was extended to 12 points at halftime, and LeBron James did a great individual performance, scoring a 23-point half-time but only three assists.

The Bobcats limit the Cavaliers' overall offense, not James' individual offense, as evidenced by James' stats.

On the Bobcats' side, at the end of the half, they had already played an all-in-one attack.

Josh Smith's score rose to 14 points, Andre Iguodala's score also rose to 12 points, plus Michael Reed, who played in the second half of the second quarter and took over the offensive banner, scored 15 points at halftime, and Danny Granger scored 10 points in a single quarter.

In the first half of the game, the Bobcats already had four players score double-doubles.

"The Bobcats' offense has obviously evolved again, and in this game, they still managed to take a double-digit lead even though the Cavaliers' offense continued unabated."