Before Game 3, the league announced the attribution of the regular season MVP.

The two favorites, Steve Nash, who led the Phoenix Suns to great progress, and Yao Ming, who averaged 29.2 points, 10.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 2.0 blocks per game this season, played a super center-level performance.

In the end, the answer was announced, and it was Yao Ming who lifted the MVP trophy, because his statistics were even more gorgeous, ranking second in the league in scoring, second only to Iverson, sixth in the league in rebounds, and tenth in the league in blocks, so to speak, this is superstar-level data, and the Rockets have a better record.

Therefore, Yao Ming's MVP trophy can be said to be well-deserved.

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In the third game between the Bobcats and the Pacers, the game came to Charlotte's home court.

In this game, Qiao Hai greatly adjusted the starting lineup of the Bobcats, with Mo Williams and Josh Smith starting, scoring guard Michael Reed, small forward Andre Iguodala, and center Kendrick Perkins.

This is a very young lineup, Qiao Hai's idea is not only to strengthen the defense, speed up the fast attack, he also hopes to use this young lineup to break through the Pacers' offense with the vitality of young players.

But in the opening game, Rick Carlisle saw a problem with the Bobcats' style of play - the lack of a truly consistent outside shooter.

As a result, the Pacers' defense shrank directly into the three-point line, like a millstone, suppressing the Bobcats' mid-to-close-range offense.

After playing for more than five minutes in the opening period, the Bobcats' outside projection hit the iron continuously.

In the second half of the quarter, Qiao Hai could only try to get the players on the court to shoot more three-pointers, but in the first quarter of the game, the Bobcats' three-point shooting was completely missing.

After the first quarter, the score was 14:20, and the scores of both teams were not high, especially the Bobcats, and in terms of rhythm, the rhythm of this game was still controlled by the Pacers.

In the second quarter, Joe made a change, he directly used James Jones, added an outside shooter, and took Perkins off the court, and replaced him with a small lineup.

As soon as James Jones came on the court, he immediately became a surprise soldier, hitting two three-pointers in the bottom corner, and the Bobcats also played a wave of 15:5 at the beginning of the second quarter, directly bringing back the trailing point difference.

But then, the Pacers began to suppress the rhythm again, and in the slow positional battle, in the second quarter of the game, the score of the two teams was 25:15, and at halftime, the Bobcats overtook the Pacers by 4 points.

The game was still very difficult, in the second half of the game, Qiao Hai made another strange move, he used Kendrick Perkins to stand in the penalty area, Josh Smith swept back and forth in the middle distance, and Andre Iguodala, Michael Reed and Carlos Arroyo on the outside were marked, and controlled the rhythm and directly played defensive basketball.

Defense vs. defense, the two teams tied 20:20 in the third quarter, and the Bobcats still led by 4 points after three quarters, which is also the result that Qiao Hai wants to see.

Entering the final quarter with the lead, Qiao Hai directly let go of his hand and started drying.

Tony Kukoc, who abandoned most of the game, came directly on the court and appeared in the small forward position, with Reggie Evans as the power forward, Perkins as the center, and Andre Iguodalas and Anfernee Hardaway on the outside.

A not-so-conventional lineup, the Bobcats continued to play the pass attack, then Perkins held the basket to prevent Jermaine O'Neal from exploding, Andre Iguodala defended Stephen Jackson, Reggie Evans protected the rebound, and Tony Kukoc opened up space

After holding on for more than three minutes, the four-point lead was gradually smoothed out by the Pacers.

Qiao Hai immediately paused and made a substitution.

Josh Smith replaces Perkins, James Jones replaces Tony Kukoc, Michael Reed replaces Reggie Evans, and Gerald Wallace replaces Anfernee Hardaway.

After three substitutions, the Bobcats' future lineup came out.

In the final moments of a big game, both teams' fitness had dropped sharply, but Qiao Hai delayed his finishing lineup with an unconventional lineup.

At this moment, the future five-man group of the Bobcats is completely physical, sparing physical strength on the defensive end, all kinds of rotation defense, once they defend against the opponent's offense and grab the backcourt rebound, they immediately push the fast attack.

In this way, the Bobcat played several waves of fast attacks one after another, and played a small high chao at once, and the Bobcat also took the lead in an instant.

The difference opened up in an instant, and more than two minutes before the end, the Bobcats led by 10 points, and Rick Carlisle gave up and directly replaced the main force.

In the end, the Bobcats defeated their opponents 94-84 and successfully defended their home court!

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In the fourth game, Qiao Hai continued the style of play in the third game, but the order of rotation was changed, and some changes were made to the unconventional lineup that delayed time on the field at critical moments.

With Michael Reed's three-point fully open, the Bobcats won another game with a score of 100:88, and the total score was already equalized!

But Qiao Hai knows very well that he has done his best to win two consecutive home games.

In these two games, whether it was the pre-game adjustment, or the on-the-spot command in the game, or even the final moment before the end, Qiao Hai crushed Rick Carlisle, coupled with the strict whistle brought by the home court advantage, the Pacers' defense did not move much.

That's what gave the Bobcats a chance to pull one back at home.

If Qiao Hai plays like this in every game, this round of the series will be up to a tie-break, and then it will be the Bobcats who will lose, because away from home, the Bobcats are destined to not win.

So, in this case, in the fifth battle, the Bobcats still lost.

Away, the referee's whistle was still loose, the Pacers found their satisfactory rhythm, using physical confrontation to limit the Bobcats' scoring, Michael Reed's hand was not bad, but he didn't get many shots, and overall, the Bobcats were suppressed by the Pacers.

At 83:94, the Bobcats lost the battle of Tennoyama.

Then in the sixth game, the game returned to Charlotte.

The referee gave a very loose whistle again, and after being hit by the Pacers with an 11:4 offensive wave at the beginning, Qiao Hai saw that the situation was not good and immediately changed his mind.

He immediately switched to a defensive lineup and also played with the Pacers.

At 13:20 in the first quarter, the Bobcats trailed by 7 points, and at 20:16 in the second quarter, before halftime, the Bobcats chased down only 3 points.

In the second half, the defensive battle continued, and the Pacers extended their lead to double digits at one point, but the Bobcats were always tenacious.

With 53.9 seconds left in the game, the score was tied at 70:70.

At the end of the game, Qiao Hai couldn't bear it again and got on the future basketball lineup, but at the same time, the Pacers also strengthened their defensive intensity.

The sound of clattering iron continued, the two teams kept playing iron, and no one could score a goal, so the game persevered.

But in the last 3.6 seconds, on the Pacers' side, veteran Reggie Miller played a role and scored a long-range three-pointer at the last moment, directly killing the game!

Six games, with an aggregate score of 2:4, the Bobcats failed to advance to the next round!