Toyota Center, Qiao Hai is back.

In the away team's locker room, Qiao Hai shook back and forth twice, and then he pulled out the Christmas gifts he had already prepared, more than 20 scarves with the Bobcat logo, one for each person.

Then, Qiao Hai stood in the center of the field with his hands on his hips.

"This is the commemorative scarf when the Bobcat team was founded, and it was only distributed in a limited edition of less than 30,000 pieces at that time, except for the spectators of the opening game, as well as the players, coaches and staff of that game, no one else could get this commemorative scarf, so in terms of value alone, it is still relatively high."

Qiao Hai introduced this scarf, because it is a limited sale, so the value of this scarf is still quite high, and loyal and avid Bobcat fans will buy this scarf for hundreds of dollars.

Qiao Hai even made a joke: "Until now, the value of this scarf is not the highest, and when we get the dynasty of three consecutive crowns, the value of this scarf will reach the highest." ”

There was a burst of laughter in the locker room with Qiao Hai's joke.

Qiao Hai suddenly became serious: "But this requires our efforts, we need to beat the other 29 teams, so that we can win, and even continue to win the O'Brien Cup!" ”

Qiao Hai waved his arm violently, and the atmosphere in the locker room shook suddenly.

Then, Qiao Hai looked around the locker room, and he immediately mentioned the game: "Our goal is the O'Brien Cup, and the biggest enemy in front of us is the opponent of this Christmas battle - the Houston Rockets!" ”

"Last season, they beat us in the Finals, and it was a no-brainer, and after that season, I told the Bobcats at the time, we'll come back next season!"

"Now, a new season has begun, at the beginning of the season, we have won a wave of 26 consecutive wins, our state is very good, our strength has improved a lot, the new season, we can already challenge the supremacy of the Rockets, and this game is a start!"

Qiao Hai had already picked up a tactical board and waved it.

"We're going to win this game! Prove that we can challenge the supremacy of the rockets! ”

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Qiao Hai gave a rare speech before the game, cheering up the Bobcats, the effect was good, the atmosphere in the locker room was already hot, everyone was very excited, gearing up, looking forward to a big battle.

Qiao Hai directly began to lay out the tactical play of this game, and at the beginning, he would still put on a regular lineup, but the difference was that he would focus on the defensive end.

"The Rockets' offense will be a half-court acceleration, that is, every time they attack, they will start attacking after they fall into position, and through the half-court acceleration, they will play an alternative fast offense."

Qiao Hai drew a circle on the tactical board and circled the half of the court: "Then, our chance is here, our defense is strong in positional defense, and everyone's speed is not slow, so our defense is actually just right to restrain the rocket's attack!" ”

"In this game, we have to increase the intensity of the positional defense and give the opponent a sense of pressure, Kevin, you go to the death of Yao Ming, Kendrick, you defend the basket, the other players defend one-on-one, Andre goes to defend Dwyane Wade......"

Qiao Hai assigned the defensive task, and his requirements were to strengthen the intensity of the defense in the positional battle, press the opponent's positional attack, first force the opponent to not be able to speed up in the half, and secondly, make Yao Ming unable to receive the ball easily, and completely lock Yao Ming's space with the flexible Kevin Garnett.

Finally, for Wade, Qiao Hai's defense is Andre Iguodala's one-on-one single defense, plus the help defense of Perkins on the inside, and the breakthrough of Wade on the main defense, forcing Wade to make a jumper on the outside.

Before the start of the game, Qiao Hai also joked: "The current top two in the 03 class, whether it is LeBron James or Dwyane Wade, long-range shooting is a problem. ”

Elvin Gentry also analyzed a wave: "Dwyane Wade completely relies on speed to break through, compared to LeBron James, he has his own style, against Dwyan, it is easy to lock up his breakthrough with help defense, but his long shot is actually a little better than LeBron James." ”

Qiao Hai nodded, he felt that Gentry's analysis was very correct, so Qiao Hai didn't expect to be able to lock Wade by means of single defense supplemented by auxiliary defense.

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In the infield of the Toyota Center, the Rockets came out first, and the cheers kept ringing.

The Bobcats followed, booing all at once, this season, the Toyota Center's booing for the Bobcats is louder and more ferocious, for the simple reason that this season's Bobcats have become the biggest opponent of the Rockets.

The Bobcats, who have increased a lot in strength, have already threatened the Rockets' fourth consecutive championship.

Even when Qiao Hai appeared, there were some boos at the scene, and of course there were some cheers to welcome Qiao Hai's return.

Qiao Hai waved to the sidelines, and then stood on the sidelines, supervising the team's warm-up.

Stan Lefu also appeared on the sidelines at this time, the camera was aimed at him, only to see that he found Qiao Hai directly, the two shook hands, and after a greeting, the game was about to begin.

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"The game is about to begin, welcome to the 2006 Christmas season, the Houston Rockets host the Charlotte Bobcats, both teams are the favorites for the championship this season, one is the first in the league, the other is the second in the league, so this game is also equivalent to the league top battle!"

On the Hoop Sports commentary box, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley partnered to commentate.

As soon as the game began, the two dragged out the highlights of the game and began to discuss who would win and who would lose the final result of the game.

"There's no doubt that the Rockets have a higher win rate, on the one hand, they are already better than the Bobcats, and on the other hand, they are playing at home."

Rockets legend Kenny Smith undoubtedly supports the Rockets, and Charles Barkley naturally has a different opinion: "On the contrary, I think the Bobcats have a higher winning rate, they are not weaker than the Rockets this season, and they are currently on a 26-game winning streak, and they will continue their previous hot form in this game!" ”

The two disagreed, and after some discussion, the game began.

"The starters of both teams have already appeared, all of them are regular starters, and the starting five of the home team's Rockets are, point guard Raff Alston, scoring guard Dwyane Wade, small forward Ron Artest, power forward Boris Dior, and center Yao Ming."

Before the game started, the five starters of the Rockets found Qiao Hai on the sidelines one by one to hug, and Kenny Smith also mentioned: "Dwyane Wade, Dio and Yao Ming are all players selected by Qiao Hai in the draft, Ron Artest came to the Rockets in the trade led by Qiao Hai, and Ralph Alston also became the starter of this Triple Crown Rockets through Qiao Hai's excavation." ”

Charles Barkley was quick to introduce the Bobcats' starting five as well: "On the Bobcats' side, point guard Chris Paul, scoring guard Michael Reed, small forward Andre Iguodala, power forward Kevin Garnett, and center Kendrick Perkins. ”

Then, Perkins and Yao Ming jumped the ball, and the game officially began.