The Bobcats vs. Hawks played more than four minutes in the first quarter, and the Bobcats led 13-6. Hayes played against Yao Ming after being covered by his teammates and took the advantage. In order to avoid fouls, Yao Ming didn't dare to follow too closely, and Hayes even made a sudden shot, scoring 8 points on 4-of-5 shooting. The Eagles asked for a timeout.

Hawks head coach Mike Woodson is already feeling in trouble, and they can't guard Hayes. There's always a way for the Bobcats to get Hayes out of Josh Smith's defense by covering it. Hayes has averaged less than 20 points per game this season, giving the illusion that he's the kind of guy who can defend one-on-one. This is not the case, and Hayes also had an astonishing 25 points in a row last season.

'If you don't wrap Hayes, he'll probably score more than 50 points in this game, and if you do, he'll have to get a triple-double......' Mike Woodson pondered and said to the players: "When we defend, we speed up the rotation and we play 32 defenses, Yao pulls to the middle of the high post, and Marvin (Williams) and Josh (Smith) are on either side of the low post. Joe (Johnson) at the top of the arc defends Hayes. ”

Joe Johnson listened to the tactics and proposed: "Coach, except for Camby, the other four Bobcats can shoot from the outside, and if they don't break through in the high post, break through in the bottom corner or shoot three-pointers, our defense will still have holes." ”

Woodson sighed lightly and said, "Speed up the rotation and if they don't get inside all the time, then change to Chengren." Prevent them from shooting. ”

Woodson knows that this arrangement is also difficult to prevent the Bobcats, the main problem is personal ability, can't prevent Hayes and dare not take the bag, this situation is very bad, but the bag will only die faster, if you want to keep up with the Bobcats' offensive rhythm, the best way is to replace Yao Ming, and the Hawks' attack power will be reduced.

The Eagles used Yao Ming as the core offense, and the one-on-one single Camby maintained a high success rate. The score gap between the two sides has always been within 10 points.

The game played 8 minutes and 15 seconds, Durant broke through on the left side, jumped up under the basket and wanted to dunk Yao Ming. Yao Ming jumped and blocked with all his might, disrupted Durant's dunk and received his second personal foul and was substituted off the court.

As soon as Yao Ming, the Bobcats immediately made substitutions, replacing Camby and Gerard Wallace, replacing Brook Lopez and Bagnani, and Hayes moved to the small forward position.

The Eagles were replaced by Pachuria, and the height of the interior line dropped. The Bobcats' interior height has improved, and with Durant, there are already three players on the court who are about 7 feet tall, and all of them are good at shooting.

When Lopez came on the court, he no longer pulled up to the high post to cover his teammates like Camby, but asked for the ball in the low post, singled Pachuria, Hayes and Billups and Lopez were outside the three-point line on one side, and they formed a triangle with each other. This is the way the Eagles played just now, a triangle offense, a combination of inside and outside.

Lopez lived up to expectations, hitting two goals in a row. Although his height is not as good as Yao Ming, he is more flexible, which is not something that a player like Pachulia who has empty height and lacks confrontation ability can handle. To guard against Lopez, the first thing is to put him on the outside, Lopez is not strong, but Pachulia can't even do this, he is softer than Lopez.

Without Yao Ming on the offensive end, the Eagles lost their advantage on the inside. Josh Smith is known as a power forward, but he is a swingman's offensive style. On the offensive end, Pachulia can also make a jumper, but he is too soft, and Lopez can easily push him outside the box. The most serious problem is that Yao Ming is already the Hawks' number one rebounder, and Pachuria's ability to fight for rebounds is not much better than Bagnani's. Hayes dominated the basket in those minutes.

The Hawks' offense went wrong, and the Bobcats' offense became sharper. The first quarter ended with the Bobcats leading by 12 points, 35-23.

In the second quarter of the game, the Hawks took the risk of letting the main players go off the court, and the Bobcats Rondo, Azubuuk, Miller, Landry, and Lopez came on the court. In two and a half minutes, the Bobcats stretched the score to 18 points, and the Hawks hurriedly sent Marvin Williams and Josh Smith to play with three substitutes of Childis, Starkey and Pachuria, and the Hawks did not take advantage of the Bobcats full bench lineup. The Hawks are okay on the outside, but Pachulia can't guard Lopez on the inside, and Marvin Williams struggles to defend Landry.

The Hawks couldn't take advantage of the opportunity to recover the score, and the Bobcats' main players were well rested and didn't play until the second half of the second quarter. The Bobcats were in complete control of the situation. Leading 68-50 at halftime.

In the second half, the Eagles became more and more passive. Josh Smith and Marvin Williams simply can't get off the court. The Hawks put Pachulia on the court with Yao Ming at power forward in the third quarter, and the Bobcats immediately sent a small lineup, Rondo, Weaver, Wallace, Hayes, and Bagnani to start and shoot.

Yao Ming and Pachulia were exhausted in defense, and the score was pulled away closely.

After D'Antoni won the best coach award, he became more and more bold in the ranking, Van Gundy was on the side, and the Bobcats had too many people to use, so they tactically restrained the Eagles everywhere.

The Bobcats swept the Magic, and some suspect that the Magic are not strong enough, and now the Bobcats look as easy as playing against last season's Eastern Conference champions, the Hawks. So it seems that it is not that the magic is weak, but that the lynx is too strong.

The Hawks replaced all of their main players at the beginning of the fourth quarter and abandoned the game early. The final score was 134-101, and the Bobcats won by 33 points.

Hayes played just 24 minutes and had 20 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists. The Bobcats' top scorer was Brook Lopez, who came off the bench with 26 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, setting a new high for this rookie playoff season. The rookie in the 2008 lottery area, Lopez is the only one still playing in the playoffs.

Lopez didn't get carried away by the results, he knew very well that his points were basically scored against Pachulia and even the Eagles' third center, and he couldn't take advantage of Yao Ming.

Yao Ming of the Hawks scored a game-high 31 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists, and the rest of the Hawks played averagely.

At the press conference, Eagles head coach Woodson didn't admit defeat. He said: "The Bobcats played really well in this game, some of our players were not focused on the pitch for a while due to the atmosphere at home, so for the next game I believe they can adjust and play at a high level. This series has just begun, anything can happen and we can win! ”

D'Antoni praised the Bobcats players over and over again, even Anthony Morrow and George Hill, who didn't play in the playoffs. 'We have a lot of good players in the squad and everyone plays their part and I'm happy with all the players.

In an interview with Hayes, Hayes said: "As the Eagles said, the game has just begun, we can't just let up after winning one game, and we have to do our best to win the next game. ”

Hayes had in mind that this series would be won or lost. The Bobcat can defend against the Hawk's attack, but the Eagle has no way to take the Lynx's attack at all. In this case, they simply cannot win. However, Hayes can't say what is in his heart, he doesn't want to offend the majority of Chinese fans because of his quick mouth.

Now a lot of people are saying that the Bobcats will prove that it is possible to win championships by attacking. In fact, the Bobcat is different from the Suns back then, the Suns can only play and run, and the defense is terrible. The Bobcats can now run and bomb, they can play positions, they can play one-on-one, their tactics are more diverse, and they haven't lost their defenses. Balance offense and defense is what wins the championship.

The second game was played at the home of the Bobcats. The Eagles players are very hardworking, but because of the difference in strength, they still can't help the Bobcats, Yao Ming is the strong point of the Eagles' offense, and it becomes a weakness in defense. The bobcat seized on this weakness and continued to attack.

In order to protect Yao Ming from being troubled by fouls and going off prematurely, Marvin Williams and Joe Johnson made up for it many times. Hayes elevated his passing from skill to art. He dished out seven assists in the first quarter, two of which were assists for Gerald Wallace and Durant's dunks.

Lopez started in place of Camby and got the chance to play against Yao Ming, which was specially arranged by D'Antoni. Hopefully, he can accumulate experience in the process of defending stars, Yao Ming scored 15 points in a single quarter, and Lopez was beaten miserably. Later, Mark Gasol was replaced to defend Yao Ming, and the effect was much better.

Especially in the second half, Gasol not only withstood Yao Ming's firepower, but also had a good performance on the offensive end, scoring 8 points in a single quarter. It's not that Gasol is strong, it's that Yao Ming's physical strength is wrong. Yao Ming took on too much responsibility for the offense, and he had to follow the rhythm of the Bobcat to quickly return to defense, and the physical exertion was particularly fast.

In the fourth quarter, Yao Ming's hand fell, and the Bobcats played a wave of 13-0 to open the score. 121-104 to win another game.

Hayes had 20 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists, Billups also had 21 points and seven assists, Gerald Wallace also had 18 points and 12 rebounds, Gasol had 15 points and six rebounds, Durant had 14 points, Weaver had 10 points and Miller had 12 points. Seven Bobcats scored in double figures.

The best performance of the Hawks is still Yao Ming, with 38 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks.

At the press conference, Woodson took the blame for the Hawks' loss. 'I'm happy with the players, it's just that I didn't do well enough to adapt on the spot, the tactical choice was wrong, and I am responsible for this defeat.

The Eagles lost two innings and had one foot on the edge of the cliff.

The third game was played at the Eagles' home stadium, and the stadium was also full. The Hawks staff handed out uniformly tank tops to cheer for the home team to fans, and placed large photo photos of Tyler Swift and Scarlett Johansson under the basket to use against Hayes and Durant in an attempt to distract them.

Before the game, there was also news on the Internet that Hayes's "children are not biological", which was obviously someone who wanted to use vicious means to influence Hayes's state. It's a pity they miscalculated. Hayes trusts Gao Tongxuan very much, Gao Tongxuan doesn't even have friends with different surnames, how can she have an affair?

The result of this news was the Hayes outburst. Played 37 minutes, scored a big triple-double, 35 points, 18 rebounds, 13 assists and 3 steals. The Bobcats won 117-94 to give them a 3-0 overall lead.

After the game, Woodson did not find a reason for the loss, and the fans have already seen the difference in strength between the Hawks and the Bobcats!

(To be continued)