Generally, after the Bobcats team has regular training, there will always be players who will take the initiative to practice. In the past, Hayes liked to practice shooting, but now Hayes has to go home to spend time with his pregnant girlfriend after training, so he has reduced practice. Brook Lopez, Rajon Rondo, George Hill and others took Hayes' class.

The two guards mainly practice shooting. Lopez went to the gym to work on strength.

What is the most important thing for an interior player to grab a rebound? Some say it's the card position, some say it's the height, some say it's the bounce, and some say it's the arm span. In fact, the success of Hayes and Barkley has shown this, and the most important thing in the fight for rebounds is actually power. Strength is the least recognizable ability from a person's appearance, but it is the most important.

Strength determines two points: the position and the jump.

If the opponent lacks strength and height and bounce, then Hayes can use his ass and body to lift the opponent off the basket, and no matter how high the player jumps, he is still far away from the basketball, Hayes can calmly pick the ball into his arms. A good power-type inside line, as long as the whole body is pressed on the opponent, even if there is a strong bounce power, it may not be able to jump.

Lopez is a man with empty height, reach, and lack of strength, so going to the gym to work on strength has become his top priority, otherwise he can't rebound well.

Lopez worked so hard thanks to the excitement of the Knicks' Kevin Love.

Love ranked 5th in the draft behind Lopez, but almost every game this season contributed a double-double, the current data is 14.6 points, 14.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists, ranking first in the league in rebounds per game, and vaguely becoming the first core of the Knicks. Although the Knicks are currently at the bottom of the league, experts generally believe that the Bobcats have chosen the wrong person, and if it is Love to Bobcats, it is likely to be another superstar after two years.

Lopez is keen to prove that the Bobcats didn't pick the wrong guy, so he's been fighting hard for rebounds lately. After Camby's injury, he got a starting start and played more minutes, but rarely had a double-double, mainly rebounding. He averaged 26 minutes per game and just 5.6 rebounds per game for the Bobcats. Hayes and Wallace are both people who rush to grab rebounds when they see them, and they never know how to let their teammates, but fans don't know, and Lopez is rightfully called a soft egg.

Now almost everyone thinks that Lefu is better, and Lopez will have to do more if he wants to change people's perceptions, especially those of the coaching staff.

The two point guards worked out because of Billups' absence.

Billups will be out for two weeks with a groin strain, and his injury will give Rondo more minutes to play, and Hill will get more opportunities.

Both men are well aware that this is a rare opportunity to perform, and Rondo will have to play at the level while Billups is not available. It's a pity that his shooting is still very poor, and his scoring is basically a breakthrough layup. After the team's daily practice, he will also practice shooting, but the effect is not obvious.

And George Hill is aiming to surpass Rondo and get more playing time. The only thing he's good at Birondo is his shooting, and he continues to practice in the hope that his shooting can be as accurate as Mike Miller and Anthony Morrow.

On January 17, the Bobcats hosted the New Jersey Nets.

The Nets have been relegated to the underdog team in the East this season, sending away Kidd and Jefferson, and now the Nets' number one star is Devin Harris, who is characterized by his speed, sharp breakaways, and determined shooting, but he plays at point guard...... Bobcats Billups and Camby were sidelined with injuries and Anthony Morrow failed to make the 12-man squad.

In the dressing room, D'Antoni announced that Rondo would be the starting guard for the game.

Rondo jumped up in delight, his head almost hitting the ceiling of the locker room. He had been worried that the head coach would not let him start if he liked Hill's shooting ability, after all, the Bobcats often played triangle offense, and his outside shooting was not good, and he couldn't play triangle offense if he played.

Rondo is the pistachio of the team. Even in a serious game on the court, you can find a lot of fun in him. The headband on Rondo's head was worn backwards. This is because Rondo is a superstitious person. He didn't realize it when he first wore it backwards, and he only found out when he looked in the mirror after the game. He played really well in that game, so he did it every game from then on. (You'll be more powerful in your underwear, that's how Superman gets his powers.) And that's not even the most exaggerated. Rondo also stuffed a tube of Carmex lip balm in his sock during the game. In the United States, Carmex is the most popular lip care product. It is reported that the brand of lip balm can sell 100 tubes per minute. When his teammates found out about his quirk, Rondo excused himself by saying that he always felt dry lips during the game, and Carmex was too good to use.

The problem is that no one has ever seen Rondo pull out a lip balm from his sweaty socks and wipe it twice on his mouth. Later, his teammates forced Rondo to be honest and tell the real reason. "Every time I do that, it's always a good race. Don't say anything about it! ”

At this time, Jeff Van Gundy stepped forward with a serious expression and put his hands on Rondo's shoulders. Rondo thought he was going to say something like "don't be superstitious." As a result, Van Gundy lifted his trouser legs, took out a lip balm from his socks, and said seriously: "So you also know that putting this in your socks can bring ......good luck" (You two should leave the galaxy and go back to your own planet!) After that incident, Van Gundy admired Rondo even more, and he found a superstitious soulmate. Against the Nets, D'Antoni originally wanted George Hill to start, Hayes to organize, and Lopez to play low singles to form a triangle offense. But Van Gundy stressed the importance of defence. "Rondo's playmaking ability and defense are much better than Hill's, other players attract the opponent's defensive focus, Rondo can also cut the baseline, and his breakthrough is also stronger than Hill's. If you go to Londo, you can attack and defend. We're just going to have to play a double block. Defensively, Devin Harris is very fast and is the Nets' leading scorer, and Rondo defends him better than Hill. ”

D'Antoni thought about it and listened to Van Gundy's advice. The two have been partners for a season, and they already have a tacit understanding in terms of arranging the lineup. D'Antoni believes in Van Gundy's principle of employing people.

If the Bobcats can rise because of "vision", the vision of the Nets' top management is not very good. They let Carter go, then Kidd and Jefferson away. Now the Nets can only play the world with young players. Harris is really not the material to be the boss, it's just that the Nets are unavailable.

Bobcats starting lineup: Rajon Rondo, Kevin Durant, Gerald Wallace, Chuck Hayes, Brook Lopez.

Nets starting lineup: Devin Harris, Danilo Gallinari, Bobby Simmons, Brandon Wright, Josh Boone.

Lopez, who was supposed to be the backbone of the Nets, is now in the Bobcats' starting lineup, and he relies on his long arm to flick the ball to Durant as he jumps.

Durant met his opponent today, Italian Gallinari is 208cm tall and is also a big swingman. Gallinari has also played well this season, averaging 12.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. In a one-on-one confrontation, both men lost their usual most proud height advantage.

Durant passes the ball to Rondo, who slows down and stabilizes his rhythm.

Starting for the first time this season, Rondo was thrilled and he believed he could play well. He played the ball to Hayes with a strict execution and then ran to the right baseline. Hayes dribbled with his back at the top of the arc and the defender was Simmons. Simmons has said that he wants to be like Bowen of the Spurs, and that defending Hayes will be a big test for him, because Bowen can't guard Hayes either.

Brook Lopez pulled up to the high post to cover Hayes, who walked to the left with the ball and shook off Simmons, and second-year rookie Wright made up for it. Wright stepped up his strength training after being dunked by Hayes last season, and this season he is a little stronger, but he has developed his muscles, and his shooting feel is worse, and the Bucks have a new development target, Joe Alexander, and in order to get Richard Jefferson, Wright and Simmons are packed and sent to the Nets.

Wright wanted to fight Hayes, but Hayes didn't have the plan. He held the ball in his left hand and handed it to his right hand, pulled the ball up with his right hand and turned it around his back and handed it back to his left hand, and at the same time changed direction with his feet and took two big strides past Wright, and when he got to the basket, he took the ball with his left hand and prepared to go to the basket, Boone made up for the defense, and Hayes withdrew with his left hand and passed the ball to the right.

Gerald Wallace is empty, he takes a step up after receiving the ball and hits a tomahawk dunk! 2 to 0. The Bobcats opened with a delicate game.

The Nets send a baseline ball and hand it to Harris. Harris often plays from the back to the front in positional attacks, and one or two people break into the opponent's penalty area to score, at which point the other four teammates go down for a cup of coffee and come up again.

'There's no one Bobcats point guard available, so let me add another defeat to you.' Harris thought to himself. In the last game against the Suns, he scored 47 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals to complete Nash. Rondo is a man who often can't even make it to the 12-man rotation at the Bobcats, so how can he take it seriously? Playing against Billups, Harris is also confident of relying on his speed advantage to score high scores.

But Harris was wrong. Harris can beat Nash with speed, but he may not be able to do it against Rondo, and some people are born to resist each other. Rondo is no slower than Harris.

Harris wanted to pass Rondo without his teammates blocking and dribbling past Rondo with a change of direction after acceleration, but Rondo was tightly entangled around him, waving a pair of long arms, ready to rack the ball away. Seeing this, Harris put away his contempt, but he still didn't pass the ball, dribbled horizontally and waited for Wright to come forward to cover, shake off Rondo and break inside. Harris took a step to the right, but before he could get to the three-point line, he was blocked by Hayes. Then Rondo chased up from behind and stabbed Harris with the basketball.

Wright's timing was poor and he couldn't completely block Rondo. Hayes picked up the basketball and threw it to the frontcourt. Rondo receives a pass and is a solo fast break. Harris just wanted to counter the basketball in Hayes's hand, but he didn't return to defend at all.

Rondo turned his head to see that there was no one behind him, and he had the idea of performing. Take the ball to the penalty area to slow down and find a good step, turn around 180 degrees and dunk to hit! 4 to 0.

Rondo's bounce power is also available for the slam dunk contest, and the Bobcat's show begins!

(To be continued)