After the first game of 2005, the Bobcats got off to a good start, and Charlotte fans were beaming, and they saw the shadow of the championship from the current team.

To be honest, Charlotte is definitely one of the cities with the best basketball atmosphere in the United States, because several strong teams in the NCAA have settled in North Carolina, such as the University of North Carolina, Duke University, Wake Forest, and so on. In the past, the Hornets failed because there was not the slightest shadow of pure basketball on that team, the stars for big contracts, the team for the box office, and that's it.

The Bobcats are different now, it's a crazy team, and they have gathered a group of players who really love basketball to challenge the league's traditional giants, and they have the flavor of American heroes. In the minds of Americans, they love to see the up-and-coming grassroots triumph over the traditional hegemon, and the Bobcats are creating the American dream.

Against the Timberwolves, Huaben scored another big game, with 38 points, 21 rebounds and 5 blocks. Garnett also had a good record, and if it weren't for the team's loss, he could have received more praise: 32 points, 16 rebounds, seven assists, five blocks, and three steals, which is an outrageous all-round result.

December's accolades were revealed after the game, and the Western Conference Rookie of the Month was the Bulls' Ben. Gordon, the arrival of the rookie guard even made the Bulls willing to play a two-point guard strategy, Gordon + Hinrich, these two people constitute the best organized backcourt in the West. The Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month is Emeka of the Month. Okafor, the Raptors are getting better and better, and entering the playoffs is a foregone conclusion, Okafor has helped this team a lot, Carter can finally attack wantonly, and the defense has someone who can relieve him of worries and pressure.

The highlight of the Player of the Month, the West was taken away by Kobe, and after losing O'Neal, the Lakers' record plummeted, and Kobe Bryant finally began a career of crazy shots. Last month, Peter Pan averaged 34.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists on 26 shots per game.

The best of the month in the East is surprising, if it weren't for Huaben's ban, then he would be a well-deserved No.1 in the East, if it wasn't for O'Neal's injury, the Big Sharks would have taken the honor of the Big Sharks, but both of them have missed too many games for various reasons. So, this honor went into the hands of a person who no one expected.

Daktronics. Milicic!

Averaging 24 points, 13.5 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 2.8 blocks per game, fans once thought Garnett had arrived with the Pistons, and the perfection of this result was impressive. The Pistons' astonishing 11-3 record in 14 games in December after the players were in a slump due to racial incidents and the departure of Huaben was closely related to Milicic's play. Tactically, Milicic has finally become the well-deserved Pistons boss.

Milicic's outburst was foreshadowed in November, when he averaged 18 points and 11 rebounds per game, and he was getting familiar with what it was like to start until December.

Originally, according to the media's predictions, the first person in the 03 class to win the best month in the East should be James. Of course, purely looking at the data, it was no problem to give James last month, averaging 30 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists per game, isn't this data exciting? But considering the Cavaliers' 10-game record, it is more convincing for Milicic to win this award, even though the Pistons are two streets better than the Cavaliers.

Knowing that he had become the best of the month in the East, Milicic laughed during the interview: "It was stolen, guys, everyone knows how great and incredible this honor is, but he belongs to only one person, my captain Ben. Wallace. He was suspended last month and then temporarily relinquished that honor so I could get a taste. But I dare say that the best of the month of the month is still him, because he is invincible. To this day, I still miss fighting side by side with the captain, but unfortunately it is gone, I would like to say that the captain has made me who I am today, he gave me the most important thing, confidence and belief! ”

After reading the report that Eva found, Huaben called Milicic, and the two didn't chat for a long time: "Darko, you did a good job, I watched your game video, your steps make the opponent worse than dead, haha, this is great!" Now what do they call you, 'Big White Dream'? That's it! ”

"It's a 'nightmare', boss, and I'm nicknamed a pretty awesome nightmare right now! Fans say it's like they're having a nightmare when they see me. Milicic corrected with a smile.

"your nightmare, Darko, you're playing too soft, it doesn't smell like a nightmare. Be tough, didn't you say that I have been guiding you along the road of life? Then I'll teach you a little bit more, be tough on the inside, don't be afraid of damn technical fouls or malicious fouls, every time you get the ball, you have to think of one sentence: 'I'm the king of Detroit, and I'm going to make every life that is presumptuous on my turf worse than dead.'" You've done a great job, come on boy, we have a chance to join forces if you can make it to the All-Star Game. Waben said with a laugh.

Alba walked in, Wabbon hung up the phone, and asked, "Beauty, is there something wrong?" ”

Regarding Huaben's mouth, Alba rolled his eyes and said simply: "First of all, congratulations, you are now ranked first in the All-Star voting and MVP list." Secondly, congratulations, 22 more advertisers have come to you, 14 of them are from Asia, the industry covers food, clothing, housing and transportation, what are your requirements? ”

Hua Ben snapped his fingers and said lightly: "You four think about it, I believe in your vision." ”

"Trust us so much?" Alba asked, skeptically.

Wajben shrugged, his focus was on the game, and heading into January, the Bobcats were out of trouble and he had to carry the team forward.

In the history of the NBA, in the first half of each season, there will be a group of teams or players who feel amazing, and they often play amazing performances, breaking into the top five or even top three in the league in one fell swoop. But when the All-Star is over, that is, when the second half of the season begins, they seem to suddenly lose their heads, their abilities have plummeted, their record is getting worse and worse, and finally they can't even make the playoffs.

Some teams are good at taking the lead, which means they like to heat slowly, and they have a mediocre record in the first half of the season, but they get better and better, and when they get to the playoffs, they don't perform like they did in the regular season. For example, the Spurs, such as the Jazz, these teams are called the total feeling teams.

The Bobcats belong to the first situation, and even worse than the first, because they haven't reached the All-Star yet, and the season is only a little more than 1/4 of the way on, and their roster starts to have problems. Iguodala, Martin and Allen are only benches, but the trio do their best as long as they are on the court, the good thing is that they win the glory of the bench bandits for the Bobcats, and the bad thing is that they squander their physical strength early.

In the second game of January, the Bobcats welcomed Mourning's comeback, and this game was the Bobcats' away game against the same district rival Magic, and it was also the defeated Magic.

This season, plus the preseason, the Magic have lost twice, so this time in Orlando, the Howards are gritting their teeth and ready for revenge. Humble gentleman Grant. Hill was holding his breath in his heart, this game was really exciting.

As soon as the Magic team came up, they launched a fierce attack, inside and outside, front and backcourt, and the battle started from the first second.

The little monster wanted to get justice for the previous insult today, and he had a chance, but unfortunately, today's protagonist is Mo Ning, another captain of the Bobcats, who appeared.

In fact, the Magic should sign Huaben the most, because this team lacks a strong enough leader. This strength is not only manifested in how many points are scored, how many rebounds are grabbed, and how many assists are given in a game, but with him, the players are fearless, and the team's momentum is always high and iron-blooded. The current Magic is lacking this temperament, this team is not short of geniuses, Howard, Hill, Peak Francis, Turkoglou, which one is not a well-known figure? But they don't play out their talents, or rather, they have a fear in their hearts.

Mo Ning and Howard are opposed, and the latter is actually not inferior at all, after all, Mo Ning's ability has decreased greatly after surgery. But what Magic fans saw in this game was that Mourning was in charge of their champion, scoring, rebounding, blocking, and the little monster was suppressed.

At 110:95, the Bobcats left Orlando with a big win of 15 points, and Mourning played 28 minutes in this game, and the tough guy who got unlimited shots scored a season-high 26 points, 14 rebounds and 4 blocks, and was the big contributor to the team's victory.

The Bobcats weren't happy after winning the game because they had injuries in their lineup, and Oku sprained his knee in a fast-break dunk and had no choice but to leave the game. An MRI was done after the game and it was found that he had a slight strain on the medial ligament in his right knee and needed to rest for at least a month! In other words, he will miss the rest of January.

Then the Bobcats ushered in the first back-to-back road trip of the season, against the New York Knicks and the Sacramento Kings, both games, the Bobcats collapsed in the fourth quarter, and ushered in two consecutive defeats: Patin suffered serious physical attrition, and was unable to play at all in the fourth quarter, and the biggest shortcoming of the Bobcats appeared: no point guard resources!

After four more games, although the Bobcats ended the losing streak and launched a magnificent four-game winning streak, these four games still rely more on Huaben's strong individual ability and the poor opponents: Celtics, Bucks, Bulls, Warriors, if these four teams want to lose, it is too much to say.

Halfway through January, the Bobcats are finally starting to reap the good news. Knight and newcomer David. West was back to health after a detailed examination, and both returned to the team at the same time.

In this way, there are only two people left in the Bobcats' injury bench, Oku and Zaza. Pachulia, the latter's comeback is also on the agenda, so that the Bobcat's physical crisis has finally been alleviated.

In Game 9 of January, the Bobcats traveled to Philadelphia to take on another team led by another hero in the East, the Philadelphia 76ers.

Wajben is still looking forward to this game, he and AI haven't seen each other on the court since the Olympics, and the two outside players he wants to fight the most this season are Iverson and Kobe. Iverson's season is his last glory, starting from next season, because of this and that, there is a rift between Iverson and the 76ers, although the AI at that time has not changed in ability, but it is no longer the peak AI, and fighting against the peak AI is against the whole of Philadelphia!

(To be continued)