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The Bobcats' away game against the Grizzlies went smoothly. The Bobcats defeated the Grizzlies 108-98 in the away game.

Because the two teams have completed transactions this season, the two teams have many players from each other's past.

In this game, Lowry, the Bobcats' backup point guard, made his first start for the Bobcats.

In this game against his old club, Lowry started and scored 4 points and 6 assists in 21 minutes. His performance cannot be said to be good or bad, just average.

On the contrary, it was Battier who started this game. He made 7 of 11 shots, 3 of 5 three-pointers, and scored 21 points. His performance was very good.

After the game against the Grizzlies, the Bobcats also ended their short Western away trip and returned home on February 23 to continue facing the Western Conference underdog Kings.

In this game against the Kings, the somewhat exhausted Bobcats lost to the Kings 115-117 at home.

In this game against the Kings, not only is the schedule unfriendly to the Bobcats, but the Kings' current strength is actually not that weak.

Especially David West, who was traded from the Lakers. The former power forward of the Lakers performed very well with the Kings.

In addition, there was also a very controversial scene in this game, that is, the Kings shooting guard Kevin Martin hit a ball in this game, but scored 15 points.

Fifteen points per goal...

This damn thing is simply outrageous.

This is despite the fact that Kevin Martin's free throw percentage in this game was only 13 of 18. Otherwise, his score in the first one might be higher.

Kevin Martin's ability to draw fouls has actually caused a lot of controversy in the NBA this season.

His body is too light. Whenever he comes into contact with a defensive player, he will stagger around. It is easy for the referee to sympathize with him.

Kevin Martin averaged more than 10 free throws per game this season, which is higher than the number of free throws per game by many of the NBA's top perimeter players.

At least, Chen Xiao does not have such a number of free throws this season.

Moreover, Chen Xiao was fouled five times by him in this game.

Martin, who faced Chen Xiao in this game, made 1 of 8 in the game, with a shooting percentage of less than 15%, but he directly caused 4 personal fouls on Chen Xiao.

In this game, the King used Martin as a suicide weapon and deliberately stuck it on Chen Xiao. After sticking it on Chen Xiao, he threw it. Even if it didn't work once, he would always succeed if he dropped it two or three times.

As long as Chen Xiao is forced into a foul crisis, the Kings will make a profit.

I have to say that the head coach of the Kings, who is looked down upon by Artest, is really a talent.

At least, in this game, the Bobcats, who were unprepared for back-to-back games, were tricked by them. Chen Xiao only played 39 minutes in this game.

You know, the two teams played overtime in this game.

Therefore, after the game, Bobcats player Bynum looked unhappy.

"There is absolutely no more shameless player in the NBA than him!"

Scoring one goal and scoring 15 points definitely refreshed Bynum's perspective.

After playing against the Kings at home, the Bobcats took a day off in Charlotte, and then started a three-game road trip.

The Wizards will be played on February 25th, the Knicks will be played on February 27th, and the Celtics will be played on February 29th.

These three games are also all the Bobcats have left in February.

After successfully winning these three games, the Bobcats also ended all games in February this season.

The Bobcats played a total of 13 games throughout February, and the Bobcats won 12 of them.

This record can be said to be quite impressive.

Although the Bobcats, now 44 wins and 15 losses, are ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference, they are actually not that far away from the top three in the Eastern Conference.

The Raptors, now the No. 1 team in the Eastern Conference, have 50 wins and 8 losses.

The Heat, second in the East, are 48 wins and 10 losses.

The third-ranked Magic in the East is 46 wins and 12 losses.

The fourth Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference are 40 wins and 17 losses.

The Nets, fifth in the East, are 45 wins and 13 losses.

The Bobcats and the Heat and Magic are teams in the same conference. If the Bobcats want to enter the top four in the Eastern Conference, they need to beat one of these two teams.

If they want to replace the Magic as third in the Eastern Conference, the Bobcats are still two and a half games away.

This victory is a bit big, but it doesn't seem that exaggerated.

At the very least, it will give people the feeling that there seems to be a chance.

Of course, in fact, the Bobcats have no hope of surpassing the Magic.

The Magic are stronger, and the gap between the two sides is still two and a half games. Unless something big happens, what will the Bobcats do to chase them?

However, although Chasing Magic may not be able to catch up, Chen Xiao still won the Best of the Month due to his outstanding performance in February. This is the second consecutive month that Chen Xiao has won the Best of the Month.

In such a difficult season for the Bobcats, the season after both Randolph and Paul left, it is really not easy for Chen Xiao to be able to win the best player of the month two months after both of them left.

After Randolph and Paul left, Chen Xiao led the team in 30 games with 25 wins and 5 losses. This record simply blinded a lot of people.

For a time, the entire NBA seemed to be filled with incredible imaginations about the Bobcats.

In fact, these people's imaginations are all false, and they themselves know they are false.

But, if these media experts don’t brag about Bobcat, how can they get such huge traffic?

To say that the Bobcats can have a chance to be in the top three again in the future would be cause for concern.

As for being blind, the Bobcats seem to be very stable under the leadership of Chen Xiao.

The Bobcats are not weak now, but Chen Xiao is stronger. Maybe it will be a bit difficult for the Bobcats to beat a few specific teams such as the Magic, Heat, Raptors, and Bucks.

But against some teams that are not very strong, the Bobcats are very stable.

Therefore, Chen Xiao has never worried that the Bobcats' regular season record might collapse after Pao and Randolph left.

It's just that the Bobcats are no longer the first team to compete for the championship. This is true. After all, if the Bobcats play in a 7-game playoff, it will be difficult to defeat any of the Magic, Heat, and Raptors.

The Bobcats' current record is sixth in the Eastern Conference. In the playoffs, they will play one of these three.

Unless the Bobcats can rush to fifth place in the Eastern Conference and play the Cavaliers.

However, catching up with the Nets is not easy.

However, it's not like there's no chance to chase.

After all, the victory difference of one and a half games is smaller, and more importantly, in the direct competition between the Bobcats and the Nets, the Bobcats still have the advantage, which is different from the Magic.

As long as they are one game away from the Nets, the Bobcats will have a chance.

Coincidentally, the Bobcats' last regular season game this season is an away game against the Nets. This is also the fourth game between the Bobcats and the Nets this season. The Bobcats have won the previous three games against the Nets.

"One and a half wins..."

Jordan's eyes lit up as he looked at the Bobcats' remaining schedule this season.

still have a chance!

On March 1st, the Bobcats had a rest, and on this day, the league had a strong dialogue. The Nets, the fifth super team in the Eastern Conference, faced off against the Spurs, the second super team in the Western Conference.

In this game, the Spurs and Nets played an away game in a super tight defensive battle. In the end, the Spurs defeated the Nets 93-90 on the road.

The Nets' five-forward tactics are very strong and they claim to have no weaknesses. However, the strongest thing about the five-forward strategy is that few teams in the league have enough forwards to deal with him.

But the Spurs are one of the rare teams. Like the Bobcats, the Spurs also have strong enough forward players to face the Nets.

Arenas, Ron Howard, Bowen, Diaw...

Even center Howard is the most feared center in the five-forward strategy.

His athletic ability is too strong, his defensive range is too large, and his offensive rebounding is too good.

When both sides are fighting hard to defend, it would be great to have an insider like Howard.

The Nets lost this game with the Spurs because of Howard. In this ultimate singles battle, both sides were not very accurate, but Howard could grab more offensive rebounds.

In this game, Howard grabbed 8 offensive rebounds. He had 20 points, 20 rebounds and 5 blocks, almost dominating the inside of Kenyon Martin and the Nets.

After the Nets lost to the Spurs in this game, they were only one win away from the 45-14 Bobcats and the 44-15 Bobcats.

Do you think the Nets will be nervous at this time?

of course.

Although there is only one ranking difference between the fifth place in the East and the sixth place in the East, the fifth place in the East plays the Cavaliers, and the sixth place in the East plays the Magic. This is not the same level at all.

Although the Nets are not afraid of the Magic, if you can beat the Cavaliers, why do you have to play the Magic? Isn't this just looking for trouble?

What's more, even if the Nets pass the Magic in the first round, they still have to shed their skin. How can they beat the Heat, a team that is only one of their nemesis, in the second round?

Therefore, the wave that originally created the top three and fourth place in the Eastern Conference instantly spread to the battle for fifth place in the Eastern Conference.

For a time, the east became even more turbulent.

Amidst such pressure, the Bobcats led by Chen Xiao are still playing steadily. After all, they followed Chen Xiao and picked up the sixth place in the Eastern Conference.

Of course it would be better to be able to reach fifth place in the Eastern Conference. If not, the Bobcats are not at a loss.

So the other Bobcats players really don't have that much pressure.

Although there was no pressure on the Bobcats, they were defeated 118-110 at home by the Raptors, who are currently first in the league and first in the Eastern Conference, on March 2.

The Raptors have no intention of giving up yet, because the Heat are competing with them for first place in the Eastern Conference.

Being first in the Eastern Conference is very important to the Heat, because the Heat don't want to meet the Magic too early in the playoffs.

The Magic are the Heat's nemesis. The Heat were eliminated by the Magic last season.

Many people say that if it weren't for the Magic, the Heat would have definitely won the championship last season.

In this case, the Heat do not want to encounter the Magic in the second round anyway.

It's really interesting to say that these super teams in the East are all in conflict with each other.

For example, the Nets are better than the Magic because the Magic and Duncan's insides are difficult to attack against the Nets' five-forward formation, and the Nets' five-forward offensive speed makes the Magic a little exhausted. Therefore, the Magic have always struggled against the Nets. It's tough.

For another example, the Magic have somewhat restrained the Heat. The inside combination of Ben and Duncan is simply prepared for Yao Ming and Chris Bosh, and Prince and Hamilton can also match Wade's points.

As for the Heat and the Raptors, the forwards of Milicic, O'Neal, Josh Smith, and Rashard Lewis, who the Raptors rely on most, did not take advantage of the Heat's forwards. You know, Yao Ming became famous for playing O'Neal in the playoffs. , and every time Milicic met Yao Ming, he always felt defeated.

And not only are the Heat's players worthy of the Raptors, but head coach Rick Carlisle is also worthy of Nelson.

Rick Carlisle is a head coach who knows all tactics, and is almost another Nelson at this point.

Therefore, although the Raptors are so strong this season, they did have a slight defeat against the Heat. This is also the reason why the Raptors cannot pursue a 74-win record this season. It is true that they cannot be truly invincible. They have a nemesis in the regular season. .

So, this is pretty interesting.

The Nets can defeat the Magic, the Magic can defeat the Heat, and the Heat can defeat the Raptors.

The four teams with the strongest strength in the Eastern Conference this season can really affect the whole body.

Therefore, many people say that the teams in the Eastern Conference that enter the finals this season will not only depend on their strength, but also on luck.

For the Raptors, if they hold on to first place in the Eastern Conference, they will have one foot in the finals, because their nemesis, the Heat, is likely to be killed by the Magic.

For the Heat, if they cannot get first place in the Eastern Conference, they can only hope that the Nets defeat the Magic in the first round, and they can only hope that the Nets fall to sixth place in the Eastern Conference and beat the Magic. But, is this possible?

Therefore, the battle between the Nets and Bobcats for fifth place in the Eastern Conference has even attracted the attention of the three big teams, the Raptors, which is first in the Eastern Conference, the Heat, which is second in the Eastern Conference, and the Magic, which is third in the Eastern Conference.

The Raptors want to keep the Magic, so they can't let the Nets be sixth.

The Heat want to get rid of the Magic, so they hope the Nets will be sixth and the Bobcats will be fifth.

The Magic certainly don't want to play the Nets in the first round, so they also hope that the Nets will be fifth.

Therefore, if the Bobcats encounter the Raptors and Magic in the regular season, it will definitely be impossible to take care of them.

But when you meet the Heat, you will definitely be taken care of.

Especially if the Bobcats have the possibility of surpassing the Nets, the Heat will definitely take care of it. After all, even though the Heat and the Raptors are about the same, it is very difficult to surpass them, even more difficult than the Bobcats surpassing the Nets.

So, for a while, the Bobcats actually became the key to this season's playoffs, which Chen Xiao and Bobcats did not expect.

In fact, many fans and experts did not expect it.

In such a tug-of-war, the Bobcats also played all their games in March. Throughout March, the Bobcats achieved a record of 12 wins and 3 losses.

This month, the Bobcats lost twice to the Raptors and once to the Lakers, while also beating the Heat once.

Well, this game's victory over the Heat can be regarded as the easiest victory for the Bobcats against the Heat. After Chen Xiao entered the league, playing against the Heat has never been so enjoyable.

On the other side, the Nets also played 15 games in March, with a record of 13 wins and 2 losses. The two games the Nets lost this month were back-to-back home and away doubles by the Spurs.

In addition to losing the Spurs in the first two games, they won 13 consecutive victories, including a big victory against the Raptors.

The Heat let the Bobcats go.

The Raptors let the Nets play one game, which was evened.

So after the games in March, the Bobcats' record was 56 wins and 18 losses, while the Nets' record was 58 wins and 16 losses.

It seems that the Nets have secured their fifth place in the Eastern Conference.

After all, after March, the Nets still had an advantage over the Bobcats.

But the Raptors, as one of the two big guys behind the scenes, are having a headache at this time.

why?

Because in April, the Raptors will play two games against the Nets!

In these two games, the Raptors let go all the way, so the Nets were stable. After letting one game go, the score was 1-1, and the Nets were likely to be overtaken by the Bobcats in the end.

However, if the Nets lose both games, they may be overtaken by the Heat. If the two teams have the same record, the Heat will have a direct advantage!

The Nets will definitely keep fifth place, and they will lose first place.

To firmly maintain their first place, they have to watch the Nets lose fifth place.

It can only be said that in the last 8 games, the Nets' opponents were stronger.

The opponents of the Nets in the last 8 games are the 76ers, Pistons, Raptors, Cavaliers, Raptors, Bucks, Celtics and Bobcats. The Bucks and Cavaliers are not that easy to play. The Cavaliers and Bucks are still competing for the Eastern Conference. Four, I will definitely not let it go.

The Bobcats' last eight opponents are the Cavaliers, Pistons, Celtics, Timberwolves, Knicks, Pacers, 76ers, and Nets.

To be honest, for the Bobcats, as long as they persist until April and do not fall behind, anyone with a normal IQ will think that the Bobcats are likely to overtake the Nets.

Are the Raptors and Nelson with abnormal IQs?

of course not.

They have also seen that even if they give up all two games against the Nets, the Nets may overturn. The Bucks and Cavaliers, the two last super teams, are really getting stronger and stronger. It is really difficult for the Nets to beat them. Easy to fight.

What's more, the Raptors themselves have a game against the Heat!

If you lose one game to the Heat, you will probably lose your first place, and the Nets will not be able to keep your fifth place.

Even if you are not first and help the Nets stay fifth, isn't this a trap for yourself?

Of course, the Raptors can't do this kind of thing.

He was second and the Raptors were fifth, allowing the Magic to advance to the second round smoothly. He played the Magic in the second round. Unless Nelson and the Raptors themselves were sick, they would definitely not be able to do such a thing.

So, after a little thought, the Raptors knew what to do.

In the two games against the Nets in April, the Raptors didn't let a game go.

Although the two games were very difficult, the Raptors successfully defeated the Nets. At the same time, they became first in the Eastern Conference with a record of 70 wins and 12 losses, and successfully suppressed the Heat with 67 wins and 15 losses.

By the way, in the direct match between the Raptors and the Heat, the Heat let it go, helping the Raptors complete the great feat of 70 wins, making the Raptors the fifth player in NBA history to win 70 games after the Bulls, Nets, Bucks, and Heat. team.

When the Heat let go of the Raptors, the most painful thing was losing to the team leader. It was originally a stable advantage over Nash, but suddenly it seemed to be unstable.

On the other side, after defeating the Nets in the last game, the Bobcats also successfully finished fifth in the Eastern Conference.

In fact, before the game started, the Bobcats had already surpassed the Nets, who also had 62 wins and 19 losses, with 62 wins and 19 losses.

After the game between the Bobcats and the Nets, Chen Xiao received calls from Wade and Dayao.

"Thank you, Xiao Chen, thank you so much!!!"

The two of them were very excited and frantically said thank you to Chen Xiao.

On the other side, Duncan and Nelson sighed with regret.