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On April 19, 2008, three days after the end of the regular season, the Bobcats and the Cavaliers will play this highly anticipated playoff game at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena as the season opener.

Although the Bobcats are fifth and the Cavaliers are fourth, the Bobcats have a better record than the Cavaliers, and the Bobcats will have home court advantage.

Logically speaking, as the defending champion, with home court advantage, and with such a lead in record, the Bobcats should be more optimistic, but in fact, many people are more optimistic about the very anxious battle between the Bobcats and the Cavaliers. Be optimistic about the Cavaliers.

As for the reason, it's very simple. After Xiao Pao and Randolph left, the Bobcats once again became Chen Xiao's team.

At least that's what these experts think.

The Cavaliers' Xiao Zhan is the best player in the entire league in defending Chen Xiao.

If Xiao Zhan and Chen Xiao die together in this round of playoffs, it will be a huge challenge for the Bobcats who have returned to a single-core team.

Therefore, before the start of this playoffs, nearly 60% of experts were optimistic that the Cavaliers would be the final winner.

In this regard, the Bobcats and Jordan are very low-key.

Because this is indeed true. If Chen Xiao and Xiao Zhan die together, it will indeed be very detrimental to the Bobcats.

However, the Bobcats are not without their advantages. The Bobcats are the defending champions. This is their advantage. They are a more experienced team, and in the playoffs, experience is very important.

Regardless of the experience of the players or the experience of the head coach, the Bobcats are a hammer to the Cavaliers.

Even if Jordan is a rookie head coach, he feels that he will have no problem defeating Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown in the playoffs.

After all, in last season's playoffs, wily guys like Pat Riley and Phil Jackson were overshadowed by his intelligence.

On the evening of April 19th, the Bobcats and Cavaliers played their first game at the Charlotte Bobcat Arena.

In this game, Mike Brown, James and the Cavaliers want to take the lead and use their high morale to win this away game.

But as soon as the game started, the Cavaliers encountered a strange formation in which Jordan arranged an unconventional lineup.

In this game, the Bobcats did not arrange their usual lineup, but allowed Chen Xiao to appear at the power forward position.

Bynum, Chen Xiao, Battier, Granger, Roy.

To be honest, this starting lineup of the Bobcats really blinded Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown.

To be reasonable, Mike Brown is going to use Xiao Zhan to die with Chen Xiao in this game.

But judging from the starting lineup, Jordan never gave him such a chance.

In fact, if the head coach of the Cavaliers is not Brown but Carlisle at this time, he will definitely not make such a mistake.

Although Chen Xiao has not played much inside since coming to the Bobcats, he is recognized as the most comprehensive player in the NBA. He can play in any position and is at a first-rate level.

Although Jordan's tactical skills are not very good, he is the most unrestrained and witty head coach in the NBA. Under such circumstances, Mike Brown should consider the changes of Jordan and the Bobcats.

The whole world knows that as long as James and Chen Xiao die together 50-50, the winner of the final game will be the Cavaliers, so how can Jordan not know?

Since Jordan also knows, do you think he will sit still with Jordan's character?

Perhaps an ordinary NBA head coach would not make such a huge change before the start of the playoffs. After all, Chen Xiao really hasn't played inside for a long time.

However, Jordan is definitely not an ordinary head coach. He is precisely the head coach who is most willing to gamble. In the playoffs last season, he bet to death on Pat Riley and the Nets.

Since your knight's victory is that James and Chen Xiao will die together.

Then I won't give you the chance to die together. Therefore, if it is a head coach like Carlisle and Popovich, they will definitely calculate that Jordan will most likely let Chen Xiao play inside in this game, thereby staggering the direct confrontation with Xiao Zhan. duel.

But Mike Brown really didn't expect this crop.

I have to say that although Mike Brown has good tactical skills, especially defensive tactics, he is really not very good at adapting to circumstances or dealing with these things.

Therefore, even Cavaliers fans will feel that Mike Brown is a somewhat stupid head coach.

And this G1 of the Bobcats and Cavaliers is particularly obvious.

The effect of Chen Xiao's inside play was immediate.

When Chen Xiao plays inside against the Cavaliers, he can not only avoid Xiao Zhan's entanglement, but at the same time, his offensive and defensive skills are very rough in the paint, whether he is facing Scola, who is soft on defense, or against Scola, who is playing in the playoffs for the first time. With Oden, Chen Xiao's footwork at the basket and post-up inside can be done with ease.

Originally, after Randolph left, the inside comparison between the Cavaliers and the Bobcats was dominated by the Cavaliers.

But after Chen Xiao was placed inside, it was obvious that the Bobcats had the upper hand.

On the other side, although Chen Xiao moved from the position of small forward to power forward, the Bobcats still have points that can match up with Xiao Zhan.

And this point is very solid.

Let's put it this way, Battier is definitely the league's top match against Xiao Zhan besides Chen Xiao.

This allowed Xiao Zhan to not have to worry about Xiao Zhan's sudden explosion even without Chen Xiao's defense.

On the other side, Jordan, based on the fact that Mike Brown likes to fuck James and doesn't quite believe in the characteristics of other rotation players, promoted Roy from the bench to the starting lineup, which was a finishing touch.

Roy can suppress Conley, a rookie!

Granger also has an advantage in chasing and beating Korver.

Therefore, after Jordan's incident, the Bobcats and Cavaliers were originally supposed to be a 50-50 matchup, but it turned into a one-sided match in the first game.

Because of the five starting positions, the Cavaliers are at a disadvantage in all other positions except James.

"What a great move to draw the fire under the cauldron!"

Even Teacher Zhang and Xiao Su next to them were stunned by Boss Qiao's move in this game.

If he knew that Teacher Zhang and the others were surprised at this time, Chen Xiao would definitely feel strange.

I have been saying this whole year that Boss Qiao did not win the championship because of me. He really has real talent and learning.

His coaching skills and tactics are not good, but in terms of presence, adaptability, wit, and even psychological warfare, few people in the entire history of the NBA can match him.

Of course, Teacher Zhang and the others can't blame Teacher Zhang for looking down on Jordan's contribution to the Bobcats' championship last season. After all, in China, Chen Xiao won the championship with a single core and a super single core last season!

So, don't worry about Boss Joe or Xiao Pao or Randolph, Granger, and Roy, they are all holding their legs.

Therefore, in this series between the Bobcats and the Cavaliers, under the domestic atmosphere that the Bobcats are likely to play seven games to advance, Jordan's series of witty performances set off Mike Brown as a mentally retarded performance, leading the Bobcats When the Cavaliers were easily eliminated 4 to 1 to advance to the next round.

Boss Qiao, his reputation in the country has risen in a mess for a while, and the name of "Mike Zhuge Jordan" has resounded throughout the land of China.

Mike Zhuge Jordan, this nickname is quite arrogant, and Boss Qiao was quite surprised when he knew it.

However, from another point of view, in this series with the Cavaliers, Joe's performance is indeed quite superb.

In G1, the bottom tone of this series, the most important game, Joe Boss' change, let the Bobcats beat the Cavaliers at home 106 to 93, which established the tone of this series in one fell swoop, and let That group of young guys on the Cavaliers, Alexander.

In this game, Chen Xiao and Roy, who played with Joe's boss mission, did not disappoint him. Chen Xiao successfully beat Oden out of the foul crisis in this game, and Roy even directly beat the first time in the playoffs. Conley was hammered down.

Although Xiao Zhan played 12 of 19 against Battier's single defense in this game, with 32 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, but because Oden fell into a foul crisis, he did not have Oden's pick and roll. His lethality has dropped significantly, and his demeanor as the king of the pick-and-roll is not so strong.

At least there is no way to bring the Cavaliers to defeat the Bobcats with such high efficiency.

In the G2 game, Oden and Conley, who knew that they were under tremendous pressure, needed to prove themselves in this game, and Boss Joe even crazily targeted the two in this game.

In this game, the two people who wanted to prove themselves were finally out of balance by Joe's boss.

I have to say that it is really not easy for a rookie to play in the playoffs for the first time, and to take on such an important task as soon as he comes up.

Not to mention Oden and Conley, two players who still have obvious technical flaws and can be targeted.

Even Durant, Joe's apprentice, the most popular rookie of the season and a player who claims to have no weaknesses, has struggled in the playoffs against the Heat and Tony Allen.

In the first game, he hit 5 of 15, hit 10 irons, and scored 17 points.

In the second game, he made 6 of 22 and made persistent efforts, hit 16 irons and scored 24 points.

In these two games, Durant was almost destroyed by Tony Allen from the scene.

However, what makes Durant better than Oden and Conley is that this kid is really not afraid of his poor performance, nor is he afraid of playing iron.

He played so badly in the first two games, and was so miserable by Teacher Tony. In the third game, he still dared to take more shots. He took 28 shots in the whole game, 12 of 28. Although the hit rate is still not that high, but this time He scored 36 points and 4 blocks in the game, but he successfully led the Bucks to win at his home court.

Regardless of whether the Heat changed the court in this game and the whole team felt bad. At least, the Bucks seized the opportunity.

Won his first home game amidst the three-point rain from Durant, Curry and Ray Allen.

The Cavaliers, on the other hand, did not seize the opportunity like the Bucks did.

In the crucial G3 game, Boss Joe was still staring at the two young men, Oden and Conley. Although Xiao Zhan wanted to change his life against the sky, he scored 12 of 19 in three quarters and was efficient again. scored 28 points.

But after three quarters, the Cavaliers were already 26 points behind 51 to 77.

Good guy, after the first three quarters of the game, the Cavaliers player with the highest score was James with 28 points, and none of the remaining players scored more than 5 points.

No way, the Cavaliers scored a total of 51 points in the first three quarters. Xiao Zhan scored 28 points alone, and the others combined for 23 points.

Obviously, the mentality of Oden and Conley, the two young people who were trained by the Cavaliers this season, was shattered by Joe.

Therefore, the Cavaliers finally became a team where James played alone.

"Originally, we all thought that this series was about Wonder Boy being alone, but we didn't expect that it was LeBron James who was truly alone!"

When the G3 game ended, even TNT commentator Barkley was stunned.

After the G3 between the Bobcats and Cavaliers, there is basically no suspense in this series.

Especially everyone can see that after the Cavaliers lost to the Bobcats 72-108 at home in G3, except for Xiao Zhan, everyone else on this team was basically disheartened.

Well, it was broken up by Boss Qiao.

Conley and Oden have played very important roles for the Cavaliers this season.

In the end, in G4 of this series, James made an amazing 14 of 29, 4 of 11 three-pointers, and 15 of 20 free throws. He scored 47 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks in the game, leading the Cavaliers. Defeated the Bobcats 100-98 in the first game, saving some face for the Cavaliers.

By the way, Chen Xiao performed very well in this game. He made 13 of 23 shots, 4 of 7 three-pointers, and 11 of 11 free throws. He also scored 41 points.

However, except for Chen Xiao, everyone else in this game is really strong.

After being tight for three games, I really need to relax.

Therefore, this game is really not about Chen Xiao and the Bobcats letting loose, but it is really Xiao Zhan who changed his fate and saved the team's face.

With Xiao Zhan's current strength, it is indeed not that easy to sweep his team. He now also has the strength to change his destiny and win at least one game in the playoffs.

Of course, the opponent's strength cannot be overwhelming.

Of course, Bobcat's strength is not so strong as to be unparalleled.

Although they lost G4, they returned home in G5. The Bobcats successfully defeated the Cavaliers 96-86 and eliminated the Cavaliers.

Throughout the first round of the series, Chen Xiao averaged 28 points, 11 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game. In addition, he also had 1.5 steals and 2.5 blocks. At the power forward position, Chen Xiao can almost be said to be Taken to the extreme.

On the other side, James of the Cavaliers scored 30+ points in 4 games and 40+ points in one game in this series. He averaged 35 points per game, 35 points, 9.5 rebounds, 7.7 assists, 1.5 steals, and 1.5 blocks per game. 49%, and the three-point shooting percentage was 39%. Under Battier's single defense throughout the series, Xiao Zhan can be said to have perfectly displayed his super strength.

In this series, Xiao Zhan can definitely say, ‘It’s not his fault for losing’.

In fact, last year, James was cheated by Xiao Mo, but this year, he was cheated by Oden and Conley.

Therefore, after G5 ended, Xiao Zhan was also a little confused.

But looking at Chen Xiao, after a brief moment of confusion, Xiao Zhan looked determined again.

"Chen, I feel more and more how great you were back then.

It turns out that it is so difficult to lead a team from scratch.

It turns out that leading a group of teammates who are like fledglings to fly into the sky is so tedious.

Chen, I will not give up, I will continue to move towards the back you left for me! "

When Xiao Zhan hugged Chen Xiao excitedly, Chen Xiao didn't say much. He hugged Xiao Zhan with his backhand and said, "You can do it!"

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