Kendrick Perkins jammed Howard and grabbed the rebound.

The Bobcat received the ball, pushed the counterattack unsuccessfully, and the offense turned into a positional battle.

Carlos Arroyo received the ball at the top of the arc, Tony Kukocchi rushed up to give a screen, and then Arroyo went inside to kill.

Near the three-point line on the right, Michael Reid bounced off the bottom corner, a backrun, also past Tony Kukoc's screen, and then he received a return pass from Carlos Arroyo.

Then, he took a step inside, and directly got a small space, enough for him to raise his hand to shoot.

With a bang, two points were scored, and the Bobcats scored first.

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The game continued, after the Magic served in the backcourt, it was still Chauncey Billups who controlled the rhythm, Johnny Davis still had a clear mind, he knew that playing the Bobcats, rhythm was very important, and it just so happened that the Magic had a rhythm master.

Therefore, at the beginning, the two teams also had a rhythm battle.

Billups controlled the ball for two seconds, and only after his teammates finished running and pulled the strong side again did he start to break through.

At the beginning, the Bobcats still did not help defend and let Carlos Arroyo defend alone.

But Billups burst to the back and soon a space appeared where Billups could shoot.

The Bobcat immediately responded, and Andrea Iguodala on the flanks stepped up.

Then, Billups passed the ball to Grant Hill on the wing, Iguodala pounced back, and Grant Hill shot in the open space.

Bang, and it didn't go in again.

But inside, Dwight Howard jumped high and grabbed the rebound directly!

Make up for it again, and finally make it up!

The Bobcats' offense was still a strong side of the pass and cut coordination, Michael Reed got the ball, hit the mid-range pullup jump shot again, and scored another 2 points.

In the Magic's offensive round, Grant Hill hit a single shot to attract the defense and split the ball into the bottom corner, but Juwan Howard's two-pointer didn't score.

Perkins is a successful card again, and in terms of physical fitness, Perkins' bounce is far inferior to Howard's, but his strength, especially the power of the lower game, is definitely stronger than Howard's.

After grabbing the rebound, the Bobcats tried to push back and failed again.

The Magic's defense was very fast, which was definitely homework, but this ball, the Bobcats still forced it to play fast, Michael Reed got the ball, and took advantage of the Magic's unstable defensive foothold to play directly inside.

Then, the magic shrank in, and the bottom corner was empty.

Reid made a pass, Tony Kukoc in the bottom corner received the ball, smack, three-point shot!

At 7:2, the Bobcats launched a wave of attack, and the Charlotte Coliseum immediately boiled, cheers, screams and shouts continued to sound.

"In the opening, the Bobcats' offense played well, the pass attack didn't encounter much resistance, Dwight Howard's interior frame protection was excellent, but the Bobcats' offense didn't go into the box at all, three balls, two mid-range shots, and one three-pointer."

"On the other hand, the Magic's offense, the outside line keeps playing alone, but it has been lost in the defensive tactics of the Bobcats' infinite defensive changes."

Johnny Davis was very anxious and kept standing on the sidelines shouting.

The Magic also made adjustments, and in the next attack, Grant Hill directly put the ball inside, and Dwight Howard forced a ball, but was firmly withstood by Perkins and failed to score.

Then, after the Bobcats also missed a shot, the Magic attacked again, giving Howard again.

This time it's different, Howard receives the ball more outside, which is also a change proposed by Howard himself, he believes that direct confrontation under the basket, he can't stand up to Perkins' hard chassis.

So, for this shot, Howard chose a low-post single, then turned around and shook off Perkins, and finally completed a layup.

Two points were scored, and the Magic finally scored.

This ball is a change in the Magic, but in Qiao Hai's opinion, it still can't affect the overall situation, Howard is just a rookie at this time, and if he wants to rely on a Howard to blow up the Bobcats' defense, Johnny Davis obviously still thinks too much.

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At 6:39 of the first quarter, the score came to 16:10, and the Bobcats, who were playing at home, led by six points.

Throughout the first quarter of the game, as the commentator previously summarized, the Bobcats couldn't defend themselves when the Bobcats were passing and cutting offense, and Dwight Howard was strong defensively, but now his defensive coverage is still limited to the restricted area.

Bobcats' mid-range jump shot, the magic is completely unstoppable.

And the Magic's offense was also lost in the Bobcat's infinite change of defense, and the Magic's single offense, under the Bobcat's infinite change of defense, was also completely undominant.

In the second half of the quarter, Johnny Davis had to make a substitution, replacing Siddotkoglou to strengthen his outside projection.

With such a substitution, this magic team is a bit like Stan Van Gundy's one-star play, with a Howard on the inside and a shooter on the outside, opening up space infinitely.

Qiao Hai thought about it, but still didn't adjust his defense.

Then the Bobcats played another wave of outbursts, and after the first quarter, the score opened up again.

32:22, a 10-point difference, the smooth game even exceeded Qiao Hai's imagination, and Johnny Davis on the other side had a bitter face, there was not much to do.

In the second quarter, he continued to focus on Howard on the inside, Howard was the only advantage of this Magic team, and the other four players who appeared on the court had completely disappeared into the Bobcats' defensive tactics.

However, in the second quarter of the game, Qiao Hai also made a wrong decision, he changed to a small lineup and rushed a wave, but the shooting rate of the Magic defense dropped sharply.

The reason is that the outside projection of the Bobcats' small lineup is very average, and the offense always needs to be played inside.

And the offense hit the penalty area, that is Dwight Howard's area, under Dwight Howard's defense, the Bobcats' offensive success rate is naturally a sharp decline.

After half-time, the Bobcats' lead was only extended to 11 points.

So, starting from the third quarter, Qiao Hai reduced the use of small lineups, and began to think about a question: "Perhaps, we have to let our players practice three points, without three points, the power of our small lineup is really average, especially against a team with a strong center like Magic." ”

In the third quarter, the Bobcats came up with a regular lineup, and the defense returned.

With the Magic scoring just 16 points in the quarter, the Bobcats extended their lead to 17 points.

In the fourth quarter, the main force of the Magic appeared and lasted for more than five minutes, and when the difference was too big, in the end, they still chose to give up.

In the end, the Bobcats defeated the Magic 101-82 and made a good start to the first round of the playoffs!

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Charlotte Coliseum was cheering, and the commentators kept chanting, "It's history to remember, the Bobcats made the playoffs in their first season, and then they won the first game!" ”