On Nov. 6, the Bobcat faced the Magic.

In this game, the Magic can be regarded as a "giant", Dwight Howard sits on the inside, big forward Juwan Howard, the two Howards on the inside are already very strong, small forward Grant Hill who returned from injury, DeShaun Stevenson who was traded from the Rockets and Chauncy Billups who was traded from the Grizzlies.

This season, the Magic can be said to have made big trades, and it's clear that they have high ambitions.

But head coach Johnny Davis was a source of constraints on their victory, and that was the case in this game.

Qiao Hai's lineup was the same as in the previous game, and he first stood on the pile to speed up the half, and soon achieved a small advantage.

In the second half of the quarter, there was a small lineup, but the advantage was beaten back a little by the Magic, because the Magic's interior line was a lot stronger, and the positional battle was against the fast attack, and the Magic actually did not suffer.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Qiao Hai changed his tactics slightly, Perkins, who didn't play in the first game, came on the court, killed Dwight Howard on the opposite side, and the Bobcats played another wave of half-court acceleration, and finally played an advantage.

At halftime, the Bobcats took a seven-point lead at 49:42.

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In the second half, Qiao Hai continued to focus on this kind of half-court acceleration offense, and in the face of a team like Magic with a stronger interior line, this kind of half-court acceleration offense has a better effect, because their defense also has a certain guarantee.

At the beginning of the quarter, it was Tang Zhendong who killed Dwight Howard, and Kendrick Perkins was replaced in the second half of the quarter.

But Perkins was fouled twice by Howard in a row, Qiao Hai made another substitution, and Buffalo Jahidi White came on the court, in short, this Bobcats is not short of meat shield type interior line.

In terms of the Bobcats' lineup, Qiao Hai's memory has produced a certain advantage, in the era of 04 and 05, Qiao Hai knows that a successful team must pile up two types of players.

One is the meat shield on the inside, which has to deal with Shaquille O'Neal at the end of his prime, and Dwight Howard, who can replace LeBron James at his peak, and of course, Yao Ming may be added now.

The other category is the wing defenders, who have to deal with Kobe Bryant at his peak, and LeBron James, who is about to cross the peak.

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In the third quarter, the Bobcats had another advantage.

After three quarters, the Bobcats led the Magic by 16 points, 79-63.

The game lost suspense again, and in the end, the Bobcats defeated the Magic by 111:100, 11 points, and surprisingly won two consecutive games in the new season.

Obviously, such a result was something that everyone didn't expect, the first place in the East predicted by the preseason actually achieved a two-game winning streak after the start of the season!

The opponents they defeated one after another were the Wizards, who had increased their strength a lot in the new season, and the Magic, who had also been greatly improved in the new season.

Strictly speaking, both teams are playoff-level powerhouses, and the Bobcats have won two consecutive playoff-level powerhouses, which is naturally beyond everyone's expectations.

Hoop Sports' Zach Lowway posted directly on his Facebook page: "There may be some problems with my prediction of the Bobcats, they are obviously much stronger than I predicted, and if they really don't mess up, they could end up on the edge of the playoffs, ninth or tenth." ”

Obviously, after two consecutive wins by the Bobcats, Zach Lowe is still not bullish on this Bobcats.

After all, there is a lot of correlation between the regular season games and the state, maybe the Bobcats in these two games are just in very good shape, not at all how good their real strength is.

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On November 9th, Qiao Hai enrolled Jimmy Butler in Charlotte Christian School, and Jimmy Butler officially joined Charlotte Christian School and entered the school team.

For a star player in the Houston region to join, Charlotte Christian School is naturally very welcome.

On Jimmy Butler's first day of school, Joe Hay accompanied Jimmy Butler to the school basketball gym at Christ School, where Johi met the school's basketball coach, Shane Brown.

At this time, Qiao Hai was already the most legendary coach in the basketball world, because Qiao Hai led many tactical trends, therefore, he is now also the idol of many high school and college coaches.

Although Shane Brown in front of him is already a middle-aged man in his 40s, his idol happens to be Qiao Hai, who has just turned 30 years old.

"Mr. Joe, welcome to our school, and welcome to Jimmy."

Shane Brown shook Qiao Hai's hand with a smile on his face, and then asked for Qiao Hai's autograph.

Regarding Jimmy Butler, Shane Brown also said: "I know Jimmy's quality, he is the best star player in the Houston region, so when it comes to my team, he will still be our core. ”

Speaking of the core, Qiao Hai had a question: "Does your team have no other core?" ”

Shane Brown shook his head: "No, our previous core has gone to the University of North Carolina, so we are now in a phase of reshuffling. ”

'In terms of the core player positions, we would have had two candidates, they were a pair of brothers.

Qiao Hai nodded, and Shane Brown continued: "But now, Jimmy is here, I think, the core position must be Jimmy, his individual ability is obvious to all. ”

Qiao Hai continued to nod, since the previous core player left the team, then there is not too much problem for Jimmy Butler to become a core player, he has no interest in the pair of brothers who were originally candidates, and he doesn't think they can affect Jimmy Butler's core position.

"Alright, Mr. Shane, I hope Jimmy can make great progress under you, and I'll be watching the team play often."

He raised his hand and glanced at his watch, it was already early: "I have other things to do now, let's go first, please, Coach Shane." ”

Shane Brown naturally made an OK gesture: "Don't worry, Mr. Joe, there is no problem." ”

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Johi left Charlotte Christian School, and then he went to the Lynx's training gym.

In the next game, the Bobcats will take on the Bucks, who are also a tough opponent, and while the Bucks don't have Michael Reed compared to history, they have Chris Bosh the Giraffe and a veteran Jamal Magloyer who just signed Joeja.

That said, this team is also a strong team on the inside.

On the outside, the starting point guard is Desmond Mason, who is still very famous because he won the dunk king, in addition, their starting point guard is Mike James, and the starting small forward is Keith Van Horn.

The firepower of the outside line should not be underestimated.

Therefore, before the game, Qiao Hai was still very cautious about the preparation for this game, and he really wanted to win three consecutive games in the opening game and slap those who still didn't look good in the face of the Bobcats.