Fast forward into December, and the Bobcats continue their journey on the road trip to the West.

On Dec. 2, the Bobcats faced the Warriors, and he also re-met Don Nelson, who was directing the game on the sidelines in the Bay Area, a season earlier than Joe's previous history.

At the same time, because of this year's draft, the Bobcats selected Chris Paul one step earlier, the Jazz took Deron Williams, the Hornets finally chose Marvin Williams, and Byron Davis ended up staying with the Hornets.

The Warriors failed to get Byron Davis, and in the new season, their boss is still Jason Richardson, and because of this, the Warriors of the Black Eight Mavericks in history have not shown signs for the time being.

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Before this game, the Bobcats had a day off, so they were still fit.

In the opening game, the Bobcats showed their opponents their dominance in the first quarter, and after an opening wave of 11:7, they first led by 4 points.

Then, after a wave of timeouts from Don Nelson, the Bobcats went on another 15-5 run to force another timeout from Nelson Sr.

At the end of the first quarter, the Bobcats led the Warriors by 12 points, 32-20.

In the next game, the Bobcats had to do very simple, they played a five-small lineup in the second quarter, and after a wave of shock, the margin expanded to 17 points.

Nelson Sr. continues to pause, continues to adjust.

But in the end, at halftime, the Bobcats still led the Warriors by 23 points into the second half, and the game lost its suspense.

In the end, the Bobcats finally defeated the Warriors 117-97 and restarted the winning streak.

At the end of the game, Old Neil sat on the bench and didn't get up for a long time, he was thoughtful, and it wasn't until Qiao Hai walked up to him that he stood up and shook Qiao Hai's hand.

"Donnie, long time no see, how's your health?"

"Thank you for your concern, Joe, you should know that my body is fine."

"That's good."

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The two shook hands and chatted for a while about old Nelson's body, and it seemed that the atmosphere was not bad, but Qiao Hai turned his head and was about to leave.

Old Nelson suddenly said: "Joe, your passing tactics, and the five-small lineup, this is it." ”

Qiao Hai saw Nelson Sr.'s thumb, and then he heard Nelson Sr.'s next words: "Your system has inspired me a lot, and the next time we meet, the game will not be as one-sided as this game." ”

Qiao Hai immediately shrugged his shoulders, he didn't know what to say, but it was not surprising that the mad scientist took a fancy to his play.

However, after turning his head, he took Nelson's words to heart.

The reason is that the Warriors' lineup is a bit of a low-profile version of the Bobcats, with Wilburnham at point guard and Jason Richardson, Mike Dunleavy, Monta Ellis, and Krenner Azubuke on the wings.

The offense of the Warriors' wing combination is not bad, but the defense is a little worse, but what the old Nelson wants is offense, and the defense is not important, and as long as the offense is played, it is enough to meet the requirements of the old Nelson.

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In the final game of the road trip, the Bobcats crossed half the continent and returned to the East, where they faced the Bulls away.

This season, the Bulls lost Eddie Curry, the loss of strength is not much, and the Bulls are still ranked in the Eastern Conference playoffs for a month since the start of the season, with a win rate of more than 50%.

Ben Gordon and Kirksinridge were outstanding, plus Josh Childis, Andre Nocioni and Chris Duhon, as well as Tyson Chandler in the center position.

The Bulls' offense is an all-hands offense, and the win is mainly due to the defense brought by Scott Skels, so to speak, this Bulls is already a defensive team.

Facing the Bobcats, the game opened, Scott Skels chose to slow down the pace infinitely, and the defense was extended, focusing on the Bobcats' perimeter shots.

Qiao Hai also responded quickly, and the Bobcats quickly increased the number of times they broke through the inside line, and the effect was good.

But at the end of the first quarter, the Bobcats had a three-point lead, which is arguably the fewest first-quarter lead of the Bobcats in recent games.

In the second quarter, Joe went five hours into the sea, and then, he saw the Bulls' response.

The point guard is Kirksinridge, who is 1.93 meters tall, the scoring guard Josh Childis, the small forward Andre Nocioni, the power forward Tim Thomas, and the center Malik Allen.

A set of completely counter-aligned small lineups, the Bulls quickly started an infinite change of defense, and Qiao Hai suddenly found that the five small passing and cutting offenses were completely killed by the Bulls' infinite change of defense! No chance at all!

The Bulls quickly relied on Kirksynrich's back-to-back scoring to overtake the score.

The situation suddenly turned against the bobcats.

Qiao Hai frowned, he had to admit that Scott Skels, the coach, was still a little expected in defense.

Qiao Hai has long been very clear about the passing and cutting offense of the five small lineups for fear of infinite change of defense, but Qiao Hai did not think that there were other teams in this league that could play infinite change of defense, because the requirements for infinite change of defense for team configuration are quite high.

It requires a large number of defensive wingers to be able to sustain the infinite change of defence.

In this game, the Bulls also forced unlimited defensive changes, but because they were facing the Bobcats' rotation lineup, the effect was not bad.

Therefore, in the second half of the second quarter, Qiao Hai changed back to Paul and began to pull the strong side to Paul for singles.

It worked well, and the Bobcats quickly chased back behind.

In the second half, Qiao Hai's thinking was clear, he knew that against the Bulls, the five small abilities would not be used, and it would be easier to win by playing this Bulls with a regular lineup.

So, in the third quarter, Joe Hai sent a regular lineup, point guard Paul, scoring guard Michael Reed, small forward Andre Iguodala, big forward Josh Smith, and center Kendrick Perkins.

Qiao Hai maintained the suppression of the Bulls with a regular lineup and quickly opened up the point difference.

The game ended at the end of the game, and the Bobcats won 109-98, 11 points.

"In this game, the Bobcats played a little hard, leading by only 3 points in the first quarter, and were once overtaken by the Bulls in the second quarter, which is a rare scene for the Bobcats in the past few games, but in the end, they still won this game!"

Scott Skels directly forced Qiao Hai to give up the five-small lineup, so after this game, countless coaches found video materials of this game, looking for a way to deal with this Bobcats.

Hoop Sports made a summary, and in summary, there are two ways to deal with Bobcats.

"One is provided by the Kings, using their interior advantage, constantly attacking the Bobcats' interior, and ultimately relying on offense to win."

"The other is provided by the Bulls in this game, opening the defense to expand outward, not allowing the Bobcats to open the outside touch, and at the same time rotating the lineup to put on a set of five small lineups in the opposite position, infinitely changing the defense to prevent the Bobcats' passing and cutting offense."

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