After back-to-back scores, the Bobcats quickly tied the score in the fifth minute of the first quarter.

Neither Johi nor Avery Johnson took a timeout, and it wasn't until the official timeout that the two teams made substitutions.

Johi replaced Josh Smith, replaced Kendrick Perkins, and replaced Michael Reed with Danny Granger, and after two substitutions, the Bobcats' lineup on the court was more flexible.

Avery Johnson also made two substitutions, with Josh Howard coming on for Jason Terry and Austin Crohill coming on for Eric Dampele.

"The Mavericks have also strengthened their flexibility, and it seems that Avery Johnson is a disbeliever."

Qiao Hai held his chin and thought for a while.

He felt that there was nothing wrong with his adjustment and set-up, in contrast, the Bobcats' flexible lineup was good offensively and defensively, and then looking at the Mavericks' flexible lineup, there was almost no defense on the inside, but the defense on the outside was very strong, with Josh Howard and Jerry Stark House.

But the Bobcats can play very simply, and Joe Hai called out to Elvin Gentry next to him: "Erwin, go tell the court that except for Danny (Granger) who fell to the bottom corner three-point line, all the other players are killing inside." ”

Elvin Gentry nodded, stood up and shouted twice from the sidelines.

Then, the Bobcats' offense made a change, and they began to increase the number of attacks in the box.

Dirk Nowitzki's basket became stormy in an instant, and the Bobcats scored various inside impacts, and soon overtook the score and took the lead.

After the Bobcats played a wave of 10-5, there was not much time left in the first quarter, at which time Avery Johnson still made two substitutions, replacing Nowitzki with Desa Gaynadeop, re-increasing the hardness of the interior line, and then replacing Jason Terry with Jerry Starkhouse, making up for Nowitzki's offensive firepower problem in his absence.

With such a substitution, the Mavericks' offense and defense have become decent, and they have begun to consciously control the rhythm.

Avery Johnson has clearly realized that if he doesn't control the tempo and continue to be played so quickly by the Bobcats, soon, the Bobcats will be able to extend their lead further with their quick offense.

Therefore, Avery Johnson also saw this clearly, and he could only make adjustments first, stabilize the situation first, and then think about how to win.

After the Mavericks stabilized the situation, the first quarter of the game was quickly over, and the score was 31:26.

In the first quarter of the game, the two teams were back and forth, the Mavericks suppressed the Bobcats in the first half, and the Bobcats in turn suppressed the Mavericks in the second half, and the Bobcats took a 5-point lead.

In the second quarter, Johi continued to play a small lineup, and the undrafted rookie Jose Barria got the opportunity to make his NBA debut, but the core of the rotation lineup was Michael Reed, who had a half-quarter break in the first quarter, Anthony Parker and Danny Granger served as wings, and Josh Smith played as a cameo center.

For the Mavericks, Jason Terry serves as point guard, and the scoring guard is Devin George, small forward Josh Howard, power forward Dirk Nowitzki, and center Eric Dampele.

The Mavericks instead played half of the main lineup in the second quarter, and only Devin Harris, who played the full first quarter, did not start.

Avery Johnson's idea was simple, he wanted to use this semi-main lineup to try to recover the disadvantage in the second quarter, and his idea was naturally good, but when it came to execution, the Mavericks didn't do it very well.

In the opening game, the Bobcats disrupted the Mavericks' rhythm by constantly attacking quickly.

The two teams continued to play iron, and it seemed that the Bobcats' bench still played a five-five open against the Mavericks' main force.

Three minutes into the second quarter, with the Bobcats still leading by five points, Avery Johnson rushed to the sideline and motioned for Nowitzki to take the ball.

So, immediately after, the king began to take over the game.

In the face of Josh Smith's defense, Nowitzki continued to take the ball in the middle distance, all kinds of dry pulls, and at the beginning, Noritzki missed two balls.

But soon, after he found his touch, he immediately began a wave of explosions, and he continued to score goals in the middle distance Golden Rooster independently.

As a result, the point difference was narrowed to 1 point very quickly, and at this time, Qiao Hai stood up and directly called a timeout.

After a pause, Qiao Hai glanced at the time of the game, the second quarter had been played for more than 7 minutes, and the time was already more than halfway through.

So, he called Kevin Garnett and Chris Paul from the bench: "Kevin, you go up and replace Anthony Parker, Chris, you replace Jose Barria." ”

After two substitutions, the Bobcats also became a main lineup on the court, with Paul partnering Michael Reed, small forward Danny Granger, and Josh Smith and Kevin Garnett on the inside.

Then, Joe Hay pulled Garnett: "Kevin, you go on the court to defend Dek Nowitzki, don't give him an easy chance to catch the ball, and don't give him an easy chance to get the ball and shoot." ”

Garnett nodded in various ways, and he naturally knew that Nowitzki, who had scored continuously and was in hot form, was too difficult to prevent, and he could only limit it slightly.

What Qiao Hai asked was for him to be a little restrained and not let Nowitzki explode.

The game restarted with Garnett, who was more experienced defensively, facing Nowitzki, whose catches and shots were limited.

The game was soon back in the hands of the Bobcats.

Joe Hai also made another substitution in the second half of the second quarter, Kendrick Perkins came on to replace Josh Smith, and Andre Iguodala came on to replace Michael Reed.

After two substitutions, the Bobcats also began to control the rhythm, and in the continuous positional battles, the Bobcats achieved a certain advantage.

At the end of the half, the score was 61:53, and the Bobcats led by 8 points at halftime, still retaining a score advantage that was not small.

……

In the second half of the game, Avery Johnson gritted his teeth and took the lead in the main lineup that played almost the entire first half, and Jason Terry suddenly broke out, scoring two three-pointers in a row from the outside.

The difference was reduced to 2 points in an instant.

Then, Dek Nowitzki took over the game again, scoring back-to-back points to help the Mavericks bite the score.

The game was volatile, with the Bobcats dominating the field, but with the outbursts of Dirk Nowitzki and Jacentrie, the score was not able to pull away.

In the final five minutes, the Bobcats only led the Mavericks by 6 points at 99:93.

The 6-point lead is not big, and in terms of the Mavericks' firepower, it may be a matter of two or three goals, so Qiao Hai thought for a moment and decided to focus on stability.

He directly called a timeout and made a substitution.

"Danny (Granger), you play, replace Kendrick, we play a small lineup, Michael and Danny are ambushed on both sides, and on the strong side Chris, Kevin and Andre cooperate, pick up the speed, play patiently, we want the success rate on the offensive end, we want to score continuously!"

At the last moment, Joe Hai had a small lineup, and they were about to end the game.