The playoffs start, in the first round, in the East, the Pistons will play the Nets, the Pacers will face the 76ers, the Bobcats will face the Magic, and finally, the Wizards will play the Raptors.

In the West, the Rockets will face the SuperSonics in the first round, the Grizzlies will face the Kings, the Suns will face the Mavericks, and the Spurs and Lakers will meet in the first round.

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"The Magic's likely starting lineup should be point guard Chancey Billups, shooting guard DeShaun Stevenson, small forward Grant Hill, power forward Juwan Howard, and center Dwight Howard."

"Also off the bench are rookie Jamil Nelson, interior player Tony Barty, veteran Tony Barty and this season's sixth man contender Sidlotkoglou."

"We don't have an advantage in the starting lineup, and even the starting lineup doesn't have an advantage in it, so it's still quite difficult for this series."

After summing up, Elvin Gentry turned his head to Qiao Hai: "Joe, have you figured out how to fight?" ”

Qiao Hai nodded, he already had an idea: "There's nothing to say, we don't set goals for this series, it's better to win, and if you lose, you lose." ”

"Therefore, our tactics remain the same, continue the regular season style of play, control the rhythm first, and rush on the court later, whether we can win or not depends on our on-the-spot performance."

Byron Scott They think it's very strange, Qiao Hai under such remarks obviously doesn't look like Qiao Hai in the past.

But in fact, Qiao Hai still has a sentence buried in his heart: "We have proven ourselves in the regular season, we lack stars, but in the playoffs, we should be on par with the Magic, but they have a very huge disadvantage, head coach Johnny Davis's coaching ability is too poor, this series, as long as my on-the-spot command can complete Johnny Davis, the probability of winning is still very high!" ”

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On April 24, at the Charlotte Coliseum, the heat of the playoffs had already arrived, and the stadium was full of people, and the crazy fans made a surprisingly loud noise.

With an hour left before the start of the game, Qiao Hai met with the team's big boss Robert Johnson, small owner Nelly, and Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon and other government officials in the passage of the locker room.

"Joe, good job, this playoffs, Charlotte's ball market is going to grow like crazy again." Robert Johnson had a smile on his face.

Mayor Patrick Cannon shook hands with Joe, cheers, screams, whistles, and boos filled his ears.

Then, Kanon made a joke: "In the second half of the year, the city government has a chance to increase its revenue." ”

Robert Johnson tilted his head: "Oh? ”

"I see." Qiao Hai guessed. "Naming rights for this stadium!"

Charlotte Stadium belongs to the City of Charlotte, its name is still official, and most of the league's arenas have sold their naming rights, so Charlotte Coliseum can sell its naming rights and earn at least millions of dollars a year, if not more.

Robert Johnson's face was full of envy, but unfortunately, the stadium was not owned by the team, and this income was destined to be taken away by the city government.

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Ten minutes later, Qiao Hai was standing in the very center of the locker room.

"In the regular season, we got 54 games and broke almost everyone's glasses!" Qiao Hai waved his arm fiercely.

"But now, the playoffs are here, it's a whole new competition, it's like football, leagues are leagues, cups are cups, brand new competitions, all teams have to start from scratch, we have to forget everything about the regular season and start again!"

Qiao Hai's words directly eliminated the arrogance and arrogance in the hearts of the players, and no one dared to despise their opponents.

Johi then announced the starting lineup for the game: "Point guard Carlos Arroyo, scoring guard Michael Reed, small forward Andre Iguodala, power forward Tony Kukoc, center Kendrick Perkins. ”

It's still a regular lineup, with a mix of old, middle and young, and the Bobcats need the playoff experience of Tony Kukoc and Michael Reed, as well as the youthful momentum of Andre Iguodala and Perkins.

"On the offensive end, we don't make changes, we continue to play our passing and cutting coordination, and if the strong side can't be opened, we will move to the weak side, pass the ball more, speed up and play fast."

"On the defensive end, we play and mark people, change defenses when we are blocked, dismantle and cover, and change defenses infinitely."

On the defensive end, Qiao Hai's tactics are to change defenses infinitely. Compared with other joint defense tactics, the panacea of infinite defensive comparison can at least ensure a lower limit of defense, which will not be directly blown up by the opponent from the defensive end.

The only thing to worry about may be the opponent's misplaced singles, grabbing a point and hitting hard, but Qiao Hai glanced at the Magic lineup, and he believes that the Magic do not have an absolute strong point that can catch the weak point of the Bobcats and hit hard.

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After the tactics were set up, the Bobcats were the first to appear amid the tsunami cheers of the fans in attendance, and then the cheers turned into boos, and the Magic also appeared.

Qiao Hai saw the starting lineup of the Magic, point guard Chauncy Billups, Billups walked to the technical table, found Qiao Hai, and the two hugged and talked a few words.

The shooting guard was DeSean Stevenson, who was also a former disciple of Joe, and he also walked over and gave the same hug.

Small forward Grant Hill, power forward Juwan Howard, and center Dwight Howard.

There was a greeting on the sidelines, and the two teams made their debuts.

In the middle circle, Kendrick Perkins faced Dwight Howard, which was a matchup that Qiao Hai saw as the advantage of the Bobcats, and Perkins at the peak was a center who could carry Howard alone and not suffer a big loss.

That's something that most centers in the league can't do.

"The game is about to start, and today's referee is Dik Bavita, a well-respected referee, and with him in charge, there won't be too many problems with the whistle in this game."

On the sidelines of the Charlotte Stadium, CCTV5 also had a dedicated commentary seat, and Zhang Weiping and Yu Jia sat behind the commentary seat and started the commentary of the game.

"Jump ball, Dwight Howard is very explosive, and he grabbed the basketball first!"

In the opening game, the Magic attacked first, Chauncey Billups controlled the ball and advanced to the frontcourt.

Qiao Hai has carefully studied the Magic's offensive play, and there is almost no pick-and-roll cover, the reason is that Dwight Howard doesn't like pick-and-roll covers, and Juwan Howard's cover quality is also very average, so the Magic's pick-and-roll screens play very little.

In the first shot of the opening game, the Magic was a circle around the bottom line, and after popping up, he ran back, pulled the strong side, and singled Billups on the left side of the arc.

Then, Qiao Hai on the sidelines saw Billups possessing the ball for a while, smashed in, made a stop-and-go jump shot, made a two-point shot, bang, and didn't go in.

From beginning to end, the Bobcats' defense was not out of position, Qiao Hai shook his head, if the Magic is such an offensive quality, then the Magic really has no hope of winning this game.