On May 4, the series returned to Charlotte.

At home, with the support of Charlotte fans, the Bobcats continued their excellent form in the previous away game, scoring a 30-point high in the first quarter of the game to take a double-digit lead with a score of 30:20.

It can be said that there is no suspense in such a game, because after four games, Johnny Davis has nothing to do, he can only make some small adjustments, but it does not affect the overall situation at all.

10 points behind in the first quarter, in the second quarter of the game, Qiao Hai had a different small lineup, he directly enabled James Jones, increased the outside shooter, and the offense continued to play around the outside, and more accurate outside projection was completely irresistible to the Magic.

After halftime, the Bobcats' lead extended to 16 points.

The second half of the game naturally became no suspense, and at the scene, the commentators and commentators of the major TV stations also continued to congratulate the Bobcats: "Congratulations to the Bobcats, they won the fifth game in advance, defeated the Magic with a total score of 4:1, and successfully advanced to the next round!" ”

"In the first NBA season, the first time they made the playoffs, they passed the first round very smoothly, and Qiao Hai and his Bobcats created a miracle and set a record."

In the end, the Bobcats defeated the Magic 101-86 to win the fourth game of the first-round series, and the overall score was fixed at 4:1.

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In other matchups, the Pistons and Nets also played Game 5, with the Pistons leading 3-1.

Then in Game 5, the Pistons returned home, and Ben Wallace lifted the Defensive Player of the Year trophy again after a year.

In terms of defense alone, the Pistons have indeed dominated the league in recent years, as can be seen from Ben Wallace's three DPOYs in four years.

After Big Ben won the cup, he immediately led the team to defend the Nets and scored only 78 points in a single game, and then scored 88 points himself and won the fifth game.

The Pistons also defeated the Nets with a total score of 4:1 and advanced to the next round.

The Pacers and 76ers played Game 6 with an overall score of 4-2 and the Pacers won.

The opponent of the Bobcats in the second round is naturally the Pacers, and in the regular season, the Bobcats Pacers' record is at a comprehensive disadvantage, so it can be said that if it really has a hard steel wave, the possibility of the Bobcats losing is still very large.

Qiao Hai also had no hope for the East Showdown.

The battle between the Wizards and the Raptors should be the most intense group of matchups in the East, the strength of the two teams is similar, the Wizards are the three musketeers of Gilbert Arenas, Larry Hughes and Antoine Jamison, and the Raptors are the twin guns of Vince Carter and Carmelo Anthony, which can be said to have their own strengths.

The two teams finally hit a tie-break, and then a tie-break, and Gilbert Arenas broke out and scored 37 points to win the game directly.

In the second round, the Wizards will face the Pistons.

In the West, the Rockets easily swept the SuperSonics 4:0, the Grizzlies and Kings played Game 5, the Grizzlies won 4:1, the Suns and Mavericks played to tie-breaks, and the Suns won hard.

In the end, the Spurs and Lakers also played to a tie-break, and the first six games between the two teams only won on their own home court, so it was a 3-3 draw.

In the tie-break, the two teams played all their hole cards, and it was a tie before the end.

But in terms of handling at the last moment, ** Vicky was slightly better, and the Spurs won the tiebreaker because of this, successfully defeated the Lakers with a total score of 4:3 and advanced to the second round.

In the second round of the Western Conference playoffs, the Rockets will face the Spurs, and the Grizzlies will face the Phoenix Suns.

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Before the start of the second round of the playoffs, Qiao Hai shifted part of his focus to the draft.

The draft draw is imminent, and he also got a notice from the league, and the 2005 draft lottery rules have been released.

In this draft, the Bobcats have a total of five first-round picks, from the Bobcats themselves, the Knicks, the Cavaliers, the 76ers and the Kings, and two second-round picks, one from the Bobcats themselves and the 76ers.

There are seven picks in total, including two picks in the lottery zone, one from the Knicks and one from the Cavaliers.

The Knicks have a 27-55 record this season, ranking third from the bottom in the East, and counting the West, the Knicks are also the sixth from the bottom in the league.

In other words, the Knicks' pick, the predicted pick is the sixth pick in the first round, which is not low.

There is also a Cavaliers' pick, which ranks seventh from the bottom in the East, and then counts the West, which is the thirteenth from the bottom of the league, but if nothing else, this pick should be the No. 13 pick in the first round.

Qiao Hai thought of the satisfying card in the system, whether he could use the Knicks' pick to draw a higher pick, and then choose Qiao Hai's favorite player, it depends on whether this card can play its role.

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A notice from the league informed the rules of the draft draw, and the league would give 14 numbered table tennis balls, from which 4 would be drawn to form a set of arrays that were not related to the order.

An array of 1,000 possible groups is then formed (there are 1,001 possibilities in total, but only 1,000 of them are assigned, and combinations of 11-12-13-14 are discarded if they appear and are drawn again) randomly assigned to teams that fail to make the playoffs in proportion.

And this ratio will also change in each draft, such as this year's draft, the team with the worst regular season record will have a 25% chance of winning the top pick.

The top three picks will be determined by the draft draw, and the remaining picks will be ranked from lowest to highest in each team's regular season ranking.

The odds of winning the 14 winning draws are as follows:

Eagle 25%

Wasps 19.9%

Bucks 15.6%

Trailblazers11.9%

Jazz 8.8%

Bobcat5.3%

Heat5.3%

Warriors 2.8%

Celtics1.7%

Nuggets 1.1%

Clippers 0.8%

Bulls 0.7%

Bobcat0.6%

Timberwolves0.5%

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Judging from this odds table, the two picks of the Bobcat have a 5.3% and 0.6% chance of winning the top pick, respectively, and Qiao Hai directly ignored the Knight's pick.

If the Knicks' draft pick is combined with a 15 percent chance of a satisfying card bonus, the Bobcats have a 20.3 percent chance of winning the pick, which is lower than the Hawks and higher than the Hornets.

Even if you don't win the top pick, the odds of winning the top three picks are quite high.

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"Draft lottery, we have to send a representative over to do the lottery, Joe, who do you think is better?"

Kevin Pritchard looked at Qiao Hai, and Qiao Hai also looked up at him: "What do you think, Kevin?" ”

"I think we have two options, Mr. Robert Johnson can go, he's the league's first black owner, and you can go, you're the league's most successful head coach in the last seven seasons."

Qiao Hai nodded, and immediately took the idea: "Then let's do it, if the team loses to the Pacers, it almost happens to be the draft draw, then I'll go, if we don't lose to the Pacers, but break into the next round, let Robert go." ”