On May 10, 2006, after a day off, the two teams' Eastern Conference semifinals G2 continued to play in the Air Canada Center Arena.

After the last game, Jordan said that he would change his team in this game.

When the starters of the two teams appeared on the court, audiences around the world did see the Bobcats' change of formation.

The Bobcats' starting lineup has become the starting center Chen Xiao, the starting power forward Randolph, the starting small forward Granger, the starting shooting defender Louis Williams, and the starting point guard Chris Paul.

Seeing this change of the Bobcats, Barkley on the sidelines laughed: "I knew that Michael's Bobcats had five tactics in total. One was to let the Magic Boy play the No. 1 position, one was to let the Magic Boy play the No. 2 position, one was to let the Magic Boy play the No. 3 position, one was to let the Magic Boy play the No. 4 position, and the last was to let the Magic Boy play the No. 5 position."

"I have to say that Michael is indeed lucky. It is a very happy thing for any rookie head coach to have the most all-round player in NBA history. Even an idiot can lead the team to win the series."

I have to say that Barkley's complaints about Jordan have always been so sharp.

However, looking at the changes in the starting lineup and tactical changes of the Bobcats in this game, the audience in front of the TV seemed to feel that there was no problem.

Although Barkley's complaints about Jordan in this game are very "unheard", you can laugh at Jordan's tactical adjustments for just moving Chen Xiao's position, but you can't let Jordan's simple and rough behavior is very useful.

Just like the first quarter of this game, Bobcats, who partnered with Randolph in the double inside line, was incomparable to the double inside line in terms of the inside line's offensive ability, Bynum Randolph in the last game.

And not only attack, but also defense has become stronger.

So, in the first quarter of this game, the Bobcats played the Raptors 38-22 as soon as they got up, and scored 22 points in a single quarter.

In the first quarter of this game, Jordan took Chen Xiao to the center position, which basically means that the Bobcats completely gave up their not-so-strong outside line and made every effort to manage their inside advantage.

I have to say that Jordan's decision was correct from the first quarter game.

Chen Xiao was frantically double-teamed on the outside, and Chen Xiao's three-pointers were average, but many of the other Bobcats players could not make any empty shots. In this case, Chen Xiao was outside, not only his own offense was affected, but his teammates could not completely lead him away.

If this is the case, it would be better to let Chen Xiao go inside.

The offensive power of Chen Xiao and Randolph playing and cooperating inside is much stronger than Chen Xiao and Paul playing and cooperating outside.

Moreover, after Chen Xiao and Randolph completely suppressed the Raptors' inside, other Bobcats players can not only shoot, but also take the opportunity to shoot under the cover of Chen Xiao and Randolph to make a layup or dunk.

So, in the first quarter of this game, the Bobcats scored 38 points, but only one of them was three points.

This is incredible.

The Bobcats made 16 of 29 in the first quarter, and 15 of the 16 goals made were two points. Among them, Chen Xiao and Randolph led the inside to 17 rebounds in the first quarter, while the Raptors on the opposite side only had 8 rebounds.

So, after the first quarter of this game, the game basically entered garbage time.

Of course, the Bobcats played so well in the first quarter of this game. In addition to Jordan's gambling adjustments being very correct, more importantly, the Raptors' own physical strength problems.

The Raptors' physical strength problems did not break out in the last game, but broke out in this game.

So in this game, the entire Raptors struggled, including Nash.

In this game, the Raptors made 9 of 30 three-pointers, and the shooting percentage was simply low. The Bobcats played the inside advantage, but the Raptors did not play the outside advantage, so the situation would become like this.

In the end, the Bobcats defeated the Raptors with a huge advantage of 125-98, 27 points away.

Chen Xiao played in this game for three quarters, making 10 of 20 shots, 1 of 3 three-pointers, and 3 of 3 free throws. He scored 24 points and 25 rebounds in the whole game, including 9 rebounds in the frontcourt.

In this game, Chen Xiao made a crazy second attack at the basket and frantically beat the frontcourt rebounds.

He often had a hook on his back and was disturbed by Milicic's huge body, and then he forced himself to grab the offensive rebound and made a second attack.

In addition to Chen Xiao, Randolph made 10 of 16 shots, 8 of 10 free throws, scored 28 points and 11 rebounds, and 6 of the 11 rebounds were offensive rebounds.

You know, Randolph also played for three quarters.

It can be said that the Raptors' inside line in this game was snatched by Chen Xiao and Randolph.

With Chen Xiao and Randolph breaking the Raptors' inside, the others in the Bobcats also performed well.

Louis Williams scored 9 of 16 and scored 23 points.

Xiao Cannon made 8 of 12, 2 of 2 of 3-pointers, 5 of 5 free throws, and also scored 23 points.

Granger scored 5 of 10 and scored 11 points.

The Bobcats' five starters scored 20 in 4, and all five scored in double digits, which is indeed very rare.

It can be seen that Jordan found the best formation choice against the Raptors.

In this game, the Bobcats scored 9 three-pointers in the whole game, but scored 125 points, which means that the Bobcats actually don't need to rely on too strong three-pointers and outside attack when they play against the Raptors.

As long as the Raptors' Milicic and Josh Smith's inside line are suppressed, to be honest, the three outside defensive players of Nash, Wagner and Lagabay who started the Raptors have really big problems. Nash is too leaky, Wagner is too short, and Lagabay can only defend alone but not assist in defense. It can be said that the Raptors' three-point line is full of loopholes outside the paint area.

After losing the last game, Jordan was able to capture the problem of the Raptors bringing Wagner to the starter so keenly. I have to say that this is really Jordan's basketball talent and his ball quotient is too high.

It is indeed someone who can lead Phil Jackson to become a Zen master. Phil Jackson sits firmly on the sidelines of the Diaoyutai, and Jordan can solve most of the problems that arise on the court by himself.

Now, Jordan brings his player's talent to the coaching bench.

Therefore, Jordan's current technical and tactical level is indeed not good, but his adaptability is definitely among all NBA head coaches.

For Chen Xiao, who has its own system and many systems, Chen Xiao’s head coach actually does not need so many technical and tactical abilities. What he needs is the ability to respond on the spot and use Chen Xiao’s different systems in different situations.

Jordan did a very good job in this regard, although he has been criticized by Barkley.

In any case, in the second playoff game between the Bobcats and the Raptors, the Bobcats successfully broke through the Raptors' home court and took the home advantage.

So after this game, Raptors head coach D'Antoni was helpless and praised Chen Xiao and Jordan: "Chan's performance in this game reminded me of Olajuwon. His height can have such a terrifying dominance in the inside, which is simply incredible.

And Michael, this is his first head coaching season, I can't imagine a rookie head coach can do so well. The last rookie head coach such an excellent one is Larry Bird. Michael and Larry Bird are the same kind of people. They are both the greatest basketball people, and their sensitivity to basketball games is far beyond ordinary people."

Of course, although he was helpless about losing his home advantage in this game and praised Chen Xiao and Jordan's performance, D'Antoni also said: "We have not failed yet. The big score is only 1-1, and we will not give up. You all know that this season is a good opportunity for any team."

After the Bucks were eliminated, many people should understand what D'Antoni said was a good opportunity for any team this season.

This season, except for the Bucks, all other teams look similar. Now that the Bucks are eliminated, everyone seems to have a chance to win the championship.

For the Raptors, as long as they pass the Bobcats, they are not afraid of the Heat or Magic, and they are even more afraid of the Spurs, the Suns or the Lakers.

The key to the problem now is how to pass Chen Xiao and the Bobcat!

In fact, this problem was also a problem with the Bucks before.

For five small teams like the Raptors and the Bucks, Chen Xiao's existence is really like a bug.

D'Antoni said that losing the home advantage is just the beginning, and this is indeed true.

The four semi-finals of the East and West were all 1-1 at this time.

It was not just the Raptors who lost their home advantage.

The Heat also lost the second game.

The Spurs also gave the Mavericks the second game.

The Suns also lost to the Lakers led by Kobe, who was the explosive player.

Therefore, after the Bucks were eliminated unexpectedly, all the teams that are still in the playoffs have really used their strength.

Magic and Heat felt that they would be invincible after they passed each other.

The Raptors felt that they were invincible even after passing the Bobcats.

Kobe and the Lakers feel that they are invincible even after passing the Suns.

In this case, this year's divisional semifinals will be very cruel to see.

It seems that except for the Bobcats, every team seems to have hope of winning the championship.

In such a cruel atmosphere, Chen Xiao and Bobcats returned to their home court with a 1-1 score.

On May 12, 2006, the Bobcats, who returned to their home court, faced the Raptors who came away at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena.

In this game, the two teams still had only one day off, and because both teams came back from long distances, the state of both teams in this game was problematic.

Especially for the Bobcats, which have a bunch of young players, it is particularly challenging.

Let's just put it this way, most young players have a hard time dealing with such a schedule, let alone rookies. This season's regular season, the Bobcats have basically never won back-to-back.

Therefore, the offensive situation of the two teams in G3 can be described as a bad outrageous point.

The Raptors attacked Chen Xiao frantically, and most of the balls that Chen Xiao passed were converted into steel.

In the end, in a crazy iron-raid battle, the Bobcats lost to the Raptors 91-97 at home.

Don’t talk about skills and tactics in this game, it’s just iron. Even if you play tactics and have an opportunity, if the final result is still a blacksmith, it will be of no use.

With everyone in this game in a state of mind, the Suns finally won, and the main reason was that the Suns made good three-point shots.

In this game, the Suns made 12 three-pointers, while the Bobcats only had 6, which was very fatal.

The Bobcats lost 18 points in three-pointers.

If your two-pointer is still hard, it is basically difficult to catch up with this score.

Compared with his teammates, Chen Xiao's shooting percentage in this game was OK, with 13 of 25 shots, 5 of 6 three-pointers, and 7 of 9 free throws. He scored 38 points, 13 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 5 blocks in the whole game.

Chen Xiao made 6 three-pointers with such a high shooting percentage, but the reason was that as long as Chen Xiao took the ball outside the three-point line, the Suns ignored the attack. Chen Xiao had a bad chance of taking a three-pointer in this game.

Basically, it's about surviving in the cracks.

This is also the terrifying thing about NBA attacks. It can greatly limit your scoring limit. You can be very efficient, but it is not easy to take into account both output.

If the NBA teams attacked Chen Xiao in the regular season, it would be impossible for Chen Xiao to average 44 points per game.

I can only say that most teams are still very relaxed in playing the regular season.
To be continued...