Chapter 378 377. Charlotte’s Five Tigers!
Entering the timeout and watching the players return to the bench, Carlisle laughed so hard that he could have acted in a comedy with a wig on.

Vincent said on the side: “Woodson actually let Pierce compete with our Jack for points. Even I can’t do this. I don’t think he will be the head coach for long.”

Carlisle: “Sam, you really don’t have the ability to be a head coach…”

Vincent: “Yes, yes, you are the only one who has the ability to be a head coach, right? But, do you think my evaluation of him is wrong?”

Carlisle: “No, judging by the results, your evaluation of him is fine, but I think he’s still capable.

Although he has poor offensive ability, he dares to delegate power and let the offense be led by his players. Although this is not what a qualified coach should do, at least he knows how to avoid his own shortcomings. Moreover, he has good basic judgment and his rotation arrangements are quite good. Otherwise, they would not have been able to rush from third from the bottom to seventh.

In fact, his rotation strategy this time was quite good. Looking at the lineup he replaced after the break, we can infer that he should have predicted based on the score and Jack’s playing time in the first half that we would let Jack continue to attack after the break, so he chose to let Bibby and Johnson rest and let Pierce compete with Jack. “

Vincent: “Well… If that’s the case, there’s really nothing wrong with his arrangement. Pierce is one of the three best small forwards in the league and may have the strongest offensive ability… Wow, I really don’t have the ability to be a head coach.”

Carlisle: “But if you, Sam, coach the current Eagles team, you might be better than him.”

Vincent: “I don’t think you’re complimenting me.”

Carlisle smiled and continued, “Woodson treated the opening stage after halftime as a critical stage, there was no problem.

If it was a one-on-one duel at the last moment, after one or two rounds, Pierce would not necessarily lose to Jack. He is taller and has more stable shooting in the confrontation, so he might even win.

But he ignored the fact that this was not a real critical moment, but a showdown between stars in regular time. What was needed was not one or two goals, but continuous shots. In terms of the continuity of high shots, Pierce was far inferior to Jack.

So I said that if you were to coach, you might do better than him. You certainly wouldn’t let Pierce play against Jack alone. Instead, you would put three stars in and fight regardless of the consequences. “

Vincent:”……”

Carlisle won this quarrel and was very satisfied, while Vincent took note of the “grudge” and would fight back hard next time he had the chance.

Seeing that the players had almost finished wiping their sweat and drinking water, Carlisle called the players together to make adjustments.

Carlisle replaced Mike Miller, Okafor and Brad Miller, who had been resting for a while, while Zhang Yang and Felton continued to play.

On the other side, Woodson also replaced Bibby, Joe Johnson and Pachulia, while Pierce and Horford continued to play.

After the timeout, the Hawks, led by Joe Johnson and Pierce and with Bibby at the helm, launched a fierce counterattack again, but the Bobcats, who also replaced their strongest lineup, once again withstood the Hawks’ fierce offensive, and the two teams entered a tug-of-war again.

During the timeout, Carlisle changed Zhang Yang from the main attack point to an off-ball running mode with shooting as the primary goal. As expected, the opponent launched a more frantic double-team on Zhang Yang, who had scored 13 points in a row across the quarter and 25 points before the halfway point of the third quarter. This adjustment by Carlisle turned the huge threat of Zhang Yang scoring 13 points in a row across the quarter into a scoring opportunity for the team.

It was still a see-saw battle, but the Eagles players felt completely different from the first half.

At that time, the score difference was in single digits, Joe Johnson and Pierce ranked first and second in scoring, and their teammates felt that they had the upper hand. The two superstars were unmatched in singles scoring, and Bibby made the key shots. As long as they could hold on until the Bobcats couldn’t keep up, they could make a climax to narrow the gap and overtake the score. They did have a small climax of 12 to 7 in the middle of the second quarter.

And now, their strongest scorer was beaten head-on in a duel with the bad boy Jack, which greatly affected Pierce’s confidence and affected the overall performance.

The three superstars were indeed very good, and they really created a lot of counterattack opportunities in the middle and late stages of the third quarter, but the three of them were able to make the shots they were supposed to make, but their teammates’ receiving shots and cutting in to grab rebounds were not as good as in the first half.

With Jarrett Jack’s single stop mid-range shot after coming off the bench, the third quarter was over. The three stars led the team to fight for most of the quarter, but the score difference was not narrowed, but widened by two points!
The Bobcats lead the Hawks by 108 points, 90 to 18!
Zhang Yang had fewer shooting opportunities in the middle and late stages of the third quarter, making only 3 of 1 shots and 2 of 1 free throws, scoring only 3 points. However, his 28 points in three quarters also firmly suppressed Pierce and Joe Johnson.

After the intermission, the fourth quarter began and the Bobcats attacked first.

Mike Miller made a contribution right from the start. He ran out of the gap to receive the ball, attracting Horford to move out to provide backup defense. At the same time, Millsap, who was supposed to be defended by Horford, moved ahead based on Mike Miller’s movements and his understanding of Horford’s defensive habits tonight, to help Zhang Yang block Pierce who was chasing him.

After receiving the ball, Mike Miller passed it to Zhang Yang who ran to the left side of the free throw line with the help of a screen. Zhang Yang had a rare open shooting opportunity and he made the mid-range shot without missing it!

This goal completely extinguished the Eagles players’ hopes of a comeback.

The Hawks’ role players have tried their best to score points around the three superstars and played very well, scoring 90 points in three quarters, which is their best performance in the regular season. They have had games this season in which they scored more than 90 points in three quarters, but only twice.

But after the first attack of the fourth quarter, the opponent scored 110 points!

As the Hawks’ role players lost confidence, the game completely lost suspense. After the Hawks’ three superstars held on for a few more rounds, Woodson replaced the entire starting lineup and declared surrender. Carlisle saw the water dispenser managers on the opposite side take off their training suits, so he also replaced the main players and the game entered garbage time.

张杨被换下时很心塞，三节28分，第四节上来第一攻他就拿到30分了，结果最终得分30分……外加7板7助攻1抢断1盖帽！

At 7:21 pm, the final whistle sounded.

皮尔斯28分、乔-约翰逊26分、毕比23分7助攻，三人合砍77分，不敌对面首发五虎！

张杨30+7+7、费尔顿20分4助攻、迈克-米勒18分2助攻、奥卡福21分9板2助攻、布拉德-米勒10分6板5助攻……山猫队首发五虎狂轰99分，外加20次助攻，全队助攻更是高达31次！
133 to 110, the Bobcats slaughtered the Hawks and won the playoff opener!

Today is the first game day of the playoffs. Although the first round of the series between the Bobcats and the Hawks is the opening game of this year’s entire playoffs, the showdown between the Bobcats’ three young players and the Hawks’ three big stars has also attracted a lot of attention.

However, what fans are most concerned about today is not this game, but the final battle of the night between Kobe and Iverson.

The ratings for this game in the United States were also average because it started at 5 p.m. Many people were still at work when the game started, and by the time they returned home, most of the game had already been played. It was not cost-effective to spend money on the live broadcast, so most fans chose to watch the score and brag online after the game.

But when the game report between the Bobcats and the Hawks came out, the fans’ attention was drawn to it and they kept shouting “Fuck you”.

The Bobcats play offensive basketball this season, and the Hawks have become a pure offensive team after the big trade. It is certain that these two teams will score soaring points in the game, but I didn’t expect it to be so strong!

The Hawks’ 110 points are already very high in the playoffs, and the Bobcats’ 133 points…

With only 5 starters, they scored 99 points!
There are many teams in the playoffs where the entire team cannot get 99 points!
Moreover, the Bobcats’ top five starters have relatively balanced scores and assists.

The highest scorer, Zhang Yang, had 30 points, and the lowest, Brad Miller, also reached double digits; the highest assists player, Zhang Yang, had 7, and the lowest two forwards had two.

Seeing such data in the game report, many fans compared them with the Kings team of that year, and the media also followed suit and reported that the Bobcats’ top five starters had a new nickname – the Charlotte Five Tigers!

After the game, Zhang Yang, who returned home with Harden and Tatum, saw the news and complained: “Is there any similarity between our playing style tonight and the Kings?”

(End of this chapter)