[Live 08] Change! The Charlotte Bobcats - Closed

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O'Neal, Richardson leads Bobcats in Season Opener Blowout over Bucks



The Bobcats made lots of changes in the Offseason following another disappointing season, which resulted in the firing of Ex-Head Coach Sam Vincent, and the Hiring of Larry Brown, it then followed with Michael Jordan becoming majority owner, 17 year old Leo hired as GM, the Blockbuster deal that led to the acquisition of Shaquille O'Neal, and the signing of Yuta Tabuse.

It seems like it's worth it.

The Bobcats Dominated the Milwaukee Bucks at home in their 2008-2009 Season opener, Outscoring them in every quarter, and dominated down low as Shaquille O'Neal, Emeka Okafor, and Jason Richardson combined for 51 points.

The Bucks were led by Luke Ridnour, who was said to be below the skill level of the Bobcats' Rookie Point Guard DJ Augustin, he went against the odds and led the game with 24 points, alongside 7 assists, however, he picked up 5 fouls and had 8 turnovers as the 28 year old Yuta Tabuse pressured him with his incredible speed and quickness coming off the bench replacing Augustin.

Bucks stars Michael Redd and Richard Jefferson were shut down by Raymond Felton and Jason Richardson, respectively; Felton, who came off the bench replacing Matt Carroll at the 2 spot, contested against Redd's shots and limited his shots, while Jason Richardson kept a distance from Jefferson to limit his ability to get to the rim, forcing him to take long range jumpers, and thus reducing his shooting to 8-18 from the field and 19 points for the game.

Shaquille O'Neal, who showed flashes of the past in the preseason game against Houston, dominated yet again down low, outplaying Bucks' Center, former number 1 overall pick Andrew Bogut, and came up with 16 points, 10 rebounds, 3 steals, and 2 assists to take the Jordan Player of the Game honors.

On the other hand, Jason Richardson looked to lead the game with his scoring abilities, although off shooting (9-19 FG), he came up with 20 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, and 1 steal; while former number 2 overall pick Emeka Okafor had 16 points, 7 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block.

Yuta Tabuse was the 6th man of the day, leading all bench players in scoring, assists, and steals, ended the game with 11 points, 6 assists, 5 steals, and 2 rebounds while only playing 11 minutes.







Shaq Dominates the Bucks down low and gains player of the day honors

Other Game Highlights

[Valor]

Monthly Preview - November 2008


Ok, here it is, the November Schedule.
Here's my plan, every month have 4 games played, other games simmed.
YOU choose the games you want to watch(read a recap on), by voting.
This month there are 3 games to be chosen, since season opener is a must.
Would you like to watch the new look Bobcats vs new look Heat? or see if the Bobcats and defeat the defending champs like they did last year; how about taking on the fresh blazers? or the fierce (yes fierce) rockets with the ATM combo? Its up to you!

so guys, get your votes in!!
top 3 for this month!!

There is a contest for those 4 (in this case 3) games in each month, it would be explained in detail later.

Cheers Guys, hope you guys can get involved!!

[OrlMagic]

I vote for: Portland , Washington and Toronto.

[XpLosibo]

u hav a strong frontcourt, but those bigs should make their freethrows if they aim on winning the championship this is a good dynasty, just make sure to finish it, not like others who doesnt even know how to end their uber-realistic team

[Cartar]

Oklahoma City, Toronto and Indiana

[-PeeBo]

76ers, Rockets and Wizards

[Valor]

November Games Voting Tracker

Portland x1
Washington x2
Toronto x2
OKC x1
Indiana x1
76ers x1
Rockets x1
Celtics x1

comon everyone else! get your votes in

[XpLosibo]

ey i 4got to vote.. i vote for celtics, lets see wat ur team can do with the champs

[Valor]

ey i 4got to vote.. i vote for celtics, lets see wat ur team can do with the champs

thanks, but what about the other 2 games?

[Valor]

ok since no one else voted i'll decide the last game..
i want to see my team vs Celtics too, so the 3 games would be

Nov 21st vs WAS
Nov 23rd vs BOS
Nov 30th @ TOR

Contest Details
Contest Participants give me one player for each category before each of the games that are being played.

Most Points
Most Rebounds
Most Assists

If Guessed correctly, say you guessed Gilbert getting most points and it was him that got most in that game, you would get 1 point, if you get all 3 correct, you would get a bonus of 2 points in addition to the 3 points. so thats a maximum of 5 points that people can earn in each game.

Simple huh?

Hopefully many people can join in!!

Edit: New Addition, the Larry Brown Point Guard of the game
One Point Guard named before each game
If Guessed Correctly, 5 points awarded, so if everything (points, rebounds, assists, PG) Max of 10 points!!

Edit: PG of the game calculating method changes
Points scored = +1
Assists = +2
Rebounds = +1
Steals = +2
Blocks = +2
Turnovers = -2

highest total score wins

Enjoy!!

[-PeeBo]

If I understood this correctly then I need to put there from both teams not only from yours but from whole game so here are my guesses:
O'Neal, Richardson and Arenas

[Valor]

yes, but u need to state which one for which

right now i am assuming O'Neal for rebound, Richardson for Pts, Arenas for Assists?

[OrlMagic]

Most Points - Jamison
Most Rebounds - Okafor
Most Assists - Arenas

[-PeeBo]

yes exactly like that I was meaning

[manifesTO]

Points - Arenas
Rebounds - Okafor
Assists - Arenas

[Cartar]

Points - Richardson
Rebounds - Okafor
Assists - Daniels(does he play?)

[Valor]

all 4 entries valid, sorry i was suppose to do a Wizards preview..somehow it slipped my mind, i'll definitely do the Boston preview though. recap coming soon

[Clutch]

that's a lotta choices... i'll say Shaq (reb), Pierce (pts), Arenas (ast)? btw you need to post rosters for the other teams next time

[Valor]

thanks for the entry Clutch, but its for each individual game so its against wizards first.

Yeah i will do a preview for each game, except for this wizards one, the game has been played, i'll just wait for u to update your entry to a valid one then i write the recap

[Clutch]

ahhh i see, i just skimmed hahah; well then shaq (reb), j-rich (pts), arenas (ast) and definitely don't hold anything up for my sake

[Valor]

valid entry
haha i want to make sure everyone has a fair chance of participating
recap coming right up

[Valor]

Richardson Outscores Agent Zero in Bobcats' Victory



Jason Richardson was unstoppable on Thursday Night, shooting 13 of 17 from the field and came away with 29 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block to lead the Bobcats past the Washington Wizards and their league leading scorer Gilbert Arenas, who had 23 points, 6 assists from 9 of 14 shooting.

Charlotte led the entire game, and once had a 21 point lead early in the 3rd quarter, but Washington rallied from behind near the closing minutes of the 3rd and cut the lead to 12 at the end of the 3rd, and even tied the game 3 minutes into the 4th, but Charlotte, led by J-Rich, would make a final run that put Charlotte up by 18 points to end the game, 109 to 91.

As expected, the Charlotte Point Guards struggled to contain Gilbert Arenas, with starter DJ Augustin getting only 4 points, 6 assists, 2 steals in 22 minutes (out of 32) of play, Main Backup Raymond Felton with 4 points (2 of 9 shooting), 6 assists, 3 steals, but had 5 turnovers in 14 minutes of play, Larry Brown turned to Yuta Tabuse for the late parts of the game, and he did not disappoint, in the 10 minutes that he played, he scored 9 points from 4 of 6 shooting, dished out a game leading 8 assists, and had 1 steal and 1 rebound. Another impressive bench player for the Bobcats was Jermareo Davidson, who was very impressive on the defensive end, and not bad at all on the offensive end, he came away with 8 points (4 of 4 shooting) 4 rebounds, 2 steals, and 2 blocks to end the night, what's most impressive was the 2 blocks that he made was on the league's leading scorer - Gilbert Arenas.
"it was surprising really, he just came out of nowhere and swatted the ball away, both times, i didn't really see him coming" said Arenas after the game.

However, despite the win, Head Coach Larry Brown didn't look entirely happy with his team's performances. "I thought they weren't playing their hardest tonight, we got off to a big lead and the guys got too comfortable with it, and allowed the Wizards to make a comeback; another thing is the Free Throw disparity, they made only 2 of the 12 attempts taken, that's not acceptable at this level, those 10 points may well be the deciding factor of the game; and i just think they took too many bad shots, they took 13 3-pointers, and not all of those were the best shots we could have taken, i think these guys are going to need a bit of time and understand how to properly run an offense. But overall, i think we have what it takes to make a breakthrough (make the playoffs) this season."







Davidson's 2 Huge Blocks on Agent Zero


Left: Shaq throws it down from J-Rich's pass. Right: Shaq returns the favor by setting a nice pick for Richardson. Great 1-2 punch from Shaq and J-Rich


Tabuse nails this tough shot and gets a 3 point play

Other Highlights




Contest Results!
Most Points: Jason Richardson
Most Assists: Yuta Tabuse
Most Rebounds(tie): Jason Richardson, Caron Butler
Larry Brown PG of the Game(New feature, see Contest details): Yuta Tabuse with a score of 57.6

Check first page for scores

[Valor]

Game Preview: Charlotte Bobcats versus Boston Celtics



Date+Time: Saturday November 24th 2008 7:00pm
Teams: Charlotte Bobcats (6-6) vs Boston Celtics (3-8)
Location: Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte

Lineups
Charlotte Bobcats
Starting Five
C. Shaquille O'Neal
PF. Emeka Okafor
SF. Jason Richardson
SG. Matt Carroll
PG. DJ Augustin

Bench
Raymond Felton
Sean May
Jared Dudley
Shannon Brown
Yuta Tabuse
Alexis Ajinca
Jermareo Davidson

Head Coach: Larry Brown
Injury Report: N/A

Boston Celtics
Starting Five
C. Kendirck Perkins
PF. Kevin Garnett
SF. Darius Miles
SG. Ray Allen
PG. Rajon Rondo

Bench
JR Giddens
Bill Walker
Eddie House
Sam Cassell
Tony Allen
Leon Powe
Glen Davis

Head Coach: Doc Rivers
Injury Report: Paul Pierce - Broken Finger (Unplayable)

Key Factors
- Paul Pierce Unavailable for Action

The Injury on Paul Pierce has had a big effect on the Celtics team, the defending champions are now 3-8, and would certainly love to have their captain back to turn the tables around in order to fight their way back to their championship form.

- Can the Bobcats Stop Ray Allen?

One of the Key Points for the Bobcats, and for the Celtics in the Game coming up, Can the Bobcats stop the sharpshooter? or, in the Celtics point of view, can they take advantage of Ray Allen's superior offense against Matt Carroll's almost non existing defense?

- Emeka Okafor vs Kevin Garnett

If Emeka could stop KG, then the Bobcats have gasped 70% of the game, its that simple. KG currently leads the Celtics in scoring, rebounding, and blocking, so if Emeka could stop him from scoring and grabbing the boards, Charlotte has a very big chance of winning this game.

Stats at a Glance
CHA - BOS
PPG: 95.8 - 98.2
RPG: 38.9 - 40.6
APG: 21.3 - 20.7
BPG: 8.08 - 7.45
SPG: 10.83 - 8.18
FPG: 17.7 - 18.7 (Fouls Per Game)
FGP: 43.2% - 44.8% (Field Goal Percentage)
3PP: 32.6% - 27.7% (3 Point Percentage)
FTP: 63.3% - 75.9% (Free Throw Percentage)

[-PeeBo]

Rebounds - KG
Assists - Yuta Tabuse
Points - Jason Richardson
PG of the game - Sam Cassell (I believe in that old guy )

[Valor]

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