Chapter 501 I am targeting myself

Author: Sheep that doesn’t like to eat grass

Chapter 501 I am targeting myself

To Min Congda's expectation, the Hornets really got into trouble in this game and started a big battle with the Clippers.

Maybe Min Chongda's motivation at the dinner table at noon had a certain effect. The Hornets took the advantage at the beginning, and Baron Davis made consecutive attacks.

Pau Gasol also hit consecutive singles, helping the Hornets take the lead at the start.

The Clippers have become accustomed to falling behind in the first quarter.

After some debugging, many players compared the players who were in the best shape tonight: Harden!

Harden has been in the doldrums for several games before and always weakens when his opponents target him.

Because the Clippers have so many players who can score, once Harden is not in great shape, he starts passing the ball, organizing, and stops shooting.

This season, Harden averaged 16.7 points per game, which is not a lot, but Harden often has games where he scores 4 or 5 points and 7 or 8 assists.

Correspondingly, in some games, if Harden feels good offensively, his scoring will be very high.

For example, against the Suns, he scored 43 points in a single game, the highest number in a single game in his career.

And whenever Harden scores high points in a game, his efficiency must be very high.

Because the starting efficiency is not good, Harden will switch to support this game.

Tonight, there was a big beard vs. a big beard in the backcourt. Harden did not give in. He even made sudden throws and free throws in the first quarter and scored 12 points.

So the Clippers entered Harden mode in this game, Harden controlled the offense, and Curry was willing to move, without the ball, to assist Harden.

When Harden is attacking with the ball, Gasol will appear in the high post much less often, and will sink more into the low post, forming a double low post layout with Randolph to attack the Hornets' inside line.

The only one the Hornets can really beat inside is Gasol, but Gasol is really a bit overpowered against Gasol.

Gasol overpowered his younger brother in the first quarter and hit every hook accurately, scoring 10 points in the first quarter.

The Hornets and Clippers tied at 30:30.

The Clippers were obviously not as well prepared as they were against the Thunder when facing the Hornets.

After all, it is impossible to go all out in every game during the regular season.

There are always some games where you will play more casually when facing weaker teams.

Leave the game to the players to play freely and control the game.

Naturally, the Hornets, who are sitting at home, will not let the victory slip away.

You can lose in the away game, but you still have to fight hard at home.

In the first half, the two sides fought hard to separate each other. The Clippers were 58:61, still 3 points behind the Hornets.

In the third quarter, the Hornets surprisingly continued to play back and forth with the Clippers.

The key is that Gasol completely suppressed his younger brother Gasol.

Gasol is more experienced, and his touch was excellent tonight.

The Clippers did not defend Gasol from start to finish.

Tyronn Lue said to Garfield during the timeout: "Get your brother."

This is what Gasol should do, and it is what he has been pursuing since he was a child, surpassing the benchmark in front of him.

In the third quarter, the Clippers were 78:80, trailing the Hornets by 2 points.

The Clippers only scored 20 points in the third quarter, and Harden scored 15 points alone.

This game didn't look like the Clippers' style.

But when the game entered the fourth quarter, the situation on the court suddenly changed.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Clippers, led by Harden, launched a 12-0 offensive climax.

The score difference between the two sides was instantly opened to 10 points, the counterattack was completed, and the entire Hornets' efforts were wiped out in one wave.

The Clippers suddenly showed a strong scoring explosion, and no one in the Hornets could stand up and respond.

Gasol plays steadily enough, allowing him to explode and score consecutively is not what he is good at.

And Baron Davis no longer has the superior scoring explosiveness to support the team.

In the first three quarters, he was able to rely on experience to score points, use smart methods to help the team attack, and slowly play against the Clippers at a relatively slow pace, holding on to the score and even taking an advantage.

But in the fourth quarter, the Clippers suddenly used a small lineup of Harden, Curry, Gasol, George and Jeremy Lin to start a crazy offensive mode. The Hornets suddenly couldn't stand it and collapsed.

The Clippers' current first-year and fourth-year players are becoming more and more proficient, and Gasol finally turned around in this quarter.

He made a series of wonderful passes on offense and withstood his brother's pressure on defense, helping the Clippers to defeat the Hornets in a wave.

Min Congda shook his head when he saw the Clippers' attack. The Hornets really couldn't defend it.

With one big player and four small players like this, the opponent must have a very targeted small lineup to deal with it.

In the current league, small lineups are a trend, but they have not yet become widespread.

Most teams are far from sufficient in terms of both personnel reserves and tactical reserves.

The Clippers are different. Starting from the Dunleavy era, such lineup experiments have been carried out for at least two seasons.

Now it is time to blossom and bear fruit, Steve Kerr is becoming more and more skilled in training the first and fourth children.

The combination of passing and cutting with a high pick-and-roll in the middle is simply invincible in the offense and extremely difficult to defend.

"This kind of one big and four small, a lot of running, screening, passing and cutting, the ball moves extremely fast, and opportunities will occur at any time during the movement. After two seasons of running in, these guys have used this set of

I'm getting more and more proficient. If I want to crack... I think the best way is to make a lot of defensive changes, and change every pick-and-roll screen to buy time, plug all the loopholes and gaps, and force these dogs.

singles……"

Min Congda racked his brains and thought for a long time, believing that the best defense against the Clippers' one-and-four small offense is to use a large number of defensive switches.

"It's best if the front and backcourts are all about forward players who can play both inside and outside, so...fuck! There are forward players who can play both inside and outside, and these are not all here...

Are you on my team?"

Min Congda suddenly discovered that the selection strategy he formulated three years ago seemed to be focused on functional strikers.

In fact, he did the same thing. Leonard, George, and Butler are the products of this strategy.

As a result, this group of people was able to target the Clippers' increasingly aggressive passing and cutting offense.

"Am I targeting myself?"

Min Congda suddenly realized that many of the things he did were aimed at himself.

This shocked Min Congda. How could this happen?

It can only be said that when Min Congda made this strategy, the alliance was not what it is now.

In just three years, NBA games are developing in a completely different direction than in the past.

With the rise of a group of super small forwards such as Durant and James, shooting guards represented by Kobe Bryant have gradually faded out of the top ranks, and the role of the third position on the court will become more and more prominent.

The era of super shooting guards that started with Michael Jordan is transitioning to the era of top small forwards + super point guards.

Under this situation, a high-quality third position that can play inside and outside will become even more important. The Clippers have unknowingly collected the best potential small forwards in the league.

The game quickly lost its suspense. The Clippers played with the Hornets for three quarters, and finally took the Hornets away with their final effort.

After losing this game, the New Orleans Hornets ranked second to last in the Western Conference and are likely to get a high pick in the 2012 draft.

Min Congda was very panicked. He thought to himself: "No, facts have proven that any operation or decision I make in basketball will have a counterproductive effect in the end! So, by the end of this season, I will no longer be involved in the team's draft affairs.

Let the team go on like this!"

"I should still put all my energy into investment, and hurry up on the stadium construction. Let's go directly to Charlotte tomorrow and talk about the boss first. Damn, this operation is really troublesome.

, Fortunately, my hands and eyes are very good, there is nothing impossible in this world!"

After thinking about this battle, Min Congda decided not to interfere in the team's basketball affairs, especially the draft!

Starting from Curry, there are too many pitfalls. If I had known this, why would I have done it in the first place?

Looking through the Clippers' draft history, it is clear that it is a history of blood and tears.

Just let the Clippers' draft team fiddle around on their own.

Why bother to take action personally? As luck would have it, the people chosen were pretty good.

On the contrary, when it comes to investment, Min Congda feels that it is becoming more and more interesting.

As plans for the new arena gradually take shape, the blueprint for bankruptcy becomes clearer.

The most urgent thing at the moment is to clear the cage for the Clippers and let the dove occupy the magpie's nest.

Once the Clippers complete the change of hands and obtain the support of the league president, plutocrats, and syndicates, they will be able to start the road to major infrastructure construction.

In the next three years or so, the new arena will consume a lot of money and resources from the team, and overspending is inevitable.

Then, the Clippers will face huge pressure to renew the contract in the next few years.
To be continued...