The NBA season is very long, more than 160 days, 82 regular season games, an average of one game every two days.
There are 41 home games and 41 away games. The away games are played in cities all over the United States, including the southeast, northwest, and one Canadian city.
In the early years when transportation was not developed, it was very painful to travel long distances to the other side of the United States to play games. Therefore, the NBA divided the teams into several regions according to geographical location. The teams in each region were close to each other. You can play more games.
Those that are farther away will focus on away trips for teams during a certain period of the season.
Take the Clippers as an example. The Clippers are located in the Pacific Division, which consists of four California teams: the Warriors, Lakers, Clippers, and Kings, plus the Arizona Suns.
As teams in the same region, these five teams will arrange the most games each season. These teams will visit each other early in the season. You beat me and I beat you.
Above the Pacific Division, there is the Western Division, which basically includes city teams in the Pacific Time Zone and the Mountain West Time Zone. There will also be more games arranged between Western teams.
The Clippers played the Lakers in the first game, the Suns in the second game, then went to Utah to play the Jazz, returned home to play the Mavericks, and then the Warriors. They won't play their first Eastern Conference team until November 13th. Raptors.
But instead of going to Toronto, stay in Los Angeles, where the Raptors will challenge as they begin their Western Conference journey.
The Clippers' first real long-distance trip to the East will have to wait until January next year, when they will go to the Great Lakes region in the north, to Cleveland, Chicago, then to Minnesota, then to Boston, Atlanta...
Anyway, in the initial stage of the season before the arrival of 2010, the Clippers spent most of their time in the Western Region and their hometown of Los Angeles, which helped them slowly find their form, accumulate good records, and lay a good foundation for the long season.
Judging from the Clippers' first victory over the Lakers, this team has hope. Mike Dunleavy is more bold and comfortable in his formation because he has no record pressure.
At the same time, he also firmly believes in cultivating Curry in the direction of a traditional point guard. He believes that Curry has the hope of becoming the second Sam Cassell.
On October 28, the day after the opening game, the Clippers ushered in their second game, playing the Phoenix Suns back-to-back.
The venue for the game is still at the Staples Center. Before the game started, the arena staff removed the Lakers' floor and replaced it with the Clippers' floor.
The Lakers logo under the huge octagonal screen was replaced with the Clippers logo. Yesterday it was the home stadium of the Purple and Gold Army. Within a few hours, it was changed to the red and blue colors of the Clippers.
The game time is set at 7:30 pm Pacific time, and Min Congda and Daddario agreed to meet at Staples Center at 7 pm.
Min Congda was dressed very casually, wearing a casual suit issued to him by the system. It was black and versatile, simple and clean. Standing at the entrance of Staples Center, he could not attract people's attention. No one recognized that he was the Clippers' new general manager, Smart. Special - Min.
Daddario was different. Tonight she wore a bright red pleated dress. The bright red made her skin even brighter.
For tonight's game, Daddario not only wore exquisite makeup, but also wore a blue gemstone necklace on his chest.
Blue and red are the main colors of the Clippers. It can be seen that Daddario attaches great importance to tonight's date.
Born in 1986, she was only 23 years old. Although she had some adolescent ambiguities and had a large number of suitors, she had never opened her heart to someone of the opposite sex.
Unlike those female stars who have dated boyfriends at the age of 23, Daddario started acting at the age of 11, but the curtain on her love drama has not yet officially opened.
When Min Congda saw Daddario's dress, his eyes were firmly caught. Is this image and temperament something I can date?
Min Congda suddenly felt that although he did not make much money and suffered a lot from doing this task, being able to date a beauty like Daddario was also a good benefit.
Daddario smiled slightly when he saw Min Congda. She tried her best to maintain her reserved image. I heard that Chinese people are generally conservative and like girls who are virtuous and homely.
So although she was dressed very brightly today, it was a long skirt that only exposed her calves, and her chest was completely covered, with only a little bit below her neck exposed.
"Does my outfit look good?"
"Oh, of course, I couldn't even take my eyes away. I was thinking, how are we going to watch the game later? I'm afraid I'll keep staring at you."
Min Congda, who has a relaxed attitude, can be said to be smooth and flawless when it comes to speaking nicely.
If he had this level when he was in school, why would he be single all the time?
Of course, the girls I met in college were far from comparable to Daddario in terms of appearance, temperament, and figure.
The two entered the arena together and sat in the front row, right next to the Clippers bench. This was a VIP seat.
Because of Min Congda's price increase strategy, the seats here need to be bid to sit, so...except for Min Congda and Daddario, no one...
Who the hell would bid for VIP seats to the Clippers? It's not a Lakers game. Isn't it full?
Therefore, as Min Chongda hoped, the attendance rate of the Clippers tonight is really not good. It is already past six o'clock, and there are still a large number of empty seats on the court, which is in sharp contrast to the full seats in the Lakers' opener yesterday.
The Staples Center is full with 18,997 people. The Clippers sold only about 15,000 tickets tonight, some of which are season tickets, and some season ticket fans will not come.
For example, David Beckham is currently playing for AC Milan in Europe, so he has no time to come back and watch football.
I bought a season ticket to support Min Congda in a friendly way. The two of them would become friends so that they could talk to each other and help him in the future.
Seeing that everyone at the game was dissatisfied, Daddario asked Min Congda: "There don't seem to be many people coming to the game today. Do you feel any pressure?"
When Min Congda heard this, he felt pressure? How can there be pressure? This is exactly the result I want.
Even if the Clippers upset the Lakers in the first game, the Clippers' popularity will not skyrocket due to this. Coupled with the too expensive tickets, the home box office is certain to be sluggish.
Daddario, this little girl, isn't thinking about bringing some celebrity friends over to cheer her up, is she?
No, no, Min Congda knows the power of the beauty economy. Some LSPs don’t want to spend a penny to watch one ball, but if they can watch two balls, they can recharge and reward them casually. It can’t be like this, it can’t be like this.
Min Congda hurriedly said: "Don't worry Anna, uh... it will be fine. Our record last season was too bad. You see, we defeated the Lakers in the first game, and it will get better and better in the future, right?"
Daddario was relieved after hearing this, and she also wondered why she cared so much about Min Congda and always wanted to do something for him.
At this moment, Ada came to Min Congda's seat with popcorn and drinks, and was startled when she saw Daddario next to him.
"Oh, Mr. Smart, is this your...your new secretary?"
