In fact, before tonight's game, only 40% of the tickets for the Clippers' game against the Timberwolves were sold out, which is more than 7,500 seats.
This is a relatively low pre-sale number. This year's season ticket sales are not good to begin with. Without the season ticket base, how much box office can be supported by individual tickets and package tickets?
Moreover, the Timberwolves are different from the Suns and Mavericks. They are the same thousand-year-old rotten team as the Clippers.
In terms of drafting, trading and other operations, they can be regarded as the Western Poison and Northern Beggars with the Clippers. Together with the Southern Magic, the Eastern Knicks, and the Central Magic Grizzlies, they can be called the top five bad teams in the league.
How could Los Angeles fans buy into this kind of game between a team and the Clippers? Several major television stations did not give live broadcast signals to the United States, so it was considered a game that no one cared about.
But compared with a game like the Bobcats versus the Nets, which is completely unattended, this game still has more to watch.
First of all, the Clippers' performance in recent games has attracted the attention of Los Angeles fans, and their two wins have given them enough buzz.
Secondly, media evaluation is very important. Fans are easily influenced by commentators and develop likes and dislikes for the team.
The Clippers have performed very well in recent games. Even if they lose, they don't lose ugly. They play very methodically and energetically.
This has won unanimous recognition from many ball commentators and experts, who believe that the Clippers are on the right path to recovery.
Because of these attractions, many fans flocked in and bought a lot of loose tickets, doubling the attendance rate.
Before the game started, Ada took out a sports magazine from her bag and handed it to Min Congda. She turned to an article and said, "Mr. Smart, look, this is the Sports Illustrated weekly published yesterday. This article is dedicated to Mentioned our Clippers and gave high praise."
Min Congda took over the magazine. "Sports Illustrated" is the most famous sports magazine in the United States. For an athlete to be on the cover of "Sports Illustrated" is an honor.
It's like having a world figure on the cover of Time magazine.
Therefore, the influence of this magazine among sports fans is very large.
"The Los Angeles Clippers seem to be on the right path to recovery... Stephen Curry's two three-point buzzers showed people that there is huge potential in this controversial No. 1 pick... Smart - Min’s operation doesn’t look as bad as expected... Can this once-cursed team break through the shackles and open up a new situation? Let’s wait and see???”
"What the hell is this? Are we on the road to revival? I'm obviously messing up. Smart-Min's operation doesn't look as bad as he thought? Come on, I didn't do anything, what? Isn’t it bad if you haven’t done anything yet?”
Min Congda couldn't understand. He was clearly showing off and doing nothing, so how could it not be bad?
Not to mention, Min Congda's "do nothing" attitude has already surpassed many teams that operate blindly in terms of effectiveness.
The representative team that operates blindly is the Timberwolves the Clippers will face tonight.
The Timberwolves "missed" in this year's draft and got Uncle Mu's second pick, Hasheem Thabeet.
During the summer league, Thabeet's performance was still remarkable. Relying on his height and wingspan, he often performed hot pot feasts on the defensive end.
In the preseason, as the opponent's level rises by one level, his performance drops by one level.
When it came to the regular season and the real battle began, Thabeet's performance was completely unwatchable.
The Timberwolves have played four games so far. Thabeet came off the bench 3 times and scored a total of 2 points.
The best performance was 2 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks. It was still possible to score these 3 blocks, but it was a pity that the team lost.
The Timberwolves originally tried to let Thabeet serve as the team's starter and work with Love as an inside partner.
Now it seems that whether this guy can survive in the NBA is a question. His performance at the beginning of the season is indeed too bad.
Another rookie of the Timberwolves, Flynn, performed much better and has already established himself as the Timberwolves' starting point guard.
He averaged 15 points per game in the previous games, and even scored 18 points and 4 assists in the first game of his career, helping the Timberwolves get their first win at home. For a while, Timberwolves fans and management felt like they saw hope.
He also performed well in the next few games, so Timberwolves head coach Kurt Rambis was relieved to hand over the responsibility of organizing the offense to him.
The match between the two sides was about to begin. Min Congda returned the magazine in his hand to Ada and said, "Ada, will these articles have an impact on the support of the fans? How is the feedback from the fans in the media department now?"
Ada said: "It will definitely have an impact. Sports Illustrated has a great influence. The number of letters and private messages we receive in the background of our email and media accounts is increasing, and more and more fans will be interested in us. "
Min Congda scratched his face, these rubbish media will write blindly. Doesn't this increase the resistance for me to mess up?
We need to think of ways to hedge against these experts' optimistic remarks about the Clippers.
At this time, the two sides had jumped the ball to start the game, and the Clippers started with a 7:0 offensive shock wave.
Randolph succeeded in consecutive low attacks under the basket, and then Eric Gordon counterattacked and rushed to the basket for a layup, causing Jefferson to foul.
Got to the free throw line and made an extra free throw.
As a basketball spectator who has gradually matured, Min Congda's unfavorable start can no longer make him irritable and restless.
He just silently watched the Timberwolves' poor performance on the court. This offense and this defense, if there are rules, there are still some rules.
After all, it is an NBA professional team. A bad team is relatively bad, not absolutely bad. It has a certain level.
The Timberwolves have a traditional two-power inside line-up, Al Jefferson paired with Kevin Love, which is considered the standard in the current NBA.
After all, the Lakers, the leader in the Western Conference, have three high deterrents, and every team will find a way to equip a good inside combination.
It's just that in this game, the main power forward Kevin Love is absent due to injury. The Clippers' opponents will definitely have an injury after the start of the season.
Al Jefferson scored the Timberwolves' first goal in the low post, easing the team's scoring drought.
The two sides started a one-goal, one-goal battle, and the Clippers always maintained an advantage of more than 5 points.
"Why don't the Timberwolves' defense and offense have no focus? Are they just playing casually? They have said that our third position is a weak point, and we don't know how to target it. Besides, your rebound... Randolph grabbed an offensive rebound..."
Randolph grabbed three offensive rebounds in the first quarter and continuously hit the Timberwolves' basket, causing the Timberwolves to foul inside.
"Did Randolph take Viagra? Why are you so strong? How are you doing?"
Randolph scored 12 points in the first quarter and grabbed 5 rebounds, including 3 offensive rebounds.
Relying on Randolph's outstanding performance, the Clippers led the Timberwolves by 5 points 33:28 in the first quarter.
Once the team is in the lead, the players will play more relaxed and the coach will be more comfortable in arranging the lineup.
After the three defenders failed in the last game, Dunleavy decided to try the second lineup with one senior and four juniors this time.
He sent Curry, DeAndre Jordan, Gordon, Thornton and Keith Davis.
For the Timberwolves, Rambis replaced No. 4 pick Hashim Thabeet.
I hope this big man can come to his senses on the court, otherwise the team will waste a high position pick.
As a result, Jordan was already stupid enough on the court, but Thabeet was even more stupid than him!
Thabeet cooperated with his teammates in a pick-and-roll, trying to catch the ball and attack the basket directly.
He didn't even hold the ball firmly, and was slapped away by Jordan. Thabeet still followed the inertia and jumped up to dunk.
When he was hanging at the basket without the ball, the Clippers players and DeAndre Jordan had already counterattacked with a fast break.
Curry passed a lob to the inside, Jordan received the ball, and succeeded in a one-handed dunk under the basket!
In the following rounds, Thabeet's performance on the court was like a disaster, and his defense was always one step slower.
On the offensive end, he has always had a weak hand and cannot control the ball well, and his teammates don't want to pass the ball to him.
With the Clippers extending their lead to 9 points at 41:32, Rambis had to replace Thabeet.
Jordan actually played well during this period, scoring 4 points, 3 rebounds, and 1 block.
A second-round pick made Thabeet even more incompetent.
Min Congda looked up at the ceiling and let out a long sigh, "Why didn't I think of choosing this guy at the time? Misstep, misstep!"
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