The whole month of November is a wonderful time for Min Congda.
The Clippers have struggled this month. In their first home game after returning from the road, they lost to the Detroit Pistons in overtime.
It was a heartbreaking triple overtime, the two sides fought for three hours, and the Clippers finally lost at home 117:119, with a 2-point difference.
The Clippers' offensive talent was undoubtedly revealed in the game, but they were scored by Villanueva who came off the bench for the Pistons and scored 30 points.
This was the key to the Clippers losing this game. They did not have a strong defender at the backup power forward position.
Bonner's defensive loopholes led to Lao Deng using him less and less, and his three-pointers lacked tactical support and could not perform well.
In the summer, the Clippers' operation to sign Bonner was quickly deemed a failure by the media.
Experts all believe the Clippers should trade Bonner for a defensive power forward.
Will Min Congda listen? Of course it's impossible, this is his proud work.
The Clippers narrowly defeated the New Jersey Nets at home, but then lost to the Timberwolves by 2 points in their next visit to Minnesota.
This was another high-scoring battle, 111:113. The Timberwolves scored 113 points on the Clippers.
For a time, the Clippers seemed to be completely unable to defend, and the players also felt quite frustrated because they were obviously working hard.
This defeat made Min Congda extremely happy. The Timberwolves, the Timberwolves, finally stopped giving away points!
Last season, this bad team of yours gave so many victories to the Clippers, and it finally rose to prominence.
Then the Clippers lost to the Hornets and Suns. At the end of November, the Clippers' record was only 6 wins and 9 losses.
Ranked 12th in the Western Conference, three games behind the eighth-ranked Trail Blazers.
This month, Min Congda eats well and sleeps well, and the team feels great when they lose.
And the Apple stock he has decided to invest in has climbed to US$400 per share.
Min Congda's stock assets have approached one million U.S. dollars. Seeing the rising stock profits, Min Congda feels very happy.
He thinks he is about to reach the pinnacle of his life.
What makes him even more happy is the selection of the best player and best rookie in November.
The Western Conference Rookie of the Month for November went to Blake Griffin of the Grizzlies.
Griffin returned this season after a disappointing season and immediately performed amazingly.
His amazing physical fitness and crazy dunks during the game smashed the Memphis basket to pieces.
The remote and quiet state of Tennessee became instantly popular because of Griffin's performance on the court.
He and another talented No. 2 Beasley injected a shot in the arm into the local basketball market with their dazzling on-court performances.
Although the Grizzlies' record is not very stable, they are currently ranked 11th in the Western Conference with 7 wins and 8 losses.
But the Grizzlies no longer have to worry about the box office this season, and the home attendance rate has improved a lot compared to last season.
Griffin also won the Western Conference Rookie of the Month in November with his performance of 20+10 per game and his dunk performance of dancing on the rim.
Griffin is well-deserved for being named Rookie of the Month. He even caused a storm in public opinion and his dunks were mesmerizing.
NBA-Batman issued a timely voting topic: Should the No. 1 pick in 2009 be Curry or Griffin.
Fans love the new and dislike the old, and focus on the present. They will support whoever performs well at the moment. Previous performances can easily be forgotten.
Curry's wonderful performance last season was quickly forgotten by fans due to his absence from surgery this season.
When it comes to voting, everyone is leaning toward Griffin, believing that Griffin is the real No. 1 pick.
Curry's style of play is just a flash in the pan. Griffin's violent dunks and impact are the ones with a higher ceiling.
Seeing such voting results, Min Congda was so happy, and the unhappiness in his heart that had been depressed for more than a year disappeared.
"It turns out that all my choices were correct! My previous failures were purely due to bad luck! Now I am on the right path, and 360 million US dollars is waving at me."
Min Congda, whose scar healed and forgot about the pain, began to get carried away.
This month he gradually stopped going to the training center to eat and watch the players train.
After all, now that I have money, I want to improve my food and open a small stove at home.
He also took time to go to Yellowstone Park with Daddario for a week to experience the beauty of American nature.
The Yellowstone Park in November has beautiful scenery and bears. Min Congda felt that he had truly relaxed and that good times were waving to him.
Fast forward to December. After a disappointing November, on December 1, the Clippers faced the powerful Spurs at home.
This is the third time during this period that the Clippers have faced the Spurs. The frequency of the two teams' encounters can be said to be quite high.
The Spurs have made further changes to the team's offense this season, completely shifting the team's offensive focus to the outside.
In the past, the team relied on Duncan's low-post singles as the focus of the offense, which gradually turned into a key ball tactic at critical moments rather than a regular play.
In this way, Duncan's physical fitness can be allocated more to defense and critical moments, and the task of scoring points in regular time is handed over to Parker, Ginobili, Jefferson, George Hill and others on the outside.
The Spurs have moved from a defensive team with the most traditional big core driving the entire team to a team that leads the offense from the outside, leads the defense from the inside, and integrates offense and defense.
Of course, in Popovich's tactical system, Matt Bonner was snatched away by the Clippers, which was not a critical but important part, which made Popovich very angry.
The two teams met twice at the beginning of the season, and the Spurs were brutal, beating the Clippers until they were unable to fight back.
From this point of view, Popovich is still quite small-minded.
Min Congda, who rushed back from Yellowstone Park, watched the game on site.
Tonight, he specially got a VIP box and ordered a steak and pizza from Red Head Boots Restaurant, hoping to enjoy the game comfortably.
Since the last meeting with Stern in New Orleans, Min Congda has not scolded the referee much.
Because I'm in a good mood, I don't have so much anger to vent.
"The Spurs' current results are really great, 14 wins and 3 losses, first in the Western Conference! Popovich really has something. The Spurs' core lineup has been used for so many years, and it is really amazing that they can still do tricks. "
Min Congda gained a lot of NBA knowledge in the summer and has a lot of understanding of the Spurs, an evergreen tree. After all, they are negative teaching materials.
After drafting Duncan in 1997, he began to build a team with the twin towers of Duncan Robinson as the core and won the 1999 championship.
Subsequently, the Duncan-Ginobili-Parker troika system was gradually built. Based on this system, talents at the center and small forward positions were constantly supplemented and replaced.
In this way, without overturning the core structure, we continued to tinker with it, always maintaining strong competitiveness, and maintaining the championship for 10 years.
Now entering the second decade of the 21st century, they seem to continue to tinker with this structure and continue to attack the championship.
"Such a stable team structure will never be allowed to happen to the Clippers!"
Min Congda secretly made up his mind that if the team structure is stable in the future, as long as the system allows it, the people who should be sent away will still be sent away!
Maintain the mobility of personnel and not develop in the direction of the Spurs.
"However, am I thinking too far ahead? If this situation continues, our Clippers will be gone."
(End of chapter)
