Min Congda hasn't paid much attention to the Clippers' games recently.
While he was traveling and enjoying himself, he was watching other teams' games on live TV.
Take the Cleveland Cavaliers for example. The Cavaliers are playing quite well this season.
After retaining James, they restructured the team's lineup with Min Congda's secret suggestion.
Sending Waiters away and getting the taller Ramon Sessions as the main point guard.
The shooting guard boldly used second-round pick Danny Green.
Insiders Robin Lopez, Marcus Camby, Landry.
Moreover, under the secret guidance of Min Congda, the knights began to fight between the first grade and the fourth grade.
The starting lineup of Lopez, James, Miller, Anthony Parker and Sessions is very competitive in the Eastern Conference.
Danny Green was sent to the Development League for training, and the Cavaliers wanted to cut this player with no characteristics.
But James tried to protect this little brother because Min Congda said "such a player has potential". In fact, Min Congda was talking nonsense.
He doesn't know anything about the player's potential. He just thinks that Green is tall and is a scarce defender in the Cavaliers.
It can be said that in November, as the Clippers were losing ground, Min Congda watched more Cavaliers games than the Clippers.
Some post-game articles also began to use the Cavaliers as examples. Sometimes James would even call Min Congda to exchange experiences and insights.
Facing this military envoy and adopted son stationed in Cleveland, Min Congda was still willing to give advice.
From a risk perspective, hedging must be done. Even if the situation is good, no one knows when the situation will suddenly turn bad.
You see, Min Congda felt something was wrong when playing against the Spurs today.
"Did someone show Lao Deng my tactical article?"
"There must be a traitor among us!"
The Clippers' biggest traitor suspects others of being traitors.
In the first quarter, Min Congda was only aware of it, thinking that the Clippers' defense had the shadow of his own theory.
By the second quarter, a defensive strategy by the Clippers convinced Min Congda that there was a traitor!
Still facing the Spurs' pick-and-roll tactics, a combination of Parker and McDyess on the right wing.
The Clippers still retreated inside, but Harden in the middle came to double-team.
After the double-team, Parker immediately passed the ball to McDyess, who took the ball and wanted to move to the weak side.
He does not have the confidence to take Gasol one-on-one, and Richardson on the weak side has a chance because Ricky rotates to the middle.
As a result, just when McDyess wanted to pass the ball, the Clippers turned from man-to-man defense to a 141 zone defense?
This change caught McDyess off guard. The ball was passed, but in zone defense, aren't you seeking death by moving the ball laterally in a wide range?
The ball was intercepted by Ricky Davis and passed to Harden. Harden quickly counterattacked and hit the basket. He passed the defender with a beautiful European step and succeeded in a layup!
At this time, the Clippers were already 37:25, leading the Spurs by 12 points.
The Spurs' invincible pick-and-roll + quick attack in previous games was completely broken by the Clippers.
Of course, the Spurs are really in bad shape tonight. They just played against the Golden State Warriors in Oakland yesterday.
Therefore, this game is a back-to-back away game. It is normal for them to perform poorly because the average age of their original lineup is older.
In the middle of the second quarter, Popovich saw that Parker was not in good condition, and the pick-and-roll was repeatedly broken, and he could not push back when he tried to counterattack.
Simply let Parker take a rest early, replace him with Gary Neal, and shift the tactical focus back to the inside.
Taking Duncan, Blair, and McDyess' low-post offense as the starting point, they began to play the traditional inside-out routine.
The Clippers were not afraid of such a routine at all. Milicic, who came on as a substitute in the third quarter, sent out consecutive big blocks and played his strongest performance of the season on the defensive end.
Because he was a substitute, Milicic didn't have to save energy at all and was full of energy in 20 minutes.
After three quarters, the Clippers already led the Spurs by 26 points, 91:65, directly defeating the first place in the Western Conference.
The fourth quarter turned directly into garbage time, and Popovich cooperated very well and replaced garbage players without resisting.
In the end, the Clippers defeated the Spurs, the first in the Western Conference, at home 110:85, with a 25-point advantage.
After watching this game, Min Congda had only two thoughts in his mind:
First, "Technical adjustment, don't panic, the Spurs are too tired."
Second, "There really is a traitor!"
In addition to the second quarter, in the middle and late third quarter, the Clippers also used the difficult collective defensive technique of "double team to zone defense".
This kind of defense was also specially proposed by Min Congda in the article. He believes that "man-marking and zone defense can not only change the rhythm by switching in multiple defensive rounds, but can also switch in a single defense to confuse the offense. players to achieve unexpected results.”
Once used properly, this defensive method can be extremely effective.
Because the player does not have a God's perspective on the court, what he sees is not a high-altitude bird's-eye view.
If the opponent's defensive strategy suddenly changes drastically, there will definitely be problems with the offensive team's choices.
However, Min Congda also pointed out, "Such a defense requires a high degree of tacit understanding and a lot of training. Once used improperly, large gaps will leak out and be punished by the opponent, which is very risky."
Therefore, this kind of defensive method requires a lot of training. At the same time, it cannot be used often in games, and the fault tolerance rate is too low.
It can be used suddenly at certain critical moments to reverse the situation and attack the opponent.
"Damn it, which traitor leaked the content of my article? Did someone hack into my blog? Or did I leave the draft somewhere else?"
"Or is it really Lao Deng who came up with it himself?"
Min Congda especially wants to set up an investigation team to strictly investigate the traitors within the Clippers!
But then I thought about it, if I really checked, wouldn't I be the one found in the end?
Forget it, stop searching randomly, just think that Lao Deng came up with it himself.
And the fact that the Clippers beat the Spurs so badly tonight has a certain amount of luck.
The fatigue of the Spurs' back-to-back games, Parker's minor injury, and the Clippers' team's explosive state, etc.
Min Congda, who has experienced strong winds and waves, knows that game tactics only play part of the role.
Player status and on-the-spot performance are often more decisive.
However, this incident also reminded Min Congda that some tactical suggestions should not be written randomly.
Especially for the Clippers, some good suggestions will really bring huge changes to the team.
Previously, Min Congda had been providing "wrong" tactical advice to the Clippers.
What are the tactical directions that are contradictory and inconsistent with the trend, such as giving more ball rights to the outside and playing slowly with the inside as the core.
But this tactical direction is still too general. If you keep trying, you might still get on the right path.
Min Congdas thought about it, and another genius idea came to his mind: "By the way, I can develop a tactical system that is completely behind the times and force the Clippers to play! In this way, they will not be on the right path!"
So, the Clippers' biggest traitor took a month's rest and started working again.
(End of chapter)
