December 20, 2010, Staples Center, Clippers vs. Timberwolves game.
After a summer of various operations, the Timberwolves acquired Koufos and other players from the Jazz, and sent Al Jefferson away.
Then in the new season, he continued to compete for next year's No. 1 pick and dominated the Western Conference.
A record of 6 wins and 22 losses made Min Congda drool with envy.
If the system hadn't disagreed, Min Congda would have really wanted to resign and let Kahn of the Timberwolves come over and become the Clippers' general manager.
In this year's draft and signings, Min Congda has tried his best to follow the footsteps of the Timberwolves.
But so far in the season, he feels that he still can't see the taillights of the Timberwolves management.
The gap is so fucking huge. As expected, it’s not just about imitating the bad show, you have to understand the essence of the bad show.
Min Congda felt that he did not understand this essence enough, so he had to resort to the time-consuming and labor-intensive strategy of "teaching players to play".
In the first three quarters of this game, the Timberwolves were unable to fight back.
Hashim Thabeet has proven to be a completely useless big man.
The Timberwolves are already considering trading him away to see which team that wants to scratch the lottery is willing to take over and take it back to scratch the lottery.
The inside line composed of Koufos and Love lacked offensive power and was weak in front of the two heroes.
Love is a good rebounder, but rebounds are just a number if they can't be converted into points.
After three quarters, the Clippers led the Timberwolves by 20 points, basically turning the fourth quarter into garbage time.
During the break between the third and fourth quarters, Mike Dunleavy said to the players: "In the fourth quarter, the guys will play a pass-and-cut system to hone it. Mark, you have to go to the high position." Do you know how to hold the ball?"
Marc Gasol was confused and asked: "Pass and cut? What pass and cut?"
Dunleavy said: "It's just about supporting from a high position, making cuts, and passing the ball inside."
Marc Gasol said: "Why? We are already leading by more than 20 points, and we still have to fight like this?"
Dunleavy told everyone: "Starting from today, we will play more passing offenses. This is Mr. Smart's tactical requirement."
Everyone went back to look at the audience. Min Congda sat in the back and nodded. At the same time, he secretly said that Lao Deng still likes to blame others.
Whenever I have any requests, I always have to ask "Mr. Smart" for fear of being complained and opposed by the players. This bad old man is quite bad.
Moreover, this kind of tactics requires you not to talk about it during training on weekdays. If you suddenly talk to the players in the middle of the game, anyone else will be confused.
For example, the Clippers have daily drills to support passing and cutting coordination in the high post, but not much. The main thing is the high-low coordination between Randolph and Gasol.
There are even fewer air cuts and counter runs. When Gordon was here last season, he would make counter runs and air cuts, and his awareness was quite good.
Gordon is not here, Ricky Davis can't, and Baron Davis can't run, so Bledsoe can run.
But with Bledsoe's height, he might get shot if he runs to the basket, and he doesn't usually practice this routine.
When the fourth quarter started, the Clippers players, who were leading by 20 points, looked confused.
Gasol knows how to provide high-level support. As a European insider, he has been training in this area since he was a child.
Unless they really have no talent in this area, European insiders more or less have the ability to handle passes from a high position.
But he alone would be useless. Others haven't practiced much, so how can they fight like this?
Xiaojia can only bring a few people together for a brief discussion.
"Stand 1-4 later, pull away and walk in."
"What are positions 1-4?"
"Who's going in?"
"How to fight if you can't run away?"
"Why does Mr. Smart suddenly want us to play pass?"
"He definitely has his reasons, but how to do it."
"Could he know that we are gossiping about him behind his back and take revenge on us?"
"There is a possibility. Mark, you are the loudest, so I let you control the ball."
"How can you blame me! You all are so happy to hear that!"
The TV camera turned to the Clippers players, thinking they were gathered together to discuss tactics.
In fact, everyone was confused. Fortunately, we were more than 20 points ahead. Basically, we could win in any game.
On the bench, Min Chongda asked Dunleavy: "Mike, why did you suddenly tell the players to play pass and cut during the game? You should have informed them in advance and practiced the routine."
Dunleavy said: "Because someone suddenly told me to change tactics during the season, I can only suddenly tell the players during the game that we need to play a new tactical system."
Lao Deng still had a temper. No matter whether what Min Congda said or did before was correct or not, he still had his own ideas.
This time Min Congda was really choked back. Lao Deng was right. When the team's momentum was good, it was really speechless to change tactics midway and go against the version of tactics.
But the more this happened, the more Min Congda realized that he had made the right decision.
Dunleavy also said: "If the team starts losing because of this, I will not take responsibility for it."
Min Congda hurriedly said: "No! This is definitely not your responsibility, all the responsibility lies with me!"
Curry on the side asked puzzledly: "Mr. Smart, why do you have to play pass and cut? Our previous tactics were pretty good."
Min Congda patted Curry on the shoulder and said, "Silly boy, I'm doing it for you. I don't want your ability to move without the ball to go to waste."
"But…"
"Don't be too stubborn. You should study when you have time and make up for the lessons. Don't make a comeback and you won't be able to keep up."
Curry nodded, thinking, is Mr. Smart really doing it for me? Then I owe him a lot.
Min Congda just made it up, and he took it seriously.
At this time, the situation on the field suddenly became very strange.
The Clippers, who had been going smoothly in the first three quarters and kept the Timberwolves on the ground, suddenly seemed like they couldn't play anymore.
Gasol hesitated with the ball in the high post. Ricky Davis in the corner didn't know how to run and collided with Randolph.
On the weak side, Baron Davis stood there with his arms akimbo in a daze, while Bledsoe circled Gasol but couldn't catch the ball.
The Timberwolves players also found it strange. Are the Clippers players doing some kind of performance art?
Everyone is doing their own thing, just like a person, walking forward with his left foot, leaning to the left with his right foot, swinging his left hand, picking his nose with his right hand, and looking back. What kind of ability is this to compete with each other? ?
For several consecutive rounds, the Clippers didn't even complete a decent offense. Either they made mistakes or Marc Gasol took the ball and rushed to the basket.
Fortunately, the Timberwolves' offense was really poor and they did not seize the opportunity to launch a super counterattack. Moreover, the score difference between the two sides was too big and they could not catch up in one game.
The Clippers, who scored 91 points at the end of three quarters, only scored 12 points in the fourth quarter.
In the end, they defeated the Timberwolves 103:95, an 8-point advantage.
If the Timberwolves had worked harder, or if the game had taken longer, the Clippers might have lost.
At the end of the game, Dunleavy shook his head and said to Min Congda: "How about it, Smart, this is the effect of passing and cutting."
Min Congda sighed and said: "It's too late, it's too late!"
"What, you still think it's too late?"
"Yes, such a good tactic, I wish I had used it earlier."
Listening to Min Congda's words, Dunleavy felt increasingly unable to understand him.
(End of chapter)
