Baron Davis is definitely a point that Min Congda ignored.
A huge blind spot.
It turned out that he was the leader of the Clippers' drunkenness and wealth, but Min Congda believed that he was the source of the Clippers' downfall.
As a local leader in Los Angeles, I have the responsibility and obligation to lead the team's young people to ruin.
In the beginning, Baron Davis did exactly that. Since he was not short of money, he didn't have much pursuit on the court.
The championship dream in my heart was gradually worn away by year after year of failure, the tossing of various teams, and the decline in physical condition.
He was traded to the Clippers with a retirement mentality.
After executing the last big contract in my hometown, I will sign another one if I have the chance, and I will retire if I don’t have the chance.
Baron Davis doesn't really want to go to a strong team for the championship. This is not his style.
Moreover, the characteristics of his playing style determine that when he declines, it will be difficult for him to be a plug-and-play microwave in other teams.
He needs the ball, he needs stage lights, he needs some tactics designed around him.
After arriving at the Clippers, Captain Brand jumped off the ship and left, falling off a cliff.
Baron Davis believes that the rest of the day was just a casual mess.
After all, he has returned home in glory and has gained a good reputation after playing professional basketball for 10 years.
Walking on the streets where he grew up as a child, everyone knew him and knew him as Baron Davis.
His family has lived a good life, and he doesn't have to worry about money after retiring. He has many things to do.
He has many friends in Hollywood who can go film and participate in variety shows.
He has a place in the fashion circle, is a trendy person, and can make trendy brands.
This season he became friends with Kanye West and might be able to enter the music industry.
He is only 32 years old this year and may have entered a period of decline as a basketball player.
But as an ordinary person, his golden age has just begun.
In the eyes of fans, his basketball career has failed and is coming to an end.
In his own eyes, the beautiful stage of his life has just begun, full of light.
However, the appearance of two people changed Baron Davis's mind.
One is last year’s No. 1 pick Stephen Curry.
Curry's rapid growth seized the ball from Davis.
But Baron Davis did not conflict with Curry because of this.
Instead, he admired Curry and inspired Curry that cold night in Minnesota.
In the eyes of fans, this may be a kind of inheritance, but Davis soon discovered that he was not that old yet.
Curry's passion for basketball and his energy on the court inspired Baron Davis' passion for basketball.
The two developed a healthy competition, and the good atmosphere within the Clippers team became a catalyst.
Baron Davis lost weight last summer and returned to form in order to perform better on the court.
This season Curry suffered an injury and underwent surgery, and Davis once again shouldered the heavy responsibility of the team's offensive organization.
Although the team's record is not particularly good, it does not plummet, but bites.
This created the basic conditions for a resurgence in the second half of the season.
The second person who changed him was Steve Kerr.
Baron Davis thought that Cole's arrival would completely establish Curry's core status.
Unexpectedly, Cole did not forget Baron Davis, but instead designed many new tactics for him.
Davis feels freer on the court, able to go to more places and use more of the skills he was once familiar with.
Going to the low post, going to the bottom corner, going to 45 degrees, his talent was re-ignited.
Many people believe that Curry's comeback has allowed the Clippers to sail again, but in fact they are only half right.
Curry's comeback also liberated Baron Davis, whose playing style and position do not overlap with Curry's.
Under Cole's training, they have become very complementary, able to promote and help each other.
By the playoffs, in the familiar eighth place, Baron Davis felt that his energy had been stimulated.
In the first half, the young people bombed wildly and opened the point difference to 15 points.
In the second half, the Spurs will definitely launch a counterattack, and they will need an experienced veteran like him to hold the line!
The Spurs' offense did begin to revive in the second half, and Parker Duncan's pick-and-roll was their weapon in tearing apart the Clippers' defense.
During the pick-and-roll at the top of the arc, Duncan cut inside, and Parker passed a precise ground-breaking pass to Duncan.
Duncan caught the ball and succeeded in a three-step layup!
The goal was scored, but it was clear that Duncan's steps were really heavy.
In the past, this ball would have been a one-handed dunk.
This time it was indeed an ordinary layup that Duncan rarely used.
Dunleavy saw the ball and yelled from the sideline: "Go back, go back!"
The inside retreat was not executed resolutely enough, giving Duncan a chance.
Then, Curry made a mistake when he was double-teamed while driving to the basket.
During the counterattack, Parker passed the ball to Jefferson in the right corner.
Jefferson caught the ball, shot a three-pointer, and hit it again!
A three-pointer from the corner in a quick counterattack.
The Spurs relied on this move to widen the point gap with their opponents in the regular season.
The Spurs scored consecutively and narrowed the point difference to 10 points.
The Spurs, with their morale high, then almost defended the Clippers for 24 seconds.
Finally, the ball was given to Davis and he forced a mid-range shot to hit!
Balang's stable mid-range pull has become an important offensive weapon for the Clippers.
Then, the Spurs picked and rolled again, with Duncan and Parker again cutting inside.
This time, the Clippers retreated into position and Parker had no chance to stuff it.
He chose to break through to the basket with the ball and lay up, and succeeded in the throw.
Parker's left foot was injured and wrapped in a white bandage.
His shooting percentage was terrible in the first half.
This layup was his first sports game score.
Then, Baron Davis and Randolph cooperated in a pick-and-roll.
Getting to the basket is also a light layup.
Duncan's awareness of the defense was timely, but his legs and feet couldn't keep up.
Another pick-and-roll between Parker and Duncan. Apart from this move, the Spurs really have no other good way.
The Clippers still retreated and followed. Parker wanted to take a mid-range shot, but after thinking about it, he gave up.
If you can't make a shot, pass it to Jefferson. Jefferson will catch the ball, break through, and pass it again.
Repeatedly pulling on the Clippers' defense, finally created space at the bottom.
Parker slipped to the basket and received a pass from Duncan for a layup!
The Spurs' offense is getting smoother and smoother, but the defense can't stop it!
Baron Davis caught the ball in the low post and suddenly made a beautiful pass to the basket.
Randolph caught the ball, pushed away the defender, and succeeded in a left-hand layup!
Both sides scored points back and forth, which was a great disadvantage to the Spurs.
You are 15 points behind. If you score one goal for each other, how can you catch up?
Of course Popovich knows this. With such a big point difference, he must suppress the Clippers on the defensive end.
But Popovich, who is missing two generals, really has no cards to play.
He could only continue to play the offensive card and replaced Juan Blair early in the third quarter.
Count on Blair's energy to muddy the waters on offense.
The Spurs have played the most regular and orderly game ever.
They were reduced to relying on a stocky inside man to muddy the waters on the offensive end.
It makes people lament that the world has changed too fast, and the NBA regular season and playoffs have also changed too much.
Some people died, but not completely...
