Along the way, I chatted a lot with the strange-named Gan Liliang.
Min Congda knew that this kid loved basketball and insisted on studying at a famous basketball school in the United States.
His father was a tractor sales tycoon in China. He was very wealthy. He donated a large sum of money to the University of Kentucky, sent his son to school, and even gave him a spot on the school team.
However, his basketball talent is really mediocre. Although he is more than two meters tall, he will not get much chance to play in ordinary basketball schools, let alone Kentucky, a strong basketball school.
But there was no way. His father had donated a lot of money, and the school wanted to give face to the green dollar instead of giving face to others, so he asked coach Calipari to reserve a bench seat for him on the school team.
Although he cannot appear on the court, Gan Liliang trains very hard every day because he really loves basketball.
March Madness ended in April, the NCAA entered the off-season, and the school curriculum was relatively loose. Gan Liliang traveled to San Antonio with his friends to play and watch the playoffs.
San Antonio is Gan Liliang’s base in the United States. His tractors are all imported from Texas and sold to the Chinese market, with sales in the hundreds of millions a year.
"Damn it, is he a second generation again?"
Why say it again? That boy Fan Chen is the second generation, and he tricked Min Congda quite a lot.
Now when you meet the second generation Min Congda, you have to be careful. What if you trust others again and get tricked?
When we arrived at the crab fishing spot, everyone took out the chicken drumsticks they had brought with them and started an interesting crab fishing trip.
Although it is not as exciting as fishing, fishing for crabs is also very interesting, which makes Min Congda feel that the trip is worthwhile.
Playing until sunset, everyone set up a bonfire in the camp, boiled and grilled crabs, and ate delicious crab meat.
Min Congda felt very happy to meet two compatriots and had a drink together.
Min Congda asked curiously: "If you spend money to join the basketball team, you probably won't be able to join the NBA in the future, right?"
Gan Liliang sighed and said: "Yes, my level is not enough for the NBA and NBDL, let alone the NBA. I have the remaining two years to work hard and train seriously, and maybe I can gain a foothold in the NBDL."
Min Congda said: "If it's not for this material, I won't eat this bowl of rice. Your dad is so rich. He can sell tractors after graduation."
"I just don't want to sell tractors! I don't want to go back and inherit the family business. I just want to play basketball."
Min Congda shook his head, thinking that if I hadn't completed this bullshit task, I wouldn't be working as the general manager of the Clippers.
If I could inherit the family business, I would sell toilets, let alone tractors.
What's wrong with being in sales? There's something fun about selling. Selling things to people who need them isn't much more interesting and accomplished than throwing that broken ball into the basket?
The two of them each had their own thoughts and sighed silently in their hearts.
After catching crabs and eating the crab feast, we headed back home.
On the way back, Min Congda asked Gan Liliang and Wei Dazhi: "How long will you stay in San Antonio? Do you want to go to Los Angeles for fun?"
Gan Liliang said: "We are going back to school tomorrow. There are still many things at school. But...if you have a game in San Antonio, we will definitely come over to watch the game."
Min Congda thought to himself, tomorrow's second game against the Spurs will last until Game 5 or Game 7. Isn't it time to return to San Antonio?
Now the Spurs are 0:1 behind. They have to play at least until the fifth game and will definitely return to San Antonio.
The Clippers can't sweep the Spurs, right?
"No problem. When the Clippers play in San Antonio again, we will make an appointment in advance to catch crabs together!"
“Let’s catch crabs together!”
The three exchanged contact information, and after getting off the bus, Min Congda returned to the hotel.
When other team managers play away games, they spend time with the team.
Understand the status of the team, chat with players and coaches, and be sure of the next game.
This is the playoffs, not the regular season.
Only Min Congda was still in the mood to catch crabs.
In these two days, games in other battlefields of the playoffs continue.
On April 18, the Miami Heat and Orlando Magic had a second game.
The Magic team with Howard has completely lost the charm of the previous two seasons.
Even if they welcome Turkoglu back, they can't find the feeling of winning.
In Miami, Warcraft scored a super double-double with 21 points and 18 rebounds.
But the connection between him and his teammates was completely cut off. Chris Bosh scored 27 points in this game.
Wade and Gay used sharp offense to attack the Magic's thin defense.
The Magic defense that Howard once held up was gone.
Becomes without layers, becomes fragile, becomes full of loopholes.
Without the backing of such a defensive system, the Magic cannot face the Heat's three heads and six arms.
Gay, who had never integrated well with the Heat during the regular season, found his role in the playoffs.
He is a complete third-year player, taking some of the ball rights that Bosh and Wade have divided up, giving full play to his offensive ability, and not having too many holes in defense.
In this way, the Heat's imperfect but good personal offense, coupled with a pressing defensive system, defeated the Magic, which was already on the verge of collapse.
The series took a 2:0 lead.
In another game in the Eastern Conference, the Chicago Bulls also used suffocating defense to strangle the Philadelphia 76ers, 2:0.
It can be seen that there is a big difference in strength between the upper and lower half of the Eastern Conference, and it is difficult for the lower half to pose a fatal threat to the upper half.
By April 19th, the plot remained unchanged. The Cavaliers, Mavericks, and Celtics in the first half all won the game, defended their home court, and achieved a 2:0 lead.
On April 20, the Clippers and Spurs will have a second battle.
The other two games are Lakers vs. Grizzlies and Thunder vs. Nuggets.
According to the progress of the game, the teams in the top half won these two games.
The immature Griffin was still helpless in front of the three top players, with a blank look on his face. The Lakers defeated the Grizzlies easily.
Without Anthony, the Nuggets simply cannot withstand the impact of Durant and Westbrook.
Durant, Westbrook, and Gordon scored 70 points together, 109:89, and swept the Nuggets with 20 points.
After last year's hard work, the Thunder are not far from the second round of the playoffs.
Min Congda looked at the other rounds of the series and thought to himself, we can't be an exception this time, right?
The Spurs learned a lesson from the first game, learned from shame and then acted bravely. Coupled with Ginobili's comeback, they must win the second game and defend their home court.
Min Congda is full of confidence in the Spurs!
Two and a half hours later, the Clippers scored another victory on the road at 110:107 in overtime.
James Harden hit a key three-pointer and strangled the Spurs with his teammates!
No one on the Clippers team scored 20 points, but 8 people scored in double figures.
The maverick Clippers became the only team in the bottom half of the 8-round series that defeated the top team and led 2:0!
It makes people wonder, who is first and who is eighth?
At the end of the game, Min Congda left the court without saying a word, and put a popcorn bucket on the head of the reporter who wanted to interview him in the player tunnel.
The next day, he was punished by the league and fined $20,000.
(End of chapter)
