No matter how big the difficulties are, Min Congda can face them with a smile.
Of course, to put it nicely, this is called optimism.
To put it mildly, it means that the brain does not remember things, remembers eating but does not remember beatings.
However, the basketball world has always been full of people who care about eating rather than playing.
Like many fans, their home team was beaten and disgraced in the playoffs.
After one offseason, he will be resurrected with full health and can once again defy the sky and the earth. No one is afraid.
There are also some fans who still feel that the home team can create a miracle and come back 4:0 even though the team is already 0:3.
Even when it was 0:4, some people said arrogantly that someone could make a huge comeback at 5:4...
Perhaps this is the charm of sports. Failure is painful, but the road to fighting will never end.
As Pele said, which was the most exciting goal? It must be next.
Sports competition always gives people hope, and there is always a chance to start over after failure.
Even if a certain star falls, there will be an influx of new players who will succeed and bring new hope.
Rebuild again and again, fall down again and again, stand up again and again.
The NBA is such an endless cycle.
Min Congda wanted to break out of this cycle, but fell into it unknowingly.
Of course, everyone wants to win, but he wants to lose.
While others suffered repeated defeats, he won more and more.
The process is painful and the will is tough.
Coupled with Min Congda's unique basketball talent, a person like him with an optimistic personality and average intelligence is really suitable for working in the NBA.
It's just that he doesn't think so. He is thinking about 360 million U.S. dollars. The bounty is expected to increase to 400 million U.S. dollars by the end of this season.
The first game between the Clippers and Thunder will be on May 1.
The entire Clippers team arrived in Oklahoma City one day in advance for rest and warm-up training.
The 4-0 sweep in the first round gave the Clippers a lot of confidence and gave them a good rest.
The team's health is quite good, and Curry's ankle has been closely monitored and maintained.
The team doctor said that Curry's surgery was very successful, and because it was done very early, he recovered well.
As long as you pay attention to protection, there won't be any big problems in the future.
Curry and his family are very grateful to Min Congda for his vision.
Harden, George, Dragic and other young players are even more physically fit.
Davis, Randolph and other veterans are also in good shape.
There are bound to be injuries, and no professional athlete is immune to physical injuries.
There is no such thing as complete health, only major injuries and minor injuries.
All players basically play with injuries.
Why did the Lakers have so many twists and turns against the Grizzlies in the first round?
In the first two games, young guys like Griffin and DeAndre Jordan simply couldn't adapt to the playoffs.
But after adjusting for two games and returning to the home court, they won the Lakers.
Kobe only scored 10 points in the fourth game, which was his lowest score in the playoffs in recent years.
Because Kobe was seriously troubled by injuries, and he was unwilling to rest and always played with injuries.
But even so, optimistic Lakers fans still believe that the Lakers can win this year's championship.
Playing against the Mavericks in the semifinals was even more difficult. After all, the Mavericks also had a hard time winning in the first round.
It was also a 2:0 lead, and then the Trail Blazers lost two games in a row.
One of them was a big comeback in the fourth quarter, which made fans excited.
The name of a softie was once again placed on Nowitzki's head.
The Lakers and Mavericks met in the playoffs for the first time since the new era in 1999.
After that lockout ended, the Spurs began the Western Conference era of the NBA.
After that, the West is dominated by the Lakers and Spurs.
In 12 years, the two teams almost divided up all the Western Conference championships, with the only exception being the Mavericks in 2006.
The Mavericks and the Spurs clashed several times, and they were brutally killed.
The Lakers and Spurs also fought several times to decide the championship in advance.
However, the Mavericks and Lakers have never met in the playoffs before.
It can be said that in 2011, when this old era is coming to an end and a new round of lockout is coming, the Lakers vs. Mavericks and Kobe Bryant vs. Nowitzki are an excellent competitive feast for fans.
Compared with the confrontation between the Mavericks and the Lakers in the old era, the Clippers and the Thunder are an early competition in the new era.
Compared to the Clippers, the Thunder are also in very good shape.
The young troika composed of Durant, Westbrook, and Gordon is extremely powerful.
Before the trade deadline of the 2011 season, the Thunder sent away Jeff Green and acquired Kendrick Perkins from the Celtics.
The quality of this deal is debatable. The Thunder do need a rim-protecting inside line, but their previous target was Tyson Chandler.
As a result, the transaction was originally completed, but Chandler failed the physical examination and the transaction had to be cancelled.
Then, Chandler was sent to the Mavericks, and the Thunder's inside line was still empty.
The Thunder's biggest target in the Western Conference is of course the Lakers.
Everyone is afraid of the Lakers' three top players, and the Clippers also have two heroes inside.
In the 2010 Finals, the Celtics lost to the Lakers in tiebreaker. It cannot be said that Perkins' reimbursement was not involved.
His role in the interior against the Lakers' three highs is obvious.
After getting Perkins, the Thunder's lineup is more complete.
From the starting five to the sixth man on the bench, every position is filled with elite players.
After completing the deal at the end of February during the regular season, the Thunder only lost two games throughout March.
The only team in the league that overshadows them is the Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference.
The rim protection and rebound protection that Perkins brings are things that the Thunder previously lacked.
But to say it's not worth it, Perkins has no independent offensive ability at all.
As a bulky big center, in an era when the giant inside line is gradually withering away, whether he can support the Thunder inside line in the future is a big question mark.
The Thunder were also eager to keep him with a four-year, 34.8 million contract.
Some media have commented that Perkins' contract may be worse than the Clippers Milicic's contract.
Because Milicic can still develop offensive abilities, Perkins has no such possibility.
In the new era, ball power and space are everything. Can a beast from the old era like Perkins adapt?
Of course, at least this season, in the Western Conference semifinals, Perkins will definitely have a role to play.
The Clippers' two bears inside, and the Thunder's Perkins + Ibaka, will inevitably have a fierce battle.
On the night of May 1st, everyone in the Thunder wore blue T-shirts at the Pisacek Energy Center.
For the Thunder, this is the first time the new team has reached the playoffs.
They broke through the first round and reached the semifinals.
The opponent Clippers are, in a certain sense, their target of revenge.
If it weren't for the Clippers last season, the Thunder would have made the playoffs last year.
Oklahoma City fans are still extremely enthusiastic, and the atmosphere at the scene is crazy.
Min Congda likes this atmosphere and the popcorn in the Energy Center.
This time he didn't give any pre-match interviews, so shut up!
The game started at 7 o'clock mountain time, and a long round of fighting began.
(End of chapter)
