"Min Congda, don't smile so happily. It's too abnormal for you to do this."
"Don't laugh. Stay calm. Entering the playoffs is already a failure. How can you still laugh?"
"If you smile again, you will be exposed!"
At the end of the second game, Min Congda kept reminding himself not to smile too obviously.
He tried his best to purse his lips, patted Curry on the bench on the shoulder, and said: "It's okay, it's okay, we are going back to Los Angeles."
Curry had a mediocre performance tonight, making only 1 of 6 three-pointers and scoring 17 points.
The Thunder successfully defended Curry and Sefolosha followed him from start to finish.
Sefolosha is 2.01 meters tall, but he has the height of a forward but the mobility of a defender.
Moreover, his wingspan is quite exaggerated, which greatly interferes with Curry's shooting and passing in defense.
Thunder head coach Brooks can see that the "eye" of the Clippers' lineup is Curry.
Curry plays well and the Clippers can attack at a 120% level.
Curry plays poorly, and the Clippers can often only perform at 80%.
This second-year young man has such ability.
It's like Wade in 2005. Olney was the boss of the Heat that year, but Wade was the soul.
The Spurs did not pay attention to this in the first round, allowing Curry to play too comfortably and paid a heavy price.
This round, Brooks saw it right and did not let Westbrook guard Curry.
It directly caused Sefolosha and Gordon to fight, affecting Curry's performance.
Sure enough, Curry's performance was average and the Clippers' offense collapsed by one-third.
Another important point of the Clippers, James Harden, has also been curbed.
Because Brooks coached Harden for a year, he has a very good understanding of Harden's playing style and characteristics.
Harden received three shots in the paint tonight and had a comfortable hot pot meal.
Two of them were sent by Ibaka, whose amazing jumping and movement abilities left Harden stunned and caught off guard.
He can no longer get to the basket and dunk as easily as he did against the Spurs.
These two young engines were not running smoothly, and the Clippers' offense was greatly compromised.
On the bus to the airport, Min Congda sat in his seat and gently rubbed his face with his hands.
Just now, because I was holding back my laughter too hard, the muscles on my face were a little cramped, so I need to relax them.
Everyone was silent along the way, and we returned to Los Angeles with a big score of 0:2 behind.
The future of the series looks bleak.
The wonderful performance in the first round failed in the second round.
Stable is still stable, but those imaginations seem to be stifled by the Thunder's talent.
Experience, the Clippers are indeed very inexperienced.
Facing Oklahoma City's crazy home court and the situation under adversity, can rookie and second-year players not be confused.
Until he got on the plane, Min Congda never spoke, gave no encouragement, and no guidance.
People must learn a lesson. They talked too much before and accidentally gave encouragement or inspiration to the players.
He also leaked the defensive routine to Dunleavy, which is simply inexcusable.
"By the way, the defensive routine, the Thunder is quite strange. It's already 2011, but their team building ideas are a bit backwards. A meat shield center, a space power forward, a core small forward, and a defense A versatile backcourt and an all-around point guard. The style of play and routines are also similar. It seems that the playoffs are still dominated by traditional routines. Passing and cutting can only beat the Spurs, or show off their power in the regular season."
Min Congda fell asleep as soon as he got on the plane.
This time, he was too excited to sleep. He tossed and turned in his seat, thinking about the characteristics and differences between the two teams.
The Thunder are indeed very retro, because the 2011 season was a watershed, and no one knows in which direction the basketball style will develop in the future.
Roads are originally made by people, but some roads are taken by everyone, and they become broad avenues, while some roads become dead ends if you cannot walk on them.
The Thunder chose to take the traditional classical path because a large number of teams have already achieved success on this path.
The Thunder have relatively few pick-and-rolls, and the pick-and-roll routine is very simple, that is, outside players take shots after the pick-and-roll, and Ibaka's mid-to-long-range shots after cutting outside.
Because Ibaka only has the ability to shoot from a fixed point, his ability to cut inside and attack the basket is average.
Perkins, on the other hand, has nothing at all, and his offensive ability is very poor. He can only occasionally eat cakes or make secondary attacks with offensive rebounds.
The Thunder's offense relies heavily on transitions between offense and defense, with few positional warfare routines, basically no low-post offense, and a weak system.
However, the Clippers' transition defense is inherently poor, and they are slow inside and short in the backcourt at the third position.
The Thunder seized on the Clippers' pain points and used crazy transition offense in the first two games to attack the Clippers' defense.
"If we, the Clippers, want to suppress the Thunder on both ends of the offense and defense, then we must... No, we can't think about it! Don't think about it! Min Congda, don't think about it and let it slip when the time comes!"
"The Clippers have no cure for the Thunder. They have no strategy to deal with it. They can't beat it and are swept away. Amitabha Avalokitesvara Amen Christ..."
Min Congda did not dare to make suggestions for the Clippers. He was afraid that others would ask him and he would spill the beans.
Sure enough, Cole, who was sitting next to Min Congda, felt very strange when he saw that Min Congda had not slept, was still tossing and turning, and was mumbling something.
"Hey, Mr. Smart, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling bad?"
"Me? Oh no, no, I'm... nothing, a little sleepy."
"Because you lost, right? You didn't say anything the whole way. I know you weren't happy. Every time you lost, you were forcing yourself to smile, hoping to make everyone feel more relaxed. You can't hold on this time, can you? It's really hard. You." Cole sighed.
Min Congda wanted to laugh again after hearing Cole's words, but he held back.
You all, Naiwu, I almost died laughing.
But experience and lessons have taught him that it’s not time to pop the champagne yet.
When they returned to Los Angeles in the third game and were beaten 3-0 by the Thunder, the season was really over.
His nightmare will also wake up, ending the 2010-2011 season and continuing his new plan of ruin.
Seeing that Min Congda didn't speak, his expression was stiff and his eyes were staring blankly at the ceiling of the plane, Cole asked again:
"Mr. Smart, do you have any suggestions? We obviously made adjustments in the second game, but... I think we still played very hard. Is it because Curry and Harden still lack experience? They need to grow. ."
Kerr remembers that when he was with the Suns, after every game in the playoffs, he would spend a long time discussing tactical issues with the head coach.
He and Gentry communicated repeatedly and gave each other advice, because people's perspective of observing things is limited.
Brainstorm ideas to get more inspiration.
Of course Min Congda knows what Cole is thinking, he doesn't want to provide inspiration to the coaching staff!
He scratched his head, yawned, and said: "I'm sleepy, I need to sleep for a while. It's your job to guide tactics, and I can't get involved more."
"But you always have an idea, right? Everyone knows that your tactical skills are very high."
Seeing Cole holding on to the ball, Min Congda could only say perfunctorily: "Steve, I told you when you first came to the team, everyone has a ball to play with."
After repeating this meaningless purpose of playing golf, Min Congda turned over and fell asleep.
In his dream, the Clippers were eliminated in the second round 0:4, and then the NBA locked down in the summer. The Clippers' wages exploded. The team was insolvent, had no income, and finally went bankrupt...
(End of chapter)
