Riley has been in the NBA for decades, from a down-and-out retired player to the godfather of the league today. What kind of person has he not seen? What kind of things have you not experienced?
But he had never seen Min Congda like this.
Riley has deep roots in the NBA and has many eyes and ears.
Of course he knew that James refused to come to the Heat in the summer of 2010 because of Min Congda's talk.
This made him extremely angry, but he also felt strange, why didn't Min Congda invite James to the Clippers?
If Min Congda takes James to the Clippers, Riley will think this person is a strong rival and will regard Min Congda as a strong opponent.
But he persuaded James to return to the Cavaliers. This move left Riley puzzled.
Then, as I watched the Clippers strengthen and advance to the Western Conference Finals step by step, I felt that Smart was unfathomable.
Riley is known as the magic calculator. The only player in the league who can make him feel unfathomable is David Stern. Now he also includes Min Congda.
Phil Jackson is a big liar in Riley's eyes. Let him lead a strong team composed of superstars and build a team from scratch. Riley doesn't like Jackson at all.
In the new season, Min Congda directly announced that he would become the head coach of the Clippers, which surprised Riley again.
This year's Clippers are going to make a big splash, and Smart wants to pick peaches like he did in 2006.
Riley heard that Min Congda has extremely high tactical literacy and first-class basketball talent. He is probably a genius as a coach.
He thought that Min Congda would build the Clippers into an iron army that was both internal and external and become an important force in the Western Conference.
As a result, he was shocked when he watched the video of the first game between the Clippers and Trail Blazers.
This rotation, this tactical distribution, highlights a mess.
In the 12-man roster, every player got a chance to play, and the time was not short.
At the last moment, there were five rookie players below the third grade, all of them small, a lineup that only gods can come up with.
What's even more frightening is that with just this rotation, we still won in the end.
Riley thought to himself, could Smart do this on purpose? Is this their main rotation and strategy?
During the pre-game preparation meeting, Spoelstra muttered that the Clippers' routine was not easy to target.
Riley told Spoelstra that when facing random moves, he must focus on himself and play the team's style and rhythm.
It's a pity that Spoelstra is a coach who is good at finding tricks and making mistakes. He is a typical technical coach.
He is not the temperamental type of Riley. Temperamental coaches are best at inciting morale, allowing players to play their own style and uniting the team.
Spoelstra is not very good at this, and the team's spirit depends on Wade to lead it.
At the end of the first half, the Clippers led the Heat by 4 points 55:51.
Spoelstra feels at a loss. The season has just begun and there are a lot of problems with the players getting used to it.
The opponent acted so randomly, and after a timeout, everything changed, and the arrangement was completely ineffective.
In the first half of the first quarter, you are playing against the Los Angeles Clippers. In the second half of the first quarter, your opponent becomes the Los Angeles Submarines.
Not to mention that the coach is confused, the players are also confused. Should they still play according to the coach's instructions?
People have changed, so we can only express ourselves freely.
The Clippers really played freely. The head coach remained silent and the players actively communicated on the court.
It just so happened that the summer league and preseason games were not played, so the regular season was regarded as a run-in.
After the start of the second half, the Clippers' changing style of play left the Heat scratching their heads.
However, the difference between the Heat and the Trail Blazers is that their players are experienced and their personal abilities are obviously much better.
The Clippers couldn't contain Wade at this point, and they broke through continuously, getting to the basket and scoring on throws.
The Heat's inside line also couldn't hold down Randolph. Randolph pressed Bosh to the ground tonight and rubbed him.
The hit rate for low-post shots is extremely high.
The scores of the two sides were staggered and the competition was extremely intense.
From 55:51, it hit 65:65, and then it hit 72:70.
The scoring efficiency of both sides is not high, the rhythm and scene are a bit chaotic, and the main focus is high intensity.
Milicic clashed with Joel Anthony on defense, causing the game to become more tense.
Entering the fourth quarter, the shooting percentages of both sides dropped rapidly.
You can't even score points, it just depends on the players' personal abilities.
In a single quarter, the two sides played 15:16, and the Heat scored 1 point more than the Clippers.
The two sides tied at 87:86 at the last moment, and the Clippers led the Heat by 1 point!
That's the score, and it didn't move in the last two minutes.
Min Congda felt anxious, why couldn't the Heat score a 1-point shot?
He wanted to give the Heat points with a technical foul, but this obviously didn't work.
In fact, the Clippers' defense doesn't have any special strategy, which is to defend the basket and shoot three-pointers.
The Heat just couldn't make a shot and there were only 5 seconds left in the game.
The Heat had a chance to kill, and Spoelstra called a timeout to arrange tactics.
Min Congda's mind wandered to the Heat bench, thinking about helping Spoelstra to plan a strategy.
Cole asked Min Congda, "Mr. Smart, how can we defend ourselves in the final stage?"
Min Congda thought that if they were 1 point behind, the Heat might make a comeback.
In order to help the Heat, Min Congda said: "Defend three-pointers and don't let the Heat shoot three-pointers."
Cole was surprised and said: "They are only 1 point behind, how can they shoot a three-pointer?"
"This is called attacking the opponent unprepared, and I will use it to my advantage. Everyone, focus your defense on the three-point line and be careful of your opponent's three-point tactics."
Min Congda wanted to give Spoelstra and the Heat an assist.
Unexpectedly, Spoelstra actually deployed a three-point tactic!
Wade feinted to attract the defense, and Chalmers caught the ball at the top of the arc and shot a three-pointer!
As a result, George predicted the ball and intercepted the ball directly, destroying the Heat's final attack!
Min Congda put George on the court at the last moment, hoping that this young man could make some mistakes.
Young people, are you called young if you don’t make mistakes? You can be forgiven if you make mistakes.
As a result, George slapped him in the face and successfully stole the game, causing Min Congda to vomit three liters of blood. 33
Then Min Congda pretended to be very happy and congratulated George at the end of the game.
There is no way, you are the head coach, general manager, you can leave, the head coach wants to celebrate the victory with everyone.
This taste is nothing like the chocolate flavor.
Then, there is the press conference after the game.
Faced with congratulations and questions from reporters, he elaborated on his military management philosophy of "everyone has a ball to play with."
In the first two seasons, Min Congda also won a lot of games and felt disappointed, but he was able to get over it soon.
But as a coach this season, I really can’t stand it because you can’t escape.
You are on the front line of the battle, you have to face victory and enjoy the cheers.
After a performance, Min Congda decided to endure it. He didn't believe that the Clippers could win just like this!
Two days later, the Clippers faced the Los Angeles Lakers at home in a shocking Los Angeles Derby.
The Kobe-Paul combination battled against the Clippers' 2009 duo.
As a result, the Clippers narrowly defeated the Lakers by 2 points, 111:109.
Stephen Curry made a wonderful contribution, a super long three-pointer after a single block.
No one expected that Curry would be so bold and dare to take such a winning shot.
But if you get in, you win the game.
Curry scored 27 points in this game, which turned out to be the highest score scored by a Clippers player in a single game this season.
It's not that the players aren't good, it's just that they have less playing time and it's hard to get into shape.
On January 16, the Clippers faced the New Jersey Nets at home.
The two sides are still fighting inextricably.
The Nets successfully signed Deron Williams in the summer, ushering in the Deron era.
But the Nets' tactical system is even more chaotic than the Clippers', using chaos to fight chaos.
There was another brawl between the two sides. As a result, the Clippers suddenly exerted their strength in the final stage and beat the Nets 10:2, successfully taking the lead.
101:98, defeated the Nets with a 3-point advantage and achieved four consecutive victories.
On January 17, the Clippers traveled to Salt Lake City for back-to-back games and another red-eye flight in the early morning.
Min Congda got food poisoning after eating a hamburger in a hotel in Salt Lake City. He insisted on participating in the competition despite being sick and went to the scene to direct.
Even though he was physically weak, he relied on his willpower to persist in commanding and vowed to carry out the 15-man rotation.
As a result, the Clippers had a three-point shooting explosion tonight, and the team made 13 of 22 three-pointers.
No matter who he was, he could throw a three-pointer, which led to the Jazz being defeated in the third quarter.
By the fourth quarter, even with a full bench lineup, the Jazz couldn't catch up.
109:97, the Clippers defeated the Jazz in an away game, winning five consecutive games.
After Min Congda took over as coach, the Clippers never lost a single game!
But Min Congda did not attend the post-match press conference because of stomach pain.
In a weak and dehydrated state, Min Congda flew back to Los Angeles with the team overnight.
Because on January 18th, they will face the Dallas Mavericks at home!
Due to the shortened season, there are back-to-back games on the schedule, mixed with away games.
Min Congda finally couldn't stand it anymore. He thought to himself, what evil had he done to become this unlucky head coach.
Running back and forth, the hardships of working every day are just enough. How come you still have five consecutive victories?
Since the beginning of the new season, the team has not lost a game yet, and its winning rate ranks first in the league!
If we continue playing like this, how much salary will we get from losing this season?
Min Congda felt miserable in his heart, and his body couldn't bear it, a double blow.
After returning to Los Angeles in the early morning, Min Congda took medicine and took a good rest at home until noon on the 18th.
After he got up and felt better, the first thing he did was to call Adam Silva and ask how Silva arranged the schedule!
Why do they have to arrange such a dense schedule for the Clippers? Even if the home games are back-to-back, there must be an away game in the middle.
Moreover, this away game is still in Salt Lake City on the plateau. Isn’t this frustrating!
Silva explained on the phone that there is no way to shorten the season, otherwise there will be too few games to make up for it.
"However, the Clippers' box office performance has been good since the start of the season, with attendance and ticket revenue ranking first in the league. You have done a good job..."
"Snapped!"
Min Congda hung up the phone and said nothing I wanted to hear!
The second thing was that Min Congda called Mike Dunleavy and said he wanted to talk to him.
"Old Deng, to be honest, I miss you."
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