Min Congda did overestimate Tyronn Lue. This guy still has a long way to go as a coach.
He still needs to accumulate a lot of experience just in adjusting midfield tactics.
In the second half, the veteran George Karl made targeted arrangements.
The Nuggets played a tougher defense in the third quarter and quickly double-teamed, allowing the Clippers, who were originally in average form, to continue to struggle.
This time the Clippers quickly made useful adjustments. Director Lu replaced Ricky Davis, who was not tall enough, and brought in Paul George early.
George is younger and more energetic on defense and offense. He quickly used breakthroughs to help the Clippers break their scoring drought in the third quarter.
After that, the Clippers, with Gasol's high-position support, began to gradually use the passing attack to tear apart the Nuggets' defense.
George Karl has been famous for not practicing defense in recent years, so defense in the game relies on the players' tacit understanding and hard work.
When you gain momentum, coupled with fast and ferocious attacks, you can often defeat your opponent in one wave.
But once the momentum is over, the defense will quickly pull back and lack enough tenacity.
The Clippers gradually found their feeling under the attack of Gasol and Harden.
A large number of air cuts and off-ball movements tore apart the Nuggets' defense, and their scoring efficiency increased rapidly.
After returning from the timeout, they responded to the Nuggets with an 11:0 run and successfully overtook the score.
The two sides returned to the same starting line and started fighting.
At this time, it’s all about the player’s personal ability and will quality.
Tyronn Lue watched it for a long time anyway, and he didn't feel particularly clear about the situation on the court.
Anyway, when it's time to make substitutions, just put all the available ones on the bench on the field and that's it!
If you want to switch to another team, at such a critical and demanding time, with a big rotation and all kinds of players coming on board, the team will probably collapse.
But for the Clippers, everyone on the bench is talented, very capable, and very smart.
After the team's frequent large-scale rotations since the beginning of the season, everyone has received relatively sufficient playing time.
Therefore, everyone is not new to the game. Anyway, various combinations have appeared and they can fight.
Generally, when Curry and Gasol are around, they should run more and make more cuts. Pay attention to walking towards the basket and at 45 degrees.
If Harden and Randolph are there, defend well, and when attacking, you can stand, squat in the corner, and wait to catch the ball and throw three-pointers.
If these two cores are not available, then the team will take a defensive counterattack route, preventing the opponent from scoring first and strangling the opponent.
In short, everyone couldn't tell anything from Lu's guidance. Everyone thought about it by themselves, and they really slowly figured out the routines and tacit understanding.
The two young men Leonard and Butler were in particularly good condition tonight and felt great in the second quarter.
After the two of them came on the court, they didn't care about anything else. They just defended hard and rushed offensively.
Moreover, the two of them obviously have the potential to hold the ball. They don't panic when the ball is in their hands and can attack on their own.
Unlike PJ Tucker, he really doesn't have the ability to attack with the ball.
When the ball was passed to Tucker, it was like a hot potato. He wanted to pass it out to the attacker with the ball immediately.
Tyronn Lue looked at these young people under his command and thought: "Mr. Smart has really great vision. Each of these young players are useful talents and will become independent generals in the future. I must train them well so that they can Only when they grow up can we achieve Mr. Smart’s strategic goal of everyone having a ball to play!”
Tyronn Lue naturally knows the slogan "Everyone has a ball to play".
He knew this slogan when he first came to the Clippers, and he was just as confused as Cole, Ball and others.
You know, what is the slogan of the Celtics team? What is printed on the white wall of the training hall is:
“What is more painful, the pain of hard work or the pain of regret.”
How inspiring and uplifting.
As a result, when it came to the Clippers, "Everyone has a ball to play?"
What the hell is this? Why is it more like a propaganda slogan?
Tyronn Lue couldn't understand.
After working as the head coach of the Clippers for a period of time and getting to know the team more and more, Tyronn Lue understood the profoundness of this sentence.
Steve Kerr privately told Tyronn Lue, "Mr. Smart has a great basketball dream. If it can be realized, it will be amazing. If it weren't for watching the Clippers team take shape, I would have resigned a long time ago." ”
Tyronn Lue thought to himself, since I have accepted the heavy responsibility handed over by Mr. Smart, I must do a good job and help him realize his lofty vision of "everyone has a ball to play".
As a young coach, he is very good at dealing with young players, encouraging and training the young people in the team, and giving them more opportunities.
He is not like Lao Deng, who is bent on shaping young people into what he wants and letting Curry be Cassel.
Tyronn Lue pays more attention to giving guidance based on the characteristics of the players and slowly cultivating them.
Like Butler and Leonard, if it were Lao Deng, he would probably let them go in the direction of pure 3D.
The team has so many ball-handling attackers, wouldn't it be great if you did 3D?
Work hard and contribute to the team's strength.
Tyronn Lue doesn't think so. He believes that Leonard and Butler both have the potential to hold the ball.
He never thought about letting them only be 3D forwards, but to develop in the direction of all-around.
Also give them enough time and space to develop themselves on the court.
In the second half of the third quarter, the Clippers played better and better, with orderly offense and defense.
Gradually suppressed the chaotic Nuggets.
The Nuggets were in disarray in front of the well-organized Clippers.
Against a chaotic team like the Nuggets, it is most important for you to stabilize your position and not be chaotic.
The Clippers team is young, but this wave of players are all young and mature, playing smart and calmly.
At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers led the Nuggets by 5 points, 70:65, and began to stabilize their opponents.
"Old coaches like George Karl are really not good anymore. Their tactical arrangements are too out of step with the trend, aren't they? How can they be so rude and vicious? They play too rough, too rough!"
In Min Congda's eyes, the Nuggets' playing was really rough, simple, brutal, and aggressive. Once faced with a defeated army, they would be devastated.
But the Clippers not only did not collapse under the impact, but became stronger and tougher as they fought.
After the start of the fourth quarter, Tyronn Lue replaced Milicic again.
The Serbian boxer is like a devil in the inside, knocking each one away.
Aren't you fierce? Aren't the forwards capable of rushing and playing?
Let me show you how powerful a boxer is.
Although he received consecutive fouls, he soon received 5 fouls.
But Milicic's role in the interior has already worked.
The Nuggets started to lack strength. They were already short of major generals in this game.
The main defender Ty Lawson was absent due to injury, and neither Kufus nor Faried were included in the team's roster.
Therefore, the further back they get, the harder it is for the Nuggets to hold on and defeat them.
As Curry hit two consecutive three-pointers from the outside, the difference between the two sides widened to 11 points in one fell swoop, and the balance of victory tilted towards the Clippers.
Min Congda shook his head looking at the result of such a game.
I was happy for 10 minutes at the beginning, but I didn't know that I would be shit again later.
The Nuggets, if you can't win, why did you win so much in the beginning to give people hope?
Can't you just lose a thousand miles and lose happily?
But Min Congda's mentality is much better than before.
When the game ended, the Clippers defeated the Nuggets 104:95, a 9-point advantage.
Min Congda was not angry, but went back to the locker room to praise the players for their job tonight.
After being so far behind in the first quarter, he was able to fight back and use defense to turn the situation around.
Everyone feels a little uncomfortable. After winning the game, Mr. Smart is not worried anymore?
Everyone was quite happy at first, but when Mr. Smart came to congratulate them, everyone's expressions became stiff.
Are you really here to exaggerate?
Are you sure it's not sarcastic or sarcastic?
After all, the first quarter was really bad.
The main force was beaten like that and relied on substitute defense to regain the field.
Yes, Mr. Smart must be the main force in satire. Can you see how he is really happy on his face?
In the following games, we can't dig a big hole in the first quarter.
Some people died, but not completely...
