The Cavaliers' tactical strategy for this game was exactly what Min Congda informed James before the game.
Then James gave instructions to Mike Brown during the team's pre-game preparation meeting.
Then Mike Brown followed James' instructions and laid out the goals for the game.
To defeat a team like the Clippers, which currently has a strong lineup, high morale, and plays at home, it must be prepared in all aspects.
As the team's head coach, Mike Brown's advantage is that he has a good relationship with the players, is very good at stimulating the potential of young players, and is very good at creating a good team atmosphere.
Moreover, he was born in the Spurs and is good at coaching defense. Following Popovich, he learned the basics of establishing a defensive system.
When the young Mike Brown took over the Cavaliers, he brought the Cavaliers to the forefront of the Eastern Conference in a very short time and became a championship contender.
Of course, they are just competitors. The so-called advantages of a person are sometimes also his shortcomings. This is the dialectical nature of things.
Mike Brown has a very good relationship with the players. Everyone regards him as a big brother and a friend, but it also means that as a commander, Mike Brown lacks dignity and does not have the kind of temperament that makes everyone tremble with a straight face.
This causes the team's coach's words to be ineffective at critical moments, and some people will not listen to the instructions.
Mike Brown also has a defensive background and attaches great importance to the construction of the defensive system, and the corresponding offense is not his strong point.
The Cavaliers' offense does not lack tactics and has a system, but it relies heavily on the individual abilities of the players. Before, it mainly relied on James, but now it is slightly better, relying on James and Irving.
Tactically relying on stars is not a problem in the NBA, especially when you have two very capable stars. If you don't rely on them, who will you rely on?
The question is whether the system can be checked and filled, and whether good details can be used to complete the system and functionally improve the deficiencies of the stars.
It's a pity that Mike Brown is quite rough in this regard. The system with James as the core will always have obvious loopholes in both offense and defense, and the opponent will seize the vitality and do it to death.
Of course, it's not Mike Brown who's rough, but their core James.
In any case, Brown can improve a team's lower limit, but his upper limit is not high.
If Min Congda can, he really wants to be the Cavaliers head coach directly.
Help his adopted son achieve greater success and defeat the Clippers at the same time.
With Min Congda's talent, coupled with the prestige he has accumulated in recent years, and his relationship with James, he will definitely respond to the Cavaliers' call and immediately lead the team to the next level.
Tonight, Min Congda relied on a strategy and an incentive for James to give the Cavaliers an advantage from the beginning.
The game progressed to the middle of the second quarter, James reappeared, and the Cavaliers played more smoothly.
Although James' personal skills are flawed, his vision is indeed broad, just as broad as his vision of choosing a team.
Mike Miller, Battier, and Green hit three-pointers from the outside one after another.
James' passing is fast and accurate, and the passing is very accurate and comfortable.
Min Congda admired James' pass in his heart: "Tell me, it would be great to be a comprehensive second-in-command. You are versatile, comprehensive, and your offensive ability is also very good at critical moments. Paired with a ball-handling boss with a violent personality." , concentrate on being a support, and you will definitely become the strongest second master in history."
"Just like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, with his personality and technical characteristics, it is really good to be the second in command or an equal. If he insists on being the boss and winning the MVP, he will not win the championship."
"It's a pity that before you even entered the league, the media and Nike have already given you tremendous pressure to achieve your goals, James. The maid's body, the young lady's life, the minister's ability, and the emperor's heart. Hey, this is your impermanent fate. You How come your life is as miserable as mine, Smart’s?”
Thinking of James' misplaced life, Min Congda thought that three years after three years, bankruptcy was still far away, and he had won the championship.
System boss, if this continues, we will win consecutive championships, and if we continue like this, we will become a dynasty!
No one can guess Min Congda's thoughts.
The Clippers players didn't know that their beloved manager Smart was already anxious to get angry and become a traitor.
The Clippers' state is indeed average tonight, and the consecutive victories have made the players a little distracted.
Sometimes in a long regular season, failure is a good sobering agent.
Min Congda also used this reason to tell James why he was willing to help the Cavaliers with advice.
"It's time for the Clippers to lose. Always winning will make people blind to their shortcomings. Rather than losing to other teams, it's better to lose to you and the Cavaliers, don't you think? LeBron?"
At halftime, the Clippers were beaten 61:54 by the Cavaliers, trailing their opponents by 7 points.
This is the first time this season that the Clippers have trailed their opponents at halftime.
At the same time, it was also the first time this season that the Clippers did not score more than 55 points in a half game.
The Clippers exposed two problems at halftime: first, the inside line is still crucial in the team's system and has a great influence on the outside line; second, the instability of three-pointers was undoubtedly revealed in this game. .
In the third quarter, the Clippers quickly made adjustments.
First of all, the number of outside three-pointers has been reduced, and Curry, Harden, George and others have begun to increase their penetration inside.
Secondly, the team paid more attention to protecting Anthony Davis on defense and tried to hide Curry and Harden as much as possible.
The defense of these two guys is not bad, but one is short and thin, the other is fat and lazy, and neither is a defense expert anyway.
As the first barrier to outside defense, neither of the No. 1 and No. 2 players are excellent defensive players, so their pressure on the opponent with the ball is definitely not enough.
At the same time, the defensive pressure on the third position will increase greatly.
This is one of the Clippers' few defensive weaknesses.
The Cavaliers continued to seize this weakness in this quarter and launched a fierce attack on the Clippers' perimeter with Irving as the core.
No matter how much the Clippers try to protect, there will always be problems in transition.
And once Anthony Davis is replaced, James and Irving will attack Davis.
After all, Davis is still young and a rookie, so he is no match for an experienced player like James.
Not long after the start of the third quarter, another foul was called on defense.
After that, he became timid, and Marc Gasol had to shoulder the responsibility of protecting the rim alone.
At the same time, fans can also find that when Gasol and Davis are on the court at the same time, the Clippers' offense is obviously bloated and much slower, not as agile and changeable as when Randolph was there.
Once Davis's defensive power is gone, his effectiveness on the court will be greatly reduced.
This young man is full of talent, but the Clippers still have a lot of work to do on how to better integrate him into the team system.
The Cavaliers' morale became stronger and stronger as they played, and the score always maintained an advantage of about 8 points.
After the start of the fourth quarter, the score difference between the two sides was once opened to 11 points.
This season, for the first time, a team can lead the Clippers by double digits.
But just when the Cavaliers thought they had a chance to win, Curry and Harden suddenly teamed up to set off a wave of counterattack.
Curry hit two consecutive three-pointers, narrowing the point difference to 5 points.
Harden broke through and drew a foul, winning 2+1.
Then Harden faced James and made a strong mid-range shot in a one-on-one mismatched one-on-one duel!
With a two-point hit, the Clippers were only two points away from chasing the score, and there was still one minute left in the game.
It is entirely possible for the Clippers to rely on their incredible key ball ability to completely reverse the situation.
As a result, the Cavaliers came back from a timeout. James caught the ball in the middle, went to the basket against the defense of three people, dodged around, and finally succeeded in a layup!
It also caused a foul on Gasol.
As soon as the goal was scored, Min Congda couldn't sit still.
He was ecstatic in his heart, but he shouted: "Referee, are you blind? You didn't see the move of the ball! It's like rugby! The two holes under the eyebrows are from anger! Shete...I have popcorn..."
Without popcorn, Min Congda stepped on the bench chair and rushed to the court to communicate with the referee. As a result, Milicic on the bench hugged him, lifted him up, and put him back on his seat.
Min Congda was still cursing, but James was already waiting for a free throw at the free throw line.
He thought to himself: "Mr. Smart, your acting skills are really superb. I admire you. I admire you."
Needless to say, Min Congda will be "punished" after this game.
(End of chapter)
