"Breakthrough, breakthrough, breakthrough! Don't hesitate!"
"Push in, take turns rushing in, don't begrudge your physical strength!"
"Be smart, use your body well, and learn to draw fouls."
"Speed is not the first priority, rhythm is the most important..."
"Stop fucking blocking me again!"
"Stop dunking! Stop! Rest!"
In the Clippers training center, players are training for competition.
Min Congda joined the training in order to digest food after lunch.
He enjoys playing while coaching his players on offense.
With the most abundant offensive resources in the league, Min Congda asked the Clippers players to simplify their offensive methods.
In Min Congda's view, the passing and cutting that once played an important role has somewhat restricted the players' personal abilities.
In some rounds, players take possession of the ball and charge directly, which is much more effective than passing the ball around.
Most teams only have one playmaker who can shoot from the outside, but having two is pretty scary.
Why were the Spurs so strong in the past? They had a powerful singles point in the mid-low post and a small spinning top and a demon knife on the outside. Not to mention the Spurs' tactical proficiency and exquisiteness. Many times they couldn't make tactics. They could still achieve tactical effects by relying solely on strong penetration from the outside. .
Therefore, the peak Spurs tactical fault tolerance rate is quite high, making it difficult for opponents to defend.
As for the Clippers, they have four and a half elite-level playmakers and two main-level ball-handling breakthrough players.
This offensive resource can be said to be quite terrifying. Mainly, Min Congda did not expect that guys like Leonard and Butler, who couldn't understand the ball in their rookie seasons, would have such a good ball-handling attack in their third season - —and it’s still improving.
Training and playing with them, Min Congda was able to perceive the technical characteristics of each of them, which were so distinct and unique, and they were good at exploiting their strengths and avoiding their weaknesses.
Butler's wingspan and explosiveness are average, and his dribbling skills are just that, to be honest, but he has a very smart mind and is the biggest beneficiary after the Clippers began to implement large-scale mismatch attacks. In other words, he executed it very well.
As long as he is facing top defenders in the same position as himself, Butler generally will not rush, but will pass the ball or use shooting to solve the problem.
Once the defense is misplaced and the big one hits the small one or the small one hits the big one, Butler will attack with the ball.
For example, if the defense is switched to Min Congda, he will rush forward for a dunk without hesitation, or pass by and kill the basket in one step.
Paul George is much more explosive, has a quick start, good bounce, and an excellent wingspan. He is the Clippers player who kills and dunks the most from the outside.
Leonard is in another situation. His dribbling and shooting are a bit stiff, but his wingspan, shoulder width and other hardware conditions are particularly good. He developed a back-up in the third season of his career. Although he is not as good as Kobe and Jordan is so beautiful and practical.
His breakthrough speed is not fast, and he is good at using his body to squeeze in. When he gets to the basket, he uses his big hands and wingspan to create mobile opportunities.
Of course, all three of them shoot pretty well. George has the best three-point shooting rate and a good shooting percentage. Leonard is the strongest in the mid-range and can also make three-pointers. Butler is between the two.
In addition to the three frontcourt players, the Clippers' two-star backcourt is not necessary. They are no longer simple elites, but MVPs and MVP reserves.
Yesterday, the NBA announced the results of the 2013-14 regular season MVP. Curry was successfully elected. This good news made Curry very excited, so he blocked Min Congda 4 times in training today to celebrate the first personal honor of his career. .
Min Congda was very angry and stopped the training to let everyone rest.
Drinking water on the sidelines, Min Congda's skills have made great progress after a season of practice.
He plans to continue participating in AAU games in the summer and compete with the top players in the United States. If he can beat him, he will fight. If he can't beat him, he will be ready to give up. Anyway, there are many good people in his team.
"The infinite misalignment style is indeed impeccable, but...hey, such a configuration is rare in the world."
He said he was taking a break because he was angry, but in fact Min Congda was thinking about the team's tactical system.
The infinite dislocation system is simple and crude, and for the defender, it can be said that there is no solution.
The only way to deal with this system is to rely on personal ability and fighting will.
Just like a cold, there is actually no specific cure, you can only rely on your personal immune system to fight the cold.
Therefore, the strength of the Clippers is still based on having such a group of powerful players, using unlimited mismatch to bring out their abilities, so as not to overflow the attack and waste talents.
It can be said that this is a new era triangle offense idea.
But Min Congda also realized that this system has a high upper limit and a very low lower limit.
If you only have one playmaker on the team and the rest are functional players, then this simple and crude style of play will definitely not work.
Of course, judging from future development trends, the status of outside ball-handling attackers will become higher and higher. Breaking, scoring, and three-pointers will become the standard skills for outside ball-handling players.
Min Congda thought, if the Clippers no longer have such abundant offensive resources with the ball, for example, if a small forward is poached, or there are injuries, degeneration, etc., which direction should they take?
When Min Congda is not acting as a traitor and is thinking about basketball wholeheartedly, his talent and vision are amazing.
Although the CPU processing power is insufficient, as long as he is given enough time to slowly experience and think, he can always have clear insights.
In his opinion, whether the Clippers are in the Western Conference Finals or the Finals this season, if no accidents happen, there will be no opponents.
No matter who makes it to the Western Conference Finals, the Thunder or the Warriors, they will not be able to defeat the Clippers. The two teams were too exhausted in the semifinals.
Especially for the Thunder, Ibaka was injured, and they played so fiercely with the seventh-ranked Warriors, with multiple overtimes, and the physical exertion was very high.
And from a psychological perspective, starting from 2011, they have been unable to make a breakthrough in four seasons. Today's young players are very impatient and eager to achieve something. Their mentality will be a huge test.
After the training, Min Congda asked the players to go back and have a good rest to maintain a good mentality and physical condition to face the Western Conference finals.
Curry asked Min Congda: "Smart, who do you think the opponent will be in the Western Conference finals, the Thunder or the Warriors?"
Min Congda said: "Who do you want to hit?"
Curry said: "I...I hope to play the Warriors."
"Why? Are you afraid of fighting Thunder?"
"No, I don't know why. I feel...anyway, I just want to compete with the Warriors. Maybe because of the proximity? Haha, I don't know. Anyway, we will definitely win the championship this year, right?" special?"
"Of course, your opponent is only yourselves, I'm sure of this."
The next day, the Thunder and Warriors' tiebreaker began in Oklahoma City. This was a high-profile tiebreaker.
The process of the game was exactly the same as in Game 6. The Thunder started with a crazy attack and overwhelmed the Warriors. Coupled with the crazy blue fans in the Energy Center, it felt like the Warriors were drowning in the blue ocean.
In the first half, the Thunder once stretched the maximum point difference to 13 points, and it felt like the Warriors were about to be defeated.
But the Warriors once again showed their amazing resilience, relying on outside three-pointers and defense to chip away at the Thunder's advantage in the third quarter.
Near the end of the third quarter, the Warriors successfully equalized the score, and both sides entered the fourth quarter on the same starting line.
In the fourth quarter, the Thunder suddenly and inexplicably lost power on the offensive end in the middle of the fourth quarter. Durant and Westbrook missed consecutive attacks. The Warriors took advantage of the situation and counterattacked. A wave of 7:0 offensive climax completely changed the situation on the court. reverse.
The Thunder were in a huge crisis, especially at the psychological level. The players began to collapse, their morale was disorganized, they blamed each other during timeouts, and there was no communication.
On the contrary, the Warriors are very united. This is the case in away games. There are only teammates in the world, and everyone else is the enemy. They must be united.
The Thunder launched a counterattack after the timeout. They once closed the point difference to 3 points, but the Warriors immediately responded with three-pointers and quick counterattacks.
Min Congda, who was watching the live TV broadcast at home, turned off the TV with three minutes left in the fourth quarter because he knew that the Thunder had lost and their defense was gone.
The best way to test whether a team still has cohesion is to see if their defense is still in shape and effective.
Super stars can rely on their competitiveness and fighting spirit to struggle on the offensive end, but once the defensive end becomes disorganized, it means that the whole team's spirit has been scattered and they can no longer unite.
The Thunder were in such a situation. Everyone was disheartened and thought about going fishing at the end of the season. The last three minutes were simply torture.
Durant was still working hard and kept attacking the basket, but he didn't score much tonight, only 27 points in the game.
He tried to use passing and defense to motivate the team, but unfortunately it had no effect. He is not that material.
He is the undisputed strongest player on the team, but he does not have the look and feel of a leader.
In Game 5, the team had a controversial penalty. When Westbrook made the final free throw, he didn't even dare to watch Westbrook take the free throw. Instead, he sat with his back to the other end of the court and used the fans' reaction to determine whether the free throw was successful. .
As an ordinary player, such a gesture doesn't matter, but you are the boss of the team. How will other players think of you if you do this?
Not to mention that Durant has natural flaws in appearance and temperament. At first glance, he is not a leader. He feels like he is just a worker.
Look at the famous team leaders in NBA history. Needless to say, Jordan's appearance and temperament are first-class among black people.
Magic Johnson was handsome with thick eyebrows and big eyes when he was young, and Bird was also a handsome guy with blond hair and blue eyes and a mustache before he grew older and turned into a flat-mouthed grandma.
Kobe, Garnett, and Duncan all have natural leadership qualities and so-called superstar looks.
Including OJ-Mayo, who has the appearance of a superstar but does not have the strength of a superstar, which is a pity.
Only Durant really has the strength of a superstar killer and the temperament of a famous farmer. If there is no basketball as a sport, he is an expert at moving bricks. He would probably be a good mason, and he can plaster plaster without a ladder.
Everything Durant did in the game was in vain. The Warriors maintained the lead until the end, defeating the Thunder with a 101:95, 6-point advantage, and successfully entered the Western Conference Finals!
At the end of the game, Durant looked extremely frustrated. He did not expect the Thunder to fall in the semifinals.
Even if Ibaka is injured, it stands to reason that the Thunder should be better than the Warriors. After all, the Warriors are ranked sixth in the Western Conference.
However, the Warriors showed great potential and amazing tenacity. They relied on tiebreakers in both rounds of the series to defeat the top team.
Warriors players are very excited because the first time in their team history that they reached the Western Conference Finals dates back to 1976.
At that time, the Warriors were still the defending champions, but they lost to the Suns in the Western Conference Finals because of an internal dispute between Rick Barry and his teammates. They lost the opportunity to reach the finals in a row. The Suns were not as good as the Warriors in terms of strength.
At that time, the Warriors proved with practical actions that no matter how powerful a team is, once it is not united, it will not be able to defeat opponents who are not as strong as itself.
Today, the Warriors are a young, united team. Just like the Clippers, they have become brave men who challenge the dragon, and the Clippers have successfully evolved from brave men to dragons.
The west is Dragon Quest, and the east is the long-awaited 23vs24.
The Cavaliers narrowly eliminated the Pacers, and the Nets did not waste the opportunity at home in Game 6 after winning Tianwangshan.
At 99:89, the Heat misfired at the Barclays Center. The super battleship built by Riley failed this year.
This is actually a normal thing. It is not easy for such a team of stars who have passed their prime to reach the finals in one season. It is reasonable for them to decline in the second year.
The Heat's backcourt is really not enough, and the combination of Kobe + Deron is still very powerful.
As a result, this year's Eastern Conference finals became the Nets vs. the Cavaliers, and Kobe vs. James, finally taking place after many years.
The matchup that David Stern failed to achieve was achieved with Adam Silva.
Regardless of whether we win or lose this series, there will be bloodshed at home and abroad on and off the field.
If anyone loses, basically the fans on this side will be sent to the 18th level of hell for at least a year, and they will be sent to Alaska and cannot come back.
The other side can reach the finals. Regardless of whether they can win the championship, at least they can show off their power for a while with the title of Eastern Conference champion.
In fact, most people know that the Warriors, Nets, and Cavaliers will not be opponents of the Clippers in terms of lineup and strength.
The Clippers, who are fighting for three consecutive championships, are truly terrifying. With the deepening of the playoffs, they are approaching a perfect state.
On May 19, the first Western Conference Finals game between the Clippers and the Golden State Warriors started at Staples Center.
Before the game, Adam Silva presented Stephen Curry with this year's Most Valuable Player trophy.
With the fans cheering loudly, Curry held up the trophy and became the new NBA MVP.
Min Congda was filled with emotion when he saw Curry win the MVP. This is the elementary school student I chose in the draft!
It was one wrong step and one wrong step after another. It turned out that his fate was already determined when he made the first choice.
After Curry returned to the locker room after receiving the trophy, he placed the trophy in front of Harden's locker.
He said: "Hey Beard, my goal has been achieved, it's up to you next season."
Curry has not forgotten everyone's agreement. Next season, it will be Harden's turn to win the MVP.
(End of chapter)
