I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 525 The Unspeakable Crisis

The much-anticipated East-West final match, the two teams that everyone expected lost.

The Lakers were overturned by the Clippers while leading the game, and Curry showed the potential of a top superstar.

The Heat used their defense to firmly suppress the Cavaliers in the first game. James did not shoot at the critical moment, causing the Cavaliers to lose.

For the league, 23vs24 is naturally the most trafficked finals script.

The league will expect the plot to follow the script, but it will not completely control the game, and the strength of the team is still dominant.

Like when the knight played magic in 09, the whistle was biased towards the knight, but the magic's restraint on the knight was so powerful that even the gods couldn't save it.

If the Clippers played the Heat in the finals, the gimmick would not be so heavy.

But in Adam Silva's view, 23vs24 is an old topic of old times after all.

As the president of the new era, it is necessary to do some new work.

Therefore, in the first match between East and West, the whistle was fair, and neither side had any opinions.

Just fight for strength, whoever is strong and in good condition will be able to come to the final stage.

Min Congda had to lie on the hospital bed for a few days because he was knocked over by Curry and injured his waist muscles.

Therefore, in the second game between the Clippers and the Lakers, he could not be present to support the team and could only watch TV at home.

The Clippers defeated the Lakers in the first game, and Min Congda thought that he could no longer give advice to the team.

In the second game, no matter what the Lakers do, they should support each other and win a home game, right?

As expected, the Lakers team broke out after losing the first game. Kobe and Paul led experienced veterans to completely suppress the Clippers. They led by 15 points in three quarters and entered the fourth quarter. The victory is in sight.

But in the fourth quarter, the Lakers couldn't hold on again. This time the Clippers broke out not from Curry, but from Harden.

Harden dominated the game offensively in the fourth quarter, with assists, three-pointers, fast breaks, and mid-range hits in a row, helping the Clippers tie the score 1 minute before the end of the game, and the two sides returned to the same starting line.

The blow to confidence for the Lakers was huge.

Their efforts in the three quarters went to waste in just a few minutes.

But Kobe and Paul deserve to be top players, and Phil Jackson is also a top coach.

At the critical moment, the Lakers withstood the pressure, and Kobe made a foul and made a free throw.

Then Paul made a very important offensive foul on the defensive end, and Curry was dribbled and charged.

Subsequently, Paul hit a key jumper, and the Lakers led the Clippers by 100 points at 96:4.

At the end of the timeout, Harden assisted Gasol Jr. to hit a three-pointer. This unexpected goal made the game suspenseful again.

The Clippers implemented foul tactics, and Kobe made a steady free throw.

Missing a three-pointer at the buzzer against Curry, the Lakers beat the Clippers with a 102-point advantage at 99:3 at home, tying the big score to 1:1.

Seeing the final result of the game, Min Congda heaved a sigh of relief. At least the Lakers did not lose another game.

Lose again, the Clippers lead 2:0, and they will really enter the finals.

However, Min Congda still had great worries in his heart.

Although the Lakers won the game, the process was not good.

In the first three quarters, they used their momentum to take the lead, but in the fourth quarter they were easily overtaken by the Clippers.

It shows that the Lakers have problems in terms of physical fitness and combat effectiveness at critical moments.

The physical problem is that the age structure of the Lakers is too large, there are too many veterans in the team, and there is a lack of fresh blood.

The so-called boxing is afraid of being young, especially facing a very young and talented team like the Clippers, the Lakers are obviously a little bit overwhelmed.

Min Congda put aside his prejudices and could foresee that the Lakers might not be able to make it to the fourth quarter in the next few games.

This made Min Congda a little anxious. What will the Clippers do if they are going to enter the finals?

"The Lakers are so fucked up, it's useless to give you a Paul! It's okay, besides the Lakers, isn't there James? I have double insurance. It's okay to enter the finals. If you don't win the championship, you should be fine. "

Min Congda's double insurance, one is the Lakers, and the other is James and the Cavaliers.

Although the Cavaliers lost the first game, Min Congda believes that the Cavaliers are still stronger than the Heat.

However, Min Congda is still a little worried. After all, the Cavaliers and Celtics fought seven games in the semifinals.

The physical energy consumption of the players is not small, and it is so strenuous to beat an old Celtics, which shows that the Cavaliers' overall strength is not as strong as they showed in the regular season.

Therefore, Min Congda took the initiative to call James before the second game, thinking of giving James an idea.

"Didn't you wake up in the semifinals? You played so well, why did you become the same in the Eastern Conference finals, and you shot the last ball!"

On the phone, Min Congda was unceremonious and did not make excuses for James at all.

For a star of James' level, there are very few people around him who criticize him sharply.

Most of them are flatterers, who will make excuses for James, excuse him, and say good things.

But from the perspective of basketball, James still has many flaws in all aspects. If someone can always make targeted suggestions for his flaws and ask him to correct them with all his strength, James will be stronger.

It's a pity that James was commercialized too early and became a commercial symbol too early, and a commercial symbol needs to maintain goodwill.

He didn't even enter college for fine carving, and after coming to the NBA, he entered the Cleveland Cavaliers, a local bad team in Ohio. He is a well-deserved emperor here, and no one corrected him.

Especially since he stayed in the Cavaliers for 10 years, he is already a basketball totem in Cleveland, and no one says he is bad.

Of course, James himself is self-disciplined, smart, and has a strong willpower. He is also very strong in improving himself according to his own ideas and ideas.

However, basketball has its own rules. After all, no master will give you some advice when you practice by yourself. It is better to lay a good foundation for you from the beginning.

Like Michael Jordan, many good habits in playing, as well as technical details, were trained by Pope Dean Smith of North Cape Hill.

If James hadn't become a commodity so early, he could enter a famous basketball school and seriously hone his skills and tactics for one to two years, his strength would be even higher.

It's a pity that a person's experience and personality determine a person's destiny. James' childhood hardship and single parent experience made him think more rationally about his basketball career. He commoditized himself early and became a label full of value. From a certain perspective Said he is extremely successful, but from another point of view he is not successful enough.

Min Congda is obviously an exception to James. He is never polite to James, and always criticizes bluntly.

But James never felt angry, because he deeply felt that Min Congda was really for his own good.

As for why, James is not clear, maybe this is fate?
"I think my teammates have a better chance, that's my basketball philosophy ... it's not the same game as the Celtics."

"Do you have to be in a desperate situation to have that kind of awareness? Facing the Heat, you are all-round dominant, don't think about it, attack with all your strength. You and Irving attack with all your strength, and the Heat will not have a chance. Wade This year's state is not as good as last year, you must seize the opportunity and don't drag the Heat into a defensive battle. Do you understand that the dominant side must attack?"

Min Congda was so earnest. He could see that the Cavaliers played too hesitantly in the first game.

Needless to say, it must be Mike Brown, a fool who wants to fight the Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals.

In fact, the side with superior strength must never get into a defensive battle with the opponent, which will be dragged into the quagmire by the opponent.

We must establish an advantage as soon as possible on the offensive end to find the feeling, use personal ability to find a breakthrough, and the opponent will collapse.

Like the Cavaliers, from the young structure to the superstar quality, they are all higher than the Heat, so they must not be dragged into the quagmire.

"I know, but..."

"But what? Do you think you don't feel good about shooting? I know that every game can't be the same as in G6 in the semifinals. You need to participate more in offensive assists, grab offensive rebounds, roll after pick-and-roll... …Don’t tell me you can, you need to be richer. Don’t just hit the shots when you feel good, or just stand outside and pass randomly if you don’t feel good, for fear of lowering your hit rate. Take a fast pace and take more easy-balls You can also increase your shooting percentage! Also, Irving can play more roles, let Mike Brown give Irving some singles tactics, don’t look down on him just because he is a rookie, understand?”

Min Congda is well aware of James' budget-conscious playing style.

In many cases, his high shooting percentage is not achieved by shooting, but by calculation.

He will calculate while playing, whether the hand feels good tonight, if it is good, he will shoot more, if it is not good, he will shoot less.

He is not like Kobe. Kobe is the kind who shoots more when he is good, and shoots more when he is not good, otherwise how can he get better?

And shooting has always been James' shortcoming.

When he's good with his hands, combined with his body and style of play, he's really, really strong.

Once the touch is not good, except for a strong layup, he is not very aware of offensive assistance.

Min Congda reminded him that he should do a good job of offensive support, and score points by the way. The shooting rate is also good.

This remark hit James. He repeatedly said yes on the phone, saying that what Min Congda said made sense, and he would definitely do it in the game tonight.

"There is one last point. When playing against the Heat, you should play more at the [-]th position, take advantage of your low position, and play as an insider."

After finishing the last point and hanging up the phone, Min Congda let out a long sigh, thinking that in order to prevent the Clippers from winning the championship, he had really worried a lot and started planning early.

As long as James learns to play in a more correct way to deal with the game, the Cavaliers still have a high probability of winning this year.

In the evening, Min Congda watched the rematch between the Cavaliers and the Heat.

In this game, the Cavaliers did not give the Heat a chance at home. They led by 5 points in the first quarter, 13 points at halftime, and 20 points at the end of the third quarter.

James and rookie Irving showed strong firepower, and the Heat's perimeter defense was completely unstoppable.

骑士第二战 109:90，19分的优势大胜热火，大比分同样变成了1:1。

Min Congda heaved a sigh of relief after the Cavaliers won this game. It should not be a big problem for the Cavaliers to enter the finals.

It would be troublesome if the Heat entered the finals, because the Heat were restrained by the Clippers in terms of lineup and style of play.

The biggest flaw of the Heat is the interior, which is the weakest among the current four teams.

The advantage of the Heat lies in their perimeter defensive pressure and the bench bandits led by substitute Odom.

So the Heat beat the Bulls one by one. The Bulls themselves are not good inside, and the outside offense relies too much on Rose. They have been targeted by the Heat for two consecutive years, and they were deliberately stared at by the Heat in the semifinals.

And James followed Min Congda's suggestion and participated in the offense more as the fourth position, which did put tremendous pressure on the Heat's inside line.

Bosh couldn't take on the inside task of a defensive system at all, and the offensive rebound was robbed and exploded in the second game.

"Theoretically speaking, the Cavaliers have an advantage over the Clippers in terms of lineup and style of play. However...the Lakers have the same advantage over the Clippers, but they still seem to be unable to beat them."

Min Congda injured his waist. He has been lying at home for the past two days, thinking about the Eastern Conference Finals, Western Conference Finals and everything related to basketball.

He may not have realized that basketball has become the focus of his life.

Even if he no longer interferes with the team's basketball affairs, his thinking about the team's tactics and the direction of the league's development has never stopped.

He has long been involved in the world of basketball and has been unable to extricate himself.

The Clippers and the Lakers took a day off, and the G3 between the two sides continued in Los Angeles.

The advantage of the derby is that the players don't have to fly around on the plane anymore, and both teams can face each other with 100% state.

The situation in the third game was extremely fierce. With a big score of 1:1, this game is undoubtedly a card battle.

The Lakers are bound to want to regain home court advantage, and the Clippers will take the initiative in the series in one go.

After two games of adaptation, the Lakers began to expose a huge problem: their three-pointers are really inaccurate.

The small space brought about by the three-pointer is not allowed, making the Lakers' offense on the court very constrained, and in the end it completely became a Paul-Kobe duo.

Even Bynum on the inside seemed dispensable in the narrow space and Gasol's strong defense.

The Clippers are fast and accurate. Their three-point shooting rate in the halftime exceeds 40.00%. Five, the firepower is extremely strong.

But at the end of the half, they only led the Lakers by 3 points, because Kobe and Paul played too fiercely in the first half.

The two took turns to eat alone, and the Clippers' defense didn't have much to do with them.

In the third quarter, the two sides were evenly divided, and they were inseparable, contributing a very high-quality confrontation.

But in the fourth quarter, Min Congda's biggest worry came true.

Kobe and the Lakers are veterans, and their physical fitness began to have problems in the fourth quarter!
Even if there is no travel fatigue, no long-distance flights, the Lakers players are old after all.

Moreover, with so many stars and veterans, it is very difficult to run the triangle offense well in just 60 games.

The regular season can rely on talent and free play to win a series of victories. In the playoffs, discipline and tacit understanding are more important.

The Lakers' patchwork luxury lineup, in the entire league, only Jackson can suppress it, but the power is not as good as before.

As for the young lineup of the Clippers, the core has been running smoothly for three seasons, and the playoffs are amazing.

It can be said that the model of superstar + balloon star + basic salary veteran is coming to an end this year.

In the fourth quarter, the Clippers played an 11:0 offensive climax, establishing an advantage in one fell swoop.

In the end, the Clippers also defeated the Lakers by 105:95 and won the third game by 10 points.

The Los Angeles Clippers are one step closer to the Finals.

And Min Congda also felt that an indescribable crisis was coming towards him.

(End of this chapter)