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

Chapter 575 Mobilization
The Clippers want to increase their record points, the method is very simple, just shorten the rotation.

In terms of timetable, the season has entered March, and it has indeed reached the sprint stage.

For most of the season, the Clippers have strictly followed the policy of large rotation, giving young players sufficient training time and opportunities to appear on the court.

At the end when the record ranking is needed, the Clippers press the rotation to make the team more compact, which is not only conducive to winning some key games, but also conducive to the team's performance and preparation for the playoffs early.

On March 3, the Clippers headed to Cleveland for a rematch with the Cavaliers this season.

This game also attracted much attention. The last time the two sides played against each other was in January.

The Cavaliers personally killed the Clippers' undefeated record.

It was also after that game that the Clippers began to enter turmoil, and Steve Kerr left Los Angeles for Cleveland.

Immediately after Mike Malone came to the Clippers, the two injected different genes into the two teams and brought different styles.

After just half a season, the styles of the two teams have changed a lot compared to the beginning of the season.

The Cavaliers have gone lighter, James has become a pretty good comprehensive four, and Kerr's transformation of him seems to be quite successful.

In the MVP ranking, James once again came to the first position. If there is no accident this season, the MVP trophy will still be in his pocket.

The Clippers have a harder time combining offense and defense. After all, the construction of Mike Malone's defensive system can't be built in a day or two.

Rao is that the Clippers have such a good team atmosphere and such a strong talent. Under the intensive schedule, the progress is quite slow.

Before the start of the game, Tyronn Lu conveyed Min Congda's "instructions" to the coaching staff and players.

At this time, the role of Lu's guidance is brought into play. Political commissar Lu has his own way of doing ideological work.

"Guys, in March, the regular season has come to an end. It has been a season full of changes and difficulties. We have encountered many difficulties and suffered a lot of setbacks. But I want to say that looking at the American continent, even my tone Bigger, looking around the world, our Los Angeles Clippers have never met a real opponent. Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, Los Angeles Lakers... I want to say, from the coaching staff to the players, we have never really put them on In my eyes, this is not disrespect for them, but we all know that our opponent is not them!"

The locker room was very quiet. Tyronn Lue, who usually has no sense of presence, always looks very charming at such times.

"Where is our real opponent? Who is our real opponent? We know in our hearts that our real opponent is only ourselves, we are champions, but we also want to be champions, we want to be a great team. What we did Everything, our changes, and our progress are all to become stronger than before. Although it is too early to say such a thing, I want to say that no one is running in front of us, if there is any , that's the soul of those great teams, and we're chasing those great teams."

"The Los Angeles Lakers, the Chicago Bulls, the Boston Celtics, the names that go down in the history books, are the names that we really want to catch up with and surpass! I start today, starting March 3rd, in Cleveland, we officially enter The 3-2012 season's playoff sprint! The goal is the championship! All obstacles on the road will be cleared by us!"

Tyronn Lue's passionate speech made the Clippers fully enter the playoffs.

The team still has the last 20 games, and they must strive to get all the home court advantage.

As for the Cavaliers, Steve Kerr has yet to mobilize for real war.

After all, he has only coached about 50 games since he came to the team, and Cole still has a lot of problems to solve.

Especially the series of problems surrounding James, and his technical and tactical feelings, Cole believes that James still has a lot of potential to be tapped.

It made him feel that it was a pity that Min Congda did not come to watch the game tonight, otherwise he would definitely drag Min Congda to discuss some issues after the game.

For example, James' positioning in some passing and cutting tactics, as well as three-point shooting tactics, how to make up for James' lack of shooting.

This has always caused Cole a bit of a headache. Sometimes James stands at the top of the arc to deal the cards, and there is no one within three meters in front of him.

But under such circumstances, James didn't even take a shot and had to pass the ball. Cole shook his head angrily, not knowing what to do.

But for the discussion after the game, James also has a good reason. He feels that his hand feels bad and his shooting rate will not be high.

Judging from the three-point shooting percentage alone, James is a pretty good three-pointer, but he is very dependent on the choice of shots and the feel at the time.

When the shot selection is good, or when the touch is overwhelming, James' three-pointers are still very threatening.

And at the critical moment of the game, James' three-point shooting rate will increase, and his hands are quite hard, which Cole is very satisfied with.

Kerr would tell James that you can choose to take a step in and then pull up for a jump shot, or you can just rush in and no one can stop you.

"That way I'm going to have a lower shooting percentage," James said.

In this way, Cole has nothing to say, what should I do?

If it was Min Congda, he should be able to think of a way.

Kerr always has this kind of experimental mentality. He wants to play against the Clippers tonight. He also wants to see if the team's new system can play an advantage against the Clippers.

In the end, it was still an advantage, and it was almost blown in the first quarter...

The Clippers were uncharacteristically in the first quarter. They seemed to have spotted James playing the [-]th position and would have flaws on the defensive end.

Let Lan Fatty attack in with the ball, Gasol Jr. assisted, the two slammed, and the first quarter started with a 15:5, stopping the Cavaliers.

Although James is physically strong, his weight has reached an astonishing 240 pounds. You must know that Duncan is about this weight.

With his height and weight, there is absolutely no problem in defending the inside.

But James has two problems: First, as the core of the team's offense, he must not consume too much energy on the defensive end.

Second, James' inside defensive skills are good against some minions, but not enough against the traditional low-post monsters of the previous generation like Randolph.

The Cavaliers must make targeted defensive arrangements to deal with Randolph's raging in the low post.

But Cole knew very well in his heart that the Clippers' perimeter is the real killer. This is also the most terrifying part of the Clippers. They have very strong players in every position, even the bench.

What tactics, what system, what this offense, that offense, in the final analysis, it is the players who play on the court, and the personal ability of the players determines everything.

The system can make up for some of the weaknesses of the players and maximize the strengths of the players. The importance of the two to a team is about 28 or 37.

Tyronn Lue knows this very well. When it comes time to play hard, no matter what system or tactics, I just give the ball to the powerful players on the court!

Our Clippers have so many great players.

The morale-inspired Clippers players, with the anger of being terminated before, beat the Cavaliers 41:27 in a single quarter, leading by 14 points in the first quarter.

That is to say, the Cavaliers, James and Irving struggled to hold on. If they switched to another team, they might have fallen behind by 20 points in a single quarter and collapsed.

The defending champions showed great strength and continuity.

Yes, they are not only powerful, but also very durable.

This is an important change for the Clippers after James Harden came to the bench.

Before Curry + Harden started, the starting firepower area was so fierce that it was already overflowing.

Correspondingly, the Clippers' substitute offense is lacking, so the Clippers' substitutes used to take the defensive route before.

I don't score, and you better not try to score either.

But this bench style cannot last long.

If young players want to grow and need statistics, they must take the offensive route, or combine offense and defense.

Harden is still very willing to be the sixth man. He was originally the sixth man in the Thunder.

He doesn't care much about starting or substituting. He lives very comfortably in Los Angeles.

The team atmosphere of the Clippers, as well as strong teammates, all allow him to play with peace of mind and hone his skills.

He is not the character of Kobe and Jordan who must be the boss and must be the leader.

In fact, there is no player in the Clippers with such a personality, and everyone is relatively humble.

Harden and Butler are paired together. Both of them are very smart players, use their brains, and are good at using the rules.

The Cavaliers' bench is also good, but it can't be compared with the focused and all-out Clippers.

The Clippers' advantage on the court was getting bigger and bigger, and the point difference soon exceeded 20 points.

After halftime, the Clippers were 73:52, leading the Cavaliers by 21 points.

Cole had a headache during the halftime break, and he obviously made arrangements before the game.

It's a pity that Cole's arrangement has obvious problems. In order to test his tactical system, he actually tried to fight a normal offensive and defensive battle with the Clippers.

The entire league now knows that to fight the Clippers must be delayed, drag the Clippers into a quagmire, use physical confrontation, and use the overall slow pace and the offensive power of the arrow characters to solve the Clippers.

There is also the use of young players who are not stable enough and not experienced enough to make a fuss, causing the Clippers to make more mistakes and make more mistakes.

But tonight, Cole wants to verify the level of his system too much. You can use this system very well against other teams, but it is really not good against the Clippers.

But Cole also knew in his heart that it was helpless to use the method of "putting the bus" to fight the Clippers. It is very difficult to win the Clippers in a series by relying on the bus.

In the third quarter, Cole insisted on his tactical strategy, trying to fight against the Clippers on both offense and defense. He relied on his familiarity with the Clippers to deploy troops, hoping to catch some of the Clippers' sore feet.

For example, Curry's defensive problems, such as the problem that Harden's increased possession of the ball is prone to mistakes, such as the problem of the weak defensive mobility of Gasol and Randolph in the interior, to make targeted arrangements.

But Cole was surprised to find that the Clippers have made up for these problems very well.

Strong defensive players such as George, Leonard, Butler, and Anthony Davis pay great attention to the defensive protection of Paul and Harden.

The presence of Anthony Davis also relieved the defensive pressure on the inside of the Clippers duo.

Mike Malone does have something, and the Clippers are getting better.

In the third quarter, the Cavaliers once played an 11:2 offensive shock wave, narrowing the point difference.

But then the Clippers responded with a 10:0 and quickly opened up the point difference.

The Cavaliers were firmly suppressed, but the game scene was very exciting.

The kind of strong teams that met 10 years ago, the two teams scored an average of 80 points in the defensive battle, is gradually disappearing from the league.

Instead, it's this kind of flow against flow, you hit me one wave, I retaliate you one wave.

It's as if martial arts movies have changed from face-to-face, one-to-one tricks and hard horses, to flying into the sky and escaping from the ground, with light waves flying around.

The former may be more hardcore, but the latter is obviously more beautiful and more popular with the audience.

In the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers chased the point difference to 15 points, and they couldn't catch up anymore.

The Clippers have too many players who can play, and after shortening the rotation, the Clippers' flaws have become smaller.

There is almost no gap for the opponent to chase points and counterattack, go through the process all the way, and smash the opponent.

In the end, the Clippers took revenge in Cleveland with a 119:101, 18-point victory.

Since then, they have also started the season's final sprint winning streak.

Just two days later, when the Clippers returned to Los Angeles, they ushered in the main event-the number one competitor in the West, the Oklahoma City Thunder.

In the previous two duels between the two sides, the Thunder and the Clippers were tied 1:1.

Currently, the Thunder are two games ahead of the Clippers, and they are heading for 60 wins.

If the Clippers want to surpass the Thunder to get No. [-] in the Western Conference, this game must be won.

Tyronn Lue once again mobilized before the game. The last game can be said to be the Pioneer, and this game against the Thunder is at home again, which is a real full-scale mobilization.

The Clippers management also cooperated with Tyronn Lue. The pre-match performance before the game was particularly grand. A special dragon and lion dance team was invited to the scene. During the intermission, the famous Chinese pop music was played. The song "The Most Dazzling National Style"...

Min Congda looked at this "year-old" live performance and thought to himself, "This year is over, what do you want to do with the planning of the stadium? How much will it cost to make it so lively?"

As the general manager of the team, Min Congda doesn't know much about the status of the players recently. His thoughts are all on the arena and the Lakers, so he doesn't have time to care about the Clippers.

How did he know that the Clippers have entered a state of full mobilization, and they are working together to prepare for the playoffs.

In this game, the Thunder team was full of confidence before they came, and they wanted to compete with the Clippers and wrestle with the defending champion.

They have a neat lineup, both juniors are in good condition, and Eric Gordon has returned from injury. They have veteran Fisher at the back line, who is full of hard power and experience.

But after the game, it was a disheveled face, and the Clippers beat it 105:97 at home. It seemed that they only lost by eight points, but the fans who watched it from beginning to end could clearly feel that the Thunder had no chance at all. , can't beat it at all.

With a new lineup and a tight rotation, the Clippers have almost no flaws. The entire high-end version of the Spurs, how can this be played?
The Clippers won the Thunder, one step closer to the No. [-] in the West.

In this unfavorable situation, Min Congda received good news:

Due to various reasons, the construction progress of the Huawei Center was delayed, and some problems occurred in the construction party.

(End of this chapter)