Almighty Coach

New York NBA headquarters, President Adams opened a media NBA column, glanced at the news headlines.

In the most obvious position of the prince, such a title appeared: "10 times overtime in three games, the Los Angeles Clippers set an NBA record."

"The Clippers grabbed a headline position. But then again, there has been quite a lot of news about the Clippers during this time." Adams said to himself.

There are many games in the NBA every day. Except for some focus teams, other games are really difficult to win a headline position. Today there is no top superstar in the Clippers, and the team's strength is also at the bottom. It is not easy to grab a headline once.

“It ’s very rare to play overtime in three consecutive games. It ’s incredible to play 10 overtime in three games. I did n’t expect the Clippers to change a boss. It ’s such a toughness. Startled. "Adams couldn't help but check the Clippers' recent schedule.

"In the past three games, the results were two wins and one loss. The next Clippers opponent is the Orlando Magic. The Magic have been so determined this season that they want to win the No. 1 pick. A victory. "Adams said to himself, touching his chin.

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Orlando, Clippers at Amway Stadium, challenge the Orlando Magic.

In the player's locker room, assistant coach Kassel looked at the Clippers players. At this time, he sensitively noticed that the players' status was completely different from the previous games.

Prior to the Clippers, the record was very bad, they lost too many games, coupled with the team's turmoil, the players are already unintentionally loved, they are not so interested in winning or losing in the game Just like going to work every day, punching out after 48 hours. Even if the team loses the ball, no one will be frustrated because of it, still picking up girls to go to the nightclub.

And after the previous three games, playing a total of 10 overtime, the Clippers players' spirit is obviously different from before, they have a kind of resilience, and Kassel can even feel that winning Desire gradually returned to the players.

In the three away games, the opponents are all playoff teams. The two wins and one loss record can indeed cultivate the self-confidence of the players and make the Clippers players feel that they can compete with the strong teams. Yes, it also inspired their inner desire to win.

After all, it is possible to enter the NBA to play. Even the last substitute player is a very good basketball player. Each of them is the best among his peers. Many of them are playing games from small to large. They are all Some people who have a desire to win. It's just that the Clippers were so bad before. Even if there are people who still have a chance to survive, if they keep losing, the desire to win is slowly wiped out.

Today's victory has regained the confidence of the Clippers players. This overtime victory will make people feel hard-won. At the same time, continuous overtime will also make the Clippers more resilient. This is the Clippers' biggest gain.

As a weak team, toughness is a very important attribute, but also an attribute that is difficult to cultivate. For a professional player, you can lose, but you can never admit defeat.

Now the Clippers, through several overtime games, have gradually developed resilience.

Kassel even remembered that in the last game, he lost four overtimes to the Indiana Pacers. The kind of anger and unwillingness that appeared on the players 'faces, Kassel could feel that the players' hearts Incomparable desire for victory, this is not like a rotten team that has been at the bottom should have momentum.

"I didn't expect that the team has changed so much in just three games from the change of the boss to the present." Kassel thought of it and looked at Li Dai who couldn't see him far away. At this time Kassel realized that all these changes happened after Li Dai came.

"Does this coach Li really don't understand basketball?" Kassel only felt that Li Dai in front of him made him wonder more and more

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The Clippers' opponent in this game is the Orlando Magic.

The Magic are currently ranked second to last in the Eastern Conference, and they are only half way behind the last.

The team in this position is naturally determined to stubbornly fight for a top pick. And there is a penultimate behind the Magic, so the Magic want to lose, so as to "catch up" the penultimate as soon as possible.

The Clippers also have a poor record. Although the Clippers ’own draft has been traded, for the Magic, they do n’t want to have another team with the same bad record to compete with them. , So the Magic want to lose to the Clippers.

The Clippers definitely want to win, the players ’desire to win has been stimulated, and the opponent is a team that is one point weaker than the Clippers. The Clippers naturally go all out. Want to win this game.

One is to lose, the other is to win, and the result can be imagined.

The Clippers will be the last four overtime grievances and unwillingness to lose to the Blazers, all vented to the Magic, the game began a fierce attack. The Magic were also happy to lose to the Clippers, and after a few symbolic resistance, they surrendered.

In this game, Li Dai did not use the title of "evenly matched", because Li Dai also knew that as long as the Magic lost the ball, it would be the penultimate Eastern Conference, so they are now "kneeling to lose" and will not follow The Clippers are dying.

Without the "evenly matched" role, the game did not appear overtime, the Clippers successfully defeated the Magic, and ended their four consecutive road trips.

Of the four away games, three of them are playoff-level teams, and the Clippers have a record of 3 wins and 1 loss. If you do n’t know, if you look at the record alone, you may think that this is always a strong postseason. The results played by the team.

Next, the Clippers returned to Los Angeles at home, and the opponent they welcomed was the Lakers in the same city.

Whether in Los Angeles or in the entire NBA, the Lakers' influence is far greater than the Clippers. And the Clippers and the Lakers share the same home, that is the Staples Center. Therefore, the Clippers will also have a large number of Lakers fans at home, and even more Lakers fans than the Clippers fans. At the Staples Center, the Clippers often appear at home, and fans cheer for the Lakers.

So for the Clippers, playing the Lakers is more like playing away.

The Lakers' record this year is not enough to enter the playoffs, but the Lakers have not deliberately put on the mess. First, they won three consecutive rankings in the draft of the previous few years. The team is considered to have outstanding talent. As a giant team, fans also have expectations for the Lakers.

In fact, the Lakers as the top giants in the NBA, they do not need to squander to rebuild the team, the attraction of Los Angeles combined with the magnetism of the giants, the Lakers can always attract superstars to join. Although the Lakers this season are not very outstanding, maybe the Lakers can form a "Big Three" or "Big Four" next season.

Facing the Lakers, Li Dai once again used the title of "evenly matched", and then overtime.

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The face of the Lakers coach is full of helplessness. This is the first three-overtime since he became the NBA coach.

The young guys of the Lakers, although they have a very good talent, have not experienced this kind of situation. In the face of the third overtime, they also began to lose their breath.

On the other hand, the Clippers are not in a hurry. After all, in the past four games, there are three games, they have played three overtime, for the Clippers players, playing overtime is normal.

"This game hit three more overtimes. There was no overtime when the Clippers defeated the Magic last time. I thought the Clippers had broken the spell of overtime, but now it seems , The curse is still there. "The commentator at the scene said sarcastically.

Another commentator went on to say: "Since the Clippers changed owners and then changed a new coach, their games often show overtime. It seems that they will have to explain the Clippers games in the future. Only apply for overtime pay. "

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The Clippers finally defeated the Lakers in the third overtime. They scored 4 wins and 1 loss in the last five games. In the new week's NBA strength rankings, the Clippers also rose eight places.

But then, the Clippers encountered a more devil's schedule.

Home against the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference, the Clippers lost after an overtime game; the away team played the defending champion Warriors, the Clippers also lost to opponents in overtime. Immediately after playing the Grizzlies at home, the Grizzlies are also a poor team, Li Dai did not use evenly matched, the Clippers finally won. Then came the home team against the Thunder. This time the Thunder did not give the Clippers an overtime opportunity. The Thunder's superstar made a three-pointer at the last second. .

Four games, a record of 1 win and 3 losses, can be interpreted as the performance of the weak team.

But the momentum of the Clippers players has increased ~ www.readwn.com ~ Because the Rockets, Warriors and Thunder are all teams that want to compete for the championship, especially the first two, ranking first in the NBA strength list. The two of them, in the current situation of the strong West and East weak league, who can kill the West, almost locked the championship in advance. As a weak player, being able to play overtime with the championship team is a big boost to morale.

In the next game, the Clippers faced the Blazers again, but this time it was the home of the Clippers, and the game again hit three overtimes.

The Trail Blazers seemed to cast a shadow over the Clippers' overtime. As a result, in the third overtime, two consecutive key ball turnovers lost the game.

Then the Clippers went to challenge the Milwaukee Bucks and the New York Knicks. Both games also reached overtime, resulting in a win and a loss.

After Li Dai took over as the Clippers ’head coach, the Clippers played 12 games in the future. As a result, 9 games played overtime. This wonderful situation also attracted everyone ’s attention. Even the bookmakers are dedicated Open the market and predict that the Clippers will play some overtime in the next game.

Fans also ridiculed online, and the Los Angeles Clippers simply changed their name to "Los Angeles Overtime".