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

Chapter 264 Wishful thinking (first update)
Min Congda felt very worried about the Blazers' "grinding and chirping" game style.

In fact, the Blazers are in very good condition tonight, with a high shooting percentage and a fairly smooth offense.

The Clippers are not oppressive enough on the defensive end to the ball holder, and the Blazers players can run out of tactics smoothly.

Judging from the scene, the Blazers have always suppressed the Clippers.

After Harden hit a three-pointer to chase the point difference to 1 point.

Fernandez immediately caught the ball at the top of the arc and hit a three-pointer.

The point difference returned to 4 points.

Milicic makes a fast serve from the backcourt.

Harden quickly crossed the half court with the ball, observed the running position of his teammates, and hit the ground from the wing to the basket.

It's a pity that Milicic and Harden's tacit understanding was not enough for this ball, and they failed to catch the ball steadily and made a mistake.

"Counterattack, push to counterattack, push to counterattack!"

Min Congda thought, isn't this a good opportunity to fight back.

But the Blazers did not counterattack, but chose to control the ball.

Then he started to play positions and run tactics, which made Min Congda very depressed.

It is obviously a good opportunity to catch mistakes and counterattack.

A Spanish striker like Fernandez has a strong fast break ability.

Can't you bring up the rhythm of the game?
No, McMillan's strategy is to stabilize the rhythm.

Adhering to the traditional team building and tactical concepts, he also has strict tactical requirements for substitutes.

After falling into position, this time Fernandez caught the ball again at the top of the arc and broke through the basket.

As a result, the layup was successfully blocked by Milicic, and the Clippers regained control of the ball.

Milicic gave the ball to Harden, Harden glanced at the frontcourt, a super long pass!
Paul George has already rushed near the three-point line, received the ball and was unguarded, and easily dunked.

Harden's pass is full of adventurous spirit. Although there will be mistakes, once it succeeds, it is indeed a good scoring opportunity.

The substitutes on both sides played inextricably in the second quarter.

The Blazers are more team and more reasonable.

The Clippers are freer and more imaginative.

The difference between the two sides has always been maintained at around 2 points.

The Clippers have no way to overtake or lead, and their defense is not very good.

And there is also a very fatal shortcoming, that is, the number of mistakes begins to increase.

Harden played 8 minutes in the second quarter and contributed 3 turnovers.

Dunleavy saw that he made so many turnovers, so he asked him to pass the ball more carefully during the timeout.

Give the ball more to Hinrich to handle.

"But I also contributed four assists!" Harden said during the timeout.

Lao Deng thought to himself, you will talk back, right?
But thinking about it again, these young players are backed by Smart.

Forget it, they can fight as they like, the times are different.

When Dunleavy played, the authority of the coach was still very strong.

His head coach during the Rockets was Bill Fitch.

He is notoriously grumpy and has a bad relationship with the Celtics stars. Here comes the Rockets.

Later, he became a coach by himself, and he was in the same batch as Sloan, George Karl, Larry Brown, and Pat Riley. They were all coaches who respected authority and had a strong temper.

The source of their coaching principles are those authoritative college coaches, Wooden, Adolph Rupp, Dean Smith,
But pretty much starting with Phil Jackson, whose success has sparked new thinking about the coaching position.

Especially when the Bulls and Lakers won three consecutive championships, and won another two consecutive championships in 10 years.

Jackson's achievements in the coaching position are unprecedented, and it is simply astonishing.

According to his self-report and published books, the most important thing for him as a coach is not tactics or records, but communication and exchanges with players.

Under the guidance of Jackson's successful example, some service-type and chicken soup-type coaches have gradually become a genre in the NBA.

Lao Deng is not such a coach, but under Min Congda's "forced" correction last season, Lao Deng found that sometimes it is better to not care than to manage.

Never mind, these young talented players don't necessarily listen to you. They don't play well on the court, and in the end it is your head coach who is responsible for it.

You don't care, the young people open their hearts, play well and win, and it's easy to be a coach by themselves, why not do it?
After a season of repeated edification, Dunleavy gradually changed his concept.

I will still say what should be said, listen to you or not, anyway, I will not thimble with you.

And Lao Deng knew that he had a bad heart, so it wouldn't be worthwhile to push the thimble over his head and make himself mad.

Dunleavy thought to himself: "Let's leave my tolerance and temper to Smart, and I won't compete with the players."

What Min Congda has done is enough for him to drink a pot, and if he gets angry with the young man, he may not think that he has lived a long time.

After a timeout in the first half, some simple arrangements and reminders, the main players reappeared and finished the second quarter.

Lao Deng tried to have Curry and Harden on the court at the same time, not because both of them needed to hold the ball, but because the two began to give way on the court.

Curry took the initiative to play the ball to Harden. After dribbling for a while, Harden seemed embarrassed to attack by himself, so he handed it to Curry.

Curry wanted to throw a three-pointer, but he thought it was better to forget it, and see if Harden had any good opportunities to run.

The opportunity is fleeting, no shot, only pass, the final time is pressed to about 20 seconds, and it is given to Ricky Davis.

Davis caught the ball and forced a shot and missed...

Ricky thought, You two are here to help me, right?
It's almost time, pass the ball to me and throw the pot?

Two people, one champion and one third.

Although Curry is the number one pick, he has never maintained his identity and regarded himself as the boss.

When paired with Baron Davis, he will take care of the big brother's possession of the ball.

As for Harden, a foreign monk, he is the third child in the Thunder, and he will not grab the core position when he comes to the Clippers.

Both of them have relatively gentle personalities, have a good relationship off the court, and have no intention of competing for the core at all.

So, in the second half of the second quarter, the Clippers' offense suddenly slowed down.

There were more passes, fewer decisive shots, and a streak of turnovers.

Dunleavy saw that something was wrong, what's going on, you two are competing for the morality award?
If you don't shoot, I won't shoot either. I always take care of the opponent's possession of the ball.

Forget it, little fat man, come down and rest, I think you are quite tired from the fight.

After a short timeout, Harden was replaced for a rest, and Baron Davis was replaced again.

However, the Clippers' offensive continuity has been broken, and the Blazers hit a 7:1 offensive climax.

The only score for the Clippers was a technical foul free throw brought by the Blazers' defense for three seconds.

At the end of the first half, the Blazers 57:52, leading the Clippers by 5 points.

For this score, Min Congda is still very satisfied.

The Clippers put up some nice offense and performances.

But the overall stability is not as good as the Blazers.

Although the Blazers were struggling to attack, they couldn't completely widen the point difference.

But their effective defense and smooth offense still suppressed the Clippers on the scene.

In the first half, Curry scored 8 points and 3 assists, Harden 6 points, 5 assists and 4 turnovers.

It was Randolph who really withstood the Clippers' offense, with 12 points and 5 rebounds.

Min Congda thought, no accident, Randolph scored 20 points this time.

Curry scored 18 points and Harden scored 12 points.

The scores of the two sides are estimated to be around 100 points.

The Clippers' offense looks better, but the defense can't make too many mistakes.

In the end, losing by 5 or 6 points is not too ugly.

Min Congda's wishful thinking crackled.

Not only did he think so, so did McMillan.

(End of this chapter)