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

Chapter 28 The Results Don't Matter

In the afternoon, the Clippers and Hornets played the second game of the summer league.

The Hornets are also a team that has been sinking rapidly in the past two years. It is very similar to the Clippers, and it is also an old bad team.

In the 2007-2008 season, the Hornets reached the peak of their team history, second in the Western Conference, and reached the Western Conference semifinals.

Then in the semifinals with a 2:0 lead, he was reversed by the old and hot Spurs, and lost the tiebreaker 3:4, which is exactly the same as the Clippers lost to the Suns in the semifinals in 2006. They all died at the strongest Japanese player in the West superior.

Just when people thought that Xianyu was going to turn around, he pulled his hips in the next season.

The Clippers did not enter the playoffs in the 2006-2007 season, while the Hornets were massacred by the Nuggets in the first round of the 2009 playoffs, and suffered a tragic 58 tragedy—that’s it, it’s better not to enter the playoffs Woolen cloth.

The core of the Clippers, Elton Brand, suffered a major season-ending injury after his peak season, and chose to join the Philadelphia 2008ers in the summer of 76, abandoning the Clippers, which dealt a blow to Dunleavy.

The Hornets Paul's personal statistics have improved after the peak season of 08, and the team's lineup has remained intact, but the team's record has been sparse, falling from second in the West to seventh in the West. It has completely lost the style of last season. It's hard to say how long he can stay with the Hornets.

It is not uncommon for a season like this to suddenly rise, play a good season, and the lineup will not change in the next season, but the results will plummet.

This kind of phenomenon often occurs on the kind of bad teams that have been weak all year round. If they are lucky enough to get a talented player and build a good lineup around him as the core, in a certain season, everyone is unfamiliar and unprepared. , soaring to the sky to enjoy the addiction.

Next season, the management will run out of luck, do nothing, have no reinforcements, and the previous lineup will not be able to maintain. Other teams are prepared, and in the end, they will die after the addiction, and return to the muddy quagmire.

Typical are the Timberwolves in 2004, the Supersonics in 2005, the Clippers in 2006, the Hornets in 2008...

There are two characteristics of this type of team: 1. Small players will spend a small amount of money, and it is difficult to attract big-name players to join them. The stars they have worked so hard to cultivate are easily snatched away by wealthy teams. 2. I have been in the draft all year round, but I always miss the selection of parallel imports.

The Clippers and Hornets both meet these two characteristics, which leads to their strong lineup in the summer league. After all, there are always high-level rookies. Can this strength not be strong?

Therefore, the game was quite fierce, and the scores of the two sides have been biting.

Under Min Congda's instruction, Kim Hughes increased Curry's playing time and allowed Curry to control the team's offense.

The Hornets' backcourt facing Curry is UCLA's famous point guard Darren Collison.

When Collison played at UCLA, he was the team's main point guard, and Russell Westbrook would always play him off the bench.

It's just that Collison studied in college for four years, enrolled in 05, and only participated in the election in 09, which shows that the teams are not very optimistic about his potential, but they are optimistic about his immediate combat ability.

He was selected by the Hornets with the 21st overall pick in the first round, and he was selected to serve as a substitute for Chris Paul.

As an immediate player, Collison has comprehensive natural skills, fierce defense and good physical fitness.

Curry obviously fell into a disadvantage in the dialogue with him, and was constantly entangled by Collison. Sometimes Collison would not hesitate to foul to destroy Curry's dribbling offense.

The reason is simple, who made Curry the No. [-] pick?The No. [-] pick will be under the greatest pressure and test, let alone an unexpected No. [-] pick like Curry.

A late player like Collison must perform well when he meets the No. [-] pick and show off his worth.

At the end of the first half, the Clippers trailed the Hornets by 48 points at 53:5.

Curry performed poorly in the first half, scoring only 6 points, sending 3 assists, and 3 turnovers.

In the summer league, there are not many skills and tactics, and the coordination is not complicated. It mainly depends on the individual ability of the players.

Curry didn't get tactical support, and Jordan's screen level was even worse, and he never had a solid pick-and-roll.

Darren Collison is a nimble and strong little guard. He is one year older than Curry. He is small but strong. It can be seen.

During the intermission, Min Congda returned to the locker room with the players. He was obviously in a good mood.

"Sure enough, Curry performed well against a weaker team in the first game, and it was almost embarrassing when he encountered a hard stubble in this game. He couldn't make a shot, and he made a mistake. Not bad, not bad, I lived up to my hopes!"

Min Congda was almost about to smile, but he couldn't make it too obvious that the team was behind, and he had to comfort the players in the locker room.

"Everyone played well in the first half, it's okay, it's just a summer league, take it easy, take it easy."

Min Congda also said to Hughes: "Gordon played well, let him rest in the second half, don't get hurt."

Min Congda commanded Hughes remotely, and asked Hughes to replace the players who played well under the pretext of preventing players from being injured.

In the first half, Gordon was the key to the Clippers biting the score. Although his shooting percentage was not high, he was strong.

Whenever the team couldn't play, Gordon rushed to the basket with the ball, either driving the defender for a layup, or drawing a foul.

In the first half, Gordon made 6 of 6 free throws and showed a strong lethal ability. He is the team's offensive weapon, and he can't be allowed to stay on the court any longer.

Hughes thought about it and thought it made sense, "Eric suffered a serious knee injury in high school, so it makes sense to use him sparingly. Moreover, Curry encountered a lot of trouble in this game, let him play more A dozen will help improve his ability to withstand pressure."

Jin Hughes felt that Min Congda had worked hard again, and decided to implement his ideas. In the second half, Curry continued to play more, while reducing Gordon's playing time.

Sitting in front of the locker, Curry was clearly in a bad mood. His performance in the first half was mediocre, and Collison restricted him a bit.

Min Congda came over and patted Curry on the shoulder, saying: "It's just a summer league game, it's nothing, winning or losing is not important, what matters is whether you have gained anything ~ the process is the most important, focus on the process, not the final As a result, do you know Stephen?"

Min Congda thought to himself, "It's not important to win, it's important to lose. As long as you lose, I can get 200 yuan!"

The result is not important, the process is the most important, it's all the bullshit that the previous leaders said, the leader only needs the result to do business and doesn't care about your process.

As long as you don’t violate the law...or if you don’t get caught breaking the law, beg your grandpa to sue your grandma, admit your godfather to sell PY, as long as you succeed in your business, the leader will praise you, otherwise it’s all fake.

Curry chewed on Min Congda's words, "The result is not important, the process is important...Focus on the process... I do have some mentality problems tonight. I want to score goals by myself, and I forget to cooperate more with my teammates. If I If you can’t score, it’s the same if I lead my teammates to score.”

"The Hornets' defensive focus is on me. Darren Collison is biting me like crazy. I shouldn't confront him head-on for the time being. I should avoid him to help my teammates score and open the situation."

"Scouts report that I can't control a team's offense. I'm going to prove it to them. I'm a point guard after all."

After adjusting his mentality, Curry decided to change his style of play in the second half to change the course of the game!

(End of this chapter)