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

Chapter 354 Considering the opponent in the next round (second update)

In the 2003 playoffs, the Magic played against the Pistons in the first round.

The Magic in the lower half had an unexpected 3-1 lead over the Pistons in the upper half in the first four games.

McGrady played very well in the first four games, scoring 43, 46, 29, and 27 points in regular games.

With superior offensive power, the Pistons, the No. [-] Pistons in the East, are in a desperate situation.

That season, the first round of the playoffs went from best-of-five to best-of-seven for the first time.

According to the rules of last season, the Magic has already succeeded in black eight.

After the fourth game, the reporter interviewed McGrady, McGrady said: "It feels good to get into the second round (It feels good to get in the second round)."

Later, it was rumored by some people every day, saying that "I am thinking about my opponent in the next round."

Or "If it was last year, I'd already be thinking about my opponent in the next round."

No matter how it was passed on, McGrady's pretentious words undoubtedly stimulated the entire Pistons team.

The Pistons players were very angry and united in the next game.

Pistons coach Carlisle asked rookie Prince to defend McGrady.

In the fifth game, the Pistons returned to Auburn Hills, 98:67, and used extreme defense to suppress the Magic to less than 70 points.

Wallace grabbed 21 rebounds, McGrady only scored 20 points on 8 of 18 shots.

Returning to Orlando in Game [-], this was the magic's best chance of eliminating the Pistons' Black Eight.

McGrady scored 37 points desperately, but Billups scored 40 points.

Wallace had 17 rebounds and 5 blocks, and the Pistons evened the score.

In this case, if you go back to Detroit for the tiebreaker, the Magic will have no chance.

The momentum of the series has fully returned to the Pistons.

McGrady made 24 of 7 shots in the last game and only scored 21 points.

And Billups 37 points, Wallace 5 caps, tiebreaker defeated the Magic.

In the case of 1:3 behind, completed a super big reversal to advance to the next round.

McGrady has been ridiculed because of the slap in the face of the interview after the game.

Even Min Congda, who has not been in contact with basketball for a long time, vaguely remembers this famous saying.

Since there are excellent examples given by predecessors, how can Min Congda not learn to use them well?
"Hey, why didn't I think of it earlier? Too stupid, so stupid! After the first game, Cole said in an interview that I was going to play the Spurs, and I complained about Cole's big mouth. In fact, Obviously, it is a good way to irritate the Spurs, irritate Duncan, irritate Popovich, and make the Spurs united!"

"After the first game, if I had participated in the post-game interview and said those words, the effect would have been better. Maybe the Spurs would have won the second game! Really, I still lack experience in bad performance. The water is just too deep, too deep."

Min Congda made another profound self-criticism.

He felt more and more that the water in the NBA was really deep and muddy.

It's not that easy to play badly and lose!

The blind self-confidence that I had when I first took on the task has long since disappeared.

He decided to put himself into an empty cup state of mind.

Start studying again, and be serious!

April 4, the day of the third game between the Clippers and the Spurs.

In the afternoon, both teams arrived at the Staples Center to warm up.

Rickley organized a pregame press conference.

Because of communicating with various media in Los Angeles in advance, so many reporters came to this press conference.

Min Congda was once the darling of the media. His various speeches are bold and out of the ordinary, often bringing strong public opinion effects.

The last time there were so many people at a press conference, Min Congda remembered it was because of a fight between Clippers players in the summer of 09.

At that time, he suffered a big loss, thinking that supporting players to fight would make the Clippers' reputation plummet.

Who knows, the United States is not a normal country, and in order to fight racial discrimination, the issue of violence is not worth mentioning.

Min Congda accidentally became a fighter against racial discrimination, which made him confused.

Later, seeing that participating in interviews would easily increase the popularity of the Clippers, Min Congda did not accept interviews much.

Dodge as much as you can, dodge as much as you can, and let Coach and Rachelle deal with the media.

His image in the media suddenly became mysterious.

Now, after two seasons of experience, Min Congda is convinced that he will not be taken advantage of again!

Before the interview, he apologized to the female reporter in San Antonio who was dunked by him before.

"Sorry, when your team was beaten by the Clippers, I also beat your reporter. This behavior is too shameful. I am very, very sorry."

After Min Congda finished speaking, the reporters all laughed. This is not an apology, but a show off.

You see, you won the ball, and you were beaten, and you were fined some money in the end, how arrogant.

Then a reporter asked Min Congda, why did he leave the court angrily and commit such "atrocities" when the team clearly won the game?

Others only do this when they lose. How can they lose their temper when they win?
Min Congda said: "Uh... I think it's a very irresponsible behavior to decide one's emotions only based on the results of the game. It's like educating children. Should we only judge praise or criticism based on the results? Obviously not, more It depends on the process. Since I decided to let the Clippers play the Spurs in the eighth place, I must be sure of the result, and I care more about the process.”

"I'm not satisfied with the process of the Clippers' second game. They played too hard and made too many mistakes. I didn't play the effect I wanted. If it wasn't for the fact that the opponent made more mistakes and was in a worse state, in the second game we It is very likely to lose. How can you be satisfied because of a lore key goal? That is just luck, and I cannot accept winning based on luck."

"So, Mr. Smart is very angry, and the consequences are somewhat serious."

After hearing Min Congda's explanation, the reporters were stunned.

But they soon became excited again, and it still smelled like that!
His remarks have always been so special, unlike today's NBA insiders, who always use the same set of official speeches, upside down, all useless, moderate nonsense.

Obviously, Min Congda's contempt for the Spurs overflowed.

Another reporter asked: "Then how many games do you think the Clippers will advance to the next round?"

Min Congda smiled slightly and said: "When I was in San Antonio, I met a Chinese friend. We made an appointment that when we returned to San Antonio next time, we would go fishing for crabs together on the outskirts of the holy city. My friend said, I'm probably going to miss my appointment because the series probably won't go back to San Antonio."

"Although it is arrogant to say this, I have to admit that we are already thinking about our opponents in the next round."

After speaking, Min Congda thought to himself, if McGrady didn't say it, let me say it.

(End of this chapter)