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

Chapter 417 Smart's Test
Kerr admired Min Congda's sacrifice for the Clippers.

Most head coaches will put pressure on referees to achieve more fair penalties or even biased calls.

There are limits to this pressure, however, and it can sometimes be self-defeating, pissing off the referees and targeting your team specifically.

Not Min Congda, he kept putting pressure on the referee, regardless of whether you were targeting me or not, he "attacked" the referee indiscriminately.

In the end, the Clippers are feared by everyone in the league. Can you afford to hide if you can't provoke me?
For this, Min Congda paid a "fine" of nearly one million dollars.

Although Cole's annual salary is several million, he has to pay millions in taxes.

Including various insurance costs, the real money received is the same as that of NBA stars, less than half.

So it still hurts to be fined, but Min Congda is really not afraid and dares to speak out.

"If I'm not mistaken, Smart's 15-man rotation and the team's strange substitution strategy must be based on long-term considerations rather than immediate gains and losses. Therefore, we all have to believe in him. Can."

Cole firmly supported Min Congda's idea.

To be honest, when Min Congda first decided to be the head coach, Cole was not convinced.

When Cole gave up his job at Turner TV Network and came to the Clippers, he hoped that he could take the position of head coach in the future and show his ambitions.

As the first assistant coach last season, he has a faint tendency to replace Dunleavy.

And Mike Dunleavy also sensibly transferred most of the power to Cole.

During the game, Cole was asked to arrange tactics and complete substitution arrangements.

It happened that Dunleavy had a physical problem, and Cole succeeded as the head coach logically.

Who knew that you, the dignified general manager, would come here to compete with our coach for a job?
But after more than a month, plus this half-played game.

Cole felt that he still had a lot to learn from Min Congda.

Among other things, Cole is enough to catch up with his impenetrable city government and the sea-like all-encompassing tactical whimsy.

Calm down and learn slowly, there is no end to learning.

At this time, Min Congda was immersed in the joy of being fined two thousand for a technical foul.

"Oh, one technical foul per game, and the wages of losing the game come! Being a coach is still good, hehehe. It's just that cursing is not in line with my heart. I am a refined and easy-going person, but now I have become so irritable ...This dog system really turns people into ghosts... I'm from CNM, how did I hit this ball? Why was it intercepted again!"

The situation on the court suddenly changed.

Matthews only made one of two free throws and missed the second goal.

But Ade grabbed the offensive rebound and was about to attack with the ball.

Leonard sneaked up from behind like a ghost, breaking the ball from Adelaide's hand.

The Clippers, who succeeded in stealing the ball, immediately launched a counterattack.

The ball was given to Curry, and Curry passed a long pass to Harden in the frontcourt.

Harden received the ball and rushed to the basket for a one-handed dunk!

Fatty Harden doesn't look like he plays lazily, but his body is actually quite explosive.

Once he rushes up, he will fly into the sky and escape from the ground, and he will be omnipotent.

Seeing Harden succeed in the fast break, Min Congda couldn't sit still, and wanted to call a timeout again.

But now that the Blazers have the ball, he can't call a timeout.

Adelaide received the ball in the low post and played Gasol Jr. with his back.

Min Congda took a look, "Wori, who the hell asked Gasol to defend Adrian? What's the situation? Where's Bonner? This dog is lazy and ran to the basket to squat!"

Little Gasol defended against Aldridge, and it was not so easy for Aldridge to score easily.

A turnaround jumper misses and Bonner grabs the backcourt rebound.

Another quick pass was given to Curry, and Curry advanced with the ball.

A dangerous cross pass to Harden, Harden received the ball, juggling back pass to Xiaojia who followed up in the middle.

Xiaojia made another straight push to the inside, Leonard had already rushed to the basket, caught the ball and dunked again!

How did you guys come up with such a smooth attack?

On the one hand, it is because Harden, Curry, and Gasol are all good passers.

And Leonard obviously has a high golf quotient, is good at seizing opportunities, and is very focused on the court.

On the other hand, if the head coach doesn't arrange it, we will discuss it ourselves.

When Matthews made a free throw just now, the five of them repeatedly communicated and discussed how to play the offense later.

A core idea is to play fast and increase the speed.

As for why?Anyway, the coach didn't say anything, we can do whatever we think we can do well.

The situation on the court was not conducive to the Blazers again, and McMillan called a timeout.

Min Congda tried his best to scold Curry and Harden, but he couldn't.

At that stage just now, he played really well.

Okay, well played, I reward you with a 10-minute break.

Curry and Harden took a break again and replaced Fisher and Butler.

Little Gasol, you are tired too, drink some water and let Milicic come on.

This miraculous substitution made the entire Moda Center drunk.

Of course, the Clippers players are very puzzled, why do they have to make substitutions whenever they have an advantage?

Playing like this, the player's state cannot be improved, and there is no continuity.

Like Curry and Harden, it is very easy to get out of the state.

Being pressed to the bench to cool down again, how uncomfortable it must be.

McMillan saw that the Clippers were doing this again, so he made targeted changes.

Let Crawford play the main control in advance, and use his personal ability to tear through the Clippers' backcourt defense.

Crawford is flexible and has a very strong personal offensive ability.

Milicic led the team to retreat and shrink the defense in the first half, and it seemed too slow to face Crawford.

With consecutive mid-range jumpers and breakthrough throws, the Blazers once again approached the score.

And the Clippers lineup is very constipated offensively, no one is the main attacker, but Butler, a young man, can only attack with the ball.

How can Butler have this ability now, he made two turnovers when he made it to the basket, and couldn't score at all.

The score was getting closer and closer, 75:70. At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers led by 5 points.

Such a poor second team obviously cannot be used on the court for too long.

Min Congda replaced Dragic, Harden and Ricky Davis again.

Replaced Leonard, Fisher and Bonner, playing a small lineup.

Although Dunleavy also experimented with various lineups last season.

Many coaches will conduct lineup experiments, expand the rotation in the regular season, and let different players appear and combine to see the effect.

However, it is extremely rare for such a large-scale and frequent substitution to expand the rotation to 12 people like Min Congda.

This caused two results. The first result was that at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Alder hit a three-pointer from the outside, and the difference between the two sides was reduced to 7 points.

In the fourth quarter, the suspense of the game resumed, and the 7-point advantage was completely unsafe.

The second result is that the Clippers players are forced to familiarize themselves with their new teammates, new routines, new coordination, and discuss tactics during the game.

Min Congda didn't arrange any tactics, just let the players go up and play.

The players discussed on the court how to play.

Of course, this is inefficient and painful. How can a coach not arrange tactics and let the players discuss by themselves?

But the Clippers players really had nothing to say, and discussed on the spot on the court.

You have your Zhang Liangji, we have our wall ladder.

In the eyes of the Clippers players, this is just a test for Mr. Smart.

(End of this chapter)