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

Chapter 449 Spherical Grid Split (5400 words)
Of course, Tyronn Lue didn't deliberately call a timeout to pay tribute to Min Congda, seeing that the Clippers were about to start.

It's because according to his pre-match plan, he will have a rotation in the middle of the first quarter.

Because if this point is not adjusted for substitutions, the idea of ​​allowing most players to play will not be realized.

However, the situation on the court was smooth, with no fouls and no dead balls, so Tyronn Lue called a short timeout.

After the timeout was called, I realized that something was wrong. The timing was wrong, but the calls were all called, so let's bite the bullet and change.

Steve Kerr complained, thinking, this is the timing and level of the timeout, I don't know what he was thinking.

But the Clippers players think it's normal. Isn't this how Mr. Smart called a timeout?

A sudden pause leaves you scratching your head.

Tyronn Lue patted Paul George sitting on the bench.

He traded George for James Harden, Ricky Davis at the two and George at the three.

Harden sat back on the bench sweating profusely. His start tonight was indeed in a bad state, not a word.

There's no way, I've played too much, no matter how good my body is, I can't bear it.

Tyronn Lue said to Harden: "Not in a good state? Take a good rest. Desire is not to consume you, but to make you forge ahead, understand?"

Harden nodded, he knew what Tyronn Lue meant.

Tyronn Lue has worked with two of the greatest shooting guards in NBA history: Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant.

These two people are by no means good men in the traditional sense. They usually play well, train hard, and love their families off the court...

Both of them are militants with blazing desires, lustful, gamblers, and have a strong determination to win.

And these not only did not consume them and make them degenerate, but made them unable to tolerate failure, and crazily improved themselves in order to satisfy their desires.

Director Lu hopes that Harden can learn from these two top seniors and release himself.

But now it seems that this little fat man has released a bit too much.

He is still too young to grasp some things with one hand.

Harden took a rest. In addition to George's appearance, Tyronn Lue also replaced Randolph and replaced Matt Bonner.

The Clippers lineup is very interesting, it is the lineup used by Steve Kerr in the 50-point game.

Cole's eyes lit up when he saw Tyronn Lue's substitutions, and he thought he wasn't messing around, this lineup was very targeted.

Indeed, after the Clippers put on this lineup, the space has been opened up.

Bonner was always hanging around the three-point line, and Kenyon Martin's low-post defense was basically useless.

Although after the timeout ended, Bonner missed a three-pointer after receiving the ball from the outside, but the airs of this lineup were set up.

Subsequently, Paul broke through the middle of the dribble continuously, challenged Gasol's defense, and missed the throw.

The Clippers counterattacked after taking back rebounds. Curry made a single block from the outside and made a quick three-pointer!
No hits either.

Paul's defense was in place in time for this ball, and he squeezed through the screen and successfully reached out to interfere.

But Curry complained to the referee after the shot, saying that Paul hit his arm!
The referee turned a blind eye and didn't care about Curry's complaints. It's impossible for every little move like this to be blown.

But in fact, Paul did elbow and poked Curry's forearm with his finger.

Seeing that the referee ignored it, Curry could only shake his head and complain a few words.

When Tyronn Lu saw it, he took out his small notebook and read, "I want to scold the referee."

Tyronn Lue immediately seized the opportunity and yelled at the referee: "Just... did you foul just now! He violated Curry's cylinder! Why didn't you call a foul!"

The referee was a little speechless, took down the whistle, and said: "Curry said that Paul tapped his elbow, not violating the cylinder. If you don't see clearly, don't scream, okay?"

Tyronn Lue was very embarrassed. He really didn't see or hear clearly. He only saw Curry complaining, thinking that Paul should have fouled.

But what is the foul?It is estimated that it violated the cylinder. Curry fell back a bit. This should be a foul.

Who knows, Curry is complaining about Paul's elbow, the king of small moves, he should have thought of it.

The referee shook his head and muttered: "You think you are Smart, you can scold if you want, will you scold?"

Thinking of this, the referee also glanced at Min Congda who was sitting on the sidelines.

Min Congda was expressionless, obviously not very concerned about Paul's foul.

Since the popcorn ban was enforced, he has rarely eaten popcorn.

What's the point of eating popcorn when the popcorn bucket can't be a weapon.

Min Congda was puzzled by the current confusing situation on the field.

The problem with the Lakers' lineup is indeed not small.

It's just that the personal abilities of Kobe and Paul can cover up many problems.

Especially the striker, after Paul George came on the stage, he immediately showed the unique vitality of young people.

Paul's high position and Bynum's pick-and-roll coordination, this is a rare pick-and-roll tactic for the Lakers.

But the effect is mediocre, because Bynum can only go down this road after the pick-and-roll.

Paul chose to lob Bynum, but Gasol blocked Bynum's layup after receiving the ball!

George grabbed the blocked ball, held the ball from the backcourt and rushed all the way across half court, turned around and passed Artest, and made an easy layup!

Does the Lakers still have any striker who can launch a quick counterattack from the backcourt like this, and can kill the basket and score a layup?have nothing left.

Ten years earlier, Grant Hill on the bench was much more vigorous than George, and his fast-break impact with the ball was unparalleled and unstoppable.

After experiencing many major injuries, it is already a miracle that Hill can continue to play in the league.

Bynum was deflated again and again in front of Gasol, and he was still not reconciled. He asked for the ball in the low post, and then took the ball to eat Gasol.

In the end, the hook shot still didn't go in. Tonight he was strictly restricted by Gasol Jr.

The Lakers don't have Gasol, and the younger brother is not afraid of you at all.

After winning the backcourt rebound, the Clippers counterattacked again, or Paul George.

Curry made a long pass to George. George caught the ball and rushed to the basket. The layup caused Metta World Peace's foul.

Ci Shiping has nothing to do, his legs and feet really can't keep up. It's good that George is young, fast and explosive.

Standing on the free throw line, he made two free throws, and the momentum that had just been suppressed by the timeout was still up.

Moreover, Tyronn Lue's substitution looks very good, and George's vitality is exactly what the Lakers are afraid of.

This time it was the Lakers' turn to call a timeout, and Phil Jackson had to adjust the striker.

In the Clippers lineup, the space is so open, and the striker's arrows are so aggressive.

Their traditional lineup cannot compete with it.

So Phil Jackson replaced Bynum with Troy Murphy.

This player once played under the old Warriors Nelson and is a famous insider who is good at shooting three-pointers.

Phil Jackson wanted space-to-space and didn't want Bynum to take too many shots.

Murphy, a white insider who can shoot and defend to a certain extent, is the type that Jackson likes very much.

When he was in the Chicago Bulls, he was very good at using this kind of white insider who played smarter.

In comparison, Bynum is talented, but his mind on the field is really not particularly good.

Recently, his temper has also become more and more serious, and he often asks for the ball one-on-one in the low position.

If he is not allowed to attack in the low post, and the number of times is too high, he will be a little unhappy and start to play a monster on the defensive end.

Either the defense is not active and the opponent is easy to succeed, or the defense is too active and the foul sends the opponent to the free throw line.

Now more than half of the first quarter, Jackson pushed Bynum on the bench, he was still a little unhappy, sitting there without saying a word.

Jackson was planning to retire after the end of the 11th season, but the Lakers brought in Paul and a group of former star players. How can an ordinary head coach hold back.

So in the end, Jackson was asked to go out and let Jackson train this star-studded purple and gold army.

What Jackson is good at is dealing with a large number of stars. Seeing that Paul is there, of course he will continue to coach the team.

But after the start of the new season, Jackson obviously felt a little strenuous.

This difficulty comes from both inside and outside.

Internally, as old Bath's health became worse and worse, the infighting among the Bath family was gradually becoming public.

Jackson, of course, is on the side of Jenny Buss, who is in a boyfriend and girlfriend relationship with Aunt Buss.

In this way, he is naturally at odds with the faction of Jim Bass and Kubchak.

The lack of unity between the general manager and the coach is a big problem for the team.

Now that the old Buss is there, he can still suppress it. Once the old Buss is gone and conflicts break out, Jackson, as an outsider, will be very difficult to do.

Needless to say from the outside, the Lakers will always be the team being targeted, and Jackson has long been used to it.

But times have changed, and this season really feels a little different.

It is no accident that Carlisle's Mavericks were killed in the 11 playoffs.

Jackson's military philosophy, which was advanced at the time, is gradually becoming conservative and backward.

The times are like this, the wheels are rolling forward, and the once novel and advanced things will eventually become the remnants of the old era if they are left behind.

The concept of the triangle offense gradually failed to keep up with the rhythm of the league.

And Jackson has been a coach for so many years, and what he can get in this position has come to an end.

So what if he wins another championship as the head coach?I couldn't wear it with two hands.

One more is just to make the gap between him and No.2 slightly larger, and there is no motivation.

In comparison, Jackson hopes to become the godfather of the league in the management position like Pat Riley.

In this regard, although Riley has fewer championships than Jackson, he is more successful in his career than Jackson. No one can shake his position in the Heat.

Jackson is different. If Jenny Buss fails in the team's infighting, he will leave and completely end his Lakers coaching career.

Of course, the Lakers rely on a luxurious lineup, and the outside world is still very optimistic that they can win the championship this season, at least they can enter the finals, right?

Although so far in the regular season, the Lakers have not shown a particularly strong dominance.

But the regular season is different from the playoffs after all.

There are many tactics and routines that can be played in the regular season.

Some open opportunities, cuts, threes, whatever.

When it comes to the playoffs, sometimes it's just about hard skills and personal abilities of the players.

Because of the high intensity and high defensive concentration, the tactical success rate is relatively low.

So why is it said that in the last ten years, superstar singles had the highest rate of return, which is reflected in the playoffs.

Nowitzki in 11 years once again added arguments for this conclusion.

Therefore, teams led by Kobe and Paul will definitely have an advantage in the playoffs.

Returning to the court after a timeout, Paul passed the ball to Kobe, and Kobe caught the ball and hit a mid-range jumper!

The arrival of Paul is of great significance to Kobe. He can release more ball rights to play off the ball.

At the same time, the defensive end no longer has to wipe Fisher's butt. On the contrary, Paul can resist the opponent's outside arrows.

In the first quarter, Kobe had already scored 8 points.

But the Clippers immediately responded, Bonner received a pass from Curry at 45 degrees on the right, and hit a three-pointer!

After running in many games, Curry already knows where Bonner is used to shooting three-pointers.

Jackson saw such a ball sitting on the bench and shook his head slightly.

Because such an offense did not exist many years ago.

How can a big man throw a three-pointer directly after receiving a pass from a defender just after halftime?

But now there are more and more such players, including the Lakers' own Murphy.

The trend brought about by the old Nelson is affecting and changing the game style of the league bit by bit.

At the end of the first quarter, the Clippers led the Lakers by 32 points 26:6.

The Lakers' offense is not bad, the efficiency is good, and they play well.

But the Clippers' firepower is indeed strong, and their efficiency is amazing.

Tyronn Lu made another substitution at the end of the first quarter.

Curry and Gasol were replaced, and Dragic and Milicic were replaced.

Also replaced Harden, Leonard, and Randolph.

When the second quarter began, Jackson was pleasantly surprised to find that the Clippers almost changed teams.

The style of play is completely different from the Clippers in the first quarter.

The Clippers in the first quarter are a passing and cutting running system with Gasol Curry as the core.

With the addition of Paul George's light riding horse in the middle, the team's style is smart and fast, and the Mongolian cavalry is as fast as Mongolian cavalry.

In the second quarter, as soon as Harden and Randolph played, the style immediately became thicker.

Randolph was a bit uncomfortable being targeted by Kenyon Martin in the first quarter.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the low-post continuous attack was successful.

On the defensive end, the Clippers also began to play the shrinking game.

Tyronn Lu has kept the note that Min Congda gave him in the 50-point game to this day.

The above three are Tyronn Lue's three tricks, contraction, zone defense and inside attack.

Not to mention, this set is really useful.

Because the Lakers' outside three-point shooting ability is really average.

The three-point problem that the Mavericks failed to solve in the playoffs last season has not been solved this season.

Michael Redd was originally signed to solve the Lakers' three-point shooting problem.

But judging from the performance of the previous games, Reed's three-pointers are far from reaching their peak state.

At his peak, he was in the Bucks, averaging 5 shots and 2 goals per game, and he could hit 40% of the three-pointers.

So far this season, Reed has averaged 2.6 shots per game and only hit 0.8 three-pointers, barely 31% of his shots.

This hit rate cannot be said to be bad, after all, it is one percentage point higher than Kobe.

But what's the use of you being taller than Kobe? Kobe faced different defensive pressures.

The player with the highest three-point shooting percentage on the team is Chris Paul.

The Clippers' defense against Paul is a 1-4 zone defense, using Dragic to strangle the Lakers No. 3.

After the Clippers started the second quarter, they immediately launched a 13:2 offensive shock wave.

The point difference instantly widened to 17 points, and Phil Jackson had to call a timeout to make adjustments.

To be honest, Min Congda couldn't understand this game.

Why are the Clippers so strong now?
One way to play the first quarter, another way to play the second quarter.

Two lineups, two styles of play, two styles, who can stand this?
Min Congda was a little panicked. In the first half, he thought about how to curb the Clippers' pass, but he couldn't think of it.

Now thinking about how to deal with this rare style change in history, he still can't think of it!

Nonsense, normal people, who would have thought that a team can have two lineups and two styles of play, and both of them are so powerful?

In fact, the Clippers are not without problems. Their biggest problem is that their main players are still young, their potential has not been fully realized, they are inexperienced and prone to making mistakes.

After leading by as much as 17 points, the Lakers replaced Paul and Kobe again.

To be honest, Kobe has been in the league for so many years, and he has never encountered a team with such an inconsistent style as the Clippers.

A team theoretically has only one brain, how can one brain do two things, unless there are two heads, or a split personality.

It's hard to die, the Clippers are really a split team.

Now the Harden-Randolph combination is played completely in Tyronn Lue's style.

What's Tyronn Lue's style?In addition to inheriting Min Congda, isn't it just following the path of the Celtics?

Min Congda himself didn't realize that when he invited Tyronn Lue, he was actually creating an unprecedented monster on the court that integrated two completely different styles of offense and defense.

It's just that the compatibility of this monster is not very good at present.

After returning from the timeout, Kobe and Paul teamed up to use their personal abilities to play steadily and slowly chase back.

Paul is a very smart player. He is very good at taking advantage of his opponent's weaknesses and playing tricks to influence the game.

He first went to the basket to make a foul, scored 2+1, then made a steal and assisted Grant Hill for a layup.

Then in defense, he tricked Milicic into an offensive foul.

Milicic received the pass from Dragic for a layup.

But he knocked Paul down, Paul fell to the ground covering his face, and tricked the referee with his superb acting skills.

The referee called Milicic an offensive foul, Milicic was unconvinced, argued with the referee, and got another technical foul.

Milicic shook his head and shouted: "If I really fouled him, he won't be able to stand up!"

Kobe made a free throw for a technical foul, and then Kobe broke through the basket with the ball and gave the ball to Kenyon Martin for a strong dunk.

The Lakers counterattacked the Clippers with a wave of 8:0, narrowing the point difference to 9 points.

The Lakers did not blindly shoot three-pointers in this wave of counterattacks. Facing the zone defense, they made good use of the personal abilities of Paul and Kobe to contain their opponents.

The Clippers' zone defense is not the top in the league, and it can no longer be maintained after being pulled by two top ball handlers.

Obviously, this wave of momentum for the Clippers has come to an end, and Tyronn Lue immediately called a timeout and rearranged the rotation.

Kobe + Paul is indeed terrifying, and it is almost impossible to target.

It can be said that the two teams are still running in and improving, and neither has played its full potential.

How the future will look depends on the growth of the players and the transformation of the team.

Min Congda clearly felt that the strength of the Clippers team was a little out of control in his hands.

Really strong, very strong.

Fortunately, the focus of Min Congda's work is no longer on curbing the strength of the Clippers, but on finding ways to make money.

While the game was going on excitingly, the team president Rosser suddenly appeared next to Min Congda and whispered, "Mr. Smart, I have something to report to you, sudden news."

"What is it? Stern is dead?"

"No, no, the president is fine. It's about the Great Western Forum."

"what's the situation?"

"Just received the news that Dolan, the owner of New York, participated in the bidding for the purchase of the Great Western Forum. He thought of more money to buy the Great Western Forum."

Min Congda has always demanded that whenever there is "good news", we can wait until later.

Once there is any "bad news", he must be notified as soon as possible.

Therefore, after Roser heard the news, he immediately rushed to tell Min Congda face to face.

When Min Congda heard it, this TM is actually good news!

If someone bids, wouldn't it cost more?

(End of this chapter)