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

Chapter 566 Dry and Hard
The Golden State Warriors team has always been a weak team in the eyes of fans, especially Chinese fans.

Even in 2007, when they succeeded in the Black Eight, they could only be a dark horse, a shit-stirring stick, and absolutely nothing to do with a championship-level strong team.

The Warriors are actually a veteran team in the NBA. They have won championships in the ancient times of the league. The last time they won a championship dates back to 1975, and most of the fans are not even born yet.

In the booming NBA in the 80s and 90s, the Warriors were just a supporting role in the league, a footnote.

Their brightest stage during this period, one is the TMC group, and the other is the black eight in 07.

And in these two stages, they just became the more eye-catching team in the league, and they have never had anything to do with competing for the championship.

The weakness of the Warriors is due to the confusion of the management and the blind actions of the boss on the one hand.

The several owners of the team can be regarded as strange works in the history of the NBA. They are typical laymen leading experts, short-sighted, and an idea every three days.

For example, Chris Webber, the No. 1993 pick in [-], had some conflicts with the team after playing for a year, so he was sent to the Washington Wizards.

It shows that the team is very impatient in lineup construction, and it is only when they think about it.

On the other hand, the Warriors have been a reverse version of the team for a long time.

This team doesn't like to play defense, but likes offense, and has emphasized offense for decades.

The Warriors' team temperament is to attack, attack, and attack.

Although the team temperament sounds a bit metaphysical, it does exist solidly.

This has a lot to do with the team's management style, the character of the fans in the region, and the atmosphere of the city.

For example, in a blue-collar city like Detroit Pistons, there are many industrial workers, and the fans are simple and rude. They like to watch high-intensity basketball.

Therefore, the most successful stage of the Pistons relied on crazy and tough defense.

Once they start playing offense and playing beautiful basketball, the Pistons are basically finished, and their temperament is not harmonious.

A star-studded west coast city like Los Angeles needs superstars and a gorgeous offense. There are no superstars without basketball.

As long as the Lakers cover the sky with one hand in the league, they must have the top superstars in the league. Ordinary All-Stars simply cannot support the stage here.

The Warriors, like the Lakers, are located on the west coast. The Bay Area where San Francisco and Oakland are located is a gathering place for emerging technology companies in the United States. There are a large number of bigwigs and practitioners in the new economic industry.

When these people were sports fans, they didn't have much interest in those rough and brutal high-intensity confrontations. They liked to watch beautiful offenses, light and agile players, and stars with more academic temperament.

If you look at the Warriors' inside selection in the 90s, you will know that Chris Webber, Joe Smith, and Antawn Jamison are all flexible and academic offensive fours. His hobbies can be described as tireless.

It is a pity that from the 80s and 90s until around 2010, the NBA version was not an offensive version, but a defensive + superstar version. Centers and power forwards were even more giants.

Don Nelson persisted in managing his small ball concept basketball in the Warriors and Mavericks. In the state of reverse version, he was repeatedly rejected by the playoffs in the conference finals.

Finally, in 2012, Don Nelson retired, but his spiritual and tactical legacy stayed with the Warriors, helping the Warriors start their rebuilding path.

The boss of the Warriors has also been replaced by a new economic consortium headed by Lacob. The bosses of these consortiums in the Bay Area are different from those engaged in real estate, industry and agriculture. They are more open-minded, less arbitrary in character, and can fully respect professional managers. and the opinions and opinions of basketball professionals.

After missing Curry in the 2009 draft, the Warriors never gave up their efforts to acquire a good point guard.

Although Rubio is a very good No. [-] talent, his shortcomings in shooting are too great, and there is no way to make up for it through acquired training.

So the Warriors sent him away after three years of training, and in the 2012 draft, the management unexpectedly won the older rookie Damian Lillard.

In fact, when it was decided to choose Curry in 09, there were also many internal opposition news.

But as Curry won the championship in 2012, no one doubted his strength and style of play.

The fans just feel it's a pity. If the Clippers hadn't cut off the Hu, it would be great if the No. [-] pick won Griffin.

This time, Lillard, who is also an older rookie, is won, and the controversy is much smaller.

And Lillard quickly used his excellent performance to prove that the Warriors' choice was not wrong.

Although his physical fitness is not very strong, he has excellent shooting ability and calm shot selection.

His playing style and state are not like a rookie at all. He scored 20+10 in the first game of his career, showing amazing combat effectiveness.

Many commentators said that Lillard is an old-age player who has no potential to tap.

But the Warriors don't see it that way. They have seen a lot of energy in Lillard through trial training, summer league, and the official regular season.

After the start of this season, the Warriors have shown a strong combat effectiveness.

Playing against weak teams, the Warriors have strong firepower and can overwhelm their opponents for a whole game.

Playing against a strong team, the Warriors can split [-]-[-], and anyone can compete for a few rounds.

In the last game at Oracle Arena, the Warriors successfully sank the Clippers with a three-pointer, adding another touch to their victory manual.

Mark Jackson's military management is quite strict. He not only requires the Warriors to have strong firepower, but also has high requirements for defense.

The balance of offense and defense is the basic requirement of every strong team. The Warriors in the past were too lame.

Even if the NBA is gradually entering the offensive version, defense cannot be lost.

In about a week, the Warriors played against the Clippers for the second time, and the whole team was full of confidence.

The entire Western Conference team, especially the young and motivated teams, have the Clippers as their goal, to beat and surpass the Clippers.

This is especially obvious for the Warriors. First, the two teams are in California, and the distance is very close. Second, they are young teams that have reemerged from the quagmire. Third, the Clippers and the Warriors have a hatred for Curry. Fourth, Mark -Jackson has a grudge against the Clippers.

With the superposition of multiple buffs, the Warriors are very motivated when they play against the Clippers.

But before the start of tonight's game, the Warriors took a look at the Clippers' starting lineup: four of the five starting players rested, and Curry, Harden, Randolph, and Gasol were all absent.

The only starter to play was third-year Paul George, the lowest and least important of the starting five.

Good guy, who cares?You lost the last game, so you're still taking a rest here?

Warriors head coach Mark Jackson was very upset.

Jackson is a person who has always held a grudge and is not very open-minded.

So from the player era, although Jackson is very capable, his relationship with the team and teammates has not been very good.

He has changed 16 teams in his 7-year career, and has repeatedly jumped between teams. After retiring, he has more than 1 assists in his career and ranks fifth in history. He is definitely a character.

But no team is willing to keep him and give him even a job. In the end, he can only go to the TV station to do commentary.

He once played for the Clippers, and the previous coach failed because he was not appreciated by Min Congda.

Later, he joined the Warriors and formed his own team. At this time, the Clippers had risen, and they began to compete against the Clippers.

Before the start of tonight's game, Jackson delivered a passionate speech, telling the young warriors that the arrogant defending champion must pay the price, and take advantage of the opponent's losing streak to sprinkle a handful of salt on their wounds.

The Warriors' starters can both attack and defend, Bogut, David Lee, Thompson, Barnes Gary Lard, have great potential.

But the Clippers' second lineup is not bad, and after Milicic and Anthony Davis are paired inside, the height and defensive coverage of the Clippers' inside line have been raised to a higher level.

Since An Xin played a defensive center for the Clippers, Milicic has gone further and further on the road of boxer.

Don't look at Bogut, a kid playing other teams, with a big mouth, anyone dares to spray, even Yao Ming dares to go up and say hello.

But when he met Milicic, Bogut really had to weigh himself.

In terms of height and weight, Milicic did not lose the slightest bit against Bogut, and even had the upper hand.

In terms of aggressiveness on the inside, Bogut, an Australian, is a typical bully and fearless, open-mouthed.

And Milicic is a Serbian. People of this nation have experienced wars all year round, and their national character is fierce.

Milicic has been suppressed in the United States for many years, and finally found his place in the Clippers. In addition to completing basic basketball exercises in daily training, the rest of the time is fitness and punching bags. He is the number one boxer in the league.

If Bogut doesn't want to get punched, he has to keep his mouth shut during the game.

Not to mention Davis, after experiencing poor performance some time ago and putting on the rookie wall, Davis readjusted his mentality.

Tonight's starting debut is a good opportunity for him to prove himself.

He put all his energy back into defense.

Just like he did at Kentucky.

In the 2012 NCAA Finals, Anthony Davis only scored a poor 6 points.

But he was able to get the MOP in the end because he also scored 16 rebounds and 6 blocks in the game, and he really covered the sky with one hand on the defensive end.

When he got rid of some obsession with statistics and focused on doing what he was good at, he was already one of the best inside defenders in the league when he was less than 20 years old.

On the front line, the Clippers also have Leonard and George.

The two were also suffocated. After the Clippers' three-game losing streak, many media criticized the two: "A forward duo that is stiff and has no offensive talent" and "When the two are on the court at the same time, the Clippers' offense becomes more difficult. It became a disaster" "It seems to be dried horse manure on the western grasslands, dry, smelly and hard, and there is no silky place."

The current NBA media is very developed, and fans on Twitter almost always express their views on the game.

Often just after a game ends, players will receive relevant post-match notifications when they turn on their mobile phones.

The criticism from the media and the irony from the fans pierced the self-esteem of these two young people like needles.

If they are more than 30 years old, have achieved fame, are psychologically mature, hold high salaries, and are full of honors, then you can scold them as soon as you scold them. Anyway, I have already got what I should get, so I don’t care if I look away.

But they are still young. Although they won the championship, their basketball career has just begun.

Any pungent criticism will become a driving force for them to improve.

Before the game started, Mike Malone woke them up with one sentence:
"If they say you are dry and hard horse dung, then you should be dry and hard. But remember, you are not horse dung, you are steel, you are diamonds, use your toughness to put your opponent in Death!"

It's not that the Clippers' second team has used defense to hang the opponent.

When Min Congda first took office as the head coach, the players in the Clippers' second team figured out a set of tough defensive play. They used their opponents hard in the transition, and the opponents who consume energy would be worse than death.

Now, it is not difficult to pick up this style of play again, because they all have a defensive heart and talent in defense.

So, 5 minutes into the first quarter, the Clippers beat the Warriors 11:0.

The Warriors didn't score a point in nearly 5 minutes, not because they didn't feel good and couldn't make a shot, but because they really couldn't find a chance!

The Clippers' defense is simply impenetrable.

It's not the system established by Mike Malone. In such a short period of time, he has no time to build a system.

It is purely this group of people, if they concentrate seriously, their single-defense ability is really powerful!
Barnes and Thompson were repeatedly defended by George and Leonard.

The insider David Lee even ate two big hats from Davis in a row, and the Warriors' offense became extremely difficult.

At the same time, in terms of defense against Lillard, the Clippers learned the lessons of the previous game and did not give Lillard a good shot space, but let him break into the inside.

Randolph and Gasol Jr. lined up in the three-second zone, and Lillard still had a chance to score.

Milicic and Anthony Davis are in the three-second zone, which is a hot pot treat.

In the first quarter of the game, Anthony Davis contributed three big caps, David Lee scored two, and Lillard scored one.

Big Mouth Bogut was silent under the guard of Milicic.

Although the Clippers' own offense is also average, it mainly relies on Dragic to hold the ball and circle around.

But relying on the tough defense, the Clippers made many counterattacks. Leonard and George vented their inner anger with dunks again and again.

After George dunked, it was roaring.

And Leonard let alone roaring, the expression on his face didn't change when he dunked.

It's just such two people, one cold and one hot, but they are secretly trying to express themselves.

The Clippers' lineup is top-notch in height, defensive strength, hardness, and speed.

At the end of the first quarter, the Clippers actually beat the Warriors 25:12, leading by 13 points.

If it weren't for the Clippers' defense in the middle to save a little bit of energy, it would be a question of whether the Warriors could score in double digits in the first quarter.

Seeing the strong defensive ability of the Clippers' second team, Mike Malone sighed in his heart that he had come to the right place.

(End of this chapter)