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

Chapter 73 What Happened

At noon, Min Congda drove Dario to Los Angeles International Airport, and she will take a flight back to New York in the afternoon.

Passion is short-lived and unforgettable. Min Congda, who has no love experience, put him on such a high intensity all of a sudden, plus the parting scene, he is a bit too much, and suddenly feels a little uncomfortable in his heart.

D'Addario almost fulfills all kinds of fantasies a man has for his other half. She is beautiful, sexy, cheerful, with outstanding family background, young and promising, with a warm and generous personality, and it can be seen that a good education and a favorable growth environment make her feel better. Simple, not yet polluted by the dirty environment of Vanity Fair.

When we parted, D'Addario's emerald green eyes were filled with tears, and she hugged Min Congda tightly. The short time together had already made her feel reluctant to part with her.

However, although the two have done everything, they have not pierced the last layer of window paper emotionally. Daddario still has an acting career to pursue, and Min Congda also wants to lead the Clippers seriously.

These small favors and small loves of children's affection cannot yet become the fetters and obstacles that prevent the two from moving towards their respective career goals.

Leaving the airport, Min Congda parked on the side of the road and watched the plane fly into the sky, into the clouds and disappear without a trace, sighed deeply, and thought: "Shall I go to the ONLY bar for a drink tonight? "

Since he has not established a relationship with Daddario, he naturally doesn't have to observe festivals for her, so what should he do, right?

But without the four kings of wine, sex, wealth, and fortune, Min Congda dared not go deep into the pink cave of Santa Barbara alone. The heroine there is not something he can easily grasp alone.

Tonight, the Clippers will fly to Salt Lake City for their first real away game of the new season.

For this game, Min Congda is quite at ease. The strength of the Jazz and the plateau away game, it is difficult for the Clippers who have just played back-to-back to get benefits.

The road trip is tough. After this game, the Clippers will return to Los Angeles soon, and Min Congda will not follow him. Salt Lake City has nothing to do.

The weather is cold, the food is not good, and the accommodation is not good. There is no entertainment at night, and it is still comfortable to stay in Los Angeles.

On the night of October 10th, at five o'clock in the afternoon Pacific time, the Clippers challenged the Jazz away.

Min Congda was cooking dinner at home while watching the game on the TV. He had never paid so much attention to sports events in his life.

Min Congda still has an impression of the Jazz team, because the last stumbling block to the success of the Chicago Bulls and Jordan in 97 and 98 was the Jazz.

At that time, the Xinhua Bookstore had large posters of the Jazz Karl Malone and Stockton, wearing classic Daxueshan jerseys, and they were one of the few NBA teams that Min Congda had an impression of.

Karl Malone left the Jazz in the summer of 03 and joined the Lakers to form F4. The Jazz officially ended the 20-year Utah Shuangsha era.

It is a rare thing for a team to be led by a combination for 20 years, step by step, to reach the highest stage of the NBA.

After Malone left, the Jazz signed a player somewhat similar to Malone in 04, the Cavaliers anti-bone cub Carlos Boozer.

Then in the 05 draft, with a precious No. [-] pick, he won Deron Williams, began to cultivate carefully, and formed a new point guard-power forward combination with Carlos Boozer to support the Jazz. offensive system.

With the growth of Williams, the Jazz has become a force to be reckoned with in the West in the past two years, and because they eliminated the Rockets in the first round of the 07 and 08 seasons, they are well known and hated by Chinese fans.

Because of the existence of old coach Jerry Sloan, the Jazz's combat effectiveness has always been very stable. Facing a team whose book strength is inferior to their own, they can steadily abuse the food and win the victory.

However, in the face of those whose book strength is stronger than their own, the Jazz seldom resigns themselves to fate, and seldom bursts out with powerful energy to overthrow their opponents in one fell swoop.

That might be what Salt Lake City basketball is all about, unity but with a little less flair.

In February of this year, the Jazz lost their owner Larry Miller, which was definitely a major blow to the Jazz.

Larry Miller is one of the few good bosses in the league. It is because of his existence that the Jazz can maintain a stable lineup and tactics, and the Iron Triangle can survive here for 20 years.

For a boss who is aggressive, paranoid, or likes to take care of this and that (such as Sterling), the Jazz would have been completely different.

Once such a boss dies, it will have a great impact on the team's management style and stability within the team, but there will be no signs of it in the short term.

The Jazz were also affected by injuries after the start of the season. The starting center Okur was absent due to injury. The Clippers had really good shit luck. They played three games in a row, and the opponents had key players absent every game.

It can be said that luck gave enough opportunities.

After the game started, the Clippers did play well. While chopping vegetables, Min Congda watched the two teams come and go in the first quarter. He had a lot of opinions on the Jazz's defense.

"Will Carlos Boozer be able to defend? What is your lateral speed, will you be able to top people? It's too easy for Randolph to make a shot, isn't it?"

"Damn it, this is also a bald head, No. 5 bald head, how can it be as good as the Lakers' No. 2 bald head? Let me see!"

Min Congda put down the kitchen knife in his hand, opened the laptop on the small table beside him, and checked the NBA data website.

I don't know if I don't check it. I was shocked when I checked it. It turns out that the Lakers' No. 2 bald Fisher and No. 5 bald Boozer were teammates in the Jazz.

"It turns out that you two were teammates with bald heads. No wonder you couldn't get any good results. With such a defense, can you win the championship?"

In the first quarter, the Clippers led the Jazz by one point 33:32.

Min Congda was very angry. He cut and chopped the vegetables on the chopping board, fearing that he took these dishes as Bald No. 2 and Bald No. 5.

By the time Min Congda cooked the food, the first half of the game was over, and the Clippers led the Jazz by 4 points in the away game.

"I can't eat this meal. What are you guys, these strong NBA teams? I didn't make a single move in the summer. I didn't pick Jill in the draft. I didn't make any trades. I didn't sign any good players. You can't do it." The battle is over at halftime, I think the general managers of your teams are all bastards and foreign workers, all scumbags!"

The game lasted until the fourth quarter, when the situation on the field changed suddenly. The Jazz suddenly strengthened their defense, and the intensity increased by more than one level.

The Clippers entered a scoring drought in an instant, making mistakes again and again, and also missed consecutive outside shots. They could only rely on Randolph to support himself in the low post.

Although Randolph's strength is good, his style of play determines that he has no explosive scoring power. He can score about 20 points steadily every game, and it is difficult to make more contributions in the rest.

On the basis of strong defense, the Jazz played continuous counterattacks, and the suffocating roar of mountains and tsunami from the Energy Solutions Center in Salt Lake City completely lost the Clippers players.

In the fourth quarter, the Jazz played the Clippers with a 20:5 offensive climax, and the point difference between the two sides was suddenly opened to 12 points.

It turned out that the Jazz was just playing with the Clippers slowly in the first three quarters. In the fourth quarter, the defense suddenly became stronger, and the Clippers were taken away by a wave.

"Hey, it's not bad, I'm relieved now, it turns out that the front is acting, and I'm eating!"

Seeing the Jazz taking control of the game, Min Congda was in a good mood and decided to eat. He didn't think it was enough, and he went downstairs to the convenience store to buy a bottle of beer to celebrate the upcoming salary of 2000 US dollars.

As soon as the beer was bought back, the game was not over yet, so I watched the score on TV:
"Jazz: Clippers, 105:103... Fuck, the Jazz are leading by two points? I'm going to buy a beer! Is the TV broken? Is the TV broken?"

Obviously, it couldn't be that the TV was broken, but Min Congda didn't want to believe it. How did the Clippers catch up with the score in just a few minutes?

What happened in these few minutes?
(End of this chapter)