Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

If you want to be successful, failure cannot be avoided, but must be faced.

But the question is, what should we do when we face failure again and again?
In this round of the finals between the Clippers and the Bulls, the Clippers players have faced failure more than once.

After losing Game 1 of the Finals, the Clippers chose to repeatedly review the G1 game video in order to wash away the shame, recognize their own shortcomings, and perform better in the next game.

Replaying the game is like standing in the perspective of God and watching the forensic doctor dissecting your body with your own eyes...

It was bloody and cruel, but also very frustrating and helpless.

"Is this how I died?"

Similar emotions continue to linger in the minds of the Clippers players, although after a period of time, such negative emotions will fade from their minds.

But the finals are not one or two games, but one after another.

The disastrous defeat in Game 1 of the Finals had just been forgotten, but the result of losing Game 2 of the Finals by 5 points was once again made public.

"Almost, almost won!"

"Why did we lose? The referee clearly tried his best!"

"Where did we lose? Where did we fall short?"

"Can I win? Who can tell me?"

As the negative emotions in the Clippers' locker room increased, the pressure within the team also became greater and greater.

After losing two consecutive finals games, the coaching staff had to urge the players to continue reviewing the loss in Game 2 of the Finals.

So, under the guidance of their coaches, the Clippers players studied the entire game content of Game 2 of the Finals over and over again.

It didn't take long for everyone to find out the key nodes and problems that led to the failure.

"I see."

"That's not surprising!"

"Can I curse?"

"Someone got 40 million, but he's an undercover agent. How the hell are we going to win?"

Many Clippers players, filled with grief, dissatisfaction and complaints, looked silently at Durant who was standing aside with his head down, pretending to be an ostrich.

Those involved are often confused, while bystanders can see things more clearly. Before playing on the court, no one knew who the undercover agent was.

Now that I have watched the game video, and watched it more than once, how can I not know who the culprit is!

Now, everyone knows it! Whether it is Game 1 or Game 2 of the Finals, Durant, the leader of the team, cannot escape responsibility.

Maybe everyone had problems in G1. After all, we lost by 26 points and no one could escape.

But what about Game 2? The referee was shameless and clearly wanted to give the Clippers a hand.

But the Clippers have Durant, and no matter how the others perform, the final result is the same as G1: they just can't win.

All I can say is that Durant was in very bad shape and was too excited. The worse his condition, the more he wanted to prove himself, and then he lost the game.

Durant was in poor form, there were off-court factors, and it was even Durant's own fault, so the Clippers players had no right to blame Durant.

Of course, the contradiction has not yet been exposed.

Although the Clippers players are dissatisfied with Durant's performance in the last two games, they just hope that Durant can be calmer and not act like he has lost his mind when he meets Durant.

A high-intensity confrontation with fans outside the stadium and a mindless duel with Duane inside the stadium, is it necessary?
Didn't they just lose to Dunn before? The team is so well equipped this year, why not be more down-to-earth and pragmatic?

If they can control their emotions, play normally like they did in the Western Conference playoffs and give their best, the Clippers and the Bulls will not be without a chance of winning.

However, as a human being, it is difficult to remain calm all the time, not to mention that Durant is indeed a hurdle that Durant cannot overcome.

Over the years, Durant has lost to Durant and the team Durant is on more than once.

Over time, Durant has become Durant's inner demon.

In order to defeat Durant, his "lifelong enemy", Durant kept falling and getting up.

In order to regain his confidence, Durant had to find all kinds of excuses to hypnotize himself - Durant is too strong, Durant's teammates are too strong, my teammates are all from the CBA, and the coach is not good enough...

Sometimes there are indeed objective factors of one kind or another, but in the final analysis it all comes down to Durant’s own lack of strength.

A good iron must be strong itself. Durant, who already has a championship and Finals MVP, has no major problems with his own strength.

However, Durant's ability to lead a team and leadership have always been his weaknesses.

Just like this season, the Bulls do have the strength to win the championship, but is Durant, who averages less than 20 points per game, still strong? Is the Clippers' configuration this year not good enough?

Why can't the Clippers, who also have the potential to win the championship, compete with the Bulls even with the help of the referees?
Ultimately, Durant is unable to lead the team to defeat teams of the same level, let alone defeat a strong team with a weak team.

And if he won the championship simply by bullying the weak opponents, there would be no way to prove how strong Durant is.

Now the Clippers players just hope that Durant can show their true strength, the Durant who is among the top three in the league, the Durant who can make the final decision in the game.

Instead of the one we see in the video today - Durant who often makes laughable mistakes, has no regard for his teammates, no cooperation, and only insists on playing one-on-one.

"KD, you don't want to play two more games and become the biggest loser and the biggest joke of the season, right?
If you want to continue to fight alongside us, defeat Dunn, and defeat the Chicago Bulls, please hand over all your communication devices.

In the next two days, I hope you can train well and get back to your form. I need you, the team needs you! I believe only you can lead us to victory! "

There is no way. In order to reduce external interference on Durant, the Clippers management took the initiative to take some restrictive measures on Durant.

Durant knew he was in the wrong, so he finally handed in his cell phone, iPad and other electronic products reluctantly, put an end to all distractions, and began to practice in seclusion.

After two days of focused training, Durant successfully found himself and returned to his peak form.

At Durant's age now, he actually seems to be starting to decline from his peak.

However, because the Bulls had won the previous two finals games, the league officials took a clear side from the first quarter in order to create suspense in Game 3.

The Bulls players were unable to increase their intensity against the Clippers players due to issues with the penalty scale.

Even Duane, the No. 1 player in NBA history, received two fouls in the first quarter and was so aggrieved that he almost knelt down in front of the referee.

In this situation, Durant played naturally like a fish in water and was in great shape.

In the first quarter, Durant missed only 8 of 2 shots, and scored 4 points in a single quarter by making 3 of 6 three-pointers and 6 of 21 free throws.

Coincidentally, in a game with extremely low defensive intensity, Irving and Davis also showed their superb performance of being able to kill any god or Buddha that stood in their way, efficiently scoring 13 points and 10 points respectively.

In general, the Clippers' Big Three scored a combined 44 points in the first quarter, and the entire team scored 47 points, which is unprecedented.

On the other hand, the Bulls’ shooting percentage was not bad, but because of too many “turnovers”, they only scored 25 points in the end and were almost defeated by the Clippers.

It can be said that after the first quarter, the outcome of the game was already determined.

In the past, the Bulls would have simply given up.

The league insists that the Clippers win, so the Bulls don't have to play.

Since it was an away game, the Bulls simply withdrew their main players and let the substitute players just do a perfunctory job in the garbage time of the last three quarters.

However, this is the finals, and this year is a special park playoffs. The entire league needs ratings, and the Bulls are a member of the league and a vested interest.

Therefore, we still have to cooperate with the performance and finish this play.

Of course, the referee also knew that he had played too hard in the first quarter and it was over the top.

In order to reduce controversy, the whistle favored the Bulls at the beginning of the second quarter, quickly narrowing the score difference to 15 points, and then began to make things equal.

However, the Bulls players were in a state of disarray and were unable to perform at their normal level.

Also, the referee had already shown that the Bulls were bound to lose in this game, so he was not as committed as in the previous two games.

After the first three quarters, the score was 89 to 105, and the Bulls were still 16 points behind the Clippers.

If this were a regular season game, the fourth quarter would basically be garbage time.

However, this is not the first time the Bulls have played in the finals. They have won with five against eight in the past. Naturally, they did not give up and abandon the game early this time.

After the fourth quarter started, the Bulls immediately went all out to catch up as much as possible.

The Clippers were caught off guard by the Bulls, but they quickly called a timeout and also reminded the referee that the Bulls had not given up the game tonight.

The referee naturally understood the situation and was happy to see the two teams give it their all and compete against each other.

After the timeout, the referee did not immediately target the Bulls players, but instead tried to treat everyone equally.

The Clippers had no intention of complaining when seeing this, but instead became more serious and more focused, and performed in better condition.

The Clippers are at least the Western Conference champions and one of the few strong teams this year that truly have the potential to win the championship, rather than a pseudo-strong team that is hopeless and relies solely on whistles for protection.

Without too biased whistles, the Clippers were still able to score 20 or 30 points in a whole quarter.

With the current lead of more than ten points, it is not difficult for the Clippers to win the game.

Tonight's game quickly came to the last 2 minutes. As Curry missed the three-pointer in the transition offense and the rebound was grabbed by Davis, the Bulls took the initiative to call a timeout and withdrew all their main players.

beep—

As the whistle sounded at the end of the game, the score was fixed at 119 to 132, and the Bulls lost to the Clippers by 13 points.

This year's finals had twists and turns again. The process was not as everyone predicted before the game, with the Bulls sweeping the Clippers 4-0 smoothly. Instead, a major variable appeared in Game 3 of the finals.

However, many people are dissatisfied with the league officials' forced creation of such a scene.

Defense wins championships. This is not only the wise saying of championship coaches, but also the recognized rule of winning by players and fans.

But what about now? In the finals, the score in a single quarter exceeded 40, the whole game exceeded 130, and both teams scored more than 110...

What is this situation? What level of defense? No need to explain.

The occurrence of an abnormal situation can only be attributed to the inhumanity of the league. It is disgusting to the players who play seriously and hard, and it is also disgusting to the fans who like to play and watch the game seriously instead of looking at the statistics.

Obviously, league officials also know that they have done something wrong.

After Game 3 of the Finals caused huge controversy and public opinion, the whistles in Game 4 returned to normal.

Then the Bulls players played at their normal level, gained the upper hand in the game through high-intensity defense, and won the game.

As a result, the finals score was 3 to 1, and the Bulls were only one step away from winning the championship again. (End of this chapter)