In the afternoon, the Clippers and Hornets played the second game of the summer league.

The Hornets are also a team that has fallen rapidly in the past two years, very similar to the Clippers, and it is also an old bad team.

In the 2007-2008 season, the Hornets reached the pinnacle of their franchise history, finishing second in the West and reaching the Western Conference semifinals.

Then in the semifinals, when leading 2:0, it was reversed by the old Spurs, losing the tie-break 3:4, just like the 2006 Clippers semifinals loss to the Suns, all of which died at the hands of the strongest Niu Ma Ri in the West that year.

Just when people thought that the salted fish was going to turn over, they immediately pulled their hips in the next season.

The Clippers didn't make the playoffs in the 2006-2007 season, and the Hornets were slaughtered by the Nuggets in the first round of the 2009 playoffs and suffered a tragic 58 massacre — and that's why not make the playoffs.

Elton Brand, the core of the Clippers, suffered a major injury after playing in his prime, and chose to join the Philadelphia 76ers in the summer of 2008, abandoning the Clippers, leaving Dunleavy devastated.

Hornets Paul has improved his stats after the peak 08 season, and the team's lineup has remained intact, but the team's record has thinned, falling from second in the West to seventh in the West, completely lacking the style of last season, and it is difficult to say how long he can stay with the Hornets in the future.

It's not uncommon for a sudden rise in one season, one season of good football, and the next season's squad to be the same, but the results plummet.

This phenomenon often appears in the kind of perennially weak bad team, lucky to get a talented player, around him to put together a good lineup, in a certain season while everyone is unfamiliar and defenseless, soaring to the sky.

Next season, the management ran out of luck and did nothing, neither reinforcement nor the previous lineup could not be maintained, and other teams were prepared.

Typical examples are the Timberwolves in 2004, the SuperSonics in 2005, the Clippers in 2006, and the Hornets in 2008......

There are two major characteristics of this type of team: 1. Small clubs have small investment, and it is difficult to attract big-name stars to join, and the stars they have worked hard to cultivate are easy to be snatched away by giant teams. 2. Perennial mixed draft conferences, but always look away and choose parallel goods.

The Clippers and Hornets both meet these two characteristics, which leads to their summer league roster is quite strong, after all, there are always high-ranking rookies, can this strength not be strong?

Therefore, the game was quite intense, and the scores of both sides were tight.

At the behest of Min Congda, Kim Hughes increased Curry's playing time and let Curry take control of the team's offense.

Opposite Curry, the Hornets backcourt is UCLA's famous point guard Darren Collison.

Collison was the team's main point guard when he played at UCLA, and Russell Westbrook had to play him off the bench.

It's just that Collison went to college for four years, enrolled in '05, and only ran for election in '09, which shows that the teams are not very optimistic about his potential, but they are optimistic about his immediate combat power.

He was drafted by the Hornets with the 21st pick in the first round to replace Chris Paul.

As an instant player, Collison is naturally well-rounded, fierce defensively, and has good physical fitness.

Curry was clearly at a disadvantage in his conversations, constantly pestered by Collisson, who sometimes disrupted Curry's dribbling offense at the expense of fouls.

The reason is simple, who made Curry the top pick? The champion show is going to endure the greatest pressure and test, let alone an unexpected champion show like Curry.

A player like Collison who is at the bottom of the order must perform well when he encounters the champion show and play his own value.

At the end of the first half, the Clippers trailed the Hornets by five points, 48:53.

Curry didn't have a good first half, scoring just six points, diching out three assists and committing three turnovers.

In the summer league, there are not many skills and tactics, and the coordination is not complicated, mainly depending on the individual ability of the players.

Curry didn't get tactical support, and Jordan Jr.'s coverage level was even worse, and he didn't have a solid block.

Darren Collison is a flexible, strong, small guard who is a year older than Curry, a small but athletic guard, and his defensive ability can be seen in his final year in the NCAA, where he was named to the All-Defensive Team of the Pacific 12 League.

At half-time, Min Congda followed the players back to the locker room, and he was obviously in a good mood.

Sure enough, Curry played well against the weak team in the first game, and it was almost funny when he met hard stubble this time. It's a mistake again, it's not bad, it's not bad, it lives up to my hopes! ”

Min Congda was almost smiling, but he couldn't show too much when the team was behind, and he had to comfort the players in the locker room.

"Everyone played well in the first half, it's okay, it's just a summer league, relax, relax."

Min Congda also said to Hughes: "Gordon played well, let him rest in the second half, don't get hurt." ”

Min Congda remotely commanded Hughes, and under the pretext of preventing players from getting injured, asked Hughes to replace the players who played well.

In the first half, Gordon was the key to the Clippers' biting score, and although his shooting percentage was not high, he was strong.

Whenever the team couldn't open it, Gordon would rush to the basket with the ball, either pushing the defender for a layup or making a foul.

In the first half, Gordon made 6 of 6 free throws, showing a strong killing ability, and was the team's weapon to attack, but he couldn't let him stay on the court any longer.

Hughes thought about it and felt that it made sense, "Eric had a relatively serious knee injury when he was in high school, and it makes sense to use him sparingly. And Curry has encountered a lot of trouble in this game, and letting him play a dozen more will help improve his ability to withstand pressure. ”

Kim Hughes felt that Min Congda had another good intention, and decided to follow through with his idea, continuing to let Curry play more in the second half while reducing Gordon's playing time.

Curry sat in front of the locker and was obviously not in a good mood, his play in the first half was very average, and he was a little limited by Collisson.

Min Congda came over and patted Curry on the shoulder and said, "It's just a summer league game, it's nothing, it doesn't matter if you win or lose, the important thing is whether you have anything to gain~ The process is the most important, you have to focus on the process, not the final result, do you know Stephen?" ”

Min Congda thought to himself, "It's not important to win, it's important to lose, as long as you lose, I can gain 200 yuan!" ”

What results are not important, the process is the most important, it is all that the leaders said before, and the leaders do business as long as the results do not care what the process is.

As long as it's not illegal...... Or if you break the law and don't get caught, beg your grandfather to sue your grandmother, admit that your godfather sells PY, as long as the business is done, the leader will appreciate you, otherwise it's all fake.

Curry chewed on Min Congda's words, "The result is not important, the process is important... Focus on the process... I did have a bit of a problem with my mentality tonight, I wanted to score so much that I forgot to work more with my team-mates, and if I couldn't score myself, I would have led my team-mates to score the same thing. ”

"The Hornets' defensive focus is on me, Darren Collison is biting me like crazy, I shouldn't have been tough with him for a while, I should have avoided him to help my teammates score and open up the situation."

"Scouts report that I can't control a team's offense, and I'm going to prove to them that I can, because I'm a point guard after all."

After adjusting his mentality, Curry decided to change the style of play in the second half to change the course of the game!