Chapter 61: In all fairness
Although Min Congda has a superior basketball talent that he doesn't even know, his mentality is no different from that of fans who have just watched the game.
A theory, a half-time theory, a section theory, or even a ball theory, if the game is a little unsatisfactory, I want to scold my mother.
And once the team you support plays well, you start cheering, screaming, exploding, and abusing again, forever God!
After shouting, if you don't play well later, you should scold or scold, this is the normal mentality of fans.
The only thing that is abnormal about Min Congda is that as the general manager of the Clippers, he does not support the Clippers and supports the Lakers!
The mood goes up and down with the Lakers' performance, and the Lakers play well and are in a good mood.
The Lakers began to attack constipation, and the defense leaked, so he cursed in his heart and criticized by name.
The one who scolded the most was the outside point guard, No. 2 old fish Fisher.
Min Congda didn't bother to call his name Fisher, and directly went to the No. 2 bald head, this bald head defense really made Min Congda vomit blood.
That is, Baron Davis is really not in good shape tonight, and he won't make any shots in some vacant positions, otherwise Lao Yu will be scolded even more.
In addition to the defense of the old fish, the offense is also not good, it is really not good, it is not good.
scored a three-point in the first quarter, and began to diarrhea in the second quarter, and Davis, you don't go in, I don't go in, and you still exchange courtesies?
In the second quarter, I didn't grasp the opportunity to shoot three points in two empty positions, and Min Congda, who watched it, slapped his thigh, such a player is not cut!
Of course, if he is in the Clippers, Min Congda will value him very much and resolutely keep him, such a point guard ATM is rare.
The second person to be slandered by Min Congda was Odom, first of all, it was defense, and he was beaten through by Randolph in the first half!
Randolph scored 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting in the half, and Odom couldn't stop him in the low post.
And Odom played loosely in the game, and he didn't have much fighting spirit.
The pass is casual, the shooting is not very consistent, and he likes to play quick counter-attacks.
The three-point shot in the two counterattacks was good, helping the Lakers solve their urgent needs.
Let Min Congda be merciful to him and scold him less.
As for the rest of the Lakers' players, the performance is still decent.
The level of Mbenga is like this, so you can't force it.
The real anchor of the Lakers is still Kobe Bryant.
His three ball-handling singles at the end of the second quarter helped the Lakers maintain the score.
Otherwise, the Clippers may have overtaken the score in the first half.
At halftime, Min Congda originally wanted to go to the team's locker room to have a look, but after thinking about it, forget it, he was in a bad mood, and sat in his position and ate popcorn.
David Stern saw that Min Congda was watching the game very seriously, muttering something from time to time, and his expression was even more uncertain with the situation on the court, thinking that this guy was quite engaged in watching the game.
"Smart, what do you think of the Clippers' performance?" Stern asked.
"Very dissatisfied! This hits... Didn't live up to my expectations! ”
Min Congda's expectation was that the Clippers would collapse at halftime and trail the Lakers by 15 to 20 points.
Then the third quarter was a bastard, maintaining the point difference, and the fourth quarter went into garbage time and lost perfectly.
OK, $2,000 in hand, part of it will be left for pocket money, and part of it will be used to buy Apple stock.
Recently, Apple's stock has risen again, and it has been rising, and it can be cheaper and more profitable if you buy early.
When Stern heard this, he was only two points behind the defending champions at half-time, which was not up to expectations?
"Smart seems to have high expectations for the team, and I think the Clippers did well in the first half. But the season has just begun, and there's still a long way to go. ”
Stern's is well-informed, the NBA season is very long, lasting more than half a year, and the team has to go through a lot of problems and face all kinds of changes.
The state of a team at the beginning of the season and the end of the season may be completely different, and even the lineup may be different.
At the beginning of the second half, the game continued, and Baran Davis organized the attack, still starting from Randolph.
And an important change for the Lakers on the defensive end in the second half was to let Artest defend Randolph.
Before Randolph could receive the ball, Artey began to go around the front to interfere with Randolph's catch, squeezing Randolph's space with fierce confrontations.
The two of them almost wrestled under the basket, they were both the kind of hard stubble players, neither of them was convinced, and they almost fell together as soon as they opened the game, and the referee gave Artest a foul.
But Artay didn't stop, still went around the front, ruined Davis's pass, and the Clippers still possessed the ball.
The Clippers' offensive rhythm was gradually disrupted, and Davis tried to break through the interior with the ball himself, but the throw missed.
"It was a good round! It's a good adjustment to let Artest defend Randolph, guard his catch, and don't let him easily put on a posture to attack in the low post. Very good idea. ”
"Davis is really not good, continue this form, don't score, let's go to ONLY to explore in the evening."
The Lakers handed the ball to Kobe, who was holding the ball near the top of the arc, with little pressure and coming and going.
He saw an opportunity, and the spirit snake generally wiped into the three-second zone, attracted the bag, and gave the ball to Bynum, who received the ball and dunked it with both hands!
"Beautiful!" Min Congda couldn't help but shout.
Ida and Stern both turned their heads to look at him, which one are you? How to support the Lakers?
Min Congda coughed dryly and said, "This... I was looking at the attack from a neutral fan's point of view, and to be fair, it was a beautiful goal. ”
The game went on, Artest did have a set of defense, and the best defensive player in the past was not covered.
He can defend on the outside, and he doesn't suffer on the inside, he is strong, his movements are fierce, and he has a strong sense of defense.
After a few rounds, Randolph had a hard time catching the ball, and the Clippers' offense stalled, and they could only find Carman or Gordon to play.
And Kobe Bryant continued to grasp the weakness of the Clippers' No. 3 position, loitering around the free throw line, threading the needle, and tearing the Clippers' already tight defense at will.
If it weren't for the Lakers' other outside touches, the two three-point chances would have been missed, and the Lakers would have stretched the difference to double digits.
At 57:50, midway through the third quarter, the Lakers led by seven points.
In the basketball game of the 10s, the 7-point lead was still very solid.
Positional battles, slow-paced games, scoring will be difficult.
Judging by the form of both sides, it is difficult to score more than 100 points in this game.
Seeing that the Lakers were ahead, Min Congda felt comfortable and settled down.
Of course, he also analyzed the current predicament of the Clippers and thought of a solution:
"Randolph has the ability to go mid-range, he should be allowed to pull outside, not get bogged down in hand-to-hand fights, there's no point. The Clippers' offensive space is too small, and they have to be fully stretched out to huddle together, how can they play with a high interior team like the Lakers? ”
"Kobe Bryant's point The Clippers still can't solve it, not bad, it's not bad, it's worthy of the first person, it's still very powerful, but I just don't feel that my legs and feet are so neat."
Min Congda actually thought that Kobe's legs and feet were not so sharp...... Actually, he's right.
In 09, Kobe Bryant reached a peak state physically, technically, and psychologically.
After holding his breath to accomplish what he had always wanted to accomplish, the 32-year-old inevitably experienced a physical decline.
Bryant's training this summer has been intermittent, and his physical condition is just over 80 percent of last season.
In the first three quarters, his skills were still incomparable, but his body's flexibility and explosiveness felt like he was slipping, and his body had a slight sense of sluggishness.
When he was young, he was very light.
It was at this point that the Clippers made a substitution, with Mike Dunleavy coming on for Stephen Curry and the in-form Barang Davis.
Curry appeared for the second time, and this time he could finally compete with Kobe Bryant.
Kobe Bryant saw Curry on the court, stretched out his finger, and said, "Finally waiting for you, I thought the coach wouldn't let you go!" ”
Curry just smiled and didn't continue to fight with Kobe, because it would be boring to fight too much.
Dell Curry, who was on the sidelines, saw his son on the court, took a deep breath, and prayed inwardly: "Kobe, you can be lenient with my son, don't hit his self-confidence, be more lenient." ”
It can only be said that it is not easy for Curry's father to pity the hearts of parents all over the world, because he has played against Kobe.
At that time, the old Curry was late in his career, Kobe Bryant was in his early 20s, and the old Curry knew how focused and fierce this kid was playing, and if he didn't deal with it well, he would wait to be destroyed.
And Curry is not afraid, and now he is facing him with Lao Yu, and he thinks to himself: "If you don't let Kobe defend me, you will regret it." ”