Chapter 66: Let You Win a Game
At the press conference after the game, Min Congda participated in the Q&A as the general manager of the Clippers.
"How do you rate Curry's performance tonight? He hit two crucial three-pointers in the final moments. ”
"It's so-so, as the champion show, he has a flash of inspiration, but there is still room for improvement overall."
"Mr. Smart, what are the goals of the Clippers this season? Will you be aiming for the playoffs? ”
"I didn't set a target for my players, I told Coach Dunleavy when I first came in that my goal was to make the best use of each player, and the results were not what I liked."
"Mr. Smart......"
"Can you ask the players and the coach some questions? Don't keep staring at me and asking, did I break the law? ”
The reporters at the press conference laughed, and Min Congda spoke quickly in the face of reporters, and rarely played an official tone, so everyone liked to ask him questions.
As the NBA becomes more and more standardized, and the income is getting higher and higher, many players are very restrained in their speech, and it is just those few sentences over and over again, and reporters feel very bored when they write their scripts, and there is nothing to write about.
People like Min Congda, who often speak amazingly and don't have a chin when he speaks, are very popular with reporters and are simply treasures.
Min Congda left the press conference hall and went to the locker room to take a look, and as soon as he entered, everyone was celebrating the victory inside, Thorton was showering and singing in the shower, Carman took off his shirt and danced an unknown dance, and Randolph sat under the locker with a huge headset listening to music and sorting his luggage.
Seeing Min Congda come in, everyone wanted to cheer and celebrate, but Min Congda's expression was not good, his face was gloomy, and everyone calmed down at once, looking at each other, thinking what was wrong?
Smart doesn't seem to be very happy, are we too carried away? Yes, the first game of the regular season was played, and the schedule is still long, so there is obviously an element of luck in this win.
Min Congda didn't want to throw face at the player, but it was really difficult for him to be happy when he won, so he adjusted his mood, sighed, and said, "Congratulations, you won the first victory of the new season." ”
The mood in the locker room erupted again, and in the midst of everyone's jubilation, Min Congda turned around and left the locker room, thinking, "You guys are happy too early, let you be proud first, and you will lose later!" ”
After the opening game, post-game reports were released, and the news of the defending champions' first game loss to the underdogs Clippers made headlines on the day.
Kobe Bryant scored a game-high 33 points in this game, and when both teams did not break 90, the 33-point score is very high.
It's just that Kobe Bryant missed two key shots at the end, which caused the Lakers to lose at home and get off to a black start, which seems to indicate that the Lakers' road to defending the title in the new season will not be so smooth.
In addition to Kobe, Bynum scored 20 points inside, Odom 16 points, Artest 10 points, and no other player scored in double figures.
The Lakers bench was even more pitiful, with only three points, and the impact of Gasol's absence was very great.
On the Clippers' side, Zach Randolph scored a team-high 24 points and 10 rebounds.
In fact, Randolph also averaged 20+10 per game in the Clippers last season, but the media criticized him for playing a cancerous game, with few assists and not passing to brush up the data.
Randolph was as solid as usual tonight, but the team won and everything was fine.
Carman scored 16 points, Curry scored 12 and Gordon scored 18 points, and everyone played well.
Boss Barang Davis had a terrible performance, hitting one goal and scoring two points in the game, and although he had seven assists, what is the difference between him and Kidd?
Curry came off the bench for 18 minutes, hitting two very crucial three-pointers and misleading the Lakers' defense in the final moments.
After the game, there have been media posts saying that Stephen Curry is worthy of this top pick.
But more experts and fans said that they can't "talk about it", and whether Curry is worthy of the champion depends on the performance in the future.
In the other three games of the game day, a high-profile matchup in the East, the Boston Celtics defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 95-89 on the road.
Kevin Garnett is back from injury, and the Celtics Big Three remain one of the strongest teams in the East.
James scored 38 points alone in the game, but he was as isolated as Kobe Bryant today, and no one of his teammates scored 20, but he was a one-man show, and he still couldn't do the Big Three.
The Houston Rockets lost to the Portland Trail Blazers at the Rose Garden, and the two teams met in the playoffs last season, Yao Ming led the Rockets to take the Trail Blazers 4-2 easily, passing the first round of the playoffs for the first time in his career.
It's a pity that Yao Ming was injured in the second round against the Lakers, the Rockets lost in the semifinals, and a summer has passed, Yao Ming's injury is not optimistic, and the Chinese big man is crumbling, although he is only 29 years old, the golden age of a center.
Although the Trail Blazers won the game, Greg O'Au, who was also plagued by injuries, was disappointing on the court, scoring 2 points in a single game, shooting 1-of-3, and committing seven turnovers and five fouls.
But he also contributed five blocks and 12 rebounds, giving fans hope for him.
In another game, the Wizards defeated the Dallas Mavericks, and Jason Kidd echoed with Barang Davis in distant Dallas, hitting 2 goals and scoring 4 points, vividly interpreting the selflessness of traditional point guards.
Of course, the team just lost, and was blown up by Arenas, who scored 29 points.
On October 27th, the first day of the competition ended, and some families were happy and some were sad.
But if you want to say that the most worrying thing must be Min Congda, win the game at the beginning of the new season, or win the Lakers, is this still necessary?
Not to mention that the salary of 2,000 yuan is gone, what if it gets better and better in the future? Still rotten?
In the evening, Min Congda came home and meditated hard, thinking about what he had done wrong.
He opened the dog pounce forum on the computer to check the articles related to the Clippers game, which all said "Promising potential", "Something", "Shit luck", "Change the soup but not the medicine", "The tumor is in charge", "The boss wins, the teammates are too vegetable", "Let you have a game"......
There is no logic in these replies, many of the IDs have the word KOBE, with bright yellow avatars, and the three sentences are inseparable from Kobe, all of them are talking about the Lakers, and occasionally comfortingly mention the Clippers.
At night, Min Congda couldn't sleep, opened these posts and looked carefully, only to see the subtext behind these replies, which was full of "Clippers are rotten"!
"Judging from my series of operations in the summer, I must be playing badly, and there will be nothing wrong with that, the draft is blindly selected, the team does not trade, and there are a bunch of old dishes, and the record will not be much better than last season. Fans of the forum didn't say that the Clippers' win was due to luck, and in Gasol's absence, the Clippers did not improve in essence. ”
"Hmm... Don't worry, by the way, the next game is at home, right? Let's come to Stamps and watch the game, I don't know if she's still in Los Angeles. ”
Thinking of Da Lyo, Min Congda's mind came alive again, because the depression caused by winning was swept away, and he directly texted Daddario, inviting her to come to Stamps to watch the next game against the Suns.
Daddario quickly replied to the message, saying yes, she was still in Los Angeles.
Min Congda was in a happier mood, and then thought, "Daddario is not a big star, so he shouldn't bring any celebrity friends over, right?" It doesn't matter, the Clippers' ball, who likes to watch it. ”
The next Clippers home game against the Suns, counting the pre-sale, only sold more than 80 percent, who made their team weaker and the ticket price more expensive?