Chapter 67: The New Secretary
The NBA season is long, with more than 160 days and 82 regular season games, with an average of one game every two days.
41 home games, 41 away games, away games in all parts of the United States, including a Canadian city.
In the early years, when transportation was not developed, it was very painful to travel long distances to the other side of the United States to play, so the NBA divided the teams into several regions according to geographical location, and the teams in each region were close to each other and could play more games.
Those who are further away will focus on playing away trips at certain points in the season.
Take the Clippers as an example, the Clippers are located in the Pacific Division, and they are mainly the four teams in California, the Warriors, the Lakers, the Clippers, the Kings, and the Suns in Arizona.
These five teams, as teams in the same region, will arrange the most games each season, and these teams will visit each other early in the season, you play me, I play you.
On top of the Pacific Division, there is the Western Division, which basically includes the city teams in the Pacific Time Zone and the Western Mountain Time Zone, and there will be more games between the Western teams.
The Clippers played the Lakers in the first game, the Suns in the second, then went to Utah to play the Jazz, came back to play the Mavericks at home, and then played the Warriors, until November 13, when they played the first Eastern Conference team, the Raptors.
But instead of going to Toronto, staying in Los Angeles, the Raptors will come to the door to challenge because the Raptors are embarking on their journey to the West.
The Clippers' first real long-distance trip to the East will not be until January of next year, when they will go north to the Great Lakes, to Cleveland, to Chicago, and then to Minnesota, then to Boston, Atlanta......
Anyway, in the initial stage of the season before the arrival of 10 years, the Clippers stayed in the Western Region and Los Angeles for most of the time, which helped them slowly find their form, accumulate good records, and lay a good foundation for a long season.
Judging from the Clippers' first victory over the Lakers, there is hope for this team, and Mike Dunleavy is more bold and comfortable in the lineup because he has no record pressure.
At the same time, he is also adamant about developing Curry in the direction of a traditional point guard, and he believes that Curry has the potential to become a second Sam Cassel.
On Oct. 28, the day after the opener, the Clippers played their second game against the Phoenix Suns back-to-back.
The venue for the game was still at the Staples Center, and before the game began, the arena staff removed the Lakers' floor and replaced it with the Clippers' floor.
The skin of the Lakers logo under the huge octagonal screen has been replaced with the Clippers logo, which was the main venue of the Purple and Gold Army yesterday, and it has become the red and blue color scheme of the Clippers in a few hours.
The game was scheduled for 7:30 p.m. PT, and Min Congda and D'Addario agreed to meet at 7 p.m. at the Stamp Center.
Min Congda was dressed very casually, in a casual suit issued to him by the system, versatile black, simple and clean, standing at the door of the Stamp Center could not attract people's attention, and no one recognized this as Smart Min, the new general manager of the Clippers.
Daddario was different, she wore a bright red pleated dress tonight, and the bright red set off her skin even more brightly.
For tonight's match, Daddario wore a blue gemstone necklace on his chest, in addition to specially painting exquisite makeup.
Blue and red are the main colors of the Clippers, and it can be seen that Daddario is very serious about tonight's date.
Born in 1986, she is only 23 years old, although she has had some adolescent ambiguities and has a large number of suitors, but her heart has never been open to a certain opposite sex.
Unlike those female stars who talked about a boyfriend at the age of 23, Daddario started acting at the age of 11, but she has not officially opened the curtain on the drama of love.
Min Congda's eyes were immediately firmly grasped when he saw D'Addario's dress, is this image temperament something I can date?
Min Congda suddenly felt that although he didn't make a lot of money doing this task, he was a lot angry, but it was also a good benefit to be able to date a beautiful woman like D'Addario.
Daddario smiled slightly when she saw Min Congda, she tried her best to maintain her reserved image, I heard that Chinese are generally more conservative and like the kind of virtuous, homely girls.
So although she is dressed very brightly today, this is a long skirt, only the calf is exposed, and the chest is completely covered, only a little below the neck is exposed.
"Do I look good?"
"Oh, of course, I can't even take my eyes off it. I'm thinking, what are we going to watch later? I'm afraid I'll keep an eye on you. ”
Min Congda, who has a relaxed mentality, is good and obedient, which is called a smooth and barrier-free person.
When he was in school, if he had this level, why did he stay single?
Of course, the girls I met in college, in terms of appearance, temperament and figure, are naturally far from being comparable to D'Addario.
The two entered the arena together and sat in the front row, right next to the Clippers' bench, which was the VIP seat.
Because of Min Congda's price increase strategy, the seats here need to be bid to sit, so ...... Except for Min Congda and Daddario, no one ......
Who's going to bid for a VIP seat on the Clippers? Isn't it a Lakers game, full of food?
Therefore, as Min Congda wished, the attendance of the Clippers tonight was really good, it was already past six o'clock, and a large number of empty seats could still be seen on the court, which was in stark contrast to the full capacity of the Lakers' opener yesterday.
The Staples Center was full of 18,997 people, and the Clippers sold only about 15,000 tickets tonight, some of which were season tickets, and some season ticket fans would not come.
David Beckham, for example, is playing for AC Milan in Europe, so how can he come back and watch the game.
Buying a season ticket is to support Min Congda for friendship, and the two have a friendship, and they will talk and help if they have something to do in the future.
Seeing that everyone was dissatisfied with the competition, Daddario asked Min Congda: "There don't seem to be a lot of people coming to the game today, do you feel pressure?" ”
Min Congda listened, pressure? How can there be pressure, that's exactly what I want.
Even if the Clippers beat the Lakers in the first game, the popularity of the Clippers cannot jump because of this, and with too expensive tickets, it is certain that the home box office will be cold.
Daddario, this chick wouldn't think about bringing any celebrity friends over to attract traffic, right?
No, no, the power of the beauty economy Min Congda knows, some Lsp don't want to spend a penny to see a ball, but to be able to watch two balls, recharge and reward that is casual, you can't do this, you can't do this.
Min Congda hurriedly said, "Don't worry about Anna, uh... It's going to be okay, we had a terrible record last season. You see, we won the Lakers in the first game, and it's going to get better and better, isn't it? ”
Daddario was relieved when she heard this, and she also wondered why she cared so much about Min Congda and always wanted to do something for him.
At this moment, Ida came to Min Congda's seat with popcorn and drinks, and was stunned when she saw Daddario beside him.
"Oh, Mr. Smart, this is your... Your new secretary? ”