On December 21st, San Antonio was already in the Christmas spirit.

Spurs mascot Wolf Wolf donned a Santa hat and interacted with fans before the game began.

The fourth stop on the Clippers' road trip, the San Antonio Spurs, is undoubtedly a tough nut for the Clippers.

From the cold Northeast to the tough Texas, after this game, the Clippers will then go to Houston.

The last leg is to go to Phoenix to play the Suns, and these three games are obviously much more difficult than the first three games.

Before the game, many fans and experts also believed that it would be difficult for the Clippers to get out of these three games, and it would be a three-game losing streak.

The Spurs have been declining year by year since winning the championship in 2007, in the Western Conference finals in '08, and were eliminated in the first round in '09.

However, Popovich still continued to tinker with Duncan, Ginobili, and Parker as the core.

With Duncan's rapid decline on the offensive end, Popovich couldn't afford to let Duncan take on a lot of offensive possession.

The team began to transform from a slow defensive team to an offensive team.

For this game, Min Congda felt that the two teams were almost five or five.

The Spurs' strength is still very stable, but he is a little worried about the Spurs' interior defense.

Duncan has undoubtedly been the league's best interior defender over the past decade.

Although he didn't win the Defensive Player of the Year, he was the No. 1 Defensive Team every year.

Because of him in charge, the Spurs have three new years on the inside every year, three years old ones, and another three years of sewing and mending.

This is very similar to the Lakers' treatment of Kobe, there is an absolute supergiant who integrates offense and defense, so he doesn't care about partners and substitutes.

Every year, two rookies, middle-class or basic salary to sign two veterans, almost go.

Resources are more skewed to other positions, such as the front line.

Both teams have focused on building a forward line for both years.

In the summer, the Spurs brought in Nets All-Star Richard Jefferson at the small forward position, which can be said to be a good reinforcement.

The Spurs are hoping to strengthen the No. 3 position to make the team more firepower and faster on the offensive end.

But judging by his performances since the start of the season, Richard Jefferson's quick counter-attacking play is a bit out of place with the Spurs.

He averaged 20 points per game last season, but his scoring dropped to 12 points per game after coming to the Spurs.

His style of play is very different from that of Bruce Bowen, who has just retired.

Making him a fixed-point corner shooter and defensive specialist is not something Richardson is used to.

The No. 3 position is weak, the interior defense is not thick enough, and it will be difficult to play the Clippers.

But the process after the start of the game was beyond Min Congda's expectations.

The Spurs beat the Clippers 33-19 in the first quarter.

The smooth offense and accurate outside shooting made the Clippers powerless.

It was a surprise to have a 14-point lead in the first quarter.

"Hey, the Spurs' offense is good, it's so fluid. Richardson still has some strength, a few counterattacks, and the speed is really fast. Not bad, keep it up. ”

Losing to the 76ers in the last game and getting a salary of 2,000 yuan made Min Congda feel a lot better.

At halftime, the Spurs led the Clippers by 11 points, 57-46.

In the second quarter, the Clippers slightly recovered some points, but the outside felt cold as iron, and the Clippers could not narrow the gap to within 10 points.

After Curry was frozen by Holiday in the last game, he made three zero-for-three three-pointers this time, showing great instability.

Stephen had occasional outbursts, but the characteristics of his three-point style of play determined his inconsistency. How can this bring consistent wins to the team? ”

At halftime, Min Congda was eating popcorn on the sidelines.

The mascot, the little wolf, ran to Min Congda and stretched out his hand to Min Congda to ask for two.

"Do you have a mouth, you want popcorn? Here you go! ”

For the mascot interaction in the NBA, Min Congda found it very interesting.

At Stamps, there is no such treatment for young fans, because neither the Clippers nor the Lakers have mascots.

The most attractive thing about Stamp is the cheerleading teams of the two teams, and there are really many beauties in Los Angeles.

The cheerleading girls are even more beautiful and hotter than the other.

Min Congda has decided that he will personally host the cheerleading team interview next season.

As the general manager of the team, I must also grasp some details of the work, and I must do everything myself.

The little wolf took Min Congda's popcorn and pretended to stuff it into his mouth to eat it.

Then he pulled Min Congda up from his seat, Min Congda felt very strange, what do you want to do?

The little wolf pointed to the basket, and it turned out that he wanted Min Congda to participate in the shooting prize event on the spot.

There is this kind of shooting prize event on the NBA site, where fans are invited to participate and shoot in the middle court.

If you bet on it, there will be a big prize, which is usually a cash prize ranging from thousands to tens of thousands.

Because not every game is a fan who can hit a shot, the prize money will be accumulated.

Like Stamps, the Lakers' rewards are quite generous, with 5,000 per game.

If a participant doesn't win, it rolls over to the next game, up to a maximum of $50,000.

In comparison, the Clippers have to pick a lot of doors, only 1,000 per game.

And Sterling still has a record of bad debts.

It was the first time Min Congda had been invited to such an event.

It seems that the staff at the scene recognized him and deliberately pulled him to participate in the event.

"How much money has accrued to?"

"Twenty thousand dollars!"

When Min Congda heard it, the bonus had accumulated to 20,000?

Good! It's time for me to show off what I can do!

The way to win the prize is simple, just hit a halftime shot.

Min Congda took the ball from the little wolf and said, "I hope this ball can bring good luck!" ”

Then Min Congda was on the halfway line and threw hard towards the basket......

The ball flew straight to the white frame in the center of the rebound, smashed on the white frame and bounced into the basket!

The goal is in!

The home field is full of jubilation!

Min Congda raised his arms and hugged the little wolf warmly.

That's all for $20,000!

Min Congda thought to himself: "Basketball is so simple, I don't usually play basketball, just throw it and get in." You athletes, train every day and throw every day, and you are still like this. ”

Wait until halftime is over, and the Clippers players return to the sidelines from the locker room.

Ida said that everyone knew that Min Congda participated in the shooting event in the middle of the court and won the award.

"What? Smart, did you hit the halfcourt shot? ”

"Mr. Smart, you're a basketball prodigy."

"I don't always shoot well in training."

"Houli Scorpion, how did you do it, Smart, you don't usually play."

Min Congda modestly said, "Luck, it's just luck." ”

Lao Deng, who has always been indifferent and indifferent, said to Min Congda: "Smart, you really should have played basketball when you were young, you must have been a great basketball player." ”

Min Congda said: "I'm too old to be useful." But you guys, look at your shooting percentage in the first half, how much do you guys get paid per game? That's an average of $700,000 per game, which equates to 35 midcourt shots. You didn't hit a single three-pointer in the first half, but I'm going to pay you in full. ”

"Come to think of it, are you right to take this salary? Maybe in the second half, you can find a way to make amends. ”

After Min Congda finished speaking, everyone fell silent.

This is the first time Mr. Smart has lost his temper because his team is not playing well.

In the past, when the team lost, Smart always laughed and relaxed, and never blamed.

Perhaps, their performance today is really too bad.

(End of chapter)