For the Trailblazers' "grinding and chirping" style of play, Min Congda felt very worried.

In fact, the Trail Blazers were in good shape tonight, with a high shooting percentage and a fairly smooth offense.

The Clippers didn't press the ball handlers on the defensive end, and the Trail Blazers players could run the game out smoothly.

Judging from the scene, the Trail Blazers have always suppressed the Clippers.

After Harden hit a three-pointer to chase the margin to 1 point.

Fernandez immediately caught the ball at the top of the arc and hit a three-point shot.

The margin was back to 4 points.

Milicic serves quickly at the back.

Harden quickly crossed the half court with the ball, observed his teammates' movements, and struck the ground from the wing to the basket.

It's a pity that the tacit understanding between Milicic and Harden was not enough, and they couldn't catch the ball steadily, and there was a mistake.

"Fight back, push back back, push back back!"

Min Congda thought to himself, isn't this a good opportunity to fight back?

However, the Trail Blazers did not fight back, but chose to control the ball.

Then he began to play positions and run tactics, which made Min Congda very depressed.

It's obviously a good opportunity to catch mistakes and counterattack.

A Spanish striker like Fernandez has a strong ability to attack quickly.

Can't you bring the pace of the game up?

No, McMillan's strategy is to keep the tempo.

Adhering to the traditional team building and tactical philosophy, he is equally strict with the tactical requirements of the substitutes.

After falling into the field, this time Fernandez received the ball again at the top of the arc and broke through the basket.

As a result, the layup was successfully blocked by Milicic, and the Clippers regained control of the ball.

Milicic gave the ball to Harden, and Harden looked at the front court, a super long pass!

Paul George had already rushed to the three-point line, receiving the ball unguarded and dunking easily.

Harden's passing is full of risk-taking, and although he can make mistakes, he does have a good scoring opportunity when he succeeds.

The benches on both sides played hard in the second quarter.

The Trailblazers are more team and more reasonable.

The Clippers are freer and more imaginative.

The difference between the two sides has always remained at about 2 points.

The Clippers can't get ahead or ahead, and they don't defend very well.

And there is also a very fatal shortcoming, that is, the number of mistakes has begun to increase.

Harden played eight minutes in the second quarter and contributed three turnovers.

Dunleavy saw him make so many mistakes and told him to pass cautiously during the timeout.

Give the ball to Hinrich to deal with.

"But I also contributed four assists!" Harden said during the timeout.

Old Deng thought to himself, you're going to talk back, right?

But on second thought, these young players have Smart's backing behind them.

Forget it, they can fight as much as they like, times are different.

In Dunleavy's playing days, the authority of the coach was still very strong.

His head coach during his time with the Rockets was Bill Feige.

Notoriously short-tempered, and having a bad relationship with the Celtic stars, came to the Rockets.

Later, he coached himself, and the same group as him, Sloan, George Carr, Larry Brown, and Pat Riley, were all coaches who admired authority and had a big temper.

Their coaching guidelines are those authoritative college coaches, Wooden, Adolph Rupp, Dean Smith,

But it almost started with Phil Jackson, and his success sparked new thinking about the coaching position.

Especially with the Bulls and Lakers, they won three consecutive championships, and another two consecutive championships in 10 years.

Jackson's achievements in coaching are unprecedented, and they are simply shocking.

According to his self-description and book, the most important thing for him as a coach is not tactics, not records, but communication and exchanges with players.

Guided by Jackson's success story, some service-oriented, chicken-soup coaches have gradually become a genre in the NBA.

Lao Deng is not such a coach, but last season, under Min Congda's "forced" correction, Lao Deng found that sometimes it is better than Guan.

Anyway, these young and talented players don't necessarily listen to you, they don't play well on the field, and it's your manager who is responsible in the end.

It doesn't matter, young people open their hearts, play well to win, and it's easy to be a coach themselves, why not?

After a season of repeated cultivation, Dunleavy gradually changed his mindset.

I will still say what I should say, listen to it or not, anyway, I don't thimble with you.

And Lao Deng knew that he had a bad heart, and it was not worth it to kill himself with a thimble over his head when the thimble was overheaded.

Dunleavy thought to himself: "I'll leave that bit of tolerance and temper to Smart, and I won't be able to compete with the players." ”

Min Congda's actions are enough for him to drink a pot, and he is afraid that he will live a long life if he is angry with Xiao Young.

After a pause in the first half, a brief arrangement and a little bit of re-escalation, the main players re-entered the field and played the second quarter.

Deng Lao tried to keep Curry and Harden on the court at the same time, not because both of them needed to hold the ball, but because the two began to humble themselves on the court.

Curry took the initiative to play the ball to Harden, and Harden dribbled for a while, and seemed embarrassed to attack himself, so he handed it to Curry.

Curry wanted to throw a three-pointer, but he thought it would be better to forget it and see if Harden had any good chances.

The opportunity was fleeting, he didn't shoot, he could only pass, and the final time was pressed to about 20 seconds and it was given to Ricky Davis.

Davis received the ball and forced a shot that didn't score......

Ricky thought to himself, you're both here to help me, aren't you?

It's almost time, pass me the ball and throw the pot?

Two people, one champion, one Tanhua.

Although Curry is the first pick, he has never maintained his identity and regarded himself as the boss.

When paired with Baron Davis, he will take care of Big Brother's possession.

What about Harden, a foreign monk, who is the third oldest in the Thunder, and the Clippers will not grab the core position when they come.

The two of them have relatively mild personalities, have a good relationship off the field, and have no heart for competition at all.

So, in the second half of the second quarter, the Clippers' offense suddenly slowed down.

There were more passes, fewer decisive shots, and there were successive mistakes.

Dunleavy looked wrong, what's the matter, you two are competing for the Moral Fashion Award?

If you don't shoot, I won't shoot, and you take care of the opponent's ball in your eyes.

Forget it, little fat man, come down and rest, I see you're quite tired from playing.

A short timeout replaced Harden off the intermission and brought on Baron Davis.

However, the Clippers' offensive continuity has been broken, and the Trail Blazers have played a wave of 7:1 offensive climax.

The only Clippers scored was a technical foul free throw from the Trail Blazers defense for three seconds.

At the end of the first half, the Trail Blazers were 57-52, leading the Clippers by five points.

For this score, Min Congda is still very satisfied.

The Clippers played some beautiful offense and performances.

However, the overall stability is not as good as that of the Trailblazer.

Although the Trail Blazers were grinding and chirping offensively, they could not completely open up the point difference.

But their effective defense, fluid offense, still held down the Clippers on the court.

In the first half, Curry had 8 points and 3 assists, and Harden had 6 points, 5 assists and 4 turnovers.

It was Randolph who really withstood the Clippers' offense, with 12 points and 5 rebounds.

Min Congda thought to himself, no surprise, Randolph scored 20 points.

Curry scored 18 points and Harden scored 12.

The scores for both sides are estimated to be around 100 points.

The Clippers look better offensively, but they don't make too many mistakes defensively.

In the end, losing by 5 or 6 points is not too ugly.

Min Congda's wishful thinking crackled.

Not only did he think so, but so did McMillan.

(End of chapter)