At 7 p.m., the game between the Clippers and Bucks officially kicked off in Stamps.

It's been a while since Min Congda came to the Stamp Center to watch a game.

As soon as he gets off work at night, he sits at home and secretly watches live ESPN or Turner TV games, and watches the Cavaliers, Heat or Lakers games.

He has a sense of guilt for neglecting the current Clippers, and I don't know if the team has become a little more depraved in just half a month?

Don't underestimate half a month, when the time enters January and the season begins to enter the second half, the teams will start to diverge.

Because injuries, fatigue, tactical run-ins, intra-team conflicts and other problems will appear in the halfway stage.

The regular season of each season is a marathon, and entering the middle of the body to reach the extreme is the most painful time.

If it can't hold on, the team's combat effectiveness will decline, and some serious sudden disintegration may not be possible.

For example, last season's Washington Wizards, a sudden gun goal broke up the team's core lineup.

After trading Arenas this season, the Wizards' era as Agent 0 came to an end and the Wall era began.

If you can survive it, your record will pick up, your cohesion will increase, and you may be able to go further in the playoffs.

Last season's Clippers were typical, rushing to 50 wins in one go, eighth in the West, and almost didn't do Min Congda to go insane.

Now, it's time for the trade deadline to approach, the turning point window, and Curry's comeback.

Min Congda believes that it is necessary to take a good look at the current situation of the team, and if there are any problems, see if you can think of a way before the trade deadline, and you can't repeat the mistakes of the past!

The Clippers are not a strong opponent in this game, and the Bucks are in the same position in the East as the Clippers are in the West, both teetering on the edge of the playoffs.

As a small club in a small city, the history of the Bucks is similar to the history of the NBA.

This kind of small team that has always stood tall must have his unique survival wisdom.

Compared to the conservative and reliant superstar-dependent strategies of some traditional big-city teams.

Small teams like the Bucks always take a different approach, focusing on the draft and focusing on areas that don't go under the radar.

In the case of the western team taking the lead in developing the European market and bringing in a large number of European players.

Among the more conservative teams in the East, the Bucks are one of the first teams to start developing overseas talent resources.

In '05 they drafted Australia's Bogut with the top pick and won Turkey's Ilyasova in the second round.

In 07, they were in the sixth pick and forcibly took Yi Jianlian, wanting to learn rockets to develop the Chinese market.

Luke Bamot, the second-round forward drafted by the '08 Bucks, hails from Cameroon, Africa.

It can be seen that in recent years, the Bucks have hoped to find the answer that belongs to their small city in the blue ocean talent treasure of overseas players.

After all, a team like the Bucks can't attract big-name free agents.

Abdul-Jabbar, the biggest superstar in their history, later ran to Los Angeles because he disliked Milwaukee being too cold.

The Bucks can only cultivate on their own, but few newcomers in the United States, especially black players, are waiting to see Milwaukee.

You worked hard to cultivate a superstar embryo, but when you reach maturity, you will be taken away by other big city teams.

It's not once or twice that the small ball will plant trees, and the big ball will take advantage of the shade.

In contrast, there is no big city plot for overseas players to play in the United States, and they can take root wherever they are selected by the team.

Of course, a player like Yi Jianlian, who is highly packaged by some capital, is naturally very dissatisfied after being selected by the Bucks and wants to leave.

After that, the Bucks traded away Yi Jianlian, and Bogut, who was left, did not play the style of "White Duncan".

Brandon Jennings, a talented high school kid drafted in '09, played amazingly in his rookie season.

The Bucks thought they had found their true destiny, but they didn't know that this talented player, who had always been unruly and went to play overseas in college, did not perform well in his second season.

While his scoring has improved slightly, assists have dropped, and his finishing ability under the basket is staggering.

It's basically the level of players in the 50s of the last century, and it can't be compared to the small guards of the same level in the league.

The level of his score mainly depends on whether his hand feels convulsive, and he can cut 55 points when he draws the wind, and he doubts life if he can't draw iron.

Generally speaking, top stars will have a significant improvement in the second season, but Jennings has stood still and even regressed slightly because injuries began to attack him.

In this game, Curry returned, but Jennings was absent due to injury.

The Bucks obviously have a long way to go in their overseas gold panning.

With Jennings absent, the Bucks' starters tonight are Bogut, Ilyasova, Clippers veteran Corey Magetti, Kenyon Durin, and Argentine Delfino.

Of the five players in the starter, three are overseas players, and they are of different nationalities, and there is Bamot sitting off the court, and the Bucks are also considered an international legion.

After the Clippers traded for Bledsoe, the starting lineup has been changing back and forth during this time.

For a while, Dragic and Baran were paired with a back two, but it didn't work very well.

The duo must have a very strong attack, otherwise the disadvantage on the defensive end is too great.

After that, Dunleavy decided to put Ricky Davis back in the No. 2 position and put Paul George in the No. 3 position.

At a young age, George became the Clippers' starting small forward, and his youthful energy on the court allowed him to quickly establish himself.

Min Congda sat on the sidelines, looked at the Clippers' starters, and asked Ida next to him: "George is the team's starting small forward?" When was this? ”

"He started the game against the Mavericks on January 25."

"Really... Lost and won? ”

"Lost."

"Not bad... Belch... Young people are growing up fast. Is there no one in our number three slot? Alonzo Ki..."

"Alonzo Ki? Alonzo Key is not a player for the Cavaliers, they just signed some time ago. ”

"Ah, yes, yes, the Cavaliers just signed Alonzo Ki in the market, yes, it's the Cavaliers."

Min Congda's call a cold sweat.

Recently, the Cavaliers have watched a lot of games and lineups, and TM knows more about the Cavaliers than about the Clippers!

My mind is really messed up, so let's focus back on the Clippers and see what these guys are doing.

At the beginning of the game, Gasol Jr. was fighting for the ball, and the Clippers quickly fell into a 1-4 position, and Gasol Jr. took the ball in the high post.

It's a classic position for passing and cutting offense, but it's strange to Min that Barang Davis has fallen to the low post.

Jr. and Barang made a high-low pass combination, and Barang Davis pouted his big ass and forced Kenyon Doolin to eat it.

After turning around, the throwing shot, two points hit!

Who designed this TM tactic? It seems to be kind of interesting.

"The point guard eats in the low post... Mark Jackson? Gary Payton? Osk Robertson? No, this is a common offensive tactic used by Barang Davis in his prime, why did he use it at the beginning of this game? ”

I haven't watched the Clippers game seriously for more than half a month, and in the first shot of the opening game, Min Congda smelled something different.

"Damn, why do I have a bad premonition.!"

Later, I have been packing my things when I got home, I have to move, and my writing time is unstable.

(End of chapter)