At 7 p.m. PT, the Clippers and Trail Blazers game is about to begin at the Moda Center.

This is Min Congda's first appearance as a head coach in the NBA.

Unlike in the past, he was dressed a lot more formally.

Wearing a suit and leather shoes, he also wore a bright yellow tie, which made him uncomfortable.

Sitting in the audience and with the fans, Min will feel like an outsider.

When you go inside and be a part of the game, it's really different.

The biggest feeling is that the dwarf has entered the giant country, and there are shoulders everywhere, and he has to look up when he looks at people's faces.

Min Congda's height of 175 is already ordinary, and standing with these professional players, he is more than one size smaller.

There are also coaches like Kerr and Lucas, who are all big and tall among ordinary people.

Not to mention Kim Hughes, the big center of 211, Min Congda feels that he can carry himself.

Not only the players and coaches, but also the referees on the field are all tall and strong.

The referee has to follow the players back and forth for the whole game, which is physically demanding.

Some referees are in their fifties or sixties, and they can still turn back all over the court, and their physical fitness has nothing to say.

The referees tonight were Tre Maldos, Michael Smith and Sean Wright.

Among them, Michael Smith is the oldest and is a veteran referee who has been officiating since the 1993-1994 season.

And Sean Wright and Maldos are young referees, who follow the old referees to eat experience and mix qualifications.

Among them, Maldos is the youngest and just entered the league last season.

As a young referee in the second year, he is still inexperienced and looks a little reserved.

Min Congda is basically familiar with the referees of the whole league, and he has been scolded by him in just two seasons.

This Maldos is a fresh face, Min Congda saw him and shouted at him from the sidelines: "Number 23! Blow well and be fair in the evening game! Don't miss the whistle, but don't let the home fans down either! ”

Among the large group of people on the sidelines, Min Congda should be the shortest and most inconspicuous.

But no one dared to ignore him, especially the referees, who learned a lot last season and some of the young referees didn't even want to blow the Clippers game.

To be honest, there are many people in the league who have bad mouths, especially coaches, and there are many people who use trash talk to engage in the referee mentality.

Almost every referee who has just entered the league has to learn the first lesson on how to deal with the pressure exerted by the coaches of both sides.

But the pressure brought by Min Congda is particularly great, mainly because of two points:

First, he not only has a bad mouth, but also can do it.

Second, this guy is moody, and he can't grasp the point where he is mad.

This uncertainty keeps the referee under a high pressure.

Being a referee is already a lot of pressure, and there is such a dog thing eyeing him, and his poor psychological quality is really unbearable.

It was Maldos' first officiating Clippers game, and both Vice President Bozia and Michael Smith warned him to be cautious when blowing the whistle.

But don't be afraid of Min Congda, "If he has any out-of-bounds remarks or behaviors, don't be polite and give him a technical foul!" Now that he's a coach and not a general manager, he can be expelled. ”

Thinking of this, Maldos plucked up his courage and replied to Min Congda, saying: "Do your job well, you are the coach, I am the referee, I don't need you to teach me how to blow the whistle!" ”

When Min Congda heard it, the young man had a future, and he dared to face me head-on, I popcorn... As a head coach, you can't eat popcorn.

And the league has warned you to stop throwing things at the referee's head, and to be a little more restrained.

Of course, Min Congda knew that such a young referee could easily be teased, and then desperately blew for technical fouls.

"Really? We'll see, if you don't blow it accurately, or blow it indiscriminately, I'll write a referee's report to Bozia! Come on, I'll keep an eye on you! ”

Min Congda did not show weakness, and as soon as he said this, Maldos's heart thumped and he became nervous.

In fact, the vast majority of managers trash talk and threats against young referees are tentative.

If the young referees are relentless, these managers will constantly put pressure on the referees during the game to get a penalty in their favour.

Once the referee's response is tough, the managers will relent, because fighting with the referee will not end well.

Maldos listened to the experience of some of his predecessors and tried to make himself appear tougher, so as not to be overwhelmed by Min Congda.

Who knows, Min Congda is a new coach who doesn't play according to the routine, so he doesn't want the referee to give the Clippers a strong penalty.

He's here to cheat technical fouls!

Michael Smith came over at this time and asked, "What did Smart just say to you?" ”

"He said tell me to pay attention, he will keep an eye on me, and he will report back to the league after the game."

"What did you say to him?"

"I said, I don't need you to teach me how to whistle..."

"Shet, why are you bothering with him? Obey softly, smile and pass? ”

"But... They all said that they should be tough on these managers, otherwise they will be taken care of. ”

"That's another coach, Smart is different, he's a madman. Forget it, the game started right away, and I told him after the game not to let him go crazy. Blow well, don't be nervous. ”

After the old referee comforted the young referee, the game was about to start.

After the Trail Blazers' loss to Brandon Roy, the rebuilding in recent years has been a complete failure.

The former Portland Youth Army has not yet grown up and is gradually withering due to injuries.

The Trail Blazers are now a patchwork lineup, with Ade still standing upright, and Purzbila spinning around the outside and back to the Trail Blazers.

Not to mention how the Trail Blazers cursed with center injuries, Purzbilla slipped and fell while taking a shower and injured himself.

He returned from injury and played a few games, and was traded by the Trail Blazers to the Bobcats in exchange for Gerald Wallace.

When his contract expired in the summer and the new season began, the Trail Blazers re-signed Pulzbilla.

No way, the Trail Blazers really don't have a center to use.

At the shooting guard position, Roy retired and Wesley Matthews stepped up.

The team also signed players with a certain quality such as Raymond Felton and Crawford.

But neither Filton nor Crawford are in the Trail Blazers' plans to build a team in the future.

So, it's a transitional lineup, and the Trail Blazers are starting to rebuild.

How could such a broken lineup play the Clippers, who were healthy and neat, and made it to the Western Conference finals last season?

From the jump shot, the Clippers quickly took the lead and got the ball.

Curry went around the screen, hit a three-point shot from the middle, and made the first three-pointer of the new season for the Clippers!

The Trailblazers are still grinding their positions slowly, and they are still superstitious about the middle distance and miss the jump shot.

Gasol Jr. got the backcourt rebound and passed the ball to Harden, who made a long pass to the frontcourt.

Ricky Davis catches the ball and makes an easy layup to score two more points.

Ade stepped up, singled Randolph with his back in the low post, and turned around and missed the jumper.

Gasol Jr. took the rebound again, and then made a long pass to the frontcourt, and Harden took the ball to accelerate the breakthrough in the middle.

Suddenly the ball was given to the wing, Curry received the ball for three points and then shot, and then hit!

In one minute, the Clippers beat the Trail Blazers 8-0 and blinded the Trail Blazers.

"Pause, pause, pause!"

Maldos heard a timeout and immediately blew the whistle to stop the game.

But as soon as the whistle blew, it didn't feel right, why didn't it seem like the Trailblazer called a pause?

Is it the Clippers, is it Min Congda who called a timeout?

Some people died, but not completely......