Chapter 417: Smart's Test
Kerr admires Min Congda's sacrifice for the Clippers.
Most managers will put pressure on the referee to achieve a fairer decision or even a bias from the whistle.
However, there is a limit to this pressure, and sometimes it is self-defeating, annoying the referee and targeting your team.
Min Congda is not, he keeps putting pressure on the referee, no matter if you don't target me, he "attacks" the referee indiscriminately.
In the end, the Clippers were feared in the whole league, and I couldn't hide if I couldn't provoke them?
For this, Min Congda paid the price of nearly one million dollars in "fines".
Although Cole's salary is several million a year, he has to pay millions in taxes.
Coupled with the cost of various insurances, the money you really get is the same as that of NBA stars, less than half.
So it's still very distressing to be fined, but Min Congda is really not afraid and dares to speak out.
"If I'm not mistaken, Smart's 15-man rotation and the team's strange substitution strategy must be based on a long-term vision, not a focus on immediate gains and losses. So, we all have to believe in Him. ”
Cole was firm in his heart to support Min Congda's thoughts.
To be honest, when Min Congda first decided to be the head coach, Kerr was not convinced.
When Kerr gave up his job at Turner Television Network to come to the Clippers, he hoped to sit in the position of head coach in the future and make a big difference.
As the first assistant coach last season, he has a faint tendency to replace Dunleavy.
And Mike Dunleavy is also familiar with ceding most of the power to Cole.
During the game, Kerr was asked to lay out tactics and complete substitutions.
It just so happened that Dunleavy had a physical problem, and Kerr naturally succeeded him as head coach.
How do you know that you are a dignified general manager and come to compete with our coach for a job?
But after more than a month, plus this half-played game.
Cole felt that he still had a lot to learn from Min Congda.
Not to mention anything else, just his incomprehensible city, and the all-encompassing tactical whimsy of the sea, are enough for Cole to catch up.
Calm down and learn slowly, there is no end to learning.
At this time, Min Congda was immersed in the joy of eating a technical foul and a penalty of 2,000.
"Oops, one technical foul at a time, and the loss pay will come! There are still benefits to being a coach, hehehe. It's just that scolding is not quite in line with my heart, I am an elegant and easy-going person, but now I have become so irritable...... This dog system really turns people into ghosts... I'm CNM, how did I hit this ball? How was it snatched again! ”
The situation on the field suddenly changed.
Matthews made just one of two free throws and missed the second.
But Ade grabbed the rebound and was about to attack with the ball.
Leonard ghostly sneaks up from behind and breaks the ball out of Ade's hand.
The Clippers, who had the ball in hand, immediately launched a counterattack.
The ball goes to Curry, and Curry makes a long pass to Harden.
Harden catches the ball and rushes to the basket with a one-handed dunk!
Little fat man Harden doesn't look lazy and lazy in playing, in fact, his body is quite explosive.
Once it rushes up, it is also a flying away, omnipotent buckle.
Seeing Harden's quick attack, Min Congda couldn't sit still and wanted to call a timeout again.
But now that the Trail Blazers have the ball, he can't call a timeout.
Ade receives the ball in the low post and singles Gasol Jr. with his back.
Min Congda took a look, "Wori, who TM asked little Gasol to defend against Ade?" What's the situation? What about Bonner? This dog is lazy and runs to the basket and squats! ”
Gasol Jr. defended Ade, and Ade didn't score so easily.
The turnaround jumper missed, and Bonner grabbed the rebound.
Another quick pass to Curry, who advanced with the ball.
A dangerous horizontal pass to Harden, who catches the ball and juggles a back pass to Xiao Jia, who follows up in the middle.
Xiaojia stuffed another straight to the inside, Leonard had already rushed to the basket, caught the ball and dunked again!
How did you come up with this fluid attack?
On the one hand, it is because Harden, Curry, and Gasol Jr. are all good passers.
Leonard, on the other hand, obviously has a high ball IQ, is very good at taking chances, and is very focused on the court.
On the other hand, if the head coach doesn't set it up, we'll discuss it ourselves.
When Matthews made a free throw just now, the five of them repeatedly communicated and discussed, and how to attack later.
One of the core ideas is to play fast and push the speed up.
As for why? Anyway, the coach didn't say it, we think we can play how we want.
Once again, the situation on the court was not in favor of the Trail Blazers, and McMillan called a timeout.
Min Congda searched his stomach and wanted to scold Curry and Harden, but he couldn't scold.
At that stage, it was really good.
Yes, a good game will reward you with a 10-minute break.
Curry and Harden went off the rest again and replaced Fisher and Butler.
Little Gasol, you're tired too, drink your saliva, let Milicic go up.
This magical substitution, the entire Moda Center was drunk.
Of course, the Clippers players are very puzzled, why do they have to make substitutions as soon as they have an advantage?
Playing like this, the state of the players cannot come out, and there is no continuity.
Like Curry and Harden, it's easy to play the state out.
It was pressed to the bench to cool down, how uncomfortable it was.
McMillan saw that the Clippers were doing this again, so he made targeted changes.
Let Crawford take control early and use his individual ability to tear apart the Clippers' backcourt defense.
Crawford is agile and very attacking individually.
Milicic was too slow to face Crawford with his team's sinking and shrinking defense in the first half.
With back-to-back mid-range jumpers and breakaway baskets, the Trail Blazers once again closed the score.
And the Clippers' lineup is very constipated, and there is no one to attack, so they can only let Butler, a young man, attack with the ball.
How can Butler have this ability now, and he can't score at all after two turnovers under the basket.
The score was getting closer, 75:70, and the Clippers led by five points near the end of the third quarter.
Such a terrible second line-up obviously can't be used on the field for too long.
Min was replaced by Dragic, Harden and Ricky Davis.
Replaced Leonard, Fisher and Bonner for a small lineup.
Last season, Dunleavy also experimented with a variety of lineups.
Many coaches will experiment with lineups, expand rotations during the regular season, and have different players on the court and combinations to see the results.
However, it is extremely rare for such a large-scale and frequent substitution to extend the rotation to 12 people like Min Congda.
This resulted in two results, the first of which was that at the start of the fourth quarter, Ade hit a three-pointer from the outside, and the gap between the two sides narrowed to seven points.
In the fourth quarter, the suspense of the game resumed, and the 7-point advantage was completely unsafe.
The second result is that the Clippers players are forced to familiarize themselves with their new teammates, new routines, new combinations, and discuss tactics during the game.
Min Congda doesn't arrange any tactics, just let the players go up and play.
The players were on the pitch discussing how to play.
Of course, this is inefficient and painful, how can a coach not arrange tactics and let the players discuss it themselves?
But the Clippers players really didn't have a second word, and they discussed it on the spot.
You have your plan, we have our ladder over the wall.
In the eyes of the Clippers players, this is just a test for Mr. Smart.
Some people died, but not completely......