Chapter 500: You're Like Kobe

“Fxxk! Fxxk! ”

On the Thunder bench, Kevin Durant vented his inner anger with expletives.

Looking up at the score, by the fourth quarter of the game, the Thunder had trailed the Clippers by 16 points.

Stephen Curry's two three-pointers at the start of the fourth quarter quickly widened the gap between the two teams.

Forced Brooks to call a timeout to adjust.

But how else can it be adjusted?

Durant was crushed by the Clippers wheel battle on the court.

PJ Tucker grabbed Durant's soft underbelly on defense and slammed into his next set.

Attack Durant with a grinding-style defense and don't give him a chance to dribble and shoot easily.

What upset Durant the most was the referee's whistle tonight, with the Clippers only having two defensive fouls against him in the third quarter.

Such a big defensive move, what a strong physical confrontation, the referee's whistle just doesn't sound.

Allowing Tucker to move bigger and bigger makes Durant's offense feel worse and worse.

A player like Durant, who mainly relies on shooting to score, once the touch is destroyed, the offensive power will be greatly reduced.

Although Durant complained to the referee, Tony Brother was unmoved, just didn't give the whistle.

Or find one or two innocrelevant whistles to blow and blow them, which won't translate into points at all.

The situation on the court is even more unfavorable for the Thunder.

Durant used to play at home in Russian City, and the whistle has always been biased towards him.

Durant and other stars know this.

Every time I don't feel very good in attacking, I can't score a few goals in a row.

These stars will take the initiative to find opponents in the offense, and Durant will also circle the opponent's arm.

The referee will blow the whistle in time to give these stars a chance to take free throws and get back to the attacking feeling.

The so-called why fans will find when watching the game is that some stars often have a "body hair whistle", while ordinary role players will not have such treatment.

The referee is helping the star find his form and make the game more "balanced".

But tonight, the balance was shattered.

Although Westbrook played well and scored consecutive goals, Durant did not play, and the Thunder's offense was at least six off.

How can a Thunder with a six-fold offense be an opponent for the Clippers?

Not to mention that the Thunder are on the defensive end, and Perkins' hole has never been filled.

Brooks has to think hard about how he's going to respond to the Clippers in the playoffs.

He couldn't figure it out now anyway.

Don't say he can't think of it, Min Congda, who was sitting on the sidelines watching the game, can't think of it!

Looking at the performance of the Thunder in the fourth quarter, Min Congda shook his head.

How did this beat the Clippers?

As soon as Durant is on fire, their offense can't find its center of gravity.

Westbrook's biggest problem is that his stats are rising, but his ability to motivate his teammates is seriously insufficient.

To put it bluntly, this person lacks integrity in playing, and as a point guard, he doesn't have a holistic mindset.

He doesn't have a way to make his teammates better.

He can score points continuously, break fast, and defend aggressively, which is already the biggest help he can do to the team.

Those invisible things, such as attracting the attention of the opponent's defense in the attack, creating opportunities for teammates.

For example, in defense, you can help your teammates defend with good positioning.

Or mentally giving his teammates a sense of stability, etc., Westbrook didn't have it.

At least Min Congda can't feel it, and even these things are not much on Durant.

On the contrary, on the Clippers' side, Curry, Harden, Gasol Jr., and even Jeremy Lin all have the potential to be the team leader.

Don't be greedy at all when you play, pass when you should pass, be resolute when you should be resolute, don't lose your position in defense, and don't take risks in attack.

The team's run-in is getting better and better, so good that Min Congda can't think of a way to stumble the team.

All his hopes are pinned on the Lakers and Cavaliers.

Also, he doesn't believe that the Los Angeles Clippers are really strong enough to win a championship.

"A group of rookie eggs, don't look at the regular season to play beautifully, it still can't go to the playoffs! Playing Mavericks last season is proof of this, and Jiang is still old and spicy. ”

Min Congda can only comfort himself like this now.

The timeout ended, and both sides returned to the court.

The Thunder and Durant haven't given up on the game yet.

As soon as Durant came back, he tried to force a three-point shot from the outside.

As a result, he missed the shot, and Leonard turned around to grab the rebound that collapsed far away.

The ball was given to Curry, Curry slowly held the ball across the half court, and the Clippers were not in a hurry at all.

Drag the time, hit the ball inside, and give it to Randolph.

Randolph forced Perkins in the low post and hit a two-point jumper after turning.

The Clippers are really, really really, really.

When widening the difference, seize the opportunity to shoot three-pointers.

The score difference is large, and it is necessary to stabilize the situation and give the low Randolph two points and two points to chisel steadily.

The game is so obscene, the Thunder can't do it if they want to speed up and chase points.

The margin is now 18 points.

The Thunder have little hope of turning the tables in this game.

Min Congda sat on the sidelines and called a person uncomfortable.

The Clippers want to win easily, they can't eat popcorn themselves, and they can't curse people to make money.

What's the point of watching this game!

Adam Silva's bald head is still smiling all the time, and he has a lot of fun watching the game.

In fact, this guy has a bad stomach, and he is bent on getting rid of Sterling, and I am afraid that he has a deeper plan.

After all, of all NBA owners, Raheem Sterling is one of the oldest in the group, having been at the helm of the league longer than David Stern.

For Silva, these old shareholders are well-informed, and many things can be difficult to get on their heads.

After all, the president is still the executive elected by the general meeting of shareholders to put it bluntly, and he has power, but he will still be constrained.

When it came time to vote on the new president, Sterling voted against Silva, as Silva knew.

Coupled with the fact that the Clippers' results have always been sparse, Silva naturally won't like this old man.

It's as if Stern didn't like the Celts and Auerbach in the first place.

Although Auerbach is not the owner, his energy in the NBA is greater than that of many owners.

In the '70s, the Celtics changed owners almost every season, all because Auerbach was at odds with the owners.

By the '80s, Auerbach wanted to re-energize the Boston Empire, only to be hit by Stern on every front.

In the end, the Celtics slumped after a small glow in the mid-80s, and in the 90s, when the NBA was at its most glorious, there was no shadow of the Green Shirts at all, and the team did not bounce back until the cardinals died.

Silva has worked beside Stern for many years and knows that a good league situation needs guidance and layout.

Min Congda and the Clippers are the most important chess pieces that Silva wants to lay.

It's just that Min Congda doesn't know yet, and he is thinking about his Afang Palace.

As expected, the Clippers continued to rub the Thunder wildly in the fourth quarter.

In the end, 119:110, the 9-point advantage easily took the victory in the Russian city.

Kevin Durant still scored 28 points in the game, which is a good statistic.

But after watching the whole game, you know that Durant didn't play all his energy at all.

This time, his number of shots, according to usual, the referee gave face, and it was towards 40 points.

Westbrook scored a game-high 37 points, and Gordon also scored 20 points.

The three of them combined to score 85 points, but the others didn't play enough.

Conversely, the Clippers scored very evenly, with Curry scoring a team-high 22 points.

He shot 6 of 8 three-pointers in the whole game, with a surprisingly high shooting percentage, but he didn't shoot much.

In such a good state, Curry only played 34 minutes and had a lot of time to sit on the bench.

Because the Clippers have so many people who can play.

Jimmy Butler scored a career-high 12 points.

There weren't many scores, but he was there for a few of the highlights.

The picture of Perkins violently slamming with both hands will definitely appear in the post-game highlights and five best balls today.

At the end of the game, Brooks and Tyronn Lue shook hands.

Brooks didn't say a word, he really didn't know what to say.

He felt a little fear inside him that the Clippers had become stronger than they had been at the beginning of the season.

What's even more frightening is that this isn't the strongest Clippers.

Will the Thunder face this monster team for the next few seasons?

Brooks didn't know what to do, and he had to talk to Presti about it.

The current Clippers are too terrifying, especially their No. 3 position, which is full of talent to the naked eye.

The interior duo that the Clippers were proud of, Gasol Jr. + Randolph, was the smallest and worst in terms of potential.

If the Clippers add a little more talent on the inside......

Brooks didn't dare to think about it anymore, and he didn't know how Smart Min could build such a monster.

The so-called Chunjiang plumbing duck prophet, generally speaking, there is a monster-type strong team in the league, and the front-line professionals such as coaches feel the deepest and most urgent.

Then the players, then the experts, then the commentators, and finally the fans.

Generally speaking, fans will not know how strong they are until they see this monster team play in one or more series.

It's just the regular season, and it's not a particularly exaggerated exaggeration for the Clippers, who are second in the West, to beat the Thunder, who are third in the West, by 9 points.

Many fans just feel that there are a lot of people playing for the Clippers, and Durant didn't play well but scored 28 points.

When it comes to the playoffs, if Durant breaks out, the Clippers will not be so easy.

Also, tonight's referee wasn't very normal.

It's obviously the home court of the Thunder, but the whistle is more biased towards the Clippers.

Durant encountered a high-intensity battle against the wheel war defense, and the referee's whistle was not to give face at all.

In the post-game interview, Durant also complained about the referee, saying that "tonight's blowing scale is confusing." ”

The result, of course, was a $15,000 fine, which made Min Congda envious.

He really wanted to snatch Durant's microphone, don't say it, let me say it, I'll scold it.

It's a pity that Min Congda has to restrain himself recently.

After the game between the Clippers and Thunder, the Clippers flew to their next destination, New Orleans.

Away against the Hornets.

Speaking of the Hornets, this is another pain in Min Congda's heart!

In the summer, Min Congda easily sent Paul to the Lakers and Gasol to the Hornets.

He also sent Barang Davis to the Hornets to fulfill his rookie dream and start being the team boss again.

It stands to reason that the combination of Baran Davis + Pau Gasol is still very interesting.

It's a pity that both of them are no longer at their peak.

Baron Davis' 2010-2011 season with the Clippers was actually a flashback of his career.

And his excellent performance on the court is a team bonus in it, and the Clippers are really good.

In the rotten team of the Hornets, without the support of good teammates, without the care of the coaching staff, and especially without the tolerance of General Manager Smart, Baron Davis did not play a star-level performance.

Go back to where the dream began, and then find that everything is just dreaming.

Baron Davis' quality is hard to do as the absolute core of a playoff-caliber team.

His body and ability couldn't hold it, and the result of letting him shoot a lot of shots in the whole court was a mess of efficiency.

Fortunately, Pau Gasol is in good form and still has a strong strength on the inside.

The 31-year-old still averages 21 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks per game.

But Pau Gasol has always been an excellent second-in-command, and his experience with the Grizzlies proves that he can't be the boss of the team.

And accustomed to sunny, dry, culturally diverse and tolerant Los Angeles, to New Orleans, where the swampy and humid weather is hot and humid in the south, Grand Gasol is not used to it, and he lacks passion to play here.

The Hornets' record is therefore conceivable, and it is really not good, hovering at the bottom of the league.

This worries Min Congda, the Clippers have the Hornets' 2012 first-round pick!

Thinking of this Min Congda has a headache, why didn't he think about adding a protection for the top three picks in the first round when he was trading?

The Hornets are also stupid, thinking that they can rise with Davis and Gasol, so you don't want the protection of the first-round pick?

In fact, the Hornets management is not stupid, but someone behind the scenes, hoping that the Hornets will not impose restrictions on first-round picks.

After all, the Hornets are owned by the NBA.

At the same time, the management also wants to rely on Baron Davis and Pau Gasol to play a good record to attract fans and new buyers.

Halfway through the season and the playoffs are approaching, the Hornets still haven't found a place to take over, and they are still being hosted by the league.

The league can't hang on the team all the time, and it must be hoping that the Hornets have a better record and can attract big bosses.

Who knows that the mud can't support the wall, the team's record and attendance are still touching, so I can only resign myself to fate.

After the Clippers arrived in New Orleans, the whole team rested for the day.

At noon on game day, Baran Davis and Pau Gasol had a meal with Min Congda, Curry and Gasol Jr. at a restaurant in New Orleans.

While eating, Min Congda criticized both Barang Davis and Pau Gasol.

"You, as league stars, were supposed to be a chance to prove yourself again, how did you lead the team to play like this? It really hurts my heart, it hurts! ”

"Barang, I sent you to the Hornets just to make your dream come true, to play at an All-Star level again in New Orleans, how can you be worthy of me, how can you be worthy of New Orleans fans?"

"Paul, you're about to be overtaken by your brother, you know? Do you want to prove that you're always a second-class player? Thou shalt stand up, stand up! It's in the playoffs! ”

Min Congda is a fast-talking person who never says kind words.

While eating, he scolded Davis and Gasol.

Davis was ashamed, and Gasol was amazed.

After eating, Pau Gasol whispered to his younger brother Mark, "I now understand a little bit why your team is becoming more and more successful, and Smart is a manager like Kobe." ”

When Pau Gasol was with the Lakers, the biggest feeling was that Kobe Bryant would always be like a tireless teacher, spurring everyone forward.

He was never polite, even snarky, and unbearable.

But the Lakers can win the game, they can win the championship, their lineup is not excellent, but they can work together and work hard.

Kobe Bryant may not be a good partner to get along with in life, he is too harsh and paranoid, but on the court, this is what a leader looks like.

On the way to the court in the afternoon, Mark Gasol and Min Congda made small talk and said, "Mr. Smart, my brother said that you are like Kobe." ”

Min Congda took a sip, "Why do you swear?" You're like Kobe, your whole family is like Kobe! ”

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