It's April, and the 2011-2012 NBA regular season has come to an end.

The Clippers, who needed to snatch the eighth place in the West in the first two seasons, have jumped to the second place in the West.

And after defeating the Thunder for the third time of the season on April 9, they locked up second place in the West with a 42-15 record.

With three games left until the end of the regular season, the Lakers, who are in first place in the West, are 43-14, one win ahead of the Clippers.

The third-ranked Thunder are 39-17 and locked up third place in the West.

In the next games, even if the Clippers lose all and the Thunder win all, they will not be able to grab the second place in the West.

From fourth to eighth, the Memphis Grizzlies, Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks.

Rounding out ninth and tenth place are the Houston Rockets and Portland Trail Blazers.

The Rockets are currently two wins away from the eighth-place Dallas Mavericks, and theoretically could make the playoffs.

The Spurs, Jazz, Nuggets, and Grizzlies have already locked up playoff spots.

Min Congda looked at the fact that in just two seasons, the Clippers went from the bottom of the league to the "championship" team in people's mouths, and he felt very guilty.

It's been three years, a lot of work has been done, and there has been little substantive progress on the task.

Min Congda of the Clippers game is too lazy to watch, anyway, after two hours of play, it is another victory.

Towards the end of the season, the record is about to catch up with the Lakers, and they are just one win away.

What if this becomes the first in the West? Get all the home court advantage in the playoffs in the West?

No, no, Min Congda can't let this happen.

He decisively ordered that the last three games should be rested, and if he could lose, he would lose, but he would not win again.

This year is different from last year, last year the Clippers were going to rush eight, and Min Congda was angry with everyone in order to lose.

It turned out later that he lost his wife and lost his soldiers.

Locking up the top two in the West this year, the Clippers are indeed no longer under pressure in the regular season.

Even if you get to the first place in the west, what can you do? Anyway, if you play the Lakers in the Western Conference, it will be in Stamps, and there will be no home and away points.

And there is another advantage to staying in second place, which is to play another game with the San Antonio Spurs.

The coaching staff naturally agreed to Min Congda's suggestion to take a rotational rest, and the last three rounds of the regular season were all rotated.

But the Clippers' bench is also very strong, Jeremy Lin, Butler, Leonard, Milicic plus Bonner.

It's not easy to win this lineup.

As a result, the Clippers used this bench lineup to beat the Hawks to death on April 22 at Atlanta, 101:97, with a 4-point advantage!

Min Congda, who was sitting away and watching the game, was speechless.

Is there any hope for this alliance?

What's the point of having some teams?

Every year, they spend tens of millions of wages and salaries to players, how can they not even win the Clippers with a bench lineup?

In the Clippers' bench starting lineup, the highest-paid one is Milicic.

Leonard and Butler are both first-round picks in the first year of their contracts.

Jeremy Lin is a second-round pick, and the three contracts combined can't beat one Joe Johnson.

But the eagles are defeated, and the losers are obedient.

You know, the Eagles' lineup is not bad.

They also have a 35-win record and sit in fourth place in the East.

On the inside are Horford, Josh Smith, Pachuria, outside Joe Johnson, Jeff Teague.

The strength of the team is quite strong, and it is still playing at home.

As a result, Jeremy Lin once again led the game, scoring 20 points and seven assists.

Butler scored 15 points, Leonard scored 14 points, and Bonner was a rare outbreak.

He scored 18 points on 5-of-7 three-pointers from the perimeter and stunned Horford, who was defending him.

In the absence of five starters, the Clippers bench also has Dragic, PJ Tucker, Fisher, Okafor, Ricky Davis, all of whom are very good players on the court.

To put it bluntly, the Clippers don't have a single soft-footed shrimp on the whole team, and the depth and thickness of the lineup are quite terrifying.

Min Congda's draft and trade by mistake are one thing.

On the other hand, it is also inseparable from the careful tuning of Steve Cole and Tyronn Lue.

Don't look at how fiercely these two competed for head coach at the beginning, Kerr was still a little unconvinced by Coach Lu.

After most of the season, the two have become a good partner.

Because they really complement each other very well.

Cole has a lot of ideas, is a forward-thinking tactical thinker, is good at attacking, and has a lot of ideas for on-the-spot command.

Tyronn Lue is good at dealing with players, calling him a brother and a brother, and can balance the whole team.

And although Coach Lu is the head coach, he has never put on the shelf of the head coach.

During the game, on-the-spot command, substitution, tactical layout and other work are often entrusted to Cole.

Kerr has long figured out that it doesn't matter if he is a head coach or not with the Clippers, the key is to realize his ideas.

As for my ambitions, it is not impossible to make new choices in the future, and it is indeed very good to work with Tyronn Lue right now.

And Tyronn Lue knows that he has little seniority, and he doesn't have anyone of his own on the Clippers coaching staff.

Therefore, we must make more friends and fewer enemies, so that the work can be carried out and the position can be secured.

As a result, the two are a perfect match, which can be called a rare double-headed coach in the NBA.

In this game with the Hawks, Kerr commanded the whole process, and Coach Lu almost did not intervene.

Kerr was very creative with Matt Bonner's point as the team's offensive heart in the first half.

Using Bonner's space stretching ability and three-point ability, he caught the Hawks off guard and successfully established the advantage.

In the second half, he gave full play to Jeremy Lin's speed advantage, fought with the Eagles, and always maintained the advantage.

At this point, Joe Johnson once again used the wheel battle defense, and the Clippers now have quite abundant outside defense resources.

As a result, the Hawks, who are fourth in the East, were pressed by the Clippers' all-bench lineup and lost the game.

After winning this game, the last two games against the Knicks and Hornets allowed the Clippers to completely let themselves go.

The coaching staff doesn't set things up and just plays with the players.

The Clippers lost two games, leaving Min Congda's account with $4,000 in wages.

This is simply a long drought and a rainy day, and Min Congda is now numb.

At the end of the regular season, the Clippers finished with a 43-17 record and finished second in the West.

After losing 17 games, Min Congda received a total of $34,000 in losing wages.

Just this 34,000 US dollars, Min Congda still has to save and dare not spend, because the Clippers entered the playoffs and won the game, and he still has to lose money.

In the playoffs last season, Min Congda was fined $30,000!

If this trend continues, you will get 30,000 or 40,000 yuan in the regular season and another 30,000 or 40,000 yuan in the playoffs in the playoffs, and one season is equivalent to doing nothing!

You can only rely on the league fines to make ends meet.

And since he was banned last time and fined 1.5 million, Min Congda has been really well-behaved for a long time after the ban was lifted.

First, $1.5 million is indeed a lot of money, and second, he does have to tighten for a while.

After all, there is a deep cooperation with Adam Silva, and the president's face is to be given.

For the Clippers' consecutive victories, Min Congda has become numb.

Anyway, according to Min Congda's idea, the Clippers will definitely be cut down by the Lakers in the playoffs if they are majestic in the regular season.

He put most of his mind on the construction of the new arena.

The process of the approval line is progressing in an orderly manner, waiting for the discussion of the District Council, and then the approval of the government will be obtained.

The work of this line takes a certain amount of time, and it is impossible to rush it.

The work of the funding line is led by Min Congda, and so far no financial institution, syndicate or capital tycoon has been willing to spend $1.2 billion to lend the Clippers to build an ultra-luxurious stadium.

Because this price was too big in 2012, Min Congda's requirements were too high, making it difficult to believe that there was a possibility of recovering the cost and making a profit.

Of course, a lot of capital is secretly waiting, and they want to wait until the end of the playoffs to determine the valuation of the Clippers based on their playoff performance, and then decide whether to give the Clippers financing help.

Min Congda couldn't wait.

His plans have been quietly going on since March.

It wasn't until April 12, the penultimate day of the Clippers' regular season, that Min finally got the news he wanted.

That afternoon, three hours before the start of the game between the Clippers and the Knicks, Min Congda sat in the Red Boots restaurant and drank coffee.

After the last attack on Marcella and Christopher fled, the operation of the store was handed over to Linda.

So far, Christopher has not been heard from, and no one knows where he ran or why.

Marcella's gunshot wound was fine and he recovered quickly, but he became a relatable man and rarely made public appearances.

This attack really hit him hard, because in addition to him, many of his friends and subordinates were assassinated and suffered heavy losses.

It was most likely a gang vendetta.

Without Christopher, business at Red Boots has been good.

Because the store already has a stable supply and customer source, there is no big problem in management.

Min Congda drank two cups of black coffee to refresh himself, and by the way, he made some desserts to replenish his energy.

Suddenly, he noticed that sitting in the corner seat near the direction of the court sat a big fat white man with a bloated body.

He wore the Clippers' No. 30 Stephen Curry jersey and almost tore Curry's jersey.

And he wears a Los Angeles Dodgers baseball cap on his head and a pair of Los Angeles Galaxy football sweatpants on the bottom, which is really a mix and match.

Min Congda noticed that he kept his head down, and his face was hidden in his hat so that people couldn't see his appearance.

It's just that he will look up at Min Congda from time to time, and he can vaguely see his beard.

He nibbled on pizza in his mouth and a can of drink in his hand, apparently a fan who had come in early to watch the game.

Min Congda didn't pay much attention to it at first, and when he was about to leave after drinking coffee, the big fat man also got up and walked over.

The two accidentally collided, and Min Congda's body was crooked and he almost fell.

"Shet..." Min Congda was about to say some foul language, but the big fat man grabbed Min Congda.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

The fat man apologized in a low voice, but his hand tightly grasped Min Congda's left hand and stuffed something into his palm.

Min Congda's heart moved, and he found that the eyes and voice of this fat man seemed to be somewhat familiar, who is this?

By this time, the big fat man had already walked away quickly, and he did not walk as bulky as his body at all.

Min Congda opened his left hand and saw that it was a USB flash drive.

The U disk is still a very useful storage tool made by the Chinese.

For this last match, Min Congda was completely uninterested.

He immediately left the Staples Center and drove back home.

In order to ensure safety, Min Congda uses the electronic protection provided by the system to ensure that there are no viruses or anything in this USB flash drive.

Plug in the USB port of the computer and open the USB flash drive, there is only one file in it, a recording that lasts for more than four hours.

"Damn, such a long recording, don't pick out a key point for me!"

Min Congda complained in his heart, but he already knew who did it, it must be Marcella!

The last time he returned from Charlotte, Min Congda made an appointment to meet Marcella, and the two reached an open and honest cooperation.

Min Congda needs Marcella to use some means to eavesdrop on Clippers owner Raheem Sterling.

In exchange, Min Congda will have Sloan's security company protect Marcella and his family, and help him clear his name.

After this shooting, Marcella had the intention of retreating, and with such a big tree as Min Congda to lean on, he naturally had to lean on it, and agreed to come down.

For Marcella, he was very good at eavesdropping.

Because he has to deal with and confront eavesdropping all year round, the so-called long-term illness becomes a doctor, and if he knows anti-eavesdropping, he naturally understands eavesdropping.

So, he selected a few capable generals, closely followed Sterling with the help of Min Congda's intelligence, and launched a more than month-long surveillance work on him.

In this society, no one can stand up to scrutiny, not even Nixon died of wiretapping.

Sterling has always had a bad reputation for being outspoken in private and having a bad reputation, so it is not surprising to say anything garbished.

When Min Congda opened the three-hour recording and listened to it, he found that this was already the focus of the picking!

This recording features Sterling's conversations with his girlfriend, friends, wives, children, etc.

It is full of all kinds of bad remarks by Sterling, including racism, womenism, workplace bullying and other content.

It can be said that it is colorful and all-encompassing, and Min Congda felt quite shocked after only listening to a few paragraphs.

"This Sterling is really a foul-mouthed king, in just over a month, he has been complaining and spraying people from all angles almost every day, is the daily life of rich people so unpretentious? It's no different from trolls. ”

To Min Congda's ears, Sterling's remarks were akin to some trolls that a dog pounced on.

It's those words that go over and over every day, staring back and forth at some stars you don't like, what four Yanghua three irons, six steps, Yao Dasha, burning CPU, etc., never get tired of it.

Unexpectedly, Sterling, who is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, has a similar daily life, and he will spray all over the place when he has nothing to do.

Especially when it comes to black players, opening your mouth to Brother Ni and closing your mouth to be inferior to others is really uncomfortable to hear.

In the American society, there are some things that you can say in private, but when they are put on the table, they are really unbearable.

In the past two years in Sterling, he has been in peace and security, and he has not caused trouble for himself, and Min Congda decided to let him die a dignified death.

He collated the three-hour recording, intercepting parts of it that were discriminatory against blacks and women, and ignoring some of the parts that were political, especially about Jews.

Although Sterling is also a German-Jew, this big mouth really dares to say anything, and some things are really not as simple as social death, and this part is not what Min Congda wants.

Be a man and leave a line, see each other in the future, and leave a hand of hole cards in case of emergency.

After getting the audio done, Min Congda was thinking about how to release the news.

The first thing that comes to his mind, of course, is his social media account, NBA-Batman.

Now this account has become the first account of NBA grapevine.

It's a pity that you can't use it to monetize, otherwise Min Congda will definitely make a lot of money.

"No, if I post audio on NBA-Batman, Silva will know that I'm connected to this account, no. Don't release audio, just simply send a one-sentence message OK, which can play a role in warming up public opinion. ”

Denying NBA-Batman, Min thought of another way, he thought of the fat man he met at the Red Head Boots restaurant in the afternoon.

April 14th, two days later, the last day of the NBA's game.

The Clippers host the Hornets tonight as they head into the playoffs.

Min Congda still came to the Red Head Restaurant in the afternoon, ordered a cup of coffee, and waited quietly.

At half past three, the fat man in Curry's jersey, baseball cap and football pants came to the corner again, ordered a pizza, a large bottle of Coke, and ate it.

From time to time, he looked up at Min Congda, who winked at him, then got up and went to the bathroom.

The fat man hurriedly finished eating the pizza and drank the Coke, followed Min Congda to the bathroom, and saw Min Congda enter a cubicle.

After a while, Min Congda came out of the cubicle, and the fat man immediately entered the cubicle, looked around, and found an envelope behind the water tank.

Open the envelope, which contains a USB stick and a letter.

The USB flash drive was given to Min Congda by the fat man yesterday.

The letter reads:

Christopher, hand over this USB stick to the front desk of the Los Angeles Times, and buy a ticket to Shanghai, China, where I arranged for someone to wait for you. You don't have to bring anything, just go over. Give you a call: 137xxxxxxxx. Make a note of this phone number, the note is better to burn.

When the fat man saw this letter, he couldn't help but redden, and his days of hiding in Tibet were finally coming to an end.

(End of chapter)