When the Clippers make the right adjustments, they are unstoppable.

And the Clippers are playing at home, and they will be more or less taken care of by the referee when they are down 0:1.

The second first round of the West lost two home games in a row, which was too ugly.

Spurs, as the side that stole an away win, the attitude of this game is to start with all the strength to see if they can take the advantage.

If it is the same as the last game, it can take advantage of the opening game and press the Clippers until the last moment, and it will definitely fight for a victory.

After all, to be able to take a 2-0 lead on the road, the advantage of the series is too great.

But once you feel that you can't beat it, you are pressed too hard by the Clippers, or the referee blows too much, the Spurs will give up strategically.

So, when the Clippers led the Spurs by 12 points at 33-21 in the first quarter, Popovich knew he was ready for Game 3.

Of course, the Spurs will not give up easily, and Popovich made tactical adjustments in the intersection, deciding to adopt a more risky strategy and play fast with the Clippers.

If the two sides play against each other to attack, the Spurs can play less hard, and at the same time drive the pace of the game, and the two sides will have an offensive battle.

Once the Clippers make a mistake in the second half, especially in the fourth quarter, the Spurs have another chance to flip around.

But the Clippers clearly don't want to give the Spurs that chance.

After the start of the second quarter, Tyronn Lue did not go the defensive line of conservative.

Jeremy Lin, who played badly in the last game, reappeared.

Min Congda reminded before the game, "Since you have decided to use this player, you must resolutely use him, do not use suspicious people, and use people without suspicion." ”

Jeremy Lin had a great regular season, but the first playoff game wasn't good enough.

In this game, Coach Lu still gave Jeremy Lin a chance to continue to lead the second team to play fast-paced.

Jeremy Lin lived up to Tyronn Lue's trust tonight, and he no longer hesitated or blindly picked up speed after his debut.

Instead, he used his speed and impact to bombard the Spurs' interior.

As soon as the second quarter came up, he broke through continuously and caused the Spurs to foul inside and go to the free throw line.

Then he quickly crossed the half court with the ball for the second time, boldly plugged long passes, and gave Leonard and Ricky Davis a quick attack to break inside.

The Clippers got into their familiar rhythm, with outside three-pointers and inside cut-and-go layups.

Once the passing and cutting system is played, the speed of scoring should not be too fast, and the Spurs are a little unable to parry.

At the end of the first half, the Clippers led the Spurs by 14 points at 69:55.

By the beginning of the third quarter, the Spurs still had some thoughts on chasing points.

But at the beginning of the third quarter, Curry made three points, Harden broke through, Harden made a mid-range jumper, Harden broke through and threw it, Harden made three points, and Harden assisted Curry to hit a three-point shot.

The two teamed up to direct a wave of 15:2 offensive shockwaves, and in just four minutes, the difference between the two sides was stretched to nearly 30 points!

The strong scoring explosiveness of the perimeter players was vividly reflected at the beginning of the third quarter.

In the early 10 years of the playoffs, the kind of grinding meat grinding disc like fighting each other, the scene of internal wrestling is becoming less and less.

The Mavericks' championship in '11 proved that they can win a championship by shooting.

And accurate three-point and mid-range are extremely important, and once the three-point is opened, it is hugely powerful.

The Mavericks killed the traditional Lakers with extremely accurate shooting in the Western Conference semifinals.

In the Western Conference finals, he and the Clippers fought to shoot, and finally successfully broke out of the encirclement and won the championship.

Now the Clippers' two outside lines are bursting tonight, and the Spurs are powerless to stop it.

Popovich watched Harden and Curry's rain-down mid-range shots, and could only call a timeout, then look up at the scoreboard:

"It's 30 points, now this group of guys, the shooting is really accurate, damn it."

As a fossil coach who has coached the Spurs since the '90s and spanned three eras, Popovich has a deep memory of the change in the league's tactical style.

He knows that the day will come when the three-point will be popularized, because no one who plays and coaches in the NBA is a fool, and everyone knows how significant it is to make the three-point game once it is developed.

In the 1994-1995 season, the league shortened the length of the three-point line, and as a result, the average number of three-point shots taken in the regular season skyrocketed from 9 to 15!

So everyone is actually not stupid, once the three-point shot becomes easy, everyone is willing to shoot.

That year was also the year the Rockets, who finished sixth in the West, won the championship, and their success benefited from the shortening of the three-point line.

They averaged the most three-point shots and the most shots per game in the regular season.

Over the next two seasons, the number of three-point shots increased year by year, and many players began to shoot more three-point shots.

The NBA decided that this would lead to a decline in game viewing, so it changed the three-point line back to the 1997-1998 season.

As a result, the number of three-point shots dropped from 16 to 12 that season, and the NBA returned to the path of interior confrontation and slow-paced defense.

The reform in just three seasons fully shows that when everyone's three-point accuracy is relatively high, everyone is willing to shoot more three-pointers to obtain greater score gains, and at the same time, the space of the court can be expanded wider.

In the '90s, three-point accuracy increased because the three-point line was shortened.

Now, the three-point accuracy is higher because the players are more capable of shooting and the defense from the perimeter is weakened.

Like Curry and Harden, they can use dribbling or single blocks to get rid of defenders and get space to shoot directly from three-point shots.

This kind of shooting is relatively rare 10 years earlier, and most of them are forced shots from mid-range after getting rid of defense.

Now that the players have taken their range up a notch, Curry has a unique shooting stance and is incredibly fast.

Harden, on the other hand, has a very strong upper body, which allows him to complete some difficult shots.

The two bombarded indiscriminately, and the balance of victory overturned in an instant.

Popovich calling a timeout didn't do much either.

With a margin of nearly 30 points, the Spurs no longer have the ability to turn the tide.

In fact, in the playoffs, the Spurs rarely complete the kind of big comebacks that are down by a large score.

Their style of play means that they rarely fall behind by a big score.

Once you fall behind a lot, the lineup scoring explosiveness is average, and the problem of defensive aggression will be exposed.

At the end of the third quarter, the Spurs were slightly closer to the score, but after Jeremy Lin came on the court, there was another whirlwind of fast play and falling stones, making the score of the two sides 102:72 in the third quarter......

The difference returned to 30 points, and the Clippers scored 100 points after the third quarter, which is really amazing, very amazing.

Min Congda was a little stunned from the stands, is my team so strong?

"There's no reason to be so strong, it's just an accidental outburst."

"What kind of garbage defense is the Spurs, there is no intensity on the outside, hey, this No. 3 position is too bad."

Min Congda habitually criticizes the opponent's defense, and then looks back on it, this time they want to win.

By the fourth quarter, the game had completely lost its suspense.

The Clippers won 122-100 to tie the score.

However, the 1-1 score did not satisfy the Clippers.

Stolen a win by the Spurs in Los Angeles, and the second one was deserved.

And in the playoffs, you win by 58 points and you win by 1 point.

After the game, everyone in the Clippers locker room just celebrated faintly.

Min Congda simply didn't go to the locker room, but sent a text message to everyone: See you at the airport early tomorrow morning.

The Clippers didn't stop in Los Angeles after the game, and flew to San Antonio the next morning on an early flight to prepare for Game 3 between the two sides.

Game 3 is obviously extremely important, and if the Clippers lose Game 3, the risk of losing the series will increase dramatically.

If it can be won, then home-court advantage will return to the Clippers' side.

In the case of a 1-1 draw, it is very important to grab 3.

The Spurs saw that the defeat was decided, and the main team rested early in the fourth quarter.

Popovich is just holding up his energy to give the Clippers a blow in the third and fourth games.

The third game will be the one that sets the tone for this round of the series, and the strength and weakness of the two sides, the victory or defeat, will also be really seen from this one.

The Clippers, who arrived in San Antonio early, began acclimatization.

At the pre-match preparation meeting, Min Congda and the coaching staff held a meeting together to make tactical preparations.

And just as the Clippers were actively preparing for Game 3, Sterling's racial discrimination issue made new progress.

Sterling's wife, Sheri Sterling, suddenly filed for divorce with the court, deciding to end her fifty-year marriage.

And she has publicly stated that she does not want to sell the Clippers, and claimed that she has relevant evidence, saying that the recording incident was a conspiracy to frame up.

Then, on the afternoon of Shelly Sterling's announcement, NBA-Batman, the king of NBA gossip on Twitter, tweeted:

"Raheem Sterling's recordings were the result of illegal wiretapping, because there were people who wanted Sterling to leave the NBA, and it was an internal conspiracy."

As soon as this news was issued, it once again caused a lot of waves in the circle of public opinion.

Although the tweet was not named, everyone knew who this "certain person" was.

It must be Smart Min, the general manager of the Clippers!

NBA-Batman has been sparing no effort to portray Min Congda as a usurper for power with the Clippers.

Well, now, the character that has been shaped for so long has finally been realized!

Smart Min really wanted to usurp the throne, and even came up with such a trick to frame his boss?

People are starting to feel some sympathy for Sterling, which is crucial.

Regardless of what kind of legal society the United States is, in fact, public opinion tendencies and people's emotions always play a decisive role in the judgment of certain matters.

Earlier, many people supported Sterling's expulsion from the league, and now there are voices supporting Sterling, because there are also people who don't like Min Congda.

In short, a series of sudden changes caught the NBA league by surprise and gave Silva a bit of a headache.

Silva contacted Min Congda, who was preparing for the game with the players in San Antonio, to find out what was going on.

Min Congda said: "I can't protect myself now, everyone says that I framed Sterling!" That NBA-Batman, did you find out who was behind it? Always exposing the news like this, one day it will be exposed to you, do you believe it or not? ”

These words made Silva break out in a cold sweat, and he knew that this matter was inseparable from his own manipulation.

If this NBA-Batman really pulls himself, then he, the NBA president, can't think about doing a good job, and can only take the blame and resign.

Where would Silva have thought that this NBA-Batman is Min Congda himself.

How did he know that there was such a neurotic in the world and was willing to defile himself?

And Shelly Sterling's divorce has also caused big trouble for the sale of the team.

Once the two divorce, Shelly will legally own half of the Clippers.

If Shelly isn't willing to sell her stake in the Clippers and only sell her share of Sterling, who wants to buy it?

Because with less than half of the shares, it is impossible to gain control of the Clippers.

Silva doesn't quite know exactly what's going on, after Shelly Sterling was very supportive of selling the Clippers.

With her connections in the Los Angeles area, she can find a good buyer to enter the game, and this person must also be familiar to Silva.

At that time, the NBA board will welcome new members, and Sterling's stinky, hard pit stone will be removed.

Who knew that Xie Li suddenly came to such a hand, and whether the court would pass this decision became unknown.

Adam Silva had a vague feeling as if he had been calculated.

He wasn't sure who the person who counted him was.

It feels like Smart Min because he didn't follow his idea and let Jordan be the boss.

But he was also hurt in this incident, NBA-Batman's tweet was directed at Min Congda, this guy is bound to be involved in the whirlpool of public opinion.

For a while, Silva didn't know what to do, and he began to regret it a little, why did he partner with Min Congda and play with power tricks in the first place.

Once this thing is devoured, it will be very fatal.

Just when Silva was feeling a little helpless and anxious, Stern called Silva.

On the phone, Stern told Silva: "Give way when it's time to make it happen, the number one task this season is to get the season done smoothly and have a good ending that the fans are happy with." Keep your energy on basketball and put some things on the table. Smart Min is not easy to deal with, don't cooperate with him casually, but don't provoke him either, this guy is very evil. So be it, finish the season, Adam. Next season you'll be the true president of the league, no longer an agent. ”

Stern's remarks meant to keep Silva in the driver's seat and not mess around.

And he gave Silva a reassurance, and next season he will continue to be president, not acting president.

This means that Stern will retire completely and retire from the stage of history.

With Stern's commitment, Silva held a press conference the next day to announce that the Clippers' plan for a forced sale was suspended.

They will re-examine Sterling's inappropriate remarks and make a new penalty decision.

On the evening of the same day, the Clippers played the Spurs for the third time on the road.

After trailing by 15 points in the first three quarters, the Clippers suddenly made a big comeback in the fourth quarter and completed a super reversal!

105:103, 2 points advantage to get a valuable victory away from home!

The last goal was even more thrilling.

(End of chapter)