The Los Angeles derby in recent seasons has been unusually eye-catching.

Although the Lakers are old, they are still domineering, and they have been strong contenders for the championship in both seasons.

The Clippers have a faint trend of new kings in the league, and judging from the first four games, other teams simply can't find a way to fight the Clippers.

The Clippers beat their opponents by more than 10 points every game, and some of the reasons why they didn't win by 30 or 40 points were just because the Clippers didn't want to exert too much force and save face for the opponent.

For example, in the game against the Eagles, the Eagles really had no power to fight back, scoring only 77 points in the whole game, and the gap between the two sides was too big.

The Clippers played casually after they played, and it was a bit ugly to win 58 points if they continued to play hard.

After all, the eagles replaced the main force early and chose to surrender, surrendered and lost half, and they would see each other in the future.

However, before this game, there are still many experts who are optimistic about the Lakers, because the Lakers played the Clippers very well in the regular season last season.

This season, the Lakers have made great improvements in the lineup and style of play, breaking away from the previous Phil Jackson structural routine and abandoning the old and clunky triangle offense.

The arrival of D'Antoni put the Lakers on the path of rapid offense.

With Chris Paul at the helm, the Lakers' offense can be secured.

Kobe Bryant is another year older, but he's still one of the league's best scorers.

In the small forward position, Iguodala is in his prime, and his off-ball play and tough defense are a perfect fit for Kobe Bryant and Paul.

In the first five games of the season, the Lakers had a 4-1 record, second only to the Clippers in the West.

After lightweight reforms, the Lakers are sharper on offense and more flexible defensively.

The only hole in the team is the No. 4 position, Jordan Hill has a very powerful name and is quite average.

However, he, along with McGee, fits well with D'Antoni's basic requirements for the inside.

The offense can eat cakes, play one occasionally, and don't take up space and ball possession.

The Lakers' ball, it is enough for Kobe Bryant and Paul to share.

Min Congda sat in the VIP private room, looking at the full capacity of the Staples Center, and couldn't help but feel a little worried: "When the Huawei Center Arena is built in the future, the 25,000 seats will not be full, right?" Wouldn't it, wouldn't it? ”

With this match, the last eight matches played at the Staples Centre were all full.

The basketball market in Los Angeles is extremely hot, and tickets for the two teams are really hard to find.

It is said that on the black market, the price of the Clippers' 20-year season ticket has tripled, and there are signs of rising.

After all, these season tickets are issued once, and if you buy them, you can really increase the value of your investment in financial products.

Min Congda began to worry about what to do when the Huawei Center was completed and the stadium was full.

Of course, there are still at least two seasons left before the Huawei Center Arena is built, and it's too early to worry.

The game has begun, and the Lakers have taken the lead in attacking.

This season, the Lakers' offensive routine has completely changed.

They followed the trend and also started to use pick-and-roll as a starting hand.

The low-post offense on the inside has basically been abandoned, and even Kobe Bryant's low-post catches and singles have been greatly reduced.

In the first few games, Kobe Bryant would only play with his back and low post when it came to the critical moment of the game.

The Lakers' first score was easy, and after Paul blocked the pick-and-roll, he hit a direct mid-range jumper at the top of the arc.

Judging by the stats from previous games, Paul's shots have improved compared to last season.

At the beginning, his attack was also quite resolute.

After hitting the first shot, the Clippers missed George's jumper from the outside.

Paul took the ball and slowly counterattacked, and Jordan Hill made a pick-and-roll cover, and shot again from mid-range, and hit again.

Two mid-range shots, both of which were easily scored, gave the Lakers the lead at the start.

"D'Antoni's idea is quite good, strengthen Paul's offensive firepower this season, and appropriately reduce the scoring pressure on Kobe. Play Paul's pick-and-roll power while Kobe Bryant remains a threat on the wing. But... If you can't score points at critical moments, you can't do it. ”

Min Congda carefully observed the Lakers' offense at the beginning of the game, and he could feel the changes the Lakers made compared to last season.

The Lakers were star-studded last season, and Paul has been trying to put the team together and create opportunities for the team.

The regular season worked very well, and the Lakers played a pretty good regular season with a good record.

But in the playoffs, after the defensive intensity increased, this kind of team-wide play rarely happened.

The stars have to step up and solve the problem.

Facing the Clippers in the Western Conference finals, Kobe Bryant's lack of the ability to make a final decision at a critical moment was a key factor in their loss.

In the new season, the Lakers have a younger lineup, and the team lineup structure is more reasonable and compact.

According to D'Antoni's coaching style, the regular season is the same as the eight-man rotation without running.

Paul will definitely have to take on more scoring responsibilities on the offensive end.

But in the playoffs, Kobe Bryant is a year older, what should the Lakers do at critical moments?

At this point, the Clippers had some minor trouble in the first quarter.

Maybe the previous game was too smooth, or the regular season played Paul, Curry just felt uncomfortable.

Four minutes into the opening game, the Clippers didn't even score in the athletic battle, and only relied on Gasol Jr. to make fouls on the inside and score 2 points.

The Lakers opened the game with a 10-2 run over the Clippers and led by eight points.

Curry shot 0-of-3 and missed two three-pointers.

After Curry entered the league, every time he played Paul, his performance fluctuated.

It can only be said that Paul, the old defensive oilman, is really annoying.

There are many small movements in the hands, and the referee doesn't blow much, so he opens one eye and closes one eye.

A pitcher like Curry can sometimes rely more on the tempo.

Once the rhythm is disrupted by small movements, the feel will be affected.

However, Curry made adjustments soon after the timeout.

He chose to hold the ball one-on-one and eat Paul alone, play inside, and use tossing and mid-range shots to score on Paul's head!

After a timeout, Curry scored four straight points and the Clippers closed the score slightly.

At the end of the first quarter, the Clippers trailed the Lakers by four points at 23:27.

This is the first time the Clippers have fallen behind in the first quarter since the start of the season.

This was a bit of a surprise to Min Congda, who saw the potential and changes in the Lakers.

One of the most crucial figures is Iguodala in the number three position.

Iguodala's presence has benefited the Lakers a lot on both offensive and defensive ends.

First of all, it is reflected on the defensive end, his ability to change defense, single defense, and basket protection ability are quite good.

To put it bluntly, it is a jack-of-all-trades, and the No. 3 position is originally a jack-of-all-trades, and Iguodala is a pretty good one of them.

The rest of the Lakers' positions are distinctive, but they all have obvious flaws.

The flaws on the inside, Jordan Hill's ability to assist in defense is average, and all aspects are mediocre.

McGee is very physical, very good at helping to defend and blocking, but he has some problems with his awareness, sometimes he is too aggressive, and he lacks the overall picture of defense.

Kobe Bryant is old and his single-defense ability is declining, Paul's is too short, with many small single-defense actions, and his ability to help defend and rebound in the backcourt is basically zero.

Iguodala is good because his presence can make up for everyone's shortcomings.

Hill's help defense is average, and Iguodala's help defense can fill the hole.

McGee doesn't have a good sense of defense, and Iguodala can help protect the basket.

Kobe Bryant's single defense slipped, and the task of dealing with the opponent's outside arrow was given to Iguodala.

Paul doesn't have the ability to rebound in the backcourt and can't help defense, and Iguodala can.

Compared with last season, although the Lakers have Gerard Wallace and Artest, these two players have something in common, that is, they have entered a period of decline and move slowly.

Among them, Wallace is on the inside line as a whole on the defensive end, and in terms of external defense and single defense, he is a little powerless because of the decline in age and state decline.

And a very important reason why he fell in form in his early 30s is that he was blackelbowed by Bynum in the game against the Lakers, which caused his lungs to shrink and his physical fitness to decline greatly, and he never returned to his peak state.

He was able to come to the Lakers to play with Bynum, all for the sake of the championship.

As a result, the championship was not won, and Wallace, of course, patted his ass and left, not wanting to stay at all.

And the Lakers also felt that it was a scourge to keep Bynum, a guy with an incomplete brain, so they simply sent it away when it was valuable, in exchange for Iguodala, who was at his prime.

Clearly, Iguodala is the right choice for the Lakers.

He also has a huge advantage over Wallace on the offensive end, where he has a decent three-point shot.

He shot 39 percent from three-point range last season and was a threat when he caught the ball in the bottom corner of the wing.

This is quite important for the Lakers, who have really had enough of the traditional inward fronts of Ci Shiping, Wallace, and Hill in the early years who couldn't shoot fixed-point three-point shots.

In the first quarter, Iguodala hit two bottom-corner three-pointers, one left and one right, forcing the Clippers to expand their defense.

This gives Paul and Bryant more room to move around in the mid-range.

"Good deal, it's really a good deal. It's really not easy for the Lakers, and when they switch to Iguodala, the team's outside offense and defense have been greatly improved. And Iguodala also has some key ball ability. With Paul and Kobe, he may really be able to teach the Clippers a lesson in the playoffs this year! ”

Min Congda watched the Lakers' excellent performance in the first quarter, and the more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and he couldn't help but take a sip of his wine glass, quite happy.

"Hey, Manager Min, you... Are you okay? ”

Yang Ruosi, who was on the side, looked at Min Congda's somewhat excited appearance and asked curiously.

"Huh? I... I'm fine, I'm fine. How's it going, is this pizza any good? Authentic Italian pizza. ”

"Delicious, very good. However, I think your team is lagging behind, why do you feel like you're happy? ”

"Is there one? Am I having a good time? You're wrong, I just think it's exciting, and I think it's worth watching. What do you think, is basketball fun? ”

Min Congda looked at him left and right, Yang Ruosi nodded, and said, "It's not bad, it's very quiet to watch the game in the private room, it's just a little farther away." May I ask, how did you become the general manager of the team? I looked at it and looked at the news, and it didn't seem like there was any news that made it clear how you got to be a team manager. ”

Yang Ruosi has a strong curiosity about Min Congda these days, so he searched for relevant information on the Internet.

After a check, I found that this guy is really famous, and I don't know how many times he has been on the headlines.

And it seems that he is a proper demon king in the NBA circle, scolding the official, scolding the president of the league, beating the referee, making disrespectful remarks, and being diagnosed with mania and forbidden to watch the game on the spot, which surprised her by its richness.

But after getting along with him, I felt that he was obviously a very ordinary person, with normal speech and behavior, politeness and even some humility.

There is no such prickly feeling on the whole body.,Gentle and plain.,When talking to people, it doesn't seem to be on people.,I don't care much about anything.。

She remembered that when she first met him, she was still a little prickly, and she felt a little embarrassed.

It turns out that this person is a real big thorn, and it turns out that the real thorn is disdainful of small tricks.

However, after reading various news contents, Yang Ruosi found that all the reports stopped in June 2009.

The first report about him was "the Chinese manager parachuted into the Los Angeles Clippers", and then there was a series of related speculations, but none of the reports made it clear what Min Congda did before.

Her curiosity was piqued at once, and she began to search for articles one by one.

Then it was reported that Min Congda was an orphan who came to the United States to work as an illegal worker, was dug by Sterling on the basketball court, and finally won the trust of the owner and became the general manager of the team.

How does this content look like it was made up, it's too unreal, and it's not a legend.

In short, after consulting the materials for a long time, Yang Ruosi even went to the library in Berkeley to look up some newspapers and periodicals, but the information was still zero.

Not only is there no relevant report on Min Congda in the United States, but there is no text related to him in the domestic database.

A peculiar sense of mystery shrouded Min Congda, and Yang Ruosi couldn't help but ask in person.

And this kind of question, Min Congda listened a lot, and replied casually: "My parents died very early, I was deceived at the age of 15 to come to the United States to work, brush dishes in a restaurant in Los Angeles, take out the garbage, at that time my only entertainment was to play basketball, my basketball played well, and then once, I met Sterling, he admired my skills, and then often went to the restaurant where I worked to eat, and I got acquainted with it after coming and going." He often invited me to the Staples Centre to watch the game. Until 2009, one day he suddenly came to me and said that he didn't want to take care of the Clippers anymore, and he thought I was a good management material and asked me to try it, and then, I took office, and I have been there to this day. ”

Min Congda briefly repeated what he said to the psychiatrist, which was similar to what Yang Ruosi had seen in some reports.

The specific details, Min Congda has also been carefully polished, basically foolproof, there are no loopholes, and no one has studied it in depth anyway.

In case someone delves in, the system will help him fool him.

Of course, there is indeed a big loophole in it, and Min Congda has not filled it until now.

Yang Ruosi asked, "You said, you can play basketball, and you play very well." ”

Min Congda was stunned for a moment and said, "Uh... yes, I can play basketball, and I'm telling you, I'm very talented in basketball. If I had received a formal basketball education earlier, I might have made it to the NBA. ”

The only loophole is here, in fact, Min Congda can't play basketball at all.

Two and a half years later, he has become a super keyboard warrior in the basketball world, a top theoretical master.

However, he really can't play basketball.

After saying these words to Yang Ruosi, Min Congda suddenly thought that he might want to learn to play basketball.

Otherwise, this lie will not be fulfilled in the future, and I will still brag about claiming to be a "butter bomb" on the street.

(End of chapter)