If the Clippers want to improve their scores, the way is simple, just shorten the rotation.

In terms of timetable, the season enters March, and it is indeed in the sprint stage.

For most of the season, the Clippers have strictly followed the policy of large rotations, giving young players plenty of training time and opportunities to play.

When it comes to the final standings, the Clippers press the rotation to make the team more compact, which is not only conducive to winning some key games, but also conducive to the team's form and preparing for the playoffs early.

On March 3, the Clippers traveled to Cleveland for a rematch against the Cavaliers this season.

This is a high-profile match, with the last time the two sides met was in January.

The Cavaliers single-handedly snuffed out the Clippers' undefeated record.

It was also after that game that the Clippers began to enter turmoil, with Steve Kerr leaving Los Angeles for Cleveland.

Followed by Mike Malone to the Clippers, the two men each injected different genes into the two teams and brought different styles.

After just half a season, the style of play of the two teams has changed a lot compared to the beginning of the season.

The Cavaliers have gone lighter, James has become a pretty good overall No. 4, and Kerr's makeover looks quite successful.

In the MVP rankings, James is once again in the first place, and this season, it is no surprise that the MVP trophy will still be in his pocket.

The Clippers are going a little harder on the road of combining offense and defense, after all, the construction of Mike Malone's defensive system is really not something that can be built in a day or two.

Rao is such a good team atmosphere and such a strong talent of the Clippers, and under the intensive schedule, progress is quite slow.

Before the start of this game, Tyronn Lue conveyed Min Congda's "instructions" to the coaching staff and players.

At this time, Lu's role as guidance came into play, and Political Commissar Lu had a set of methods for doing ideological work.

"Guys, in March, the regular season has come to an end. It's been a very varied and difficult season, we've had a lot of difficulties and setbacks. But I would say that if you look at the American continent, even if I speak a little bit more, if you look at the whole world, we at the Los Angeles Clippers haven't had a real opponent. Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, Los Angeles Lakers...... I would say that we never really put them in our eyes, from the coaching staff, to the players, and it's not that we disrespect them, but we all know that our opponents are not them! ”

The locker room is very quiet, and Tyronn Lue, who is always not present on weekdays, always looks very attractive at times like this.

"Where are our real opponents? Who are the real opponents? We know in our hearts that our real opponent is only ourselves, we are champions, but we still want to be champions, we want to be a great team. Everything we do, what we change, what we progress, is to become stronger than ever. It's too early to say that, but I want to say that there's no one running ahead of us, and if I have to say that there is, it's the soul of those great teams, and we're catching up with those great teams. ”

"The Los Angeles Lakers, the Chicago Bulls, the Boston Celtics, those names that go down in history are the names we really have to catch up with and surpass! I'm starting today, starting March 3rd, in Cleveland, we're officially heading into the 2012-2013 playoff sprint! The goal is to win the championship! All obstacles on the road will be cleared by us! ”

Tyronn Lue's passionate speech put the Clippers fully into playoff mode.

The team has 20 games to go, and they will be looking to get all home advantage.

And on the Cavaliers' side, Steve Kerr hasn't really mobilized for war yet.

After all, in the 50 or so games he has only coached, Kerr still has a lot of problems to solve.

Especially around James's series of problems, and his technical and tactical feelings, Kerr believes that James still has a lot of potential to explore.

What made him feel very sorry was that Min Congda did not come to the scene to watch the game tonight, otherwise he would definitely have pulled Min Congda to discuss some issues after the game.

For example, James's positioning in some pass-cutting tactics and three-point shooting tactics can make up for James' lack of projection.

This has always been a bit of a headache for Kerr, and sometimes James stands at the top of the arc and deals cards, and there is no one within three meters in front of him.

But in this case, James didn't shoot and had to pass the ball, and the angry Kerr shook his head, not knowing what to do.

But when it comes down to discussion, James has a good reason, he feels that his hand is not good, and the shooting percentage will not be high.

Judging by the three-point shooting percentage alone, James is a pretty good three-point shooter, but he relies heavily on shot selection and the feel of the time.

When the shot is well chosen, or when the hand is bursting, James's three-point shooting is still very threatening.

And at key moments in the game, James' three-point shooting percentage will be raised, and his hands will be quite hard, which Kerr is very satisfied with.

Kerr will tell James that you can choose to take a step inside and make a pull-up jumper, or simply lunge inside and no one can stop you.

James said, "That way I'll have a lower shooting percentage." ”

So Cole has nothing to say, what to do.

If it's Min Congda, you should be able to think of a way.

Kerr has always had this experimental mentality, and when he played the Clippers tonight, he also wanted to see if the team's new system could play an advantage against the Clippers.

As a result, there was still an advantage, and the first quarter was almost spent......

The Clippers were uncharacteristically in the first quarter, and it seemed that they were looking at James playing the No. 4 position and there would be flaws on the defensive end.

Let Lan Fat Guy hold the ball and attack inward, Gasol Jr. assisted, and the two chiseled, starting the first quarter with a 15:5, stopping the Cavaliers.

Although James is physically strong, he weighs an astonishing 240 pounds, which is about the same weight as Duncan.

His height and weight, defensive interior is absolutely no problem.

But James has two problems: first, as the offensive core of the team, he certainly doesn't need too much physical energy on the defensive end.

Second, James's interior defensive skills are okay to deal with some minions, but not enough to deal with traditional low-post monsters like Randolph of the previous generation.

The Cavaliers will have to make a defensive setup to deal with Randolph's wreak havoc in the low post.

But Kerr knows very well in his heart that the Clippers' outside line is the real killer knife, which is also the scariest thing about the Clippers, they have very strong players in every position, even the bench.

What tactics, what system, what this offense, that offense, in the final analysis, it is the players who play on the field, and the individual ability of the players determines everything.

The system can make up for some of the weaknesses of the players and bring out the best in the players, and the importance of both to a team is probably 28 or 37.

Tyronn Lue knows this very well, when it comes to the time of strength, what system is not systematic, tactics are not tactical, Lao Tzu is to give the ball to the best players on the field!

Our Clippers have a lot of great players.

The morale-boosted Clippers players, with the anger of ending the winning streak before, beat the Cavaliers 41-27 in a single quarter, leading by 14 points in the first quarter.

That is, the Cavaliers, James and Irving struggled to hold on, and if they changed to other teams, they might have fallen behind by 20 points in a single quarter and collapsed.

The defending champions showed great strength and continuity.

Yes, they are not only strong in combat, but also very good in continuity.

This is a major shift for the Clippers since James Harden came to the bench.

Before Curry + Harden started, the firepower area of the starter was ferocious, and it was so fierce that it overflowed.

Correspondingly, the Clippers' bench offense is lacking, so the Clippers bench has taken the defensive route before.

I don't score, and you'd better not even think about it.

But this style of substitution is not long-lasting.

Young players want to grow, they want data, they must take the offensive route, or a combination of attack and defense.

Harden is still very willing to be the sixth man, and he was originally doing the work of the sixth man in the Thunder.

Starting or coming off the bench, he doesn't really care, and he has a very comfortable life in Los Angeles.

The Clippers' team atmosphere, as well as strong teammates, allow him to play with peace of mind and hone his skills.

He is not the kind of character that Kobe Bryant and Jordan must be the boss and must become the leader.

In fact, there is no player on the Clippers team who has this kind of personality, and everyone is relatively humble.

Harden and Butler are paired up, and both are people who play smart, use their brains, and are good at using the rules.

The Cavaliers' bench is also good, but it can't be compared to the Clippers, who are focused and go all out.

The Clippers gained more and more advantage on the court, and the margin soon surpassed 20 points.

At halftime, the Clippers were 73-52, leading the Cavaliers by as many as 21 points.

Kerr had a headache at half-time, and he had clearly set it up before the game.

Unfortunately, there was an obvious problem with Kerr's setup, and in order to test his tactical system, he tried to play a normal offensive and defensive battle with the Clippers.

The whole league now knows that playing the Clippers must be delayed, dragged the Clippers into a quagmire battle, with physical confrontation, with the overall slow pace and the attack power of the arrow characters to solve the Clippers.

There is also the use of young players who are not stable enough and not experienced enough to make a fuss, so that the Clippers make more mistakes and make more mistakes.

But tonight, Kerr wants to test the level of his system, it's good for you to play other teams, it's really a bit bad to play the Clippers.

But Kerr also knew in his heart that it was helpless to use the method of "swinging the bus" to fight the Clippers, and it was very difficult to win the Clippers in a series.

In the third quarter, Kerr stuck to his tactical strategy and tried to play against the Clippers on both offensive and defensive ends, and he relied on his familiarity with the Clippers to deploy troops in hopes of catching some of the Clippers' sore feet.

For example, Curry's defensive problems, such as Harden's ability to increase his ability to make mistakes with the ball, and the problem of weak defensive movement ability of Gasol Jr. and Randolph on the inside, to make targeted arrangements.

But Kerr was surprised to find that the Clippers made up for these problems very well.

George, Leonard, Butler, Anthony Davis and other strong defensive players pay attention to the defensive protection of Paul and Harden.

The presence of Anthony Davis also relieves the defensive pressure on the Clippers' interior line.

Mike Malone does have something, and the Clippers are getting better by the day.

In the third quarter, the Cavaliers once played an 11-2 offensive shockwave to narrow the difference.

But then the Clippers responded with a 10:0 and quickly opened up the difference.

The Cavaliers were firmly suppressed, but the game scene was very good.

The kind of defensive battle where the two teams met 10 years ago, with an average of 80 points, is gradually dying out of the league.

Instead, it is this wave of flow for wave, you hit me for a wave, and I will pay you a wave in return.

It seems that martial arts movies have changed from a face-to-face one-trick and a hard bridge and a hard horse to a flying sky and light waves.

The former may be more hardcore, but the latter is noticeably better looking and more liked by the audience.

In the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers chased the margin to 15 points, and they couldn't chase it anymore.

The Clippers have too many people to play, and after the shortened rotation, the Clippers' flaws have become smaller.

Almost do not give the opponent the time to chase points and counterattack, go all the way to the process, and break the opponent.

In the end, the Clippers avenged Cleveland with a 119-101, 18-point victory.

Since then, they have also started the final sprint winning streak of the season.

Just two days later, the Clippers returned to Los Angeles and had another big game in the West – the West's number one rival, the Oklahoma City Thunder.

In the previous two matchups between the two sides, the Thunder and Clippers played to a 1:1 draw.

Currently, the Thunder have a two-game lead over the Clippers, and they are heading for 60 wins.

If the Clippers want to surpass the Thunder and take the first place in the West, this game must be won.

Tyronn Lue once again mobilized before the game, the last game can be said to be the Vanguard, and this game against the Thunder, again at home, is the real full mobilization.

The Clippers management also cooperated with Tyronn Luda, and the pre-game performance before the start of this game was particularly grand, inviting a special dragon and lion dance team to the scene, and the famous Chinese pop song "The Most Dazzling National Style" was played at halftime......

Min Congda looked at this "full of New Year's flavor" live performance, and thought to himself, "This year is over, what do you want to do with the planning of the stadium?" How much does it cost to make it so lively? ”

As the general manager of the team, Min Congda has little knowledge of the state of the players recently, and his mind is on the arena and the Lakers.

How did he know that the Clippers had entered a state of full mobilization, working together to prepare for the playoffs.

In this game, the Thunder team was full of confidence before coming, and they wanted to compete with the Clippers and wrestle with the defending champions.

They have a full lineup, they are in good shape, and Eric Gordon is back from injury, and they have the veteran Fisher in the back line, who has a lot of hard power and experience.

But after the game, it was called a disgraced face, and the Clippers did a 105:97 at home, and it seemed that they only lost by eight points, but the fans who watched it from beginning to end could clearly feel that the Thunder had no chance at all, and they couldn't beat it at all.

The Clippers, with a new lineup and a tight rotation, have almost no flaws, and the entire high-end version of the Spurs, how can this be played?

The Clippers took the Thunder and moved one step closer to first place in the West.

In this unfavorable situation, Min Congda ushered in a good news:

Due to various reasons, the construction progress of the Huawei center was delayed, and some problems occurred on the construction side.

(End of chapter)