The first battle of the finals ended with a dramatic ending and kicked off the series.

After the game, Spo, Tyronn Lue and other insiders did not disclose to the media the reason for Ray Allen's abnormal performance in the last moments.

Secrets like this usually don't take until many years later when the column is decrypted, or the person concerned shows up to say it, and fans will know what happened.

It's like Paul Pierce's "return of the king" in the 2008 finals.

After the pain to the end, he left in a wheelchair, but a few minutes later, he returned full of blood and hit a three-point shot, which was shocking.

Later, I found out that the reason why I was able to return so quickly was because this guy was not injured at all, but slackened.

My stomach is already so upset that I can't walk, but if I take one more step, I will pull you directly on the field, and I can only push it away in a wheelchair to go to the toilet to.

Then he made up a lie to encourage the fans and teammates, and the Green Shirts won the first game and won the championship in one go.

If Pierce wasn't so treacherous and shit directly on the spot, if he was a Lakers player, it would be okay to wear a yellow home jersey, but he couldn't see it, he was wearing a white home jersey and a yellow piece on his buttocks, how could he play this Celtics ball?

The color of the soul of the Green Army turned out to be yellow?

Not to mention, Pierce was really a Lakers fan when he was a kid and grew up in Inglewood.

In short, he must have died on the spot, the fans were petrified, and from then on he was nailed to the pillar of shame of the yellow-green battle, and the team would have no morale.

The overall winner is still unknown.

So, just such a small detail changed the outcome of the 08 finals.

And Min Congda's paper ball may have the same effect.

In short, the Clippers, who won Game 1, have taken the lead, and the game has become difficult for the Heat.

There is a two-day break between the first and second games, and both teams can make good adjustments to the situation in the first game.

For the Heat, their strategy proved to be the right one, and it was the final accident that caused them to lose a good game.

Spo knew that the team had lost the lead, and the second game would be extremely important, and it was better to be able to amplify the move and win by surprise.

However, Spo is not a master of strange moves, and when his overall strength is not as good as his opponent's, he rashly makes strange moves and strange moves, and it is very likely that he will be disrupted.

Combined with the situation in the first game, Spo and the coaching staff believe that perhaps the Heat can do more on the interior and should further expand their advantage on the inside.

On the Clippers' side, the coaching staff also stayed up late at the training center to watch videos and reformulate game strategies.

Tyronn Lue believes that perhaps the team should replace the starters and use Harden as the No. 2 to strengthen the team's offense.

Mike Malone believes that since he won the first game, it is better to start still not moving, but the team's defensive strategy needs to be changed, and the offense must be adjusted.

"We have to defend as fast as we attack."

Mike Malone made this point that the Clippers didn't switch defenses aggressively in Game 1, which led to a lot of opportunities on the outside of the Heat.

Of course, the strong performances of Howard and Bosh were one of the reasons, and the Clippers had to shrink their defense appropriately.

If it was Steve Kerr, he would definitely have stepped up his offense in the second game, while Malone was more balanced.

Tyronn Lue has always been a good person, and he feels that Malone's decision makes sense.

In fact, with the strength of the Clippers, as long as they play normally, they don't need to make strange moves or play randomly, whether they focus on offense or defense, they are the dominant side.

It's just playing defense, and it seems to fall into the rhythm of the Heat.

However, Mike Malone does not see it that way, and he pointed out in the pre-game plan meeting: "In the first game, when we did not play well, we focused on defense, the first is to seek stability, the second is to use defense to unite the hearts of the team, to prevent too laissez-faire in the offense, and there is a situation of discouragement, and third, it is also unexpected, so that the Heat did not expect, we are actually a very good defensive team." ”

Malone's second point is where he really convinces Tyronn Lue, who has experienced a championship season and knows that defense can indeed be cohesive.

Because in the basketball game, defense requires more cooperation and tacit understanding than offense, and as a passive side, you have to bear a lot of pressure, and you can't shape a good defense if you don't work together.

Offense is different, offense can rely on individual heroism, it can be seen in four hits, and it can create miracles with someone's outstanding performance.

But once a player falls into this cage of individual heroism, everyone wants to focus on themselves, want good stats, and even some people want to win the MVP, then the team's morale and team atmosphere may be bad.

In terms of tactics, Tyronn Lue is not a master, and in terms of mastering the psychology of players, Tyronn Lue has something.

After some more detailed discussions, Tyronn Lue decided on the strategy of the second game, which was to start with defense.

Ray Allen must not be allowed to have the same powerful performance as he did in the first game, which almost killed the Clippers.

After the decision, Mike Malone was a little weak and asked, "Do you want to ask Mr. Smart?" ”

Taryn Lue waved his hand and said, "Forget it, don't ask Mr. Smart, if you have to rely on him, what do you want our coach to do?" You don't want to be scolded anymore, do you? ”

Everyone shook their heads, no one wanted to be scolded.

It's not that Min Congda scolds people so badly, but if a person is always gentle to you on weekdays, even if he loses, he is very tolerant and never says anything, and he is very good to you.

But one day he was very angry and scolded you, and the person who was scolded was more guilty in his heart, and he would think, "How bad I am to be scolded like this." ”

The Clippers players also thought the same way, although they won the first game, they gave everyone a slap in the face, and the Heat were really not that easy to deal with.

Min Congda, on the other hand, sulked at home for two days, went to Santa Monica Beach for two drinks, watched the sunset, accosted beautiful women, and danced under the campfire at night.

And then this guy is fine! It's okay, if you win, you win, it's not that you haven't won!

I'm not having a good day, and although the playoffs have deducted me tens of thousands of dollars, the Red Boots restaurant has made enough money in the playoffs to cover the loss.

Min Congda's regular investment in Apple stock reached its peak in November of 12, rising to more than $700, and Min Congda decisively sold some of it to cash out.

At the beginning of 13 years, the stock price began to decline all the way, and in June, it slipped to more than $400 a share, and Min Congda began to buy again.

He has been optimistic for a long time and only buys and only makes Apple stocks, so that his wealth has been effectively preserved and increased.

Now he is also worth close to 10 million, but 10 million cannot satisfy Min Congda, and after this season, it is a sure thing that the Clippers' market value will break 500 million US dollars.

On the bright side, it's like the prize money in the lotto lottery pool, because no one has won the lottery, and the amount of the prize money is getting higher and higher, so the winner will have an extremely generous winning.

And to participate in this lottery, as long as Min Congda is alone, he will not let the Clippers go bankrupt for a year, this prize pool will continue to accumulate, and the higher the income from his task completion will be.

Thinking about it this way, Min Congda got a balance in his heart, and felt that winning the championship didn't seem to be a completely bad thing, so he should accumulate a quota for future task rewards.

Two days went by in a flash, and the discussion between the Heat and the Clippers was also hot.

But no matter how fierce and fiery the argument is, the two sides still have to go to the arena to see the real chapter, whether the mule is the horse and the horse is out to slip away.

The second game was quite stressful for both sides.

Needless to say, the Heat don't want to go back to Miami with a 2-0 deficit.

Although they turned the tables in '06, and although the Clippers also turned around last year, a comeback is never something to come by.

And the Clippers almost lost the first game, this one did not dare to be careless, if this one lost, the home court advantage was completely lost.

Going to the south coast for three away games in a row was a really uncomfortable day.

Before the start of the game, the expressions of both sides were quite serious, and there was no relaxation in the first game.

The players on both sides no longer hugged each other as they did before the start of the first game, but looked at each other with murderous expressions.

It's not a friendly match, every game is a do-or-die match.

Although ESPN reported that Min Congda said in an interview before the game that "friendship comes first, competition comes second", no one believed his nonsense.

ESPN also gave a report saying that "in the final moments, Smart handed Tyronn Lue a small note, and this note was the key to the Clippers' comeback." ”

As for the contents of the note, no one knows until now.

There were no changes to the starting lineups on both sides, and the Clippers didn't put Harden back into the starting lineup.

It is indeed a taboo to change players on the spot, and the Clippers won the first game after all, and a stable lineup is conducive to the stable mentality and performance of the players.

And tonight, the focus of the Clippers is defense, Paul George and Leonard, the two humming two generals, were told by Mike Malone before the game to be quick-sighted, give full play to their all-round defensive capabilities, and give full play to the advantages of the Heat's small forward.

Malone is right about this, the Heat's front line is the biggest weakness, but in the first game, the Clippers front played too little.

Most of the energy is to compete with the Heat's interior line and the Heat's backcourt, and the front line is dispensable.

This is one of the most resourceful locations for the Clippers.

At the beginning of the game, the Heat's offense was blocked by the Clippers.

At the beginning of the game, the Clippers defended a joint defense, which caused the Heat to not be able to play, and finally Wade forced a three-point shot from the outside and missed.

Randolph grabbed the rebound and gave the ball to Curry to start the Clippers' first offense.

And the opening of the Clippers is a mid-line pick-and-roll, and Gasol Jr. pulls to a high position to do a pick-and-roll cover.

Randolph didn't go to the low post either, but came to the free-throw line and completely opened the inside.

Curry accelerated, held the ball to the basket, changed hands in the air to dodge Howard's block, and made a difficult low-handed layup!

With a very beautiful start to the goal, Howard's physical fitness is not at its peak after all, and Curry is prepared for this ball, and the difficult change of hands shows his strong core strength.

Then the Heat tried to give Howard a single meal in the low post, and Leonard suddenly got into the bag, cut Howard's ball, and then gave it to Curry, who made a long pass to George.

George fast-breaks, layups cause Wade's foul and goes to the free throw line.

The Clippers started the game with a lot of aggression both defensively and offensively.

George hit both free throws, and the Clippers had the upper hand.

Then, the Clippers defended the joint defense again, and Nash found the gap and distributed the ball to Lewis in the bottom corner.

Lewis made a three-point shot, but with Leonard's interference, missed.

It's obviously a joint defense, but Leonard can still kill the interference in time.

He has fast feet, long arms, large hands, and a considerable area of defensive coverage.

On the inside, Gasol Jr. jammed Howard, Randolph jammed Bosh, and George grabbed the rebound.

In the last game, the Clippers were robbed of too many frontcourt rebounds by the Heat, resulting in a passive defense.

In this game, Gasol Jr. and Randolph were desperately stuck in the position, and handed over the task of grabbing rebounds to George and Leonard.

The rebounding stats don't matter, the important thing is to keep the ball in the hands of your team.

Some players never get stuck in the rebound position in order to look good in their own data, waiting for their teammates to pick peaches by themselves.

It not only saves physical energy, but also brushes up on data, and also controls the ball, killing three birds with one stone, but in this way, it is easy for the opponent to take advantage of loopholes.

George firmly controlled the rebound, and he didn't launch a fast break on this ball, but gave it to Curry, slowly playing the position through the half.

But the Clippers' positional battle has never been a conventional position, and it is still a very high-position blocking, and it starts to block when it passes the center circle.

Curry got rid of Nash's defense and cut inside the three-point line from the middle, and Howard had to follow, and as a result, Curry gave a split to Randolph, who cut in.

After Randolph received the ball, he dunked vigorously with both hands! At the beginning of the game, the Clippers beat the Heat 6-0, and Spo called a timeout.

At this beginning, the Heat was completely suppressed by the Clippers, and their own things didn't come out at all, and they were beaten by the Clippers and had a blue nose and swollen face.

Back on the court after the timeout, Nash scored the Heat's first point with a single-block lay-back shot.

Then, the Clippers gave the ball to Randolph in the low post, and Randolph did not carry Howard as he did in the last game, and the result was not good.

This time, Randolph was more on the outside, and once Howard's attention was attracted away, Randolph took the opportunity to sink low, and the Heat had to be in a bad position, and Bosh came to defend.

Bosh defense, Randolph is not afraid, pouting his big belly and arching inward, then turning around with a small hook in his left hand, two points hit, and the score difference is stable.

And the Heat is still Nash, after a single block, he suddenly stepped back, shot three points from the outside, and hit!

Nash scored 5 points in a row! Nash, who has always been known for his assists and strong organization, has always been underrated for his scoring ability.

After all, Nash is a player who has scored 48 points in the playoffs, which is not a score that ordinary players can get.

Kobe, known as a scoring maniac, only scored a maximum of 50 points in a single game in the playoffs, two more than Nash.

Seeing Nash's opening consecutive hits, a 183 man in Los Angeles will definitely think, "Why don't you target him, but me!" I won't be allowed to shoot a comfortable mid-distance! ”

(End of chapter)