Min rarely comes to the Clippers locker room at halftime to learn about the situation.

Either he didn't care about the outcome before, and I don't care how you like to arrange it.

Either the Clippers are strong now, leading most of the game at halftime, and in the third quarter, they can break the opponent in a wave.

How to adjust the midfield, the Clippers players and coaches themselves know in their hearts.

Most NBA games, except for the key games of the playoffs and finals, are generally used to warm up in the first half.

The players need some shots, some movement, and find their form, especially the pitchers.

Therefore, it is often difficult to solve in the first half, the advantage is established in the third quarter, and the fourth quarter is taken away in a wave.

The tougher the team, the more it will grasp the difference in physical fitness, tactics, and shot distribution in the first and second halves, adjust the game state, and win the victory in one fell swoop.

It's like running a long run, theoretically I sprint hard at the beginning and run slowly at the end, and the time to finish can be the same as running slowly at the beginning and sprinting hard at the end.

But the reality is that unless the strength is two grades higher than the opponent, no one will be stupid enough to sprint at the beginning, because people are not machines, people need to warm up, need to be out of the state, need to use strategy in the process of running at a constant speed, follow the opponent closely, reserve physical energy, and compete at the last moment.

As a team that has won two championships, the pace and feeling of this game is absolutely fine, but tonight it was the Thunder who did not play according to the routine, and the Clippers did not respond very well.

The Thunder came up and relied on their physical strength to rush forward, and the Clippers were a little unprepared and did not respond well, and they became more and more chaotic in the case of keeping up with the rhythm, and fell into a disadvantageous situation.

When everyone saw Min Congda come to the locker room, they knew in their hearts that Mr. Smart must be dissatisfied with everyone's performance.

This year's Mr. Smart is obviously different from the past, he didn't care about the team's victory or defeat before, he was encouraged when he lost, and he was stinky when he won.

This year, perhaps the temptation of three consecutive championships is too great, and Mr. Smart's sense of victory and defeat has also begun to regain his heart, often participating in the team's decision-making, pointing fingers and giving advice.

It's just that every time he says it is right, strategy, tactics, always hit the nail on the head, but it is a little difficult to execute perfectly.

If it weren't for a team like the Clippers with a high level of people and strong cohesion, many of Min Congda's strategies would not have been implemented.

Of course, since Mr. Smart started competing in amateur competitions at AAU, it may be that his energy has suffered, and he has been pointing fingers significantly less.

Occasionally making a few comments, all of them are directional, rarely meticulous arrangements, and he is willing to trust the players' ability to solve problems on the pitch.

Tonight against the Thunder, the team is missing Harden, missing a corner on the offensive end, and playing a little hard.

Mike Malone was distracted in the first half and didn't set up the defense well, which caused the team to fall and be pressed all the time.

Malone wanted to make up for his mistakes in the midfield, writing and drawing on the whiteboard, asking for a change in the team's defensive strategy, and used pressing defense to steal the ball at the beginning of the third quarter.

This kind of change is very common in NBA games, the so-called remedy, headache and foot pain, in the first half I was not good defensive, in the second half I strengthened.

The strategy in the first half didn't work, so I changed the strategy in the second half, or I couldn't play tactically, so I made a fuss about the intensity.

This is also a few old prescriptions for NBA coaches, regardless of whether this prescription is old or not, it has always been used, which means that it is effective.

The Clippers players are moving in the right direction to increase their defensive intensity, concentrate and suppress the Thunder's offense.

But Min Congda is not too satisfied with Mike Malone's adjustment, the defensive adjustment is still passive, and the offensive counterattack is king.

So he interjected sideways and said, "Mike, instead of strengthening the defense, I think it's better to do more on offense." We were already passive in the situation, and if we emphasize defense, we just fall into deeper passivity. We have two quarters of 24 minutes to play against the opposition, can you maintain a high intensity of marking and covering defense for 24 minutes? ”

"Yes."

“……”

The Clippers players almost spoke in unison, because they really can.

Several main players, plus substitutes, are at their peak in physical condition, and it is when the lad is not tired.

What's so great about defending with high intensity in the half, gritting your teeth, a 48-minute high intensity is not a problem.

The scene was embarrassing for a while, and Mike Malone hurriedly came out to play the round, saying, "Uh... I believe that strengthening the offensive is indeed the key to turning the tide. We're going to be more efficient in 24 minutes, and I think, uh... Belch... To make good use of the misalignment, to solve the problem with small and big, maybe we can try a small lineup, don't you say Tarron? ”

Ma Long was thinking about that article in his mind today, and he suddenly thought of the essence of the article, which was about the small fight after the misalignment in the tactics.

The NBA's offensive tactics have developed to this day, and the ultimate goal of tactical routines is to create a good scoring environment for players.

The most perfect tactical result is naturally the open space, of which the big open space under the basket is the best and the most difficult to appear.

Mid-range and three-point shots are also good tactical results, and the player's shooting percentage will be much higher.

But as NBA players get taller and faster, and offense time becomes tighter, it's getting harder and harder to run out of the open space through tactics.

So sometimes, if you can let the player get a chance to make a shot, this tactical routine is considered successful, and whether you can score or not depends on the player's personal ability.

Later, some tactics no longer pursue vacant positions, but pursue the opportunity for players to get one-on-one heads-up, after all, some capable players, heads-up is equivalent to vacant positions.

For example, the famous triangle attack is one of the leaders, and now the triangle attack has been integrated into most tactical systems and has become the basic framework of routines.

There is another category, which goes further on the basis of one-on-one singles, and that is the formation of misalignment, such as through a deceptive move, after continuous cover, the small guard has to defend the center.

In this case, the center forward must be nine out of ten, scoring easily, and the tactical results are also very good, relatively perfect.

If every offense can get a misalignment, then the offensive efficiency can be said to become very high, which can be said to be an optimal solution for offense in the current NBA form.

And the dislocation is not just a big play and a small game, it is the dislocation of the past era when the inside line was king, the current league, with the cancellation of Handcheck, the relaxation of the walking rules, the player's projection ability has been greatly enhanced, and the small play is a kind of dislocation, which greatly enriches the extension of the dislocation.

The most basic tactical coordination, such as blocking and pick-and-roll, is essentially to create misalignment, allowing the small man to use his speed to burst the big man, or letting the big man take the ball and face the small man.

Also, the space on the pitch becomes larger, the position becomes blurred, the attack and defense speed become faster, and a casual change can cause problems in the defensive alignment.

As in the past, when the position was more dense, the two people could quickly switch defensive positions and return to the correct position.

Now that the space is so open, the projection ability of the ball holder is so strong, once it is misplaced, it can only be wrong, small defense big, big defense small, resigned to fate, and leave it to the player's personal ability.

This is an absolute benefit for a team with strong individual ability and strong projection ability, and if you can take advantage of this characteristic of the moment and keep creating misplaced opportunities, the offensive efficiency will become quite terrible.

Of course, in order to complete this system, it takes a lot of training, and the players need to be familiar with all kinds of small coordination skills, to develop a good tacit understanding, and to have outstanding individual abilities.

The more Mike Malone thinks about it, the more excited he becomes, the Clippers' lineup configuration, if it can be blessed with the "infinite misalignment" offensive effect mentioned in this article, the result must be very wonderful.

This tactical system belongs to the "indiscriminate attack", and the opponent can only be targeted in the lineup and individual ability, that is to say, each position must have a strong single defense ability, large defense and small defense ability, in order to deal with the "infinite dislocation" set, otherwise only with some tactical targeting, the software is unable to resist, and can only be attacked on hardware.

Looking at the league, what team has this kind of team that can deal with infinite dislocation?

There is only one, and that is the Clippers themselves.

It was precisely because he thought too much and thought too deeply that Mike Malone was absent-minded and left behind the work of command adjustment.

And Mike Malone's words just hit Min Congda's heart, and he just hoped that the Clippers players could make good use of the misalignment.

So hearing Malone's words, Tyronn Lue was still stunned, what do you mean by that? Why don't I understand?

Min Congda responded: "I think Mike is right, he has a good idea. But a game can be difficult to execute, so everyone plays slowly and does their best. After all, winning this game is not our ultimate goal, the championship, and more championships are. ”

Tyronn Lue reacted at this time and hurriedly said, "Yes, I think so too. ”

Everyone looked at Coach Lu and thought to themselves, you know what we're talking about, and you're right.

But it doesn't matter, from the players to the coaches, they never see Tyronn Lue as a real head coach, but as a team leader, a good partner.

Not to mention, this kind of head coach system similar to "Hypocrisy" is really quite stable, and for a long time to come, Tyronn Lue's position is extremely stable.

He is equivalent to the emperor of the coaches, he has no power, and his ability is not great, but his mental effect is very strong, and there is a shogun below to help him take care of things, if the team's record is not good or he wants to change direction, he doesn't need to change the head coach, just replace the shogun-first assistant coach.

This ensures that the overall atmosphere of the Clippers is stable, and theoretically the manager with the highest power has always been the same person, and the assistant coach who implements specific affairs can be changed, but it does not affect the team's style.

At halftime, the regrouped Clippers players returned to the court.

The Thunder fans at the scene were quite crazy, and the Thunder vowed to win this game tonight.

Brooks asked the players to get their hands on the ground and not slack off just because they had an advantage in the first half.

In the third quarter, they had to continue to maintain their high-impact offense and maintain their advantage to the end.

The Clippers' strong Thunder players are clear and resilient, and they must not be taken lightly until the last minute.

As soon as the third quarter came up, Durant continued to hit the basket with the ball and attacked Gasol Jr., intending to further expand the lead.

This season, Durant is trying to make himself more well-rounded, like LeBron James, who is going big on the offensive end and getting all the numbers.

His assists per game average has risen to a career-high 5.5, and he's going to make himself a great, well-rounded star.

But Durant didn't know that by doing so, he was just keeping him in James' shadow.

Durant is Durant, James is James, he can walk out of his own legendary path, but because he stared at James's back for too long and followed James too closely, he diverged his own path.

His so-called assists are not because of how strong his organizational skills are, but because he is too strong in attack, and after attracting the defense, there will naturally be some gaps leaking out, and passing the ball to his teammates will naturally form an assist.

His unrivaled offense has always been his greatest weapon, and to pursue all-round is undoubtedly to sacrifice his roots.

But Durant didn't think too much about it tonight, he just wanted to win, and he wanted to win a game in the matchup with Curry.

He scored 33 points in the first half and 21 points in a single quarter, and this kind of performance was undoubtedly running for 50 points in the whole game.

Durant scored in a row, but on the Clippers' side, Curry countered and hit a three-pointer, and then Gasol Jr. received the ball in the low post and Leonard handed it to cover Leonard.

Leonard came around, and Perkins had to follow the ball, otherwise Leonard would have shot directly in front of no one.

As a result, Perkins came, Leonard still shot directly, and you Perkins's rate can't interfere with me at all.

A 45-degree mid-range jumper was hit by Perkins as best he could to block it, but it wasn't enough.

Westbrook burned the CPU in general, and Durant rushed at him, but he rushed to the basket and missed the layup.

Curry hit another three-pointer on the counterattack, and the Clippers hit consecutive three-pointers to close the gap to four points.

Brooks called a timeout.

The offense and defense of the two sides in the third quarter gradually entered a state of see-saw.

The Clippers' defense has gradually tightened, and their offensive efficiency has gradually increased.

The Thunder are hot tonight, and Durant is heading for 50 points.

However, the Thunder always held the Clippers down and maintained a lead of about 4 points and 5 points.

At the end of the third quarter, the Thunder led the Clippers by 5 points at 99-94, and the scores on both sides reached an exaggerated level.

Durant scored 11 points in the third quarter, and by the time the fourth quarter began, he had already scored 44 points.

If it is an ordinary team, in the face of firepower like the Thunder and Durant, it will definitely be explained in the third quarter.

But Curry used 30 points in the third quarter, plus the play of his teammates, to withstand the Thunder's hot state tonight, and still maintain a single-digit point difference.

By the time the fourth quarter of the game began and entered the final sprint, the Thunder's offensive efficiency finally began to decline, and the players' physical fitness was a little unbearable.

However, the Clippers did not overtake the score, without Harden, the Clippers bench offense was missing a sharp knife, and the Clippers were slow to chase points.

The competition between the two sides of the offensive and defensive confrontation has reached a white heat, and in order to compete for the ball, both sides have tried their best, flying out of the bottom line, rushing out of the sideline, and falling to the ground to fight for the ball.

The scoring slowed down on both sides, but the Clippers were always able to take advantage of the opportunity to score in one or two positional battles.

In this way, the Clippers bit back the score little by little, and with 40 seconds left before the end of the game, the Clippers were 115-113, two points behind the Thunder.

The ball was in the hands of the Clippers at this point, and Curry had the ball, and he had a chance to unleash a lethal blow that would turn the game around.

But he didn't hit a three-pointer after a single block, but George grabbed the rebound and the Clippers still had a chance.

As a result, the ball was surrounded by three people, the ball landed, several people rushed together, Durant got the ball in the chaos, and the Thunder counterattacked!

If the goal is scored, the Thunder will have the win, and Durant makes a long pass to Westbrook, who is rushing forward.

Westbrook received the ball and turned one step away from the basket, but he opted for a layup and was covered by a big hat from Leonard who rushed up from behind!

Westbrook, who has been dunking tonight, chose to make a layup at a critical moment for some reason, giving Leonard a chance to make up for the block.

Curry followed from behind, fished the ball back before it flew off the baseline, and passed it back to Gasol Jr., who was catching up.

At the critical moment, Gasol Jr. controlled the ball himself through half the court and completely opened up the space, and the Clippers did not call a timeout, but handed the game to the players to decide.

Curry came over to receive the ball, Gasol Jr. handed over to the cover, the Thunder changed defenses, Ibaka faced Curry, Leonard came over to cover again, and then changed defenses.

The Thunder chose to resolutely change their defense in this situation, not giving Curry a chance to enter the interior, you have the ability to shoot three points, and your Curry is not allowed to shoot three points at critical moments!

At this point, Curry is facing the misplaced defensive Durant, and this is a Cavaliers matchup between the two tonight that will determine the final outcome of the game.

The crowd stood up as it was time to test the players' individual abilities, Curry stood close to the center circle and dribbled, Durant drove far away, spreading his long arms and waiting like a spider for his prey to enter his web.

However, instead of going towards the cobwebs, Curry did not try to break through them, but suddenly shot three steps away from the three-point line!

A super long distance three-pointer, the ball cut through the sky, suddenly attacked, an extremely high arc, and then accurately hit the heart of the basket!

Durant didn't even have time to open his hand, because he didn't expect Curry to make a sudden move from this distance.

The ball went in, the three-point shot, and the Clippers overtook 115:116!

With only 1.2 seconds left for the Thunder, they can still make one final attempt and try to make a miracle happen.

Curry, on the other hand, opened his arms and begged for a warm silence from the 20,000 spectators in the audience.

(End of chapter)