I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 117 Min Congda's Bad Things (Fourth Change)

Dunleavy let Ricky Davis start, of course not to let himself go and give up the game, but to fulfill his promise.

Before Dunleavy and Ricky Davis said that he would increase his playing time, the premise is that Ricky Davis must improve his defense.

For the next two weeks, every afternoon when the team finished training, Ricky Davis would stay in the arena for basic defensive practice.

Those defensive skills that have been trained since high school, side slide, back slide, cross step, forward defense, basic stance, foot posture, leg posture, torso posture, hand posture, chest position...

The 31-year-old Ricky Davis actually started from scratch one by one, pulling the team's defensive coach to practice for more than an hour.

Dunleavy originally thought that this guy had a whim, and he would just stick to it for three to five days.

At this age, a guard who once averaged 20 points per game in the league has a salary of several million a year, so he doesn't have the heart to concentrate on defense.

Is it too late to start working as a blue collar now?

But Ricky Davis persisted until the warm-up training before the start of the game this afternoon. He still coached defensive pace and fixed-point three-pointers.

He didn't care about the ball-handling breakthroughs and emergency stop jump shots that he was good at in the past.

Concentrate on defense that he was unwilling to do before, shooting spot-up three-pointers, squatting in the corner.

His persistence earned Dunleavy's approval, and he was placed in the starting lineup before the game started.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the game, Ricky Davis had an eye-catching performance.

One transfer, one steal, the ball to Baron Davis counter.

Baron didn't speed up. He observed it, and the team didn't have a good chance to counterattack quickly.

Still on the ground, Randolph stuck Love in the low post and asked for the ball.

Baron passed the ball to Randolph, and Randolph was very deep.

After catching the ball, he turned around and succeeded in picking the basket lightly, and scored two points.

Love raised his hands high, and the ball didn't interfere at all.

Regardless of Love playing power forward, the reported height is 207.

In fact, his height is only a little over 2 meters, around 201 or 202.

Randolph is a man with a neck height of 206 and a wingspan of 213.

In a one-on-one confrontation, it is impossible for Love to defend Randolph well.

The Clippers led 4-0 at the start, which is not a good sign.

Min Congda was sitting on a chair, eating popcorn, thinking not to worry, and look again.

The Timberwolves also scored soon, and Love responded in a high position and passed the ball to the basket.

Corey Brewer caught the ball and evaded Kaman's defense and made a layup.

"Very good, very good, Corey Brewer's escape is beautiful. Thornton is still the same problem, he can't keep up, too slow."

Corey Brewer is lanky, fast, quick and good at cutting.

Both sides gradually opened up the situation.

The Clippers are the third youngest, with Randolph and Kaman's low positions opening the way.

Baron Davis organized the team's offense and had a chance to do it himself.

If there is no chance, start from the low position.

Unlike the Clippers' double low post, the Timberwolves play high and low post, with Jefferson attacking in the low post.

Love mainly supports in the high position, and waits for an opportunity to fire from outside.

Brewer's bottom line repeatedly interspersed with running positions, forming the regular offensive form of the Timberwolves.

In the first quarter, the two sides played back and forth, and the Clippers' double insiders felt good.

Randolph and Kaman scored 6 and 8 points respectively.

Surprisingly, Ricky Davis' performance.

He didn't even have a ball attack in the first quarter.

The ball comes out immediately in his hands and never sticks to the ball.

The main task of the offensive end is to squat in the bottom corner to attract the defense.

The defensive end is extremely active in running and defending.

After the official timeout ended, Dunleavy specifically ordered Ricky Davis to keep an eye on Corey Brewer.

Thornton is too big to keep up, and it would be better for Ricky to keep an eye on him.

So, Ricky Davis began to mark Brewer with nougat.

It made Brewer very uncomfortable, and the air cut movement was useless.

At the end of the first quarter, the Clippers led the Timberwolves by 31 points at 28:3.

Min Congda felt that the rhythm of the game was not right, and thought: "It's okay, it's okay, the Clippers' starting strength is better than the Timberwolves. The key is to be on the back bench. When Curry leads the team, the Clippers will collapse. That’s how the game is.”

Curry has not performed well recently, not because he is playing blindly, but because he can't find the rhythm of the game.

At the end of the first quarter, Curry replaced Baron Davis. The bearded man had no objections, and the two still bumped fists.

Then Curry played the last 3 minutes of the first quarter smoothly, without much performance.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Curry took the substitute to confront the Timberwolves substitute.

The Timberwolves' point guard is Sessions, an aggressive small guard.

As soon as he came up, he rushed to Curry with the ball and hit the basket, but was blocked by Camby and dropped the layup.

The Clippers players are in good condition tonight, which obviously has something to do with a good night's sleep.

Curry grabs the ball, has a quick push and counter, and he calls Camby's pick-and-roll in the high post.

A king of Qin evaded Sessions' defense around the post, went to the basket in the middle, and faced Timberwolves center Nathan Jawai.

Curry made a high throw shot!Then get knocked down by Jawai!
The referee blows his whistle and blows Jawai's defensive foul.

A goal is scored and a penalty is added!

"Damn it. What is this big black guy doing? If you can't prevent him, don't bump into someone. This idiot, if the opponent throws high, you can even raise your hand and jump up to interfere. Why are you bumping into someone?"

Min Congda was upset for a while, and the bad feeling became stronger and stronger.

Looks like Curry should be in good shape tonight.

The throw was hit, and the penalty was also hit, and the Clippers slightly opened up the point difference.

Then the Timberwolves hit a mid-range jumper, and the Clippers quickly counterattacked.

Curry caught the ball and went straight to the Timberwolves' three-second zone, without a chance to circle around.

Sudden mid-range shot at the bottom angle of zero degrees, and hit again!

Curry scored 5 points in a row, this kid didn't organize anymore, and started attacking directly in the second quarter!
This is what he is used to the rhythm of the game.

"Damn it, Curry is the bastard who is best at attacking when he is in the second team. This guy is really cunning. When the main force is there, you don't attack and pretend to be a grandson. When the main force comes down, there is no tiger in the mountain. You monkey is called the king, and you start to fight. All kinds of shots. I look down on you know, Steph?"

Regardless of what Min Congda thought, Curry seized the opportunity of the second team's weak defense and scored consecutively.

By the time the main players of both sides reappeared, the Clippers had already led the Timberwolves by 50 points at 43:7.

Curry scored 5 points in five minutes.

"You chicken thief, go down! Huh? Old Deng won't let you down?"

"Okay, it depends on what performance you can continue to perform on the court."

Dunleavy did not replace Curry, but went to Baron Davis to play double guard with Curry.

After the Timberwolves returned to the main force, Love rushed to the basket with the ball, made a foul and made two free throws.

50:45, the Timberwolves are slightly closer to the score.

Then the Timberwolves players just returned to defense and haven't settled down yet.

Baron Davis made a long pass to the frontcourt, and Curry received the ball in the middle.

Pause, turn around, feint, and pass Flynn lightly!

Rushed to the basket, another high-arc throw shot!

The ball bounced off the backboard and into the basket, and hit it again!
Curry scored 12 points in a single quarter.

"Not good, this is not good."

(End of this chapter)