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

Chapter 191 It's Not a Good Thing for Basketball (Part [-])
Before the last game of the regular season, Min Congda came to the team's locker room to check the team's morale.

From February to April, Min Congda's life was really hard, just like the investors who bought stocks and experienced the stock market crash.

In nearly two months, the slide from 5000 points to 1800 points was a complete disaster.

If this disaster is really like the stock market crash, it will be over in a week or two.

It happened that it lasted for two months. The people who tortured Min Congda were neither human nor ghost. They were thinking every day why the Clippers were still winning?

Because the trade deadline is over, Min Congda has no chance to trade, let alone layoffs.

Let the coaching staff play poorly and everyone has the ball to play. These moves are useless. Either the system does not allow it, or everyone is on top.

Everyone felt that Min Congda said this deliberately to make the players relax, but the explanation couldn't be explained, and the explanation didn't make sense.

As a result, Min Congda failed to complete any plans in the past two months, and focused on the team's record.

Fortunately, the strong-willed Min Congda slowly walked out of this huge blow.

Now it seems that the situation is not so bad.

If the last game is lost to the Lakers, then of course everything will be fine.

If you can't make it to the playoffs, you don't have to worry about losing money.

If you win the last game, you will enter the first round of the playoffs and play the Lakers.

Based on the comparison of the strengths of the two sides, it is impossible to want a black eight.

Full play and full calculation, the Clippers played at a super level, and the Lakers played at a low level.

The two sides played tiebreaker, the Clippers won 3 games, and Min Congda lost $9000.

In order to prepare for a compensation of 9000 US dollars, Min Congda scolded the referee a lot in the past two months.

By the way, referee reports and whistle-blowing screenshots are released from time to time on NBA-Batman.

In the post-match analysis article, he also criticized the referee in order to vent his anger.

The annoyed league office issued three fines to Min Congda in March and April.

A total of 6 U.S. dollars was fined, which healed Min Congda's wounded heart very well.

It also gave Min Congda the confidence to deal with the crisis of the playoffs.

Therefore, it is good to lose tonight, but it is not unacceptable to win.

Min Congda is such a man who can bend and stretch.

As soon as he entered the Clippers locker room, Min Congda felt a dignified atmosphere.

Obviously, everyone is very concerned about the key battle to enter the playoffs.

Especially the opponent is the Lakers. If they win, they will face the Lakers in the first round of the playoffs.

The first Los Angeles derby in history, it's absolutely fascinating.

What makes the Clippers players feel aggrieved is that the Lakers let Kobe rest in this game.

It means that it doesn't matter if you lose to the Clippers, anyway, it's the same for anyone in the first round.

Playing the Clippers is good because you don't need to travel around home and away, all in Los Angeles.

That's great for the Lakers, a series where every game is home.

Min Congda had already foreseen that if the Lakers went a little bit wrong, they might collapse.

He was anxious, but what could he say in the Clippers locker room?

"Everyone, don't play hard, lose early, the playoff teams don't pay wages."

"Fishing who should go home to fish, who should go to pick up girls, what can't be done to play in the playoffs?"

He couldn't say that, he could only walk around the locker room a few times without saying a word.

There was a look of anxiety on his face.

We have seen Mr. Smart show such a look more than once.

In the past one or two months, he often came to the locker room to take a look around.

He didn't say much, just looked around with a frown, and then left with a serious face.

At the beginning, everyone speculated that Smart was really going to die, or that he would resign if he couldn't make the playoffs.

Everyone is worried about his health and work.

Later, these rumors were dispelled, and everyone knew that Smart would definitely stay, and it had nothing to do with whether he made the playoffs.

So I felt that it must be because of too much pressure, I hope the team can enter the playoffs too much, and the smile on my face is less.

So on April Fool's Day, all the team's employees and players discussed together and made a joke with Min Congda.

I wanted to amuse Min Congda, but after the joke, Min Congda became even more depressed.

Later, Dunleavy said, "Mr. Smart only really cares about one thing, the team can make the playoffs, and everyone works hard. This is the last game, let's work hard."

Coming out of the Clippers locker room, Min Congda wanted to go to the Lakers locker room.

Give the Lakers players a good boost, cheer up, and stimulate Kobe by the way.

Corvo didn't even play on a truce, just to rest and prepare for the playoffs.

Min Congda was very angry in his heart, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt uncomfortable. He took out his mobile phone and sent Fan Chen a message.

"Fan Chen, tweeted on the account, as follows: Kobe will never surpass Jordan, that is, Jordan will never rest the regular season for the playoffs, because Jordan said that he does not want those fans who save money to buy tickets to watch him play disappointment."

After a while, Fan Chen replied: "I can post it, but I want to say that Kobe doesn't take much rest this year. He is not in good health this year. And wouldn't the rest be a good thing for the Clippers?"

Min Congda replied in a dignified manner, "But it's not good for basketball."

This sentence left Fan Chen speechless, and immediately posted this tweet on NBA-Batman.

At the end of the tweet, Fan Chen also added, "From a sincere basketball lover."

Unfortunately, no matter what Min Congda did, he couldn't influence the course of the final game.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the game between the two sides started.

Except for Kobe's rotation, the Lakers' other main players are all there.

Fisher, Gasol, Bynum, Artest and Odom.

Starting to replace Kobe tonight is Shannon Brown.

For the Clippers, the starting lineup has gradually stabilized.

Randolph, Gasol Jr., Baron Davis, Ricky Davis and Curry.

Min Congda's unintentional trade on the February 2 trade deadline pushed Ricky Davis to the starting small forward position.

Unexpectedly, this change has great significance for the Clippers.

After February 2, the Clippers' offensive efficiency and scoring average have improved.

An average of 2 more three-pointers per game came from the contribution of Ricky Davis.

At the same time, there is no significant decline on the defensive end, because Ricky Davis is trying to do a good job in 3D.

He is using his performance to slowly wash away the shame and ridicule from his body.

In addition to the Los Angeles Derby, the matchup between the Lakers and the Clippers will also be a confrontation between the Gasol brothers.

Gasol Jr. also secured the Clippers' starting center position and performed even better.

He doesn't have Kaman's great post-up skills.

But he defends better, is taller and stronger, and has a good hand to support.

His arrival has enriched the Clippers' inside tactics and made the team's style of play more three-dimensional.

After half a season of running-in, the tacit understanding between him and Randolph became more and more.

Min Congda sat on the sidelines and watched Gasol Jr. and Bynum jump the ball.

The ball went to Curry, whom he had handpicked, and the game began.

(End of this chapter)