RNP Chapter 595
Chapter 595
Chapter 595
The first game of the finals ended with a dramatic ending, which also opened the prelude to this round of the series.
After the game, Spoelstra, Tyronn Lue and other insiders did not disclose to the media the reason for Ray Allen's abnormal performance at the last moment.
For this kind of anecdote, fans will not know the whole story until years later when the column is declassified or the person involved speaks out.
It's like Paul Pierce's "Return of the King" in the 2008 Finals.
After the end of the pain, he left in a wheelchair, but a few minutes later he returned with full blood and hit a three-pointer, which was very exciting.
It was only later that I found out that the reason why he was able to return so quickly was because the guy wasn't injured at all, but was gone.
My stomach is already so noisy that I can't walk, but if I take one more step, I will directly pull you on the field, so I can only use a wheelchair to push it to the toilet to defecate.
Then he made up a lie to encourage fans and teammates, and the Celtics won the first game in one go and won the championship.
If Pierce wasn't so cunning, he would just shit on the spot. If he was a Lakers player, it would be okay to wear a yellow home jersey. You can't tell if you pull it. He wears a white home jersey with yellow on his butt. What about the Celtics ball? beat?
The color of the soul of the Green Army was originally yellow?
Not to mention, Pierce was really a Lakers fan when he was a child, growing up in Inglewood.
In short, he will definitely die on the spot, and all the fans will be petrified. From now on, he will be nailed to the pillar of shame in the yellow-green war, and the team's morale will be completely depleted.
The championship is still unknown.
So, just such a small detail changed the ending of the 08 Finals.
And Min Congda's paper ball may have a similar effect.
In short, the Clippers, who won the first game, have taken the lead, and the situation has become difficult for the Heat.
With a two-day break between Game [-] and Game [-], both teams can make good adjustments to what happened in Game [-].
For the Heat, their strategy proved to be correct, and it was the final accident that caused them to lose a good game.
Spoel knew that the team had lost the opportunity, and the second game would become extremely important.
But Spoel is not a master of strange moves, and when his overall strength is not as good as his opponent's, if he rashly makes strange moves, it is very likely that he will be thrown into disarray.
Combined with the situation in the first game, Spoelstra and the coaching staff believe that maybe the Heat can do more inside, and they should further expand their inside advantage.
For the Clippers, the coaching staff also stayed up late at the training center and worked overtime to watch videos and rework the game strategy.
Tyronn Lue believes that maybe the team should replace the starting lineup and use Harden to play the second position to strengthen the team's offense.
Mike Malone believes that since he won the first game, it is better to start without moving, but the team's defensive strategy needs to be changed, and the offense must also be adjusted.
"Our defense must be as fast as our offense."
Mike Malone put forward this point. The Clippers were not active in switching defenses in the first game, which led to many opportunities for the Heat outside.
Of course, the strong performance of Howard and Bosh is one of the reasons, the Clippers had to shrink the line of defense appropriately.
If it is Steve Kerr, he will definitely strengthen his offense in the second game, while Malone is more inclined to balance.
Tyronn Lue has always been kind, and he thinks Malone's decision is justified.
In fact, with the strength of the Clippers, as long as they play normally without making strange moves or playing randomly, they will be the dominant side regardless of whether they focus on offense or defense.
It's just that playing defense seems to have fallen into the rhythm of the Heat.
However, Mike Malone didn’t think so. At the pre-match plan meeting, he pointed out: “When we didn’t perform well in the first game, we should pay attention to defense. The first is to seek stability, and the second is to use defense to unite the team. People's hearts, to prevent too laissez-faire in the offense, and the situation of the army's lack of morale, third, it is also unexpected, so that the Heat can't expect it, we are actually a very good defensive team."
Malone's second point is what really convinced Tyronn Lue. Having experienced the championship season, he knows that defense can indeed unite people's hearts.
Because in a basketball game, defense requires more cooperation and tacit understanding than offense, and as the passive side, it has to bear a lot of pressure. Without unity, it is impossible to build a good defense.
The offense is different. The offense can rely on personal heroism, can look at four sides in one hit, and can create miracles with the outstanding performance of a certain person.
But once the players fall into this cage of personal heroism, everyone wants to focus on expressing themselves, want good-looking statistics, and some people even want to win the MVP, then the morale and atmosphere of the team may be bad.
In terms of tactics, Tyronn Lue is not a master, but in terms of mastering the psychology of players, Tyronn Lue has something.
After some more detailed discussions, Tyronn Lue decided on the combat strategy for the second game, starting with defense.
Ray Allen must not be allowed to have the strong performance that almost killed the Clippers in the first game.
After making the decision, Mike Malone felt a little guilty and asked, "Do you want to ask Mr. Smart for instructions?"
Tyronn Lue waved his hand and said, "Forget it, don't ask Mr. Smart for advice. If you always 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 how much Min Congda scolds people, but if a person is always gentle with you on weekdays, even if he loses a game, he is very tolerant and never says anything, and he treats you very well.
But one day he was very angry and scolded you severely. For those who were scolded, they felt more guilty and thought, "What a terrible thing I did to be scolded like this."
The Clippers players also thought the same way. Although they won the first game, they gave everyone a blow. The Heat are really not that easy to deal with.
But Min Congda was sulking at home for two days, went to Santa Monica beach to drink two glasses, watched the sunset, chatted up the beautiful women, and danced under the bonfire at night.
Then the guy is just fine!It's okay, if you win, you win, it's not like you haven't won before!
I haven't had a good life yet. Although I have deducted tens of thousands of dollars in this playoffs, the money earned by Red Boots in the playoffs is enough to cover this loss.
The Apple stock that Min Congda decided to invest in reached its peak in November 12, rising to more than 11 US dollars. Min Congda decisively sold part of it to cash out.
Since the beginning of 13, the stock price has been falling all the way, and it has fallen to more than 6 US dollars per share in June, and Min Congda started to buy again.
He is optimistic for a long time and only buys and only trades in the stock of Apple, which has effectively preserved and increased the value of his wealth.
Now he is also worth close to [-] million yuan, but [-] million yuan cannot satisfy Min Congda. After this season, it is a certainty that the Clippers' market value will exceed [-] million US dollars.
Thinking about the good, it is like the prize pool in the lottery lottery. Because no one has won the prize, the amount of prize money has accumulated higher and higher, so the prize money for the winners in the future will be extremely rich.
As for the person participating in this lottery draw, as long as Min Congda does not let the Clippers go bankrupt for a year, the bonus pool will continue to accumulate, and by then the income from completing his mission will be higher.
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 bad thing at all, so he regarded it as accumulating quota for future task rewards.
Two days passed in a flash, and the discussions between the Heat and the Clippers were also in full swing.
But no matter how fierce the debate is, the two sides still have to go to the arena to see the truth, whether it is the mule or the horse that comes out.
The second battle was quite stressful for both sides.
Needless to say, the Heat, they never want to return to Miami with a score behind 0:2.
Although they made a comeback in 06, and even though the Clippers also made a comeback last year, a comeback has never been possible.
The Clippers almost lost in the first game, and they dare not be careless in this game. If they lose this game, their home court advantage will be completely lost.
Going to the south coast for three consecutive away games, that day was really uncomfortable.
Before the start of the game, the expressions of both sides were quite serious, not as relaxed as in the first game.
The players on both sides no longer hugged and greeted each other as they did before the first game, but looked at each other with murderous expressions.
This is not a friendly match, every game is a battle of life and death.
Although ESPN reported that Min Congda said in an interview before the game that "friendship comes first, competition comes second," but no one believed his nonsense.
ESPN also gave a report saying, "At the last moment, Smart handed a small note to Tyronn Lue, and this note is the key to the Clippers' comeback from adversity."
As for the contents of the note, no one knows until now.
There was no change in the starting lineups of the two sides, and the Clippers did not let Harden return to the starting lineup.
It is indeed a big taboo to change players before the battle, and the Clippers won the first game after all. A stable lineup is conducive to the players' stable mentality and performance.
And tonight, the highlight of the Clippers is defense. Paul George and Leonard, the two humming generals, were exhorted by Mike Malone before the game. The advantage of the small forward is brought into play.
Malone is right on this point. The Heat's striker is the biggest weakness, but in the first game, the Clippers' striker played too little.
Most of the energy is to compete with the Heat's inside line and the Heat's backcourt, and the striker seems dispensable.
This is the position with the most abundant resources for the Clippers.
As soon as the game started, the Heat's offense was blocked by the Clippers.
At the beginning, the Clippers defended a zone defense, which caused the Heat to miss. In the end, Wade forced a three-pointer from the outside and missed.
Randolph took the backcourt rebound and gave the ball to Curry to start the Clippers' first offense.
The Clippers started with a centerline pick-and-roll, and Gasol pulled to a very high position to do the pick-and-roll.
Randolph did not go low, but came near the free throw line, and the inside line was completely empty.
Curry accelerated, hit the basket with the ball, changed hands in the air to dodge Howard's block, and succeeded in a difficult underhand layup!
A very beautiful goal at the beginning, Howard's physical fitness is not at its peak after all, and Curry was prepared for this ball, and the difficult change of hands showed his strong core strength.
Then the Heat tried to feed Howard alone in the low post. Leonard suddenly double-teamed, cut off Howard's ball, and then passed it to Curry, who passed a long pass to George.
George made a fast break, layup caused Wade's foul, and went to the free throw line.
The Clippers started with full aggression, both defensively and offensively.
George made two free throws and the Clippers had taken the lead.
Then, the Clippers defended the zone defense again, and Nash found a gap and passed the ball to Lewis in the corner.
Lewis made a three-pointer, but under Leonard's interference, he missed.
It's obviously a zone defense, but Leonard can still kill the interference in time.
He has quick feet, long arms, big hands, and decent defensive coverage.
In the interior, Gasol stuck Howard tightly, Randolph stuck Bosh, and George got the backboard.
In the last game, the Clippers were robbed of too many offensive rebounds by the Heat, which made them defensively passive.
In this game, Gasol and Randolph were desperately stuck, and the task of grabbing rebounds was handed over to George and Leonard.
Rebound data is not important, what is important is that the ball must be controlled by the team.
For the sake of their good statistics, some players never get stuck in grabbing rebounds, waiting for their teammates to get stuck and pick peaches by themselves.
It not only saves physical energy, but also brushes up the data, and also controls the possession of the ball, killing three birds with one stone, but it is easy for the opponent to take advantage of the loopholes.
George firmly controlled the rebound. He didn't launch a fast break with the ball, but gave it to Curry, and slowly crossed the half to play.
But the Clippers' positional battle has never been a regular position, low position is strong, it is still a very high position pick and roll, and it starts to block when it passes the middle circle.
Curry got rid of Nash's defense and cut into the three-point line from the middle. Howard had to follow. As a result, Curry gave a ball to Randolph who cut in.
After Randolph received the ball, he dunked vigorously with both hands!At the beginning, the Clippers beat the Heat 6:0, and Spoelstra called a timeout.
At the start, the Heat were completely suppressed by the Clippers. They didn't have any of their own things, and they were beaten up by the Clippers.
Returning to the court after the timeout ended, Nash scored the Heat's first point with a layback shot after a single block.
Then, the Clippers gave Randolph a low ball. Randolph didn't hold Howard like he did in the previous game, and he didn't play well.
In this game, Randolph wandered more on the perimeter. Once Howard's attention was drawn away, Randolph took the opportunity to sink low. The Heat had to dislocate and Bosh came to defend.
Bosh defended, Randolph was not afraid, pouted his buttocks and arched inward, then turned around and made a small hook with his left hand, hit two points, and the point difference was stable.
And the Heat is still Nash, after a single block, he suddenly took a step back, made a three-pointer from the outside, and hit it!
Nash scored 5 points in a row!Nash, who has always been known for his assists and strong organization, has always been underestimated in his scoring ability.
After all, Nash is a player who has scored 48 points in the playoffs. This score is not something that ordinary players can get.
Kobe, known as the scoring maniac, only scored a maximum of 50 points in a single game in the playoffs, two points more than Nash.
Seeing Nash's consecutive hits in the opening game, a 183 man in Los Angeles must have thought, "Why not target him, but target me! I won't be allowed to shoot a comfortable mid-range!"
(End of this chapter)