RNP Chapter 583 The end also means a new beginning
Chapter 583 The end also means a new beginning
Chapter 583 The end also means a new beginning
Tyronn Lue has indeed successfully completed his task in this game - listening to the command and watching the game from beginning to end, without moving his mind at all.
Why use your brain, how can it not be a kind of wisdom to give command to the most talented person in the team?
For Min Congda's leapfrog command, Tyronn Lu didn't feel any psychological discomfort, but felt quite comfortable.
When the game progressed to the fourth quarter, the Lakers still did not give up resistance, still trying to chase points under the leadership of Kobe.
Kobe scored 31 points in the first three quarters. This game feels like he is aiming for 40 points.
In the case of Paul being completely contained, theoretically relying on Kobe and Iguodala, the Lakers still have the strength to fight.
But in the fourth quarter, Kobe ushered in the exhaustion of physical fitness, and he really couldn't move.
In the first three quarters, Kobe played a lot of singles, breakthroughs, and was constantly attacked by the Clippers' young forwards in defense, which consumed a lot of energy.
Kobe also hardly had much rest time and stayed on the court all the time.
D'Antoni is inherently conservative in lineup rotation.
With two legs lame, D'Antoni was even more afraid to let Kobe rest off the court.
Kobe used to be Iron Man, but he's not anymore.
He hit the iron continuously at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and the Clippers seized the opportunity to fight back.
The Clippers team is still very physically fit, and they can't run to death.
This is also a huge advantage of the Clippers. Few teams can match their physical fitness and health.
The "15-member rotation" that Min Congda once formulated gave the team great redundancy in health management.
This season, the Clippers did not have a major injury to a player, which can be said to be the best in the league.
In the fourth quarter, Min Congda once again passed a note to Tyronn Lue. The team used the "Leonard, Gasol Jr., Anthony Davis, Butler, Curry" set to be extremely aggressive and defensive at the same time. A lineup that is also good in aggressiveness and solidity, finishing off.
This is to not give the Lakers any chance, a wave of 8:1 attacks, the difference between the two sides was opened to 20 points, and the game completely lost suspense.
Knowing that there was no hope, D'Antoni replaced Kobe, but Paul told D'Antoni that he still wanted to play for a while.
D'Antoni understands Paul's intentions, the data is too bad, let's talk less about it?
The game is almost over, Paul's data is 5 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds and 5 turnovers, which is too embarrassing.
In the last few minutes, he finally scored a few more points and sent out two assists, turning his data into 10 points and 10 assists, an economically applicable double-double.
Looking at the post-match data table in this way, it won't be too embarrassing, but of course it has no effect on the result of the game.
At 127:103, the Clippers swept the Lakers at the Staples Center. The strength of the game controlled the points and did not give the opponent any chance.
At the end of the game, Min Congda breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't feel the refreshment of completing the task in his heart.
He had a premonition that after the game ended, the conflicts within the Lakers would inevitably intensify.
However, the strength of the Clippers is indeed stronger than he imagined.
Really refers to where to hit, perfectly executed his various strategies.
It reflects the players' strong tactical quality and superb personal ability.
After several seasons of growth, the Clippers have become the league's top player.
Min Congda knew that the giant beast he raised had already taken shape, and even he himself could hardly stop it.
Anyway, he no longer devotes energy to the construction of the team. The Huawei Center project, which he had placed high hopes on before, seems to be progressing smoothly.
The speed of China is really not bragging. The project progresses and changes almost every day, and I report to Min Congda from time to time.
Those bosses of state-owned enterprises even invited Min Congda to dinner, how could Min Congda be in the mood to drink and eat.
Everything seems to be sliding towards the inevitable abyss.
He stood up, the hustle and bustle of Staples Center could not wash away the loneliness and sadness in his heart.
Sadness, four years of painstaking efforts, I want to be disarmed and returned to the farm, [-] million US dollars, eternal peace.
As a result, a ferocious beast was raised, and it was about to set off a bloody storm in the alliance.
However, the process and result of this game took the lead in setting off a bloody storm in the Lakers.
Chris Paul, who just succeeded in seizing power, was unanimously attacked by the media, fans and teammates because of his poor performance in this game.
Before his boss position was hot, Kobe's side took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack. Veterans like Ci Shiping even asked for another meeting to decide on the leadership status of the team.
For a while, the Lakers locker room was full of swords and swords after the game. It seemed that as long as Kobe gave an order, the veterans immediately took action to take down the tyrant Paul and let Kobe restore.
However, Kobe made a very unexpected decision after the game. In the locker room, he said to his teammates: "Stop making trouble, everyone, take a good rest and prepare for the next game."
With a simple sentence, the tense atmosphere in the locker room disappeared, and everyone's minds were brought back to the game to discuss tactics and strategies for the next game.
In the press conference after the game, Kobe and Paul participated together. Kobe said at the press conference, "Paul was targeted by the Clippers crazily tonight. At this time, I think teammates must stand up and take responsibility. Everyone will have a role to play. When it’s bad, it’s the NBA, it’s what happens, no one can play a super game all the time. I also have crazy misses, but my teammates never give up their trust in me, which supports me all the way. today."
When Kobe said this, Paul sat aside with big innocent eyes, like a little brother.
Obviously, Kobe didn't want to compete with Paul, not because he wasn't competitive, but because he was too arrogant.
At the age of 24, he was the second child on the team, he would compete with O'Neal, and he wanted to win the MVP.
Now 34 years old, 10 years have passed, he has got what he deserves, so what else is there to fight for?
The team of the Lakers management and his teammates have already broken his heart, and he will not allow himself to fight for anything.
Most importantly, even if he won the seat that originally belonged to him, so what?
They lost, they lost badly, and they lost with no power to fight back.
The efforts of the whole season may be in vain, so what if he grabs a boss position, how many years is left in his career?
Kobe felt disheartened. Even after the press conference, Paul took the initiative to find Kobe, hoping that the two could reconcile, but Kobe didn't say anything.
As for the management's explanation, Kobe didn't want to hear it even more. After the old Buss died, he felt that the people of the Buss family had nothing to talk about with him.
When Buss was around, he almost treated Kobe like his own son.
But the younger generation of the Bass family did not treat Kobe like a brother, and have always been on guard against Kobe.
For example, in terms of equity distribution and future management commitments, the Bass family has not made any commitments to Kobe.
To put it simply, in the eyes of the Bass family, Kobe is still a high-level wage earner, and it is impossible to become a management team.
After all, Kobe's popularity is too high and he has a lot of assets under his name. It would be bad if one day his meritorious deeds threatened the status of the Bass family.
Moreover, in terms of contribution to the Lakers, Magic Johnson is still better. After all, he came to the Lakers at the same time as Old Buss and is the number one contributor to the rise of the Lakers empire.
Therefore, Magic Johnson can buy 4.5% of the shares of the Lakers and become a minority shareholder. After all, the status of the two is still different.
These things all stimulated Kobe and his proud nerves.
Coupled with the fight with Paul, he suddenly felt dull.
What's the point of continuing to fight and endure like this here?
Los Angeles is about to change its flag, and this place is about to become the world of the Clippers.
Bryant's premonition is not wrong, Los Angeles is changing, this season is the turning point.
After the first game, there was a lot of hype in the media, and Paul's poor play was made into a highlight and circulated online.
The fans voted, some of them believed that Kobe was the answer for the Lakers, but a considerable number of them believed that a game can't explain anything.
In the long run, the Lakers' hope is still Paul. After all, in competitive sports, age is the biggest advantage.
No matter how strong Kobe is, the decline is already an established fact, and Paul's hip stretching is still a guarantee of combat power in the long run.
In short, the fans are arguing about this, and it can be seen that there are also differences among the Lakers fans.
There is also a small group of fans who directly think, "I'll just be a Clippers fan, the Clippers are too strong."
Winning honey is ubiquitous in the field of sports. After all, in competitive sports, the winner takes all, and it is natural to worship the strong and the winner.
The Clippers are currently on the rise and are very likely to grow into a dynasty team. It belongs to the stage where the brave have not yet become a dragon, and it is time to attract fans.
Only one day later, the Clippers played against the Lakers at home. This time, the Clippers relaxed a lot and did not target Paul like the last one.
Because Min Congda knows that the division within the Lakers is already an established fact, and it is difficult to bridge the relationship between Kobe and Paul.
Maybe this summer, the Lakers management will have to make a choice between the two.
At the same time, the Bass family's prestige in Los Angeles and their control over the Lakers will also loosen.
Next season will be the best time to dismantle the Bass family and create a new Laker.
By next year, the sympathetic effect of Bath Sr.'s death will wear off.
At the same time, the instability caused by the death of the old Bath, and the infighting between the brothers and sisters, will accelerate this instability.
In addition, the alliance will interfere with it, and Min Congda will play tricks behind his back. For the Bass family, everything will become precarious.
In this case, what Min Congda needs to do is to let the Clippers kill the Lakers cleanly, and the second is to be patient.
If you act too hastily and exert too much pressure from the outside, it will unite the Bass family internally. You must let the fortress slowly decay from the inside, and then use external forces to break it down with one blow.
In the second game, the Clippers still did not give the Lakers any chance, a victory that followed a normal process, 109:100, easily defeated the Lakers by 9 points.
Curry scored a game-high 33 points in this game, feeling hot and hot. The Lakers simply couldn't deal with Curry's new offensive style.
With such a long range and such a strong spatial pull, the Clippers just took out ordinary ones from their arsenal and defeated the Lakers.
Moreover, the Lakers still have a big weakness, that is their head coach D'Antoni.
D'Antoni in the regular season is very good. He brought new things to the Lakers. He is really good at teaching offense.
But in the playoffs, D'Antoni lacked flexibility, especially in the rotation of the lineup, which will always rotate with eight players. Adding one more person seems to kill him.
In his playoff series, there are basically no surprises or tricks, and it is not bad to be able to use the cards in his hand well.
However, when the strength is weaker than the opponent, you must be able to make strange moves.
This is why the Suns played so well in the regular season, but the series never made it to the Finals.
In addition to the gap in player strength, D'Antoni's odds of winning against old foxes like Jackson and Popovich are very low.
He beat Jackson twice because the overall strength of the Lakers was not good at that time. Even so, he was dragged into the tiebreaker by the Lakers.
The Lakers fell behind 0:2 in the series, and there is no turning point. The only thing they can do is to win one or two games at home.
But the Clippers don't want to waste too much time in the series. Anyway, no matter how many games they play, they will still be in Los Angeles, so they should just rest early.
In the third game, the two sides fought quite fiercely. Kobe and Paul launched a resolute resistance, and the confrontation between the two sides was very strong.
The Clippers were also forced out of their strongest state. At the last moment, James Harden and George hit consecutive three-pointers to help the Clippers secure the victory—you don’t know who the Clippers will stand up tonight Become a hero, the Clippers players themselves do not know.
At 96:90, the two sides fought a high-intensity defensive battle. The Clippers took a 3:0 lead in the series, and there was no suspense in the semifinals.
No team can come back from a 0-3 deficit, and even if there is always such an example in history, it won't be this year's Lakers.
The Lakers have lost the will to resist. In fact, after losing 2011:0 to the Mavericks in the semi-finals of the 4 season, the Lakers with Kobe at the core were exhausted.
No matter whether Paul or Iguodala came later, his aging and death were only delayed. The NBA trend is moving forward, and there will always be former kings who will disappear in the long river.
The Clippers didn't entangle too much in the semifinals. The league was embarrassed to obviously control the court in the semifinals. It would be meaningless to control another game in this series, and it wouldn't make much money.
In the fourth game, the Clippers defeated the Lakers 112:105 without bloodshed, easily defeated the Lakers with a big score of 4:0, and reached the Western Conference Finals for the third consecutive year.
At the end of the fourth game, the Clippers players stepped forward and hugged Kobe one by one, paying tribute to the idol of this generation of basketball teenagers and saying goodbye, and see you next season.
Bryant, too, waved to the fans at Staples Center as another year passed in his career.
Now, he has been able to face failure calmly, and has some thoughts about whether to stay with the Lakers next season.
Endings, sometimes, also mean new beginnings.
(End of this chapter)