The Clippers have lost 4 in a row, and time is running out for the crew...

Don't talk nonsense and go straight to the process, Harden said this after the game:

"It felt great in the first quarter, and then it took a turn for the worse. I had to find a balance and keep playing aggressively. ”

Removing the saliva in the second half of the sentence, the meaning of the first half of the sentence can well summarize the trend of the whole game. In the clash with the Mavericks, the Clippers played an almost comical flow of the game.

At one point, they led 31-19 in the first quarter, and they had a 12-point advantage, which was good. Immediately followed by a peculiar smell, and with 3 minutes and 50 seconds left in the half, Odie hit 2+1 with an emergency stop, the score had become 63-42, and the Mavericks were ahead by 21 points.

On the timeline, it's almost ten minutes, and it actually took more than 30 minutes to enter and exit. The most direct reason, of course, is that Westbrook faked the starters and came up to bring the substitutes to be beaten violently. But let's not forget that when Westbrook went off the court and Lue replaced Leonard, George and Harden on the court in an attempt to replicate the success of the first quarter, the Clippers not only failed to reverse the decline, but became more and more ugly. I finally made it to the half-time whistle and looked up at the scoreboard...

51-77。

The entire second quarter was unilaterally beaten by the Mavericks, and they lost 47 points in a single quarter, folks, how bad is this defense, it is really hard to imagine how the Clippers' defensive resources can be ravaged like this? After the rematch continued to widen the score difference by 30 points, the cruel little fat man finally realized that he had to talk a little about martial arts. So he quit and closed the stall, leaving a gorgeous report card with 44 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists on 17-of-21 shooting. By the way, the little fat man only made a total of 1 mistake today. It can be seen that the pressure he is under cannot be said to be completely absent, but it is almost the same as nothing.

4 straight losses, and 3 straight losses since Harden joined. "I'm not a system player, I'm the system." 's bold words should still be in my ears, but the reality is so slapping in the face. Frankly speaking, the motives of everyone watching the Clippers game are not pure, similar to watching Manchester United, they are all here to have fun, and the media has a similar mentality, no wonder there are people who like to make trouble after the game:

Before Harden joined, the Clippers were fifth in the league in scoring points per 100 possessions, fourth in the league in scoring points per 100 possessions, and third in the league in net efficiency; After Harden joined, the Clippers ranked 25th in the league in scoring points per 100 possessions, 28th in the league in points conceded per 100 possessions, and 27th in the league in net efficiency.

The contrast is great, especially in the "take-off" cheers of the shipwreck, which is particularly programmatic. Naturally. Most people put the blame on Harden and angrily accuse him of being a scourge and being unlucky. The commentator at the Dallas home court taunted Harden for two minutes before the game, and deliberately watched the video and summarized it, which is no different from Uncle Benshan's classic:

If you don't have the ability, you don't have the ability, why is the environment bad everywhere you go, you are the one who destroys the environment.

That's right, compared to the peak Deng, the current Harden really has no ability. Taking this game alone, Harden's 14-point reading in the first quarter was full of excitement, and the final inventory was still 14 points. It can be seen that he can use a momentary feeling to make some data, and pointing to him Carry the whole field is like a dream. And this is closely related to the deceptive operation in the offseason, do you think Mo Gou is a liar and refuses to communicate with him, OK, how dare you not even come to team training? Planting melons and getting melons, planting beans and getting beans, lack of systematic training in the offseason, and now rushing into battle still points to what good results can be achieved? If there is a good result, then it is a real insult to basketball.

But on the other hand, the question for the Clippers now is Is Harden alone? No, everybody's guilty everybody's guilty everybody's going to be judged. Westbrook is still the hot-blooded middle-aged man who is always young and always tearful, so although he is always motivated and always wants to win, he has never understood the trick of how to lead the team to win. George should theoretically be a good match, but Harden was the most ruthless in his crimes, 2-of-11 against New York, 7-of-20 against the Nets, and 3-of-12 against the Mavericks to complete the hat-trick. Leonard is stable, but unfortunately only one of the three elements of artificial intelligence is stable and ruthless. When the accuracy & ruthlessness disappears, the one-armed optimus is undoubtedly an impossible task.

Zubac, Hyland and others don't mention it, and Tucker is no longer the Tucker of the year.

I almost forgot Coach Lu, the former champion coach, who combined on-the-spot scheduling and cooking chicken soup, and the odd man who was once sought after by stars from all walks of life in the league, has now become more and more confused and overwhelmed. They all know that Denway can't coexist and someone must make sacrifices, he doesn't believe in evil, and they all know that the Clippers starters are old and slow and lack vitality, and he is biased. When the head coach is in charge of Qiankun to this point, even if he is given a good card, it will be in vain. What's more, the current deck of cards of the Clippers is just "looking beautiful".

Seeing this, everyone should understand why the team has the opportunity to renew Leonard & George's contract early in the offseason, but it has been holding back. As previously said, the Clippers are watching, and Ballmer is watching. I'm a billionaire and I do have money, but it's not the same as it, and I'm going to invest frantically in a project that is doomed to failure, regardless of the cost. Therefore, being able to personally call the team to finalize the Harden trade and personally welcome the arrival of Harden is Ballmer's last tenderness to this team. If this tenderness is not reciprocated, don't blame the boss for being ruthless and ruthless.

At that time, all those who want to get out of the eggs will get out, and half of them will not be left. I forgot to mention that although Lu's contract for the 24-25 season has been turned into a guarantee, it is not difficult to give a one-year compensation. If that happens, the remnants of the defeated generals who are swept away by the team will bear a huge mark of failure, causing those units interested in accepting them to think twice. For example, is there any team willing to give the second and third children, even if they are middle-class or even basic salary? For example, will there be any teams that plan to compete for the championship to hire Lu again? Another example is how big a contract should George Leonard get? The leader of the new unit had something to say: "Dude, it's not appropriate for you to ask for a big contract after failing for a few years in a row, you think the contract is low, and we still think you are unlucky." ”

When the shipwreck is imminent, it means that all crew members must immediately pick up their spirits and do everything to try to save this monstrous crisis. Whether it can be made is unknown, the only thing known is———

Time was running out for the crew.