NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 234 Best head coach, swept and advanced to the second round

If nothing could be seen in the first game, G2 between the two sides soon started.

Clippers 105:83 Spurs.

The Clippers lead the Spurs 2-0.

After the Spurs lost this game, their morale was already very low. It can be seen that the strength of both sides is indeed here.

The Spurs GDP era is over. Perhaps since Xiao Hua took office, the NBA has entered a new era.

These outstanding figures of the old era have now fallen out of favor with the times.

In St. Anthony's G3, although the Spurs tried to defend a home court, they still lost to the Clippers.

The Clippers took away the victory cleanly, and also took away the Spurs' GDP era.

Leading 3-0 in the first round, for Spurs fans, there was basically no hope of a comeback.

Originally, a 0-3 comeback had never happened in NBA history. At the same time, if they wanted to come back, they had to black 7, so it would be too difficult under double BUFF.

And the Spurs now are not the Spurs before. In fact, when the Spurs were still maintaining a high level in the first two seasons, fans felt that it was a bit outrageous.

Now after two or three seasons, in fact, now is the real Spurs.

Parker and Ginobili have already been declining significantly, and they are relying on Duncan to support them. Without Duncan's support, the Spurs will not have the strength to compete for a championship level.

As a team that is a championship contender this season, it is not too surprising that the Clippers have such a gap.

The news that the Clippers led the Spurs 3-0 surprised people.

Although the Clippers are rated as one of the three super teams this season, in comparison, they still rank behind the Cavaliers and Warriors.

The Cavaliers have the golden signature of James, and the Warriors also have the signature of the Splash Brothers.

The Clippers' biggest draw is coach Su Chen.

In people's perception, the coach's influence on the team, no matter how powerful the coach is, is not as great as the superstar's improvement to the team, right?

But the Clippers are such a team, and the coach's improvement to the team is really that great.

For this, look at the Timberwolves next door.

Last season, the Timberwolves under the leadership of Su Chen were able to sweep the Grizzlies.

When it comes to players this season, the Timberwolves are missing Luol Deng.

But now the Timberwolves are playing back and forth with the Grizzlies. Although the Grizzlies are leading the Grizzlies by a big score of 2 to 1, the Timberwolves' victory came with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer.

The Grizzlies' lineup is basically the same as last season. With the same opponent playing like this, it can only be said that Rivers and Suchen are indeed different.

Can the Clippers really be so much better than the Spurs on paper?

Strong is to be stronger, but not to the point of crushing.

But now when the Clippers face the Spurs, they can play a crushing game.

The Clippers did not live up to the expectations of the outside world, and still showed the strength of a super team, even better than the other two super teams.

Although the Cavaliers and Warriors are currently leading 3-0, their opponents are not as strong as the Spurs.

The Cavaliers' opponent is the Bucks without Antetokounmpo and Middleton. They can enter the playoffs purely by relying on the weak welfare of the Eastern Conference. The winning rate is less than half of the playoffs.

Although the Mavericks have a winning rate of over 60%, the team's core Nowitzki has declined more than Duncan, and the other Mavericks role players are not too good either.

The three-to-zero score between these two teams is naturally not as valuable as the Clippers' three-to-zero score against the Spurs.

Even though the Spurs' GDP is old, Leonard and Green are still growing up.

Moreover, the head coach of the Spurs can be said to be one of the top historical coaches in history. Such a performance is enough to demonstrate the strength of the Clippers.

However, this kind of void is not interesting, and everyone is still looking forward to a real battle between these three teams.

But the Warriors and Clippers are ranked first and second respectively, and they are obviously untouchable in the second round.

If you want to see these three teams play against each other, don't even think about it in the first and second rounds.

The playoffs are in full swing.

But at this time, the results of an award from the league came out.

That is the selection of the best head coach.

The best head coach this season is actually quite controversial.

The biggest controversial point is who should be given the best coach among Kerr, Suchen and Budenholzer.

In terms of record alone, the Warriors led by Cole are number one in the league.

Budenholzer led the Eagles to first place in the Eastern Conference.

But this season is a bit special, that is, it cannot be calculated purely based on record.

The Clippers' reorganization and then rapid surge to second place in the Western Conference is impossible to ignore.

The selection criteria should not just be based solely on record, but should also consider how the coach has helped the team.

Just like the Heat's Big Three have just formed, or the Celtics' Big Three have just formed, then the best coach is Spoelstra or Rivers?
It's so simple. Whoever is in a team organized by a giant will be the best coach. There is no need to choose.

And after last season, there was a constant voice.

That is, the league owes Suchen the best coach.

Last season, Su Chen led the Timberwolves from a team that had always been outside the playoffs to not only reach the top record, but also broke the winning streak at the beginning.

In fact, the best coach last season should be Su Chen.

At that time, when the league's coaches voted, everyone voted for Popovich out of favor.

If Popovich eliminates Su Chen in the playoffs, there won't be much of a problem. Is there any problem in not voting for a regular season brush?

But the problem is that Su Chen eliminated Popovich, and the score was quite big.

This makes coaches across the league embarrassed.

Labels such as seniority, team-building, and xenophobia are the outside world's curses on these coaches.

Especially coaches who have a better relationship with Popovich, they are scolded and ridiculed the most. After all, they must have voted for Popovich without even thinking about it.

In fact, even if we don't consider favors this season, we don't have to vote for Su Chen as the best coach.

There is no problem if the improvement under Cole's leadership is not large enough. Budenholzer's performance in leading the team has brought changes to the team. There is no problem in being awarded the best coach.

The Clippers had already passed the All-Star Game, and then began to rest a lot, and their record was not as good as the Eagles.

But the biggest problem here is.

Whether it is Cole or Budenholzer, they are both Spurs coaches and disciples of Popovich.

After last season, these Spurs coaches who voted for Popovich were ridiculed by the fans.

If you really want to vote, you can only vote for Budenholzer.

Budenholzer was asked to fight Suchen, but even the Cavaliers obviously couldn't beat him.

If the Hawks were eliminated by the Cavaliers, Su Chen would rush out from the West and then eliminate the Cavaliers.

Those coaches who voted for Budenholzer will have another long offseason of being scolded.Some coaches even go to the supermarket to buy something at night, and fans who recognize them will taunt them by saying, "This is our great xx shady coach."

It is true that Su Chen's story is so legendary that the number of his fans has skyrocketed.

Last season was equivalent to defeating Suchen as the best coach. Even this season, Budenholzer should actually be the best coach, but now voting has made many people hesitate.

Budenholzer is also a Spurs coach. If he is voted for again, it may cause Suchen fans to take the lead and make some passers-by feel disgusted with them.

It would be okay if Su Chen didn't win the championship this season. If he wins the championship, people like them will be ridiculed again.

Given that the Clippers were so heavy-handed against the Spurs in the first round, it wouldn't be surprising if the Clippers really won the championship.

After all, in the past two seasons, no one believed that Su Chen could win the championship. Didn't Su Chen win two as well?

The voting results for the best head coach of the season for the 2014~2015 season came out, which made many people pay attention immediately.

The best head coach of the 2014~2015 season: Su Chen!
By the time people see it, the results have been announced.

This result is well deserved.

Last season, Su Chen led the Timberwolves to be no worse than the current Hawks, but the best coach was hacked.

In fact, this season, Su Chen led the rebuilt Clippers to second place in the Western Conference, and they still looked like a super team. They were really no worse than Budenholzer.

If the Hawks meet the Clippers in the playoffs, even if they don't sweep them, the Hawks will still be able to make a splash.

Not to mention passers-by, even Eagles fans didn't have much objection when they saw this result.

If this award is announced before the playoffs have started, there may still be many Eagles fans who want to question it.

But after seeing the Clippers easily defeat the Spurs [-]-[-], Hawks fans didn't dare to argue.

Facing the Heat, who are eighth in the Eastern Conference without James, the Hawks are only 2-1.

Moreover, in G3, he was almost overturned by old Wade.

To provoke Clippers fans and Su Chen fans because of the issue of the best coach. If Su Chen leads the Clippers to win the championship, none of them will be ridiculed.

With this result, it’s not just the fans who feel they deserve it.

Even the coaches who participated in the vote were relieved at the result.

Especially some of them were originally Spurs coaches, or coaches who had a good relationship with Budenholzer. It was easy to see that Su Chen was the best coach.

They were scolded enough last season, and they don't want to be scolded again this season.

As for Su Chen himself, Su Chen didn't have a big reaction after the staff told him that he had won this award.

After all, this is just a false name.

There are no real benefits, not even a lottery draw.

The current goal is to work hard towards the championship.

San Antonio.

AT&T Center Arena.

Spurs fans still filled the arena tonight, even though the Spurs were already 0-3 behind and still in seventh place.

When it comes to a comeback, even Spurs fans don't have too much hope.

But no matter what, the Spurs, as a veteran team for so many years, still have the pride of a veteran team.

They don't want to get swept away.

The fans who came to cheer for the home team tonight still want the Spurs to get a game.

Fans are actually relatively tolerant of the old Spurs. After all, this GDP once brought too many honors to the city.

Even when they were swept in the 90s, Spurs fans were relatively tolerant.

Unlike Knicks fans, who have a tradition of booing the home team at every turn.

Su Chen also entered the stadium at this time.

He started his career as a head coach in this arena. Starting from next season, the Spurs' GDP will be marginalized and then retire.

But Popovich will still stick with this team.

"Don't underestimate each other, you have to be more focused and let's end this series here."

When cheering before the game, Su Chen said loudly to the players.

No matter what, giving your best is the best way to respect this Spurs.

At the same time, don't let this experienced and strong team show resilience, that is, don't let the Spurs slow down and directly press them away.

Soon the game will start.

Spurs starting lineup: Thiago Splitter (C), Tim Duncan (PF), Kawhi Leonard (SF), Danny Green (SG), Tony Parker (PG)

Clippers starting lineup: Nikola Jokic (C), Nicolas Batum (PF), Jeff Green (SF), Paul George (SG), Damian Lillard (PG)

There are no changes to the starting lineups of both sides.

There is no need to change the Clippers' lineup. After all, the Clippers have won three consecutive games with this lineup. Why change if they didn't lose?
As for the Spurs not changing, it is because there is no replacement.

There is only so much hard power, and there is not much that Popovich can do.

At the beginning of the game, the Spurs once took the lead through cooperation.

This made the Spurs fans at the scene very excited. The strength shown by the Spurs was just like the Spurs ten years ago.

But the resemblance is really just a resemblance.

Su Chen paused and made adjustments, and the Clippers immediately found their form again.

The Clippers' slow start did not continue.

As soon as the intensity increased, the Spurs' smooth offense from the beginning returned to the rhythm of past games.

Although Popovich also made adjustments and the full tenacity of all Spurs players, he regained the score.

But until the last two minutes, the Spurs still failed to continue their tenacity.

The Clippers' higher level of strength still has the advantage.

The cooperation between Jokic and Lillard is simply a weapon to break the scoring drought.

In the past, GDP would stand up and break the team's scoring drought.

But even if Parker and Ginobili want to stand up, they don't have the strength.

Duncan did not step forward again at the critical moment in this game.

The game is over.

Spurs 79:82 Clippers.

In this defensive battle, the Clippers broke through the defensive wall and successfully won this series.

However, the Spurs have earned respect through their hard work so far.

(End of this chapter)