ace marshal

Chapter 1095 Reaching the Update Target Simultaneously
"During the offseason, we have carried out a large-scale change of the team lineup~!!, because the team now has a trio of Harden, George and Love, and the core lineup of inside and outside lines has been built, and we have arrived. It's time for results~!"

"So in the new season, the team's goal is to break into the playoffs and try to get home court advantage in the first round~!!"

At the mobilization meeting for the new season half a year ago, Lan Shengli once said this.

From Lan Shengli's solid tone, you can hear how high his expectations are for the regular season of the new season.

Lan Shengli not only set a high goal, but also issued a military order for it.

"I have already thought about it. Taking advantage of the opportunity of today's season mobilization meeting, I want to issue a military order~!! If the Clippers fail to enter the playoffs next season, I will voluntarily resign as the head coach of the Clippers." ~!!"

At that time, Lan Shengli's actions and his remarks immediately caused quite a bit of controversy.

Many people think that Lan Shengli's approach is too radical.

However, Lan Shengli has always fulfilled his promise with practical actions.

Now that the regular season has come to the final stage, the Clippers have also remained in the playoff team and have a great chance to lock the playoff spot in advance.

As long as he wins the home game against the Rockets, Lan Shengli will have fulfilled his military order.

"We had a lot of problems in the first half. Although we are leading now, we missed 6 free throws and we made 9 turnovers. This should not happen~!!, if we can do better , maybe we can get a bigger lead~!!, everyone must get nervous~!!"

In the locker room during the intermission, Lan Shengli said to the players.

In the second half of the game, the Clippers always suppressed the Rockets.

Okur has become a problem that the Rockets cannot solve.

Perhaps four years ago, the Rockets have been unable to resolve Okur.

"Swipe~!!"

"Swipe~!!"

"Swipe~!!"

Shooters such as Okur and Delfino fired shots from outside, and the Clippers had already led by 20 points after the third quarter.

"It's been five years, and I've never felt that the playoffs are so close to the team, and there's still one quarter left~!!, Come on~!"

Looking at the scoreboard, the general manager looked very excited.

But because the game is not over yet, the result has not yet been finalized, so the general manager also suppressed his excitement as much as possible.

But after all, the gap of 20 points is there, and it won't be able to catch up in a while.

"Duang~!!!"

Here, Jordan and Harden made a tacit pick-and-roll and alley-oop cooperation, and the Clippers' offensive continued unabated, so it would be very difficult for the Rockets.

Basically, it is impossible to catch up with the points difference.

"Dum~!!!"

With 2 minutes and 01 seconds left in the game, the Clippers led by 21 points. Lan Shengli replaced all the main players.

The Clippers have withdrawn their troops ahead of schedule.

The main players who returned to the bench gave each other high-fives and celebrated. At this time, they can already celebrate entering the playoffs in advance.

After all, these players who are still on rookie contracts have never had playoff experience.

"Dum~!!!"

"Yeah!!!!!!"

The moment the timer was reset to zero, the cheers of the fans reached the peak.

The Clippers returned to the playoffs after five seasons.

"Crack clap clap!!!"

The general manager and other team executives in the box immediately stood up and applauded.

Lan Shengli looked very calm and waved to Rockets coach Rick Adelman, then hurriedly walked towards the player tunnel.

Who would have thought that the Los Angeles Clippers would be the fourth team in the West to go ashore.

They entered the playoffs earlier than the defending champion, the city team Lakers.

This is today's Los Angeles Clippers, and this is the Youth Guard built by Lan Shengli.

They are about to go to a higher level stage in the near future, and it is foreseeable that even greater challenges are waiting for them.

"Some say we're a lottery team, but we're in the playoffs now, some say we won't get 30 wins this season, but we're about to win 50 now, some say Los Angeles will always be the Lakers, But from now on, we have to prove with practical actions that our Clippers are the king of Los Angeles!!!!"

"Oh~!!!!!!"

In the locker room, Lan Shengli gave a passionate speech to the players and all the staff of the team.

Immediately afterwards, there were strong cheers.

"But we still have another goal, the regular season is not over yet, we have to defend the home court advantage, we even have a chance to rush to the second place in the West, so guys, let's keep going~!!, let's work hard Son~!!, Let those voices who doubt us completely disappear, let the Clippers really set sail~!!!”

Lan Shengli continued to speak with inspiring words.

"Oh~!!!!!!"

The team members continued to wave their fists and shouted.

The cohesion of the entire Clippers team is at an all-time high at this moment.

Moreover, this kind of cohesion played a very important role in the final stage of the regular season.

The players seem to have entered the playoff mode, and every game is a bloody battle with the opponent's bayonet.

An away win over last season's Eastern Conference champion Magic, and a big home win over the Dallas Mavericks, which ranked third in the West, through this game, allowed the Clippers to overtake their opponents and reach the third position in the West.

However, in the subsequent Los Angeles Derby, the Clippers narrowly lost to the No.4 Lakers in the West in overtime, missing an excellent opportunity to consolidate their position.

After all, when Kobe scored 50+ points, it is really difficult for you to win.

But fortunately, the Mavericks also lost, so the Clippers are still third in the West.

Next, they narrowly defeated the Kings, the vice-president of the Western Conference, at home and defeated the Thunder led by Brooks at home.

In the end, the Clippers made great progress. In 82 regular season games, they got 55 wins and 27 losses, and entered the playoffs with the third place in the Western Conference.

This result is also the team's best result in the last eight seasons.

The third place in the Western Conference also ensures that the Clippers will have home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs, which is also the goal that Lan Shengli proposed after the previous All-Star Game.

This updated goal has now been achieved.

"Playoffs, here we come~!!!"

"Yeah~!!!"

"Oh~!!!!!!"

(End of this chapter)