At the NBA headquarters in New York, President Adams opened the NBA column of a certain media and glanced at the title of the news.

In the most obvious position of the prince, a title appeared: "Three games, 10 overtimes, the Los Angeles Clippers set an NBA record."

"The Clippers have won a headline position. But then again, there has been a lot of news about the Clippers recently." Adams said to himself.

NBA has many games every day. Except for some focus teams, it is really difficult to win a headline position in other games. There are no top superstars in the Clippers today, and the team's strength is also at the bottom. It is not easy to win a headline.

"It is rare to play overtime in three consecutive games, and it is even more incredible to play 10 overtimes in three games. I didn't expect that the Clippers would show such resilience after a boss changed to a boss. It was really shocking." Adams couldn't help but check the Clippers' recent schedule.

"The past three games have been two wins and one loss. The next game of the Clippers is the Orlando Magic. The Magic have been determined to play this season and want to draw the No. 1 pick. It seems that the Clippers can win another victory." Adams touched his chin and said to himself.

...

Orlando, the Clippers are visiting Amway Stadium and challenge the Orlando Magic.

In the players' locker room, assistant coach Kassel looked at the Clippers' players. At this time, he sensitively realized that the players' condition was completely different from the previous games.

The Clippers' previous record was very bad. They lost too many games. Coupled with the turmoil of the team, the players were already unwilling to fight. They were not so concerned about the winning or losing of the game. Every game was like going to work every day, and they clocked in and got off work after 48 hours. Even if the team lost the ball, no one would be depressed and still picked up girls to go to nightclubs.

After the previous three games, a total of 10 overtimes were played. The spirit of the Clippers players was obviously different from before. They had a more resilience. Kassel could even feel that the desire to win gradually returned to the players.

In the three away games, the opponents are all playoff-level teams. The record of two wins and one loss can indeed cultivate the players' self-confidence and make the Clippers players feel that they can compete with strong teams, which also stimulates their deep desire to win.

After all, even the substitutes at the end of the NBA are very excellent basketball players. Each of them is the best among their peers, and many of them have won since childhood. They are all people who have a strong desire to win. However, the Clippers were so bad before. Even if they have the desire to survive and win, if they keep losing, their desire to win will be gradually wiped out.

The current victory has made the Clippers players regain their confidence. This kind of victory after overtime will make people feel that it is hard-won. At the same time, the continuous overtime games have also made the Clippers more resilient, which is also the Clippers' biggest gain.

As a team with relatively weak strength, resilience is a very important attribute and a very difficult attribute to cultivate. For a professional player, he can lose, but he will never admit defeat.

The Clippers have gradually developed resilience through several overtime games.

Kassel even remembered that in the last game, he lost to the Indiana Pacers after four overtimes. The anger and unwillingness appeared on the players' faces. Kassel could feel that the players' desire for victory deep in their hearts was completely different from the bad team that had always been at the bottom.

"I really didn't expect that from the time I changed my boss to now, the team had such a big change in just three games." Kassel thought of this and looked at Li Dai not far away. At this time, Kassel realized that all these changes were happening after Li Dai came.

"Does this Coach Li really not understand basketball?" Kassel only felt that Li Dai in front of him was getting more and more difficult to figure out.

...

The Clippers' opponent in this game is the Orlando Magic.

The Magic are currently ranked second to last in the East, with only half a game between them and the last.

The team at this position is naturally determined to play a bad game and strive to draw a No. 1 pick. Moreover, there is a bottom-to-last behind the Magic, so the Magic really wants to lose so that they can "caught" the bottom-to-last as soon as possible.

The Clippers' record is also poor. Although the Clippers' own draft pick has been traded, for the Magic, they don't want to have an extra team with a bad record to compete with them for the No. 1 pick, so the Magic are eager to lose to the Clippers.

The Clippers must want to win, the players' desire to win has been aroused, and the opponent is a team that is even weaker than the Clippers. The Clippers naturally want to win this game with all their might.

One is to lose, the other is to win, the result can be imagined.

The Clippers vented all the resentment and unwillingness of losing four overtimes to the Trail Blazers in the last game to the Magic, and launched a fierce attack from the beginning of the game. The Magic were also happy to lose to the Clippers, and after a few symbolic resistance, they surrendered.

In this game, Li Dai did not use the title of "even-match", because Li Dai also knew that as long as the Magic lost this game, they would be the last in the East, so they are now "begging for the loss" and will not fight the Clippers to the death.

Without the effect of "even-way" and the game did not appear overtime, the Clippers successfully defeated the Magic and ended their four consecutive away trips.

In the four away games, three of them are playoff-level teams, and the Clippers have achieved a record of 3 wins and 1 loss. If you don’t know, you may think that this is the result of a strong team in the playoffs.

Next, the Clippers returned to their home court in Los Angeles, and their opponent was the Lakers in the same city.

Whether in Los Angeles or the entire NBA, the Lakers have a much greater influence than the Clippers. Moreover, the Clippers and the Lakers share the same home court, that is, the Staples Center. Therefore, the Clippers' home court will also pour in a large number of Lakers fans, and even the number of Lakers fans is greater than that of the Clippers' fans. In the Staples Center, there are often situations where the Clippers' home court, and fans cheer the Lakers one-sidedly.

So for the Clippers, they play against the Lakers more like playing away games.

The Lakers' record this year is not enough to enter the playoffs, but the Lakers did not deliberately play it badly. First, they won three consecutive drafts in previous years. The team is considered to be outstanding in talent, and second, as a giant team, fans also have some expectations for the Lakers.

In fact, as the top giants in the NBA, there is no need for them to rebuild the team. Los Angeles' attractiveness and the magnetic effect of the giants, the Lakers can always attract superstars to join. Although the Lakers are not outstanding this season, they may be able to form a "big three" or "big four" next season.

Facing the Lakers, Li Dai once again used the title of "even-match", and then in overtime.

...

The Lakers head coach's face was full of helplessness. This was his first three-overtime game since he became the NBA head coach.

Although the Lakers boys have good talent, they have never experienced this situation. Faced with the third overtime, they began to feel restless.

On the other hand, the players are not anxious or impatient. After all, in three of the past four games, they have played three overtimes. For Clippers players, playing overtime is normal.

"This game hit three more overtimes. There was no overtime situation when the Clippers defeated the Magic in the last game. I thought the Clippers had broken the overtime spell, but now it seems that this spell is still there." The commentator on the scene said jokingly.

Another commentator continued: "Since the Clippers changed hands and changed to a new coach, their games have often experienced overtime. It seems that if I want to comment on the Clippers' games in the future, I have to apply for overtime pay in advance."

...

The Clippers finally defeated the Lakers in the third overtime, and achieved a record of 4 wins and 1 loss in the last five games. In the new week's NBA strength ranking, the Clippers also rose by eight places.

But then, the Clippers encountered a more devilish schedule.

At home, the Houston Rockets, the number one in the West, the Clippers lost after playing in overtime; away against the defending champion Warriors, the Clippers also lost to their opponents in overtime. Then they played at home, and the Grizzlies were also a bad team. Li Dai did not use the even momentum, and the Clippers narrowly won. Then they played at home, and the Thunder did not give the Clippers a chance to overtime. The Thunder superstar beat the Clippers in the last second three-pointer...

Four games, 1 win and 3 losses, illustrates the performance that weak teams should have.

However, the momentum of the Clippers players has increased, because the Rockets, Warriors and Thunder are all teams that want to compete for the championship, especially the first two, ranking in the top two in the NBA strength list. In the current league situation where the West is strong and the East is weak, who can make it out of the West almost locked in the championship championship in advance. As a weak team, being able to play in overtime with the championship team is also a significant increase in morale.

In the next game, the Clippers faced the Trail Blazers again, but this time it was the Clippers' home court, and the game also hit three overtimes again.

The Trail Blazers seemed to have a shadow on the overtime with the Clippers, but in the third overtime game, the game was ruined.

The Clippers then went to the away game to challenge the Milwaukee Bucks and the New York Knicks, and both games also reached overtime, with one win and one loss.

After Li Dai became the head coach of the Clippers, the Clippers played 12 games in the future, and in 9 games, they played overtime. This strange situation also attracted everyone's attention. Even the bookmakers specially opened handicaps, predicting how many overtimes the Clippers will play in the next game.
Chapter completed!