The Rest, Only Noise

Chapter 259 It's time for a showdown

The Lakers' home court advantage is gradually showing, and it is unrealistic to expect the referee not to blow their home whistle. After all, everyone will sympathize with the "weak".

The last thing Louis didn't want to see was that the Lakers used their home court advantage to madly play inside. As a result, Sampson, Laimbeer, and Maxwell each fouled three times before halftime.

Riley has figured out the Achilles heel of the Celtics. No matter how good the Celtics' pockets are, they will have to let people drive the ball to the basket. As long as Sampson or Laimbeer are shot down, the situation will naturally change. Was changed.

This is something that Louis can't stop. The Celtics' pocket formation is not a decoration. The Lakers insist on breaking in, and the hit rate will definitely drop. Although it can cause fouls, the efficiency of shots in the penalty area is not high.

The Lakers went all out to cause the Celtics to foul many times on the inside, and they fell behind by 4 points on the field.

"I said that Dick Bavitta is a 'dangerous' referee, and he is likely to blow all the Celtics inside tonight." Tom Heinsohn sat on the national commentary, saying The stance leans toward serious words, "He hates the Celtics."

The Lakers attacked the inside, and the Celtics were more flexible.

Bird and Thomas quietly fouled Dennis Johnson three times. He is the core of the Lakers' perimeter defense. If they can beat him down, it is equivalent to showing the **** of Magic and others.

Magic's defense can't be trusted at any time.

Another offense, Bird dislocation hit Johnson.

He was fouled three times and didn't dare to move when defending. Michael Cooper came and double-teamed at the fastest speed.

The price was letting go of John Long.

Bird passed the ball, and Lang's three-pointer was assisted by someone to defend, and the Lakers let Sampson in a high position for this.

Lang passed the ball, Sampson turned and made a jumper and hit the board.

The ball gave the Celtics a six-point lead.

"Watch their breakthroughs, cut down on fouls!" Louie yelled.

As far as defensive targeting is concerned, the Celtics' focus on Magic has been full.

The main counterpoint magician, John Lang, would never come within a meter of him, he would give the magician enough space. Using offensive space for reaction time is a common method used by defensive magicians and all ball handlers who are not good at long shots.

With the help of legal hand-checking, even if he starts as fast as Jordan at his peak, it's impossible to overtake defenders with a tendency to be unresponsive.

To take a step back, even if he passes, the pocket formation specially prepared for him at the free throw line is enough for him to drink a pot.

With such a sophisticated defense, it stands to reason that the Lakers' breakthrough cannot make a difference, but the problem lies with Magic.

His dribble, great!

The fact that a big man is not good at guarding the ball doesn't apply to him.

Usually, a guard who is good at dribbling and passing the ball is not necessarily good at shooting, it has something to do with shooting posture and legs.

However, throughout the ages, as long as a good passer is a point guard, no one is bad at dribbling. As long as it is a ball game, it all pays attention to a sense of the ball. The dribbling of football, the feel of hitting the ball in basketball, you just need to pinch the ball with both hands on the bed, whether it is a real material or a silicone bottom, you will know after a try.

Magic likes to dribble with his right hand, all the time, not fancy. Less flashy crotch change. He doesn't have to switch hands because he doesn't usually drive; he dribbles with his right hand, watching people, ready to pass the ball, and doesn't hinder his speed.

It would be wrong to think that his breakthrough was not threatening.

When he lowered his center of gravity and broke through at full speed, ignoring the space Lang gave him, there was not much to stop him.

Long was close at best, putting Magic in the Celtics' circle, and then everyone could only watch him give the ball to Wilkins on the weak side.

Wilkins burst into the ball and scored.

Sampson nearly fouled.

"Looks like they're really going to go all the way," Tomjanovich said in disbelief.

"Tonight is a good opportunity." Louis glanced at the timer: there were a little more than 2 minutes left.

Tomjanovich looked at him, "What good opportunity?"

"Let's see if attacking the restricted area recklessly and putting our inside line into a foul crisis is the way to defeat us." Louis laughed, "It's too extravagant, and it is estimated that only the Lakers can do this."

It's easier said than done to hit the Celtics' box and get them into foul trouble in the paint.

A pocket team is difficult for most teams.

Only a 206-centimeter elephant defender like Magic can find his teammates to pass the ball when he is double-teamed by many people.

Only the Lakers can have the Magician control the ball and hit the basket, and the two flanks, Wilkins and Cooper, who are physically talented, penetrate into the interior.

Next, Thomas played slowly and was fouled by Wilkins in the process of rushing to the inside.

Thomas played very uncomfortable tonight. He wanted to speed up and use his own speed to solve the opponent. The Lakers gave him the opportunity to speed up, not to give him the opportunity to finish. Every time it was either a foul or a foul that was not called a foul, he was already fast. Forget the feeling of normal driving and layup.

In the last few minutes of the first half, the Celtics passed smoothly, and Sampson failed to commit the fourth rule as the Lakers wanted.

Louis was slightly relieved.

He was just relieved. He knew that the real challenge was in the second half. The lead in front of him was what the Lakers had expected. In the second half, they would sprint to the inside more frantically.

In the locker room, Louie spent half of his time making the insider pay attention to foul control, especially Sampson.

It took another half of the time to tell others how to protect the inside line from fouling.

For example, someone else fouls first before fouling on the inside;

For example, don't let Sampson play too much defense;

For example, properly abandoning the pocket array and strengthening the strength of man-to-man;

For example, when Sampson is called for a foul, the people around him have to show a sincere expression of reformation, raise their hands at the speed of light, and rush to take the foul on themselves.

Louie's plan was very thorough, but in the first round of the second half, Sampson fouled.

Moreover, it is still the kind of foul that cannot be denied.

The Lakers have finally found the right use for Wilkins.

When Byron Scott starts with Cooper, the Lakers have two 3-pointers who can stretch the space and give Wilkins a stage.

Just let Wilkins catch the ball near the paint and he's a beast.

Think about the destructive power of the forbidden area of ​​Burial Love and Life for Love. Wilkins is not as tough as the former, but he is lighter and more flexible. He jumped to the front of the basket, and his feet seemed to be tied with explosives. rise.

Sampson displayed a quality unique among contemporary interiors, sweeping out of the paint and quickly getting back to the rim.

But this time, Louie would rather his pace be slower than return to the basket.

Wilkins jumped in place, bumped into Sampson's arm, and folded his hands down like a cannon bomb.

"BANG~~~!!"

"Andone!"

"Fourth foul on Ralph Sampson!"

Even Heinsohn didn't dare to question the penalty, so he could only say yin and yang: "If the Lakers defend like this, the referee will not necessarily blow the whistle, this is home field advantage, it really exists, and the Lakers make good use of it. got it."

Louie let out a breath and called out Maxwell.

Sampson is reluctant to come off the court. He knows very well that if he is not there, the Celtics' inside defense will be a piece of paper. What will stop the impact after he goes off the court?

Louie replaced Sampson, which was the turning point of the game.

Everyone can foresee what will happen next.

The Lakers are defensively strong and attacking the inside line. The Celtics have pockets that can block the first and second waves, but when the third and fourth waves come, Laimbeer, Bird, Maxwell, they all Are good team defenders, but they can't protect the rim.

Even standing defense requires talent.

The effect of having a Love/Jokic/Nowitzki/Vandeweghe in the correct defensive position is 1.8 million worse than having a Duncan/Olajuwon/Chamberlain/Russell inside.

In three minutes, the Celtics went from leading to trailing.

Louie asks for a time-out.

He boldly replaced Maxwell for Ainge.

The Celtics lineup became Thomas, Ainge, Long, Bird, and Laimbeer.

"What lineup is this? Is LittleLu crazy!"

Before the restart of the game, Louie roared: "The main system is the three! If the three system fails, the four system is changed! Although there is still a lot of time for the game, the time for the showdown has come!"

Pat Riley looked sharply at Louie not far away.

Looking at the Celtics' lineup, he knew that the opponent was forced by him and decided to give up defense.

This lineup, even if all five players are placed in the paint area, cannot form a tough enough pocket formation, and the Lakers' difficulty in attacking the basket is greatly reduced.

Next, as long as you increase the intensity on the defensive end to limit the Celtics' offense and hit the basket every round on the offensive end, the Celtics are doomed to lose. ~www.novelmt.com~ Riley's idea is wonderful, But he underestimated the Celtics' offensive power.

Thomas held the ball at the top of the arc, and his teammates pulled away.

A standard four-corner offensive formation is complete. The Celtics have four three-point threats on the court. There can never be a better four-corner offensive position.

This time, the Lakers' defense was forced to pull away, Thomas passed Johnson again, but no one fouled him like before.

There was no smile on the smiling assassin's face, he turned into a cold killing machine, stabbed into the penalty area, threw, and hit the board.

Celtics overtake!

This scene told Riley that Louis's team had flexibility on both ends of the floor that he had never seen before.

It appears that the moment to lay the victory is a little slower than expected.