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January 15, 1987, Boston Garden

New York Knicks vs Boston Celtics

Another game widely considered a preview of the Eastern Conference finals.

The Knicks have made great progress so far this season, and they are the only team in the league with a winning percentage of more than 80%. Needless to say, the Celtics are powerful. They have won the championship for three consecutive years and are the undisputed division of the dynasty.

Unlike last season, the Knicks no longer see the Celtics as a team to beat in the future.

Starting this year, they're going to take the Celtics as a rival.

At the start of the season, Louie was unsure.

The Knicks' performance so far this season has convinced Louie that they already have the strength to challenge the Celtics.

Tonight's game is a rematch between Wilson and Bird.

Louie wants him to play against Bird, and the Celtics want Bird to avoid a matchup with Wilson.

This is a normal idea, and the normal coaching staff will use strategies to avoid direct confrontation between the two. Because they understand that even if the offense is as stable as Bird, it will be very difficult in the face of Wilson's incredible physical condition.

Louie isn't worried about the matchup between Wilson and Bird.

It's not that he thinks that Wilson has decided on Bird, but that he feels from the bottom of his heart that Benj should play against Bird to figure out his position in the league.

Even giving Bird a class and hurting self-esteem with trash talk was worth it.

An uneducated rookie is not a good rookie, and Wilson deserves a full rookie season.

At the start of the game, the Celtics knew the importance of matchups.

If they get it wrong, they're in trouble.

So, in order to keep Bird from going head-to-head with Wilson, Jones asked him to play the 4, Sampson mentioned the 5, Laimbeer came off the bench, and Ron Harper and John Long played the 2 and 3 respectively. .

It was a strange thing to see McHale in a Knicks jersey against Bird.

The Knicks came to the Garden with a determination to win.

"Can't be careless, don't forget the Knicks won last season." Tom Heinsohn said.

He brought up last season's disappointing regular-season game for Boston to get fans to boo the Knicks.

As long as the fans are strong enough, the momentum they create cannot be underestimated by anyone.

The Knicks first showed their signature, the system, the dynamic blocking and cutting of the three-point line, the running of Wilson and the return of Dale Ellis.

In order to allow Wilson and Ellis to communicate with each other, Louis and the coaching staff replaced exchangericky (high dynamic attack).

It is still in the experimental stage, but the effect is good.

When this set of block and cut runs, Wilson is quite adaptable except for the lack of feel. On the contrary, it was Ellis. He almost didn't change anything, but because there were too many things off the court, he couldn't maintain normal training and games at all, and he looked ignorant after playing.

His off-ball offense and 3-point threat are important to the Knicks, but he seems to be a little off the table these days.

On the other hand, the Knicks’ offense originally had four trump card systems: a high-post offensive system dominated by Bird and Thomas, a No. 2 offensive system dominated by Thomas and Sampson, a four-corner offensive system dominated by Thomas and Bird’s low-post attack. Axis' four attacking system.

Long and Harper's perimeter partner makes the Celtics' offense tend to help perimeter shooters find touch first.

As a result, the Knicks could not attack on their own, but they did a great job of defending when they turned around.

Wilson always had confrontation problems when he was alone, but defending Lang and Harper was fine.

If the Celtics don't let Bird play the 4th position, the latter's figure is estimated to be able to play the scene of the tragedy.

Wilson gradually has the meaning of Tyshawn Prince. He is thin, full of willingness to defend, and has a strong sense of presence when helping defend. He sweeps the paint area with Ewing and controls the transfer of the high ball.

The Celtics lost most of their half-court moves.

Except for Bird's back to find John Long's long shot and Thomas's own breakthrough, Sampson had to play singles.

Louie had already anticipated this, so the Knicks made a targeted defense in the opening game. McHale used his 244cm long arm to steal a pass from Bird to Sampson.

After Dale Ellis missed Lang's second 3-pointer, Louie decided he wasn't in good shape and made a decisive substitution.

Louie replaced Dennis Rodman, so the Knicks added another energetic Spider-Man forward on the scene.

Bird played against McHale at the 4th position, and his hand was not good, and his passing was often affected by the opponent.

The Knicks formed an amazing defensive net in the paint, making it difficult for the Celtics to play an ideal offense with coordination.

The more they try to cooperate, the more error-prone they become.

The Knicks, however, gradually cooperated under Stockton's threading.

Ewing and McHale scored half the team's points with 2highrip.

Wilson took over with the ball a few times properly, piercing through John Long's defense.

Today's Lang has a great sense of twilight. The three-point threat in the past few years has dropped significantly. The defense that was considered passable has now become a big hole.

27 to 14

This start is definitely something the Celtics did not expect.

"What I want to say is that the Celtics should never underestimate the Knicks. There are indications that their reconstruction has been completed, and they are not the same as they were in the past!" Heinsohn said worriedly, "This year's Knicks are A true challenger!"

In the second quarter, Jones reacted.

Putting Bird at the 4 will only exacerbate his wear and tear. McHale is a 4 who can guard the 3, and his defense is definitely not weak. The Knicks can now have the league's first defense. In and the meat-grinders of the second lineup are definitely not enough.

Bird went back to the 3 position against Rodman.

Louie rested Wilson and laid out a lineup of Hornacek, Corbin, Rodman, Oakley and Ewing.

If Stockton is the reason the Knicks' offense has performed so well, Ewing is the reason their defense suffocated tonight.

From guarding the rim to sweeping outside the paint, he can't fault everything.

Let Bird rest, Thomas and Sampson, Laimbeer, Ainge, Harper play the second quarter.

The Celtics, who were struck by the Knicks' defensive opening lightning, gradually recovered.

Sampson started to get angry.

He catches the ball high frequently, scoring all five possessions in a row.

He forced out the Knicks double-team, and then used the vision brought by the height to score the ball.

When Ron Harper hit a 3-pointer, the Celtics tied and Louie called the game off.

The Knicks didn't make a mistake just now. Everyone did what they were doing, but no one could prevent Sampson's offense, including Ewing.

Louis made another substitution, went to Oakley, went to Bol, Ewing went to the 4th position to face Sampson, Bol protected the basket, regardless of Laimbeer's three-pointer, the Celtics have a natural opportunity on the offensive end .

Whether Laimbeer can make a three-pointer at the top of the open arc greatly affects the Knicks' defensive layout.

Laimbeer's three-point percentage this season is the worst in four years.

That's why the Knicks made him bold.

Laimbeer, however, is the type of player who "will hit the shot when the team needs it most."

The moment he made a three-pointer, the Knicks' defense was wiped out.

Relying on the destructive power of Sampson alone, Thomas just passed the ball and changed the situation on the field.

Then, Bird returned to the court, replaced Thomas, and Ainge played at the one.

Just then, Louie called the game off.

He waved gloomily.

Wilson, Rodman, John Salley, Alex Stevens, Oakley — Murder looms.

Seeing these five, the Celtics knew exactly what the Knicks were going to do.

But they would never have imagined that the intensity, hardness and ferocity of the Knicks' murderous pressing were much stronger than the last time they saw it.

It was four minutes that suffocated Boston.

Danny Ainge, who was at the No. 1 position, thought he was up to the job.

But the long-arm forest of Wilson, Stevens, Salley, and Rodman told him: No, you can't.

Aside from these four Spider-Man, the only person in the Murder Press who is not considered a Spider-Man is Oakley, the toughest man in the league.

Moreover, four of these five people are not stingy with their fouls~www.novelmt.com~ Once the signs are not right, or the Celtics have the possibility of breaking through the defense, they will immediately commit tactical fouls.

In 4 minutes, the Celtics had only 4 points.

The Knicks scored 12 points.

The situation that was originally reversed by the Celtics is now back in the hands of the Knicks.

Unbelievably requested a timeout, hurriedly called Isiah Thomas back on the court.

Louie is ready to take down the murder press, but is opposed by Wilson.

"Coach, we can continue!" Wilson said excitedly. "The show is about to begin!"

Louie didn't think it was a good idea: "Isiah is coming up."

"Isiah is short, we can start by defending and receiving the ball!" Wilson was so excited that he couldn't think normally.

Louis didn't mind the young man's willfulness. He looked at the other four people who were on the verge of murder: "What's your opinion?"

Oakley became their representative, and the evil star said viciously: "I want to ravage them for a few more minutes."

"Okay, then press for two more minutes," Louie said. "Just two minutes, don't haggle with me."

Reality is skinny, passion and desire can't change a thing.

That is, once Thomas gets the ball, they can only foul.

After all, no player in this lineup is under two meters tall.

To get the Murder Press to the intensity that can limit Thomas' superrunning, they need a peak Chris Paul.

This is of course a luxury.

Thomas can catch the ball to break the press, but he is not good at catching the ball, and these guys know how dangerous it is to catch the ball for Thomas.

Therefore, after two minutes, they spent more energy and played a tie with the Celtics.

46 to 43

With 2 minutes left until the end of the first half, Louis pulled out the murder press.

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