The Rest, Only Noise

After that, Louis went on a business trip.

Auerbach asked him to see North Carolina forward Al Wood.

Because Dean Smith praised his disciple like a flower.

He went to a few North Carolina games and came to the conclusion that it was just a generalization.

He doesn't have a dazzling shooting ability, and although he is very close to the basket, he doesn't have the physical quality to hit the basket for a long time in the NBA.

Louie believes that he has the strength to play in the NBA, but it is difficult to say what he can do in the NBA.

In contrast, James Worthy and freshman center Sam Perkins are both obvious talents.

Worthy's speed is extremely rare for his size, and Perkins belongs to the rare space inside of the contemporary era.

When Louie walked around, completed 10 scouting reports and returned to the team, the Celtics had inexplicably lost two more games.

In Louie's first game since his return, the Celtics played the Detroit Pistons.

Looking at the record of the Pistons, there must be many Celtics fans overjoyed.

Currently, the Pistons have 1 win and 8 losses.

If maintained, it should have the potential to continue to bring the Celtics a top-two first-round pick next year.

This match happened to be Laimbeer's comeback battle.

Watching Ranbir ravage the Pistons in a green shirt is so wrong.

When encountering weak teams, it is basically Sampson's stage.

Bird doesn't like to kill rookies, so he often behaves boringly, and will engage in some creative passing moves, making headlines for Sampson and others for nothing.

Fitch's brows became firmer as Sampson slapped him farther and farther away.

In terms of play style, Sampson and Fitch have a natural contradiction.

The former's desire to attack like a front-back was unacceptable for Fitch, a "greatest generation" who grew up at the height of the George McCann era.

Sampson was a killer on the Pistons.

He finished with a season-high 28 points and 8 rebounds.

So far this season, Sampson has averaged 19 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2.6 blocks in 27 minutes per game.

You must know that he is still very young, and his body cannot withstand NBA-level confrontation for a long time. The Celtics are very cautious about his use, so Fitch wants him to go to the inside and fight with people immediately.

Sampson's ears are hard, and he knows who to listen to and who not to listen to.

No matter how Fitch got mad at him, he would communicate with Louie first. Only when Louis nods, he does so.

Sampson's trust and deference to Louie was unexpected for Fitch.

Two days later, the Celtics narrowly beat the Kansas Kings on the road to enter November.

This month, the once-in-a-decade cold snap hit Boston, and the snow season has arrived, and Boston has fallen into a freezing situation.

In a brand new month, the Celtics met the archenemy Philadelphia 76ers from the Eastern Conference.

In the playoffs last season, the 76ers eliminated the Celtics 4-2, and this account has always been kept in mind by the Bostonians. Now that they have Sampson, the inside line has been greatly enhanced, but without Cowens, it is difficult to say whether there has been a qualitative change from last year.

After all, Sampson's confrontation is not tough enough, and it is unknown whether he can resist such reinforced monsters as Daryl Dawkins.

Compared to last season, the 76ers have two changes.

The first No. 2 overall pick in history, Doug Collins, returned from injury and, as he wished, Andrew Toney.

Other personnel remain unchanged, and the back line is greatly strengthened compared to last season.

In terms of specific performance, they currently have 9 wins and 2 losses, ranking first in the league. Offensive and defensive stats are even more prominent, as they posted the league's fourth-best offensive rating and the league's first defensive rating.

And in terms of play, the Celtics and the 76ers are two extremes.

Fitch is academy, Billy Cunningham is a scumbag.

The Celtics emphasize the rationality of tactics, therefore, they will give up a lot of single-player opportunities to create easy tactical points;

The dazzlingly talented 76ers did the opposite. Their positional warfare is a major shortcoming. If they can't promote a lot of rotation counterattacks, they will find ways to use heads-up to get opportunities.

Irving likes to use his athleticism to storm Bird's defense.

Doing so often works.

Fitch doesn't think Bird can play at the 4, although Louie has repeatedly suggested that Bird should be raised on the defensive end (playing power forward). Also, collisions at the 4 will affect his offensive touch.

It's normal for him to think this way, but without changing Bird's position, Dr. J will use his athleticism to destroy the Celtics defense again and again.

Since it is impossible to change the problem from the root, it can only be attacked to see who attacks more fiercely.

When Fitch called a timeout to draw a defensive stance, trying to figure out how to trap Dr. J, Louie brought Bodra to his side and said, "Do you think Darryl and Caldwell Jones' defense can affect you? ?"

Bird sarcastically said, "No more influence on me than you."

Louie's expression changed from cautious to relaxed: "Okay, then I will signal Bill and Cedric to give you more pick-and-rolls and screens. If you have the ball in your hand and they choose to switch, please make them pay the price. ."

Bird didn't ask the silly question of "if they don't switch."

If the 76ers don't switch, Bird will have plenty of open space.

A lot of space for a monster like Bird, whose hands heat up and can make fancy goals from all angles? If Cunningham really arranged it like this, Louis could only admire it.

At the end of the timeout, Fitch's isolation defense was designed to isolate the connection between Dr. J and his teammates.

With Bird's defensive awareness and the linkage with Laimbeer and others, he did it. But just cutting off Dr. J's connection with his teammates won't stop him.

Julius Irving is like an ancient military general who used the knife trick. He firmly controlled the basketball with his right hand, dragged the ball like a knife and took off, ignoring the Celtics defense, gracefully dodged the block, and placed the basket to score.

In the 1980s, the offense came first, and defense alone was not enough.

The Garden's legendary announcer, John Most, said expectantly: "I hope someone will stand up to Dr. J."

Then, Bird did what Louie wanted him to do on offense.

Caldwell Jones saw Maxwell go out of the pick and roll without leaving the paint.

Dr. J can't defend the pick-and-roll by himself.

This led to Bird getting a big open spot, and the birdie was not soft, and he had a shot.

Bird bullied the 76ers in the pick-and-roll, and Louie thought they would let Bobby Jones switch defenses. The range of defensive activities of this white spiderman should not be underestimated. Unexpectedly, Bird's pick-and-roll attack was unfavorable for a whole section. The 76ers did not change at all, and they played offense with Bird abruptly. trick.

Fitch saw some changes in the team's offensive routine, and immediately thought of Louis.

He knew that Bird, although daring, would not take the initiative to change his tactics without the instructions of others.

But he didn't arrange an attack just now, and suddenly changed his attack routine, which can only be ordered by Louis.

"Lu, is this what you did?" Fitch pointed to the court.

Louis shrugged: "I just said a few words casually."

K.C. Jones was still confused. "What did you say?"

Another assistant, Jim Rogers, was a bit marginalized. Although he was recruited by Fitch from Cleveland, he did not dare to leapfrog command like Louie.

Fitch is not a narrow-minded person, he is very aware of his strengths and weaknesses.

He can make a team with mediocre talent play well, relying on the harmonious distribution of the ball brought by the high-post pick-and-roll offense. When he applied what he did with the Cavaliers to the Celtics, something was wrong.

He can feel that the Celtics' lineup still has a lot of potential that has not been realized.

If he keeps using his original style of play, he may never be able to play.

Louie's research into offensive tactics, and the development of the L-tactic, is unleashing the Celtics' offensive firepower. What is rare is that, in addition to tactics, his on-the-spot response is also good.

Being able to launch tactics shows that he has his own coaching philosophy.

Having the ability to be flexible on the spot is the foundation of being a good coach.

Maybe he should strengthen his communication with Louis, so as not to receive "surprises" all day like now.