The Rest, Only Noise

On the eve of the semifinals, Ewing injured himself by training too intensely.

This made Louis angry.

Because he was not injured in the training session, but after the training session, he was injured in private extra training.

"If you **** think that the training time is not long enough to make you a model worker, tell me directly, don't **** play it with me in private!" Louie scolded Ewing, "I just twisted my knee this time. If you have a **** ACL tear, what the **** do you tell me to do? What do you tell the team to do?!”

Ewing lowered his head, not daring to answer.

The Knicks are strong and strong, and if they insist that there is a shortage of people, it is still inside.

If Ewing is injured, or Bowie is injured, he does have some rotation issues.

Louie's usual practice is to let Bowie start, and John Salley to replace Bowie's original position. .

This time, too, there are hidden dangers when Ewing can't play, and Louie can't tell, because although the Pacers have Danny Manning, the latter is not a typical seven-foot super center in the 1990s.

Therefore, if Ewing does not play, it may reduce the Knicks' penalty area advantage, but will the Knicks' penalty area be blown up by Manning?

Louis didn't think so.

Before Game 1, Louie held a meeting to deal with the Pacers and laid out in detail how to defend against Manning when he cooperated with Mookie Blelock.

If Ewing was there, he wouldn't bother.

It's a pity that the orangutan suddenly fell off the chain, and I can't scold him too much. After all, people are also injured in training, although it is a stupid extra training.

"Dennis, Kevin."

Louie gave Rodman and McHale the task of defending Manning.

Immediately, Tomjanovich played the video clip.

There is a certain offensive round of the Pacers in the picture, and Louie points to Manning and says: "Many of the Pacers' offenses can't be turned around without Danny Manning. For example, this round, when Manning and MJ cousin ⑴ In the pick-and-roll, he chooses to use his agility and quick turn to get away from defenders and pay attention to his movements."

⑴Louis used to give his opponent some distinctive nicknames at the analysis meeting.

"How do we do it? Simple, the defender bypasses the screen, the long shot of MJ's cousin is not a big threat, and the focus is on preventing breakthroughs. As for Manning, we must not give him the opportunity to easily rush to the basket. Kevin, Dennis, if When you encounter this routine, remember to leave space, don’t rush in, remember, as long as you retreat to the basket and force him to shoot to solve the problem, our plan will be completed.”

This is a way to limit Manning's cooperation with his teammates, and Louie requires that all of Manning's pick-and-roll screen cooperation be implemented.

That is, no matter who Manning is playing the pick-and-roll with, it must be guarded according to this plan.

Louie lets Tomjanovich cut the picture.

Tomjanovich brought another picture to the players, the main play of the Pacers' second, the ball handler and the pick-and-roll five.

Under the Pacers' system, the No. 5 is generally Oakley. He's stiff enough to stand under the rim without being tall.

Moreover, this man has become more and more motivated after leaving New York, and in order to make Manning play comfortable, he has practiced an inaccurate three-pointer from the top of the arc.

This caused Blaylock and Oakley to be a big threat when they played pick-and-rolls.

Because he can shoot three-pointers, can shoot high, and can support from the center, and Manning does not delay each other.

"It seems that Oak was also influenced by the locals after he went to Indiana. This shot reminds me of the hillbilly in Boston."

Louie loves Bird, everyone knows it.

"What if we see them doing this in the game? It's simple." Things are simple when they come out of Louie's mouth, but it's another matter when they execute them. "Whoever it is, as long as it's their insider When we try to do this kind of pick-and-roll on the perimeter, we all need someone to follow him, and the person who comes out must resolutely flank him with the person defending MJ’s cousin, forcing MJ’s cousin to stop the ball.”

"What if Oak went beyond the arc?" Stockton asked.

"Let him shoot, if he can interfere, it doesn't matter if he can't." Louie asked with a smile, "You don't think Oak's three-pointer can kill us, right? This is something that even Ralph didn't do."

"If you want to double-team, Oak won't necessarily bounce out." Wilson saw the problem, "Because we spent two manpower on MJ's cousin, so no matter what Oak decides to do, he will not be taken over. In addition to bouncing the ball and shooting three-pointers, he can also choose to cut inside and attack the rim."

Louis clapped his hands a few times.

"My job would be a lot easier if you all used a little more wisdom in meetings like Benj."

Ewing snorted in disapproval.

"You shit, just what your father did makes me have to seriously prepare for this series!" Louie's face was sometimes kind and sometimes ugly.

Ewing simply didn't want to hear Louie talk about Wilson like that.

Now that he was madly sprayed on the head again, he was ashamed and angry.

"What are you looking at? Are you unconvinced?"

"No...don't dare."

"What's your father's fear? Your father has excess energy and likes to train, right? I ask you to use your brain next time you do this again. Is there an option for your father to add more training if you consume excess energy? You Doesn't his father go to the nightclub to find some flesh and blood? You are the Jamaican gun king!"

"I'm not!!"

Ewing growled.

"I **** said you were, but your father is!" Louis instantly turned into a villain, "Do you have any opinions?"

"No..."

Louis recovered his expression and smiled at the others: "Why does this **** have to make me angry? What has he led to such a talented person like me?"

Then Ewing left, and it was none of his business. Since playing Ewing with a sprained knee, Louie has been prepared to miss Ewing in the semifinals.

If he doesn't take good care of his knees, let alone the semifinals or the Eastern Conference finals, he won't necessarily let Ewing come back.

After Ewing left, Louis made further arrangements in detail.

"Just now Benj said that if we flank MJ's cousin, the Oaks or other insiders of the Pacers will choose to cut inside to attack our basket, which is very likely to come true, so we can't make a prelude and no follow-up plan."

Louis picked up the tactical board, "When we pinch MJ's cousin, let's say Okene cut, the player on the weak side will rotate to fill, and at the same time, the player with a 45-degree angle on the short side will rotate to the weak side. Pacers players who are left empty on the side, because after going deep into the basket, it is easier to pass the ball to the corner than to the 45-degree angle. When Oak or other Pacers think about the teammates at the 45-degree angle, our defense rotation in other positions It's already there."

Defense is not the same as offense.

Offensive can talk about strategy, give the head players a general direction, and then let them play on the spot, using their favorite posture, how they feel comfortable.

Defense is not good, defense only gives strategy, players will be confused.

Just like what Louis just arranged, if you want to summarize and summarize the grand strategy, just a few words: shrink and protect the penalty area, let the opponent shoot from the middle and long distance. However, how to protect it, who will protect it, and who will be spared, these are all questions.

If these problems are not explained clearly, the players do not know what to do.

Louie developed such a strategy because the Pacers shot only 31 percent from long range, which is one of the worst in the league.

In the training session before the game, Louis divided the match into two games.

The average time of a confrontation is only the usual half-time length.

Louis let both the main force and the bench adapt to the new defensive routine, and the rest is to wait for the game time to come.

Game1

The Pacers' head coach, technically a rookie, has been in the league for years.

His name is Dick Versace. He was Billy Cunningham's teaching assistant in his early years. He belongs to his daughter-in-law for many years. He played the role of Kidd's mentor to the Greek monster in the Pacers.

Ewing could not play, which gave Versace an opportunity.

Originally, like the Bucks, they didn't expect to win at all.

Now, maybe we can really win a game or two.

However, Versace did not expect that Louis had prepared a tight defense for them.

At the beginning of the game, the Pacers were blocked by the Knicks.

The Knicks defended with an attitude that would suffocate the Pacers.

In less than half a quarter, the Pacers were beaten hard.

17 to 5

With a 12-point gap, Versace quickly called a timeout. He knew that the Pacers' best inside line and ball-handler pick-and-roll tactics would not work.

He decided to amplify Manning's role, let Manning have more balls, and let him create opportunities.

Manning is a player with a high BQ. After getting the ball, he is not in a hurry to shoot.

The Knicks gave the Pacers space to shoot beyond the three-point line, but they did not shoot directly, but first played the depth of the offensive end, and then used the three-point space sent by the Knicks to slowly find a touch.

The role of Versace is basically the same.

Control the field, stabilize the military, temporarily design a tactic to break the game, and unconditionally believe in Manning.

A player like Manning needs the full trust of the coach.

It is precisely because they trust Manning~www.novelmt.com~ that they can beat the Heat in the first round.

However, when it comes to the Knicks, Manning alone is not enough.

In the second quarter, the Knicks were not satisfied with a 10-point lead. Wilson and Rodman took the second team and started to speed up and grab the rhythm.

Especially after Versace felt that the situation was wrong and called the first timeout in the second quarter, Wilson came back and immediately pushed a counterattack and scored a 2+1. After the pick-and-roll, he fed Rodman the ball comfortably and used the impact force to compress. The Pacers hit the restricted area and hit the weak side to give Hornacek a 3-pointer.

When the rhythm came together, the Knicks, who had 0 points on the fast break in the first quarter, scored 10 points on the fast break in the second quarter, and the Pacers, who liked to play a slow rhythm to grind their positions, were completely uncomfortable.

In the second half, the Knicks used defense + defensive counterattacks to speed up. On the offensive end, the shots from Stockton, Wex, Miller, Hornacek, Ainge and others completely destroyed the Pacers' internal and external defense.

118 to 99

Ewing is not there, the Knicks still defeated the strong enemy with the attitude of the overlord.