The Rest, Only Noise

65 to 49

In Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics trailed the Knicks by 16 points at halftime.

"Hubby, can you talk about why the Knicks press so hard from a professional point of view?"

Dick Stockton hands over the stage to Hubby Brown.

Brown is a person who likes to show off his knowledge, and has the opportunity to show his talents. He does his part, and he starts from the Knicks' murder pressing team.

"We all know that the reason why Coach Lu prepared this strategy was to deal with the Celtics who were flourishing at the time..."

He doesn't need to go too deep, just like a storyteller, he just needs to vividly restore the origin of the murderous pressing, and the audience will be satisfied.

On the sidelines, Louie was interviewed again by Stockton's wife, Leslie Visser.

He took two minutes to answer Visser's questions before returning to the locker room.

When Louis entered the locker room, it was quiet inside. .

Because Ewing is a serious boss, Wilson is far less easy-going off the court during the game, just as everyone who knows Garnett says he is as friendly off the court as a boy next door, and it is completely impossible to see him retreating on the court. Boxing teammate, Shinko compliments his opponent's wife for her delicious and juicy look.

Wilson isn't as extreme as Garnett, but he's like an actor in action.

Before the end of the game, will not easily stretch his brows.

Without Kevin McHale, the Knicks locker room during a game feels like a hospital morgue.

"We played well in the first half. In the second half, in addition to maintaining the existing offensive efficiency, there are a few more points."

Louie reached out and Tomjanovich handed over the board.

Louis took the tactical board and said while drawing: "Based on Boston's existing strategy, we can roughly guess how they might play in the second half - if nothing else, the pick-and-roll offense of Isiah Thomas and Larry Bird will There will be a lot. Because Larry has an all-around shooting threat from beyond the arc, to take advantage of his offensive threat, the Celtics must have Ralph Sampson running a lot so Larry The space created on the pitch can have the desired effect.”

Zhao Yuanzheng immediately brought another document.

Louie opened the information and said: "According to the reconnaissance of our coach Zhao and R.C's scouting department, 70% of Ralph's offenses in the playoffs have been used as direct ending points, and nearly 20% of offenses have been caught and shot in the mid-to-high post. So we don't have to worry about him picking the ball, it's not a Celtics play, we need to worry about his catch-and-finish. My idea is, high post interference, close-in paint, multiple people in the paint If you can't stop it, you will be fouled."

"As for Larry and Isiah's pick-and-roll attack... I hope you all make it clear that the point is not to kill anyone, but to prevent them from forming linkages in positional battles, let them fight independently, just do this , even if they all played well, our defense was successful."

"But Larry can't limit it," Stockton said pragmatically.

"That's right, so our target is Isiah." Louie pointed to the tactical board, "As long as Isiah is in the high post and Larry pick-and-rolls, our defense focus should be on Isiah's side. Here, if he wants to single out, shoot three-pointers, and layup, he can; cooperate with Isiah, hold the ball in a high position as the axis to instigate the offense, absolutely not!"

Louie spends his entire time guarding the Celtics offense.

The Knicks have no problem with their own offense, so he won't say it.

Even if there is a little fault, as long as it doesn't affect the overall situation, he can't say anything.

This is Louie's habit, some people think that details determine success or failure, but sometimes, involving changes in the entire strategy, the details of the game can't be 100% perfect.

Details always go wrong. It is a good thing to avoid it. If it cannot be avoided, make sure that the general direction is good.

Moreover, Louie also adjusted the starting.

Rodman, who played full in the first half, sat on the bench in the second half.

Louie put McHale back in the starting lineup and replaced Rodman with Alex Stevens.

Stevens is the most special existence of the Knicks, and is regarded as the soul of the team by Louie, because he can be a backup for anyone, and he can do anything as long as the team needs it.

At this time, instead of Rodman who fouled 3 times, starting against Bird is what he is best at.

In the second half, for the Celtics' first offense, Thomas didn't call a pick-and-roll and handed the ball directly to Bird on the outside.

Bird stepped up from inside the three-point line and backed up Stevens. They fought fiercely, but Bird's attention was always in the paint.

With his back, Bird is the most reassuring time for Stevens, because Bird can't use his body to crush him, and he doesn't have the explosive power to turn around and face the basket. To double-team, so he has to get the ball out of the way quickly.

Bird chose to face the basket and used his elbow to push Stevens's body covertly.

Stevens stepped forward and touched the opponent's cylinder. Bird immediately shot and did not enter, but the referee whistled.

Stevens was called for a foul.

"This is not the Boston Garden. Is it necessary to be so partial to that hillbilly?" Louie shouted at the referee who was whistling.

It was old referee Wally Rooney who blew the whistle. This man has much more seniority than tonight's referee Jack O'Donnell. After the collapse, he also went to college basketball to continue law enforcement. This year, the NBA announced the expansion of on-duty referees, which led to the influx of new referees and the return of old referees.

Rooney was one of them. At this time, Louie protested loudly and wanted to go up to show the style of the old referee, but was stopped by O'Donnell.

"We don't have to fight him," O'Donnell said.

After that, Bill Oakes, the other referee on duty for the night, blew a balanced whistle on Laimbeer.

This move aroused strong dissatisfaction with the Celtics, and Ranbir was so angry that he wanted to bite Oaks' nose off.

Louie saw real fear in Oaks. Laimbeer was never a good person. If he was so angry, as if he was going to eat people, it was normal for the referee to be afraid.

What's more, Oaks is a rookie referee, and he has not yet resisted overpressure.

The Celtics' foul gave the Knicks 14 seconds to start the offense, which eventually began with Stevens' ridiculous throw.

Stevens' offensive skills are notoriously rough. It seems that his choice is a bit mindless, like an ADC who flashed A-man in the opponent's face in a key teamfight.

However, because the person defending Stevens is called Bird, such an outrageous offensive choice has become understandable.

Look at that Birdman, Louie can't believe he's made the second defense three times.

Is it wrong?

Stevens's explosiveness is not very fast, but it only takes two steps to pass Bird.

Sampson's terrifying help-defense area made Stevens' throwing look incredible, and he succeeded in interrupting the latter's offense so that Louie couldn't see it.

"Shame!"

There were gains and losses. Sampson helped defend Stevens and made his shot go too far, and in the restricted area, Ewing grabbed the offensive rebound, yelled at Laimbeer, turned and stepped, grabbed the ball and then Suppressed the opponent's body and scored a dunk.

67 to 51

Thomas called the pick-and-roll. According to past experience, the Knicks will focus on defending Bird.

But today, he enjoys the treatment of Bird.

Even Stevens, who was defending Bird, came to attack, Stockton was delayed, and Wilson blocked the ball.

Bird ran down undisturbed, and as long as the ball could come out, it was an easy scoring opportunity.

However, Thomas did not dare to pass, Wilson and Stevens are both long-handed spidermen, extremely good at blocking the passing route.

He saw another opportunity.

Reggie Lewis, who cuts in like Cedric Maxwell was.

As Wilson abandoned him, he had come inside.

Thomas decided that was the best opportunity and raised his hand to pass the ball.

Lewis took the ball, faced Ewing's help, and gave it to Sampson.

Sampson played high and completely crushed McHale, 53 to 67.

Some points are lost, and the defense is unstoppable.

The Celtics Big Three alone are the core team building players who can lead the team~www.novelmt.com~ It is an impossible task to guard the three of them at the same time.

It is difficult for Bird to catch the ball with a defensive strategy, and it is difficult for Thomas to attack. If only Sampson, who is positioned as a tool man, can play space, it is a completely acceptable result for the Knicks.

And, not long after.

Wilson held the ball on the weak side, jumped from outside the paint, pulled the bar in the air, switched hands, and scored a layup.

69 to 53

With the same cooperation, the Celtics called the pick-and-roll again.

Thomas still finds Lewis to pass the ball, who has a good sense of space and is good at avoiding blocks in the air to find a layup angle.

This round, Ewing's defense failed, allowing him to pull the bar and score like Wilson did last round.

"What am I saying, people don't respect your defense at all!"

When Ewing was passing by the sideline, he heard Louie speak in disgust.