The Rest, Only Noise

Update: The 1991 NBA Finals consisted of six games.

The Knicks beat the Lakers 4-2.

If the intensity of the Eastern Conference finals was overshadowed by the 4-1 on the bright side, then the finals with the Lakers were confused by the big score of 4-2.

It succeeded in making people think it was a suspenseful series.

Actually not.

In six games, the Knicks have established a lead of at least 15 points in each game, only two of them were caught up by the Tragic division because they were too relaxed.

Especially in Game5, at the end of the three quarters, the Lakers trailed by 18 points. In the fourth quarter, the Tragic division and Knicks old Hornacek joined hands to make a three-point rain to achieve a shocking reversal.

But such a victory was not enough for the Lakers to win the Finals.

As long as the Knicks hold their nerves, they won't lose. .

Game6

Louie looked serious, and the Knicks played to their full power.

The Knicks had the advantage throughout the game. Their overall single defense and assist defense were too strong, causing the Lakers inside core David Robinson to be unable to move in a low position when encountering strong defenders (Ewing/Rodman). Encountered the problem of many mistakes in handling the ball in the flanking attack. At the same time, the team has players who are seriously dragging the space, which increases the difficulty of the team's offense. The tragic master who is good at fighting tough battles in chaotic and constipated environments, and can take difficult jumpers after using screens. Hornacek has become the team's two relatively reliable scoring points, but the former's winning style and the Lakers' unsuitable environment for pick-and-rolls are destined to be unsustainable.

Especially Hornacek, whom the Louie and Knicks players are all too familiar with.

The off-ball style he developed in the Knicks only flashed in Game 5, and at other times, he was completely guarded, and the difficult jumper lacked stability.

Throughout the series, the Lakers never found a more stable scoring method other than allowing the Tragic division to pull off singles.

In Game 6, Louie arranged for Rodman to guard Robinson.

Just when Ewing was liberated, the Knicks suddenly stopped implementing the defensive strategy of emptying the admiral, and instead adopted a defense that pressed the Lakers' offense across the board.

This is the most difficult defense.

With pockets, the Lakers' lack of quality shooters, and the full-strength defense of the Knicks' three defense members and a group of ultra-athletic wings, the Los Angeles natives' championship dream was crushed.

Louie and the coaching staff studied David Robinson for two seasons, and they unanimously identified him as the Lakers' vitality maker.

Because Robinson is the most talented center in the league, he has good skills and selfless game habits, although not as good as Sampson's basic skills, but as long as he can work hard to polish the technical details, he has every opportunity to go further. of.

However, after two years of observation, Louis found that Robinson had the meaning of peaking when he debuted, and then not progressing.

In his rookie season, Robinson averaged 24 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 3.7 blocks per game. This year, the score rose to 26 points and the rebounds rose to 12, and the rest remained unchanged.

Louie doesn't appreciate this kind of statistical improvement.

How has his technology developed? The answer, which may disappoint Lakers fans, is 0.

Because he was teammates with Tragic.

Tragic division doesn't have the attributes of ruining star teammates like his successor, but he has the attributes of making teammates reluctant to make progress.

It's so comfortable to play with The Tragic.

You don’t need to know too much, if you can fast break, just run hard and wait to catch the ball; if you can eat cake, you can go down as much as possible, steal the back door more, and the ball will arrive; if you can shoot, the tragic master will be happier and open up the space, With his double-teaming rate, there are plenty of open spots—ShowTime has become everyone's amusement park under his operation.

Robinson doesn't need to develop much skill, he just needs to get stronger.

The Lakers don't need him to attack, they don't need him to play the second Kareem, he should be as defensive as Sampson in the regular period and take over when he needs to take over. But the Lakers don't understand, and the Lakers' coaching staff don't understand, how can a player who has never learned to take over and has no killer heart expect him to take over at the juncture of life and death?

Rodman's defense against Robinson is a disadvantage in terms of size.

Fortunately, Robinson didn't have Sampson's indefensible ball-handling attack, and his shots were easily disturbed.

The fight on the inside turned into Ewing unilaterally blowing up Sam Perkins. Robinson, who should have formed a counterpoint advantage, was never able to hand over a stable offense to respond to the Knicks' provocative defensive arrangement.

Commentator Doug Collins pointedly said: "David Robinson has averaged 36 points per game in the finals so far. As the leading scorer in the series, he should have an advantage against smaller opponents, but we have seen him struggle. "He has a long way to go to be a player of Ralph's, Patrick's, Akim's level!"

The Knicks relied on defensive talent to suppress and directly abolished the Lakers' positional warfare.

Since the Lakers could not find a second stable space point outside Hornacek, it also allowed the Knicks players headed by Ewing to comfortably protect the basket at the basket.

The Lakers' offensive system relies heavily on the center's participation in the pick-and-roll, but does not punish the Knicks' long-range ability to squat in the interior. Perkins, while the first in history to shoot a lot of space-fives from long range, lacked quality as a screener, and the Knicks had enough wings left to interfere with him.

Advance is not, retreat is not, vote is not.

In addition to the unparalleled takeover by the tragic division, the only option left to the Lakers is David Robinson to punish Rodman in the low post.

The result left Los Angeles people desperate.

Robinson was unable to penetrate Rodman's post defense.

The 6-foot-8 former DPOY has shown his strength to fans all over the world.

This makes the Lakers players other than the Tragedy become confused.

In addition, Hornacek was locked, and Perkins did not shoot even if he threw off the defense, and his state was extremely sluggish.

When the Lakers role players get their chance, they can't take it.

Every few minutes, Collins complimented Louie's matchups and defensive strategies.

In the words of Collins: "The Lakers in LittleLu's eyes are different from us. We have seen the strength of the Lakers, and the Lakers in his eyes seem to be full of loopholes, and any shortcomings of the players can be exploited. To make a defense like this, to have a matchup like this, to embarrass David Robinson like this, you need not just a great team, but greatness enough to ride this group and find the problem coach."

At halftime, the Lakers trailed by 15 points.

In the second half, Benjamin Wilson delivered a monumental performance to fans around the world.

He started with an overhand dunk by David Robinson, scored 9 goals in a row, and ended with a three-pointer in front of the body that knocked the tragic player down.

At the end of the third quarter, Wilson scored 39 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, leaving the game with a score of 102-77.

He didn't come back because the game had become garbage time.

In the fourth quarter, the substitutes who usually don't get a chance, also showed themselves on the court.

Reggie Williams swiped assists, Ainge shot 3-pointers when he got the chance, and Doug West played the role he originally hoped he would play in the league — dunk. He brought a great dunk performance.

John Salley, McHale, Stevens...

One player after another was replaced by Louie.

Except for the two rookie players who did not enter the activation list, Louis played all the players who could.

At the last minute, Ewing was replaced.

He brushed the numbers for a while and scored as many points as Wilson, but with 15 rebounds.

For Louie, Ewing's numbers are another piece of evidence that they don't reflect reality.

Wilson's data is 39+5+4, and Ewing is 39+15+4, who ended the game? Who dares to fight in garbage time?

Only those who watched the game could give the answer.

Fans will remember Wilson's murderous performance and then be taken aback by Ewing when looking at the stats.

The game entered the final half minute.

The Knicks dribbled the ball for 24 seconds~www.novelmt.com~ Ainge made a shot in the last second.

Ainge's approach was out of style, but that's how he wanted to leave the Lakers feeling. When he was in the Celtics, he was not less disgusting with the Lakers, and when he came to the Knicks, he couldn't forget his old business.

At this point, he was in Madison Square Garden, and the fans didn't boo him because of his goal. Instead, everyone gave him applause.

Because the ball made the Knicks score 130 points.

In the last 6 seconds, the Lakers gave up the game.

5

Louie takes Coke from the teaching assistant.

4

Tragic handed the ball to the referee.

And then... wild fans swarmed the court just before the game was over, as if seeing someone's cue, to celebrate the Knicks' four-peat.