The Rest, Only Noise

Things took a turn for the worse than Louis had expected.

After Andrew Toney came on the court, Louie thought the Sixers would fight the Celtics in the mid-range.

As a result, he underestimated the Sixers.

No, he underestimated Tony's determination.

Although he is only a rookie, he is regarded by 76ers super scout Jack McMahon as the last piece of the puzzle that can make up for the team's biggest shortcoming (tough attack ability).

Louie watched Tony when he was in college, and he knew he wasn't the one in the pool.

When I went to the 76ers, it was like a Tyrannosaurus who met the situation and had to go directly to the top of the league.

His pride and self-esteem are like superstars, so he is not afraid of the Celtics' pocket formation, at least not as much as Dr. J.

Instead of dismantling the Celtics' pockets with the most effective mid-range shot known, he used extreme rush inside tactics to create kills.

The Celtics' pockets are very mature, and they can capture opponents almost every time they open their pockets.

Tony doesn't believe in this evil.

He dribbled in multiple times in the closing minutes of the first quarter, inflicted three fouls and made five of six from the free throw line.

Louie found that even 76ers coach Cunningham didn't understand Tony's choice.

He yelled at least three times: "What the **** are you doing?"

Then he surrendered.

Cunningham is a player himself, and he knows that under what circumstances a player will be driven by his own temperament. It's only the first game of the series anyway, so it's okay to let Tony test the strength of the Celtics' pocket formation.

It was Tony's dashing approach that changed the way the Sixers played.

Sensory-wise, they're more aggressive.

Tony's sprint to the inside is getting more and more violent, while Bird finds his touch in the high post.

One down, the Celtics took the lead.

24 to 21

A 3-point advantage is better than nothing.

"Larry!" Before the start of the second quarter, Louie pointed out three fingers.

He wants Bird to activate the third tactic of the "L" series more.

Tactic No. 3 pays attention to the space of the inside players, and requires the inside player to catch the ball and shoot the ball in place after a high pick-and-roll, so as to empty the opponent's inside line.

In the second quarter, the Celtics' two insiders were Laimbeer and Sampson, who happened to be able to shoot.

Sampson's pick-and-roll quality is lower, but his offensive creativity is unlimited;

Laimbeer has nothing to say about the quality of pick-and-roll screens. He also has a shooting threat that is slowly expanding his range. He can be regarded as the best tool for this tactic.

Sure enough, as soon as he came up, Laimbeer used a high shot to score for the team.

But the 76ers were also unambiguous. "Saint" Bobby Jones pulled to the left high and also made a shot.

Fitch's strategy is very extreme. As long as the 76ers are motivated to shoot, it will be up to them. Although Louis told Sampson to pay attention to the opponent's high shot, he is often incapable of taking into account.

Fortunately, the 76ers haven't deployed a lot of offense in the mid-range, otherwise the Celtics' defense will be difficult to handle.

Affected by Tony, the entire 76ers team seems to have a temper, that is, they must play inside.

The strategic intention of the Celtics' pocket formation is very clear, and they are determined to prevent the offensive in the penalty area. Tony's move is to break the Celtics' fighting spirit and let them understand that pocket teams will not work for the 76ers.

He dribbled in with a murderous dribble.

M.L. Carr's defense is up front, and he's getting enough physical contact, but he just can't stop Tony from advancing.

Tony dribbled the ball in front of Sampson and made a face-to-face jumper.

Seeing the range of the hand, Sampson should have seriously interfered with his shot, but the ball fell into the basket smoothly.

"What a tricky bastard!" Fitch cursed.

"Bill, maybe we can adjust our tactics." Since Tony was so bloody, Louis wanted to cause him some trouble.

Fitch knew that Louis had a lot of ideas, so he took the initiative to ask: "If you have any ideas, tell me quickly!"

"Our opponent looks very aggressive." Louie smiled after seeing Tony break through and score Dr. J.

Tony's sudden break this time was quite sharp and completely created space.

Dr. J flew with the ball, Sampson jumped too late, was used as the background, and dunked on the head.

Louie brought the tactical board.

"If they insist on having Tony play like this, we should get someone else to play him." Louie already has a candidate, "Let Randy come on, he's strong enough to take a head-to-head with the man, and let the mangy deal with the elegant one. Doctor, perhaps more appropriate."

Fitch listened carefully.

"Since they have made up their minds to challenge our pocket array, we might as well retaliate and make a 'small pocket' on the outside of the pocket array." Louie named the person who was anti-Tony, the person who was anti-Doctor, and the one closest to the small pocket. Pocket Celtics player.

Fitch never thought that the pocket formation could have such a change. He had some doubts: "Who can move so fast? Larry?"

"That hillbilly can't be trusted," said Louie contemptuously. "Of course it's Ralph!"

Fitch said worriedly: "He's been playing for a long time, and I'm going to replace him to rest."

"No, no, he's in good shape," Louie explained. "Without the 'little pocket', the impact of Andrew and Dr. would put more pressure on our pockets."

The Celtics' inside line broke one after another. Andrew Tony was too brave. He was really unreasonable. When he came in, he would either pull you out in the face, or hit you with his body to cause damage. It was a life-threatening breakthrough.

Fitch hesitated until the 76ers tied the score, and finally gritted his teeth and shouted, "Just do it!"

Louis sighed, this old boy really didn't turn his head if he didn't hit the south wall.

The Celtics requested a timeout.

On the back line, replaced Henderson and replaced Randy Smith.

The classic and rebellious Wuchun point guard lineup once again appeared in the playoffs.

"Randy Smith is a good defender, and his presence will bring more intensity to the Celtics' defense, but then we don't have a number one." Johnny Most Wanting to sing first, "But don't worry, it's not that the Celtics haven't played a game without a No. 1. Many years ago, we let the great K.C. Jones play point guard for a year and still be able to win the championship. Who can believe that K.C was the No. 1 on the championship team?"

K.C off the field blushed.

Louis laughed: "You still have this history!"

"Not worth mentioning! Not worth mentioning!" Good guy, even Versailles got up.

According to the design of the small pocket proposed by Louie, Fitch copied it to the players and asked them to give up Maurice Cheeks when Tony broke through, and put a small pocket on the edge of the paint area as soon as possible.

"Is the time too short?" Carl had doubts, "Is it too late?"

Fitch roared, "Just do it!"

Fitch made a decision, and everyone had no doubts and implemented the strategy to the end.

Bird made another jumper to give the team back the lead.

When it came to the defensive round, the Celtics cheered up.

With disdain on his face, Andrew Tony saw Randy Smith and said in a high voice, "Just you old fellow, dare to come to guard me?"

His pride, his arrogance, his courage and his sturdiness to put no one in the eye have fascinated Louis more than once.

Including tonight.

But the reason Louie was fascinated by it tonight was simple: Tony's conceit would drive the Sixers into a quagmire.

As the only tough point for the 76ers, he so rashly chose to confront the pocket team head-on, and in the end he could only ask for trouble.

Tony's explosiveness is underestimated by all scouts.

Only Louie and McMahon found that he had the ability to tear up everyone's defenses one-on-one in the league.

Smith is still not his opponent, and the defense line is torn apart in an instant.

"Come on!" Fitch yelled~www.novelmt.com~ Tony was about to enter the paint area when he suddenly found a giant beast in front of him with open arms.

Behind him, Smith took his place, and beside him, Carl, like a mad dog, was already in front of him, and an amazing little pocket was formed.

He hurriedly collected the ball, Smith put pressure from behind, and Sampson looked right and shot the ball to complete the steal.

Most said poetically: "The roar of the audience reminds Tony that this battle is over, and he will watch his team go into the abyss of failure. At that time, he will be dazed and don't know what happened to him. things, and shouted: Why?"

"Hey, Andrew!" Louie asked. "Can you break this pocket?"

With what he knew about Tony, his answer was yes.

Tony's face was gloomy, and his tone was full of pride: "You wait for me!"

"Egotistical bastard!" Fitch cursed.

"But he's funny, isn't he." Louie still admires Tony.

If Tony could join the Celtics, he'd be an interesting **** of course, but if someone like that was a 76ers backup, Fitch wouldn't find it interesting at all.

He really regretted that Tony could have joined the Celtics. Louie proposed to trade the top seven picks at the briefing to ensure that he could get Tony, but it was not adopted.

So, the 76ers got a head start.

Tony's brilliance, like Cheeks, is just another example of how cunning Louie's eyes can be for the Celtics.

When Andrew Toney slammed the ball into their little pockets again, Fitch laughed.

As Louie said, this **** is really interesting.