The Rest, Only Noise

The next day, the Knicks practiced as usual.

Yesterday's awkwardness didn't seem to have happened, and no one mentioned it again.

The Jamaica Stars and the Winds of the Giants will play their teams against each other as usual.

"Did something happen that I don't know about?" Doug Mo asked.

Louie yawned, avoided talking about his job hunting around last night, let the assistants watch the players, and went back to the office as usual.

During the Finals, what the Knicks need most is stability.

People are like the sea, it is impossible to see through at a glance, or to solve the biggest problem.

Just like Isaiah Thomas in the Celtics era, constant victories can curb the growth of problems. When the days of sharing blessings pass, the Green Army's dominance is no longer, and it is necessary to share weal and woe, and the smiling assassin is not willing.

It's not selfish, for him, the only reason to stay with the Celtics is to keep winning.

If this need cannot be met, he has no reason to stay.

What's more, it took him three years to confirm that the Celtics really couldn't return to the past before choosing to leave.

The Knicks' problem is much simpler than the Celtics, but just as troublesome.

It's about competition for leadership and confirmation of dominance.

On the bright side, Ewing is the leader, and Wilson agrees. But during the season, things often happened that made Wilson feel like the leader, so much so that Ewing felt uneasy.

This potential contradiction is inherently implicit.

When Wilson signed a big contract and surpassed Ewing in annual salary for the first time, the contradiction began to intensify.

Last season's finals FMVP selection, the story of losing the FMVP due to low media favor, the Ewing camp has been talking about for a whole year.

Now, it's just another flare-up after the problem took root.

It's an unanswerable question, and Wilson said he has no intention of competing for the leadership, but what he's done makes it feel like he's the Knicks leader.

The media recognized him as a leader, and fans liked him too.

Ewing didn't want to be just an internally recognized leader, but he found it nearly impossible to gain external recognition, and it was not Wilson's fault for that.

The conflict broke out last night, and Louis immediately suppressed the spark.

How long he can hold it, he doesn't know.

June 10, 1992

Game 4 between the Knicks and the Blazers is still taking place at the Memorial Coliseum.

One of Pat Riley's strengths is that he is good at learning.

He not only learned from Louis to build the team, but also believed that he could strengthen the muscles of the players on the basis of the Knicks to increase the confrontation. He did things that Louis could not imagine - made Barkley's body appear muscular and made Jordan give up the scoring title.

He can both learn and innovate, and if that's not enough, keep learning.

That's right, this time, he decided to go a step further - learn now and sell now.

In the last game, Louie started to use murder to press down the Blazers’ inferior horse tactics, which impressed Riley deeply. He believed that the Knicks could use this routine, the Blazers could also use it, and they should be able to use it more than the Knicks. better.

This arrogant idea seems unfounded, because the Knicks' murderous press can be used as a regular tactic and killer, and the Blazers' full-court press is significantly worse.

But Riley can learn and sell now.

In the past two days, he asked the assistant coach to make a video highlight of the Knicks' murder pressing details, and temporarily formed a lineup dedicated to the full court pressing in the Blazers.

If you can learn this level, even Louis has to obey.

The Trail Blazers had just established a two-day full-court pressing group to strangle the Knicks' starter in Game 4 of the Finals.

When Louie saw that the Blazers' starting lineup was Jordan, Cauchy, McDaniel, Robinson, and Bruce Edwards, he had a bad feeling in his heart.

"A starting lineup of four small forwards?"

NBC analyst Doug Collins laughed.

"This lineup seems familiar!"

"No?" Tomjanovich said in surprise. "Isn't Portland trying to imitate us?"

Louie can already figure out what the Blazers want to do.

"Aren't they imitating us all the time?" Louis asked rhetorically.

Riley not only imitated Louie to build a lineup specifically designed to press the entire court, but also, like Louie, put the core players in it and let the core players lead the team.

The Knicks are Wilson and the Blazers are Jordan.

If Jordan was playing defense for a while, would these people dare to be lazy?

Presumably before the game, Riley had already played a lot of blood on Jordan, so Jordan would be desperate to defend.

After two days of training, the Trail Blazers must still have a long way to go before they reach maturity, but they will definitely be able to practice basic routines. In addition, the game has just started. This group of people is sharpening their knives and killing intent. concentrated.

The Knicks played their normal starter.

Because Louie believes that Riley will not continue to use a lineup that has been cracked by the Knicks, but he did not expect that Riley is the master of the two scumbags of cramming and dead horses. Learn from him to the end , completely using Louis as a guiding light.

"Old Road, is our lineup going to change?" Zhao Yuanzheng asked.

Louis now has too little information, and none of them know the effect of the Trailblazer's version of murder pressing.

"Let's take a look first."

Tonight's referee, Louie didn't like it very much.

Dick Bavita, Joe Clifford, and Darrell Garretson, all but Clifford have more or less lintels with Louie.

However, they also knew Louis's temperament and suffered more from Louis, so they shouldn't openly blow the whistle if they weren't given a task from above.

They have all experienced the stench of Louis's temper and how low the lower limit is when he turns his face.

Even though Louie has the means to put pressure on the referee, he is worried.

Referees can dominate a game, it's not just talk.

They can decide what scale to blow depending on the situation.

Although they can't blow the partial whistle and the black whistle, they can enforce the law according to which scale is unfavorable to the Knicks. As long as the standards are the same, Louis can't do the same, because they are indeed "enforcing the law fairly."

After the game started, the Knicks won the ball as usual.

"Comeon!!"

Jordan roared, and the five Blazers collectively turned into a mad dog and bit them.

Stockton, who bore the brunt, was not ready to deal with it.

What does this feel like? Like some Japanese action movies that start to get to the point in four seconds, even though the actors know what to expect, the good acting will make you believe they don't.

But Stockton on the field really didn't know the Blazers were going to play this set.

Louie warned to be careful when they started pressing, but Stockton didn't expect the intensity to be that high.

That's not the defensive intensity to start with.

The Knicks made mistakes, and then made three mistakes in a row.

The three referees headed by Bavita already knew what scale to use to blow the game.

Looseness, indulgence, and allowing rough confrontation between the two sides were originally the advantage of the Knicks. Now, there is a team that looks more hardcore.

He was beaten 0-8 at the start. Wilson couldn't even touch the ball. Xavier McDaniel remembered the one-punch feud in the last game. The ground rolled four or five times.

The Knicks were stunned by the Blazers' astonishing full-court pressing, and couldn't find the rhythm at all.

Louis waited for two minutes. Instead of waiting for the players on the field to break the game, he waited for an 8-point deficit and could only ask for a timeout.

"This is the real Finals!"

"Portland is the best opponent the Knicks have faced since 1988!"

As Bob Costas draws his conclusions, there is a slight wave in the tragic man's face.

He had to admit that even though his Lakers were tied 2-2 with the Knicks in the 1991 Finals, the Blazers were the ones that really pushed the Knicks into a tough fight.

By this standard, the Blazers are the best opponent the Knicks have faced in the last five seasons.

The finals with the Blazers tested the weaknesses and strengths of the Knicks starting lineup.

Like Stockton and Miller, the progress they've made since winning the title isn't obvious because the Lakers haven't challenged them enough defensively over the past three years.

The Lakers proved that offense alone can't beat the Knicks' defense.

Now, the Trail Blazers are here, and they're playing a stronger defense than the Knicks. Both Stockton and Miller aren't doing well.

The start tonight is completely lost.

Stockton's calm brain seemed to be down, and Miller... Louie didn't see him online.

He was overwhelmed by Jordan's off-the-ball defense, and even with screens, the Blazers' athleticism allowed for instant defensive rotation.

Louie is ready to take Ewing off the floor, just as the Blazers let Barkley off the court.

But ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Ewing seems to have read his mind: "Let Benj rest, I will carry it!"

"You carry it?" Louis asked with a smile as if he heard a joke, "What are you carrying?"

Ewing said confidently: "Take my advantage in the paint, take the advantage that they have no one to guard me, and take 26 points per game in the finals and shoot 58% to carry it."

Louis asked again: "They are pressing the whole court like this, and our ball can't be brought to the front court. What can you do even if you hit 100%?"

Unexpectedly, this guy Ewing changed quite quickly: "If I can solve all the problems, what will the coach do?"

Louis almost didn't hold back.

This bastard!

With this kind of virtue, he couldn't bear it anymore, and it was no wonder that the media hated him.

"Benj, what's your opinion?" Louis took a deep breath to calm down and asked Wilson's opinion by the way.

Wilson said flatly, "I trust Patrick."

The master has made a statement, and of course Louis is fine.

"CJ, you replace the general." Louie continued, "Alex, you replace Benj."

Finally, he looked at Danny Ainge: "Danny, you replace Reggie."

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