The Rest, Only Noise

"Fans, welcome to New York City, there's an important game tonight at Madison Square Garden—"

Both NBC and TNT broadcast the game live nationwide.

On NBC, the narrator is Bob Costas and the analyst is Hubie Brown.

For TNT, the narrator is Tim Brando

Brando) and the analyst is Doug Collins.

"The New York-Portland matchup has been the most important game in the NBA since last year," Kostas said. "They're the Lakers and Celtics of this generation. If you're tired of Los Angeles and Boston. The competition of people, then this group of duels will also not disappoint you, the stars they have in their teams are rare in history."

"Michael Jordan, Benjamin Wilson, Patrick Ewing, Charles Barkley, Isiah Thomas, John Stockton... The Knicks played the Blazers like two All-Star teams. official game."

"It's like that intra-team matchup in Monte Carlo with the Dream Team," said Hubie Brown.

A lot of people are nostalgic about the Knicks' seven-game Finals matchup with the Blazers last season.

For them, today is not a Christmas fight.

But the finals.

The Blazers starters have to be amazed: Thomas, Jordan, Barkley, Nance, Sabonis.

Compared to last year, when their No. 1 position was upgraded from All-Star Porter to Superstar Thomas, Nance can finally return to the most familiar No. 4, using his athleticism to clear the way for Sabonis.

"Coach Lu, long time no see."

In Louis's impression, Thomas rarely greeted him proactively.

Therefore, he did not take Thomas as a favor.

"Isiah, your choice always surprises me." Louis habitually played with the opponent's mentality, "After I left Boston, you did not continue to hold that rebellious spirit, but chose to be behind Larry and Ralph. As a conscientious person, if you die here in Boston, I will at least look at you higher than before, but you give up your loyalty; go to Charlotte, if you can lead those young people out of trouble, maybe You will also create your own legend; I really didn't think that your final choice was to find another pair of Larry and Ralph... Between loyalty and legend, you chose the third party - help. You seem to be Tell everyone that you were born to be a champion and you would die without a champion, well done Isiah, I'm so proud of you."

Thomas kept an incomprehensible smile: "No matter what you say, it won't change my resolve."

"Your determination?" Louis really wanted to know what determination could he make after the career of the Smiling Assassin has come to this day?

"Yes, my determination." Thomas slowly put away his smile, "kill you and New York, this is my determination."

When Thomas said that, Louis had no words to refute.

On the contrary, he sweated for Stockton.

Thomas undoubtedly hated him, and that hatred was complex, a combination of many emotions. But Louie is not a player, so Thomas' hatred for him can only be vented on the rest of the Knicks.

Who is the first to bear the brunt?

Of course, his counterpart, John Stockton.

To say that Stockton is a star qualifier might be an overstatement, since he's often blown away by non-star 1s.

However, he can also guard some star guards who are less athletic.

So, Stockton should be the offensive star guard detector.

All the offensive star guards who have never beaten him, either go to the "offensive" or go to the "star", in short, they have to go to one, or they will be killed on the cover of selling dog meat.

So before the game, Louie stood on the sidelines and patted players on the shoulders as usual.

Only when Stockton passed by, he slapped each other's ass.

He knew Stockton would turn to look at him with a puzzled face.

"I just want you to be mentally prepared for what's to come," Louie said.

Stockton replied calmly: "No matter what it is, I can face it - there is nothing I can't accept after losing the dream team."

"I can't get past this hurdle, can I?"

Tomjanovich quipped: "If I'm not mistaken, is John blaming you for his loss to the Dream Team?"

"Rudy, you must have scored full marks in reading comprehension when you were young, right?"

Tomjanovich saw that Louis was upset, so he shut his mouth wisely.

Louie finds that few of the things he's encountered recently are going well.

Is this the seven-year itch?

Although this year is his eighth year in New York, it has that meaning.

Pat Riley told him when they met just now that the Knicks should be mentally prepared.

Perhaps he meant to prepare the Knicks for an opponent they had never seen before.

Louie has the biggest emphasis on a team that has only lost one game so far.

It's just that they really need a game to determine how strong they are.

Players from both sides come on stage and stand according to the established positions.

The opening jump ball, Sabonis is no longer the monster who could challenge David Robinson in athleticism.

Ewing won the ball with ease and speed.

The Trail Blazers settled quickly.

Although they have five star players to start, but against the Knicks, this set of starters is not easy to defend.

Sabonis can't be defended, Thomas has a flawed figure, and Barkley has to match Wilson to defend the sinkhole.

Jordan chased Miller and Nance took on Kemp.

On the defensive end, except for Sabonis, who has not seen the real seal, only Jordan has some advantages in the other four points.

Most teams, however, don't let the offensive ace go after the opponent's off-ball shooter.

This is one of the defensive difficulties of the Blazers. If Jordan is not allowed to guard Miller, who should be?

Thomas? impossible.

Barkley? joke.

Nance? Is it a matchup that the human mind comes up with to have the power forward chase and defend the off-ball shooter?

So it really depends on Jordan to make this choice, which also shows that the Blazers have no idea about the defensive ability of the starter.

Their strengths are offense, starting with five players and four cores, and everyone has an offensive threat when they get the ball.

This kind of combination, at worst, is "how to play with a ball?" At best, it is the ultimate upgraded version of the 14 Spurs.

Ewing gets the ball in the low post first.

Facing Sabonis, he pushed his shoulders against the roof of the world, turned the ball around, made a jumper, and hit the hollow.

2 to 0

"Patrick Ewing came up with a great shot!"

"Looks like the Knicks are determined to win tonight!"

"Yeah, they beat the Blazers, and now it's time to prove that even if Portland brings in reinforcements, nothing will change."

Thomas dribbled forward, and Stockton's defense might not have caught his eye.

A contemptuous smile appeared on his face.

During the Dream Team practice, Stockton was ruthlessly beaten every time he played against Thomas.

The weakest player on the Dream Team is not Laettner, but Stockton.

That's a sad fact for Stockton, and that's why he wanted to be on the final roster to prove himself.

However, the untimely injury not only ruined his plan to be selected for the Dream Team, but also made it impossible for Louie, who wanted to open the back door for him.

Now he still blames Louis for this, do you think Louis can't be angry?

Thomas did not choose to break through Stockton, but passed the ball to Barkley in the low post.

The Trail Blazers are in an odd position.

Thomas is on top of the arc, Sabonis opens the corner - let the center open? Louis frowned.

Sabonis is indeed a center who can shoot 3s, but he usually pulls away from the top 3-point line.

A three-pointer from the bottom corner?

Ewing was ordered not to shoot three-pointers for Sabonis, but the corner three-pointer was obviously the point where the opponent made the least shots.

Ewing wondered if he wanted to stick with Sabonis.

He was waiting for Louis' order.

Before Ewing got the order, Wilson had let go of Jordan on the left wing from beyond the arc to double-team Barkley.

"MJ in that position is not happy!" Zhao Yuanzheng muttered.

Barkley responded quickly, and before Wilson double-teamed, the ball had left his hand.

Jordan caught the ball and made a decisive 3-pointer.

At the moment when the trapeze shot, Louis could feel an unprecedented smooth feeling.

Watching Jordan shoot 3-pointers in the past was like watching him make a mid-range shot, and the rhythm didn't make any difference.

That rhythm is comfortable for mid-range shots, but not so good for 3-pointers.

Now, Jordan has a comfortable 3-point shot rhythm.

"Shh!"

3 to 2

Jordan blew his fingers and said, "Try me another one?"

"The impact of the Dream Team on Michael was more than just having an Olympic champion on his resume."

"His outside shooting has changed so much from the past!"

It was something Louie could have foreseen after Wilson took down the Trail Blazers with five incredible 3-pointers—Jordan regained his 3-pointer and built on his original foundation.

Now Louie must forget about Jordan, who averaged 40 points in seven games last season.

Because that Jordan's 3-pointer was extremely inconsistent.

From now on, they're dealing with a Jordan who has stabilized from three-point range and has the potential to evolve as the season progresses.

An extreme Jordan never seen in Louie's previous life.

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