The rest is just noise

Chapter 1019 Mental disorder

The Blazers are so powerful that the Knicks have obviously performed extremely well, but they are still clearly being suppressed.

Moreover, when Barkley and Jordan started to exert their strength, the score was widened.

At the end of the first quarter, the Trail Blazers scored 32 points.

Facing the best defensive team in history, the Trail Blazers scored 30+ points in a single quarter in the Finals.

"The performance of Ardavis Sabonis, Charles Barkley, and Michael Jordan is an important reason why the Trail Blazers led the Knicks by 8 points in the first quarter." Bob Costas said in surprise, "The Knicks

The performance is obvious to all, their defense is still strong, but the Blazers look like they are in another level."

Laimbeer said playfully: "However, Benjamin Wilson's performance was not ideal."

"Yeah, he was pinned down by MJ," Costas said.

"No, it's not so much that he was suppressed by MJ, it's better to say that he plays nothing like him." Laimbeer's impression of Wilson is not like this. "He basically doesn't communicate with his teammates on the court, and he also works alone on the offensive end.

This is not conducive to the game, because the strongest player on the court is not in the Knicks, and they will never be able to beat the Trail Blazers based on personal ability alone."

Those who don't know better think Laimbeer is a Knick fan, but actually he wants Wilson to die.

But now it’s time to pretend to be right, so Laimbeer will use seemingly objective words to bring unfavorable public opinion to Wilson: “Before this, the reason why Wilson could become the best player in the league was not because he was better than MJ.

, but because he understands the nature of this sport more deeply than MJ, and now what he is doing is contrary to the Knicks' winning philosophy."

"Benj, you didn't act like a five-ring winner tonight."

Before the start of the second quarter, Louis fired at Wilson.

Although not as good as Jordan, who was in hot form, Wilson's offense in the first quarter was still good.

"I will come back in the second quarter." Wilson said confidently.

Louis said: "I don't want you to fight back, I want you to clarify your goals. Whether to rely on singles to create opportunities, or to lead teammates to overwhelm the Blazers, it's okay, but you can't play a lot of singles and then suddenly choose a lot

Pass the ball."

"Understood, coach."

On the Knicks' side, Miller was the player who continued to perform well in the first and second quarters.

Hearing Wilson say "understood," Miller sneered: "Does this bastard really understand? To be honest, I am increasingly confused about what he is thinking."

Louis said softly: "If you figure it out clearly, I will let you be the coach."

"Coach, are you just going to let him go like this?" Miller deliberately said in front of Ewing, "If it were Patrick, he would have been scolded bloody by you, wouldn't he?"

"Reggie, it seems like you are the only one who thinks Benj has a problem now, right?" Louis smiled and put his hand on Ewing's shoulder, "The person who dislikes Benj the most in the team is this guy, and even he doesn't have any objections."

Louie's connivance with Wilson really made Miller angry.

"Okay, whatever you want, but I'll say it first. If that bastard continues to fight like this and loses the game, I will never let him go!"

Miller showed his sense of responsibility and desire to win.

Louis scolded: "It's me who should say this. What you should do most, you self-talking bastard, is shoot that damn three-pointer!"

The other three Knicks players at the start of the second quarter were Stockton, Kemp, and Yu Tiancan.

Because the Trail Blazers had taken the lead, Riley was relatively relaxed in the rotation. He replaced Jordan and let Thomas and Nance lead the second team.

Yu Tiancan's half-shot basket gave the Knicks a good start in the second quarter.

In the past year, the outside world has received mixed reviews and criticisms of Yu Tiancan.

Compared with the two super centers in the same class, he lacks the immediate impact.

But you can't blame him. If he is allowed to debut in a rebuilding team, with a suitable game rhythm and enough ball rights, he can still produce outstanding statistics and performance.

The Knicks don't have this opportunity, and the overall pace is too fast. He is only positioned as Ewing's substitute, so he has to find the feeling of the game in a tactical system and role positioning that are not conducive to him.

It took Yu Tiancan half a season to basically get into the role.

However, before he could establish a chemical reaction with other teammates, the Knicks' internal conflicts made him confused again.

For Louis, this was a hard thing to accept.

But he had to admit that the current Knicks were no longer conducive to the development of potential rookies like Yu Tiancan.

In the finals, Yu Tiancan had few opportunities because Ewing, as the strongest point inside, was the Knicks' most advantageous player against the Trail Blazers, so his playing time would only increase greatly.

When Yu Tiancan came up today, he faced Anthony Mason, who was pushed to the center position by Riley.

In front of Mason, Yu Tiancan had an obvious height advantage. Wilson fed him a ball, and he shot from the start, and he made the shot.

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Not to be outdone, Mason wanted to use his mobility to bully Yu Tiancan.

What he didn't expect was that the Knicks had already made plans for this situation.

In modern times, rim protection is the most important part of the defense.

As the tallest player on the court, Yu Tiancan's ability to protect the basket is unquestionable.

Over the years, Louis has had his players develop a habit of keeping the center under the basket as much as possible, and if their opponent goes outside the paint for a shot, teammates help defend him.

As soon as Mason's shot was released, Kemp arrived.

The latter took off with a faster bounce, but this jump was not Kemp's full strength. He used his excellent bounce to catch up with the basketball and cover the ball towards the opponent's backcourt.

Since he didn't take off with all his strength, Kemp landed almost at the same time as Mason, and with better motor skills, he reacted first and chased the ball at full speed.

Mason was less than a second slower than Kemp.

In less than a second, Kemp was able to throw him away.

Kemp, who has been heavily criticized by Louis in the past two days and benched at the beginning of the game, is already full of anger. Taking out Mason is just a warm-up matter for him. His real target is Barkley.

Just how Barkley beat him in the past few games, he will beat him back in the same way.

Kemp caught up with the ball as he wished, and no one in the Trail Blazers could stop his counterattack except Thomas.

It only took Thomas a moment to give up the defense.

Because he is well aware of Kemp's offensive, and if he insists on defending against it, he will only give the opponent a chance to create 2+1 and top ten goals.

Then I thought about it, is there anyone in the league who can stop Kemp's counterattack in a one-on-one situation?

I'm afraid not.

Because Kemp's speed, strength and instant explosiveness are among the best in the entire history of basketball, Thomas's choice is undoubtedly a wise one.

Kampla made an extremely round windmill and dunked the ball into the basket powerfully.

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After Kemp dunked the ball, he immediately glared at Barkley on the bench.

"It has to be like this, the more you are timid, the more you can't beat him." Willis Reed's face lit up with joy as he watched the young man he taught so confidently.

Barkley said disdainfully to the people around him: "That guy is only good when he fights back."

Kemp's dunk lifted the mood at MSG.

Spike Lee, a guy who can never sit still, stood up directly from the VIP table, "You will never see this kind of ball on that bastard Reggie!"

Just as the atmosphere in the Garden was about to turn toward the Knicks, Thomas calmly passed Stockton and made a pull-up jumper on the right side of the free throw line.

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This goal offset the impact of Kemp's counterattack dunk and stabilized the mentality of his teammates.

But Thomas was not satisfied with this. As soon as Stockton arrived in the frontcourt, he signaled to his teammates.

Suddenly, Stockton started a pick-and-roll. Jerome Causey let go of Wilson, who was moving to the corner, and turned to the top of the key to double-team Stockton with Thomas.

It can be seen that Thomas's action of grabbing the ball was obviously a foul, but no one could figure out the scale of Bavetta's penalty. The thing happened in front of him, but he had no intention of blowing the whistle.

The ball was taken away from Stockton's hand, and Thomas took it to the frontcourt and gave Cosey an alley-oop.

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"Ruth!"

Stockton's mentality has changed, Louis can see it.

Every time he faced off against a core defender with strong personal abilities like Thomas, Stockton would look embarrassed.

When Thomas was with the Celtics and Hornets, Stockton could still rely on the team's overall advantage to come back on the offensive end.

But now Thomas follows Riley's instructions and gives Stockton a shooting opportunity. If he wants to pick and roll, he retreats to avoid it, which makes him uncomfortable.

The offense was weak and the defense was blown. This was simply the execution scene for Stockton.

"Some people always ask why Coach Lu likes to freeze John Stockton at critical moments. Now, do you understand?"

Lambie is perhaps the only commentator/analyst who doesn't refer to Louie as "Little Lou."

His relationship with Louis is like Bird's relationship with Louis.

To say that they are friends doesn't seem to count, but to say that they are just former colleagues seems to be a friendship.

One thing is certain, that is, although Laimbeer hates the Knicks, he does not hate Louis.

Stockton was so embarrassed by Thomas that Louis had to call Reggie Williams from the bench.

Rauf had just come down to rest, and if he were to face Thomas who was in hot form now, I'm afraid he wouldn't have a better effect.

Rather than letting Rauf hit Thomas's muzzle, it would be better to have a swingman who is good at both offense and defense.

The fans at the scene prayed that the dead ball time would come as soon as possible.

Because Stockton's condition is very abnormal.

Forget it if you can't guard Thomas. On the offensive end, even his best organization is a mess.

Louis had just made arrangements for substitutions. He made a mistake in the frontcourt. Thomas was brought down by Wilson on the fast break. The fans breathed a sigh of relief.