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Chapter 1032 You are no match for me

June 20, 1993 at 9:00 pm.

New York, Madison Square Garden.

This is the ultimate battle between the Knicks and Trail Blazers.

The sixth game broke the ratings record of 50 million viewers, allowing NBC to invest a lot of resources in promoting the tie-breaker in these two days.

The alliance took the opportunity to launch limited edition souvenirs.

The Knicks and Trail Blazers' peripherals are selling like hotcakes. It can be said that from a business perspective, both parties are already winners and they are making a lot of money.

Fans will be winners, too, because matchups like this are rare.

The strongest players in the East and West, four of the top five in the league, a strong supporting cast that is also an All-Star, plus perfect chemistry.

Two perfect teams that deserved to win the championship are now competing for the same trophy.

The world's most famous singers and actors gather here.

Currently the hottest star Whitney Houston sings "The Star-Spangled Banner".

Louis turned around and looked at the family area. He saw Lorraine, Lu Wuxia and Wang Zhizhi.

As usual, the daughter who was not interested in basketball was left at home.

In addition, he also spotted Jack Krueger, the CEO of Madison Square Garden, sitting next to him was an old white man with small eyes.

Louis felt that the white man looked familiar.

After thinking for a moment, the identity of this person came to mind - Charles Dolan.

It's no secret that Gulf Western Industries wants to get out of the NBA business.

Although it hasn't been officially announced yet, franchise changes for the Knicks are very close.

Dolan is the most concerned businessman in the New York area.

This old man who was born in the 1920s started his business by packaging and marketing sports and movies. In the 1970s, he set his sights on the virgin land of cable TV and established a cable TV network to deliver television to thousands of households in the New York area.

cable TV program.

Louis met him several times, but he was deeply impressed by this person because of his defiant little son.

That is James Dolan, the third worst owner in NBA history since the merger era.

Although Louis changed many things, some things remained unchangeable, such as the Knicks franchise changing hands.

The fact that Kruger can bring Dolan to watch this game shows how good the cooperative relationship between the two parties is.

Louis nodded slightly to Kruger and Dolan as a greeting, and then returned his focus to the game.

NBC also has heavyweights joining the live commentary booth.

In addition to Bob Costas and Bill Laimbeer, they also specially invited "The Tragedian" Johnson to be the commentator for this game.

"Ervin 1, do you know that Larry has decided to retire?"

Ranbir started talking.

The tragedian smiled and said: "I know, Larry has talked to me about this before, and he feels that his time has come."

"Actually, I think he can still play. Even Isiah is still shamelessly trying to win a few more championships with the young people."

Thomas was not far from them, and Ranbir knew that he could hear what he was saying, so he deliberately teased him.

"Oh? So the only big 3 left in Boston is Ralph?" Costas asked following their words.

Laimbeer's words can be regarded as an official answer from the Celtics: "Yes, but Ralph's contract has also expired. After Larry retires, I don't think he will stay."

They were talking about the most popular sports gossip topic in recent times, and inside the stadium, Houston had finished her performance.

The fans were screaming loudly and the atmosphere was extremely enthusiastic.

However, the fans' reaction was not because Houston sang well, but because the game was about to start.

Louie came to midfield and shook Riley's hand.

Today, Riley is still wearing a oily head and a dark black suit. He has ideas about this game: "Let's have a fierce contest."

Louis said calmly: "This is exactly what we do best."

Then, Riley's hand increased strength, "My players' confrontation today was even more intense than this."

Louis guessed that Riley probably wanted to give him a comminuted fracture so that he could not coach and force the Knicks into the "Shohoku Dilemma" 2?

Louis returned to the team, and in front of him stood tonight's starting player.

There are some minor adjustments to the Knicks' starting lineup.

They are Stockton, Wilson, Stevens, Rodman, and Ewing.

Kemp was designated by Louis as the fifth position tonight, so he was Ewing's substitute. Miller shined in Game 6. The Blazers definitely wanted to challenge him at the beginning, so Louis asked him to substitute and sent Steven.

Try the intensity.

"On the offensive end, we must focus on targeting their defensive weaknesses, make more flank runs, and be decisive when asking for the ball inside. Patrick, you are our absolute advantage."

"let's go!"

For the Trail Blazers, their starting lineup is the same as before, still Thomas, Jordan, Robinson, Barkley, and Sabonis.

Sabonis won the jump ball against Ewing.

"That's not a good sign," said the tragedian.

As soon as he finished speaking, Thomas threw the ball to Jordan.

Jordan singled out Wilson in the frontcourt, made a sudden stop after a series of changes, and passed the ball to Clifford Robinson, who was cutting through the air.

Robinson held the ball and drove to the basket like a small forward, as if he was going to confront Ewing head-on.

Unexpectedly, he was rough but delicate. He leaned on Ewing and suddenly released his strength, stopped suddenly, turned around and shot a fadeaway jumper.

For a 2.10 meter tall forward to be able to do this kind of action, it shows how good his ball sense and body coordination are.

2 to 0

"Dennis, where are you?" Louis asked.

Rodman raised his hands and admitted his mistake.

At the strategic level, both sides have no secrets from each other.

But Louis is famous for his love of micro-managing, whether it's bringing on Stevens or his style of play in the opening minutes.

Louis started Stockton not only because the opponent's organizational ability has a huge impact on the team's overall offense, but also because he wanted him to attract firepower for Uf.

In terms of withstanding pressure, Stockton is much better than Rauf.

Louis asked Stevens to screen Stockton outside the left three-point line.

As always, the Trail Blazers chose to give Stockton room to shoot, and their defense retreated, but the pick-and-roll was nothing more than a cover-up for the Knicks.

Stevens suddenly hit the top of the arc and went straight to the basket.

Stockton passed the ball in place.

These two steps were linked so quickly that they disrupted the Blazers' defensive deployment.

Robinson let go of Rodman to defend, and Stevens passed the ball to Rodman behind him.

Rodman does not have a shooting threat, so letting him get the ball in the open space is an acceptable result for the Blazers.

Rodman took a decisive shot when he got the chance. The result was not surprising. The arc of the ball was stiff and hit the edge of the basket, but Ewing grabbed the offensive rebound.

Ewing used his strength to push away Sabonis, turned around, and jumped up to slam dunk.

2 to 2

"Patrick's current blocking ability is really amazing." Tomjanovich said in surprise, "He should be the league's top rebounder."

Who was it that cursed him with spit and nail?

Louis stood silently on the sidelines observing the game.

At this time, the Blazers' high-post offense had already begun.

Sabonis took the ball, and Jordan, who was standing in the left corner, suddenly ran, received Robinson's off-ball screen, took the ball from the Lithuanian's hand, stopped at the free throw line, pulled up on the spot, and made a solid shot.

The ball thrown by the action also hits the net with the most comfortable arc.

"Benj, give that big-eared bastard a shot!"

Spike Lee is always the biggest fan of big names.

But Wilson didn't hear what he said.

Even if he heard it, he wouldn't follow it. Spike Lee is a rotten fish. Is what he said worth listening to? He also said that Miller was useless, but without Miller, the Knicks would still have a third one.

Seven games?

However, Stockton intends to bring Wilson back.

When he reached the frontcourt, Stockton didn't call a tactic and passed the ball to the right to Wilson.

Wilson did not respond to the crowd's call, but waited patiently for Ewing to move to his half, and then lob the ball.

"If Larry would definitely call back." Ranbir is a famous Weihei.

The tragedian said: "I like Benj's decision."

"This is the right decision, but it is also the difference between him and Larry." Laimbeer showed another card - the super big bird blow.

The tragedian added: "I don't think so."

On the court, Ewing is undoubtedly a worry for the Blazers.

In 1988, Ewing dominated the Finals, reduced the Blazers' interior to rubble, and won the FMVP that year.

Last year, the Blazers were able to play seven games with the Knicks. First, the Knicks suffered injuries, which led to a decrease in lineup depth and a shortage of outside shooters. Second, Ewing did not have an inside advantage in the first six games.

This year's Ewing is different from last year.

Although the Knicks have a complete lineup, the first six games are not unified. If Ewing hadn't averaged 24 points, 14 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 4.6 blocks per game, maybe the Knicks would have lost long ago.

Just now he grabbed a rebound and had a second offensive slam dunk, which shows how good his condition is.

As soon as he got the ball this time, the Blazers didn't give him a chance to stretch his limbs, and a double-team came immediately.

Ewing also knew that the Blazers were afraid of him, so he was already prepared to attract the defense and pass the ball to his teammates.

The person who came to double-team was Robinson, the model defensive lineman of the Trail Blazers. For this purpose, he left Stevens in the left corner.

Ewing directly moved the ball in a wide range.

Stevens caught the ball in the corner and shot a three-pointer.

"Whoosh!"

"Go back to your hometown in the Soviet Union, you are no match for me!"

Ewing doesn't seem to know that the Soviet Union has collapsed, or that Sabonis is Lithuanian?

Of course he knew that this was just for an effect.

Sabonis’ rage: “I’m no longer a Soviet!”

He was so angry that he even forgot to say, "The Soviet Union is dead."

1. The nickname "Tragedian" is ironic, so it is impossible to replace his real name like a magician.

2 Coach Anxi was hospitalized in the life-and-death match between Xiangbei and Lingnan in the county competition.

3 people's opinions: The worst NBA boss in the merger era is Donald Sterling (Jabbar among the bad bosses, who was blind enough during his madness and very "evergreen"), and the second worst boss is Steppi. Although his career is It is short-lived, but in just a few years, it has done all the bad things, and the height of the madness period is enough to make all successors look up to the mountain and cannot surpass it. I can even say that if there is a boss in the future who can surpass Sterling, I will Ranking Sterling third, Steppi will always be second on this list. Honorable mention, the owner of the Kings, if he can use the methods of recent years to torture Kings fans for another ten years, I will rank him to first.

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