The rest is just noise

The pre-game meeting turned out to be bigger than Louis imagined.

Although head coach Zhao Yuanzheng was the protagonist of the meeting, he was the one who spoke the least.

Two young assistant coaches, Rick Carlisle and Mike Budenholzer, both offered their own insights.

Carlisle believes that after Robinson fell due to injury, the six-man rotation is no longer suitable for the Lakers.

Budenholzer proposed to use the athletic ability of the wings to improve the rhythm of the game and try to outrun the Clippers' Mutombo and Barkley.

Post coach Kareem Jabbar was speechless.

Although he is a member of the coaching staff, the Lakers currently do not have many inside players worthy of serious development.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar also has no real insights into the game.

Jerry West and others looked on and had no objections.

Finally, Zhao Yuanzheng looked at Louis, with a cry for help in his eyes.

"Do you want to hear my advice?" Louis stood up.

It feels like he is the head coach of this team.

The atmosphere of the pre-match meeting suddenly changed.

"It's not what I asked for." Zhao Yuanzheng wisely gave up the middle position.

Although Zhao Yuanzheng only gave Louis two hours, his research on the Clippers began long before that.

First, let’s take a look at the Clippers’ lineup. Their eight-man playoff rotation is Pooh Richardson PG, Perrivis Ellison, Barkley, Mutombo, and Spree.

Will, Horry, Du Shuai, Eric Piatkowski (sg/sf).

Except for Mutombo and Sprewell, none of these eight players can reach the average defensive level in the playoffs.

But it is the presence of Mus and Si that makes the Clippers' defense rank among the best.

This reminded Louis of another team - the Utah Jazz in the Rudy Gobert era.

Gobert is undoubtedly the greatest regular season defender of his generation.

With him on the court, the Jazz's defense ranks fourth in the league, and when he doesn't, the Jazz's defense ranks 28th.

But entering the playoffs, Gobert's defense doesn't seem so scary.

In those years, the Jazz were defeated by the Warriors, Rockets, Clippers, Nuggets and other teams.

Gobert looked particularly bulky on the court, unable to defend against the opponent's roll calls and pick-and-rolls, just like Mutombo who defended O'Neal in a panic.

When a strong defensive team collapses in the playoffs, their defensive core is to blame.

However, this is not the whole truth about the Jazz's collapse in the playoffs.

Remember, when Gobert is not on the court, the Jazz's defense ranks 28th in the league. This means that except for him, there are few players on the team who are good defenders.

If his teammates can't guard the opponent's pick-and-roll, if his teammates are easily thrown away by a screen, if his teammates can't block any ball-handler in front of him in the playoffs, can you count on Gobert to continue

Keep the team?

This is the playoffs, and if you have any flaws, you will be caught and beaten.

Gobert obviously cannot defend one against five, and no one can defend one against five. His real sin may be that as a great defender and a rare traditional inside man in the small ball era, he cannot

Brings enough threats on the offensive end.

Therefore, Louis clearly pointed out that whether the roll call tactic with Benjamin Wilson as the main body can call everyone on the Clippers team so that they don't know how to defend Benj will determine the success or failure of the game.

On the basis that Benj can order the whole Clippers team, Pippen is also capable of controlling the Clippers on both offense and defense, as long as he can show an average touch.

Divac's long-range shooting and support must be used well.

As Louis' favorite disciple, Van Gundy will stick to the pocket formation to the end. Therefore, Dale Ellis' three-pointer from the corner will be the key to breaking through the pocket.

Once Wilson or Pippen threatens the paint from the outside, regardless of whether Mutombo will be pulled out of military training, the Clippers' pocket formation will be impacted.

By then, if you insist on keeping the pocket formation intact, Wilson and Pippen can play small and large at will. If they need to help defend, Ellis in the corner will definitely be left empty.

At the same time, Steve Kerr's shooting accuracy as an open shooter is guaranteed.

In terms of lineup, the Lakers already have the conditions to play 5 outs.

As long as the shot is accurate, even if Mutombo becomes the best basket protector in history, he will still encounter Gobert-like embarrassing situations.

"Is it too risky to bet on the three-point line?" Kupchak asked.

Louis smiled and said: "Considering our situation, I think it's worth trying. The result won't be worse anyway."

West doesn't like this arrangement, but he is a man who can force himself to accept adversity.

When he thought that the Lakers' inside line no longer had an advantage over the Clippers, Louis' plan became feasible in his mind.

Robinson's absence means that the Lakers cannot use regular routines to play G6, otherwise they will be torn alive by the Clippers.

Except for Kupchak, no one else had objections.

This is how g6's game strategy was decided.

Although Louis treats the Clippers as Gobert's Jazz, this Clippers has better conditions than that Jazz.

The first is that they have a strong player like Sprewell on the wing.

And at the power forward position, there is Barkley, a superstar who can beat anyone.

This is something the Jazz don't have. The 5 out lineup and roll calls can reduce Mutombo's strategic value, but as long as the game goes deeper, the outcome will ultimately be determined by strength.

On May 18, 1995, Game 6 of the semifinals between the Lakers and Clippers came as scheduled.

Zhao Yuanzheng has seen how strong Wilson is under the roll call system.

In Game 7 of the 1993 Finals, a god-possessed 66-point game was a lingering nightmare for Portland.

Zhao Yuanzheng also thought about creating a roll call system, but the Lakers were full of problems at the time and had no chance to establish a new system.

Now we can only replace the ball holder with Wilson in the original pick-and-roll system.

When Wilson asked the coaching staff about their intentions, Zhao Yuanzheng said vividly: "How you played the night you scored 66 points in Portland, how you play now."

Therefore, from the very beginning, Wilson has a strong sense of presence.

Van Gundy also adjusted his lineup today, allowing Du Shuai to start at the third position against Wilson.

However, even when faced with a substitute like Du Shuai, Wilson did not single out, but waved Green to come up for a pick-and-roll.

If Barkley follows, Wilson will take him back to G7 in 1993. If Barkley doesn't come out, it will be even more rude, and he will directly punish the opponent's laziness and slackness on the defensive end with a pull-up jump shot.

No one is off limits.

Including Sprewell, the Clippers' best wing defender.

When the madman came to Wilson, he was directly eaten by the latter with his body.

The Clippers couldn't stand the pressure and began to double-team, and Wilson passed the ball to Pippen.

Pippen can also suppress the Clippers' wings.

Under the same conditions, Pippen shot from outside to inside, made an emergency stop and turned around, and even completed a overwhelming dunk in the third quarter, and the victim was Mutombo.

Facing such an attack, the Clippers didn't know how to respond.

Van Gundy's response was also a flaw, and the Clippers looked chaotic as a whole, being blown away by Wilson and Pippen on a single line from the wing.

In order to guard against these two people, Van Gundy also designed small pockets on the wing.

The result of this is that the long-range shots of Ellis, Cole and Divac are activated.

When the Lakers rained three-pointers from the outside, the Clippers also lost the chance to win.

118 to 102

After losing David Robinson, the Lakers changed their lineup and adjusted their strategies, and brought the game to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum with a big victory. They will play a tiebreaker with the Clippers in what looks like an away game but is not actually an away game.

decisive battle.

"Sports Illustrated" writer Jack McCallum wrote in his preview of the tiebreaker of the Lakeship Battle: "Benjamin Wilson has participated in four tiebreakers so far in his career and won all of them."

It was probably this poisonous saying that caused Wilson to "get into trouble".

On the morning of game 7, Wilson walked to Louis' office with a serious look on his face and said, "Coach, I've been bitten."

After that, he showed his right hand with Bundy wrapped on his index finger.

"Did your dog bite you?" Louis asked.

Wilson looked embarrassed, "It's not a dog..."

Wilson didn't say what he was bitten on. In short, it was bitten. It hurt a little, but it would not affect tonight's game. As for whether it would affect his shooting feel, I don't know.

Louis thought for a long time before he figured out how Wilson was bitten. If you have watched "Animal World", you will find that when lions and tigers continue their family lineage, the males always like to bite the back of their partner's neck. They do that for

Prevent the lioness/tiger from having a stress reaction after being stung. Humans have been looking for fun since they regarded this kind of thing as fun. If they don’t explain clearly sometimes and just put their hands into other people’s mouths, they will be bitten.

That’s normal, right?

Louis couldn't help but be impressed by Wilson's XP. Not only was this guy's aesthetics different from ordinary people, but his XP was unique. Fortunately, the injured finger did not affect his performance that night.

Wilson's shooting was normal, but it was Pippen who seemed to have his hand bitten.

His shooting is unreliable in a game of this intensity, but Wilson is like a god of war and is invincible.

Dale Ellis reveals his killer instinct.

At the end of the third quarter, all clues pointed to the Lakers winning the game.

But starting in the fourth quarter, after Mutombo hit two zombie hooks in a row, the Clippers staged a dramatic comeback.

Barkley "ate" Green like today's donut.

Sprewell scored all kinds of outrageous 2+1s.

Even Du Shuai succeeded in a pull-up jumper under Wilson's defense.

The real killer was the man named Robert Horry. In the last 3 minutes, the Clippers were still 7 points behind. As a result, he scored 12 points in a minute to help the Clippers achieve a comeback.

At the last minute of the game, Wilson had a chance to save the Lakers' season.

10 seconds before the end, Wilson changed direction in front of Sprewell and made a three-pointer at the top of the key.

That's a good opportunity.

But it seems that the bitten finger had its due negative effect at the most critical moment.

"boom!"

Barkley grabbed the defensive rebound and immediately threw it to Sprewell. The Lakers fouled and the Clippers got to the free throw line. The balance of victory had completely tipped to the Clippers.

After about half a minute, the game ended.

104 to 101

In this world-famous intracity derby, the Clippers defeated the Lakers with a score of 4 to 3 and advanced to the Western Conference Finals.

Wilson stood there for half a minute, until Barkley came over and said: "That fucking three-pointer of yours really scared me to death. Damn, if that ball goes in, I have to kill that bastard Sprewell."

!”

Wilson had to accept his first playoff loss since 1988.

He smiled bitterly and said: "Maybe if I don't shake him away, I will shoot in."

For the Lakers, this is the worst possible outcome.

In the playoffs, he lost to the Clippers, whom he usually looked down upon, and even when Robinson was retired for the season, he couldn't win.

The only person who gained a new life was Zhao Yuanzheng.

Of course it was a pity to lose, but he was relieved.

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