The rest is just noise

Everything we look forward to with great enthusiasm will inevitably be disappointed once we start.

Because it's often not that good.

That was it in the first quarter of the opening game between the Lakers and the Knicks.

In Louis' coaching debut after two years, his command was still calm, but there were no surprising highlights.

The Knicks made a lot of harsh words before the game, saying they were going to beat the Lakers, but as a result, they weren't that aggressive during the game.

There are two main points.

The Lakers have an obvious loophole in Laettner's interior, so as long as the Knicks focus on the penalty area, they can ensure the advantage of the game.

Tomjanovich originally thought that within a few minutes, Louis would close the gap.

As a result, Ewing scored 17 points in a single quarter, Kemp scored 12 points in a single quarter, and the Knicks scored 35 points in a single quarter. Laettner "exerted" a lot of effort in the process.

Because Laettner's defense was so bad, he couldn't guard against the Knicks' offense at the basket.

Laettner's poor defense negated the Lakers' great shooting start.

Everyone has only one question - why didn't Coach Lu replace Laettner? Even if Garnett was asked to play center, the interior defense wouldn't be so confusing, right?

35 to 28

"Chris, come down and rest."

Louis finally replaced Laettner, who played the entire first quarter.

The Lakers immediately carried out personnel rotation.

Sedale Treat replaces Harper;

Liu Yuqing replaces Ellis;

Tragedy Division replaces Garnett;

Ostertag succeeded Leitner.

In the entire starting lineup, only one Wilson is left.

Louis whispered: "We have to believe in the interior defense. Greg can protect us from the wind and rain. Even if there is a problem with his defense, don't panic. The important thing is to limit New York's outside. Especially Reggie Miller and

Alan Houston, I want them to not even see the rim!"

The Knicks also made personnel rotations.

Sam Cassel replaces Stockton;

Houston replaces Miller;

Pippen, Kemp and Ewing didn't play.

It's understandable to keep Pippen, he is the Knicks player who least wants to lose to the Lakers.

As long as he doesn't want to be replaced, Tomjanovich will not replace him.

The reason why Ewing and Kemp stayed on the court is simple.

The Lakers don't have a good inside line, and Louis is determined to let them play at will under the basket. Such a good game cannot be encountered a few times a season, so how can they rest?

Seeing the expressions of those two guys who were ready to eat up Ostertag as if they were meat, Louis smiled to himself.

"Louis, do you really want to leave those two guys alone?"

Nelson felt that letting those two players play casually in the first quarter had cost the Lakers.

Louis asked back, "Old Tang, look at our insider manpower. David is still lying at home. How can we manage it? Are we qualified to manage the insider?"

Nelson was speechless.

Yeah, why do you care about those two things?

Should we ask Joe Klein to come up and attack the Twin Towers, give those two butchers another dish, or call for flanking?

If the Lakers double-team, Ewing and Kemp will definitely pass the ball.

Louis knows only too well how dangerous the Knicks' perimeter is.

In fact, it's like watching an porn movie.

If you want a good-looking teacher, you have to accept the fact that their teaching ability is insufficient. You also have to be pretty and have a good figure. You also have to have perfect acting skills, lines and knowledge, young man.

, do you think the movie was taken in Doraemon's pocket?

In the second quarter, the Knicks had the ball.

Tretter, like Harper, looks at Louie every halftime.

Like Harper, he didn't want to see Louis raise his head.

As a result, Louis, who had been holding it in for a while, couldn't hold it in any longer. He pushed his head upwards and stretched out two fingers: "Try two rounds."

"No! Coach!" Garnett yelled jealously off the court, "How can the Lakers play the Shooting Stars for the first time in their history without the participation of my buddies? This is not fair!"

Louis smiled and said: "You seem to have a lot of opinions?"

“Man, I’m so opinionated!”

"If you have any objections, just hold it in as if you were witnessing a crime committed by your family. Don't scream. If I tell you again, get the hell back to the locker room!"

Garnett may never know why Louis was angry.

To him, the angry Louis was like a gangster on the streets of Chicago. He never knew whether the next time he would be hit would be a fist or a bullet.

Tretter was not sure of hitting the "shooting star", so he decisively learned from Rick Bronson and passed the ball to someone who was sure of the strategy.

The tragedy maker caught the ball at the top of the arc.

For a moment, the forum seemed to have broken out in a riot, with the audience screaming, shouting, and using the most intense noise to welcome their hero back.

The tragedian decided to hit what he personally thought was the easiest "Meteor F".

In fact, this tactic is called "crossing the line" within the Lakers.

Only those who can use this tactic can control the "Meteor".

After hearing the tragedy master's instructions, Wilson and Liu Yuqing took the lead.

Ostertag followed the tragedian's gesture like a piece of wood and came to the wing.

Tret's mind went blank.

Not only does he need to remember his own tactical path, but he also has to pay attention to his teammates' tactical paths. As a result, he has no idea how to run.

"The Point Guard Is Here"

In his nervousness, he completely forgot the tactics he had trained so hard on weekdays.

This is a person who is completely unable to understand "shooting stars" and cannot possibly step into the "land where whales fall".

Fortunately, at least four people did the right thing.

The tragic master's tactical control is astonishing. He can call tactics while directing Ostertag to synchronize power, Liu's rhythm to do the right thing, and then throw the ball out at the moment the Knicks' defense is torn apart.

"Perfect!"

Louis couldn't help but say.

Outside the left three-point line, Liu Yuqing took the ball, and the defender no longer knew where he was being thrown.

"Whoosh!"

"Remember this guy's name - he's not an outcast from Atlanta, he's not 'trash that even the expansion team doesn't want,' he's a very good player, he's Jiang Duo! He lit up with a beautiful three-pointer

forum!"

Hearn's excellent commentary added a lot of color to that offensive round.

The Knicks coaching staff was extremely surprised by what just happened.

"Not a high-post dynamic offense."

"It's not like a small tactic taken from other tactical systems..."

"This tactic gave me a very special feeling." Thibodeau said to Tomjanovich, "When the tactic was launched, there were four people in Los Angeles who were in motion, and their tactical paths crossed each other without being chaotic.

, created opportunities with nice moves and screens.”

"A dynamic offense with four guys?"

"It's indeed Louis's favorite style of play, but it's too complicated."

Tomjanovich immediately made a rough judgment. This was the Lakers' new style of play. It must be very immature and should have a high turnover rate.

"Don't worry."

At this time, the tragedy master successfully defeated Kemp by one round with his ball intelligence.

When Garnett and Laettner were paired in the paint, the Lakers' defense was a typical top-five team.

Garnett is currently easily beaten by others using his strength in one-on-one defense, but his talent is fully demonstrated when assisting in defense.

And Laettner is the Knicks' favorite, and they can play however they want.

Now comes the pairing of Ostertag and The Tragedian.

The Knicks believe that Ostertag is a strong defensive player. His length and wingspan are nothing to joke about. As early as when he was in college, he was a well-known rim protector in the United States.

Tragedy Master... let alone now, even in the 1980s, when he was at his peak, his defense was not easy.

Now that he has returned to the game again after four years, he is still playing the fourth position. Isn't this a bigger loophole than Laettner?

So Kemp didn't take the tragedy man seriously at all. He dribbled the ball and wanted to go in for a dunk and score tomorrow's top five goals.

The background board is a tragedy master, and he believes that the audience will like it.

As a result, it turns out that Kemp thought the problem was too simple.

The tragedy maker is older, but also more cunning. It is recognized that his defense is not good, but he is also a master of drawing offensive fouls.

Kemp accidentally gave the opportunity to the tragic player to cause an offensive foul.

That was Kemp's second personal foul.

The tragedy master sat on the ground and said jokingly: "Don't you think of me as a rookie who can be manipulated at will? Let me tell you, although I am old, my brain is not old, and you are still too young."

Kemp said coldly: "The referee saved you, what can you be proud of?"

"Have you ever thought that it was because you couldn't figure out what the referee was thinking that you were beaten by Danny Manning and was unable to fight back?"

The tragedian's words angered Kemp.

But, to Louis, this is not important.

What matters is whether the second meteor tactic can be successful.

Tretter still gave the ball to the tragedy maker.

But this time, there was a problem with the tacit understanding of the players on the field.

Wilson ran to where Liu Yuqing was supposed to be, but Ostertag's brain was overloaded and he failed to understand the tragedy master's gesture.

Although Liu Yuqing made the right decision - not overlapping Wilson's movements - Treat was still offline. He thought that if he didn't do anything, he would not do anything wrong. As a result, his position happened to be corrected by Liu Yuqing.

The foothold after the tactical path.

In other words, the entire tactic failed from the moment it was launched.

Everyone except the tragic division made mistakes in their movements.

Naturally, the attack in this round can only be handled by the Tragedy Master himself.

The tragedy master carried Kemp's body and couldn't push it through at all, but his touch was so good that he even scored with a long-distance skyhook without getting rid of the defense at all.

The Lakers still scored, but Louis couldn't be happy.

Nelson sighed: "There is still a long way to go."

And even the excitement that Louis had just achieved as a "shooting star" completely disappeared.

Because that was totally just a fluke.