The rest is just noise

At the end of the game, the Lakers coaching staff was particularly excited.

But they were not happy for winning, but for the perfect use of the "Meteor" tactic.

Tonight was the first time the "Meteor" tactic showed its power.

Even though the Lakers' "shooting star" tactics still had some flaws, the Warriors were no longer able to stop them.

This is far from perfect, and the Lakers' new tactical experiment still has a long way to go.

But now that they have started, they will never stop.

Garnett and Payton exchanged jerseys.

He may be the only player on the Lakers who likes Payton's style.

Because he feels that Payton's style of play is the most suitable for him.

"It seems you will never get an annual salary of tens of millions."

Ostertag said disappointedly.

"I'm very disappointed that you look down on me so much, but listen carefully. My future is not just about 10 million per year. As long as the conditions are right, I can also get 20 million per year!"

"This is not what I said, it was Jiang Duo who said it."

"Where's Duoduo Jiang?"

As soon as the game ended, Liu Yuqing disappeared from the scene.

He rushed back to the locker room immediately so that he could avoid being interviewed by reporters, especially reporters from China.

As Luyuan’s American-based players set off China fever in the NBA, the integration of basketball culture between China and the United States is much faster than in Louis’ previous life.

However, Liu Yuqing doesn't like to interact with reporters, no matter which country he comes from.

In addition to Liu Yuqing, there is another newcomer who performed well.

That man is Michael Finley.

Tonight, Finley played the role of Wilson in the second team, responsible for catching and shooting after tactical movement.

As long as Finley is not dribbling, he is at a very high level.

After Louis formed the "Knights Templar", players who were not among them no longer needed to practice the "Meteor" tactic.

Finlay wants to join it, but with his current tactical understanding, participating in the "Meteor" tactic will only make his talent buried in complex tactics.

Once he started playing regular tactics, Finley's immediate combat ability, which was among the top among rookies in his class, became apparent.

Against the Warriors, Finley made 6 of 10 shots in 20 minutes and scored 15 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

A reporter asked him if this game would increase his confidence. Finlay replied straightforwardly: "I have always been confident, but there were too few opportunities before."

The next day, the Los Angeles media quoted the quote out of context: "Surprise newcomer Michael Finley bluntly believes that Leader Lu gave him too few opportunities!"

Louis has long known the media's rhetoric of confusing right and wrong.

He didn't take it out on Finley.

At the end of November, the Lakers played against the Clippers "at home".

This is the final battle in November.

The Lakers and Clippers have been at each other's throats since 1993, and a sense of cross-city derby animosity has emerged between the two teams.

At that time, the team leader was still David Robinson, and the Lakers didn't have that murderous spirit. It's different now.

Good Mr. Robinson is out for the season, and Wilson is the only leader of the Lakers.

When the Clippers handed Wilson his first defeat in seven years last year, the team was on his must-kill list.

So far this season, Wilson is in great form, averaging 35 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists per game, leading the scoring list. He is the only non-post player in the top 25 in the league's rebounding rankings, and is the team's assist leader.

It can be said that Benj is at the peak of his career.

This night, Wilson was unstoppable.

Sprewell was fouled four times before halftime.

Barkley has become the target of endless targeting by the Lakers.

Louis gave Wilson the freedom to initiate roll call tactics at will.

The Clippers, like the Trail Blazers in 1993, were completely destroyed by Wilson's personal offense.

In the whole game, Wilson scored 60 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, causing the Clippers to lose by 10 points at home.

"I said, Michael is a Martian, then Benj is a Mercury, this guy is a monster, and people on Earth can't guard against him!"

It's normal for Barkley to think this way.

Wilson scored two 60-point games in his career in front of him.

However, Wilson, who is now 27 years and 8 months old, does have the momentum of being the league's number one player.

Louis' original blueprint for him was Tracy McGrady with the ball and Durant without the ball.

Now, his ability and threat without the ball may have surpassed Durant, but his ability with the ball is estimated to only be 70% to 80% of McGrady's.

There is nothing we can do about this.

It is very, very, very, very, very rare for a forward like Tracy McGrady who is 203 centimeters tall but has the ball sense and ball-handling skills of a 180 centimeter guard.

Wilson is not as good as McGrady, he has the ball feel of a short guard.

This was something he couldn't make up for no matter how hard he practiced.

Just like Leonard and Durant, no matter how they evolve, they only develop at the individual level and cannot have the core point guard-level organizational skills like James.

Ball sense and organizational awareness, both are innate.

Even if it's just this, Wilson has already surpassed Durant and Tracy McGrady in their peak years, but to reach a higher level, such as the height of 90 Tragedy Division or 86 Bird, it still depends on his "Beautiful Basketball" system

performance there.

"The Evil God"

November ended quietly.

In the first two days of December, the Lakers had no games scheduled.

At present, the alliance structure is still composed of three powerful parties.

The defending champion Miami Heat are the strongest, but there seems to have been some bad gossip recently.

Young superstar Danny Manning found that after winning the championship, his reputation did not rise to the top as he expected.

He thought that if he won the championship, his name would become a loud name like Ewing, Wilson, and Bird.

As a result, all the praise fell on Sampson.

Because he was the MVP and FMVP last season.

Last season's performance and honors allowed Sampson to surpass Chamberlain in the eyes of the public, and to be on par with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Russell, and Ewing.

Ewing? You have questions, right?

Louis also has questions, how did Ewing become a candidate for the No. 1 center in history?

But look at his resume - the core center of seven consecutive championship dynasties, 2 MVPs, and 3 FMVPs.

Let’s just skip these side effects about the best lineup.

Just relying on those top talents, Ewing is already worthy of other seniors when it comes to rankings.

Moreover, being in New York, although the media here will bring trouble to the Knicks, when it comes to their own people, it is also shocking.

However, once Sampson enters the discussion, Ewing is no longer qualified to compete for the No. 1 center.

The original discussion was Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Chamberlain, and Ewing.

Just like you can never rank Chamberlain over Russell, because Chamberlain lost almost every matchup with Russell.

Especially the various statistics that Chamberlain was proud of, when facing Russell (mainly in the playoffs), he couldn't even produce the statistics.

It can be said that Chamberlain is better than Russell, but the word "great" is a general concept that covers many things.

Chamberlain's data advantage is not enough to win people's trust.

Sampson is different.

Although after 1988, the Celtics lost more than they won against the Knicks, he dominated the fifth position with absolute dominance against Ewing and other centers of his generation.

In his prime, the only possibility for other centers to join the first team was if Sampson moved to power forward or if other centers shamelessly occupied the power forward spot.

Ewing can only take advantage after Sampson gets older.

But looking back on the past battle history, he was beaten so ugly that even he admitted that Sampson was a player above him.

Therefore, as long as Sampson enters the scope of discussion in Shi Yizhong, Ewing is out.

Because no one can point to a player who is beaten by another competitor at the same position and call him the best.

It was Sampson's performance last season that allowed him to establish a reputation as the best center in history, and it also enveloped his teammates like a mountain.

It's as if the Heat are Sampson's one-man team.

Sampson himself does not want this, but the media only wants to see what they want to see, and they will also let the public see the side they only see.

Some people can tolerate being ignored, some can't.

Such as Manning.

He risked his reputation and asked for a trade, and he went to Miami by name. He was not here to mess with Sampson.

Louis is all too familiar with that smell.

That's how Ewing and Wilson started.

But these two people share the same sorrows, unlike Sampson and Manning who came together purely for honor.

Once honor is achieved, harmonious relationships cease to exist.

The 17-18, 18-19 Warriors are the best example.

The curiosity led Louis to set his sights on Miami, and he wanted to know how they would deal with this hidden danger in the team.

If it is not handled well, the Heat as a cosmic team will come to an end.