The rest is just noise

Once upon a time, when Sampson jumped the ball, the player standing in front of him was as big as him.

According to the original basketball rules, both sides must jump the ball in each quarter to determine the ball. With Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's physical advantage, he can easily win the ball in each quarter. Therefore, Auerbach suggested to the league that the ball should only be jumped at the beginning.

, to determine the ownership of the ball in the next three quarters.

This proposal, which was detrimental to the team that owned Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at the time, was unanimously supported by other teams. It was another small example of Auerbach's trick succeeding, but now it has become a rule that everyone can accept.

To gain possession of the ball at the start of the game is nothing more than to seize the opportunity.

"Snapped!"

The Lakers patted the ball into their own court.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar fought hard for the position.

Magic passed the ball to Wilkes, who then lobbed the ball to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the low post.

Unsurprisingly, the Lakers' first offense always goes to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to execute the skyhook.

Laimbeer tried his best to hold Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's left shoulder as Thurmond suggested, but he was unable to deal with the latter's turning hook.

2 to 0

"The physical condition is so bad that he can't get up at all." Thurmond shook his head.

This was what Louis expected, and he shouted: "The flanking attack must be faster, don't give him a chance to fight alone!"

The Celtics' counterattack was also very fast.

The Lakers just retreated and didn't think about setting up defense.

Thomas rushed into the crowd like a motorcycle and passed the ball to Bird on the left without looking at anyone.

Bird followed up with the ball and shot directly.

2 to 2

Magic moved very quickly. Less than two seconds after Bird scored the ball, he had already pushed it to the frontcourt.

This rhythm is uncomfortable for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Before he even retreated to the backcourt, the Celtics' counterattack was completed. Now Magic quickly pushed to the frontcourt, and he didn't accomplish anything back and forth, and then he habitually went to the low post to ask for the ball.

Magic faced John Long from beyond the three-point line and lobbed the ball to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

In an instant, Long turned around and flanked Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Unfortunately, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar picked up the ball in advance. Just as he was about to pass it back to Magic, he was pulled by Laimbeer's arm and severely fouled.

"Stop your fucking moves!" Kareem growled.

"How clean do you want it to be?" Ranbir asked angrily, "I don't even wash my hands after wiping my butt!"

Young referee Dan Crawford stepped forward to stop him: "Please calm down!"

This scene left the audience hooked.

"I'm relieved." Heinsohn said in the stands with his butt tilted to the edge, "The Celtics are still the Celtics I'm familiar with."

What he said is very bad, it will make people misunderstand that the Celtics will only use this kind of despicable means.

Thurmond, who was next to Louis, praised Laimbeer's move: "Although the defensive effect is terrible, he is willing to commit fouls, which is good."

"It's a pity that there is a six-offense rule in the game." Louis said regretfully.

This provision severely weakened Laimbeer's threat.

The Lakers served again, and this time, Magic suddenly sideways at the top of the arc and made a one-handed lightning pass to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

His movements were too fast. After Kareem Abdul-Jabbar got the ball, he attacked the basket from the spot.

A right hand with a front hook.

Even Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was not used to the sudden start.

"boom!"

As long as the Lakers don't score, the Celtics can play their own characteristics.

Their defensive rebounding rate ranks first in the league, and their rotation offense ranks third in the league.

Although not as good as the Lakers, who are first in the league, the gap between first and third in the league is just the difference between Isiah Thomas and Magic.

Although the Celtics do not have the exaggerated athletic ability of the Lakers, their counterattack finishing ability is not bad at all.

Under Thomas's leadership, they first passed the ball to Bird, and then Bird hit the ground and passed to Sampson.

Sampson caught the ball and rushed to the basket, and no one could stop him from attacking the basket.

4 to 2

"The Celtics' counterattack is no worse than the Lakers'!" Heinsohn commented, "Whether it's the transfer of the ball, the positioning of people, or the awareness of finding people in the first and second passes, you can see it.

The impact of the outlet coach on the Celtics, this is an offense you haven’t seen in the Bill Fitch era!”

Dick Stockton laughed: "In the Fitch era, all we could see was Isiah going straight to the layup."

"Yes, Coach Fitch prefers to cut through the mess quickly."

"What Coach Lu pursues is the sense of participation of the whole team."

Pat Riley and Louie have some similarities.

They are all young coaches, and they like data, especially those that require careful calculation. However, Riley is not backed by Oracle, so he relies more on his assistant coaches and statisticians to obtain data. He knows very well that the Celtics

His high-post offensive system relies on two sharpshooters at the bottom corner and at the top of the key.

But tonight, why did the Celtics change their gender?

They suddenly played like the Lakers, taking advantage of rotation opportunities to score points quickly.

They also play ShowTime?

When the Lakers got into position, they really encountered a problem.

Pocket formations don't work for Magic because he doesn't rely on breakthroughs to score points. Although he can't shoot three-pointers, he can shoot mid-range shots from the high post.

Therefore, there must be someone in front of him.

Louis never expected to rely on pocket arrays to lock down the magician. What he wanted was to lock in the response of other people and the magician.

From the Lakers' point of view, apart from Magic, there is no other person with superb passing skills.

After Norm Nixon was sent away, it would be no exaggeration to say that Magic alone supported the ShowTime system.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was tackled like a mad dog by Laimir, looking for physical contact.

His age is already here, and the pace of the game is very fast. If the intensity of the confrontation continues to increase, it is hard to say whether he can persist.

Long was afraid of Magic's shot, but was even more afraid of his breakthrough, so he took a step back.

Magic dribbled through, found someone preparing to help defend, and hurriedly released the ball.

His ball was knocked away by Sampson's long arm.

Fortunately, he saved it again and passed it to Wilkins who cut out from the wing.

The Lakers originally expected to use Wilkins' athletic ability to bully Bird, but it turned out to be Sampson who came to guard him.

Wilkins, whose shooting ability was not stable enough, dribbled to the basket and jumped into the center of the pocket with a big jump step.

At this moment, no matter how amazing his physical fitness is, it is impossible for him to jump up.

The ball was stolen by Bird, and the Lakers lost the ball again.

As early as the moment Wilkins strode to the basket, Sampson predicted that his offense would be messed up and rushed down early.

Bird picked up the ball, saw Sampson's position and made a long pass.

"Larry sent a great pass, Ralph made a fast break and dunked, Good!"

Stockton spoke quickly, and Heinsohn commented at the right time: "What's going on? The Celtics are playing more like ShowTime than the Lakers?"

"Tom, what do you think is the Lakers' problem?" Stockton asked.

"They make the offensive space narrow." Heinsohn is biased, and his business ability is no problem. "Magic, Dennis, Dominic, and Jamal together, this seems to be a dynamic lineup, but we

You see, they had no chance to show their energy on the defensive end because their offense blocked the way."

"No spirituality, no space."

"That's the first thing they need to address."

As soon as Heinsohn finished speaking, Johnson passed the ball from the backcourt to Magic.

The magician received the ball at the LOGO, and just like Kuroko Tetsuya appeared in this world, he pushed the one-handed Qigong wave to Wilkins on the baseline.

One second later, the essence of human cinema was projected over the garden.

In order to defend, Laimbeer was dunked on his neck, and the baseline referee even called him a defensive foul.

"If you see me dunking, you better get the hell away!" Wilkins yelled.

"uh-huh?"

Lambir made two mistakes. When he heard Wilkins' words, his face became gloomy.

However, Louis has decided to make a substitution.

He took off Laimbeer and replaced him with Maxwell.

"Let me play for a little longer, maybe I'll give you a surprise." Ranbir said.

Louis smiled and said: "If your surprise is revenge for a malicious foul, forget it."

"No, you can guess this?"

"You only have a few bed bugs in your belly, it's not hard to guess."

Louis has no objection to Ranbir becoming Ranbir, but now is not the time.

If the Pistons didn't come up with the Jordan Rules after being beaten up by Jordan, but instead asked Laimbeer or others to kill Jordan before the game, then there would be something wrong with the composition of this team.

Only when you have been severely hurt and you are sure that nothing can stop the other person, do you go to extremes. Although it is still unacceptable, at least you tried hard.

It’s hard for people to accept that you have to take this “most difficult road” without working hard, okay?

The Lakers were about to take a free throw. Louis called Maxwell to his side and said: "Next, Kareem will be guarded by Ralph. You must always pay attention to double-teaming. If the double-teaming is too late, focus on them."

In the passing lane."

Maxwell was confused: "How to do it?"

"No-Majs will just pass the ball to Kareem's right hand, watch this!" Louis said.

"Understood."

Maxwell went up, and Wilkins' extra penalty hit the ball.

Bird grabbed the defensive rebound and threw it to Thomas.

The Lakers retreated quickly.

Finally, the Celtics are about to engage in a positional battle.

On the offensive end, both teams need to cross the river by feeling the stones to test out the depth of their opponents.

The Lakers' defensive strategy was obvious from the first round.

They had Johnson play against Thomas, Magic against Bird, Wilkins to cover Maxwell at the false four, Wilkes to watch John Long, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Sampson to PK in the middle.

Although the defense is wide open, the Lakers always want to defend the penalty area.

Their philosophy is a little different from other teams dealing with the Celtics.

Most teams wanted to test whether the Celtics' three-pointers were accurate and tried to defend them after being shot in the face. But they didn't give them a chance from the beginning.