The rest is just noise

Isiah Thomas has a lot of fighting spirit.

The tactics Louis arranged for him just brought out his characteristics.

The Lakers started Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Rambis tonight, partnering in the paint, adding height and toughness, and clearly giving up guarding Bird's outside three-pointers.

Bird gave them a lot of face.

The Lakers' plan had to be completed by Bird missing an open three-pointer, and then Bird made them content.

In fact, no one can say for sure about this kind of thing, so Louis didn't blame Bird too much except for the first ball.

Everyone has a night when their hands feel mushy.

The main attack point should be taken by Thomas, and he made an impact immediately.

First, he broke Dennis Smith's midfield press and slowed down, and then another person broke the Lakers' three-man attack.

Then the Lakers realized that three-man teams were just a liability, and Wilkins should just go and hate Bird.

Even so, it's still not enough.

As an insider, Rambis is too tough to look like a white man, and it is definitely enough to work for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

But to help defend Thomas, especially when Sampson comes out to pick and roll, his delay is very problematic. If he stands too far outside, he will be passed by in one step. If he stands too inside, people won't even look at him.

Raise your hand and shoot.

Thomas's one-man power erased the advantage the Lakers had established through Bird's poor touch.

12 to 10

After half a quarter, the Lakers only led by 2 points.

Pat Riley requested a timeout.

"Isiah Thomas was full of fighting spirit tonight!" Tom Heinsohn praised him highly. "It can be seen that the Lakers have no idea how to defend him. He is too flexible. Apart from three-pointers, you can

Let him do whatever he wants."

Riley bit the gum in his mouth vigorously. He was now faced with several problems.

How to interpret Thomas's offense, how to interpret Thomas and Bird's pick-and-roll offense, and how to interpret Thomas and Sampson's pick-and-roll offense.

In the pick-and-roll with Bird, since the former felt bad tonight, there is no need to pay too much attention to it.

Generally, Sampson will stretch horizontally after a pick-and-roll. Although his shooting range cannot reach beyond the three-point line, it is long enough to open up space.

If he moves down the court, he's a threat to the basket that few in the league can match.

Riley chewed gum for a long time and decided to replace Rambis, who was tough but not fast, and replaced him with Jamal Wilkes.

His offense is better and his defense is faster, but that's all. It's unrealistic to expect Wilkes to have other effects.

"No matter what, Jamal, you must keep an eye on me!" Riley's strategy is that once Thomas calls the pick-and-roll, he will delay it as soon as possible. After the effect is achieved, he will go back to chase Sampson.

This is a big test for the defender's physical fitness and defensive awareness.

Wilkes is not Michael Cooper, and Riley doesn't expect him to hand in a 90-point answer sheet.

For the Celtics, Louis replaced Bird, who shot 0-for-5 in the first half of the quarter.

"Larry's touch was terrible today. You should help him more." Louis described Bird as weak, pitiful and helpless. "Think about it, he runs slower than me and jumps better than my daughter."

My friend is even worse, his quality is so low that he doesn’t look like someone who went to college for five years. He relies on one-handed shooting to survive on the court. Now he can’t even shoot, shouldn’t you help him?”

Bird didn't bother to care about the nonsense that Louie said in front of him, "I can do a lot more besides shooting!"

"Remember, everyone is for one and I am for everyone!" Louis took a sip of chicken soup and then carefully ordered Thomas, "They will definitely replace them. I can't say who they will replace, but no matter who they are, it's not good.

To guard against you, what you have to do today is to keep calling pick-and-rolls and hit their mismatches!"

Louis said carefully: "Even if you don't have the ball in your hands, if you want to hit a specific person out of position, let the teammate opposite that person cover you, and then find a way to get the ball to force them to switch defenses."

Louis arranged it very carefully. Last time at home, he tested Sampson's single defense effect and Thomas' offensive power.

Today, he wanted to see if Thomas, who was full of offensive power, was really unbeatable for the Lakers.

When Tomjanovich saw the Lakers replacing Wilkes, he directly advised Louis: "Although Jamal Wilkes' athletic ability is better than Kurt Rambis, his defensive effect may not be better. I guess they

I still prefer to attack decisively."

"That's how it should be. The strength of the Lakers does not lie in defense." Louis laughed, "That's the job of the rough guys under us."

Tomjanovich has something to say, I don’t know whether he should say it or not, it’s as easy as drinking water for these rough guys under Louis to score 110-120 points in a game. There is only one team in the league that is crazier than them, and that is the famous

The Nuggets don't play defense.

The Lakers, known as Show Time, couldn't finish in the top three in scoring.

They win based on offensive efficiency, and the Celtics' data feedback is that they are the second-best offensive team in the league and the top-six defensive team in the league.

Suddenly, the magician back-hit John Long from a high position.

Even against a full-sized second position, Magic's advantage is still obvious.

He successfully attracted a double-team from the Celtics and distributed to Wilkes on the weak side.

Wilkes' shooting often reminded Louis of amateur golfers on the field, and his shooting posture was so awkward that Louis wanted to find a shooting expert to correct him.

But his shooting was awkward, and his shot was worthy of his reputation as "silk."

"Whoosh!"

Thomas called Sampson high and passed to him.

Thomas intentionally hit Wilkes out of position, so running from Sampson's direction, the two had a hand-to-hand coordination.

Wilkes was forced to switch defense.

Thomas' speed was too fast, and Wilkes was not as embarrassed as Rambis, but he could only remain in a position that was threatening, but not a fatal threat.

As a result, Thomas jumped forward from the right wing of the paint, threw a ball, and boom!

12 to 14

Then, Magic scored a goal of his own.

Once again, after dribbling the ball to the frontcourt, he made a decision within one second without pausing, and used his body to push past Long.

Louis was stunned to see that James, who had learned how to hit from behind, was nothing more than that. But the magician was different from James' domineering style of relying on his body to crush him all the way. He had small skills.

After the collision with Kailang, he did not take a hasty shot. Instead, he used a wonderful move of supporting and spinning, avoiding Sampson's help, and hit the small sky hook.

16 to 12

"See? Larry will never learn this in his life!" Eddie Murphy shouted shamelessly.

The beautiful star who had a small orgy with Louis played with each other.

Louis didn't respond much, and Bird couldn't sit still: "You won't help me refute?"

"How to refute? Can you look at your statistics?" Louis looked at him speechlessly.

Bird had nothing to say. He took 5 shots but hit 0+0+0, why shouldn't he be so good?

Thomas feverishly called for the No. 1 tactical system, and Bird was not there, so he was the big core in the system, or the ball-dominant core that didn't even have the secondary core.

Usually, he also needs to cooperate with Bird and help others open up situations.

Today, the Lakers took advantage of the weight and tried to shoot three-pointers, then blocked the area within the three-point line.

John Long is the only one who will draw attention from beyond the arc.

However, he was beaten continuously by the Magic and his shooting touch was very bad.

When Thomas is excited, he can hit any ball.

He called pick-and-rolls, screened, and chased Wilkes' butt.

Finally, in a pick-and-roll outside the three-point line, he dribbled the ball behind Wilkes and stepped on the three-point line to force a shot. After being fouled by the opponent, he took the shot without touching it.

At this point, the first quarter is almost over.

Riley faced up to his mistake. Wilkes can alleviate the problem of offensive space and allow their fourth position to have better mobility, but he is not a good defender, let alone a player suitable to play for Thomas.

The candidate for misplaced sandbags.

It was not too late when he realized the problem, but the Celtics had already completed the lead.

25 to 22

Thomas scored 14 points in a single quarter, almost relying on his own strength to reverse the unfavorable situation caused by Bird's foul three-point touch.

At the end of the first quarter, Louis rotated normally.

Sampson and Maxwell were retained in the starting lineup, and everyone else was replaced. Bird, who had been sitting for five minutes, ready to go and eager to prove himself again, was replaced.

The other two positions are Gerald Henderson and Scott Weidman.

A substitute defender with strong defensive energy, and a shooter who is not reused by Louis.

Before going on the court, Louis said to Bird: "Don't be obsessed with finding the three-point touch. I believe your abilities in other aspects are also top-notch. As long as you play to your own characteristics and stabilize the situation, that's it."

Bird asked Louis back: "What if I look for mismatches like Isiah did?"

"This is your advantage. If you can bully the small guys with your body and the big guys with your speed, your mismatch threat will be greater than Isiah's. In fact, you will have a reference opposite you." Louis Cheng

Bird was heartbroken, "The Lakers' No. 32 is a genius who can hit mismatches."

When he said this, it was like giving Bird's DNA an electric shock.

With a straight face, he said coldly: "Who is not a genius?"

"You are also a genius, but that guy is the best among geniuses." Louis looked at him with admiration, which was almost the opposite of the look of contempt on his face when he would angrily criticize the country bumpkin Byrd for nothing.

The only thing these two extremes have in common is that they arouse Bird's hatred.

Bird came on the court with an ugly face.

"Have you finished applying the eye drops?" Tomjanovich slipped over without anyone noticing.

"It's not that exaggerated." Louis said vividly, "I just told him that the magician's talent is ten times better than his."

"Isn't this an exaggeration?"

Tomjanovich's asshole was already starting to get cold.

"You have to know, the angrier that guy is, the better he fights." Louis looked forward to the next development.

The only regret was that he couldn't sit down and eat, and had to give instructions on the spot. For the first time, coaching made him feel bored.

It’s so annoying to not be able to watch people fight quietly after sowing discord!