The rest is just noise

“It’s the conference finals again, and the Celtics seem to be stronger than ever, but their opponent is the Milwaukee Bucks who swept them out last season.

Will the outcome be the same this time? Will the Celtics avenge their disgrace, or will the Bucks finally prove that the Celtics' inherent style of play will be crushed by gravity, just like last year?

Please note that no one believed that the Celtics would lose, because they won the Eastern Conference playoffs with almost contempt. They swept Washington in the first round and swept Detroit again in the semifinals, with a record of 72 wins and 10 losses.

They had a great season.

They shot 55% in every game in the playoffs and scored more than 15 points more than their opponents in every game. "Sometimes, the game plan formulated by Coach Lu and what the players actually use and execute are two different things, but so far

, we haven't had any problems yet," said Rudy Tomjanovich, Little's assistant. "It's like he's playing Pac-Man, controlling the player and saying, 'Okay, you eat him, and then you

Go get him, and we'll win.'" The Boston Globe.

The trend of the playoffs is becoming increasingly clear.

It's the battle between the Celtics and the Lakers, and other teams are destined to be just passers-by.

In the first two rounds, the Celtics and Purple and Gold only lost one game in total.

In the Western Conference Finals, they all faced the challenge of the strongest opponents in the division.

Some people who expected the Bucks to challenge the Celtics were disappointed. As one of the ten teams that defeated the Celtics in the regular season, the Bucks' first game in the Eastern Conference Finals was disappointing.

The performance is not surprising.

They adopted an extreme strategy.

This kind of defense is called "one-sided four-man stacking."

As the name suggests, the Bucks' defensive focus is to circle half of the position and then place four defenders on that position.

The problem is, the Celtics usually run a 1-4 high post formation.

This formation will have up to three people standing on one side and two people standing on the other side to keep the space flexible.

Therefore, if the Bucks are so defensive, they must let go of at least one Celtic player.

The one they let go was Bill Laimbeer. At the same time, they were not too concerned about John Long's defense, and their main focus was on limiting the Celtics' Big Three.

Louis admired their ambition. They were as strong as the Pistons. They only wanted to choose one of Thomas or Bird to kill them, but the Bucks wanted three people to kill them at the same time.

A team with Sidney Moncrief is willful.

But unfortunately, Moncrief can't guard any of the Celtics' Big Three.

The most he can do is limit the offense of Bird and Thomas. Sampson has an obvious height advantage. No matter how he plays, he will suffer.

The problem is that the Celtics cooperate too well, and except for Moncrief, no one in the Bucks is a very mobile defender.

Melee combat is fine, but if you play the modern one-sided stacking and large-scale rotation, you will lose your eggs due to too much footwork.

Sampson cut inside to eat the pie and scored 20 points.

Bird had no intention of scoring. He focused more on passing the ball to Laimbeer and Long, who were strategically abandoned by the Bucks.

Both of them also scored more than 20 points.

Even though the Bucks used advanced defensive strategies to lock down the Celtics' offense, they were unable to score against the Celtics' defense.

Although the Celtics are not a strong defensive team, if they are strong on the defensive end, their opponents will not be able to score easily.

In the first game, Don Nelson's strategy was sufficient, but his players were not able to implement it well, and he was killed by three strikes, five strikes, and two divisions.

1 to 0

"The next game will be even more intense," Nelson said to Louis.

Louis smiled and said: "If I were you, I would stick to the current strategy."

Because this strategy is really advanced. Four people stacking one side means that an area will be released. If we change it to three people stacking one side, won't the effect be any worse?

The Celtics' personal abilities are too strong. If they are to be limited by defense, they must have strong defensive abilities and exquisite coordination.

Moncrief's power is limited. If his teammates can help him, he can exert greater power.

But the Bucks have few teammates who can provide help.

The Bucks have a group of strong men who dare to fight and are not afraid of physical combat, coupled with the best wing defenders in the league, so they have ranked first in the league in defense year after year.

In Game 2, the Bucks made a desperate gesture.

That's how they beat the Celtics in the regular season.

But during the regular season, Louis will be more conservative and not compete with them. But it will be different in the playoffs.

The Celtics fought back three consecutive games when trailing the 76ers 1-3, how could they back down here?

When the desire for physical combat between both sides reaches the same level, the winner can only be determined by shooting touch.

This is the Celtics' strength.

The game ends here.

2 to 0

Nelson's scalp was numb. The tactics they used against the Celtics last year didn't work this year.

No, the Bucks' approach to dealing with the Celtics has lost its effectiveness since Louis took over the team.

Nelson values ​​not only the Celtics' talent, but also their offensive creativity.

This is something that the players themselves cannot learn, and it cannot be brought about by ordinary coaches.

Watching the Celtics' game, and then looking at his own, Nelson can't help but feel ashamed.

Now that the series is not over yet, he must bite the bullet and say: "The next game will be more intense."

Louis believed that he would do what he said.

On this day, a reporter asked a very rude question.

"Are you ready to face the Lakers in the Finals?"

Louis looked at his sign and was disappointed to find that it was from Philadelphia.

Such a stupid question was not asked by a New York reporter. He was not used to it.

"Please respect the duel between us and Milwaukee. It is still unknown who will advance to the finals." Although Louis is very modest, the warm-up work for the finals has already begun.

There are also basketball experts within the league who often predict which teams may reach the finals in the playoffs.

They analyze those potential matchups.

If it is the 76ers and Lakers, it will be a continuation and extension of the feud over the past few years.

What if it's the Lakers and Celtics?

Then they have to find ways to plan and publicize in advance and create a big wave.

Think about how the NCAA used Bird and Magic's skin color to soar the league's commercial value and national popularity.

This is a path that can be learned from.

Skin color and race, white and black, this is a topic that can arouse the interest of Americans anytime and anywhere. Some people use it to make money, some people use it to get away from crime, and some people use it to run for president. The only thing they have in common is

The great thing is that everyone who plays this card achieves their goals.

You have to believe that Americans just do this.

Louis verbally defended their duel with the Bucks, but privately, he sent Tomjanovich to the Western battlefield to scout the Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and Suns.

He no longer cared about the Bucks, and he paid the price.

Originally, they were able to sweep the Bucks, but in the fourth game in Milwaukee, their opponents came back and lost a close game.

The Celtics haven't lost a game in almost two months, and this victory is like a dose of adrenaline, boosting the Bucks' morale.

Game5

The Celtics didn't give them any more chances and played their best game during the playoffs.

In a game without overtime, facing the Bucks, who had the best defense in the league, they scored 129 points, defeated the Bucks by 25 points, 4-1, and beautifully swept their opponents out of the playoffs.

Advance to the finals with a record of 11 wins and 1 loss.

As for the Lakers, they also lost a game against the Suns that they shouldn't have lost.

But it didn't matter, the result was 4-1, and the Lakers eliminated the Suns.

Two highly anticipated teams arrived at the final stage.

Magicians are the best ever;

Bird was better than anyone;

The magician is overrated, he is far inferior to the "Big O";

Bird is just an average player because he is only as good as Thomas and Sampson.

Comments on diodes like this can be seen everywhere in the United States.

Louis was tortured when he was getting a haircut outside. He wanted a nicer haircut, which was no problem, but his barber was a white man who spent 40 minutes spraying magic.

Louis was in a dilemma. He could neither agree nor disagree.

Fortunately, his skin color saved him. He was Asian and didn't have to take sides, so he could make a logical choice: Bird and Magic were both great.