The rest is just noise

The Lakers knew where their advantage lay, and from the beginning of the game they focused on the inside.

In the first 20 points, 14 points came from the inside, 4 points came from the free throw line, and 2 points were long-range shots.

There are no three points.

Riley once tried to ask the players to shoot more three-pointers after the second game with the Celtics, but that was not the case. Asking the players to shoot many three-pointers on a temporary basis would only greatly reduce the Lakers' efficiency.

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So Riley views this as a point of improvement in the future, rather than something to do now.

Unlike the Lakers, the Celtics played a fully active offense after Louis' timeout adjustment.

Inside, low, high, outside the three-point line.

They used an unstoppable offensive to lead the Lakers 24-20 in the first eight minutes of the first quarter.

Riley found out that the Celtics had scored five consecutive goals and called a timeout.

He scolded Wilkins sternly, yelling: "Can you be a little tougher, Dominic? Don't you realize they're using you as a way to break through? It's a disgrace to the players and I want to see your anger."

, the angry feedback should be to dominate the defensive end, rather than find ways to get back on the offensive end!"

Louis replaced Isiah Thomas with Gerald Henderson, and then replaced Laimbeer with Maxwell.

Henderson is a defensive back that Louis admires very much. He is good at seizing opportunities and can always appear in the right place at the right time.

Although he is not a defensive master like Dennis Johnson, any team would be happy to have him as a substitute.

As soon as Henderson came on the court, he put his hand on Magic's chest like a robber, and with an action that would definitely lead to a foul for hand-heking in the future, he took the ball out of Magic's hand.

"Look! Gerald's awareness is so good!"

No one would regard Henderson's action as a foul, including Magic himself.

His first reaction was not to complain to the referee, but to chase back as quickly as possible. He destroyed Henderson's center of gravity and balance from behind, but was unable to prevent him from putting the ball into the basket.

Louis stamped his foot and asked: "Isn't this a foul? He almost pushed his big eagle into Gerrard's ASS!"

"Home Killer" Strome didn't even have an obvious reaction, and didn't even look at Louis.

"Well, if this is your standard, it's best to keep it to this standard. Don't hold them to one standard and hold us to another standard!" Louis shouted, "This is our home court!"

Magic quickly advanced through half the court, reached outside the three-point line on the right, and passed to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

As soon as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar got the ball, Henderson implemented Louis' grand strategy, decisively leaving Magic on the outside and moving inside to double-team Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was double-teamed without even moving, and Magic was the only safe passing option.

He passed the ball out to the outside, and Magic caught the ball and shot.

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In terms of shooting feel, Magic has no problem at all.

He has developed a hand that is stable across the entire range. The only thing that limits his development is the times.

The Lakers are playing the kind of game Pat Riley wants to see.

The internal line is cleared and the external line is activated.

Defensively, they made major concessions.

Relax the control of the penalty area and allow the Celtics to attack offensive rebounds, but never allow three-pointers and easy breakthrough layups.

They gave up mid-range defense and ignored offensive rebounds in order to ensure the quality of defense.

So Louis asked the players to take advantage of the situation and make decisive mid-range shots, while the other four players rushed for the rebound.

It's dangerous to ask players to "give up" on doing something on the field.

Because players don’t know to what extent you want them to give up, whether to give up completely or selectively.

The Lakers players chose to give up completely, and as a result, the Celtics grabbed 9 offensive rebounds in a single quarter.

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At the end of the first quarter, the Celtics still had the lead.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Louis asked Thomas to lead the second team as usual.

The Lakers use Magic and Wilkins as the core of the second team.

There is nothing to say about the pertinence of both sides. Magic frequently called pick-and-rolls and mismatched Thomas.

He started playing from behind the three-point line, and the Celtics really didn't dare to double-team him too much.

Just like when playing against James, you cannot double-team him. If you dare to double-team him, his passing will cost you dearly.

At this time, there is no friendship between Thomas and the magician. One of them wants to try his best to defeat the other, and the other makes various moves to embarrass the other.

Maxwell picked a good time, what he thought was a good time.

Magic didn't look at where he was, but one second after he stepped forward from the double attack, he turned back and hit Wilkins with a one-handed missile in the paint area.

"The Best of Human Cinema" is thus screened in the Celtic penalty area.

28 to 29

"Isiah, you can't guard against me no matter what." The magician said to Thomas.

Stimulating Thomas is one of the things Louis does every night.

He now stood on the sidelines with his hands on his hips and said to Thomas: "Isiah, if you don't respond to his provocation just because No-Maj is as close to you as brothers, I will look down on you for the rest of my life."

"you shut up!"

Thomas drank in annoyance.

"Isiah, don't you know that the only way to silence people in this world is to show it to everyone?"

Accompanied by Louis' extremely sarcastic, trash-talking suspected of being a Lakers undercover agent, Thomas did not call a pick-and-roll and forced himself past Byron Scott.

Without Dennis Johnson on the court, the Lakers don't even have anyone who can match up with Thomas.

Louis watched him go outside the paint area and was severely violated but kept his focus.

Holding the ball with both hands, he turned around and forced the lever to avoid blocking and score a shot.

31 to 28

"Don't tell me, this damn dwarf is really evil!" Louis has always regarded Thomas as a weakened version of Chris Paul.

However, before getting injured in the 2018 Western Conference Finals, Paul had never proven himself on the big stage.

He has never had the moment like Thomas in the Finals when he scored 25 points in a single quarter with only one leg and almost killed the Lakers.

Thomas didn't reply to Magic when he scored the goal in response. He stared at Louis.

What did you say this time?

"It's okay, but the No-Majs are going to fight back soon, and you can't guard against him at all."

Louis looks like the coach of the Lakers. His "motivation" to Thomas has greatly increased his desire to attack.

On the other side, Magic had no intention of using personal offense to defeat the Celtics.

Calling a pick-and-roll to hit Thomas in a misplaced position was one of his ways to open up the situation, but soon he found that this approach didn't work.

Louis gestured from a distance and asked the players to set up pocket formations and let go of all the Lakers' peripheral players.

Even if Magic calls a pick-and-roll to pass Thomas, he will be double-teamed by two or three people when he gets to the free throw line.

What he didn't expect was that the Celtics' defensive actions would be so intense.

In order to grab his ball, he knocked him down directly.

Fortunately the ball had been passed before that happened.

The magician couldn't hear the whistle, indicating that the referee recognized such a confrontation.

This really made him feel ridiculous. The kind of confrontation that wanted to knock him away was actually a regular confrontation?

From the outside, Sterling missed a three-pointer.

Rambis and Ranbir grabbed the ball and grabbed it together.

Rambis, who was more physically fit, took the lead to grab the rebound. Laimbeer swatted the ball away from his hands, and the two fell to the ground together for the possession of the rebound.

Next, more and more people fell to the ground to grab the ball.

When Thomas flew up and held the ball in his arms, Magic tried to take the ball away from his arms.

Thomas, who was so anxious, couldn't care less about his friendship with the magician. He twisted his arm and pulled the magician's arm at the back joint, trying to break it.

The scene instantly became lively.

Fighting for the ball is the most likely area of ​​conflict on the court, and it is also a program that shows "I'm tough, you'd better not fight with me."

Thomas did not hesitate to attack Magic in order to keep the ball. Will this hurt their relationship?

Louis saw the magician complaining loudly about Thomas' rude behavior.

Thomas didn't respond and handed the ball to the referee.

The ball was awarded to the Celtics and Magic received a foul.

Louis was overjoyed to see that Strom had done something humane.

"Earl, I wronged you, you are a good referee." Louis said with satisfaction.

The referee still didn't look at him, and the hatred between the Celtics and Lakers was increasing sharply.

This will lead to a more intense confrontation and physical contact.

When Thomas and Maxwell use L tactics, they hit the ball to the latter to attack the basket.

When Maxwell's layup was pushed out of bounds by Wilkins' strong physical confrontation, the game began to go to extremes.

An indescribable hatred appeared on the field.

There should be no animosity between players, but there is rarely friendship.

The friendship between Magic and Thomas is rare. Before the era of social media, there were not a large number of basketball training camps in the United States. Basketball geniuses could only dominate in their own states. Therefore, many of them could only play in the NBA.

Only then can they get to know each other, and the media will keep them at a distance.

The Lakers and Celtics are even more unique.

Historical plot, fan anger, and the ubiquitous indoctrination of "Death to the Celtics", "BeatLA" naturally creates a confrontational mentality among players.

This series will have a bloody trend, and the conflict at this time is just the source of evil.