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Chapter 260: Is this something a 7-foot-4 guy can do?

Riley became anxious. No matter how intense they were, no matter how double-teamed or switched defenses were, no matter how high-quality the defense was, the Celtics always had two things they couldn't solve.

Isiah Thomas, who was wide open on all sides and broke through with the ball, had no solution.

With three sides wide open, Thomas on the weak side responded to Larry Bird, who was playing in the low post and had no solution.

In the absence of Sampson for most of the quarter, they relied solely on their personal abilities to promote the operation of the No. 3 and No. 4 systems, and forcibly withstood the torture on both ends of the Lakers' offense and defense.

K.C Jones fell into deep thought. He had long believed that Louis' system would be the cornerstone of the Celtics' championship.

He never imagined that the system could still work after the fight reached this point.

If he had been the coach, he would have already become a mess and let the players just catch the ball and play without regard to tactics.

If he really plays according to his ideas, it is not impossible. The Celtics players' personal abilities are so strong that they can play like this.

But playing like this, as a coach, I will never feel proud.

This is completely handing over the game to the players, and the coaches really become the nannies.

Louis' system allowed him to still control the direction of the game in difficult moments. He did not hand over the game to Bird and Thomas casually.

They are still playing under Louis' system.

This kind of tug-of-war, a race against time, every round has a biting phase of exchange of leaders, and the leader of the Celtics is still Louis.

As a professional coach, this is the best performance.

In the third quarter, there was a fierce battle throughout the quarter, with an epic 22 lead changes. In the end, Bird's three-pointer at the buzzer led to the Celtics 79-77, entering the fourth quarter as the leader.

In this quarter, the Celtics scored 28 points, and Bird and Thomas scored 24 points together.

They were the reason this game went into the fourth quarter and the Celtics maintained the lead.

In the fourth quarter, Louis decided to let Bird and Thomas rest for two minutes.

"If anything unexpected happens, such as the Lakers leading by 5 points, I will ask you to come back immediately." Louis made it clear first.

Next, he looked at Sampson and asked, "Ralph, do you remember the promise I made to you?"

Sampson will never forget: "You promised to make me an epoch-making player."

"To this day, you are still not." Louis said, "But next time, you can be."

In the fourth quarter, the Celtics' lineup once again stunned Heinsohn and Stockton.

Rookie John Paxson serves as the point guard, backup shooter Derek Weidman serves as the second position, John Long serves as the third position, and Laimbeer and Sampson are paired inside.

Excluding Sampson, this was another four-shooter configuration that was considered extremely luxurious in 1984.

In the third quarter, the Celtics relied on Bird and Thomas with three shooters to drag out the game. In the fourth quarter, Louis let them rest, and then put together a lineup that had never appeared in the finals this season.

"Is he really crazy?" Cowens was stunned.

Beside him, Thurmond's eyes were dull: "If I heard correctly, Lu means to let Ralph hold the ball in the middle and control it at will?"

"Let an inside man hold the ball in the middle? Do it at will?"

Tomjanovich never doubted Louis' decision. He looked at Sampson's back and asked: "Can he do it?"

"I don't know," said Louis.

"You don't know?" Tomjanovich was shocked this time, "You just gave Ralph a tactical status that may affect the outcome of the game, and then you don't know if he can be worthy of this tactical status?"

"I really don't know, because it has always been Larry and Isiah who have held this position before, and Ralph has never proven that he can support the overall situation."

Louis said: "So, I gave him this opportunity."

Give him a chance in the finals? Tomjanovich said with a numb scalp: "You are really a madman."

"Sit down, Rudy, the next thing has nothing to do with us." Louis pulled Tomjanovich to sit down on the bench and shouted to rookie Guy Williams to get him a Coke.

In the fourth quarter, the Lakers, who won the ball right from the start, started their first offense.

Pat Riley looked at the Celtics defense with a hint of contempt. He was not arrogant, but believed that the Lakers' firepower was enough to destroy them.

Sampson is indeed very strong. He is this year's second team, first defense and Defensive Player of the Year.

But can he alone drive the defense of Paxson, Weidman, Long, and Laimbeer? If he can, Riley is willing to call his defense the strongest in history.

Something even more surprising happened to the Lakers. The Celtics asked Laimbeer to cover Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Sampson was near the paint area, and several other people were guarding one-on-one. There was no pocket formation!

"This is like inviting a magician to visit a restricted area!"

Long's defense couldn't keep up with Magic, and after a while, he lost him.

Magic wanted to draw Sampson over to help defend, and then pass the ball to the one who was not guarding.

He didn't wait for Sampson to help defend. He was too concerned about Sampson's position and ignored that Laimbeer was just as dangerous.

Laimbeer's danger lies not in his defense, but in his tendency to attack the ball carrier enthusiastically.

Magic couldn't wait for Sampson's help in defense. What he waited for was Laimbeer running awkwardly and coming to his side. When he was about to dunk, the devil's figure had already enveloped him.

Ranbir's right hand swung hard, first hitting his hand, and then hitting his shoulder. Then, all the strength of his body was added to the magician who was still jumping.

The magician's body suddenly fell from the air and fell heavily to the ground.

This is a flagrant foul that is full of offensiveness, "spectability", aggressiveness and visual effects.

Laimbeer should be thankful that there is no concept of flagrant fouls nowadays. He almost used a fierce attack to make the magician fall to the ground. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was furious and wanted to seek justice for his little brother.

The conflict between the two sides broke out, and four or five people struggled and struggled with each other.

The referee quickly controlled the situation, and the magician stood up. He held his arm in pain and stretched it a few times. Fortunately, it was not serious.

The referee ignored the conflict just now and only gave Laimbeer an ordinary foul for an offense that would have definitely been suspended for four or five games twenty years later.

The boos were pouring down like a torrential rain in the Forum Arena.

Los Angeles' hatred of Ranbir reaches its peak, and they are eager to use their voices to awaken Ranbir's fear.

Laimbeer looked at Sampson indifferently: "Leave the foul matters to me, you do your thing."

Louis didn't expect that Laimbeer's foul was only for ordinary fouls, and he didn't expect that the conclusion was made by Dick Bavetta.

It seems that this famous king of black whistle is just a simple "idiot"? After all, Game 6 of the 2002 Western Conference Finals may have been manipulated by the league. In the following years, the Donaghy incident marked the beginning of the NBA's entry into a new era.

WWE era.

Many people miss the Stern era, but the manipulation of games began in the Stern era. Even gambling is something Stern has always wanted to introduce. Xiao Hua just completed Stern's unfinished business.

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The magician felt frightened. Ranbir's eyes were like a murderer in a thriller movie. The critical attack just now seemed like he was rushing to end his career.

He didn't know what Laimbir would do the next time he broke inside.

When it was the Celtics' turn to attack, the scene became more interesting. Sampson took the ball from the free throw line, and the four shooters spread out in four directions.

Some fans will recall Isiah Thomas and his all-conquering four-corner offense.

In the third quarter, the Celtics relied on Thomas's four-corner offense and Bird's low-post one-on-ones to hold on to the situation.

Now, Sampson seems to be playing another version of the four-corner offense.

Unlike Thomas, he is closer to the basket and his receiving position is one step beyond the free throw line.

The Lakers obviously didn't think well when they asked Rambis to defend. Sampson lowered his center of gravity and started dribbling. The first step was not very fast. What was scary was his follow-up actions.

Sampson turned around with the ball like a defender and used Rambis's body as a support point. When his body passed the defense, Rambis's center of gravity, which had lost support, was also thrown away far away.

Isiah Thomas stared with wide eyes.

Sampson's ability has always made him curious, because the former showed his unlimited potential.

But Louis was always very careful not to let Sampson break out easily.

Now, Sampson had no reservations. He dangled Rambis like a defender, collected the ball in the paint, and launched a fiery lob past the highest point of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's defense.

The ball hit the backboard, whoops!

"OMG!" Stockton lost control, "Is this something a seven-foot-four guy can do? I can't be dreaming!"

⑴ Baidu Stern + gambling two keywords, the first news is "Stern: NBA is considering introducing gambling industry." Stern is undoubtedly a great man in the sport of basketball, but it is something that many fans hate nowadays.

Small ball, there are fewer and fewer confrontations, more and more three-pointers, and it is a foul if you touch it. Gambling all originated from the Stern era. To put it bluntly, Xiao Hua just did what Stern did not finish, and then these landmines

Unfortunately, it just exploded in the past few years.