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Chapter 303: A hugely different final

Bernard King's season reimbursement symbolizes that the Knicks have entered the highest level of bad mode.

If they win, the fans will be unhappy. No more Ewing?

If they lose, the fans will stand up and applaud to cheer for the visiting team. Someone who scores a goal at a critical moment will be named and criticized by the media the next day.

Now, Louis believes the story about the 1997 Celtics losing but the fans cheering.

After all, the more you lose, the closer you are to Duncan.

Louis wants to face shame. Even if they are at the bottom, their number one pick will not increase, so he keeps his ranking between the fourth and fifth from the bottom.

Time flies by quickly, the tank teams are looking forward to the draw, while the strong teams are getting ready to play in the playoffs.

If nothing else goes wrong, the Celtics and Lakers will still be competing against each other this year. The Trail Blazers in the West and the Pistons in the East may bring some pressure, but there is still a gap in level to prevent these enemies from meeting at the top.

On the last day of March 1985, the NBA had no games.

Not only is there no game today, there is also no game tomorrow, April 1st.

Because these two days are the semi-finals of the 1985 NAA March Basketball Championship.

Louis plans to watch the finals with Rudy Tomjanovich and Zhao Yuanzheng.

This year's final is considered to be the least suspenseful one after the uLa dynasty.

Reaching the finals were two teams from the Big East Conference, Georgetown and Villanova.

In a sense, this is a continuation of the Bird/Magic color rivalry.

Georgetown is an all-black team, while Villanova is a 50-50 white and black team.

By the mid-1980s, Georgetown basketball had developed real street cred in the urban community. The all-black team had a no-holds-barred style of play and a penchant for poking white crowds into the air with their brutal on-court behavior.

s eyes.

De La Hoya (exclamation point) became a symbol of black anger and rebellion.

They generated a response like Jordan shoes in the community and on the streets. Many businesses sold goods under their labels. Georgetown University hats with exclamation mark labels were one of the best-selling products. Before the Michigan Five,

Georgetown was the first to bring an "us against the world" attitude to the basketball court.

In this era, no university sold more merchandise than Georgetown University, and the phenomenon of "Hoya Attitude" spread to the point where even New York muggers wore their school hats and walked into News 24.

Countless sporting goods companies want to have the same impact as they do.

However, this is contradictory compared to themselves.

Georgetown University under John Thompson strictly adheres to the isolation media policy. Unless Thompson nods his approval, no one on the team can accept interviews from the media. Without media interviews, there is no news, and without news, what influence is there?

For perhaps the first time in sports history, mental factors weighed more than physical factors in the evaluation of Thompson and his team. Georgetown's success was thought to have more to do with its attitude than its

athleticism. It wasn't that Ewing and his teammates played harder, smarter, or better than their opponents, but that they were intimidating, bullying, and intimidating. In a way, both theories are

is correct.

Judging from the results, the two teams are not on the same level.

Georgetown has 35 wins and 2 losses, and Villanova has 25 wins and 9 losses.

One is the top seed in the league, and the other is the eighth seed in the conference.

The differences and advantages and disadvantages are visible to the naked eye.

"Yuanzheng, do you have any expectations for tonight's game?" On the way to Kentucky, Louis asked Zhao Yuanzheng what he thought about the game.

No one in the Knicks knows this year's NAA better than Zhao Yuanzheng.

Tomjanovich strained his ears and listened carefully.

"From a strength perspective, if Georgetown ends up winning by less than 10 points, they should be considered a loser."

Book strength is a major factor in predicting the outcome of basketball games, but if we only look at book strength, there have been too many upsets in history.

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What's more, March Madness is a wave-1 system, so there is no room for error.

"But Villanova's coaching staff is smarter and better at using the rules. Or, I can say, since the tournament started in March, they have been able to reach the finals with their current lineup. This is a reflection of the coaching staff's ability. They

We have found a way to use our brains against talent." Zhao Yuanzheng slandered John Thompson in front of Louis and Tomjanovich, "This aspect is precisely Georgetown's biggest shortcoming."

Is there anything more pleasant in this journey than hearing about Thompson?

The three of them landed safely in Kentucky, and then drove to Lexington, the city where the finals were held.

After arriving at the destination, we went to a restaurant to eat and drink before going to the Adolf Rupp Arena, where the national finals were held.

Those who came to watch the game were not just Louis and the others, but also many teams that had the chance to acquire Ewing.

More than a dozen clubs, including the Rockets, Warriors, Pacers, and Bullets, including all teams currently ranked seventh from the bottom, have sent their heavyweights.

This is Ewing's fourth year. He has led Georgetown to the Finals three times in four years and has successfully won the championship.

This championship is his final stop before leaving college.

"Georgetown is the most ferocious college team in ten years. They defeated St. John's College in a dominant way. We don't know whether Villanova can withstand the pressure. Wish them good luck."

Before the game starts, if the commentator wishes you good luck, the subtext is to lose less and win more.

For many people, this game is just a formality.

Louis' lack of understanding of basketball history appears again. He doesn't know the outcome of this game, so he can't use any prophetic powers to pretend to compare.

If he were asked to place a bet between these two teams, he would probably choose Georgetown, but he feels that Villanova has the ability to upset the team.

Can the eighth seed defeat the strong players in Wave 1 and advance to the finals? Can it be said to be luck?

A low-level horse that was not favored by others, mastered the answer to the version and swept through all the powerful players to reach the top.

With Louis' experience, he couldn't even find an isolated example, but there is an example in LoL. Samsung in s7, as the third seed of LK, went to the World Championship and then mastered the version. From the knockout stage, it swept the entire army.

potential.

NAA and professional basketball are different.

There is no shot clock and no three-point line, but most teams have followed the trend of professional basketball, playing fast and shooting from long distances.

During the Ewing era, Georgetown's playing style was the same.

They use Ewing's unique ability to protect the basket in college as the core, and the other four players are like players from the Dream Team playing in international competitions, pressing offensive players, setting traps, digging holes, ambushes, and gambling steals.

Technical fouls, rough elbows, confrontations and the occasional fight became regular features of Georgetown games.

On the first kick of the game, Villanova obviously did not adapt to their intensity, and the pass was intercepted.

They were forced to foul and halt Georgetown's counterattack.

The highlight came. The Villanova Wildcats deployed a zone defense from the first round, which ensured that Ewing could not beat them to death in the low post. At the same time, it also severely limited the opponent's breakthrough.

Their ball was passed back and forth from the outside, but no one dared to take a shot outside the restricted area of ​​the zone defense.

Because John Thompson is not only a strict coach, but also a conservative coach.

Last April, the NCAA Rules Committee wanted to increase the three-point line and shot clock nationwide, but met with fierce opposition from a group of conservative coaches led by Thompson.

Therefore, these two rules that are already familiar to professional basketball can only be tested in competition areas with less influence.

In the Big Ten Conference, there is even a bad rule like taking off your pants and farting, which involves setting an attack time limit 36 ​​minutes before the start of the game and canceling the attack time limit 4 minutes before the end of the game.

Georgetown's first shot was forced to take a dribble and shoot from the right side of the free throw line.

"As far as I know, Michael Jackson, Reggie Williams, David Wingate, and Bill Martin all have the ability to shoot from the outside.

Ability, if he can hit long-range shots, he can break down the Wildcats' zone defense."

Zhao Yuanzheng's seemingly unintentional reminder was actually a mockery of John Thompson's many restrictions on his players.

"Look, they are in trouble today." Tomjanovich said, "If they can't make long shots, the Wildcats will put up their zone defense until the last second of the game."

"No, if the Wildcats want to win, they have to find ways to improve their offensive efficiency." As soon as Louis finished speaking, the Wildcats started a hypnotic passing game.

The ball hit from the outside to the inside, some feinted, and some attacked from behind. They drew Ewing's attention from the bottom of the basket to the top line, and then passed the ball to the people under the basket.

The player under the basket made a backhand layup and scored.

Then Georgetown continued to struggle in front of the zone defense.

Finally, someone started trying long shots.

David Wingate took a high shot from the left wing and hit a hollow hit.

The ball was scored, and Georgetown chose not to retreat. The five players stayed in the frontcourt and pressed the Wildcats like gangsters.

The Wildcats had already anticipated this situation, and those who dribbled the ball did not panic and took it to the frontcourt solidly.

Georgetown maintained their defensive intensity, expanded wildly, and trusted Ewing unreservedly.

As a result, the Wildcats used flexible dribbling to take Ewing out again.

Ed Pinkney (edPinkneyPF/), the tallest player on the field for the Wildcats, took the ball and dunked it with both hands.

"Why does he like to jump out so much?"

Ewing's defensive reactions just now were like the kind of person who is ticklish to death and suddenly gets poked in the ribs. They were too intense.