The rest is just noise

The Knicks' three-game winning streak was ended by a strange team.

They lost to the Clippers at home.

Why is the Clippers a strange team? Because they have won four games since the beginning of the season, but fans still don't believe in the potential of this team.

On the night of the game against the Clippers, Elgin Baylor came specially to the scene.

As a result, he saw the Clippers play great team basketball.

They have ten people rotating, and each of these ten people has scored, assisted, and rebounded.

In the fourth quarter, the Knicks had a chance to recover the score.

Ewing missed some killer defensive rebounds and looked like he desperately needed Charles Oakley.

Gradually, Ewing's shortcomings could no longer be hidden and became an open secret.

Louis never thought of hiding his shortcomings completely, that would be unrealistic.

That he was exposed so quickly shows that the protection he set up around Ewing was not enough.

Since Oakley as a rookie couldn't hide Ewing's shortcomings, he wouldn't hide them.

It was also time for Ewing to realize how much those three extra years in Georgetown had hurt him.

November 3, 1985

Louis' life is a little different from before. Lorraine officially entered New York University to study, and Lu Wuxia was taken care of by Li Xuanbing on weekdays.

Her old man was very happy to do so. Although Louis was a little worried, he was not qualified to dictate this matter as a busy man.

Lorraine and Li Xuanbing also want to give their children to him, but does he have time?

The Knicks embarked on another road trip, this time, the place they visited was Portland's Memorial Coliseum.

Louis is no stranger to this arena, he has been here too many times.

From the moment they selected Jordan, the Trail Blazers' destiny was changed by him.

Before the start, both sides were warming up seriously.

The Trail Blazers' wing group is luxurious, with Jordan, Drexler, and McDaniel, three young men with excellent physical fitness.

Louis can't imagine a team that can compare to the Blazers on the wing.

terrible!

Even the Celtics and Lakers can only win based on depth, and the quality is far behind.

As for the Knicks, their warm-up was pretty decent.

The pre-game dunk show of Jordan and Drexler was almost as gorgeous as the dunk contest. Only in the Trail Blazers game, the CBS live broadcast room would deliberately leave an extra few dozen seconds for the audience to watch them warm up and dunk.

The Knicks have someone who wants to respond.

As we all know, Gerald Wilkins' brother is not bad in physical fitness, but he is not at his brother's level.

Jordan completed a free throw line dunk, triggering cheers from the audience.

Wilkins returned a reluctant free-throw shot with a gliding dunk inside the free throw line, which the audience found unremarkable.

The comparison is too harsh. The two opponents were the best dunkers in the late 1980s. The only one who could compare with them was Gerrard's brother.

After the warm-up, both sides came up with their lineups.

For the Knicks, Louis has a small plan: Ball, Ewing, Campbell, Ellis, and Stockton.

He used a two-tower lineup with terrible rim protection ability.

There is no way, with the impact of the opponent, Ewing is asked to protect the rim and he wonders every minute. Who can withstand this? The next one, Bol, who averaged 3 shots in 20 minutes per game, is probably the best in protecting the rim in the league.

Strong lineup.

There was just one thing that made Louis very worried.

This lineup has no rebounds.

Ball's rebounding rate is ridiculously low, and although Ewing has improved, he can't withstand the impact of the Blazers' wild beasts on the wings by himself.

The talents of the Trail Blazers are on full display: Fat Leaver, Jordan, McDaniel, Drexler, Mychal Thompson.

Thompson's real name was Michael, but he thought the name Michael was too bland. After all, he thought his personality was quite colorful and his name should be colorful too, so he legally changed the spelling to Mychal and became a more colorful person.

The unique Michael. However, as many great people named Michael were about to rise in American society, Thompson began to feel that his real name was cool.

But unfortunately, this season, the Trail Blazers named him in the name of Mychal.

The Trail Blazers let Drexler play power forward, something Louis didn't expect. As a result, the Knicks have an absolute height advantage, and the opponent has an overwhelming speed advantage.

In terms of matchups, the Knicks are quite comfortable.

It was a normal matchup, with Ewing facing Drexler, so Louis temporarily ordered Stockton to let Ewing go to the low post and beat Drexler with his body.

Jump ball, Bol missed Thompson.

This is the most outrageous thing about the opening scene.

Before it was over, the Trail Blazers won the ball. Jordan held the ball and attacked fiercely to get a good start. As a result, the layup was too strong and the ball slipped out of the basket.

Jordan actually missed an empty basket, and when faced with an empty basket, he actually chose a layup instead of a dunk. Tonight's start was outrageous.

However, Jordan missed the layup, and Drexler quickly caught up with him. He also missed the tip-in, and then passed it to Jordan on one side.

Jordan made a jump shot on the spot and made a hollow hit.

2 to 0

Stockton and Ewing followed Louis' instructions, stuck in the low post and passed the ball from the outside.

Sure enough, Adelman is pursuing athletic ability, speed, and rhythm, which make the Lakers and Celtics dominate their respective divisions, so he doesn't care how desperate Drexler is in the low post to defend Ewing alone.

Ewing only needed to elbow Drexler to keep him from getting up, and then hit a cool hook.

This kind of low-post dominance was what fans expected of Ewing before he entered the NBA.

It's a pity that it can only happen to poor people like Drexler who are held at gunpoint by the coaching staff.

Jordan was running around, and McDaniel asked for the ball first and beat Campbell hard.

Campbell's physical fitness is difficult to resist his forward pace.

Louis didn't expect that even though he put two tall men on the inside, they still couldn't stop these guys from attacking the inside.

McDaniel entered the paint area violently and jumped very quickly. Bol's normal defense should have been able to block it, but his opponent did not follow the usual routine.

If he goes for a layup, he will be blocked 100% of the time; if he dunks, he has a certain chance of being blocked.

McDaniel chose a dunk that would never be blocked.

The rough one-handed kick exploded in the Knicks' penalty area.

Bol has nothing to do about this. When it comes to air defense, his height advantage is indeed obvious.

But if his opponent takes the initiative to confront him, or uses some method of dodging first and then attacking, then Bol will have nothing to do.

His coordination was so poor that he couldn't move his body freely when jumping into the air.

After McDaniel dunked the ball in, he spat at Campbell as if he were targeting his father-killing enemy: "Does my shit taste good? QNMD New Jersey idiot!"

"Young man, please keep your mouth clean. Didn't anyone teach you basic etiquette at home?"

It's not that Louis is nosy, McDaniel's voice was so loud that even he could hear it.

"You have nothing to do with your fucking business here!" McDaniel also sprayed Louie.

Louis smiled and said: "If you talk to me with this attitude, I will be in trouble."

Before Louis and McDaniel could exchange more words, Stockton was intercepted by Lever in front of him.

This is an unexpected change.

Liver is another beneficiary/victim of the butterfly effect caused by the Blazers' selection of Bowie.

Without Jordan, the Trail Blazers would gather resources to trade for the Nuggets' Kiki Vandeweghe in order to enhance their offensive power on the wing.

Now, Vandeweghe was traded by Nelson to the Bucks, and because this person can only attack but not defend, not even Moncrief can save him.

The Bucks' defensive system collapsed, the Eastern Conference lost a strong team, and Nelson also suffered a crisis of confidence.

Liver was supposed to go to the Denver Nuggets and reach the pinnacle of his life by serving as the main point guard under the crazy Doug Moe, but now he is surrounded by a bunch of big guys, and it's hard to say whether it's a good thing or a bad thing for him.

Last year, he had the masterpiece of his career, with 10 steals in a single game. This stat is as impressive as 8 steals in a single quarter. It was like raising the steal success rate to over 60% in 2K.

Now even Stockton is suffering under him.

Lever intercepted the ball and found Drexler for a pass.

The "glider" took off from the frontcourt and scored with a dunk.

6 to 2

"Hey, Asian guy, your players are really useless!" McDaniel shouted one after another.

Louis' face was soft and the smile was still there: "Rookie, if you continue to bark, don't blame me for being rude."

"Come on, you're welcome to be rude to me! I've been itching lately!" McDaniel walked away.

Louis cleared his throat and looked back at his team members.

Tomjanovich spoke for him and said: "Your coach was rude to a rookie. Who can go up and teach that guy basic etiquette?"

"Don't be like this, Rudy, I'm not a person who advocates violence." Louis advised hypocritically.

Undisputedly, Oakley, the number one bully whose career spanned the 1980s and 1990s, stood up and said: "Put it on me."

"Oc, I really don't advocate violence."

Oakley said righteously: "Coach, when he scolded you, he scolded all of us. This is an insult to all Knicks personnel. How can I just sit back and do nothing!? This has nothing to do with you, I am fighting for myself!"

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Louis had no choice but to pat Tomjanovich on the shoulder and hint with his eyes: This kid is too enlightened!

Who says otherwise? Tomjanovich also conveyed the message with his eyes.

Louis walked to the technical table and asked for a substitution.

At this time, the Blazers suddenly held a full-court press.

Their athleticism is so powerful that it's scary. Liver is a combo guard, the wings of Jordan + Drexler + McDaniel can suffocate any team, and Thompson is also an insider known for his athleticism.

Stockton withstood the pressure and broke the Blazers' press, but suddenly, he was flanked by Jordan.

The defensive pressure from the Trail Blazers was so great that Louis couldn't breathe just looking at it.

The defense relies entirely on talent, but even with talent, Stockton alone can't break their full-court press, it's too fierce.

"Isn't this a foul?" Louie shouted, "Referee, isn't this a foul?"

Stockton was forced into a corner and the ball went out of bounds at their feet to keep the ball.

"Lu, control your emotions!"

Referee Wally Rooney said seriously.

Louis shouted: "I just want to know if the defense just now was a foul?"

"No whistle of course not!"

"Okay!" Louis snorted, "If this is the standard tonight, my players and I will accept it happily. I believe you will not use double standards in defense to make penalties."

Louie put pressure on the referee and the out-of-bounds ball also allowed Oakley to replace Bol.

The first time Oakley came on the court, he found McDaniel and hit him hard in the chest, glaring at him like an inhuman beast.

McDaniel, who also positioned himself as a law enforcer and a thug, instinctively knew what Oakley wanted to do.

"If you want to fucking do it, just do it!" McDaniel yelled.

Oakley looked at McDaniel boredly, then back at Louis.

Louis was seen smiling and nodding.

"What, are you scared? Nigga, come on!" McDaniel shouted arrogantly, not expecting Oakley to suddenly raise his hand and slap him hard on the cheek.

"OMG!!"

Louis covered his mouth with his hands, and with his wide eyes he wrote sincerely, "If I ask you to beat me, you will beat me."