The rest is just noise

Ewing did not break the law of poor performance by centers in the All-Star Game in Dallas.

Played 11 minutes and scored 8 points and 4 rebounds.

No transactions occurred during the All-Star weekend.

At this time, the NBA does not have the concept of a trade deadline like it will in the future. Each team is becoming conservative and does not want to make a big move before the playoffs.

Louis was expecting someone to call his office to discuss the deal or something, but in the end, no call came.

He was not used to taking the initiative to make calls, and it was a test of his eyesight to directly approach people to make transactions.

You have to know which person is an idiot. Although Louis already has a list of "idiot general managers" in his hand, taking the initiative is always passive.

He is more accustomed to people coming to him.

As long as the other party takes the initiative, Louis can raise the price at will. Although it may not succeed, he will definitely not suffer in the end.

A boring All-Star weekend, coupled with a lackluster trade deadline.

After the break, the Knicks' first opponent in the rematch is the Los Angeles Lakers, the king of the Western Conference.

This is their first meeting this season, and the Knicks are playing away from home.

To say which team is most affected by Louis' time-traveling, the first must be the Chicago Bulls, who lost the opportunity to own the GOAT.

Next is the Lakers. In the 1980s, when the Lakers and Kailash were competing for hegemony, Magic's Lakers were originally the stronger side.

Now it is the weaker party that is causing trouble.

The Celtics not only have Bird, the number one player in the league, but they also have Sampson, the number two player in the league, and Isiah Thomas, one of the top five players in the league.

The Lakers are fully prepared and only have one player in the top five in the league, Magic, and one in the top ten in the league in Wilkins.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is about to turn 40. When he has physical strength, he is like a superstar, but when he has no physical strength, he is a shooting star.

In the Forum Arena, Dionne Warwik sang the American national anthem.

The Knicks have been taking a sneak peek at the Lakers baby.

As the first team in NBA history to have a cheerleading team, its members are very particular about political correctness.

There are equal numbers of black and white people, and their bodies and looks cater to the tastes of various people.

"I like the one in the middle, it's so spicy!" Oakley said with a smile, "She even smiled at me!"

Louis took a look and felt that there might be something wrong with Oakley's aesthetics. The black girl had a big head, a small body and a flat chest. Although she had a good face, her hips were stretched by hardware, which was as disappointing as Jason Kidd's shooting.

"I still like the tallest one. She also has breasts. Wow, look at the quality of these cheerleaders!"

They discussed what the Lakers girl looked like, and Louie looked for his friend in the audience.

Sure enough, she came anyway.

Still, it looks like Jennifer Beals is a Lakers supporter today.

After the national anthem, Louis said hello to the star Lakers fans including Jennifer.

"Coach Lu, how many points do you plan to lose today?" Eddie Murphy, a New Yorker, blatantly sided with Los Angeles.

Louis said modestly: "I came here to win."

Jennifer asked: "How do you win?"

"Yeah, does it just depend on Patrick?" Murphy said disdainfully, "He is obviously a balloon that has been blown out. Dominic's dunk will make him pop!"

Several other celebrities whom Louis could not recognize echoed.

Murphy was undoubtedly one of the five hottest actors in the world at this stage in 1986.

So he can play a universal role among celebrities.

Louis returned to his bench area and gave serious instructions before the game started.

Tonight, the Knicks have the regular five, while the Lakers have Magic, Michael Cooper, Wilkins, Rambis, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Looking at the lineup, the Lakers don't have the depth they had before to have every star on the bench.

Losing to the Celtics in the finals two years in a row dealt a heavy blow to their long-term plans, and they didn't know what to do to compete with the Celtics.

After all, the Celtics' substitutes are not good, but they have three young, powerful and unsolvable superstars.

Looking at them, Louis felt that if the Trail Blazers had a strong inside player who could compete with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or have strong rebounding skills, the Lakers might not even be able to handle this newly emerging star.

Now, their future all lies with the magician.

How much he can grow and how good he can become determines the Lakers' upper limit.

From a statistical point of view, Magic averaged 19 points, 8 rebounds and 12 assists per game this year, but he has a stat that Louis is very concerned about, averaging 2.4 three-pointers and 1 hit per game.

Another product of the butterfly effect, the magician started practicing three-pointers a few years in advance.

Tonight's referees, Louis also likes them very much. They are John Vanak and Tommy Nunez Sr., two kind-hearted brothers who enjoy the reputation of good people in the industry.

This kind of referee will blow the home whistle, but he can't withstand the pressure from the coach.

They will first make the home team happy, then be pressured by the opposing coach, and then blow a few balance whistles. The result is that neither side is satisfied with the course of the game.

But strictly speaking, it is definitely the visiting team that profits.

After all, it is a recognized unspoken rule that the home team has a home whistle, otherwise what would everyone be doing desperately trying to get the home field advantage?

"I've said everything that needs to be said, and I'll say it again now."

"If Ma Ji wants to shoot, you should let him shoot generously. This is our home court, so be polite, okay? But if he wants to break through, you can't let him succeed even if you knock him to the ground. Although this is

It’s their home field, but that’s what we’re here to do.”

Louis' understanding of "polite" is obviously different from everyone else's.

"Pay attention to assessing the situation. If you don't have a chance to get an offensive rebound, retreat in time. Don't forget, Moji likes those idiots who covet offensive rebounds the most, because he knows that as long as he gets the backboard, ShowTime can be opened smoothly!"

Finally, Louis took out the tactical board and drew four positions: "Kareem gets the ball in the low post on the left, directly flanks, and doesn't care about anything; if he gets the ball in the low post on the right, force him to go to the left; Maji's arc

The top three-point shooting rate is very high, but you can test it and let him shoot a few shots. If the shot is accurate, then interfere. If the shot is not accurate, let him do what he wants. The last one, they like to create chaos on the defensive line and then hit the ball to the high post.

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Louis drew a circle in a high position where something might go wrong.

"Defending this point requires everyone to work together."

The only person Louis didn't arrange was Dominic Wilkins. The reason why he didn't arrange it was because he couldn't think of how to defend Wilkins now that he had developed a mid-range shot.

If no one can match it, just ignore it.

If you have the ability, you Wilkins will beat me to death.

With a jump ball at the beginning, the young Ewing told Kareem Abdul-Jabbar that time makes people grow old.

In order to prevent Kareem Abdul-Jabbar from winning the opening ball in each quarter, Auerbach proposed the "Jabbar Rule" (the result of the opening jump ball determines the ownership of the ball in the next three quarters), because without this rule, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's team would

Own the opening ball of each quarter.

Nowadays, young people often win the ball over him.

Ewing slapped the ball into Stockton's hands.

Stockton dribbled the ball at the top of the arc, and the person guarding him was a magician.

Louis glanced at Riley, this guy is really snobby.

This pairing highlights a snobbery.

Cooper went to guard Ellis, and Magic guarded Stockton, perfectly taking advantage of the defensive stickiness of these two.

Magic can't guard small guards. Stockton happens to be a small and slow guard. It will be difficult to face a big and fast guard like Magic.

The other matchups are on track.

At first, Louis thought they would let Wilkins or Cooper come against Stockton, but now they let Magic come, which shows that they did not pay attention to the offensive ability of the historical assist leader.

The Knicks directly opened the 1-4 position.

Classic UCLA offense, Stockton holding the ball, Ewing and Oakley's well-structured pick-and-roll.

But Stockton's offensive intention is not to go inside, but to move the ball.

Ewing's pick-and-roll caught Magic, and Stockton passed the ball to Campbell on the wing. Then, Stockton ran around Ewing's back screen.

Ewing's body locked onto Magic's pace for the second time, and Stockton ran into the empty penalty area and received a pass from Campbell for an empty layup.

A classic "PNR touching" tactical attack.

Louis stood on the sidelines and said to Magic: "Maji, how can your defense compete for the championship with those beasts in Boston?"

Riley saw Louis talking nonsense again and hurriedly shouted: "Erwin, don't listen to that man's nonsense!"

Louis shouted towards the magician's back: "Moji, you know what I mean."