The rest is just noise

Tonight, at the forum’s commentary box, there was a figure that attracted much attention.

Commentator Keith Erikson is a former NBA player. It was a wise choice for him to become the Lakers' home commentator after retiring.

Tonight, he's paired with a former Laker who is far more influential than he is.

"Big Dipper" Wilt Chamberlain saw Stockton's layup at the beginning and said bitterly to Kareem: "How could Kareem not go back on this shot? Did he have no energy? The game has just begun.

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Chamberlain would disparage anything related to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

If Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a star with as many fans as fans, then Chamberlain must be the leader of his fans.

As soon as the Knicks scored a goal, the Magic quickly advanced to complete a ShowTime-style positional battle and forcefully captured the ball without falling into position.

But the Knicks' defensive quality is very good.

So Magic stopped, stood outside the right three-point line, and passed the ball to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

The moment Kareem Abdul-Jabbar got the ball, Tony Campbell, who was guarding Magic, turned around and came to attack in the low post.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had already expected that the Knicks would not give him a comfortable one-on-one opportunity, so he passed the ball without even moving after receiving the ball.

Outside the three-point line, Louis watched the magician decisively shoot a three-pointer.

"Whoosh!"

How far does a player have to be pushed before he can pick up a skill that is completely unfamiliar to him and practice it to the first level in the league?

This year, Magic's three-point shooting percentage is 35%, averaging at least 1 goal per game.

This data will be very disappointing in the future, but in 1986, this group of players who grew up in the two-point ball era was considered one of the best.

Magic's field goal percentage ranks among the top 15 in the league, and only Ellis, Bird, John Long, and Stockton in the league are higher than him in three-point field goal percentage.

So far, he ranks fifth in the league in three-point field goals.

The four players who took more shots than him all played under Louis. Their acceptance of three-pointers was beyond the times, and Magic chose to take three-pointers because he no longer knew what else to do to help.

The team gets better.

In a 3-2 situation, Ewing gave Stockton a pick-and-roll at the top of the key and opened the arc diagonally.

After Stockton broke through, he muddied the Lakers' defense and made plays in troubled waters.

Ewing's high jump shot was difficult for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to guard against.

4 to 3

"I have said this problem about Kareem many times. He just can't defend with all his strength. He cares more about scoring and whether he is comfortable playing. This selfish style of play has dragged down the Lakers. He is the reason why the Lakers have repeatedly failed.

The only reason why we lost to the Celtics in the Finals."

Every time Chamberlain came to the commentary box, he would initiate a meeting to criticize Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Unless Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores 100 points, 50 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 blocks, and 10 steals, and continues to use his dick to push the ball from midfield into the basket, Chamberlain's criticism will continue.

It was the job of the real commentator Keith Erickson to control Chamberlain's free-flowing emotions.

"Well, but Kareem is already very old. Maybe letting him focus on the offensive end is the Lakers' plan."

Chamberlain knew that if he wanted to go on stage to mock Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, he had to learn how to boil a frog in warm water, so he said: "Maybe."

The Knicks' pocket formation, which did not take the Lakers' shooters seriously, left Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Rambis without a chance to catch the ball.

Michael Cooper was furious when he saw this and shot a three-pointer.

His shot was one of the ugliest Louis had ever seen.

"boom!"

He missed, but the long rebound flew out and was grabbed by the Magic.

The Knicks still defend the pocket formation, even though Magic has just proved his three-point touch. Now, the pocket formation has developed into a form of pseudo-zone defense. Although everyone maintains the matchup, they are always against themselves.

People keep distance.

This is already a zone defense in a practical sense. The popularity of pocket formations has accelerated the fall of stars such as Dr. J who are not good at shooting, and has also forced magicians to practice three-pointers earlier.

Suddenly, Magic passed the ball to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

He just wanted to see if the Knicks would implement the strategy of flanking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to the end.

Suddenly, the Knicks players heard Ewing yelling: "Put your fucking help away and let me do it!"

"Chu, what kind of hero is he trying to be?" The voice was so loud that even Louis heard it.

Since Louis could hear it from half way across the court, the fans in the forum could naturally hear it too.

Jack Nicholson stood up and yelled: "Fuck him, Kareem!"

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar confirmed that no one from the Knicks would double-team him, so he confidently played behind the ball.

He first made a small forward elbow move with his left hand, or in other words, that move was very bold. The referee was right in front of him. As I said before, tonight's referee is a well-known good person in the circle. Bottom line referee Tommy Nunez

Holding the whistle tightly in his mouth, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's elbow might have knocked Ewing's lungs out, but he still didn't blow the whistle.

Ewing's defense has been greatly improved compared to the beginning of the season. He lowered his center of gravity, pressing down on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's lumbar spine with one hand and raising it high with the other.

Suddenly, when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar hit Ewing for the second time, he made a tendency to turn to the right, successfully shaking Ewing's center of gravity away. The real next step was to use his right foot as the axis and his left foot.

Turn around and hook your hand.

It can be said that he has broken down Ewing's defense and only missed a soft sky hook.

Unfortunately, even Stephen Curry, who has the best shooting touch in history, cannot be trusted to make life-or-death shots in the finals. Since the shot is in a confrontation, it is accidental.

"boom!"

"How many more times do we have to watch this kind of shot?" Chamberlain criticized, "Why doesn't he dunk? Kareem, be tough!"

Ewing muscled the defensive rebound out of Oakley's hands like a bandit.

To be honest, Westbrook has the intention of grabbing rebounds.

If Oakley had made a frightened expression of "My Lord Ewing, I didn't mean to do it, please forgive me" during the handicap, it would have been more like that.

However, Oakley is such a tough man, and he probably won't be able to do the ultimate dog-licking like Tiger Gibson did. He obviously had the rebound, and when he found out that Wei wanted it, he pulled his hand away with a frightened expression, as if

If you withdraw your hand 0.1 seconds too late, your arm will be amputated for tarnishing the honor of the Lord.

For this reason, the post players were humiliated by the Gibsons!

When Ewing ran from the backcourt to the frontcourt, Louis said: "Don't think I'm not angry because you guarded Kareem just now. Let me tell you, if you want to guard him alone, you'd better guard him every time!"

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Ewing yelled back: "I can try it!"

Their communication took place under the watchful eye of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Hearing that Ewing was so ignorant, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's bald head suddenly started to smoke.

However, Ewing directly screened Stockton from the outside.

Go down to the short corner area on the left.

Stockton has a three-point chance, but Ewing has a better chance, and he and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are directly facing each other. If he can beat his opponent, the impact on the overall situation will be significant.

The Ewings got the ball and took a jumper in front of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

"Whoosh!"

6 to 3

When Ewing gets excited, he forgets some things.

Something that should never be forgotten.

He hoped that he could block Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's attack with his own personal strength. He clearly didn't stop Kareem Abdul-Jabbar just now, but Kareem Abdul-Jabbar missed a shot, which made him think he had a chance.

So in the next round, he still defended with all his strength.

Even more extreme than before, his defensive range went from behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to in front of him, trying to use his young body to crush the opponent's old bones.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is very experienced. He refused to compete with Ewing and did not lose his position. Instead, he pointed to the basket.

Magic knew it right away, lobbed the ball, bypassed Ewing's defense, and gave the ball directly to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

In this way, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar doesn't have to work hard to beat Ewing, and the opportunity will appear naturally.

Ewing's aggressive defense gave Kareem Abdul-Jabbar a chance to dunk.

5 to 6

"Don't be so cocky on defense, okay?" Louis shouted to Ewing, pointing to his head.

The Lakers' pick-and-roll system against the Knicks was like a brainless fly at first. Gradually, they figured out the basic changes in N.UCLA's system.

It's not enough to just understand the changes, you have to be able to deal with the upper position when defending.

Cooper's running defense blocked many loopholes for the Lakers, but to complete the defense, the Knicks' cooperation is needed.

Dale Ellis made a three-point shot and missed.

But the outside players retreated too early because they didn't expect Ewing to grab an offensive rebound.

Therefore, the Lakers frantically sent out four players to double-team Ewing, causing him to drop the ball and make a mistake.

Louis did not blame the defenders for retreating too early. This was one of his arrangements. After shooting, retreating was the priority, and the rebounding was left to the inside.

Because of Magic's speed and impact, the Lakers immediately launched a fast break after grabbing the backcourt rebound.

Even with three men retreating to the backfield, Magic still rampaged like a tank entering the city.

No one can stop him in this situation.

Magic went inside, kicked the ball with his left hand, pulled the lever with his right hand, and picked up the basket.

7 to 5

"Look, this is the offense we want to see." Chamberlain performed what hard black means on the spot, "If it were Kareem, he would use a hook to complete the fast break."