The rest is just noise

Spot Weber got everything he wanted from the Lakers' line defense. Looking at his performance, you will know why the Lakers fell to the Celtics for two consecutive years.

The Celtics' three aces are all beyond the Lakers' ability to deal with.

Bird can only hope that he will be like the one who injured himself in a fight before last year's finals. Sampson's height, speed, athletic ability, and skills can completely restrain Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who is nearly 40 years old. There is also a player who has won the finals in the past two years.

Isiah Thomas who didn't fully explode.

If Webb can bring a little embarrassment to the Lakers, what will happen to Thomas who is going all out?

Thomas has not yet produced a 50+ offensive output against the Lakers, which shows that the Lakers have not pushed the Celtics into a desperate situation.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Riley asked Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Maurice Lucas to lead the second unit.

Magic and Wilkins went to rest. The other three players in the Lakers' second team were Byron Scott, Trent Tucker, and Mike McGee (fan keMGeeSG).

Letting Lucas match Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been the Lakers' long-term choice.

Just like James needs to be paired with a shooter, Duncan likes to be paired with a center who can spread the floor. After 1976, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar needed a hitter around him who could help grab rebounds and block fights.

As for the three players on the outside, they are the Lakers' choices to keep up with the trend.

Pat Riley saw how comfortable the Celtics played with their wide-open offense, and now they also have a group of outside shooters.

On the contrary, the Knicks' lineup has not changed much.

Louis asked Webb to continue playing. Ellis, who had played the entire first quarter, came down to rest. Gerald Wilkins, who did not have the "brother bond", was also replaced, replaced by Tony Campbell and Alex Steven.

Si, coupled with A.C. Green and Bol's inside line.

In this lineup, Campbell is the only one.

The other four people are all rookies in the 1985 grade.

When the game started, the Knicks' play style was still the same as Louis ordered.

When there are no Ewing and Oakley, they resolutely give up offensive rebounds and retreat, not giving the Lakers a chance to play ShowTime.

Moreover, the defense against the Lakers' shooters is also very particular.

Let Scott shoot from the top of the arc, let Tucker shoot from the bottom corner, and let McGee shoot three-pointers from the left and right wings. These are all accurate data obtained by Louis from Oracle.

These points are all shooting blind spots for several Lakers shooters.

Moreover, the choice to guard Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is even more interesting.

He asked A.C to attack Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, while Bol interfered from the flank, and Lucas was an abandoned attacker. With his brutality and strong position, A.C and Bol were just serving food, so they simply ignored him.

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Weber also gave up on this point, only preventing penetrations and not shots. If the opponent wants to force a breakthrough, it depends on Bol's help defense.

If the opponent has a trance and chooses to shoot, it's God's blessing.

The ones who can really limit the Lakers' shooters are Campbell and Stevens.

Especially Stevens, since Louis left him, he has started to risk his life. He trains twice as long as others every day. Every game, whether he plays for 1 minute or 10 minutes, he plays life-threatening every second.

Louis doesn't have many requirements for him. He should attack at will and use Spider-Man's physical advantages in defense. He must assist in defense and interfere as a supplement. When necessary, he will foul hard and treat himself like a mad dog.

When "Spider" turned into "Mad Dog", a harsh defensive tactic was formed in Louis' mind.

Bol's help defense is very sharp. When Scott wants to use his body to beat Webber, he will get blocked.

The Lakers' shooters also had no effect. Stevens took advantage of the situation and Campbell's matchup was fine.

The only problem is what Louis was worried about in advance. A.C. might be defeated by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Bol's position would be bullied to death by Lucas's pig-killing bandits.

As a result, his worst fears turned out to be true.

When playing A.C., Kareem Abdul-Jabbar didn't make any adjustments when catching the ball. He hit the ball with his elbow and just hit the ball with a skyhook.

It didn't matter if he didn't score. Lucas waved his arm that might have broken Bol's frame out of the way and kept brushing the board.

Due to the huge rebound advantage, the Lakers' offensive fault tolerance rate increased infinitely, and the game gradually became dominated by the Lakers.

Webber's weakness of being unable to shoot was exploited by his opponents. Scott led the others to retreat and learn from the Knicks' pocket formation to force Webber and others to shoot.

The sad thing is that Webber and Stevens are both ice shooters in the Knicks. Campbell's three-pointers are a bit weird, sometimes accurate, sometimes not.

Tonight, he won't allow it.

Stevens retreated to the paint area in order to protect the rebound inside, but failed to grab it. Lucas also caught the offensive rebound and passed the ball to Tucker for a three-pointer.

44 to 32

Louis asked for a timeout.

"Don't be discouraged, you did a good job."

Letting A.C. and Bol confront Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Lucas was a mistake by Louis. He underestimated the 39-year-old Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and overestimated the immediate combat capabilities of A.C. and Bol.

After all, they are all rookies, so there is no way they can defeat those two old guys.

Louis decisively did three ups and three downs.

Replace with Stockton, then replace with Ewing and Oakley.

Ewing was effective as soon as he came up.

At the top of the arc, Ewing gave Stockton a fake block.

How could Lucas understand the Knicks' tactics? He didn't notice Ewing's cut and was only focused on guarding Stockton.

Stockton made a beautiful lob pass.

Ewing caught the ball in the middle and exploded, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who couldn't jump, had to be dunked.

"This defense," Chamberlain said with a sinister smile, "Ho ho ho! Kareem wasn't in a daze just now, was he? Coach Riley wouldn't be angry seeing his defense like this, right? Look at Coach Riley's expression, it's scary

Coach Riley.”

34 to 44

Ewing's pick-and-roll score was returned by Lucas in the next round.

Oakley was behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Ewing came up to guard Lucas.

Before traveling through time, Louis had a misunderstanding about these thugs from the old era.

He thought that this group of people only fought and provoked troubles on the court, and the most they could do was grab a few rebounds.

Facts have proven that his view is not only wrong, but also extremely wrong.

He has seen several powerful thugs, Laimbeer, he is not a thug, but he is a master at making things happen, and he has a shot that extends beyond the three-point line; Oakley, with a stable half-volume shot and a little bit of excitement

Amazing support ability; Washington, who "punched Tomjanovich in the head", is indeed a rough guy, but his rebound rate is amazing; Lucas, who has served as a bodyguard for many big bosses, his blocking position is

It's textbook level. When Louis taught Sampson's positioning, he used this brother's positioning highlights. Also, his shooting is of a level that you dare to shoot and he dares to shoot and score. You must not despise it.

Ewing was shot because he didn't take it seriously.

Ewing's screen once again helped create opportunities for his teammates.

Louis shook his head, not unhappy, but too surprised.

He shook his head in a way that meant "Why is this guy's cover so outrageous? Isn't it great?"

In the future, Ewing will have to put on at least about 10 pounds of meat before his body can be considered mature.

However, Louis would rather gain less weight if that would compromise his athletic ability.

He does not need Ewing to serve as a human shield inside. This kind of inside line with an incredible range of activities will always be valuable in assisting defense.

However, Ewing's beautiful screen could not save Campbell's poor shooting touch.

"boom!"

After missing a three-pointer, Louis was about to yell: "Back off!"

Stevens jumped into the air like a madman, pushed away the body of former Knicks general Darrell Tucker, held the offensive rebound in his arms, and then fell to the ground. The Lakers players tried to grab the ball in his arms.

The ball was thrown, but he showed an aura of never giving up on defense unless his arm was cut off.

McGee came to grab the ball and had a conflict with him. Just as the two were about to fight, Oakley stepped forward and pushed McGee to the ground.

"Stop it!" Louis yelled.

Oakley's hand that was about to punch immediately changed into a French military salute, with his hands spread and raised to show that he had done nothing.

Riley stepped onto the court in displeasure and yelled: "Doesn't this make sense without a technical foul?"

"Pat, you need to know that the first person to flirt is the meanest person," Louis responded.

In the end, the referee gave Oakley a common foul.

"Is there any mistake?" Louis complained, "John, didn't you see how fiercely the Lakers kid grabbed the ball? He didn't come to grab the ball, he came to fight, and Oak was just protecting him.

teammate!"

The referee John Vanak did not want to argue with this thug who knocked out the referee with one punch: "Little Lu, the penalty has been issued, please respect me."

"I respect you, but who respects my players? If the coach's complaints can affect the decision of you two, I will definitely scream like a fly!"

"Then I can only punish you."

"You can't do this, John." Louis laughed immediately, "You know I love you."

Vanak shouted helplessly: "Shut your mouth, Little Lu!"

Louis wanted to say a few more words, but Stevens came over and persuaded: "Coach, don't worry, I can continue to grab."

Louis patted him on the shoulder: "Pay attention to protect yourself."

Stevens ran back, and Tomjanovich said unexpectedly: "We almost lost him."

"Yeah, just a little bit." Louis didn't expect that keeping Stevens would make this young man feel like he was getting blood every day.

What the coaching staff didn't expect was that when Stevens said "I can keep grabbing" he meant "I'll get the ball back right away."

The Lakers passed the ball to Lucas, hoping that he would continue to shoot against Ewing.

Ewing's defense is like a tiger attacking, and logically speaking, he shouldn't do that.

Seems too radical?

However, when Ewing threatened Lucas' front, Stevens came to his back.

This was a premeditated pincer attack.

Lucas put the ball behind him and was just slapped away by Stevens.

"Fight back!"

Stevens dribbled the ball forward and dunked as fast as possible with both hands.