The rest is just noise

"John Stockton, Spot Weber, Mario Elie, Tyler Corbin, Manute Bol, Gerald Wilkins, Alex Stevens

, Tony Campbell, A.C. Green.”

At the end of the third quarter, Tom Heinsohn read out their names.

"With the exception of Patrick Ewing, Charles Oakley, Antoine Kyle and Dale Ellis, New York doesn't have any more top-10 picks, and these players are all young, mostly first- and second-year players.

, only Dale and Antoine are third graders.”

Heinsohn asked a question.

"Why? Some of these people are undrafted, some are players with very low draft picks who were not favored by scouts before the draft, and some are 'trash' abandoned by their parent teams. Why did they come to Little Lu?

Did they turn into beasts?"

Heinsohn's partner Dick Stockton asked, "Tommy, do you know why?"

"I don't understand, but I was shocked." Heinsohn said bitterly, "The loss of Little Lu leaving Boston is much greater than we imagined."

"Everyone has a sun within them, the key is how to let it shine."

"Little Lu has done what 99% of coaches can't do. He is an amazing light chaser."

The context of Heinsohn's comments about Louis was not at the end of the game when the Knicks won, but at the end of the third quarter when the Knicks led the Celtics by 18 points, 101-83.

Throughout the third quarter, the Knicks boldly pressed the Celtics to death.

Louis seized on the Celtics' shortcomings of playing short rotations when the game was stalemate. Except for Bol (poor physical strength, not good at running) and Kyle (not good at defense), the Knicks activated 10 people on the roster, and in three times

Duan Li took turns to appear, and the shocking full-court press lasted for the entire quarter.

The team committed 17 fouls in a single quarter.

Especially in the last four minutes, the Celtics could only rely on free throws to score, and their shooting percentage was horribly low, scoring only 4 points.

The game entered the fourth quarter. The Celtics, who didn't want to give up, didn't want their 39-game winning streak at home to be ended, and didn't want the Knicks to end their losing streak, put on all their main players to fight to the death.

The Knicks also made substitution adjustments of five up and five down.

They will not conduct a full-court press in the fourth quarter. Among the five people responsible for ending the full-court press in the third quarter, Ellis is the only one who is the main force. He is the main reason why the Knicks were able to open up the score in the last four minutes.

, almost all of his three-pointers hit.

In the fourth quarter, Louis replaced Stockton, Tyrone Corbin, Tony Campbell, Ewing and Bol.

"Don't look at the score, don't look at the timer, and play every remaining second carefully."

Louis ordered.

When the players came on the field, Louis saw Antoine Kyle looking anxious. He had not played on the field since the start of the second half and his physical strength had long been restored.

"Antoine, be patient, hold back your desire and strength, I will definitely need you later!"

Finally he saw Stevens burying himself in a towel and holding a paper cup tightly in his hand.

In the third quarter, the Knicks rotated ten players, and only one person was always present.

It's Stevens, and there is absolutely no way Louis can replace him. His size, brown sugar defense, and never-ending physical strength, the consumption in those 12 minutes is greater than the consumption in a normal game.

In these 12 minutes, Stevens made 1 of 7 shots, scored 2 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals and 1 block.

This is an effect that cannot be reflected in data.

On the court, Sampson returned after taking a four-minute break.

Besides him, there are Thomas and Byrd.

The Celtics' Big Three all took a break in the third quarter, but Thomas and Bird both played the final eight minutes and resumed playing in the fourth quarter.

K.C's employment method has certain risks for the players themselves.

But the Celtics' strength advantage was also reflected in the fourth quarter when the two sides were engaged in a normal positional battle.

The Knicks still have enough defensive strength, but they are still unable to withstand the pressure of the Celtics' Big Three.

When Bird came up, he wanted to hit Campbell with the ball behind his back. He was very proactive and intentionally caused more fouls.

Campbell has already committed four fouls. As the Knicks' main force and the team's leading scorer (the only one averaging 20 points per game), knocking him out will effectively damage the Knicks' scoring ability.

Campbell was shaken up, Bird missed him, shot and hit the board, and one.

"Tony, if you want to foul, be tough, don't be scared by that country bumpkin!" Louis shouted.

Bird glared over.

"What are you looking at? With your fucking level, you still want to beat us by 40 points? You're not even as good as the Lakers!" Louis' sarcasm paid off.

Bird's free throw was obviously too strong and bounced out. However, Sampson squeezed Bol's body away, took off the board directly, then turned sideways and hit the ball through Bol, avoiding Ewing's block at the basket.

A strong dunk allowed the Celtics to chase 4 points in a row.

87 to 101

"They actually still have the power to chase points!" Tomjanovich said in shock.

"It's normal. They all went down to rest. Moreover, implementing a full-court press and being consumed by a full-court press are two different things." Louis knew that the Celtics were going to counterattack in the fourth quarter.

"What should we do?"

"Easy to handle." Louis' answer made Tomjanovich uneasy, "Believe in these guys."

"Uh this..."

The Knicks' offense was far more patient than the Celtics. Stockton controlled the ball on the right side, and Thomas clapped his hands and spewed trash talk in an attempt to get him to play in isolation.

Ewing once again ran to the top of the key. He has completely become a core insider needed by the N.UCLA system. He has developed the habit of not falling into the low post, but using the top of the key and the high post as his permanent place of play.

Compared with Ewing during the Georgetown era and him now, there are simply two types of insiders.

Ewing went to the top of the key, but did not give Stockton a pick-and-roll.

Stockton passed the ball to Ewing at the top of the key and cut inside himself, making the Celtics think the Knicks were going to run an airside tactic.

As a result, as soon as Stockton took a step inside the three-point line, Thomas quickly retreated, and the space he gave up was occupied by Tyrone Corbin running from the right.

Corbin placed a pick-and-roll in front of Thomas, and Stockton quickly retreated from the three-point line.

Ewing passed the ball and Stockton made a three-pointer.

This is not what he is good at, but now, there is no better opportunity.

"Whoosh!"

Three-point shooting opportunities that are not within Stockton's accustomed rhythm, wing pick-and-rolls, and inside cuts and reverse runs created by the Horns Pin Fan tactics in the N.UCLA system.

In terms of positional attack, the Celtics are more than ten times better than the Knicks.

If there is no personal offensive threat based on running tactics, the Celtics will choose to shrink their defense.

After all, the Knicks' lineup does not have a deadly three-point threat.

Therefore, when they started looking for someone to mark Stockton and let others take long-range shots as they could, the Knicks' advantage was eroded to only 12 points in four minutes.

Louis replaced Dale Ellis, but his three-point touch seemed to be used until the third quarter.

The Celtics pushed him harder than anyone else.

Ellis was knocked around and missed all three-pointers, but as long as he stood on the court, the Celtics did not dare to let him shoot.

Therefore, even if he fails to score, his presence can still be a threat.

Ewing's one-on-ones, pick-and-rolls, catch-and-roll jumpers, and layups accounted for 8 of the Knicks' next 10 points.

In this section, his performance was even better than Sampson.

The Celtics' pursuit of points is basically dominated by the Big Three. At the same time, the three-point threat of John Long and Laimbeer also creates the best stage for them.

Basically, they're scoring every possession.

With only four minutes left in the game, Ewing missed a shot and was picked up by the Celtics. Sampson strode forward to counterattack and dunk hard.

110 to 116

The Knicks' lead is only 6 points left. If they don't score again, it will be no difficulty to catch up or tie the game against the Celtics, who are full of firepower.

At this most critical moment, defense is no longer Louis' first priority.

His eyes fell on Antoine Kyle.

"Antoine, I'm going to leave the next few rounds of offense to you." Louis asked, "Are you sure?"

Kyle responded loudly: "I will definitely invest them all!"

For the Knicks, the game has reached a critical moment.

The third quarter was their start-up stage, which they gained with the strength of 10 players, and it could not last for the entire second half.

The fourth quarter is when the Celtics counterattacked. The Knicks' overall offensive ability is completely incomparable to the Celtics. Therefore, Louis needs to constantly change the point of attack.

Kyle is the last and final try.

All the cards in his hand have been played, and there is nothing left.

With 3 minutes and 58 seconds left in the game, the Knicks led by 6 points.

Louis looked at the timer again and said to Tomjanovich: "Rudy, we are going to win."

At the end of the third quarter, the Knicks, who led by 18 points, convinced Tomjanovich that they could defeat the Celtics.

But now, the 18-point deficit aroused the enthusiasm of Boston's Big Three. They launched a fierce counterattack and caught up to only 6 points.

There are less than 4 minutes left in the game, can we really win?

"if..."

"No ifs!" Louis interrupted him firmly, "We will win!"