The rest is just noise

The Knicks ended the 1985-86 regular season with a record of 50 wins and 32 losses.

They rank fourth in the Eastern Conference, behind the Celtics, Bucks, and 76ers, and have a better record than the Pistons and Bulls.

However, Ewing, Oakley, Stevens and others are out for the season, which makes people dare not have too high expectations for them.

In the first round of the playoffs against the Pistons, Louie did not want to lose the game simply. On the contrary, he wanted to make good use of these cards and fight with Chuck Daly.

The Pistons are undoubtedly a potential stock in the Eastern Conference.

Dumars, Vinyl Johnson, James Worthy, Parish, and the eternal God background Ilo. Together with Rick Mahon and James Edwards, the first seven of their entire lineup are quite capable.

Strength.

Louis looked at the person in his hand again.

Stockton, the first pure point guard in history, well, I feel pretty good.

Dell Ellis, the ruthless sharpshooter, seems okay.

Tony Campbell, who is good both offensively and defensively but always gets sick and likes to rack up statistics, is a bit bad.

A.C. Green, who abstained from sexual intercourse to the point where he didn't even frown before a woman handed him over and went to sleep on the sofa, is just so-so.

Bol, who averaged 5 blocks per game after that, was very good, but if he could do nothing but protect the rim, it would be bad.

Also Kyle, Gerald Wilkins, Webber, Corbin, Mario Eli.

These ten people, plus Ewing, Oakley and Stevens.

It looked like it should be a lineup that would dive into the bottom seven, but Louis brought it to the top four in the Eastern Conference and the top eight in the league. Moreover, all the young people in the team have played their worth.

It can be said that if Louis wants to have a clearance sale during the offseason.

Everyone on the list is wanted and in demand.

Louis allowed the young man to realize his value, and then came the first round of the playoffs and the battle with the Pistons.

Game1

Louie and Daley shake hands before the game.

Daley said with a faint smile: "Although two of your main players cannot play, the game is a game and we will not show mercy."

"You should be careful about yourselves. If we kill you, I'm afraid you will lose your job. Chuck, you are my most intimate friend. How can I cause you to lose your job?"

When Louis came back, Tomjanovich asked: "How many of your closest friends do you have?"

"This keeps increasing, it depends on the situation." Louis said with a smile.

Tonight, the Knicks are very interesting.

Stockton, Ellis, Wilkins, Elie, Corbin.

Louis directly made a move that made his opponent stunned.

"No inside information?"

"You don't have an inside line?"

"Little Lou is such a crazy guy!"

The reason why Louis doesn't let the inside line is very simple. The Pistons' inside line is Parish + Mahon, which is too strong for them.

Without Ewing and Oakley, the inside is already lame. Instead of being beaten inside, it is better to try other lineups.

Louis joined this lineup to push the rhythm, and the offensive end almost completely relied on Stockton's command and the players' tactical movements.

Sure enough, the Knicks' rebounds were blown away by the Pistons.

This was a foreseeable result before the game. This problem was not as serious as Louis thought. The rebounds were missed, and the offensive end also showed the kind of vitality he wanted to see.

Dale Ellis feels like the heroine in all shampoo commercials tonight. People watching want to ask him, is he really that silky smooth?

He runs, cuts, catches and shoots.

Whether it's a three-pointer, a long two-pointer, or a mid-range shot, it feels like Hamilton + Reggie Miller at their peak.

Throughout the game, the Pistons were thinking about how to limit him.

In the third quarter, Louis asked Bol to protect the basket and A.C to improve the quality of the screen, but the Pistons chose the right person to guard Ellis.

That is the background of God, Ilo.

Iroh should probably thank Louis.

Because of Louie's arrival, he may never be the backdrop for the most famous buzzer-beater in NBA history.

In the future of this world, no one will point to the back of No. 23 and ask who that embarrassed white man is.

But maybe he shouldn't thank Louis, because the butterfly effect brought by Louis caused him, like Sam Bowie, to lose the opportunity to be "infamous forever".

In fact, immortality and infamy have the same effect. They both have a common effect, which is to live in the hearts of fans forever.

No matter it is a glorious image or a downcast image. If someone remembers you, you will still be you.

Ilo's defense is not like that of some white people who are weak and have no athletic ability. He is good enough, just like another Stevens. However, he does not have the outstanding physical condition of Stevens, but he has better athletic talent and high defensive viscosity.

, very suitable for guarding off-ball players like Ellis.

But Ellis has already finished his output, just like an ADC who hits his opponent with all his skills before dying. Although he died, the damage he output was enough for his team to win the game.

112 to 102

The Knicks surprisingly defeated the Pistons by 10 points.

Dale Ellis made 18 of 24 shots from the field, 6 of 9 three-pointers, and scored 48 points and 5 rebounds.

"The last time someone in the Knicks scored 48 points in the playoffs was twenty years ago."

"Dale Ellis, he is a deadly killer with a secretive expression of joy and anger!"

After the game, reporters asked Ellis: "How much preparation did you make for this game."

"Not much, normal preparation."

The king of cold spots is not for nothing, Ellis can also do tons of damage to reporters in the media interview room.

Moreover, he didn't know if it was intentional or not, but he pretended: "My touch is not bad, mainly because my teammates pass the ball well."

He should indeed praise his teammates. Stockton was the unsung hero tonight, scoring only 8 points but had 17 assists.

He was the only player from Louis who was not a human being, playing 44 minutes.

If Louis were asked to choose tonight's MVP, he would choose Stockton after an ideological battle.

If Stockton leaves Ellis, he can still pass the ball to others. If Ellis leaves Stockton, it will be difficult to continuously receive passes when the hand is bursting.

A good defender can always feed you until you are full.

And Stockton is the defender who has done this best in history. It is definitely unrealistic for you to expect him to attack like other super defenders. He does not have this ability. But if his teammates are strong enough, his passing can

Help them become stronger.

Game2

The Pistons learned their lesson and no longer gave Ellis a chance to deal damage. They performed the traditional skills of the Eastern Conference teams. When trouble comes, they decide to fight. If they don't decide, they will wrestle. If they don't decide, they will fight. If they don't decide, they will fight.

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If Ellis is the Knicks' third most important player on the court like he was before, he will have a chance to continue to produce.

Now, he is considered the number one problem.

Tony Campbell stepped up, but many of his points were scored when it didn't matter.

The Pistons played their due advantage. Worthy, Parish, and Mahon combined to score 64 points and 33 rebounds.

Game3

Louis plays normally inside, and A.C partners with Bol.

The rebounds were doubled by the Pistons, and Detroit got the match point.

2 to 1

In Game 4, Louis no longer regards victory as the only thing, but decided to test the upper limit of the team's lineup.

At the beginning, Louis suddenly pressed the Pistons full court.

Their rough style led to consecutive mistakes by Dumas and Vinier.

Within 10 minutes, Louis rotated eight players and had a huge advantage of 27 to 5.

"The Knicks' problem is not how to defeat the Pistons, but how to finish the remaining three quarters of the game after such an intensity of defense."

That's right, Louis doesn't know either.

The Knicks already have a full-court press, and the ferocity of the defense and the level of confrontation are among the best in the league.

It's just that Louis is not satisfied with the current intensity because Stevens is not here, and he cannot organize a fixed five people to train the full-court press.

Therefore, at this stage, we can only participate in the full-court press and compete with the opponent for patience and determination.

It won't be until the next stage that he will truly build a murderous tight end lineup.

Today, Louie changes players almost every 90 seconds.

The nine main players in the team have all received opportunities, and there are also three temporary workers who signed 10-day short contracts.

Louis has gone to the extreme in utilizing the flexibility of the lineup.

In Game 4, he showed all the team's paper strength.

If you include the full-court press in the first quarter, this might even be an extraordinary performance.

The Pistons slowly caught up with the score, and at the last moment, Louis used Ellis as a bait to confuse the Pistons and let Mario Eli run Empty Lob (airside lob).

The Pistons' attention was all on Ellis, who ran out of space and Stockton threw the ball up.

Elie dunked the ball, killing the Pistons 0.8 seconds before the end of the game.

2 to 2

Detroiters were so angry that they threw trash all over the stadium.

Louis wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"It's really dangerous." Tomjanovich sighed.

Louis walked to the sidelines and faced the on-site interview. He said: "What we want to convey is that the Knicks will not give up the fight for victory because of anyone's absence. This game is for everyone who looks down on us."

Human response.”

"This team is never the same as it was in the past. You won't see another team that loses two core players and still plays extremely strong in the playoffs."

That night, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Knicks reporter Dave Anderson wrote in his notes:

"Everyone can feel the changes that have taken place in this team in the past six months. They climbed from the bottom, and with Ewing's broad shoulders as the center, they returned to the playoff stage. They fought to the end in extremely unfavorable circumstances.

In the end, no matter what, they can leave with pride. Maybe they can't succeed now, maybe they can't succeed in the future, maybe we will never see them succeed, but I see the true New York spirit in this team. They are

The city leads by example, they are warriors, they are a group of underrated guys. We have to remember who brought this.

Louie, when I first saw him, I didn't think he was going to make a difference, I thought he was no different than the bombastic Hubie Brown, but now, I have to change my stance. When he and he

When my team loses, I cry with them, and when they succeed, I feel just as proud as them.

Hats off to Little Lou, he was a credit to New York."