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Chapter 394: Obey your words

Louis already knows how powerful McHale's low post offense is.

It's just that in the previous game with the Bulls, Louis was more focused on how not to be beaten by the little fat guy Barkley.

Although McHale is the more mature one, in Chicago, he and Barkley played happy basketball, and he was very selfless. If Barkley was happy, he would be happy to serve as a foil.

That's why he was traded.

When he came to the Knicks, Louis asked him to take on a more important role. He accepted the captain's armband, so he played hard.

Oakley never imagined that he would be killed by McHale like this.

The rookie team does not have a big center who can limit Ewing. Their advantage is that they are extremely balanced and have a big brother who takes the lead.

McHale, Rodman, and Selley, all three of them have speed, wingspan, height, and strength, and they can rotate endlessly on defense.

Therefore, the rookie team often uses Selley's height to top Ewing, with Rodman and McHale assisting from the side.

Tomjanovich also wanted to take advantage of Ewing's matchup advantage to take the lead, but Ewing was never a player with many opportunities to attack with the ball under Louis.

From the beginning of his rookie season, Louis treated him as a center version of Kevin Garnett, or a Bill Russell more suitable for the 1980s.

Suddenly he was asked to hold the ball and play by himself, so he naturally made a lot of mistakes.

The main team unexpectedly encountered difficulties.

The freshman team performed well, and Louis discovered that McHale's offense mainly had three paths.

The first killer move is the jump hook. It can be done by both left and right hands. The hit rate of the right hand's jump hook is 100 in this game, and it can be used from all angles.

Secondly, when you turn around and shoot backwards, you can do this action on both the left and right sides, and you can turn inside to shoot or turn back and shoot outside, both at a very high level.

He has never missed a 12-foot, 15-foot, 45-meter step-back jumper, which forces his defender to close in.

For a mutant who is extremely flexible and has a wingspan of 2.4 meters, possessing these three offensive skills means that he is a great interior attacker.

When these versatile offensive skills are combined with his unstoppable low-post moves, he becomes an unstoppable low-post attacker.

Rodman's defensive vitality has shown some signs of success, and Ellis was so entangled by him that he was unable to take any chances.

Although Hornacek has been ordered off by Stockton many times, his shooting is already quite good.

After Benjamin Wilson gave up the core position of offense to McHale, he showed the running ability of ula players.

This was a detail that surprised Louis.

He has always regarded Wilson as the kind of core attacker who doesn't like running and loves to play with the ball. Now it seems that his transformation may be smoother than expected.

McHale beat everyone on the senior team, with Wilson as a helper on the outside, and Hornacek can open up and shoot.

In comparison, the senior team's condition has not improved.

Tomjanovich made the mistake of having Ewing focus on the low post, which made him awkward.

Jackson cleverly used McHale as the core to break down the senior team's defense and won the game with a 10-point advantage.

In the 20-minute match, the freshman team defeated the senior team 58-48.

McHale scored 27 points and Wilson scored 15 points.

The two of them took care of the offense, but the defense of Rodman, Selley and McHale was the key to the freshman team's victory.

The old team only has a matchup advantage with Ewing. In other positions, without using tactics, they cannot take advantage of one-on-one.

"What a shame! The main players have lost!" Louis couldn't help complaining, "You won 50 wins in the regular season last season, and now you lose to the newcomers. Do you want to be looked down upon?"

McHale laughed proudly: "It's okay, it's not a shame to lose to your captain!"

Ewing was furious and shouted, "Let's play again!"

"Patrick, since you have lost, you have to admit defeat." Louis patted his shoulder and said, "It's not like we can't afford to lose. Didn't we just get fucked by an old guy from outside and four rookies? It's a shame. It's a shame.

Yes, but he is one of our own, and he will definitely not go out and talk nonsense to ruin your reputation, don't you think?"

The four rookies nodded humbly.

Only McHale said calmly: "I can't guarantee this. The coach also said that you won 50 games last season, and now I have led four rookies to win by 10 points. I will definitely not be able to help telling others."

, ho ho ho!!”

"One more game!" Ewing walked up to McHale and said.

McHale looked at Louis with a smile on his face: "I listen to the coach."

"That's it for today. We will continue tomorrow. If you are not convinced, just hold it in. Who made you lose the game? If you want to regain your position, wait until tomorrow!"

Louis did not want to risk increasing their consumption by playing two matches in a row.

At the end of the match, the players conducted one hour of individual basic training, and then the assistant coach led them to conduct special training.

Sharif taught shooting, Robinson taught positioning and screening pick-and-rolls, and Zhao Yuanzheng pulled Oakley, Rodman, Selley, Corbin, and Stevens to practice the full-court press.

Louis saw Wilson practicing with Song Tao in the corner.

Wilson has watched the Knicks' playbook for this season and found that some of it is a ula offense, and some are unfamiliar to him, tactics that are similar to the ula offense but with very different running paths.

Louis positions him as a forward-back swingman. He mainly plays the third position and swings to the second position when necessary. Therefore, there are many tactics that need to be memorized, and he is one of the only players in the team who has specialized singles tactics.

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What he is practicing with Song Tao now is the routine where the outside center takes the ball, uses his body as a screen, and allows the person without the ball to run out and pass the ball again.

This is a simple exhange day ky high dynamic offense.

Although Wilson and Song Tao speak different words, it is very simple to complete such training.

"Not bad, Benj." Louis praised.

Wilson stopped and asked, "Coach, I want to know where you're going to put me."

"Have you seen our games last season?" Louis asked him.

Wilson must have seen it, he nodded and said: "Almost every game."

"What do you think of Tony Campbell's performance?"

"He is overrated." Wilson did not mean to look down on Campbell when he said this, but simply stated a fact. "Among all the teams at the same level as the Knicks, he is the only one who can get such a good offensive focus. He is very good at it."

He is good at scoring points in chaos, and the Knicks' tactics also favor him. He often disrupts the tactics and forces singles on his own, and he is also the fastest runner in counterattack fast breaks."

Louis asked: "Why do you think I gave him such a high tactical status?"

"Because the Knicks lack reliable isolation players?"

"This is one reason, and the more important reason is that there is no more suitable candidate than him." Louis said to Wilson, "Now that you are here, you will take over Tony's position. He was our scoring leader last season. This

You should be able to inherit the role easily, but I hope you will raise your standards for yourself and not be satisfied with being the leading scorer in the team."

Wilson listened carefully, and Song Tao pretended that he understood. This was a bit like a poor student doing English listening.

Every time after listening to an English conversation, he would carefully write down an answer on the test paper. You think he has everything in mind, but in fact he just uses "three long and one short, choose the short, three short and one long, choose the long. Two long and two short"

Just choose b, uneven and invincible" to complete the choice.

Wilson said seriously: "I listen to you, coach."

"Start with defense. I know ula doesn't need you to defend seriously, but here, you have to start with defense. I will let you, but if you can't defend well, I will replace you. As for offense,

I need you to find balance in the game. When do you need to run without the ball? When do you need to attack with the ball? You have to find this balance by yourself. If you find the wrong one, I will interrupt your rhythm, and then,

You can search again."

"I will have very high demands on you."

"Understood, coach."

After saying this, Louis let them continue training.

Wilson's obedience to Louis made things go a lot smoother.

"Director Lu" Song Tao asked, "What should I do?"

Louis smiled and said: "Whatever your eldest brother asks you to do, you do it."

"Good."

Poor English was an important reason that prevented Song Tao from radiating his charisma. When Louis saw Zhao Yuanzheng paying close attention to details and murdering the defense of the five-man lineup, he realized that maybe he really should find a full-time translator for Song Tao.

Zhao Yuanzheng now wears multiple hats, including inspecting college players, conducting defensive training, and making pre-match plans before the start of each game.

He has the most things on the coaching staff and is the most tired.

Since he never complained, Louis didn't notice. Now he suddenly realized that he should give Zhao Yuanzheng a salary increase.

I don't think he was so tired when he was an assistant coach to Bill Fitch.

The next day, another match was played in the Blue Palace training camp.

This time, the Knicks' veterans fought hard to get ahead, as if they were on the receiving end of blood, not giving the newcomers a chance.

n.ula attacks like mercury on the ground, one wave after another.

Although McHale's singles were still unsolvable, Benj's offense was restricted by the unimaginable defensive intensity.

Tomjanovich asked Ewing to "lead the line" in the high post like Louie did.

This time it was like Ewing was liberated. His screens and pick-and-rolls were extremely perfect.

Even if Rodman has the ability to stalk Ellis, he can't do anything when faced with Ewing's cover.

Almost every time, Ewing can take down his opponent like a patrolman.

Dale Ellis was thus liberated.

The senior team showed real ability and won with a 14-point advantage today, avenging yesterday's defeat.

After this fight, Louis announced that the last game of the old-new game will be played tomorrow.

Starting from the fourth day, the lineups of both sides were mixed, with Tomjanovich and Phil Jackson choosing players from each other.

This is a bit like the BP in the League of Legends game, but without banning players.