The rest is just noise

Within a minute of Magic returning to the game, the Knicks extended their advantage to 24 points.

Then, the Lakers started passing the ball to Magic.

As long as the magician can throw off the defense and advance in a straight line, he will be fouled.

Soon, the Knicks' foul count was full.

However, the Knicks' fouls and intensity of pressure did not affect Magic's free throw touch. Instead, they killed the pressing players because they used too much energy on the defensive end and could only rely on Wilson on the offensive end.

Three minutes later, the Knicks' advantage did not expand, but was reduced to 18 points by the Lakers.

Magic knows how to deal with the Knicks' press.

Louis knew that the strong period of Murder Press was over, so he followed up with five ups and five downs.

Stockton, Dell Curry, Ellis, McHale and Ewing replaced the five players on the court.

When he came off the field, Wilson seemed quite excited.

Perhaps, he is very suitable as the leader of the murderous press? Once his defensive skills can make a major breakthrough, with his enthusiasm, dedication and the kind of look that makes Jennifer Beals want to switch to the Knicks

How far can the appeal of pressing the Lakers on their jerseys raise the upper limit of murderous pressing?

"Benj, do you like this defense?" Louis asked.

Wilson's answer was surprising: "Not at all."

"Oh?" Louis didn't expect this answer, "But you seem to be enjoying it."

Wilson's next answer completely explained his playing style and temperament, "I just like the feeling of beating the opponent out of breath."

"If you really want to play that kind of feeling, you have to work harder on the defensive end." Louis pointed out the problem, "You just became the breakthrough point for the Lakers to break the press several times."

Upon hearing this, Wilson responded: "I will, coach."

Some people have discovered that the Knicks may be able to restrain the Lakers in terms of style of play.

What the Lakers are not good at are the Knicks' strengths.

The Lakers are not good at protecting rebounds, but the Knicks are the best team in the league at protecting rebounds.

The Lakers have never been a great defensive team, but the Knicks' defense so far this season is the best in the league.

The Lakers' offensive rebound data is terrible, and the Knicks' offensive rebounds rank second in the league, second only to the Detroit Pistons, who have an extremely strong frontcourt lineup.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Lakers can't find many opponents in the West who can beat him inside, such as Olajuwon, Sampson, Moses Malone, and especially Moses. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's biggest problem is that the team is weak and cannot reach the Lakers.

, or in the Eastern Conference, the only way to meet them is to go to the finals.

The Knicks have so much inside reserves that even Sampson of the Celtics would tremble when he saw it, let alone the 40-year-old Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

The Lakers' biggest advantage is the perimeter firepower composed of Magic, Wilkins, and Scott.

This used to be an advantage last season. This season, with Louis forming a murderous pressing team and Benjamin Wilson joining, the gap between the two sides has become very small. With the growth of the Knicks, it is only time for the situation to reverse.

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The gap between the coaching staff also exists.

To put it bluntly, the Lakers' showtime cannot be played without a rotation monster like Magic.

In positional warfare, they rely heavily on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

In other words, the offensive and defensive intensity of the Lakers depends entirely on the players' consciousness, and the tactics of positional warfare mainly rely on the personal abilities of the stars.

It can be said that their tactical system is very sloppy.

The Knicks play the most complex system in the league, with endless positional warfare routines. Each position and everyone has exclusive tactics and routines.

Stockton, the main player, has to memorize nearly 200 tactical routines by himself.

Last season, Spot Weber couldn't memorize so many tactics, so he needed Louis to give him signs on the sidelines during the game.

The Lakers and Knicks are extremes from beginning to end.

However, the Knicks are tolerant at the extremes and have a high fault tolerance rate.

If the Lakers have problems, they can only rely on Riley to call a timeout.

Therefore, in the second quarter, the Knicks switched back to their main lineup and the Lakers let Magic lead the team to chase points, but the result was not what the Lakers wanted.

Magic's dislocation ability is still strong, and no one in the Knicks can match it.

As long as he plays from behind, Louis will let him do whatever he wants.

Louis' attitude towards the magician was: I won't double-team him, if you can, just kill me.

Even if Magic's offense is stronger than that of James at his peak, it will be difficult to dominate opponents of the same level with his personal offense.

The secret to the strength of this type of player is that they can excel themselves and allow their teammates to compete with them.

James has his Royal Salute, and Magic has his showtime.

The Knicks don't double-team, and even if Magic scores every ball, it won't affect the overall situation.

He only scored 18 points in a single quarter, but after halftime, the Knicks still led the Lakers by 15 points.

69 to 54

The Lakers' offense is good, but the Knicks are too strong.

"Coach Lu, you played a completely different style tonight than before. What made you perform so well?"

"Opponent." Louis replied with high emotional intelligence, "The greatest thing about Magic and Larry is that they can make their teammates as great as them, but Magic tonight is even better. His high-level performance makes us have to do the same."

Improve yourself.”

Pat Riley gave Louie a mouthful of milk.

"Many people only know that New York has many outstanding young people, but they don't know that a considerable number of these young people are eliminated by other teams. They become excellent because the person who leads them is little Lu." They are also champions.

Coach, Riley said modestly, "I have to learn from little Lu. If I could be like him and push out the full potential of the players, maybe we would have defeated the Celtics."

If Louis were a Lakers player, he would probably be scared to death after hearing what Riley said.

The Lakers are already known for their large amount of training. Riley also said that in order to bring out the full potential of players, why not train people like animals?

The only way to survive is to request a trade before Riley goes crazy.

It's a pity that no Lakers player realized the seriousness of the matter.

Louis walked back to the locker room and announced the second half first.

"Jeff Hornacek, Ellis, Benj, Oak, Patrick." Louis came up with a special lineup, "You five will play the second half."

Neither Stockton nor McHale had any objections, and the others listened carefully to Louis' arrangements.

"The Lakers are already very tired. In the second half, we have to speed up the offensive rhythm and pay attention to strengthening the scale of confrontation inside. If you have paid attention, you should have discovered that Dick Bavetta is very tolerant of confrontation in the penalty area today." Louis Cruel

Said, "Since this is our home stadium, let's entertain Karim well!"

At the beginning of the second half, the Knicks' 2-high Japanese P tactics hit Ewing.

This time, the 2high day P was more successful. Ewing's receiving position was not in the low post, but under the basket.

At the basket, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar could only rely on his height and wingspan to influence Ewing.

In the first attack, Ewing was careless and tried to dunk the ball, but Kareem blocked the shot. Fortunately, the ball was blocked and returned to his own hand.

"Hit him hard!" Louie shouted.

Next, Ewing stopped talking about martial arts with his old comrades. He smashed the ball to the ground, pushed his body backwards, pushed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's body out of the basket, and then collected the ball and made a strong slam dunk.

"You don't know how to play without being covered, do you?" Louis laughed.

Ewing said nothing, he was used to it.

Louis scolded him every day, and he had defaulted to Louis' scolding as a special encouragement to make him better.

In fact, that was Louis' encouragement.

It's just that sometimes Louis would be so angry with Ewing that he would spout words that were horrifying in retrospect.

Fortunately, Mr. Ewing was there in large numbers, otherwise Louis' name would have been written into the monument long ago.

The Lakers made no mistakes and had no conditions to make them.

They were too far behind. Although they made no mistakes, the Knicks did not give them a chance to overtake the score.

In the third quarter, Magic found a lot of mismatches, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did not fall behind when facing off against Ewing or Oakley.

However, there was no problem with the Knicks' offense.

Wilson and Wilkins exchanged blows, and Oakley and Ewing had a huge rebounding advantage.

Hornacek, who was underestimated by the Lakers, punished his opponent with a fatal three-pointer.

At the end of the third quarter, the Knicks led by 18 points.

The Lakers basically had no hope of winning, so Riley replaced Magic to rest.

Louis waved his hand again, moving into murderous press.

It turned out later that this was a game-ending change.

The murderous press, led by Wilson, Stevens, Rodman, Selley and Ewing, was even more intense, consistent and suffocating than before.

Wilson and Ewing are both the kind of bad guys who can fit seamlessly into a murderous tight end.

At this time, the Lakers, unable to replace Magic as a rescue, watched the Knicks widen the point difference to 26 points within a few minutes.

They were completely blown away by the Knicks' intensity, athleticism and Dick Bavetta's incredible size.

With 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Riley replaced Magic, as if for a last ditch effort.

In fact, I just let him come up to collect some data, and then replace all the main players when there is half a quarter left in the game.

&asong!!”

&asong!!!”

&asong!!!!”

When the Lakers announced that the game had entered garbage time, the fans in Madison Garden cheered in unison.

Tonight, Manute Bol takes a rest, and Louis puts Song Tao on the active list.

Therefore, as long as it enters garbage time and Song Tao is on the roster, Knicks fans will shout like this.

Moreover, the phrase "requestasong" means requesting a song, because Song Tao's song is spelled exactly the same as "歌" in English, so fans like to make fun of his name.

Since the whole audience demanded it, it was difficult for Louis to refuse his kindness.

He called out Song Tao, patted him on the back and said, "Xiao Song, dunk a few more balls to make everyone happy."

“Coach Lu’s atmosphere is too hot, I’m afraid I won’t be able to grasp it.”

Louis didn't care about him, he immediately ordered a foul and replaced Song Tao.