The rest is just noise

On November 19th, the Knicks faced the Celtics at home.

As long as the game is between the Knicks and Celtics, there will be no shortage of attention. The two teams also dedicated a game last season that will be included in the ESPN Classic Channel in the future.

Because the game is against the Celtics, Sampson may defeat the Knicks inside, so Song Tao entered tonight's 13-man roster.

Manute Bol also returned from injury.

The person who was DNP was Dell Curry. Probably only the Knicks would encounter such a dilemma.

Louis has the problem of having too many players in every game. In terms of arranging playing time, he has tried his best to allow everyone to have the ball.

But as time goes by, there will always be people who are dissatisfied.

Larry Bird did not appear at the scene, which shows that the Celtics will not play as a complete team.

Before the game started, as before, Sampson, Laimbeer and others came to greet Louis.

"Be merciful, Ralph." Louis praised Sampson in front of Ewing, "You are the number one center in the league. Even three Patricks can't beat you."

Sampson said humbly: "Coach, I experienced your strength last season."

After saying hello, Sampson and Ranbir left.

Ewing said dissatisfiedly: "He is indeed a little better than me now, but you said that I can't beat one of him with three of them?"

"You don't understand, this is a tactic for arrogant soldiers." Louis always has a way of talking nonsense, "If you had read The Art of War, you wouldn't question me."

Stockton was dumbfounded. Isn't it just a basketball game? It actually involves the art of war. Is it that complicated?

The two sides are still warming up, and the CBS commentary box is already in place.

Dick Stockton and Tom Heinsohn were considered a classic CBS duo during this period.

Although Heinsohn has been criticized by many people for being disgustingly biased when commentating on Celtic games, he still firmly occupies the position of commentator.

Speaking of tonight's game, Heinsohn naturally thought of the last battle between the two teams last season.

"That was one of the most anxious games I've ever seen." Heinsohn hated the Knicks and has a vivid memory of that game. "It was also the only game in the past few years where the Celtics tried their best to win.

Winning, but not winning the game.”

"Tonight, Larry is determined to have a truce. If the Celtics want to win, they must take advantage of these two advantages of Isiah and Ralph."

Stockton asked: "So, what are the Knicks' chances of winning?"

"I think the Knicks have a huge advantage at MSG." Heinsohn said angrily, "Everyone knows their advantage at home."

One piece of evidence that the Knicks have an advantage at home is that they average 8 more free throws per game at home than on the road.

Although Louis didn't feel that they were taking advantage, if the data showed this, then he would have to admit it reluctantly.

Every team has home field advantage, it would be strange if they don't.

Tonight, the Celtics were very interesting.

Isiah Thomas, Danny Ainge, Ron Harper, Sampson, Laimbeer.

As always, they are both talented inside, but there is no real small forward on the outside.

Harper is the successor of John Long. He will play three tonight, Ainge will play two, and he will partner with Thomas in the backcourt.

The Knicks are a little strange.

"Little General" Stockton is not available, and his replacement is rookie Jeff Hornacek.

The other four positions are Ellis, Wilson, Oakley, and Ewing.

Not only is Stockton missing, McHale is also on the bench.

"I don't know what medicine Little Lu is selling in his gourd, but the Celtics have to be careful."

After coming on the field, Louis specially came to Stockton and reminded: "From now on, you have to watch the game from an overall perspective and find the blind spots in the Celtics' defense. When you come on the field, use these blind spots to score quickly."

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Stockton nodded in agreement, he is Louis' most assured player.

In fact, in the face of high-intensity games, Stockton's performance is also the least guaranteed.

He often reminds Louis of Zhao Jiwei. There is a big difference between the Liaoning team with Zhao and without Zhao. Guo Ailun is too reckless. Although he is invincible in the country, he cannot lead the whole team. It would be much better to have Zhao Jiwei. But Zhao Jiwei is here

He has never proven himself in high-intensity competitions.

The higher the intensity of the game, the more his performance plummeted.

This seems to be the shackles of a pure point guard.

Because these people generally do not have strong physical talents, they rely on their intelligence and overall view to stay in the game. Once the game exceeds the normal intensity and becomes a barbarian battle, their role will also be reduced.

Because at that time, it was difficult for golfers to come in handy. You had to survive the primitive jungle-like fight before you could take advantage of your golfers.

So Louis asked Stockton as a substitute tonight, mainly to let him observe the game and think clearly before playing.

McHale's replacement is routine.

He has long said that either Oakley or him can be a substitute, and anyone can be a substitute. It all depends on who the opponent is.

He brought Oakley tonight in order to wear down the Celtics' inside line. After this wave passes, if the Celtics change the bench, they will let McHale come on. This is Tian Ji's horse racing.

If K.C Jones is the main force, then McHale can also be at full strength against Sampson and Laimbeer who are too exhausted.

No matter what, it is definitely right to have a backup plan.

Because Oakley's first strike will not affect the intensity of the game.

jump ball

Both Ewing and Sampson jumped early and neither touched the ball.

But after landing, Ewing made a move and handed the ball to Hornacek.

The game starts with the Knicks holding the offensive ball. Whether it is Hornacek or Stockton, the Knicks' first attack in every game is 2High.

This habit has been spotted by the Celtics.

So when Ewing ran a high pick-and-roll and moved down with Harper behind him, and the ball was passed, Laimbeer and Sampson suddenly attacked, forming a three-sided attack in the low post.

If the person trapped is McHale, Louis will have nothing to worry about.

Ewing had much less experience handling the ball. Although they didn't take the ball away, the quality of the pass was ridiculously low.

The ball was passed out, but Ellis, who was responsible for catching the ball, could not reach out to catch the ball. He needed to run, but he failed to catch up with the ball, so he could only chase the ball out of bounds and made a mistake.

"Don't worry, start with defense."

Louis did not blame Ewing. The opponent sent out three people to attack. Ewing was not trained as a low-post killer under Louis.

The main theme of 2High Japanese p is to hit the wrong position.

This is designed for McHale. His one-on-one success rate is amazing. Ewing can play occasionally, but tonight he was designed by the Celtics.