The rest is just noise

Stockton returned to the court, and the Knicks' offensive rhythm was much more normal.

Although Hornacek also plays tactics when controlling the court, his control of rhythm is far inferior to Stockton's.

Stockton started playing Exhangeky (high post dynamic offense) around Dale Ellis. This is the Knicks' most creative tactic, with 22 tactical routines around the high post and 6 additional extended routines.

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Wilson has played this tactic just now, but he is not as familiar with it as Ellis. Hornacek's command of this tactic is also much worse than Stockton's.

Now that the tactics are revived, it feels completely different.

Ellis had an opportunity on the right wing, received the ball, and made a three-pointer.

8 to 12

Suddenly, the Knicks' offense felt like it was coming to life.

But the Celtics' offense was just as helpless.

Isiah Thomas, who was left open, pulled up a three-pointer. He would make one or two shots like this in every game. If he scored, it would be a deterrent. If he didn't, he would not make the shot and there would be no loss.

Unfortunately, he made the shot.

For the Knicks who wanted to guard him, being scored on this goal had a huge impact.

15 to 8

"It's okay. Keep letting him go. You can't score consecutively, right?" McHale said optimistically, waving his hand and saying, "Give me a pass!"

Without tactics, McHale went directly to the low post to face Sampson.

It was a moment that took his teammates and coaching staff breathless.

McHale VS Sampson.

Ewing is the Knicks' most comprehensive inside man on both offense and defense, and McHale is the Knicks' most capable inside man on offense.

Louis believes that no inside man can guard against McHale's one-on-one.

He is a top ten player in the league.

But Sampson has had the ability since two years ago to make all insiders feel weaker in front of him.

Louis' worry lasted only for a moment.

Stockton passed the ball and the moment McHale caught the ball, his elbow put pressure on Sampson, turning around, leaning back, and raising the arc.

Sampson had tried his best to block the shot, but the basketball still jumped over his fingers.

"Whoosh!"

"No way? No way?" McHale asked complacently, "Isn't it true that the number one center in the league will be beaten by me?"

Louis looked at him and smiled, "Can you stop talking nonsense and be more expressive?"

"Okay, Coach Lu!"

McHale beat Sampson on the offensive end, but it was Song Tao who responded to his anger on the defensive end.

The Knicks firmly stayed in the penalty area and let Thomas take three-pointers, giving him a chance to make a long shot.

Thomas didn't follow up the previous three-pointer. He saw that Sampson was being touched by McHale, so he passed the ball to him.

Sampson read that the Knicks' defense focused on the inside, so he decisively shot the mid-range shot.

"Whoosh!"

17 to 8

Nearly five minutes passed, and the Celtics' shooting percentage was 100%.

Louis doesn't know when this offense that never loses will end. He just wants to know whether McHale and Sampson can exchange blows.

Sampson's defense was more aggressive than before, and he simply didn't want to give McHale a chance to connect the ball.

He does have a temper and wants to kill his opponent.

He doesn't have Bird's mentality of massacring his opponents, but if his opponents provoke him, he will go even further than Bird and the others.

Sampson is the kind of perverted avenger who will choke his opponent to death in a manure pit when provoked.

His positioning was impeccable and his power overwhelmed McHale.

McHale should give up, and Stockton also advocates tactics.

But McHale behind Sampson insisted on raising his hand to ask for the ball. The Celtics didn't have many insiders. If the passing quality was good enough, the ball could be delivered to him.

Suddenly, McHale, who had been insisting on asking for position on the right side of the paint area, turned around and walked towards the center with his hands raised.

Sampson, who was freed from the confrontation, wanted to stick again, but Stockton was an organizer who could not miss the opportunity.

His lob was captured at that moment.

McHale caught the ball, and Sampson, who was going around the front defense, lost his defensive position and watched the former score.

10 to 17

"Why don't you guard against me, Ralph?" McHale continued to carry forward the bad ass style of hermaphrodites, "You're welcome, I will be embarrassed if you let me score like this."

So mean! How can he be so mean?

"It makes my fist harden!" Louis laughed angrily.

Tomjanovich saw the other side: "If Kevin can match up with Ralph on the offensive end, then we can start targeting Boston's weaknesses."

"Not bad." Louis was finally sure that McHale could compete with any insider in the league without losing.

Song Tao, who was facing Sampson, was actually very nervous.

Louis said that Sampson is the best center on earth, which is equivalent to saying that the opponent is the strongest center in the world.

This made Song Tao not know how to defend himself.

He was convinced that he could not guard against Sampson, so he regarded himself as a pawn of limited value.

Sampson saw that there might be a chance in the penalty area and wanted to score with the ball.

Song Tao's rude defense was as if he wanted to fight with him, and he savagely blocked the foul and stopped his progress.

The value of this foul was underestimated at the time it occurred.

After that, Sampson's 100% shooting percentage was broken.

His shot hit, and McHale grabbed the rebound.

One pass, Stockton received the second pass, and Wilson made a quick dunk.

12 to 17

After a few rounds, Thomas's outside touch that he had previously felt disappeared without a trace, and his second attempt ended in failure.

Harper wanted to grab an offensive rebound, but his opponent, Wilson, was one step faster and grabbed the rebound and gave it to Stockton.

Stockton dribbled the ball, stopped suddenly in the frontcourt, and gave Ellis a well-timed close pass to catch up.

Ellis jumped after receiving the ball outside the three-point line and chased for a three-pointer.

15 to 17

The Knicks' offensive climax stopped the Celtics.

Dick Stockton asked Heinsohn: "Tommy, what do you think of the Knicks' offense this time?"

"It's surprising." Heinsohn also didn't expect the Knicks to be so capable of seizing opportunities. "The Celtics didn't make a mistake, they just missed a shot, and then the Knicks counterattacked.

Kevin McHale's performance is amazing, and the activity of Benj and Dale Ellis is the reason why the Knicks have this offensive. John Stockton activated these two people."

Back off the court, Louis said to Song Tao: "Xiao Song, continue the way you played just now, fight him with all your strength, and foul him if you can't guard him!"

Then Louis delivered the core concept of the evening.

"I like the three-pointer that Dell just chased! This is what we have to do!" Louis emphasized. "Boston is not good at dealing with blitzes. They have two shorts, two guys with poor athletic ability, and one plays the three.

In the second position, we must seize every opportunity to chase them and fight back. If they make a shot, don't relax, serve the baseline ball quickly, and take advantage of them to be careless when scoring, or fall to the ground for a layup, or

Or slowly return to defense and speed up the attack rhythm!"

This is no longer just about playing fast.

This is ShowTime for the Lakers.

The core of ShowTime is the fast break. Ordinary fast breaks also include breaking ball fast breaks and rotation fast breaks after successful defense. The Lakers' ShowTime has developed a new concept, positional fast breaks. The opponent is clearly in position, and Magic uses his own size to bring

Dislocation advantage and wide field of vision complete positional battles in seconds.

Forcibly upgrade positional warfare to fast attack.

Louis' layout is a bit more advanced than that, focusing on surprise and confusion.

Without Bird, the Celtics are largely incomplete.

Thomas is not good at long-range shooting, and Sampson is inside and cannot dribble the ball by himself.

Whether other people can help is very important.

More than half a quarter has passed, and all the Celtics' scores came from Sampson and Thomas. From an overall perspective, this is not good news.

It would be fine if the two of them broke out at the beginning to establish an advantage, but now that the Knicks have caught up with the score, if they are allowed to continue playing, will they still play in the next three quarters?

The Celtics can't win just one ball.

Therefore, it is inevitable to separate the ball rights.

Harper, who was standing at the third position, was not confident in scoring points under Wilson's defense.

He moved the ball to the bottom corner.

Anji was much more courageous. He would flick the gun and then pull it out.

Missed.

Sampson grabbed the offensive rebound and passed to the outside.

Thomas held the ball and broke through Anji, who then pulled out.

This time it was a mid-range shot with two steps inside the three-point line, and it went in.

19 to 15

"Good shot!" Sampson encouraged his teammates.

McHale picked up the ball on the ground and quickly released it.

This time, it was so fast that the Celtics could not imagine it.

The Knicks' counterattack seemed to be in a hurry to reincarnate.

Of course, fast break is a game style that everyone wants to play, but it is restricted by many conditions. In addition to its own propulsion ability and the ability to open space on both wings, the number of potential fast break opportunities is also important.

These are exactly what the Knicks currently have.

Stockton controlled the ball, with Wilson and Ellis positioned outside the three-point line on the left and right wings.

Who got the chance?

Unexpected Song Tao!

"SONG!!!"

With a shout from Marv Albert, Song Tao received Stockton's pass and went straight to the Celtics basket for a dunk.